Jeffries Defeats Fitzsimmons In Knockout at Coney Island
James J. Jeffries of California defeated Robert Fitzsimmons, the lanky Australian, in the eleventh round before a large crowd at the Coney Island Athletic Club. The fight featured a tense early rounds, a bloody middle, and Jeffries finishing Fitzsimmons with a left to the body and head amid a chaotic scene. Police and reporters noted no arrests as Fitzsimmons recovered and both fighters spoke afterward, with Jeffries claiming the title and Fitzsimmons accepting the result. Tom Sharkey also claimed he remains champion and would pursue a challenge.
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Fifty Rebels Slain In Desperate Fight
A 4500 man force led by Generals Lawton Wheaton and Ovenshine advanced from San Pedro Macao toward Paranaque, fighting rebels on crescent hills and in a swamp. The engagement left 50 rebels dead in trenches and 2 American officers and 21 soldiers wounded as heat and exhaustion struck the troops. Monitors shelled Paranaque as rebels evacuated.
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Fourteenth
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South African War Appears Inevitable
Ambassador Choate says there is no indication the United States will mediate. In Johannesburg an Uitlander mass meeting looms, with pressure on Milner’s proposals and possible police action. Kroger’s stance and Kruger’s franchise plan dominate Pretoria deliberations as tensions rise toward conflict.
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Kroger
John Bull
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Transvaal
Johannesburg
J. B. Robinson
Uilantiers
Alfred Milner
London
United States
Great Britain
Joseph H. Choate
America
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Enya
Pretoria
Volksraad
Kruger
Volkatand
Volkstaid
Royal Engineers
South Africa
Southampton
Gage Supports McKinley in Civil Service Talk
Secretary Gage defends the president's civil service order in a June interview. He says transfers within the classified system do not bypass examinations, and defends the 8,000 to 10,000 exceptions as needed mobility, not openings for free appointment, noting navy and army departments have similar practices for years.
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Navy Department
Georgia trust company Wiles papers receivership case
A coreceiver is sought in a U S circuit court action by the American Banking and Trust Company of Atlanta as trustee for the New South Building and Loan Association of New Orleans. Johnson Armstrong was named receiver for the association. The suit seeks a coreceiver to manage specially designated securities, especially those in Georgia. The Atlanta trustee holds grant from Manhattan Trust Company of New York, which resigned in 1898. Securities total nearly i
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New Orlen
New Orleans
American Banking and Trust Company of Atlanta
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Johnson Armstrong
Aled Snit
United States
Georgia
Manhattan Trust Company of
Sugar expert testifies on sugar duties and proposed remedy
In Washington June 10 the industrial commission heard sugar expert S. M Baynitzky of the customs bureau discuss how refining raises the quantity of refined sugar obtainable from given raw material. He noted a slight shift in value favoring refiners and urged a law allowing the president to cut duties on imported articles used as a trust basis.
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Industrial Commission Today
M Baynitzky
Customs Bureau
Treary Department
Boynitzky
United States
New Furnaces Planned as Southern Iron Demand Soars
Bremtxantam Alabama June 10 The Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Co orders cost estimates for an extra iron furnace at Ensley joining four 200 ton furnaces. The move signals confidence in southern markets as demand rises and rivals eye expansion. Notables Myres O Wick and S W Huber of Youngstown oversee the project while Republic Iron and Steel ponders two more furnaces at Thomas and Pioneer mills.
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Tennessee, Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Ensley
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Thomas
Myres O. Wick
Youngstown
W. Huber
Lazareess
Southern Trans
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