Potter Ticket Wins at League Assembly 1900 Meeting
The national assembly of the League of American Wheelmen elected officers with Isaac B. Potter as president and chose Providence R I as the next meeting site. Membership rose from 72,000 to 102,000 in 1897, racing board receipts reached 9,426 with 7,894 expenditures, and 2,914 race meets produced 17,316 races for 9,000 racers.
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League of American Wheelmen
Providence
Br. Louis
National Assembly
The
Potter
Isaac Potter
George D. Gideon
Racing Board
Isaac B. Potter
New York
Thomas J. Keenan
Pennsylvania
B. N. Hines
Michigan
James
Tattersall
New Jersey
R. 1
Good Roads Movement
League
Abbott Bassett
Albert Mott
Masonic Hall
George E. Blackman
J. Fred Adams
Massachusetts
George BE. Greenburg
Chicago
Consul Sammel
Maryland
Mott
National Racing Board
Bassett
International Championship Association
Vienna
Luetgert vows appeal after life sentence for wife murder
The Chicago case headlines a string of notices from Feb 11, with Luetgert denouncing the jury as cowards and vowing to seek a supreme court review. Other items note Cmdr Majors elected, Klondike ticket price cuts, Pioneer Lawyers meeting, Wei Hai Wei claim, Dole’s Hawaii party, jail escape, and a Delaware state senator’s death.
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Supreme Court
Chicago
Adolph L. Luetgert
Snetgert
Gilderoy
Luetgert
Randy Dead
Witsinaton
Del
Robert J. Handy
Addicks
Republican Party
Delaware
Holly Oak
Prize fighting bill copies Nevada law in Kentucky senate
In Frankfort Kentucky the state senate introduced a bill on prize fighting and glove contests that is an exact copy of the Nevada law. The action signals potential regulatory changes for combat sports within the state.
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Bil
Franxront
Nevada
Senate
Telegraphic Briefs and Notices Span West to California
The state board of trade adopts rules for a first class exhibit at the Omaha exposition. Rich lead and zinc finds are reported on the New Kaw reservation in Oklahoma with a prospector praising them above Missouri or Kansas discoveries. Denver judge Lefebre lowers water rates, a partial victory for the company. George Lord, an aged Mason and Odd Fellow, dies after a paralytic stroke. born June 27 1900 in New York City, he moved to California in 1849 and lived in San Bernardino after mining at Steep Hollow and marrying Arabella Singleton, returning to California in 1852.
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State Board of Trade
California
New Kaw Reservation
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Lefebre
Denver
George Lord
United States
New York City
Steep Hollow
Iowa
Arabella Singleton
San Bernardino
Boies Proposes Redeemable Government Currency Plan
Ex Governor Horace Boies addresses discuss a national paper currency backed by gold and silver. He urges a 26 percent reserve to redeem notes, proposes treasury holdings and certificates redeemable in metal, and argues this preserves value and prevents treasury raids while strengthening the economy. Grain traffic shifts to the Gulf. Ottumwa franchises and local crime notes also appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Boies
Ailver
Democratic Party
Boies
United States
Congress
Treasury
New York
San Francisco
Fiat
Herries
Romance in Real Life. Scion of noble Mexican family
A Mexican nobleman jailed in Kansas City for murder in self defense is freed after three years of advocacy by the penitentiary matron, marries her, and sails to Mexico for his honeymoon. The case centers on Camilo Lopez later known as Presciliano Corpio, son of a Mexican millionaire, and Mrs. Mattie A. Peebles of Dispatch, Kansas. The story traces a life from cattle ranches to a courtroom, pardon, and a surprising union.
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Kansas
Wichita
Sam Dodson
Dodson
Lopez
Christopher Reed
Lopes
Mattie Peebles
Mexico
Corpio
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Gideon
Tom Majors
Norfolk
Neb
John A. Erhardt
Thomas Majors
John E. Evans
North Platte
Sioux City
Northern
Seattle
Pioneer Lawmakers
Des Moines
Pioneer Lawmakers’ Association of Iowa
E. H. Stiles
Kansas City
John J. Duncombe
Fort Dodge
Japan
Parts
Foreign Office
Peking
China
Dole
Oity
Sanford. B. Dole
Hawaii
Coronet
Santa Fe
Emporia
Kan
O’conner
Fred Jobe
Harry Freeman
Piriseure
W. A. Nimick
Bendel
Bullington
Trank Glenn
Leeda
Glenna
Gro
Larron
Dayton
Ohio
Express
Bradfield Regulatory
ALL Druggiete
Boies’ Banking
Fairfield
Wrom Redemption
Gulf
Drs Mores
McFareland Grain Company
Madrid
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Keokuk and Western Railroad
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Road
Daiisville
Ottumwa
Burumaron
Western Baseball Association
Quincy
Ottwawa
Rockford
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
St. Joseph
Peoria
Burlington
Dubuque
Stocuna
Burmeron
Healey
Board of Control
Senator Healey
State Board of Control
Boston
Lansing
Mich
Madison
Wis
Boards of Control
McFarlland
Oes Moines
McFarland
Holmes
Bly
Waterloo
Daniel Ellis
Fairbanks
William Bly
Kansas Penitentiary
Harrison
Ispranapolis
Charles E. Hornley
Newcastle
Republican State Committee
Hernley
Indiana
Hornley
United States Senate
Bucommsto Fa
Board of Supervisors
Washineton
Treasury Department
Fasse
B. Dy Limited
P. m
Preight
A. m.Kreight
Tra
Atchve
Audubon Branch
Peseeee PO
Griswold
Eastman Rogak Co
Rochester
F. M. Alexander
van Buren Street
Rock Island & Pacific Station
Union
Down Town
Great Rock Island
A &Cent
John Sebastian
Ill
Opera House Block
Fifth Street
Famousyee
Wadterling
J. F. McGriff
Opera Block
DeWitt
Little Wile
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