Yale and Trinity Hall row over half-mile dash
Sporting Life dispatch from Henley reports Yale U and Trinity Hall racing crews on the Thames. Yale led early in a 1.5 mile trial with Yale clocking 7:17 on a windy day before Trinity Hall closed the gap. In the longer race Yale beat Trinity Hall by three-quarters of a length after a slow start.
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Sporting Life
Henley
Temple
Trinity Hall
Yule
Trinity
Yankees
Soute
Yale
Cooper Defeats Sanger In Close Bicycle Meet
At Gatrsnere on July 1 the national circuit bicycle meet drew 5000 spectators. Tom Cooper of Detroit edged Milwaukee’s M C Sanger in the final, both finishing in a dead heat. A later one mile race saw Cooper again take the lead as a fierce pace caused seven riders to crash, injuring several. Sanger fell when his bicycle parts failed, with Merten and Slade among those hurt.
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Ina Beap
Gatrsnere
Tom Cooper
Detroit
M. C. Sanger
Milwaukee
Cooper
Sanger
Pat O’connor
W. &. Becker
Minneapolis
Merten
St. Paul
Slade
St. Louis
Stevens
Ottumwa
Starbuck
Philadelphia
Racing at Washington Park Chicago July 1
Attendance at Washington Park grew from Monday as pacers Colbert and Ithuriel dueled with Minnesota horses leading. Old Hutch riderless after a rein break sparked a dramatic run by Phelps, an accident in 2:30 trot cost Reilly second money, Mary Beaufort won the Horse Review stake, and Sally Smith and Johnny Lavack fought a ten round draw at Red Cross rink last night.
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Washington Park
Chicago
Colbert
Ithuriel
Minnesota
Old Hutch
Phelps
Hutch
Reilly
Horse Review
Lexington
Mary Beaufort
Creveltawn
Sally Smith
San Francisco
Johnny Lavack
Red Cross Rink
Berry Pickers Die As Train Strikes Trestle Crowd
Four berry pickers on a trestle of the Massachusetts Central railroad near Oaxpawn Massachusetts were struck by a train. Eliza Auger and Anna Auger were killed instantly. Alexander Auger their uncle was badly hurt and Jean La Forme suffered a leg fracture.
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Oaxpawn
Mass
Massachusetts Central Railroad
Here
Eliza
Anna Auger
Alexander Auger
Jean la Forme
Des Moines Court Upholds Water Company Rates Amid City Fight
Des Moines loses a key rate case as Judge Spurrier sustains the Des Moines Water Company. Rates are deemed too low to fund bonds and operating costs, with a preexisting rate structure to be restored. City officials and residents react with indignation as the ruling could raise prices further.
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Deas Bloines
Des Moines
Des Moines Water Company
Spurrier
Convention Friction Sparks Silver and Gold Feud
Reports from forenoon meetings show the Democratic bimetallic and silver factions bargaining over temporary officers and possible nominees. Illinois postpones action under Altgeld's influence while Teller and Chandler draw less direct support amid national committee maneuvers.
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Onteano
Democratic Bimetallic Committee
National Democratic Committee
Palmer House
Harrity
National Committee
Silver Committee
Harris
Tennessee
Gov. Hogg
Texas
Alinois
Illinois
Altgeld
Bryan
Nebraska
Judge Power
Utah
McNeill
Michigan
Missouri
Road Not Responsible Jory Returns Verdict In Favor Of Defendant
In a Milwaukee case over a Dodge damage claim the jury returned a verdict for the defendant after testimony from K F P Gray for the plaintiff and E Frick and Sterling for the company. W H Munger concluded for the plaintiff as the jury deliberated under lengthy instructions.
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Jory
Ruimors
Milwaukee
Spirit Eake
Jackson
Minn
Orleans
Nebraska Crop Bulletin Reports Mixed Rainfall Across State
Six inches of rain in some areas last week. northern Nebraska under half an inch, southern Platte region often over an inch, with pockets reaching four to six inches. Crops show growth, corn listed as doing extra well, winter wheat harvest in southeast, oats lodgings noted, and grass in fine condition.
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Missouri
Gouumora
Missouri Weather Crop Bulletin
Harriet Beecher Stowe Dyleg
Hartworp, Conn
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lincoux
South Platte
Mystery of a cornfield man disappears in blood tied search
A torn shirt and bloodied knife mark the disappearance of J M Plum’s 10-year-old son near his dairy two miles NW of the city. The boy in the morning field failed to return to dinner. a blood stained garment and knife were found as neighbors and a sheriff search the cornfield. Some fear death by action, others suspect crime as a posse and locals scour the area.
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J. M. Plum
Plum
Smooth Steal Unearthed From Alton Road Robbery
Officials of the Chicago and Alton railroad disclose a $15,000 theft by a gang of employes including passenger train conductors and station agents. The scheme used double selling of tickets from Springfield to Chicago, with tickets reused on evening trains. Three conductors and two agents have been removed, and criminal prosecutions are planned.
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Alton Road
Chicago
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Cor
Springfield
St. Louis
Suit for the Gould millions in the Sarah Ann Angel case
Commissioners hear Rev Nathan Leighton and his daughter in a suit over dower rights to Jay Goulds vast fortune. Leighton, aged 85, testified he performed the marriage that tied the Goulds, while the plaintiff pursues the assertion, with the hearing held quietly at Tonkawanock, Pa.
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Leighton
Sarah Ann Angel
Tonkwannock
Kelly and Smith
New York
Nathan Leighton
Gould
Jay Gould
Jason Gould
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Des Moises
Howe
J. Spaulding
Pharmacy Commission
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Grand Opera House
Orromwa
Japan
California
E. B. Vogel
Charles Burkhaller
Caboi University
Oakland
Schasberla
Lick Observatory
G. E. Shey
East Oakland
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Fort Donas
Callender
Ida Bollinger
Samuel Bollinger
Burnington
John Crowder
Charles Lyons
Crowder
Lyons
Drs Mores
Nathan Woolensky
Maud Rees
Jefferson
Jefferson, Ia
Berea
Quarry No. 6
Andree
Winntrea
Winnipeg
Professor Andree
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North Pole
New York Recorder
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Justice Andrews
George W. Turner
Twin Metal Men
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Teller
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Concorp
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the Monitor
McKinley
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Colonel Osborne
Roxbury
Boston
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Republican National Executive Committee
R. ©. Kerens
Christian Endeavor Convention
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Hayward
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Manhattan
Kan
Wm. A. Calderhead
Grosvenor
Ohio
Stevenson
Lawton
Clifton Strings
A. R. Lawton
Savannah
Clifton Springs Sanitarium
Road Not Responsible
Elkhorn Company
Nebraska Crop Bulletin
Orteans Neb
Herndon
Kas
Beaver City
Danbury
Basset, Neb
Compton
Eho
Soux City
Jay
Shiras
Iowa ‘Roads
Northwest
Iowa Grain Dealers’ Association
William Smiley
Omaha
Smiley
Stoux City
Milwaukee Road
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Yates
Sonora
Rhodes
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Chambers For Mines and of Commerce
British South Africa Company
Cecil Rhodes
Anderson
Ind
Donner
National Tin Plate Works
Ayer
G. T. Retinhart
Myersville
Ayers
Tre
Hellwole
Horchrnson
John P. Hellwole
Brooklyn
Post & McCord’s Iron Works
Braun & Bainbrick
Washington
Port Stanley
Friendly Islands
State Department
Gail
Billy Rocks
Johnson
Lendon
Catford
Hardy
Daring Fert
Nianana
J. Hardy
Toronto
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