Johnson Wins World Heavyweight Title in Fourteenth Round
Sydney December 26 Jack Johnson the heavyweight champion defeated Tommy Burns in Rush Cutter Bay arena in a 14th round stoppage by police after Burns faltered. The purse was 35000 with Johnson earning 5000 and Burns 30000 in a crowd of 18000 to 20000. Johnson weighed 192 pounds to Burns 168 and the bout showcased Johnson superior reach and skill.
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Sydney
Jack Johnson
Galveston
Tex
Rushcutter’s Bay
Tommy Burns
James J. Jeffries
Burns
McIntosh
Johnson
Peter Jackson
John J Sullivan
Sullivan
Bob Fitzsimmons
Hank Griffin
Los Angeles
Jeffries
Noah Brusco
Auto race tragedy on foot hill boulevard leaves one dead
In Oakland California on December 26 a wild foot hill boulevard race near San Leandro killed chauffeur William J. Mowery and injured A Jorgensen his sister Marie Jorgensen and Mary Jenson. John Morgan drove the rival car. Mowery perished when his machine overturned after a high speed skid at a sharp turn.
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Oakland
Cal
San Leandro
William JL. Mowery
A. Jorgensen
Marie Jorgensen
Mary Jenson
Mowery
John Morgan
Father and Daughter Crushed in Central Park Car Crash
In New York a trolley car collided with an automobile at the sunken roadway crossing Eighty Sixth Street. George C. Hurlbut, long time librarian of the AmericanGeographical Society, and his daughter Misa Titone Hurlbut suffered fatal injuries with skull fractures. Both were taken to hospital with grim outlooks.
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New York
Central Park
Eighty-sixth Street
George C. Hurlbut
American Geographical Society
Misa Titone Hurlbut
Hurlbut
Charleston
D. C
Stearns clash leaves two dead and many injured
In Stearns Whitley County Danville Ky Dec 26 a gun battle between strike promoting miners and five United States marshals left two dead and several wounded. U S Marshal John Mullins and miner Richard Ross are named dead. The hotel building was burned as miners scattered, and Marshal Ryan disappeared. A posse from Somerset heads to Stearns amid feverish tension.
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Danville
United States
Stearns
Here
Whitley County
John Mullins
Richmond
Richard Ross
Cochran
Covington
MacFerran
Mullins
Marshal Ryan
Somerset
Murder Probe After Decorator Samuel McCredie Found Dead
Police say Samuel McCredie a 42 year old decorator was found dead face down in his kitchen blood pool. Jennie McCredie his 39 year old wife and son Harry 21 are detained. The son reports the mother has been committed to asylums several times but the woman gives no coherent statement.
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New York
Samuel McCredie
Jennie McCredie
Harry
Shot in boarding house kills Harry Carr in Buffalo
In Buffalo on December 26 Harry Carr of Syracuse a machinist was shot and killed in a boarding house by fellow boarder Lytton E. Cordery who had returned home and caused a disturbance. Carr and others restrained Cordery who fired a shot over his shoulder striking Carr in the heart and then Cordery lapsed into a stupor police suspect drugged liquor.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Harry Carr
Syracuse
Lytton E. Cordery
Carr
Cordery
Farmer Ends His Life Over Christmas Toys
In Quitman Georgia on December 26 C A Easters a local farmer killed himself due to lack of money to buy Christmas toys for his children. He used a shotgun placed on a forked stick and fired, dying at the scene while his wife and several young children discovered him.
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Quitman
C. A. Easters
Prosecutions At Pittsburg Ask Federal Help In Graft Inquiry
Pittsburg officials say the Department of Justice will probe all national banks acting as city funds depositories amid a graft scandal. The Voters' league confirms federal steps, seeks prosecutions against former German National Bank officers for alleged bank fund misuse and bribery in county courts. Andrew Carnegie is rumored to have financed about 150000 for the probe.
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Pittsburg
Voters’ League
Department of Justice
United States
Ramsey
Villac
German National Bank
Andrew Carnegie
du Quensne Club
Pittsburg Club
Roosevelt
Subtle Reflections on the Sublime from Napoleon Quote
A brief quotation attributes to Napoleon a call to repeat the Lord's Prayer to reach the sublime. The line frames a philosophical moment rather than reporting an event or action. The context remains unclear but highlights a historical voice on spirituality.
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Napoleon
Royalist Attack on French President in Paris
In Paris on December 26, Jean Mattos, a 24-year-old waiter and royalist, struck President Fallieres from behind near Rue de L Etoile. He claimed he only wanted to pull the president's beard as detectives restrained him. Royalist medals and Patrie Francaise membership were found, plus extensive royalist literature in his rooms.
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Paris
Fallieres
Jean Mattos
Rue de L'Eterle
M. Ramadou
Lasson
the Elysee
Mattos
Duke of Orleans
The
Patrie Francaise
Gompers Mitchell Morrison Will Not Seek Pardon
President Roosevelt may pardon John Gompers and AFL leaders John Mitchell and Frank Morrison after their contempt sentences. Officials say the president could act without reasons, though clemency grounds would clarify the act. White House has not stated intentions and no appeals have been filed.
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Washington
Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Justice Wright
United States
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
White House
Wright
oMotala
Hargis Jury Remains Split in Breathitt County Murder Trial
Irvine Kentucky December 26 twelve mountain men jurors still could not agree on Beach Hargis murder verdict for Judge James Harels. After a five hour heated closing by A Floyd Byrd the panel returned to recess with no verdict and possible retrial anticipated.
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Irvine
Beach Hargis
James Harels
Adams
A. Floyd Byrd
Byrd
Haris
Kentucky
J. J. Bach
Will A. Young
Breathitt County
Two Men Die From Mine Fire in Joggins
In Almherst North Carolina December 26 two men John H Coleman and George Sawyer suffocated as brattice screens caught fire in Joggins coal mines. Frank McNeil was severely burned and may die. The fire was extinguished with little property damage.
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Almherst
N. C
Joggins
John H. Coleman
George Sawyer
Frank McNeil
Mayor Taylor Found Dead in Sheridan Frost
The body of John S. Taylor, serving his fifth term as Sheridan mayor, was found frozen to death in a brushy clump a mile north of town after returning from Denver. He was thirty eight, and survived by a widow and two children.
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Sheridan
Wyo
John S. Taylor
Denver
Child killed in scuffle between parents in Philadelphia
Alfred Turner, ten weeks old, died in a stairway scuffle as his father William Turner attacked his wife for not having breakfast ready. The mother dropped the infant and was crushed beneath the child as she fell. Both parents were arrested.
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Philadelphia
Alfred Turner
Willam Turnner
Sponger Quarrels Over Payments In Banter
Grabbles accuses Spongely of never paying what he owes while Hicks challenges him to settle accounts with a visit. The exchange reflects a local dispute framed as sharp verbal sparring.
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Grabbles
Hicks
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