Millionaire in a Sewer Trench Promises Easy Gold
Old South Boston miner John Conners touts a Colorado mine the Sun and the Moon with big riches to shareowners in Boston. Shares bought for 10 cents each. New House Tunnel Co discussed a 7 million dollar purchase paying 12 76 per share. Shareholders hold about 90 000 shares worth potential 1 148 000 if the deal closes.
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Westland
Colorado Gold Belt
Leary
J. J. Costello
John C. Daley
John R. Murphy
David Henry
South Boston
Hiquor
John Conners
Golden Edge Mining and Milling Company
Franklin Syndicate
Bell Telephone
Orfrall
Conners
Colorado
Idaho Springs
Dave Henry
J. C. Daley
Boston
McGowan
Denver
J. J. Costéello
Iudaho Springs
New House
New House Tunnel
New House Tunnel Company
John
Col
Wrestling Carnival Promises First Boston Championship in Seventeen Years
Promoters report high interest for a Monday night event at Mechanics Hall featuring the lightweight championship trials. Ernest Roeber faces Harvey Parker in a mixed Greco Roman and catch wrestling match with referees Eugene Buckley and Joseph Cummings overseeing.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Boston
Ernest Roeber
Howard
New England
John J. Little
Robert Butler
John J. Regan
Brockton
James J. Gilligan
John Gibbons
Charles Houghton
Lawrence
Dick Eldridge
Fall River
Lawyer
Marlboro
Dick Casey
Lowell
Edwin Ribby
Harvey Parker
Eugene Buckley
Joseph Cummings
Tressurer Saul Hamilberg
Columbia Theatre
Widy
Hotel Eynolds
Clark's
Parker
Tom Jenkins
Dan McLeod
Nouroulah
Turk
Roeber
Rob
Gene
Boxing Gossip and Boxing Politics in Boston and London
The column critiques Billy Smith’s London defeat and his boxing status, notes English contenders, and cites plans and opinions from figures like Kid McCoy in Albany. It covers referee debates in Frisco, assorted fund-raising and forfeit issues, and remarks on matches and managers including Desmond and the Gardner camp, with scattered notes from Boston and Lowell boxing circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Smith
London
Smith
England
Terry McGovern
Roberts
Drury Lane
Kid McCoy
Albany
N. Y
Assembly
McCoy
Assemblyman
Schneider
Buffalo
M. W. Lewis
Bill Usong
Horton
Big Jim Kennedy
Charlie White
Twentieth Century Club
Frisco
New York
Patsey Sweeney
Isadore Stranxe
Trenton
N. J
Sweeney
George Diryon
Knickerbocker (Lowell) Athletic Club
Don Desmond
Lowell
Desmond
George Dixon
Patsey Fenton
Gardners
George
Billy Gardner
Pat
Renney
Gardner-Carter
Jim
Washington
Charlie Howard
Billy Moore
Doc Stubbs
Moore
Boston
Cambridge
J. WH. W
Eutaw Street
East
Roeber- Parker
Pat Sheedy
Jim Jeffries
Sheedy
Jeffries
George Westfield
Harry McGowan
Westfield
McGowan
Charles Mac
John L. Sullivan
H B. H. Benton
Roh
Roy
New American League Opens With Parade and Opening Games
The American League launches today with Boston at Baltimore and other matchups as the new league signals its debut. Baltimore and Boston teams prepare for a parade and official ceremonies, while Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Detroit also host opening contests as Hugh Duffy leads Milwaukee and Captain Collins fronts Baltimore’s entry into the pennant race.
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Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Ban Johnson
Baseball Chronicle
Collins
Chick’ Stahl
Somers
Gavin
Boston Club
American League
Maryland
Hugh Duffy
Duffy
Dowling
Charlottesville
Collins Optimistic On Baltimore's Open Baseball Season
Baltimore fans feel a surge of excitement as Jimmy Collins prepares his team to face the Boston nine. Manager John McGraw cautions that Baltimore lacks outdoor practice and faces a well-practiced Boston club. Collins adds his squad is balanced and strong despite weather delays. Charles Jackson, a new Philadelphia outfielder, joins the roster as Boston arrives from Charlottesville.
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Baltimore
Monumental City Rooters
Rome
Jimmy Collins
Mier McGraw
Vicory
Bostons
South
McGraw
Charles Jackson
Philadelphia
Charlottesville
Collins
Boston Philadelphia Game Ends In Quaker Victory
A sparse crowd of 1214 watched the Boston and Philadelphia game as Delehanty delivered a late eighth inning rally. Del Haynes tripled home a score before Hamilton and Del plated runs to seal a 3 1 win for Philadelphia amid Boston pitching struggles.
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Flick
Delehanty
Boston
Woll
Cross
Ellis
Demont
Thomas
Roy
Croge
Monte Foole
Del
Wrougilass
Philadelphia
Penn
Quakers
Phillies
Demontreville
Willis
Billy Hamilton
Bill Pone
Lass
Collins
Jahl
Freeman
Bill Clarke
Theeam
Willa
Ristades
St. Vitus
Srelk
St Louis Edges Pittsburgh After Slow Start
Ruibe Wad dell limited St Louis to three hits through seven innings before a collapse. Donovan's team scored five runs aided by fielding misplays from Pittsburgh. Young Harper started strong, allowing eight hits. Attendance details not reported.
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ST. Louis
Ruibe Waddell
Donovan
Young Harper
Pittsburgs
AB. PO
Burkett
Heidrick
Wallace
McGann
Padden
Kru
Harper
Pittsburg
Clarke
Beaumont
Co. F
Bransfield
Eeeasetenae
Ritchey
Tegoccceceere Leach
Bly, S. SB
Zimmer GQ
Waddell
Leach
Ely
Chesbro
Zimmer
Schriver
Boston College Freshmen Beat Hopkinson In Season Opener
Boston College freshmen opened the season with a 9 to 3 victory over Hopkinson on Franklin Field. Despite poor field conditions the BC squad played an errorless game and demonstrated speed in every department.
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Boston College
Hopkinson
Franklin Field
Tufts Beats Williams 17 to 7 In Wet Tufts Oval Win
Tufts College varsity baseball opened home season at Tufts Oval Medford beating Williams 17 to 7 in seven innings. Tufts rallied in the sixth scoring 11 runs as Chapman Stolworthy and Williams starred with the bat. The game ended at darkness with Tufts 18 hits to Williams 12 and errors 2 and 6. Perkins Fiske Bent Lawrence Burtse and Woodcock umpired. Time listed as 4m.
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Medford
Tufts College
Tufts Oval
College Hill
Williams
Tufts
Lawrence
Chapman
Stolworthy
Tufts Eeeeee Caves Sentestacel
Perkins
Fiske
Bent
Burtse
Woodcock
Harvard Freshmen Open Baseball Season With Brookline
Harvard freshmen travel to Cambridge this afternoon for a season opener against Brookline High. The game against Arlington High was postponed due to a poor diamond. The Crimson lineup includes Dana, Skilton, Ypaltelle, Mackay, Pierce, Marshall, Hammond, Penter, and Alexander.
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Harvard
Brookline High
Cambridge
Arlington
Marshall
Hammond
Penter
R. F
Alexander
Gaudaur bids world rowing challenge at Rat Portage
Champion oarsman Jake Gaudaur offers to race any man for the world title with a 2600 dollar side bet, three miles with a turn, to be held at Rat Portage between August 16 and 20. Townes or Rumohr preferred. Gaudaur deposits 500 dollars in the Imperial Bank as good faith.
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Rat Portage
Ont
Jake Gaudaur
Townes
Rumohr
Gaudaur
Imperial Bank
Centrals defeat East Boston Catholic Association at Hudson alleys
The Centrals defeated East Boston Catholic Association at Hudson alleys past Boston last night with a score of 1196 to 1198.
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Centrals
East Boston Catholic Association
Hudson Alleys
Boston
Fast Boston C. A
Independence on Good Time Busy Work Nearing Launch Date
By this afternoon or tomorrow morning the fin keel will be burnished using electric burnishers to speed work. The keel is tight and ready, with riveters busy on the underbody and mast assembly near completion. Launch is hoped for by May 15 with deck plates and final rudders finishing this week.
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Atlantic
Harvard's Relay Teams for Philadelphia Meet
Harvard announces two relay squads to race Penn in Philadelphia this Saturday. The two mile team includes Swan Behr Applegate Boynton with Du Bois and J W Foster substitutes. four mile features Knowles White Clark and either Waller or Foote with Mills as substitute. Waller's eligibility lingers, affecting team composition. Harvard notes depth over star power as it aims to upset Penn after last season’s indoor BA A meet.
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Hallowell
Harvard
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Swan
Behr
Applegate
Boynton
du Bois
J. W. Foster
Knowles
White
Clark
Waller
Foote
Mills
Pennsylvania
Quakers
Crimson
Evasit Wins Great Metropolitan Stakes at Epsom
J Rieff rode the winner Evasit as the Great Metropolitan Stakes for 1000 sovereigns, about two miles and a quarter, was run at the Epsom spring meeting. Lord Penrhyn's Messenger finished second and Sir E Vincent's Stoccado third. Seventeen horses started with 9 to 2 betting on Evasit and 100 to 6 on Stoccado.
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London
H. J. King
Evasit
Lord Penrhyn King’s Messenger
E. Vincent
Stoccado
Evasil
King’s Messenger
J. Rieff
Cresceus Direct Sold For Five Thousand To R H Plant
Cresceus Direct a six months old stallion from sire Cresceus and dam Miss Wooliver sold for five thousand dollars to R H Plant of Macon Georgia. The transaction was recorded in Toledo Ohio in April.
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Toledo
Las Gy H. Ketcham
Cresceus Direct
Cresceus
Miss Wooliver
R. H. Plant
Macon
Waltham to field new bicycle track with big motor paced race
Rollin Abell plans a new half mile cement oval at Waltham with annual electric lights and weekly meets. A May 2 card promises a 2 1/2 mile motor paced race between top cyclists, with prizes awarded at finish and rapid tram service from Boston to the track.
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Waltham
Rollin Abell
Waltham Company
Boston
Charlestown
Olilo
Lipton to be guest at banquet during summer visit
Sir Thomas Lipton will be guest of the Massachusetts State Board of Trade at a banquet in his honor during his summer visit. The news came after an executive council luncheon at Parker House where Senator George F. Hoar spoke on free speech and proposed Senate rules. The board backed bills to restrict electric companies and approved sale of franchise to transfer Boston Electric Light assets to the Son Illuminating Light Company, reaffirming opposition to stock watering.
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Thomas Lipton
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
Executive Council
Parker House
George F. Hoar
Hoar
United States
Senate
Senator Hoar
Boston Harbor
Committee On Legistration
Boston WB Electric Light Company
Son Illuminating Light Company
Swallow Denies Mayoral Candidacy Claims
George N. Swallow rejects reports he will seek Boston mayor in the next Republican convention. He says no ward conferences occurred on the subject and calls the story likely an invention, urging party unity and a strong independent vote to keep Boston in Republican hands.
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George N. Swallow
Swallow
Republican Party of
Boston
Republican Party
Republican City Committee
Mormon Elders Sail to Europe After Boston Arrival
In Boston the New England of the Dominion brings 37 Mormon elders 32 converts from Scandinavia Germany and England to depart today for Europe. Elder Roscoe F. Grover leads the party which will scatter through Switzerland, England, and Germany as they preach their gospel and study languages for future settlements.
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New England
Scandinavia
Germany
England
Crawford House
Boston
Roscoe FE
Grover
Switzerland
Europe
Mormon Church
Utah
Large three-masted steamer sighting near Cape Porpoise
The Mora reports a large three-masted vessel ashore at Cape Porpoise but later investigation finds no proof. Thick fog covers the bay all day and a big liner, possibly the Hamburg American Drumelster, anchors safely offshore as captain avoids harbor entry in the heavy weather.
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Portland
Mora
Louisburg
C. B
Cape Porpoise
Drumelster
Boston
Aldermen Expand Police Force and Route Plans Debated
The Camnoeté Aldermen voted to add six permanent police officers to reach 103 total. Alderman Porter urged a boulevard project 110 feet wide linking the Middlesex Fells to the Fenway, then to Harvard Square and Porter station, referred to the Board of Survey. An order regarding rail and car placement was offered but unclear in text.
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Board of Aldermen
Alderman Porter
Middlesex Fells
Fenway
Brookline Bridge
Harvard Square
Massachusetts Avenue
Porter Station
Board of Survey
Bounke
Cows Stolen from Brighton Woman Recovered in Watertown
Two Jersey cows belonging to Mrs. M. A. Stanberry of 11 Waverly street Brighton were driven into Watertown by a thief. Constable and later Christopher O’Brien of 87 Spring street Brighton were involved. the cows were recovered unharmed and returned home after a hot mash supper.
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M. A. Stanberry
Watertown
Waverly Street
Jerseys
Stanberry
Christopher O’brien
Spring Street
Brighton
Thalian Club Theatricals At Whiton Hall Dorchester
A large audience attended the Thalian Club theatricals in Whiton Hall Dorchester last evening. A one act farce Rubber Boots was staged followed by Gibson tableaux directed by Charles Shepard Champney with titles Fore Their Presence of Mind The Night Before Her Wedding The Lady of the Tiger No It Seems Too Real to Be Strange Matrimonial Misfits Wireless Telegraphy Advice to Novices and A Word to the Wise. Selections were also performed by Fred G Smith Miss Ethel Mawkes and Miss Mary Smith Philbrick.
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Whiton Hall
Dorchester
Thalian Club
Ethel Marks
Hel L. Collins
Louise Barlow
Edward L. Fleming
Charles Epard Champney
Funeral for Miss Ruth Cordis Long in Dorchester
The funeral for Ruth Cordis Long niece of the Navy secretary was held yesterday at Dix Street Dorchester. Rev. A P Reccord of Cambridge presided. The Austin Street Unitarian Church choir from Cambridge attended with selections by members of the church quartet N F Lincoln George F Taylor Liam H Carlton and Miss King. Secretary Long sent a large floral piece.
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Ruth Cordis Long
Navy Long
Dix Street
Dorchester
A. P. Reccord
Austin Street Unitarian Church
Cambridge
Miss Long
N. F. Lincoln
George F. Taylor
Liam H. Carlton
Miss King
Long
Machinists Back Nine-Hour Day Push at Local Meeting
Machinists' Lodge 24 rallied last night at 987 Washington Street to back a nine-hour day. Speakers including Garrity of the Central Labor Union and Driscoll of the Federation of Labor urged wage workers to strike on May 20 with union support. After the meeting, 100 machinists applied to Lodge 264 for membership.
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Lodge 24
Washington Street
Garrity
Central Labor Union
Driscoll
The
Federation of Labor
Mark B. Mulvey
Malden Auditorium Hosts Carle P. Gubberly Bicycle Party
A Malden event featured Carle P. Gubberly at the Bicycre Party with free wheel checks and Towne's On chestra performing Friday at the auditorium.
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Carle P. Gubberly
Malden Auditorium
Towne
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