Endurance World Record Sparks Six Day Bicycle Duel
In New York at Madison Square Garden the six day indoor race featured Teddy Hale and Reading from Omaha battling for hours nineteen and twenty with Hale taking a late lead and setting a new endurance benchmark of 260 miles in 14 hours 10 minutes while continuing to press for the overall lead amid crashes and dramatic riding.
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Madison Square Garden
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Reading
Omaha
Hale
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Waller
van Emburg
Eddie’ Bald
Garden
Moore
Pierce
Ashinger
Ellis
Taylor
Foster
Conklin
Rice
Glick
Schock
Smith
Gannon
Maddox
Bomsteeg
Cassidy
McLeod
Golden
Lynching of Two Missouri Suspects Shocks Lexington
A mob broke into the Lexington county jail at about 1 am and lynched Jesse Winner and James Nelson, both held for the murder of Mrs Winner and her two children. Leon Lackey, jailed as a possible accomplice, was spared then and may face threats of later violence.
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Lexington
Bay County
Jesse Winner
James Nelson
Nelson
Maggie Katron
Winner
Lackey
Ray County
Elson
Aull
Motion to Dismiss Rusie Suit in Federal Court
In Chicago on December 7 a motion was filed by the National Exhibition Company owners of the New York National League Club seeking dismissal of Amos Rusie suit for damages and restoration to the active list. The ground is lack of residency and interstate residence.
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Chicago
United States
National Exhibition Company
New York
National League Baseball Club
Amos Rusie
Tate
Alleyway Robbery in Brockton Nets Two Arrests
John McSherry of Brockton was lured into an alley behind 68 Phillips Street last Saturday night and robbed of an $85 watch and $30 cash. Officer Gilmore arrested Levi T. Allen and Mason Murray, both of 29 Anderson Street, for the alleged theft.
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John McSherry
Brockton
Phillips Street
Gilmore
Levi T.allen
Mason Murray
Anderson Street
McSherry
Robbery in Beverly: Mrs Hobbs Assaulted by Three Men
Mrs. John W. Hobbs of Cabot Street Beverly was assaulted by three unknown men at dusk as she walked home from a neighbor’s. They stole $40 from her bag after one robber grabbed her arm. The bag was found near a gardener’s cottage but contents missing. Authorities searched with no results and Mrs. Hobbs is prostrate but not seriously injured.
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Beverly
John W. Hobbs
Cabot Street
North
Bayard Declines Gift for Peace Efforts as Ambassador
London sources report Mr. Bayard will not accept a proposed gift in recognition of his work toward US England peace. He says his ambassadorial role prevents accepting any testimonial, while the Telegraph vows the donations will be returned.
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Washington
London
Telegraph
Wife in crisis attempts suicide at Roxbury home
Mrs. Kate Roller of 8 Conant street Roxbury attempted suicide last evening by Paris Green. Found quickly and Dr. Kennedy notified. she was moved to City Hospital in critical condition. Family troubles cited as cause. death possible.
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Kate Roller
Conant Street
Roxbury
Paris Green
Kennedy
Highin
City Hospital
Harvard Varsity Eight Debuts New Stroke Order On Charles
Coach Lehmann leads Harvard varsity eight in first row with new order Bull 7 Goodrich 6 J F Perkins 99 6 J H Perkins 98 4 Sprague 3 Hollister 2 C Thomson bow Boardman. Boat rides from Harvard Boat House through Charles River as Lehmann and alumni observe. Dinner follows at Algonquin Club with Plum of Storrow Mumford and others.
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Bull
Goodrich
J. F. Perkins
J. H. Perkins
Sprague
Hollister
C. Thomson
Boardman
Lehmann
Charles N. Fay
Oneida
Algonquin Club
Boston
Francis Peabody
J. J. Storrow
G. M. Mumford
A. D
England
Mumford
M. Townsend
L. S
Storrow
Perkins
Funeral of Abel Maynard Rice Held at Home
Dean Everett of Harvard Divinity School led the funeral for Abel Maynard Rice, Harvard student, at his parents' home in Lynn this afternoon. Friends attended from Meadville Pennsylvania Clinton and Newton Highlands where Rice preached in All Souls Church. Classmates from Harvard and Meadville carried the casket. Rice graduated from Meadville Theological School.
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Dean Everett
Harvard Divinity School
Abel Maynard Rice
Harvard Divinity
Meadville
Penn
Clinton
Newton Highlands
Rice
All Souls’ Church
Harvard
Yale Eleven Elects Captain Rodgers of Toledo
James O Rodgers of Toledo Ohio was tonight elected captain of the Yale football team for the coming year. Rodgers is in the junior class and has previously served two seasons as captain.
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New Haven
James O. Rodgers
Toledo
Yale
Rodgers
President Cleveland Urges Cuban Home Rule and Currency Reform
President Cleveland’s 18 000 word message urges Congress on multiple fronts including Cuban policy favoring home rule for Cuba, opposition to external intervention, and potential U S purchase of the island. He promotes gold and silver use, warns about trusts, pension abuses, and bank reforms while praising civil service reform and life savers contributions. The address also notes diplomacy triumphs over Venezuela and arbitration ideas with Britain.
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Cleveland
Congress
United States
Spain
Cuba
Great Britain
Senate Opens Session with Message Reading and Armenian Note
In Washington the Senate opened with Vice President Stevenson presiding and a prayer by Chaplain Millburn. Senators waited as a message from the President was read and discussed, noting Armenian outrages in the Ottoman Empire and Cuba policy. The House also convened, with Major Pru delivering the message. ex-Speaker Crisp’s death was announced by Mr. Turner.
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Senate
Stevenson
Millburn
House
United States
Sherman
Rep
Smith
N. J
Cox
Turkey
Spain
Reed
Couden
Messrs. Cannon
Ill
Payne
N. Y
Turner
Dem
Major Pruden
Dingley
Mr. Clevelands Views On Cuba
The passage argues that Spain’s failure to quell the Cuban insurrection erodes its sovereignty in Cuba and that when Spain’s authority is effectively extinct the United States must take precedence in fulfilling higher obligations beyond supporting Spanish rule.
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Spain
Cuba
Senators on Cuba Senate quotes from Foreign Relations members
Washington dispatch reports statements by Senators Cullom Mills Morgan Lodge and Representative McCreary on Cuban war policy. They discuss halting the conflict, recognizing belligerency, and placing U S influence to end the struggle and aid Cuba’s governance.
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Foreign Relations Committee of
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Cullom
Illinois
Spain
Mills
Texas
United States
Cuba
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
McKinley reads Cleveland on Cuba with interest
Major McKinley in Canton reads the president's message about Cuban affairs aloud with clear tones. Observers call the Cuba section informative and fair. A nearby congressman doubts home rule for Cuba. insurgents may be treated as belligerents within ninety days. Rumors place Colonel Henry Dupont as a potential Secretary of War.
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Major McKinley
Cleveland
M. T. Herrick
Cuba
Henry A. Dupont
Delaware
Dupont
West Point
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