Mighty Maker He Knocks Out O'Donnell in Quick Fight
Peter Maher of Brooklyn stopped Steve O'Donnell at the Greater New York Athletic Club in Coney Island in a minute and a half of the first round. The bout aimed for twenty rounds but concluded early to avoid Horton law issues. O'Donnell offered only a brief left, while Maher landed three lefts and a high right to finish.
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Brooklyn
Peter Maher
Steve O'Donnell
Greater New York Athletic Club
Coney Island
Seaside Athletic Club
Maher
Quietus
O' Donnell
O'Donnell
York and Fenton Seek 137-Pound Rematch in New York
York challenges Paddy Sheehan, aiming to meet any man in New York at 137 pounds. Billy Ernst of Brooklyn prefers the bout, having edged Fenton in fifteen rounds with Captain Bill Daly as referee. Fenton asks Daly to referee the next contest, confident of similar fair treatment. Daly declines controversy and says he will tell the truth about the Boston Post report.
Portland Beats Rockland In Rough Game
Portland won 6 to 2 over Rockland before about 1900 fans in a fast paced Portland arena. Both goaltenders shone with Allen making key stops as Rockland pressed late. Rushes by Campbell and Jordan fueled the Portland victory while fouls by Allen Dawson Campbell and Maynard were noted.
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Portland
Rockland
Rocklands
Allen
J. Dawson
Ccseeseceesdeee Tey Campbell Whipple
Paeah Eh Ons Alse
Os Foster
Yale Netters Triumph Over Nashville Club 20 to 6
Yale consolidated football eleven met the Nashville Athletic Club on the Nashville gridiron and won by 20 to 6. The game was stubborn and well fought from kickoff as Yale demonstrated superior training. The affair drew Nashville's social elite.
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Nashville
Tenn
Yale Consolidated
Nashville Athletic Club
Maher Knocks Out ODonnell in Short Bout at Club
The Irishman Maher defeats Australian O’Donnell in a sensational 90 second main event at the Greater New York Athletic Club. O’Donnell falls after a left and a rapid combination, while Maher seeks Sharkey and a possible challenge to Pitt Simmons winner. Crowd of about 3500, weather mild, costs noted by spectators.
Maher Upsets O Donnell in Rapid Boxing Bout
Boxing lovers in the city witnessed Peter Maher’s sensational victory over Steve O’Donnell, surprising crowds with the speed of Maher’s win. The same opponent had fallen to Maher earlier, and O’Donnell is described as a has been compared to that earlier defeat. Paddy Fenton also scored a win in New.
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Peter Maher
Steve O'Donnell
Maher
O’donnell
O'Donnell
Paddy Fenton
New
Washington vs All Washington Triumphs 12–0 in bitter cold
Washington hosted a football game between Columbian University elevens and All Washington dominated by the latter. Players included Joe D. Silver from the University of Pennsylvania and Sam Senior and Don Fugit from Lehigh. All Washington won 12 to 0 with a touchdown and goal in each half.
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Washington
Columbian University
All Washington
Columbia Athletic
Joe D. Silver
University of Pennsylvania
Sam Senior
Don Fugitt
Lehigh
Dedham Christmas shoot at Islington grounds amid cold breeze
The Dedham Sportsman's Club held its annual Christmas shoot at Islington. Ten matches were shot on 470 birds with results listing shooters Greener Cole Leverett McIntosh Baldwin Alden and unknowns across ten keystone, regular and reversed formats.
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Dedham
Dedham Sportsman's Club
Islington
Ten Keystone
Leverett
Cole
Greener
McIintosh
Baldwin
McIntosh
Alden
Yachting News From the Riviera Regatta Support
Nice December report notes Barclay Walker gifting 1000s to the Club Nautique de Nice for an international regatta on March 1% next year. Aeden Goelet plans to winter at Beau lieu. The regatta committee, led by M. A Chauchard, organises a cruiser race for March 20. Colonel Paget will bring the 20 water Samphire and three smaller new racers to the Mediterranean.
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Nice
Barclay Walker
Ailsa
Nautique de Nice
Aeden Goelet
White Lodge
Beaulieu
Club
M. A. Chauchard
Colonel Paget
Mediterranean
Local Scores From Various Intercity Contests
In New Bedford New Bedford 8 Fall River 3. Pawtucket 6 Providence 2. Clinton Mass Salem 2 Chelsea 6. Fall River 17 New Bedford 7. Lewiston Me Portland 2 1. Woburn Chelsea 7 Woburn 2. Malden 16 Woburn 4.
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Fall River
Pawtucket
Providence
Clinton
Mass
Salem
Chelsea
Lewiston
Portland
Woburn
Malden
Christmas Joy in Early Bicycle Clubs Across Boston
Joyful Christmas scenes cross multiple clubs led by Massachusetts Bicycle Club with a tree filled with gifts for all members. The Press C C, Metropolitan Wheelmen, Cambridgeport C, Roxbury B C, and Massachusetts B C snow brigade plan events from midnight runs to New Year’s Eve rides amid snow and ice. Notables include Johnny Johnson’s record feats, Edmund Linton’s praise of American trials, and discussing Pope Manufacturing’s market reach and a possible English merger.
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Press C. C
Massachusetts Avenue
West Newton Street
Cambridgeport C
Armory Hall
Roxbury B. C
Franklin Park
Captain Peck
Massachusetts
C. H. Larson
Trinity
Boston
Om Linton
England
America
Johnny Johnson
Monarch Company
Smith & Patterson
New England
Monte Scott
Providence
Plainfield
N. J
Texas
California
Eddie McDuffee
National Assembly
New York
Potter
Andy Wilson
Hodgman the People
Clifton Manufacturing Company
Pope Manufacturing Company
Paris
Pope
Hartford
Episcopal Church Dedicated in Waban Newton
The new Episcopal church in Waban Newton was dedicated this afternoon before a full house. The rector Rev William Hall Williams led the exercises and Rev Dr Drowne of Cambridge preached the sermon with several Newton clergymen assisting.
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Newton
Waban
William Hall Williams
St. Paul's
Newton Highlands
Drowne
Cambridge
Famine in India Criticized by Ex Judge Goodridge
Ex Judge Goodridge writes to a Calcutta English newspaper warning that thousands die daily from starvation in central provinces of India. He says government relief efforts are wholly inadequate and famine is beyond control.
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Calcutta
Goodridge
India
Mrs Ellen Terry Johnson Dies Suddenly in Hartford
Mrs Ellen Terry Johnson wife of Professor Charles F Johnson of Trinity College died suddenly of heart disease this afternoon. She was daughter of the late Dr Charles Terry of Cleveland and descended from Generals Terry and Wadsworth of Revolutionary fame. She was a cousin of the late Major General Terry US Army. her sister is married to Colonel Henry W Closson US Army retired of Washington DC.
Homicides in Savannah Over Christmas Day
Savannah reports three fatal incidents. William Titcomb, a white man, was fatally stabbed in a quarrel early today and died within hours. One black man shot another through the heart, killing him instantly. Levi Rutley, a colored man, was shot and killed by a police officer tonight.
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Savannah
William Titcomb
Levi Rutley
Notable public service figures in 1800s era politics and society
The passage profiles George O. Carpenter and Colonel Hatch, detailing Carpenter’s civic roles from Masonry to commercial leadership, military service, and anti monopoly advocacy, along with personal notes. It also recounts Hatch’s long congressional career, farming background, tariff debates, and a vivid confrontation with Croker Cochran, highlighting their temper and debate style.
Life Curtain Falls on Veteran Actor Wyzeman Marshall
Wyzeman Marshall died at his home 43 Pinckney street yesterday morning after a long feeble state. Once bedridden after a slight paralysis shock six weeks earlier, his heart weakness and old age brought his passing. He had been kept alive briefly by frequent injections of strychnine, a remarkable vitality for his age.
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Wyzeman Marshall
Pinckney Street
Mr. Marshall
Mr. Marshall's Half Century as Boston Theater Figure
Wyzeman Marshall, born 1816 in Hudson New Hampshire, became a familiar Boston figure for sixty years in acting, management, dramatic reading and elocution. He led multiple theatres 1839 1863 and later taught elocution with Miss Lucette Webster while holding high Masonic offices and a Democratic public affairs role.
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Boston
Mr. Marshall
Hudson
N. H
Eagle Theatre
Haverhill
Travers Streets
Gideon Haynes
Federal Street
Howard Atheneum
Macbeth
Leontes
Mrs. Warner
Ingomar
Anna Cora Mowatt
Boston Theatre
Zafari
Ruy Blas
Joseph H. Jones
Julia Bennett Barrow
Thomas Barry
John G. Gilbert
H. F. Daly
John Gilbert
Marshall
Lucette Webster
New England
St. Paul's Royal Arch
Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
Grand Chapter
Rhode Island
Ex-Congressman W. H. Hatch Dies in Missouri
Ex congressman W H Hatch died in Hannibal Missouri from Brights disease after a long illness He was born in Scott county Kentucky in 1833 educated at Lexington and admitted to the bar He served in the Civil War Confederate army and held the position of assistant commissioner of exchange from 1863 until the war's end He was elected to the Forty first Forty seventh Forty eighth Forty ninth Fiftieth Fifty first and Fifty third Congresses during all this time he served.
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Hannibal, Mo
W. H. Hatch
Bright
Scott County
Lexington
Died at a dinner party Townsend renowned New York lawyer
John D Townsend a prominent New York lawyer died suddenly at a dinner party on West Thirty Fourth Street due to kidney trouble. He left a widow and three daughters and had long been involved in public service and Tammany Hall affairs.
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John D. Townsend
West Thirty-fourth Street
Mr.Townsend
Mr. Townsend
New York Life & Trust Company
Columbia College
Buffalo
Dane Law School
Harvard
Eliza Delano Swan
Boston
Townsend
Cardozo
Tweed Ring
Supreme Court
Dowling
Barnard and
McCunn
Barnard
McCann
Queens County
John Kelly
Tammany Hall
William Tweed
Fernando Wood
FASTER SUCCI DEAD IN PARIS HOSPITAL FAME OF FASTER ENDS
Italian faster Giovanni Succi, famed for long fasts and his elixir, reportedly died after going mad following a fast in New York and hospital admission in Paris. The 40 year old from Cesenatico gained European fame with exhibitions including fencing and boxing during fasts. He toured Europe and America since 1886, drawing crowds and earning substantial sums.
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Giovanni Succi
Paris
Succi
Tanner
Europe
Cesenatico
Italy
Africa
Forli
Milan
England
Royal Aquarium
Koster & Bial's
Collision Between Carrie Walker Schooner and Scandinavian
A schooner carrying 16 tons and 4000 dollars value collided with the steamship Scandinavian off Cape Cod, sinking the schooner while the Scandinavian’s crew survived. Six sailors from the Carrie Walker were rescued and brought to Eastport, with Captain Starkey reporting the vessel’s seven knot speed and uninsured cargo and hull, and the Scandinavian bearing minor bow damage.
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YG. Starkey
Frederick B. Teed
Boston
Michael Tower
Rockport
N. B
William Davis
Fred Palmer
St. John
al Teed
S. By E
Stewart
Starkey
Eastport
Carrie Walker
Thomaston
Charles W. King
New London
Glasgow
Oystermen Frozen to Death Near Sandy Point
Levi H. James and John Branzell, Annapolis oystermen, perished in a batteau capsize near Sandy Point while returning from Magothy River. They shed outerwear and shoes to swim ashore. James died at the water’s edge, Branzell after a mile through snow near a house.
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Annapolis
Levi H. James
John Branzell
Magothy River
Sandy Point
James
Branzell
John Chatfield Dead Proprietor Of Hotels In New York
John Chatfield, proprietor of the Hotel Jefferson at Fifteenth street and Fourth avenue, died suddenly of apoplexy. He had managed several leading hotels including Fenwick Hall Saybrooke Conn the Manhauset Hotel Shelter Island the Brighton Beach Hotel and Pequod House New London. Born April 4 1838 in Seymour Conn he belonged to a Masonic lodge and the Hotel Men's Association. He leaves a 24 year old son in business with him. Funeral will be held tomorrow.
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New York
John, Chatfield
Jefferson
Fifteenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Chatfield
Fenwick Hall
Saybrooke
Conn
Shelter Island
Brighton Beach
Pequod House
New London
Mr. Chatfield
Seymour
Hotel Men’s Association
Chester R Faulkner Dies After Streetcar Injury
Chester R. Faulkner a long time Indiana politician and late private secretary to Senator Voorhees died at Providence Hospital from injuries sustained when run over by a street car last night. The accident crushed his right leg above the knee and led to amputation.
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Washington
Chester R. Faulkner
Indiana
Voorhees
Providence Hospital
Murderous cut affray leaves barber Lougee in critical condition
On Northampton street at 1240 this morning Patrolman Moore found Lougee Paolucci, 30, barber of 2024 Washington street, unconscious with deep cuts on both hands and a severe scalp wound. He was taken to City Hospital in critical condition amid uncertainty about motive as police recover razor handle nearby.
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Moore
Dedham Street
Paolucci Lougee
Division Street
Lougee
Fernald
Washington Street
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