Journey to Find a Deaf Friend Highlights Boston Cyclists
The city buzzed over Robert Bruce's plan to search for his friend Len z, a quiet companion who rode and spoke little. Bruce plans a minimalist trip, carrying a camera and essentials on his bicycle. The seventeenth annual Boston Bicycle Club meeting at Young's Hotel discussed officer elections and club business. Other clubs held dances, elections, and early games as Riverview joined the Consolidated Cycle Clubs and prepared for upcoming matches with Chelsea and Roxbury Wheelmen.
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Robert Ruce
Enz
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Juce
Lenz
Brute
Yellowstone Park
Bruce
Boston Bicycle Club
Young’s Hotel
Judge Burke
Kirk Monroe
Mt. Washington Bicyclelub
First Regiment
Riverview Cycle Club
Milton Lower Mills
J. L. Potter
W. A. Martin
H. E. Jenkins
J. H
Gallison
Andrew
Houghton
Rowe
Suffolk Club Holds Annual Meeting at 444 Beacon Street
The Suffolk Club met yesterday with A W Spencer presiding. Officers elected for the year include Spencer as president and George D. Allen as secretary and treasurer. Directors named were Spencer, John S Russell, and Charles H Taylor. A fine collation followed and speakers praised General Jackson and civic ideals.
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Suffolk Club
Beacon Street
A. W. Spencer
George D. Allen
Johns. Russell
Charles H. Taylor
Alexia Torrey
Louis Hecht, Jr
W. H. Prior
Zenas Sears
J. D. Scudder
Woodward
Spencer
John C. Wyman
Providence
Jackson
Princeton Star Phil King May Not Turn Pro
General sporting notes state Phil King of Princeton, famed for football and baseball, may join New York as second baseman but declares he will not become a professional player. A polo rink game tonight features Suffolk Athletic versus Chelsea Rifles in basketball, with detailed lineups for both teams.
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Phil King
Princeton
New York
King
Suffolk Athletic
Wll
Chelsea Rifle
Chelsea Rifles
B. Grant
G. Sands
J. Brewer
F. Foster
G. Rogers
J. McGilway
Harvard chess club aims for triangular match with Yale and Columbia
The Harvard Chess Club received a challenge from Columbia to play two correspondence games. In prior seasons Harvard and Yale clubs paired in such events, and Harvard hopes to organize a triangular contest among Yale Harvard and Columbia, each school facing the other two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Chess Club
Columbia
Chess Club
Harvard
Yale
Boxing Gossip Sparks License Shakeup and Promised Matches
The new Board of Aldermen grants boxing licenses seen as support by prominent taxpayers and officials. Talks linger of a Walcott versus Smith bout with a six week training window, and managers plan to meet to discuss a March 1 match if Smith cannot be arranged. Various contenders, challenges, and training notes fill the boxing scene with rivals Dixon Griffo, Kilrain, and McAuliffe in play as promoters announce upcoming cards.
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Board of Aldermen
Tom O’rourke
Walcott
Billy Smith
Smith
O’rourke
George Dixon
Young Griffo
Jack Harlin
Joe Gordon
Young Starlight
Martin Flaherty
Howie Hodgkins
Flaherty
Hodgkins
Steve Mahoney
McGirr
Bridgeport
Dave McGregor
Boston
J. J. Kennedy
South Boston
Joe McAuliffe
Jake Kilrain
Kilrain
McAuliffe
Peter Jackson
Billy Brady
Jackson
Corbett
Manly
Fitzsimmons
Steve’ O’donnell
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
New York Herald
O’donnell
J. C. Kennedy
Seaside Athletic Club
Jack Dempsey
Tommy Ryan
Jimmy Dime
Jerry Marshall
Frank Patten
Sammy Campbell
Mick Dunn
Fred Woods
Jack Madden
Ed Vaughn
Rob Roy
Racing Entries At Alexander Track Meet Notes
Thorough list of six races with selling horses and weights at Alexander. Includes results snippets from multiple heats and times such as 1 34 4 for six and one quarter furlongs and 1 08 for four and a half furlongs, naming winners like Imp Bones Mikey B and Sonora Walcott.
Results at New Orleans horse races summarized
Five and a half furlongs: Clara Bauer won with Miss Galop second and Bessie Nichols third. Other runners Folly Floreanna Nicaragua also ran. Time .46. Three quarters of a mile selling: Kindora first Wanda T second Vaucluse third Ludlow Pres Connolly Lay On Daphne also ran. Time 1.28. Five eighths of a mile: Martha Griffin first Trixie second Red Top third Nellie H Pomgranate Queen's Lake ah Foy Tess Witt also ran. Time 1.08. One mile Jackson handicap: Uncle Jake first Treveyllyn second Marcel third Nero Charter Bonnie B. Say On also ran. Time. One mile selling: Adah L first Athelia Allen second Advocate third Galena Twenty-three Wedgefield Douglass Burrill's Billett also ran. Time 1:56.
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Clara Bauer
Miss Galop
Bessie Nichols
Folly
Floreanna
Nicaragua
Kindora
Wanda T
Vaucluse
Ludlow
Pres. Connolly
Daphne
Martha Griffin
Trixie
Red Top
Nellie H
Queen's Lake
Ah Foy
Tess Witt
Jackson
Uncle Jake
Treveyllyn
Marcel
Nero
Charter
Bonnie B
Say On
Adah L
Athelia Allen
Advocate
Galena
Wedgefield
Douglass
Burrill
Billett
Turf Gossip and Racing News Highlights
Mabel dam of Directly 2 07 percents is a black mare at 164 hands and a natural pacer. Dunbar owner of Johnson 2 06 percent is in California. Salisbury and Hamlin stables move to Fresno. Adonis 2 11 is famed in Providence. Whiligig 2 10 to be sold in Buffalo. 1894 champion three year old pacer. Fastest 1894 mile by Robert J. at Terre Haute in 2 01 4. Flying Jib paced 1 58 at Chillicothe with a companion. Charley Apspach, Philadelphia bookmaker, dies in New Orleans of brain congestion.
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Mabel
Directly
OG. F. Dunbar
Johnson
California
Salisbury
J. Hamlin
Robert J
Hartford
Geraldine
Jay Gould
Terre Haute
Ind
Chillicothe
Charley Apspach
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Kidds Treasure Ghost Haunts Nahant Dig Site
The Lynn scene recounts Daniel Horgan a 26 year old stonecutter who toils with a gold tester seeking Captain Kidd s treasure on Nahant's Little Nahant shore. He reports cave access at low tide searches near Simmons estate while hearing marching sounds and glimpsing a fiendish figure as he digs toward a buried hoard amid restless spirit legends.
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Lynn
Daniel Horgan
Captain Kidd
Nahant
Horgan
Dowling Terrace
Little Nahant
Simmons
North Shore
Little
Big Nahant
Kidd
Mott Haven Candidates Begin Practice Season In Gym
The Mott Haven candidates held the season’s first practice in the school gym with four squads scheduled at 11, 12, 3:30 and 4:30. Large last squad may split into two groups for cage and hall drills, listing many sprinters and distance runners across events.
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Mott Haven
C. E. Smith
G. Oenslager
F. McCarthy
I. H. Bigelow
H. H. Yeames
A. R. Wendell
F. H. Stillwagen
B. RB. Howard
F. H. Rathbone
B. Stevens
P. D. Rust
C. F. Prescott
H. G. Dorman
RK. C. Thomas
W. J. Denholm
J. G. Gulick
M. I. McAlpine
W. Redpath
J. Brayton
H. J. Holt
W. W. Colton, Jr
N. PB. Breed
J. EB. Bunting
S. P. Negus
Davis
W. A. Shakman
Hill
H. Carpenter
A. Dyrenforth
R. L. Chapman
F. G. Neal
W. K. Hers
J. L. Little, Jr
N. K. Wood
P. B. Sawyer
F. J. Belt
A. T. Peling
F. A. Burlingame
F. W. Palfrey
J. W. Edson
J. de K. Towner
G. Allen
L. B. Murdock
A. Ingraham
M. P. Whittal
F. Giere
L. P. Corbin
L. J. Henderson
M. J. G. Cunniff
F. Hulig
J. A. Huiskamp
J. CG. Whitfield
G. Wollaeger, Jr
W. Bonsall
5. May
H. Blanchard
H. L. Smith
H. Dpd
Whitfield
A. Elson
F. H. Thompson
Hair Experts Offer Hair Growth Tips At Alland Bros
Advert shows fallling out hair and baldness remedies by Alland Bros with mention of Harvard and Polytechnic schools. Haircutters referenced for techniques and a potential study at university tech programs. Details are fragmentary but imply product or service aims at restoring hair thickness and improving appearance.
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Alland Bros
Remont Row
Harvard
Isston University
School of Technology
Pesvara
Christmas Mystery Staged by Children at St Augustine's
Twenty children presented a musical Passion Play style nativity at St Augustine's Church directed by Father C N Field. The hourlong performance used Christmas carols with minimal scenery and a star illuminated manger centerpiece.
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St. Augustine’s Church
C. N. Field
England
Father Field
Mary
George L. Ruffin
Judge Ruffin
Mme. M. Cr
Floods in Allegheny and Monongahela Reach Peak
Floods on the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers peak by 10 am and recede soon after. Estimated total losses across the rivers run to about $500,000, including wrecked coal barges, flooded mills, and exposed property protection costs. In Allegheny City the high water damaged C F Wells and Co offices as a gas main exploded fatally injuring Watchman John Martin, and James McSweeny was swept away and drowned during dam construction with others narrowly escaping.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Allegheny
Monongahela
Allegheny City
C. F. Wells & Co
John Martin
Martin
James McSweeny
Beaver Dam
Gov Busiel Hosts Grand New State Library Reception
Governor Busiel held his first public reception in the new State Library in Concord. He was joined by his staff and Mrs Busiel assisted by many prominent society ladies. About 2000 people, including State and municipal officials, senators and representatives, attended the event, noted as one of the state’s most brilliant receptions.
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Concord
N. H
Busiel
New
Concert by Stavenhagen and Gerardy Delights Audience
Mr Bernhard Stavenhagen pianist and Master Jean Gerardy violoncellist performed at Music Hall to a fair crowd hindered by bad weather. Highlights included Schumann Fantasy Op.17, Litt Andante, a Popper tarantelle, Beethoven Violin Sonata No.3, and Gerardy's aria and gavotte with two encores. A second concert is slated Thursday at 2:30 PM.
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Bernhard Stavenhagen
Jean Gerardy
Staenhagen
Schumann
Maste Gerardy
Popper
Beethoven
Stavenhagen
Gerarty
That Caucus Agt That Would Help Defray Printing Ballots
Senate and House leaders debated the new metropolitan affairs committee and a Hayes amendment on the Nashua River water supply. Caucus plans target a state ballot printing fund with a small assessment on candidates to defray costs.
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House
Messrs
T. F. Keenan
Boston
Bancroft
Clinton
Roberts
Chelsea
Greenwood
Ashland
Messrs. Jones
Melrose
Bates
East Boston
Young
Springfield
Hayes
Bill
Malone
Quinn
George F. Ormsby
League
Foxboro
Massachusetts Hospital
Tuttle
Roe
Worcester
George
Haverhill
Senate
United States
Patriotic Orders
Hoar
Meyer
Creed
South Boston
Hollis
Newton
Butler
Oliver Shaw
Watertown
Charles L. Shipley
Springefil
City of
Westward Ho and More On Boston Stage Talk
The piece surveys recent Boston theatre offerings with Julia Marlowe as Bea trice in Much Ado About Nothing at Hollis Street and previews Ingo mar and Parthenia. It notes Fanny Johnston’s Sheriff of Wyoming costume, George DeVere as a bold editor in A Black Sheep at Park Theatre, Venus performers at Keith’s, Annie Russell in The New Woman at the Columbia, Louise Beaudet in The Dragon's Daughter at Castle Square, and next week’s Grand Opera House plans for The Man Without a Country with its New York cast. Rose Coghlan arrives Jan. 21 with Nemesis, Diplomacy, Forget-me-not. Lillian Russell’s Grand Duchess continues at Tremont. Ts' Street Theatre enters St Augustine, Fla.
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Julia Marlowe
Beatrice
Mr. Taber
Hollis Street
Fanny Johnston
Wyoming
Boston
Grand Opera House
Hoss and Hoss
New York City
New York
Edward Everett Hale
Rose Coghlan
Hollis
Night of Benefit and Theatre Attractions in New Aoric
The Actors' Brand of America benefit occurs in New Aoric January 25 at an uptown theatre with Empire Theatre and Lyceum Theatre company performances. Carl Faelten will give two piano recitals, January 1 and January 2, in Bumstead Hall. Shore Acres at the Boston draws diverse audiences, while Humanity closes at Bowdoin Square Theatre next week, with Providence hosting. The Howard Athenaeum bills Zamora acrobats and a star lineup. Martha Morton writes Father Versus Son for William H. Crane, debuting in Washington. Westward Ho! dance at the Museum charms, and managerial rumors persist. Ethel Tucker shines in Fair Rebel at the Grand Museum. Bill Hoey’s Tremont cast includes Rice and Merrilees. Rush City heads to Boston Theatre January 21. Marquis the prize horse headlines Austin & Stone's Museum. Lyceum hosts a cake walk with a gold watch prize. box office entries encouraged.
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Nufal
Actors’ Brand of America
New Aoric
Empire Theatre
Lyceum
Jerri Far Te Frohmen
Marquis
Austin & Stone’s Museum
H. Williams
Calais
Jamaica Plain Bowlers Defeat Roxbury Team At Roxbury
Four Jamaica Plain bowlers led by W T Glennan defeated a Roxbury picked team captained by T J Collins. Final scores were Jamaica Plain 2036 Roxbury 1881 after the last string.
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Jamaica Plain
W. T. Glennan
Roxbury
T. J. Collins
Jamaica
Baseball scores from New England meet
In Pawtucket Lynn defeated Pawtucket 5 to 4. In Boston Providence led 11 to 3 over Boston. In Salem Salem beat New Bedford 2 to 1.
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Pawtucket
Lynn
Boston
Providence
Salem
New Bedford
Funeral service for Colonel Solomon Sleeper at Cambridge home
The funeral for Colonel Solomon Sleeper will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at his residence 1783 Massachusetts avenue North Cambridge. Rev Alexander McKenzie D D will conduct the services. Burial will follow at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
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Solomon
Sleeper
Massachusetts Avenue
North
Cambridge
Alexander McKenzie
Mt. Auburn
Republican Committee Election Outlook in City
The Republican city committee plans its organizing meeting next Monday night at the Washington street headquarters. President George A. Hibbard is unlikely to run again, with W. W. Towle of Ward 17 favored if he declines. Ward 10 Councillor Walter L. Sears seeks the secretary post, replacing William L. Mowry of Ward 2, and is seen as likely to win.
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Repubican City Committee
Washington Street
George A. Hibbard
W. W. Towle
Ward 17
Hi Bard
Towler
Councian
Walter L. Sears
William L. Mowry
Judge Denies Rice Bid to Probe Reading Receivers
In Philadelphia on Jan 8 Judge Dallas filed an opinion denying Isaac F Rice's request to institute proceedings against the Reading railroad receivers and ex president A A McLeod. The ruling closes a phase of the long running dispute over the railroad's management and legal actions.
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Philadelphia
Dallas
United States Circuit Court Today
Isaac F. Rice
Reading Railroad
A. A. McLeod
Pagan Ryne the City of the Cesars Talk at Y M C U
Theev Henry G Spaulding of Boston will deliver the second lecture in the Practical Talks series at the Young Men’s Christian Union 48 Boylston Street this Saturday evening. His subject Pagan Ryne the City of the Cesars will be illustrated by a stereopticon. Tickets may be secured by union members Wednesday at 6 o’clock or until sold out.
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Henry G. Spaulding
Boston J
Young Men’s Christian Union
Boylston Street
Ryne
the Cesars
Old Powder House Club Elects New Officers in West Somerville
At last evenings annual meeting of the Old Powder House Inn of West Somerville officers were chosen George H. Orrill as President F W Reeves and B M Jewett as vice presidents D W Sterritt as secretary F B Waterman as treasurer and I P Rice J F Benton F E Willard and I W Smal as directors The club reports its new quarters are nearly ready and will be occupied soon at Sunt Keb Lb
Senate panel backs commercial travellers bill on mileage tickets
Washington Jan 8 The Senate committee on interstate commerce ordered a favorable report on the House Bill the commercial travellers bill. The measure allows issuing interchangeable 500 mile tickets with special privileges for free baggage under mileage tickets of 1000 miles or more.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
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