National League Shrinks to Eight Clubs
News from New York as the National League adopts an eight club circuit. Washington is bought out, players distributed, and Buck Ewing to manage the Giants. Major trades and franchise dealings signal a strengthened New York team for the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Giants
Buck Ewing
New York
National League
Fifth Avenue
Baltimore
Cleveland
Louisville
McGraw
Robinson
Nick Young
Pulliam
Wagner Bros
Boston
Dineen
Freeman
Barry
Brooklyn-Baltimore
Brooklyn
Donovan
Freedman
F. A. Abell
de Montreville
Andrew Freedman
Wider Tire Bills Hearings On Beacon Hill
Cyclists urged the Legislature to require wider tires for heavy vehicles and to drop lantern requirements. The roads and bridges committee heard arguments on the bills by Hon. J. C. Bennett and ex-Representative Dean of Taunton. Supporters included Secretary Bassett of the U A W and Rep Silas Reed, with city officials Lapham and Pritchard also testifying. Bowen of the Boston Teamsters' Association opposed the measures. Hearing continued to March 20 at 10 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Hill
J. C. Bennett
Dean
Taunton
Committee On
Bennett
Bassett
Silas D. Reed
Lapham
Somerville
Pritchard
Bowen
Boston Teamsters’ Association
Beacons Win Record Dominates Cycle League Scores
Beacons secure a decisive victory with top totals across the North Shore cycle league standings. Charlestown CC, Crescent CC, Suffolk BC and Chelsea CC posted strong numbers in key matchups as teams chase season totals and playoff positioning.
Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts Expands Membership
At a special meeting held at Youngs last night amendments to the associations constitution were approved. The changes cover expanding membership voting rights and allowing non members to race while restricting voting to yachts owned by members in their own clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts
Association
Young
Hearing on Boxing Bill Before House Judiciary Committee
Representative Michael J. Sullivan proposed an amendment to the 1896 boxing law allowing sparring exhibitions by incorporated athletic clubs. Sullivan argued boxing with large gloves differs from prize fighting and endorsed boxing as beneficial. He sought clubs to pay small licenses and permit limited monetary consideration to professional boxers, with questions open for discussion in coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Judiciary Committee
Michael J. Sullivan
Te House
Sullivan
J. Sulivan
J. Sullivan
Ainst
Bullivan
Boxing Gossip From Broadway Club Promises Clashes In New York
The Broadway Athletic Club in New York hosts a twenty five round bout tonight between terrible Terry McGovern and Oscar Gardner. Gardner’s illness and recovery rumors have reduced interest, but competition should still thrill fans. Several other bouts and match talks surface from Charlestown to Boston as reporters discuss titles, forfeit disputes, and upcoming events.
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Broadway Athletic Club
New York
Terry McGovern
Oscar Gardner
Gardner
McGovern
Savannah
Dan Crowley
Billy Frazer
Charlestown
George F. Murray
Danny Snyder
Murray
John L. Sullivan
W. Wetson
South
Boston
America
England
Australia
Sulivan
Jake Kilrain
Richburg
James Barry
Hopedale
Nders
Tompaney
Spike Sullivan
George McFadden
Scholes
Canada
Frank McDonald
San Francisco
Joe Choynski
O’rourke
Walcott
Jim Corbett
Sam Austin
Bob Smith
Erne
O'Rourke
Maffit Flaherty
Maverick Athletic Club
Andy Watsom
the Pickaninny
Twin Sullivan
George McCarthy
B. H. Benton
Rob Roy
Duke of Westminster racehorses sold at Kingsclere
At the Kingsclere sale the late Duke of Westminster’s horse Flying Fox sold for 87 600 guineas to Edmund Bianc. Blane is linked to Monte Carlo founder and Roland Bonaparte’s brother in law. Closest bidder was Mr. Gilpin for W H Whitney of New York.
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London
Duke of Westminster
Kingsclere
England
Flying Fox
Winer
Edmund Bianc
Blane
Monte Carlo
Roland Bonaparte
Mr. Gilpin
W. C. Whitney
New York
Spring meet and events at area colleges and clubs
MIT plans a spring meet likely in May and tomorrow hosts a hare and hounds run from Wellesley. The Fifecutter Clara yacht has been broken up for scrap at City Island. horsemanship contests are set at the New Riding Club Norway street with several age groups and riding events. Cornell Track Athletic Association indoor meet features C W Wilson Jr 1900 setting a forty yard high hurdles record. Williams College names Jeffrey 1902 of Columbus Ohio as assistant manager and football association vice president.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Students
Wellesley
Clara
City Island
New Riding Club
Norway Street
Cornell Track Athletic Association
C. W. Wilson, Jr
Williams College
Jeffrey
Columbus
The
Football Association
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement From Boston Wife
Mrs Frances B D Somerby of East Boston reports her husband, an adjutant in the G A R, improved after using Doans Kidney Pills obtained from Woodbury Drug Co Maverick Square East Boston. She endorses the treatment and urges others to try it, noting a marked betterment day by day. The ad states 50 cent price and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
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Columbus
Boston
Frances BD. Somerby
Marion St
East
Adjt
Dean
Woodbury Drug Co
Maverick Sq
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan
Governor Crane Visits Sportsman's Show Attendance High
A large crowd attended the Sportsman's Show with Governor Crane and his staff present during the evening. The note highlights include a Y M C A championship game in the afternoon between Fall River and Brockton and a planned all New England title finals for Saturday night. Also a special Saturday matinee for girls teams from Dr Anderson's Normal School and the Posse Gymnasium. Mr N E Cormier hosted a dinner for friends at the Copley Square Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
Fall River
Brockton
Dartmouth College
Holyoke
Cushing Academy
Dr. Anderson
Normal School of Gymnastics
New Haven
Posse Gymnasium
N. E. Cormier
Copley Square Hotel
Harvard Crew Threads Increase as Newell Club Warms Up
Newell Boat Club at Harvard saw additional crews yesterday while Weld seeks to launch floats by tonight. Freshmen four man boats join a composite college Law School crew not yet racing. Officials expect more substitutes at all clubs and a flood of eights fours and singles by April first with full forty boats daily. FE Malincroft Jr won the Bancroft Cup, a trophy replacing last year’s Founders Cup after a rule requiring three consecutive wins or six total. Lacrosse players began outdoor work amid slippery ground and gym passes, signaling growing practice and technique for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell Boat Club
Harvard
The
Newell
College
Law School
Varsity
FE. Malincroft, Jr
Paul Bancroft
Gun Club
Record Breaker Marathon Expected to Draw International Field
Boston Athletic Association gears up for the April 19 marathon with hopes of international entrants led by William Sherring of Hamilton Y.M.C.A. who set a 1h 53m 30s record last October. Runners travel by train to Ashland and start at noon from the Central House with a bicycle escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Athletic Association
John Graham
William Sherring
Hamilton Y. M. C. A
Ashland
Boston
Somerville Aldermen Vote on Insurance for City Buildings
At a Somerville aldermen meeting last night the board deemed it inexpedient to further increase the insurance on the city public buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Foraker Defends Porto Rican Tariff Policy in Senate
Senate debate on the Porto Rican tariff and civil government opens with Foraker in charge of the bill and Pettus opposing as Hoar and Tillman spar over constitutional questions. Foraker argues the tariff upholds justice and humanity and links Puerto Rico duties to future Philippine policy while underscoring open trade aims in the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Foraker
Pettus
Mason
Committee On Foreign Relations
Mr. Foraker
Hoarns
Congress
United States
Ohio
Puerto Rico
Hoar
Philippines
Tillman
China
Open Door Debate and House Seat Change Report
Senate discussion on Puerto Rico relief and open door policy, with Mr Hoar urging immediate appropriation. The Senate then recessed to 8 pm for Alaska code Dill reading. In the House, Gaston A. Robbins was unseated and William P. Aldrich seated on fraud grounds, party line vote, followed by a rule limiting day sessions for pension legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Gaston A. Robbins
Alabama
William P. Aldrich
New York Produce Exchange Backs Free Porto Rican Trade
At a meeting in New York on March 8 the exchange adopted resolutions urging New York Senators and Representatives to oppose the Porto Rican tariff bill and to push for free access for Porto Rican products. It also urged the President to withhold approval of any bill not aligning with his stance and supported a measure to use duties from Porto Rico to aid the island’s relief, seeking unrestricted trade between the two countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Produce Exchange
Congress
United States
Porto Rico
Bradley
Linehan
Ward 18
Quincy
Board of Strategy
Grady
Ward
Sanderson
Connelly
Ward 17
Wheeler
Collins
Kiley
Hart
Leftomith
LinehenVar
Common Council
Russell
Monaghan
Board of Aldermen
Charlestown Navy Yard
Children Run Over by Ice Wagon Incidents
Harry Mackinnock aged 3 of 102 Brighthon street was playing on Chambers street when knocked down and run over by a Boston Ice Company's wagon injuring his back. At nearly the same hour Walter Stet terstrom aged 12 of 2 Pearl street place Charlestown tried crossing Main street in front of another Boston Ice Company wagon and sustained a fracture of the left collar bone. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mackinnock
Brighton Street
Chambers Street
Boston Ice Company
Walter Stetterstrom
Pearl Street Place
Charlestown
Main Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Gigantic Oil Deal Reported In Toledo
A London branch of the English petroleum syndicate linked to Standard Oil reportedly closed a massive deal in the oil fields absorbing the Cudahy company and the Manhattan term. The price is said to be 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Cudahy
Manhattan
Columbus
Toledo
English Petroleum Syndicate of
London
Oun
Plymouth Fights Brockton Plan To Share County Seat Privileges
Anxious Plymouth delegates oppose Brockton’s push for a Brockton registry of deeds branch in the county seat. They warn the move threatens historic landmarks and the county’s access to colonial records and the county’s legal and hotel prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
State House
Brockton
Plymouth Sacred Flower and Pilgrims Rally in Brockton
The Sons and Daughters of Plymouth honor sacred traditions as Brockton faces a dispute over ambitions. Opposition arises around Arthur Lord ex Congressman B W Harris and ex Senator E B Atwood while Senator Chamberlain delivers the main speech backing the registry of deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flower
Sons and Daughters
Plymouth
Brockton
Arthur Lord
B. W. Harris
E. B. Atwood
Chamberlain
Mission to form new Foresters court at Marblehead
Hibernian Hall hosted members and friends of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters from Boston Malden Lynn and other places. A committee was appointed to organize the new court in Marblehead later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Hibernian Hall
Order of Foresters
Boston
Malden
Lynn
Orsay
Lamp Fire Injures 82-Year-Old Woman at North Brighton
Bridget Gibbons of 70 Market Street North Brighton was severely burned when a lamp ignited her clothing after attempting to douse a flame. She was admitted to City Hospital on the Dangerous List with injuries to hands arms face and neck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget Gibbons
Market Street
North
Brighton
City Hospital
Gibne
Spaulding Addresses Norwich Alumni Banquet in Boston
The twelfth annual Norwich University Alumni Association of Boston banquet at Hotel Brunswick featured a speech by Hon. Burleigh F. Spaulding, ND congressman and 1877 NU graduate, who spoke on Consent of the Governed and Hauling Down the Flag. General Bancroft of the Boston Elevated Railway predicted the talk would provoke strong reaction, likening it to Cushman’s Middlesex Club address. President Brown spoke briefly, with William R. Cutter and E. W. Clark among others, including a poem read by Clark.
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Norwich University Alumni Association of
Boston
Hotel Brunswick
Burleigh F. Spaulding
North Dakota
University
Congressman Spaulding
W. A. Bancroft
Boston Elevated Railway
Norwich University
Congressman Cushman
Middlesex Club
Brown
William R. Cutter
Woburn Public Library
E. W. Clark
Captain Colton
Brookline Finances End Year With Debt Drop and Valuation Rise
Brookline's fiscal year closes with a $163,011 debt decrease and an $8,008,000 jump in tax valuation. Debt remains $1,215,800 under the statutory limit. Receipts total $1,698,766.95. payments $1,481,316.84. cash on hand $217,449.61. The tax rate is $10.50 per $1000, down from last year. Population and polls figures are incomplete in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Treasury
Murphy for Senator in Charlestown Race
The Hon. John R. Murphy is urged to run for State Senator to succeed Peter Tague in the second Suffolk district. Supporters say his candidacy would quiet rumors of his political decline and pit Murphy against Joseph J. Corbett, testing their political vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Murphy
Peter Tague
Suffolk
Charlestown
Murphy
Joseph J. Corbett
Senate
Poisoned Her Husband in Columbus Banker's Death
In Columbus Ohio on March 8 Mrs Belle Graddick a young widow is jailed for poisoning her husband banker J W Graddick who died February 10 Eldredge Dawkins who courted her was arrested then released An analysis by Dr O Y Owligs found enough arsenic in the stomach to cause death Mrs Graddicks was re arrested
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
8. C
Belle Graddick
J. W. Graddick
Eldredge Dawkins
Graddick
O. Y. Owligs
Kruger Speaks at Pretoria Amid War Time Adversity
A Bloemfontein despatch reports President Kruger addressing a Pretoria crowd on March 6. He says God tests the nation and the trial’s limit is near, adding that with faith in adversity he will soon turn the tide in their favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Kruger
Three More Dead Recovered From Red Ash Mine Tragedy
In Charleston West Virginia on March 8 three more victims were pulled from the Red Ash mine, bringing the death toll to twenty one. Twenty eight miners are still believed trapped inside the mine. Charles Downey Walter Dennis and Peter Cappell are named among the recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Charles Downey
Walter Dennis
Peter Cappell
Leyds protests British propaganda from Brussels
Dr. Leyds the Transvaal diplomatic agent protests a Berlin paper for printing alleged us news from him. An anti British demonstration occurred in Dresden and the English church there was disgustingly disfigured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Leyds
Transvaal
Brussels
Dresden
Skull Fracture After Fall From Beam In South Boston Building
Frank Churchill aged 29 of 27 Venton Street South Boston fractured skull and contusions after misstepping a beam at 718 Second Street. He fell nine feet and was admitted to City Hospital yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Churchill
Venton Street
Boston
Second Street
City Hospital
Boston Common Council targets mayor over city employee policy
The Boston Common Council debated Mayor Hart policy with a heated session on civil service and eight hour laws. A resolution urged reinstatement of discharged workers and inquiry into department practices amid claims of political influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Bradley
Civi
City of
Boston
Civil Service Commissioners
Dowager Empress Receives Wives of Foreign Ministers
March 8 report says the Dowager Empress received the wives of the foreign ministers in audience with the Emperor and the heir apparent present. The ceremonies mirrored those of last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Filipinos in Boston Target Aguinaldo Claims
Senor Lala arrived in Boston and told Post reporters that Aguinaldo leads an uneducated following. He accuses Aguinaldo of filming stories to imply acceptance of American rule while fear of Spanish oppression drives support, aided by anti imperialists in the United States. He says documents are sent to the Philippines and shown to followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Lala
Boston
Erving Winslow
Post
Aguinaldo
Philippines
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Jeffres Point
World OF Sport
Snight
Mr. Crane
Harvard Shooting Club
Lacrosse
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Registry of Deeds Office
Kyle
Plymouth Rock
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Poraker
Mr. Hoar
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Tague
God
Red Ash Mine
Bart
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Alvin Joslin
Will
Pittsburg
Penn
Charles L. Davis
Margaret Schriver
Tammany
John Jay Chapman
Fogg Art Museum
Granville B. Putnam
West Newton
Franklin School of
Lowell
United States District Court
John W. Weeks
Broadway National Bank
North Adams
Mee Laughlin
M. G. M’laughlin
Broadway
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Lincoln St
C. C. Partridge
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