Bates's Horses Sold at Madison Square Garden Sale
Madison Square Garden hosted a large sale of Charles F. Bates's estate horses and carriages. Over 2000 attendees watched prize winners fetch notable prices led by Coxey and Brown Donna as Henry of Philadelphia purchased key lots.
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NW York
Madison Square Garden
Charles F. Bates
Coxey
Brown Donna
H. S. Henry
Philadelphia
Whirl
Sporting Life
W. H. Bernard
Albert Johnson
Daily News
Daily Report
White Leck
Shempenen
Thomas W. Lawson
Applause
Poom, Jr
Tichener & Co
Chicago
Brewster Company
Harry Thomas
E. J. Noble
Adams
Mass
Harvard Trackmen Train Outdoors Amid Weather Flurry
Three hundred Harvard athletes trained outside as wind and wet ground delayed work. Sprinter Sprague is poised to stay in action. crews at Newell and Law School show mixed progress. Baseball practice continued indoors with emphasis on batting. outdoors hoped after a few warm days.
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Harvard
Lathrop
Sprague
Holmes Field
Soldiers Field
Newell
Law School
Gerrish
Hawkins
Vail
Columbia Football Case Tangles Over Tuition Rumors
Harry Cornish claims he relayed rumors about Columbia players tuition payments tied to team participation. Mitchell denies responsibility while his supporters blame three Columbia figures for the backlash. Mitchell, a key football manager, faced broad public criticism amid the controversy.
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New York
Harry Cornish
Molimeux
Columbia
E. Mitchell
Cornish
Miller
Larendon
Caspar Whitney
Harper's Weekly
Outing
The
Eleven
Mitchell
Polo Games Last Night at Brockton-Lawrence
Polo results show Brockton-Lawrence 8 and Taunton 7 in a tight match while Brock 1 a punton-Salem 7. The brief scoreline lists key teams and final tallies from the event.
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Brockton
Lawrence
Brock
Salem
Taunton
McCoy Eyes Fourth of July Bout After Fitzsimmons Talks
Julian McCoy of Westchester Club extends offer after Fitzsimmons and Sharkey failed to reach terms. McCoy says they will meet in his cafe Saturday at noon to sign articles for a catchweight bout to be staged July fourth at Tuckahoe, with McCoy seeking middleweight limits.
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New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Tom Sharkey
Fitzsimmons
Delevan House
al Smith
Tom O’rourke
Coney Island
Sharkey
Martin
Julian
Westchester A. C
Tuckahoe
Art
George Tucker
O’rourke
Seaside A.C
Seaside A. C
Westchester
Se Eeouane
McCoy
al’ Smith
Ken McCoy
Tmreey
Bob
Boxing Exhibition Highlights Local Boxers at Maverick Street Club
The Columbia Rowing Association hosted a boxing display at their East Boston clubhouse. Shue Y and two youths impressed in a clean exhibition. Westfield defeated Leggett easily. Ryan of East Boston outboxed Martin Clougherty in a second round stoppage.
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Columbia Rowing: Association
Maverick Street
East Boston
Shue Y
Kid Black
Young
McKenna
Fred Bryson
Waltham
McCoy
Charlestown
Larry Hayes
Smith
Newton
Charles O’rourke
T. Patten
George Westfield
T.leggett
Westfield
Jim Ryan
Martin Clougherty
Ryan
Clougherty
Boxing Gossip at Prospect Club Details Ire Over McBride Flaherty Bout
Columnist mourns unsatisfactory finish of McBride Flaherty at Prospect Club. Defends Captain Bill Daly as fair referee, notes Flaherty violations, warns against riot threats, and cites discord in Boston boxing scene. Mentions Medford letters, Keefe atop 125 lb field, and upcoming bouts and match talks across New England.
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Prospect Club
Bill Daly
Martin Flaherty
Martin
Flahertys
Flaherty
Bill
Boston
Medford
Harry Mulholland
Willie McCoy
Ike McArthur
Isaac W. McArthur
Cambridge
Willie Keefe
Riverside Boat Clubs
Spy Pond
Boston Athletic Association
McArthur
Keefe
IBAAC
W. McArthur
Atlantic Yacht Club
Mike Sears
Billy Gardner
Lynn
George Gardner
Billy Smith
Harry Boles
Sandy Ferguson
Hugh Avinters
Tom Shaw
al Willard
Colby McDermott
New England
Joe Pete
Sullivan
Joseph Bryson
John F. Sheehan
Hag’ Meeal
Newland
Frank Scott
Bob Montgomery
Tammany Club
Twin Sullivan
Ned Maher
T. Duffy
Young Broderick
George
Ming
Erne-Gans
Smith
Soneke
A. C
Dave Sulliven
Erry McGovern
Murphy
Waterbury
Bobby Dobbs
Charley Bui
Youngstown
Harris
T McGovern
Hercules A. G
Brooklyn
Tal the
Dee Tok Weh
Lookout Yacht to Challenge Flyers in Twenty-One Foot Class
A Manchester Yacht Club syndicate led by A Henry Higginson plans to launch the Lookout in mid April to bid for the Quincy cup. The 42 foot overall yacht features a 21 foot water line, 13 foot beam, shallow draft, 1325 square feet of sail, seven ounce duck mainsail, heavy silk jibs, a solid then hollow mast, wooden centreboard, no ballast initially, and will be crewed by Reginald Boardman Higginson Bouve Tucker and one other.
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A. Henry Higginson
Manchester Yacht Club
Aong
Wilson & Silsby
Reginald Boardman
Higginson
G. W. Bouve
R. F. Tucker
Tufts Baseball Sees Bright Prospects With Big Freshman Turnout
At Tufts College baseball prospects look bright as about fifty candidates attend the first practice. The new cage and diamond at College Avenue boost interest with plans to face Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, and Harvard early in the season. Captain Hazelton and coach Sam Curran lead a strong recruiting group including Foster, Barre, Kelly, Barrington, Lawton, Williams, and Fiske.
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College Avenue
Somerville
Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Columbia
Clark
Eli
Harvard
Hazelton
Old Dean Academy
Sam” Curran
South W
Foster
Dean Academy
Curran
Flagg
Goddard Seminary
Barre
Kelly
Dorchester
Boston Latin
Barrington
Lawton
Exeter
Williams
Tufte
Bagman Fiske
Ceconi
Manhattan
Newton YMCA versus Consolidated in overtime comeback
An overtime basketball game at Newton YMCA featured Newton with Greenough and Billings battling Consolidated’s Crawford Emerson and A Paterson. Final score Newton YMCA 16 Consolidated 14 with key scorers and fouls listed, referees Gordon and Davis.
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Consolidated
Greenough
Billings
Newton
Crawford
Emerson
A. Paterson
Newton Consolidated Greenough
F. R. McConnell Belcher
L.g
Gil Patterson Bain
Emerson Noden
Paterson Porter
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Porter
Paterson
Gil Patterson
Gordon and
Davis
Amherst Freshman Baseball Schedule Revised By Manager
Amherst freshmen baseball schedule rearranged by the team manager for April to May. Games listed include Willis at Easthampton Holyoke High School at Holyoke, Amherst at Easthampton and Williamstown trips, with interactions against Williamstown and other local teams noted amid typographical errors.
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Amherst Fresman
Willis
Easthampton
Holyoke
Aeomokchool
Amherst
Esleyan Hygee
Wilbraham
Williamstown
Hmen
Ale
Nity
Rtmouth
Vardon to Exhibit Until May Then Sail for Open at St Andrews
English golf champion Harry Vardon has arranged exhibitions through May 32 and will sail home to compete in the Open Championship at St Andrews. After the event he plans to return and tour the eastern states with fellow players.
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Harry Vardon
England
St. Andrew's
Police
Eat
Chicago
Llie. Dunn
Preaale Formar
Fruit Team Triumphs In Trade League Bowling Showdown
The Fruit contingent won two of three in Frank Carruth's alleys, taking the final heat by pins to spare. High rollers were Dilon, Pierce, and Benjamin, with Brown scoring 620 to claim top laurels in a thrilling season finale.
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Wire Works
Fruit
Dillon
Pierce
Benjamin
Brown
Wird Workers
Bowler
Leavitt
Pierce Eeeeeeerseree
Huckins
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Boston
Carruth’s Alley
Bradbury
Ferguson
Neary
McCarty
Gill
East Bost
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Herneson
Sudbury Bowling Battle Ends In Narrow Margin Victory
At Sudbury last night Charles end Co. and Pearmain rocks faced off with Pearmain losing two games to one after a strong showing. John Urann claimed the individual trophy from Dooley by six pins before 350 spectators. Marshall led with a 578 score.
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Sudbury
Charles End & Co
Pearmain &Rocks
John Urann
Dooley
Marshall
Grant Goes Abroad to Represent Penn in English Championships
Alexander Grant, Pennsylvanian middle distance standout, selected to run for the University of Pennsylvania in the English championships this season. His record spans the fall games 1000 yards in 2 17 2 5, 3 miles in 15 14, and multiple other event wins through 1900, with brother Dick among his Boston friends awaiting the news.
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Alexander Grant
University of Pennsylvania
Mike Murphy
Grant
Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Cham
U. of P
Boston
Eight Hour Day Rally at Faneuil Hall Tonight
George Fred Williams will address the eight hour discussion at Faneuil Hall this evening as labor groups prepare a grand event. The Central Labor Union Hall will house a parade with bands, led by the Street Cleaning and Sanitary Division Union from Castle street at 7 15.
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Central Labor Union Hall
George Fred Williams
A. A. Berie
Ramsdell
Lynn
Central Labor Union
Castle Street
Brooklyn Team Starts South for Augusta Trip
The Brooklyn baseball squad began travel to Augusta Georgia today and will remain in the South until the second week of April. With mild weather from April 4 to 19 they plan several exhibition games at Washington before the regular championship season opens.
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New York
Brooklyn
Augusta
Washington
Miss Emily Goebel Testifies in Kellogg Trial in New York
In New York on March 20 recorder Golf resumes the Kellogg grand larceny and conspiracy case. Miss Emily Goebel, visibly distressed, testifies Kellogg claimed to work for Mrs. Dean and bristled with threats of extradition to Brazil. She recalls travels to Europe, a quarrel, and a supposed receipt altered after signing.
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New York
James B. Kellogg
Re.s. Dean Co
Recorder Golf
Emily Goebel
Goebel
Kellogg
Miss Goebel
Europe
Sam Keller
James. B. Kellogg
Pacer
Merchants' Club Dinner Honors Boston Medical Men
At the Merchants' Club of Boston dinner at the New Algonquin, Dr. W. T. Councilman Dr. Clarence J. Blake Dr. Bowditch and Dr. Edward Whittier were honored. Floral greens and yellows decorated tables. a sorbet capsule marked For internal use only illustrated the medicine theme. John Mason Little presided and urged remarks on medical and surgical science with Civil War and invention references. Dr Maurice Richardson gave the benediction.
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Merchants’ Club of
Boston
New Algonquin Club
W. T. Councilman
Clarence J. Blake
Bowditch
Edward Whittier
John Mason Little
Maurice Richardson
Sapho case moved to general sessions for trial
Justice Fursman grants transfer from special to general sessions in the Sapho case involving Olga W Nethersole and co defendants. The trial will begin with grand jury action as the court notes the case has exceptional features warranting a jury trial.
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New York
Justice Fursman
Criminal Branch
Supreme Court
Olga W Nethersole
Venus de Milo
Charter List Closes for Veterans Camp
Colonel Fred B. Bogan Camp of the Veterans of the Spanish War voted to close the charter list. About forty signers supported the action as Senior Vice-Commander Thomas L. Hayes led a meeting with thirty members present. A committee was named to arrange Memorial Day decorations.
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Fred B. Bogan
Thomas L. Hayes
Everett Company Mustered into Eighth Regiment
The new militia company was mustered in at Everett last night for the Eighth Regiment. Fifty four men passed the physical exam and were sworn in. E Leroy Sweetser elected captain, Charles H Hillman first lieutenant, and George A Kyle second lieutenant.
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E. Leroy Sweetser
Charles H.hillman
George A. Kyle
Manchester Selectmen Increased to Five in Town Meeting
At a town meeting in Manchester on March 2 the voters changed the board size from three to five. Alfred E. Jewett and W. K. Kitfield were elected as new selectmen amid a heated clash between leading locals including Pastor Briggs of the Mapas Church over alleged unfair tactics. An expression urged selectmen to enforce the no license law.
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Manchester
Selectmen
Alfred E. Jewett
W. K K. Kitfield
Briggs
Mapas Church
Ps Selectmen
Pills for Pale People Cure Chronic Headache
In Hartford Connecticut Mr. H. M. Smith recounts years of severe headaches blamed on the stomach and relief from various powders. A druggist suggested Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and after three doses he was permanently cured. He endorses buying from druggists or Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady at 60 cents per box and six boxes for $2.50.
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H. M. Smith
Wintthrop Street
Hartford
Conn
Smith
Main Street
Dr. Williams
Alfred W. Green
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Gas bribery plea seeks Bay State Gas seizure
A controversial passage portrays a speaker claiming large share holdings in Bay State Gas and pressing a legislator to grant action or face consequences. The plea references efforts to recover a Boston gas field and imply coercive tactics to “settle” rivals.
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New England
Bay State Gas
Whitney
Bay State Gas Company
Youthful Diplomacy at the Corner Store
A Memphis Scimitar anecdote recounts a little girl who enters a grocer and asks for ten cents worth of candy for her father. She insists on caramels, explaining she will share them with papa and hopes he will kiss her and return the sweets.
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Memphis Scimitar
Trance author Mrs Lorelle Bolisner Dies at Home
Mrs Lorelle Damon Bolisner died yesterday afternoon at 160 Broadway Chelsea from heart disease. Earlier in June she attracted attention by entering a trance and writing about a visit to Heaven claiming she saw its inhabitants. Doctors had tested her heart after the trance but found no heart action.
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Lorelle Damon Bolisner
Heaven
Broadway
Chelsea
Root on Cuba's Future After Havana Trip
Secretary Root reported to President McKinley after touring Cuba and, per Associated Press coverage, spoke with journalists before leaving Havana. He declined to state when full independence might be granted to the Cubans.
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Root
Cuba
Washington
McKinley
Associated Press
Beore
Havana
City of Florence Wrecked in San Francisco
The steamer City of Florence was wrecked in San Francisco today. The Alert rescued the entire crew and brought them to the city. The vessel belonged to City of Florence Shipbuilding Company with G. Smith & Co. of Glasgow as agents and was consigned to Balfour Guthrie & Co. of the city.
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San Francisco
City of Florence
Alert
City of
General Lew Wallace criticizes administration’s colonial plan
In Indianapolis on March 20 General Lew Wallace issued an open letter accusing the administration of aiming to create colonial territories in Porto Rico and the Philippines. He claims the President would govern these areas as a colonial empire.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lew Wallace
Barnes
Porto Rico
Philippines
Carpet Union installs officers at Unity Hall meeting
The Carpet Upholsterers' Union held its regular meeting last evening in Unity Hall and installed officers led by president John J. Roach and vice-president John Fitzgerald. Other officers included treasurer John J. Powers financial secretary Daniel P. Kelley recording secretary John Colpays sergeant-at-arms Albert Hohenfels and guide Thomas Rudolph.
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Unity Hall
John J. Roach
John Fitzgerald
John J. Powers
Daniel P. Kelley
John Colpays
Albert Hohenfels
Thomas Rudolph
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