16 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1901
Page
1
Ohio Governor Nash plans to inform sheriffs and mayors to enforce state prize fight laws. He will restrict remaining boxing to sparring matches within athletic clubs and block any other contests, with penalties to ensure compliance.
Judge Hollister issues permanent injunction postponing Jeffries versus Ruhlin at Saengerfest Hall. No contest tonight or on any date. mobilization plans scrapped. Both boxers remain, plan to travel for engagements next week as promoters and authorities await legal outcomes.
A 15 year old keeper Albert Neilson was killed after entering a Bengal tiger cage at the Indianapolis Zoo. He was torn by the animal until seven pistol shots and hot irons finally ended the attack. Neilson, from Piqua Ohio, had worked three years with the Zoo company and managed lion cubs before the incident.
A news summary reports a defendant held for trial on seditious and defamatory libel charges for publishing in his paper that the British commander-in-chief ordered troops to make no prisoners. Bail is fixed at 2000 pounds. Mrs Osgood loses jewels on an Oregon express robbery. San Antonio notes Pioneer Ross Kennedy dies at Sabinas, Texas, dating Feb 15. His body to be returned for burial.
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