Yacht Club Announces 2500 Cup Race at Bandy Hook
The Yacht Club plans a May regatta at Bandy Hook with prizes for the top three finishers totaling 2500 dollars. The race will use its own timing with no allowances, and entries may include German Meteor, American yachts, and perhaps participants from Dover Heligoland and Kiel. The English king is said to be interested in the contest.
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Dejie Yacht Club
Ariense
Yacht Club
Sir Thomas
Kiel
England
Lipton Sails but Hints at Cup Challenge Uncertain
Sir Thomas Lipton sailed from New York on the Cedric to England. He did not say whether he would attempt another challenge for the cup, citing not feeling as strong as he appeared.
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New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
England
Cedric
Sir Thomas
New York Floods Strain Rail and Trolley Lines After 24 Hour Rain
After a 24 hour downpour New York City and surrounding areas faced severe floods. Rainfall approached record levels as trolley lines and railroads were crippled and cellars flooded. In Manhattan water reached two feet in parts while ferries carried passengers through flood waters. Several packing houses in the Bronx suffered damage and roads like Nassau Street flooded. No fatalities were reported.
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New York
New York City
Bronx
Schwarzchild & Sulzberger, Swift & Co
Nelson, Morris & Co
New York Central Railway
North River
West Street
Jersey City
Hoboken
St. George
Staten Island
Stapleton
Fulton Ferry
Fulton Market
Nassau Street
Wall and
Pine Streets
Sub-Treasury
Rampo River
Compton Lake
N. J
Castle Resigns as Postoffice Auditor
Washington October 9 announcement reports H A Castle auditor for the postoffice department resigns dated October 7 to the secretary of the treasury who accepts the resignation. He will serve until his successor is appointed and qualified. Castle said he had offered to resign last spring but stayed during the post office investigation at Secretary Shaw's request and now resigns to attend to private business.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
H. A. Castle
Th Treasury
Castle
Post Office
Shaw
Former President Cleveland Returns to Little White House
Former President and Mrs. Cleveland occupy a Lakewood New Jersey cottage for the winter. The move supports Mrs. Cleveland’s health after the birth of Francis Grover. The family, including the baby, left Princeton for the pine-scented retreat once used in 1892-93 prior to Cleveland’s second inauguration.
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Cleveland
New York
Lakewood
N. J
Francis Grover
Princeton
White House
Grain withdrawals loom for London Liverpool steamship lines
New York report says grain may be taken off the list of articles carried by London Liverpool steamship lines from Atlantic ports to sustain minimum rates. Representatives from several lines approve the withdrawal and refer the matter to foreign owners who signed the agreement. The International Mercantile Marine company already withdrew Antwerp rate and backs withdrawal for Liverpool and London.
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New York
Atlantic
International Mercantile Marine Company
Antwerp
Liverpool
London
Goodwin Arrested In Fifth Avenue Statuette Theft
Police allege John W. Goodwin was attempting to steal several bronze statuettes from a New York Fifth Avenue store. He resisted at the police station, injuring himself against the wall. doctors found an old skull fracture and admitted him to a hospital. The report also notes separate dispatch from Berlin about the Chinese minister at Wisen buying arms.
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New York
John W. Goodwin
Cincinnati
Fifth Avenue
Tillman’s Version Explains Shooting of State Editor
James H. Tillman testified in Lexington D C detailing his view of editorials by Gonzales as intensely bitter. He described threats and a tense scene in Columbia as factors, then recounted the Jan 15 shooting when he said Gonzales appeared ready to draw, prompting his first shot and a statement “I got your message.”
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Lexington
D. C
James H. Tillman
Tillman
Gonzales
Wdgefield
Johnston
Columbia
Edgefield
Hotel Columbia
Adams
Colonel Blease
South Carolina
Opera
Statehouse
Senate
Talbird
Brown
Whit and
Helsenbach
Penalties Totaled for 49 Railway Cases in Texas
Austin reports District Attorney Moore will sue in district court for about 500000 in penalties across 49 cases against several railway and express companies. Also noting the death of Blue Lacy, an 11 year old boy from fall injuries who died of lockjaw.
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Austin
Moore
Blue Lacy
Brothers Wounded and Tragic Death in Rail Yard
In Wapanucka I T Thomas W Myers a brakeman died when he jumped from a backing caboose and was run over by a moving car, losing part of his head. In Guthrie Okla ex Governor Barnes began campaigning for the Republican ticket in Ohio then New York City. In Vinita I T William and Leo Albro of six miles east of Miami are critically wounded from an accidental rifle discharge.
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Rice
Pueblo
Colo
Indiana Supreme Court
Met
Drew Bishop
Galatia
Tll
H. P Smith
Goldthwaite
Tex
Terroice
Charles Smith
Gowen
T. B. O'Halloran
Cedar Rapids
Chattanooga
Lawton
Okla
Turner
Salt Works
Grand Saline
Grimes
Texas Short Line Railroad
Commissioner of Texas Land Office
Fort Bend
Kent County
Haskell
Ernest H. Lunan
New York
Wapanucka, I. T
Thomas W. Myers
Guthrie, Okio
Co. M. Barnes
Ohio
Buckeye
New York City
Vinita
I. T
William
Leo Albro
Miami
Shawnee and Southwestern Railway Chartered in Oklahoma
The Shawnee and Southwestern Railway company with capital stock of 500000 and headquarters in Shawnee Oklahoma is chartered to build a 600 mile railroad from Wichita Falls Texas to Claremore Illinois. Incorporators are Shawnee capitalists. In Aberdeen Mississippi Dr W A Evans aged physician was found dead in the back yard with a shotgun blast to the head. coroner's jury rules accidental death.
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Gutherie
Okla
Shawnee and Southwestern Railway Company
Shawnee
Wichita Falls
Tex
Claremore
IL. T
Aberdeen
Miss
W. A. Evans
Evans
Juniors Triumph In Turbulent Texas University Clash
At the University of Texas in Austin a fierce contest between freshmen and juniors ended with the juniors prevailing. Fifty seven striking Saint Louis workers arrived to support an earlier San Antonio strike, and streetcar workers in Austin showed strong sympathy. Guy Graham sought habeas corpus in the Robertson county murder case from 1900, while students and staff reported several minor injuries in the campus brawl.
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Texas University
Austin
St Louis
San Antonio
Guy Graham
Allie Boswell
Robertson County
Graham
University of Texas
Textile Building Plans Adopted by Committee
Dallas October 9. The building committee of the agricultural and mechanical college met to pass on plans and specifications for the textile building funded by a 50000 state appropriation. They adopted Architect Serrine of Greenville South Carolina as the designer and announced bids will be advertised with contracts to be awarded soon.
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South Carolina
Dallas
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Serrine
Greenville
S. C
What Emerson Wanted
Miss Louisa M. Alcott recalls the late Mr. Emerson’s seeming decline in memory as a mere obstacle to speech. She describes his wit in moments of forgetfulness, his search for a word like umbrella, and his longing for a familiar item friends borrow and fail to return.
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Emerson
Mr. Emerson
Louisa M. Alcott
Doyle Punished For Attitude Toward Carnival Crowd
Claud Doyle pleaded guilty in county court and was fined 2000 dollars and sentenced to four years in jail by Judge Milam for grabbing ladies at the carnival crowd. In San Antonio, street cars resumed Friday with non-union crews and guards aboard each car.
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Fort Worth
Claud Doyle
Milam
San Antonio
Updike Elevator Burns With $300,000 Loss in Des Moines
A large fire destroyed the Updike grain elevator and drying plant at Missouri Valley. Loss estimated at 300000 dollars, fully insured, with about a half million bushels of corn ruined. Officials say the plant will be rebuilt.
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Updike
Des Moines
Missouri Valley
Boy Confesses in Proksh Murder Case
Ivory Rogers pleaded guilty to the murder of thirteen year old Mary Proksh near Stillwater Oklahoma. He received a life prison sentence.
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Stillwater
Okla
Ivory Rogers
Mary Proksh
Here
Plover Eggs and Michelangelo’s Suicide Attempt
Plovers eggs from lapwings fetch high prices in English markets and are a luxury for the aristocracy. Michael Angelo, after a severe leg injury on The Last Judgment project, became morose and planned his death until physician Bacio Rontini intervened.
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England
London Standard
Michael Angelo
Bacio Rontini
College Yell Sparks Phonograph Mouse Incident
In a Houston Post item a student named Rushmore allegedly swiped a phonograph record during a college yell, as Gladys prepared to sing. The episode allegedly produced a blood curdling yell that drew attention to the campus.
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Gladys
Douglas
Young Rushmore
Rushmore
Houston Post
Reception and Ball for Mississippi Valley Medical Delegates
A brilliant reception and ball at a leading Memphis hotel honored visiting delegates of the Mississippi Valley Medical association on its second day of sessions Thursday morning and afternoon.
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Memphis
Mississippi Valley Medical Association
A Feminine Think
Dialogue notes a playful exchange about thinking twice in love between a man and woman with a witty twist from a London Judy instance. The quip emphasizes differing approaches to decision making in relationships with humor.
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London
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