Gans Wins Decisive Twenty Round Victory Over Burns
In Los Angeles on September 28 Joe Gans the lightweight champion defeated Jimmy Burns in twenty rounds at the Pacific Athletic club with a decision by Referee James Jeffries as 5,000 in attendance approved. Burns showed class but Gans dominated after round seventeen and landed a brutal final minute right to the stomach to secure the win.
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Jimmy Burns
Los Angeles
Joe Gans
Pacific Athletic Club
George Memsic
Chicago
Burns
Gans
James Jeffries
Joe Pute
Jeffries
Burne
Jimmy
Railway deal seals Chicago and Alton purchase
The Toledo, St. Louis and Western directors voted to buy the Chicago and Alton from Rock Island interests after immunity for the Standard Oil rebating inquiry. Rock Island will receive 4.28 million in 4 percent bonds and 4.12 million in 2 percent bonds. The old Chicago and Alton board to resign. new owners to take control and push quick unification with Iowa Central and Minneapolis and St. Louis.
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Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railway
Chicago and Alton Railway
Rock Island
Alton
Standard Oil
Chicago and Alton Board
Shonts-Hawley
Toledo
St. Louis
Western
Chicago and Alton
Iowa Central
Minneapolis
Eight injured in Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near Duncan
Harrisburg reports eight persons injured when an Altoona accommodation train collided with a freight train near Duncan on the Pennsylvania Railroad. In Dallas, the Humane Society announced four drinking fountains for animals have been located.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Duncan
Altoona
Dallas
Humane Society
Taft Arrives in Yokohama En Route to Japan
Secretary Taft reached Yokohama aboard the Minnesota from Seattle after passing signal stations unseen. American officials and embassy members greeted him as the Chattanooga saluted his flag. Taft accepted the entertainment plan but declined weekend functions. an imperial audience was planned for Monday.
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Yokohama
Taft
Minnesota
Seattle
Tokio
O'Brien
United States
Chattanooga
Letters Read To Jury Tie Borah To Idaho Timber Case
Boise readers report that about half a score letters read to the jury link former Governor Frank Steunenberg to an alleged Idaho timber land scheme. William Sweet, latest key witness, claims Steunenberg helped him in the deal and details money involved, including a $10,000 balance.
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Boise
Ida
William F. Borah
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
William Sweet
J. H. Richards
Sweet
Steunenberg
Borah
H. R. Wertham
Wortham
Richards
William E. Borah
Stennenberg
Cuban boy attempts dynamite attack on Fort Wood kitchen
A Cuban laborer employed by a U S signal corps mess cook at Fort Wood tried to blow up the kitchen. He planted several sticks of dynamite in a coal bin but the charges were found and removed in time.
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New York
C. E. Rehmann
United States Signal Corps
Fort Wood
Season of Prayer Moves Week of Prayer for Christ’s Kingdom
Washington September 28 at the international convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew a Friday session approved a resolution by Rt. Rev. Bishop Johnston naming the last week in November a season of prayer for spreading Christ’s kingdom. The Episcopal convention near Richmond was urged to pass a similar resolution and other brotherhoods were asked to observe the season as well.
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Washington
International Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Johnston
West Texas
England
General Episcopal Convention
Richmond
Church of Christ
Viaduct Collapse Near Jones Avenue Engulfed by Crash
In Atlanta this September a viaduct on Jones Avenue over the Southern and Western Atlantic lines collapsed after a switching engine jumped the track and struck the pillars. The bridge fell in a heavy crash and one man was seriously injured.
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Atlanta
Jones Avenue
Hally
Seventy Two Drown and Oil Well Progress Report
Seventy two persons were drowned and sixty eight injured in floods reported from Madrid. In Tulsa J T the Laure Oil and Gas company reports a promising well one and a half miles from proven territory.
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Madrid
Tulsa
J. T
Laure Oil and Gas Company
Dr. R H Harrison Office at Emmet Maloney Drug Store
A note announces the office of Dr. R H Harrison located at Emmet and Maloney's Drug Store. The public is informed of the physician's presence and the site within the store for patient visits and consultations.
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Emmet & Maloney’s Drug Store
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