Fight promoters brace for Ruhlin Jeffries showdown in Cincinnati
Evangelical Association attorneys have a warrant ready for the arrest of Gus Ruhlin who appears in Cincinnati Sunday. The Saengerfest Athletic Association and city leaders clash over the February 15 world lightweight title fight with Jeffries. Mayor Fleischmann delays permit two days before the bout, arguing Ohio law only allows a limited form of authorization. Ruhlin leaves New York for Cincinnati to finalize preparations amid ongoing legal and political battles.
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Double Tragedy in Galena Unrequited Love Fails
Galena Illinois January 12 fraught with violence as Amelia and Tillie Bergman sisters near death after an attempted murder by George Duerrstein a scion of Jo Daviess county's prominent family. Bloodhounds and a 35-strong posse hunt the suspect led by Sheriff Homwich amid threat of lynching.
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New Naval Station Chosen At Olongapo Philippines
Washington reports Admiral Remey confirms a board of officers chose Olongapo in Subic Bay as the site for a permanent Philippine naval station. Secretary Long requests a $1,000,000 appropriation to begin construction. Transferring headquarters from Cavite-Marine area to the new post is favored to meet Asiatic fleet needs.
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Vegetable Compound touted as cure for female ailments
An ad style passage extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a sovereign remedy for menstrual irregularities and uterine disorders. Grace Stansbury of Kansas testifies to dramatic relief after medical failure and personal suffering, praising the medicine and its creator.
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Lives Saved in Russie Shipwreck Rescue at Marseilles
At Marseilles on January 12 the Russie steamer wrecked near Faraman after four days of peril. All 102 passengers and crew were rescued with a breeches buoy as life savers finally reached the vessel. Br. Adm. Besson reported all landed and unharmed, though exhausted, as officials celebrated. The Russie, a French mail steamer from Oran to Marseilles, carried many French officials and soldiers.
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Graveyard Insurance Swindle Arrests In Jersey City
New York January 11 officers of Colonial Life Insurance Co., Jersey City, arrested Thomas Martin editor of a Union Hill newspaper, undertaker William Necker, and Thomas J. Kelly for conspiring to insure the life of 17 year old Robert Brenner. Dr Richard Jahr, medical examiner, was not arrested. Indictment accuses Brenner’s policy written while dying of consumption. Brenner was buried by Necker after Kelly obtained the application with Dr Jahr’s clearance.
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Grippe Crisis Hits New York Hospitals and Police
New York reports la grippe severity with hospitals overcrowded and police force reduced by about ten percent, 420 officers off duty. Omaha encampment rate offer to Denver via Chicago & Northwestern. Denver reconsideration possible. London reports stock exchange failures liabilities near two million pounds. Washington panel backs Charleston as site for a South Atlantic naval station.
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Countess de Castellane Income Suit Opens in Court
In New York on January 11, the suit by Anton Dittmar as assignee of Asher Wertheimer seeks to block trustees of Jay Gould estate from paying the Countess de Castellane any income from her share. An order to continue a temporary injunction remains in effect pending trial. The Goulds have been allowed to send the countess 19500 dollars a month for the past two months.
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New York Publishers Association Forms Incorporation
Articles of incorporation filed in Albany establish the American Publishers' Association with principal offices in New York City. Directors include Charles Scribner S. M. B. Harvey Daniel Appleton Frank H. Dodd George H. Mifflin George P. Brett A C McClurg Craig Lippincott and Frank H. Scott from multiple cities.
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Snowbound Mainland Of British Columbia Delays Travel
Vancouver BC reports an unusual snow episode with the entire mainland snowbound. Snow began ten days ago and remains in streets with three feet drifts stopping streetcar service. Coast vessels including the steamer Joan face delays from rough gulf weather. Smaller steamers are snowbound.
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Battleship Wisconsin put in commission debate
Washington reports Capt Reiter in San Francisco recommends reconsidering plans to commission the battleship Wisconsin. The proposed date February 1 falls on Friday raising superstition about active service on an unlucky day. A Georgia report notes the colored murderer Will Hines was hanged at Camilla. Ola Kentucky records a farmer Nelson Webb 48 who killed a 9 foot 10 inch bald eagle, largest in Craftsville area, now exhibited.
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Elevator Falls Three Stories in Dubuque Shoe Plant
Heavy freight elevator at Farley Loetscher Co. shoe factory in Dubuque Iowa dropped three stories. In the car were B Vogel Charles Grode and William Knapp all injured with Knapp listed in critical condition.
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Kansas to fund 50000 dollar Pan American expo display
Topeka L F Randolph announces Kansas will stage a $50 000 exhibition at Buffalo for the Pan American exposition. New York weekly failures total 324 in the U S and 32 in Canada vs last year. Secretary Long says he will not seek the U S Senate seat, urging Hoar re election. Demarara reports diamonds found in interior British Guiana. a company forms in England to pursue the claims.
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Senate Considers Army Canteen Issue During Reorganization Bill
The U S Senate and House clash over the army reform bill with the canteen provision in dispute. Senate debates last five hours as committee reintroduces a canteen, while the House supports the Burleigh plan increasing representation. The issue waxes and wanes across Jan 9 to Jan 14 with votes and amendments.
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Pneumonia Claims Death of Adm Theo F Phelps in New York
New York hospital report says Rear Admiral Theodore F Phelps died of pneumonia after a brief admission. He arrived from Washington with several companions to aid Mrs Phelps who had been ill at the hospital for three weeks. In Nome Alaska, US Marshal C L Vawter from Montana submitted his resignation, with F E Richards named as recommendation for the vacancy.
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Russians Distribute 10000 Rations in Chi Li Province
A dispatch from Peking dated Monday reports Russians in the Chi Li province distributing 10,000 rations of rice in aid of Emperor Nicholas.
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