Jockey Club Probe Reveals 320000 Off Budget in 1904 07 Gloomy Racing Costs
New York December 2 The legislative committee examined the Jockey Club books showing 320000 spent in 1904 1907 and 196% for legal ads and a press bureau. Treasurer Frank K Stareis testified expenditures were directed by Anquet Belmont. E P Coyne received 42290 for legal services amid racing law battles.
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New York
Jockey Mobe
Legislative Investigating Committee
Frank K. Stareis
Jackoy Club
Anquet Belmont
Navy eleven earns furlough after Army victory
Annapolia December 2. As a special honor for defeat of the army this year the navy team has been granted two days furlough in New York. The men left here today for New York where they will be the
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NAVY
Annapolia
Army
New York
Johnsons sparring partner to fight in Pittsburg club
Chicago December 2 Walter Monahan Johnsons sparring partner and white man s hope will fight George Cotton at Jimmy Dimo s Pittsburgh club within two weeks. Monahan trains daily and gains knowledge from work with Johnson.
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Chicago
Walter Monahan
Jack Johnson
George Cotton
Jimmy Dimo
Pitteburg
Monahan
Jahnson
Attell May Fight Wolgast for Lightweight Title
New York December reports suggest Abe Attell the featherweight champion could meet Ad Wolgast for the lightweight title. Attell impressed observers with his win over Pat Moore and is seen as on par with Joe Gans and Battling Nelson.
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Attell
Woolgast
New York
Abe Attell
Ad Wolwast
Sporting Choice
Pat Moore
Sporting World
Joe Gans
Battling Nelson
Lewis Back From Pacific Coast Visit Explained
Harry Lewin a 122 pound fighter returns from the Pacific coast where he sought bouts. He was in Cheyenne months ago but did not appear in a scheduled fight here.
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Pacific Coast
Harry Lewin
Cheyenne
High School Student Louisa Eldridge Dies After Illness
Fourteen year old Louise Alberta Eldridge daughter of E Eldridge Moyune Tea Company manager died after five weeks of typhoid fever at 221 Mast Twenty-fifth Street She had just entered Cheyenne High School freshmen class and was well liked A viewing at home preceded burial preparations for shipment to Marshalltown Iowa where the family lived before this year
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Alberta Eldridge
E. Eldridge
Moyune Tea Company
Mast
Jack Johnson Secures Real Estate Option in Chicago
Champion pugilist Jack Johnson has secured an option on property on State street near Thirty first in Chicago known as the South Side Turner hall. The deal is said to be around $60,000 and Johnson expects to finalize the purchase soon as he invests his ring earnings in real estate.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
State Street
Thirty-first Street
Turner Hall
Johnston
Johnson’s Wealth and Spending After Reno Fight Report
A report claims heavyweight champion Johnson had about $166,000 cash at a local savings bank after winning the title from Jeffries. It says he funded ongoing living costs from theater earnings and paid $18,000 for Prairie avenue property, showing substantial wealth and frugal use of funds.
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Reno
Jeffries
Thone
Elowe
Johnson
Prairie Avenue
Wolgast Accepts Moran Bout for $12,500 in 45 Rounds
Grand Rapids, Dec 2. Ad Wolgast challenged Owen Moran to a forty five round or finish bout on February 22 next year. He said he would fight in any ring provided his purse is not less than $12,500 and cited his fractured arm delaying the earlier May date.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Owen Moran
Nelson
Ad Wolgast
Wolgast
Western Union Plans Steamship Letter Service
Western Union announces a new special steamship letter service allowing a merchant to dictate an urgent letter to a stenographer in the morning and have it dispatched to Europe by afternoon steamship from any U.S. port. The system uses standard nationwide couriers with a single extra postage fee to rush the letter to the ship.
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New York
United States
Europe
Western Union
Local Travel and Notable Visits Around Cheyenne
Right of way agent for Colorado and Southern left for Denver after talks with the state land board on the Heyenme Wellington route. Rev McPetric returned from Philadelphia after attending the November 26 wedding of Charles Carey and Ellia Miller. Hooker, a C S locating engineer, left the city with contracting firm reps to survey the Cheyenne Wellington line path. Mrs John Hunton of Fort Lamie joined her husband at federal court in Cheyenne. Bishop Keane visits Father Commiskey in Laramie. H L Patton of Casper conducts city business.
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John Hunton
Fort Laramie
Cheyenne
Bishop Keane
Father Commiskey
Laramie
H. L. Patton
Casper
Woman Injured in Fight Over Sergeant Near Carey and Nineteenth
Early yesterday a white woman named Myrtle Barbour was found with a severe forehead wound after a clash with another woman over a Ninth Cavalry sergeant. Police investigated and in court she was fined ten dollars for drunkenness.
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Carey Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Fort Russel
Douglas VanKennel
State Leader
Talbott
Myrtle Barbour
Ninth Cavalry
Welnitz
Falls Not Guilty Verdict Sealed by Jury
General John Charles Thompson defended Falls as jurors reached a verdict after twelve ballots. Judge J A Rizz instructed the panel on four possible verdicts including murder in both degrees and voluntary manslaughter. Falls left the courtroom and boarded a car toward the fort after the decision.
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John Charles Thompson
Falls
J. A. Rizz
Eighteenth Street
Carey Avenue
Fort
Emma Goldman Denied Voice in Indianapolis
Emma Goldman faces police resistance in Indianapolis as Dr. Ben L. Reitman, representing the free speech committee, plans a speaking tour of 101 cities. Police chief Hyland backs restricting the speech while Reitman rejects injunctions and vows to press free expression.
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Emma Goliman
Indianapolis
Emma Fieldman
Ben L. Reitman
Chicago
Emma Goldman
Hyland
de Reitman
Free Speech Committee
America
Reitman
Miss Goldman
Navy estimates eclipse battleship plan and cost rise
Preliminary Navy Department figures to the House Naval Affairs Committee suggest an overall increase in the 1911 12 program despite a nominal cut from the current year. The plan to build two battleships annually would push total naval appropriations above 1910 11 levels by about 12 million dollars, though figures are obscured by carefully chosen wording.
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Washington
Navy Department
House Committee On Naval Affaire
Free Setter Four at Atlas Delight Audiences
The Free Setter Four at the Atlas playhouse delights crowds as a top notch vocal quartet. The gypsy artist and singing girl perform a short artistic turn while Stone and Hayes mimic, sing, and dance to draw smiles from patrons. The film The Storming of Ft Ridgely adds realism. Cream Taffy 10c per pound Saturday only at Atlas Confectionary.
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Atlas
Stone
Hayes
Ft. Ridgely
the Atlas
Atlas Confectionary
General Bell visits Fort Russell during Philippine voyage
Major General Franklin Bell visits Fort Russell, hosted by Colonel Alexander Dyer, for a few hours as he travels to the Philippine Islands.
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General Bell
Fort Russell
Franklin Bell
Alexander Dyer
Fort R 1
Pwilppine Islands
Farmer cuts off hand maimed by shredder
J. Bruce Vaughan of Eureka Hills Virginia found his left hand mangled in a corn shredder. After hours without medical aid he wrapped a tourniquet and severed the damaged hand with a razor to end the pain, then waited for a surgeon to complete the procedure.
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Richmond
J. Bruce Vaughan
Eureka Hills
Charlotte County
Vaughan
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