Lipton Aims to Challenge Americans for Yacht Cup
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton, in a long interview with King Edward, outlined future plans to build a better yacht than Shamrock II for the next America's Cup. The king showed keen interest and suggested ideas, while Lipton expressed confidence in defeating the American team. Captain Sycamore next plans a consultation with Lipton about Shamrock III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir Thomas Lipton
King Edward
Sir Thomas
Edward
Sycamore
Thomas Lipton
New London Bouts: Rice Upsets Dixon in 20 Rounds
Notes from sports across the nation report Austin Rice of New London defeating George Dixon in a 20 round decision. In Kansas City Clarence Forbes and Jack O Keefe battled to a 20 round draw. Baltimore hosts a 20 round bout between George Dixon and Joe Tipman set for December 30.
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Dixon
Austin Rice
New London
Conn
George Dixon
Kansas City
Clarence Forbes
Jack O'Keefe
Chicago
Tripman
Baltimore
Joe” Tipman
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Goulette and Leonard Slug It Out In Nine Round Bout
Grand Rapids report says Rochester’s Kid Goulette and Buffalo’s Joe Leonard fought nine rounds before police stopped the bout as Goulette wavered on the verge of being knocked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Kid” Goulette
Rochester, N. Y
Joe Leonard
Buffalo
Kid
Forbes Knocks Out His Man in First Round
In Chicago on December 19 Harry Forbes knocked Billy Rochford out in the opening round of a six round bout. Forbes led the action and dominated the short duel from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Chicago
Harry Forbes
Billy Rochford
Minnesota Football Captain Named for 1902 Team
At the annual banquet John Flynn was elected captain of Minnesota football for 1902. He played right guard this season. Dr. H L Williams will coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Minneapolis
John Flynn
H. L. Willams
Police Chief Tests Prize Fight Ban Across the River
Buffalo official Griff in travels to Niagara Falls Ontario to cite J Herman of Buffalo over the Walcott Ferns prize fight at Fort Erie. The crown aims to prove the bouts illegal under provincial law. The ruling will shape future arena bouts across the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Griffin
Ontario Police
Niagar Falls
Ontario
J. Herman
Joe Walcott
James Ferns
Fort Erie
Boxing Edict Relaxed Sparks Banner New Year Bout
St. Louis Dec 19 The police chief hints at easing boxing restrictions reviving the sport Tommy White and Joe Bernstein are matched for a 15 round bout on New Year’s afternoon the winner to meet Benny Yanger in a significant revival move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lovuis
Tracy Knocked Out By Al Neil in 18th Round
Tracy of Australia was stopped when Al Neil of San Francisco defeated him in the 18th round at Portland Oregon. The bout occurred on December 19 with Neil securing a knockout for the victory.
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Tracy
Portland
Ore
al Neil
San Francisco
Tom Tracy
Australia
Follows Cupid Over Ocean in Purdue Professor Wedding
Marion Indiana December 19 the marriage unites Miss Margaret Bailey and Prof Karl A Krause of Purdue University The couple met in Westphalia during Miss Bailey’s world tour He was in Kaiser Wilhelm's army then left to follow her Cupid conquers and wins The ceremony marks a pretty romance ending with a new union between a Marion resident and a Purdue instructor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Margaret Bailey
Karl A. Krause
Purdue University
Westphalia
Miss Bailey
Young Fuse
Kaiser Wilhelm
Cupid
Transports Set Departures for Manila From San Francisco
San Francisco officials announced definite departure dates for transports bound for Manila. The Sheridan and Kilpatrick will sail January 1 carrying the 29th Infantry, the Thomas will depart February 1, and the Grant will leave within the same period on a special trip with insular supplies and school teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Transport Service
Manila
Sheridan
Kilpatrick
Thomas
Twenty-Ninth ‘Infantry
Grant
Twenty Story Hotel to Rise on Broadway Site
New York December 19 sale of Broadway abernacke church property at Sixth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street for 1.3 million and another asset for 260 thousand announced. A 20 story hotel will be erected on the site, marking a large development in lower Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
York
Abernacke
Washingtoners condemn Filipino obedience in court martial remarks
General Chaffee denounces insurgent leadership and the deadly obedience of a Filipino soldier named Andaga who killed two men branded as American spies. He warns that chiefs who order murder and followers who comply face extreme penalties of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lorenzo Andaga
Chaffee
Abolition Move Aimed at Rail Grain Tax
New York sources say an important discriminatory charge on grain moved to ships is to be abolished or eased. The one cent per bushel railroad levy, used to protect elevator combines, would be modified to speed same port shipping and enhance competitiveness with rival ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Journal of Commerce
Jersey Shore
York
Union Miners Indicted In Providence Mine Attack
Webster county grand jury at Dixon indicts James D. Wood Kittredge Barnaby and W B Kissinger as accessories before the fact of willful murder in the Providence mines attack five weeks earlier which killed a union miner Givens. Bond denied for the three officials. In Dixon also a verdict of guilty timbal Jean Couch a negro union miner for shooting into a wagonload of non union negroes and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matisonville, Ky
Webster County
Dixon
James D. Wood
United Mine Workers of America
Twenty-third
Kittredge Barnaby
W. B. Kissinger
Ffoicial
Providence
Givens
Wood
Barnaby
Kissinger
Dixon, Ky
Jean Couch
Couch
Cummins Names Officials for Inaugural Administration
Des Moines Iowa December 19 governor elect A B Cummins announces a slate of appointments to take effect at inauguration. Private Secretary John Briar Pardon Secretary Burgess W Garrett Pardon Clerk Ernest O Patterson Requisition Clerk Rufus H Harvey General Clerk Major A S Carper Stenographer Miss Isabelle Wilson Usher William Coulson salaries range from 780 to 1500 dollars. Most appointments described as temporarily retained signaling potential changes during term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A.B. Cummins
John Briar
Leon
Ernest O. Patterson
Greenfield
Rufus H. Harvey
A.S. Carper
Isabelle Wilson
Centerville
William Coulson
Cummins
New Towa City Bridge
Iowa City officials conditionally award the Iowa River bridge contract to the American Bridge company. The HT bridge near the Ryerson mill site will cost about $10,000 and support an electric railway to run from Tipton to Williamsburg. The railway feature adds around $2,500 to the highway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Towa City
Iowa City
Iowa River
Board of Supervisors
American Bridge Company
Ryerson
Indictment for First Degree Murder Against Chester Tyler
Chester Tyler must answer the first degree murder indictment in Newton. A motion to quash the indictment over an assistant county attorney remaining in the grand jury room was overruled. Hearing set for December 23 with a change of venue to Jasper County filed and the state to resist.
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Newton
Chester Tyler
Failer
Jasper County
Conference of Southwest railroad Y M C A men
One hundred forty railroad men from 25 branches attend a Southwest Y M C A conference in St Louis to review departmental work. Miss Helen Miller Gould sent regrets. Letters from her and George J. Gould express sympathy. Five new buildings are under way in Sapulpa I T Parsons Kan Peru Ind Big Springs Tex and Stamps Ark on the Louisiana & Arkansas, with last year’s expenditure totaling 160000.
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St. Louis
Southwest
Helen Miller Gould
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific System
Sapulpa
I. T
Parsons
Kan
Peru
Ind
Big Springs
Tex
Stamps
Ark
Louisiana & Arkansas
Steamer Kanawha Bell Wrecks at Lock No 3
The steamer Kanawha Bell went over Lock No 3 at Pant Creek on its down trip and broke in two becoming a total wreck. Eight crew members including dockhands and roustabouts were drowned in the incident near Charleston West Virginia on December 19.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Bell
Pant Creek
Transport: Resumes Voyage to New York
The United States transport McClellan, arriving from Manila with light coal, refueled at Hamilton Bermuda on December 19 and then sailed for New York.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
United States
McClellan
Manila
New York
Peoria Glucose Plant to Resume Operations
Peoria Illinois December 19 I P Bauer superintendent of the local glucose plant announced the plant will begin operations on the 26th inst with a full force of 1200 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
I. P. Bauer
Storrs Resigns to Lead Wheeling and Lake Erie Rails
Creston reports H. S. Storrs division superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad resigns to accept appointment as general superintendent of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad with headquarters at Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
H. S. Storrs
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road
Wheeling& Lake Erie Railroad
Indianapolis
Allied Party Movement meeting in Des Moines
A meeting of leading allied party movement figures in Iowa will be held in Des Moines on December 27. Chairman Alli Reed of the Populist party L H Weller and central committee members will attend to plan a state convention to select delegates for the national convention next spring in Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Party
Des Moines
Alli Reed
L. H. Weller
Louisville
Shiloh Monument Contract Awarded to Triebel & Sons
The Iowa monument contract for Shiloh goes to Triebel & Sons of Peoria for 24800. Prof F E Triebel designs and supervises. Regimental monuments bidding closes Jan 30. eleven identical pieces capped at 2000 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
Des Moines
Iowa State Monument
Triebel & Sons of
Peoria
F. E. Triebel
John Hayes
Red Oak
Senator Emmett to face Senate contest after close race
Atlantic December 19 official notice from James Bruce of Anita that his rival J M Emmett of Atlantic will have the Cass Shelby district seat contested at the opening of the senate. Bruce carried Cass by 29 while Emmett won Shelby by 30 prompting a recount watched with interest. Judge Willard and T B Swan named to represent Emmett and Bruce respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
J. M. Emmert
Cass-Shelby
James BE. Bruce
Anita
Bruce
Senate
Cass County
Emmett
Shelby County
Another Paper Railroad Opens in Iowa
Ottumwa Dec 19 Articles of incorporation filed for the Bledon & St. Louis Railway with capital stock of 100 600 in shares of 100 each. Chief business place expected at Bledon where most stockholders reside. Incorporators listed include N. F. Reeds J. B. Houghland S. H. Sawyers G. W. Smith and others. Plan to build a railroad through northern Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Crego
D. A. Jay
Chas
Bierce
J. A. Allen
Missouri
Do You Know Motherhood Remedies and Opium Risks
An old advertisement urges mothers to know birth medicines and warns that many contain opium and morphine. It promotes a vegetable external remedy called Mother’s Friend from The Bradfield Regulator Co claiming painless childbirth and healthy children, with a free book titled Motherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera
Bradfield Regulator Co
Rail line promises strong connections to Northwest
The terminal at St Louis and the main Rock Island line show great potential. The route taps a rich region and offers top connections to the Northwest via Rock Island and Burlington, a distance of about 12 miles from Eldon to Ottumwa.
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St. Louis
Rock Island
Burlington
Eldon
Ottumwa
Inmates Rise in Iowa State Penitentiaries
From Des Moines December 19 the board of control reports November totals of 7,099 inmates across Iowa institutions with expenses 145,406 and a December 1 balance of 85,844. Convicts in peni tentiaries rose 28 from 37 to 855 though Anamosa fell 496 to 425 and Fort Madison 481 to 440, totaling a 150 increase from 6,949 to 7,099.
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Dec Moines
Board of Control
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Fall of the Confederacy telegrams auctioned
At a New York sale of Gen. Adam Badeau’s literary possessions the Grant to Stanton telegram in Grant’s handwriting announcing Lee’s surrender sold for $760. Lincoln’s April 7 1865 telegram to Grant sold for $75. J H Wilson letters, including the capture of Jefferson Davis, sold for $105 to Dodd Mead & Co.
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New York
Grant
Stanton
Gen
Lee
George H. Richmond
Dev
Adam Badeau
Lincoln
Sheridan
Richmond
J. H. Wilson
Jefferson Davis
Dodd, Mead & Co
Davis
Minister Before Council In Dismissal Inquiry
Rev. James A. Heath, Baptist evangelist formerly of Castile New York, faced a church council in Kansas City on charges linked to his alleged secretive obtaining of a divorce from his wife, a divorce which had been set aside. Dr. Charles A. Merrill of Castile testified as principal witness, sent by Mrs Heath's partisans. If guilty, Heath would be expelled from church membership and deposed from the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
James A. Heath
Castile
N. Y
Council of
Baptist Ministers
Charles A. Merrill
Merrill
Heath
Baptist
Woman Returns to Whiting After Train Theft
Marguerita Seams, 19, of Whiting Iowa, came to Chicago to marry. She entered a detective office seeking transport home, claiming she was left penniless after a vaudeville actor and three companions took her purse, checks, and trunk on the trip from Chicago to a hotel, then vanished with her funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marguerita Seams
Whiting
Luthardt
Bookkeeper Thayden Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny
John Thayden former Swift & Co bookkeeper in New York admitted guilt in general sessions court for grand larceny. He stole 4900 dollars last August and was sentenced to state prison for not less than one year nor more than five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Thayden
Swift& Co
Chicago Packers
Court of General Sessions
Thayden
Swift & Co
Coal famine chills Chicago as supplies run low
Chicago faces a coal famine amid floods and freezing temps. Merchants and manufacturers plead for fuel as shippers withhold due to shortage. Railroads confiscate arriving coal while ministers warn of widespread idleness if relief fails. In Jeffersonville Indiana 2300 workers at American Car and Foundry idle as pipes freeze and operations halt at Howard’s shipyard with 500 workers out of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jeffersonville
Ind
American Car and Foundry Company
Howard's Ship Yard
Cherokee Indians Starving Near Tablequak in Blizzard
Guthrie Oklahoma reports the Cherokee Indians starving in the hills near Tablequak due to crop loss and a blizzard. Local accounts cite hardship from harsh winter conditions and dwindling food supplies affecting the tribe.
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Guthrie
Okla
Tablequak
Shortage at St Louis Grips Coal Supply
St Louis faces a coal shortage that threatens S transit systems. East St Louis carloads sold for 2.50 to 3 per ton as offices ran dry. Most offices sealed orders with no promise of immediate delivery, and some orders were cut by 75 percent or more.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Blizzard Cuts Cattle Loss Hit To Nineteen Percent
Guthrie Oklahoma December 19 stock men estimate nineteen percent cattle loss from extreme cold and blizzard with heavy cattle losses anticipated across ranches and markets continuing to feel chill and snow impacts.
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Guthrie, Okla
No Fear of Combination In Northw. Rail Merger
South Dakota state railroad board discussed a proposed Northwestern lines merger and asked Attorney General Pyre for his opinion on the commission's authority. Governor Herreid indicated no imminent changes to rates or facilities, noting recent rate reductions and that most South Dakota mileage is run by firms not connected to Northern Securities.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Northwestern
Pyre
Herreid
Stanley
Railroad Commission
South Dakota
Northern Securities Company
Snow drifted rails halt Wyoming Nebraska trains
Snow and blizzard conditions in Wyoming and Nebraska strand Union Pacific Colorado & Southern north and Burlington east trains. Rotary plows fight snow drifts, a plow incident near Sherman causes a fire destroying a caboose and nine tourist cars. Track clearing proceeds slowly.
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Cheyenne, Wryo
Union Pacific
Colorado & Southern
Burlington Road
Wyoming
Nebraska
Sherman
Obsequies for Rt. Rev. T. M. Lenihan in Dubuque
In Dubuque on December 19 a solemn funeral for Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Lenihan bishop of Cheyenne was held at St. Raphael's Cathedral. Bishop Hennessy of Wichita celebrated a pontifical requiem mass, Archbishop Keane preached the sermon, and archdiocese deans presided. Bishops from out of town attended. Lenihan was buried at Mt. Olive Cemetery with nephews acting as pallbearers.
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Lenihan
Dubuque
T. M.lenihan
Cheyenney
St. Raphael’s
Hennessy
Wichita
Keane
Deliveria
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Double Tragedy in Texas Claims Fatal Domestic Fire
Centreville Texas December 19 A farmer L T Exum killed his wife when she protested his shooting into the floor near her feet. He then laid her on the bed with help from his children and killed himself, ending in a self-inflicted gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Centreville
Tex
L. T. Exum
Here
What She May Expect In Love And Motherhood
A romantic essay argues the woman’s duty to prepare for marriage and motherhood by curing health issues. It praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery, citing testimonials of recovered health from women in Ontario and Texas and urging regularity and strength for life stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Rhoda Russell
Corbet, Navarro Co
Texas
Dr. Pierce
Penna
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for expectant mothers
The ad promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for pregnancy, claiming it strengthens the body and lifts mood, while easing fear and pain. A testimonial from Mrs. C W Young of Wilkes-Barre reports relief from nausea headaches and dizziness, with healthy weight gain for mother and baby. It asserts no alcohol or narcotics and invites free letters to the doctor, warning against spurious offers. Also promotes Common Sense Medical Adviser with mail order details for stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Innvalids
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Reed heir to Portland property and other early 1900s wires
General news wire items note Thomas Brackett Reed being named an heir to nine million dollars in Portland property. A New York fever cure via refrigerator freezing is reported as successful. John A Tillman claims a three hundred fifty thousand dollar estate in Indiana after disappearing in 1870, with family belief of foul play. Norway debates punishment for glorifying crimes against social order. Andrew Carnegie offers five thousand dollars for a New York Press Club library, with a committee to select books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Brackett Reed
House of Representatives
Portland
New York
John A. Tillman
Racine
Wis
Knox
Ind
Tillman
Andrew Carnegie
New York Press Club
Carnegie
President's Guest Arrives in New York for Washington Visit
Miss Emely Carew, longtime associate of Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and linked to Gerica Italy, has arrived in New York aboard the Hohenzollern. She proceeds to Washington to meet the president, first stopping at the home of James Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New “York
Emeley Carew
Theodore Roosevelts
Sheen ‘Ving
Former Baseball Manager Dies After Long Career
James H. Gifford, longtime baseball manager of various teams in Columbus, died today at age in the 0s from Bright's disease. The veteran figure in the sport had been a prominent organizer and mentor in local baseball circles for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James H. Gifford
Bright
Honor for Rock Islander at medical meeting
The Western Surgical and Gynecological association adjourned in Chicago after selecting St. Joseph, Missouri, as the next meeting site. Elected officers include President Dr J E Moore of Minneapolis First Vice President Dr J R Hollowbush of Rock Island Second Vice President Dr M Grant of Denver and Secretary Treasurer Dr George H Simmons of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western Surgical and Gynecological Association
St. Joseph
J. E. Moore
Minneapolis
J. R. Hollowbush
Rock Island
M. Grant
Denver
Health and Beauty Picture Pimples and Clean Bowels
Health note links poor complexion to torpid liver and irregular bowels. It says impurities and poisons trigger pimples boils and eruptions as nature’s way of removing waste. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are promoted as safe pills that stimulate the liver and bowels without griping cramps or distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
DeWitt’s
E. A. Emeis
Theo
Danquard
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Shamrock
O'Keefe
Goulette
Ocean
Indiana
B. W. Garrett
Iowa News
Y. M. C. A. Railway
Bradfield Regulator CG
Atlanta, GA
General Grant
the Baptist Church
Marguerita
Colorado
General News
Rock Islander
Hollowbush
Western Surgical Association
Health and Beauty
Teventa
Pearson A
San al Ow
Andere
Hotal
Cse
Pearson Publishing Co
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