Opening of the American League Season in Indianapolis
The season starts with Cleveland in a Tuesday opening against the Tt team, after a Wednesday parade. Indianapolis will not allow Sunday games, and Mayor Taggart plans to attend the first ball. Joe Cantillon is expected to be assigned to the opening series as Johnson assigns his staff. Two games will be played initially with limited practice, despite teams like Siam and Watkins facing early adjustments.
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Ein Herr Wappenhans
Sunshine
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Inlis
Mayor Taggart
Iesident Johnson
Joe Cantillon
Siam
Geeanon
Watkins
Lee
Cand Moore
Bankston
Wabash
Suspected Westward Move of Rusie Disclosed
Fragmentary report notes USIE COMES WEST amid agitation over domestic jars and a rumored departure from New York. Mrs. Rusie left Muncie for Indiana. Giants' pitching aims are unclear while President and Manager discuss potential season plans and a move to Cincinnati. Skeets Martin and others are mentioned in a scattered context.
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Rusie
Newier
Muncie
Indiana
Giants
Allen
Sinnets
Cincin
DePauw Opens Baseball Season With 13 4 Victory
DePauw defeated Rose Polytechnic 13 to 4 at McKeenfield on the opening intercollegiate baseball day. Pulse pitched well with nine strikeouts for DePauw while Merriweather hit a home run and struck out three for Rose Polytechnic. DePauw collected 14 hits to Rose Polytechnic’s four.
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Greencastle
DePauw
Rose Polytechnic
McKeenfield
Pulse
Merriweather
New York Police Board Denies Seaside Club License
The New York police board refused a license to the Seaside athletic club of Coney Island, another major boxing venue. Planned bouts must be transferred, with no respite until the Horton law repeal by the Lewis bill takes effect on Sept. 1.
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New York
Seaside Athletic Club
Coney Island
Boxing Wraps Up With Draws And Upset Wins In Milwaukee
Dave Barry drew with Kid Roberson in Indianapolis then defeated Jack Robinson of Chicago in six rounds before the Badger Athletic Club in Milwaukee Monday night. In the main bout Curley Supples of Buffalo and Jim Popp of Canada fought six fast rounds to a draw.
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Kid” Roberson
Indianapolis
Jack Robinson
Chicago
Badger Athletic Club
Milwaukee
Curley Supples
Buffalo
Jim Popp
Canada
Baseball News From The Week In Review
La Chance signs with Cleveland to play first. Detroit beats Toledo 12 to 3. Michigan defeats Illinois 7 to 3 in Champaign. Hugh Jennings completes Cornell duties and joins Brooklyn. Eastern league meeting postponed by President Powers to Wednesday. Capt Madison may replace Foreman as Indians’ rollier. Buffalo defeats Terre Haute 22 to 4. Clay City forms a team seeking games. address Chick Hostetter. Frank Brazier signs seven players in Louisville. 16 signed total. Delehanty Lajoie Thomas Douglas McFarland of Philadelphia hold out for salary ahead of opener with Boston. Col Rogers pressed Dick Cooley with a $1200 contract. Cooley’s rebuttal provokes.
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Boxing Matches Set Across Cities With Notable Pairs
Eddie Santry will box Oscar Gardner before the Nonpareil athletic club in Louisville on May 3 in a 20 round, 124 pound bout. Gus Ruhlin meets Joe Goddard in Philadelphia within two weeks for six rounds. Cal Hawkins fights Wilmington Jack Daly for 25 rounds at 134 pounds on April 23 at Hercules club. Jack Root travels from West Baden to Chicago to view McGovern White. he previously defeated a 200 pound colored heavyweight in two rounds. Tommy White vs Terry McGovern scheduled for six rounds at Tattersall's in Chicago on Tuesday. White, a strong defender, sides with a heavier challenger.
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Oscar Gardner
Louisville
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Joe Goddard
Philadelphia
Cal Hawkins
Wilmington Jack Daly
Hercules Athletic Club
Jack Root
Tommy Ryan
West Baden
Chicago
Root
Jeffries
McCoy
Ryan
The Bishops Fair Opens in Tomlinson Hall
The bishop is staging a fair in Tomlinson hall opening Wednesday night. Edward W. Fenger chairs the arrangements with Chinese and Byzantine themed booths. Notable features include Egyptian hall of mysteries and a cake walk by professionals. A business lunch runs Thursday through Saturday.
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Tomlinson Hall
Edward W. Fenger
Eugene Gramling
Engineer L H Hyer Falls From Steamship Near New Orleans
New Orleans April 17 United States Engineer L H Hyer on a survey voyage for a proposed Nicaraguan canal route fell or jumped overboard from the steamship rail near Bluefields at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The body was not recovered and he was en route to Washington.
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New Orleans
United States
L. H. Hyer
Bluefields
South Pass
Mississippi River
Hyer
Washington
Paris World Exposition Reveals City in Itself
A Paris exposition described as a complete city costs 320 million with 50 000 workers still employed. The site features the Alexander III bridge, two art galleries, horticulture gardens, and multiple national centers run by a commissioner general and staff. The United States commission occupies three floors on avenue Rapp with many exhibitors and workers.
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Alexander III
Nicholas II
Paris
United States Commission
Avenue Rapp
Chicago
City Council Debates Health Rules and Bottle Ordinance
At Monday night meeting the council discussed a dead animal ordinance urged by the Board of Health and a hotel ordinance vetoed by the mayor while approving a second hand bottle dealer measure. Higgins proposed regulation to curb theft with a 200 annual tax and 310 fine. dealers may not buy from minors without parental consent. The drive aims to curb bottle theft and ensure city revenue. the commodore notes breweries buy bottles already theirs.
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Beville Avenue Fire Narrows Escape For Family
A defective flue caused a fire that ruined the homes of Frank Wright and H. H. Henry on Beville Avenue Monday night. The blaze began in Wright’s kitchen and smoke filled the dining room and sleeping area. The mother woke to save her child, wrapping it in a blanket and leading a cautious exit to the street. Wright and his brother George slept nearby and were alerted by one of them.
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H. H. Henry
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Wright
George
Mayor Fights to Shield City Funds for Convention
Philadelphia officials report $84,000 of the $100,000 guarantee raised for the Republican National Convention. It remains uncertain if the $25,000 third installment was sent to the committee. The mayor intends to reserve current funds for hall alterations as promised. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of New York plans to push his vice presidential bid at the convention.
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National Committee
Wood- Tuff
New York
Continental Hotel
Triple murderer lynched near Helena Arkansas
Moses York, about 20, a Black man, was hanged from a trestle two miles east of Helena Monday afternoon by a mob after being jailed for the murder of Joe Castillo an elderly Italian fruit vendor. He confessed to shooting the Italian for crackers and sausage and said he had killed two others.
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York
Joe Castillo
Tunica
Amended suit alleges abduction and cruelty involving Carrie Moore
Eliza Howard filed an amended complaint against Mary J. Williams and the Board of Children's Guardians over possession of Carrie Moore aged 11. Howard alleges a hired Black man abducted the child for Williams, who trained her to steal and set fires, and cruel treatment left the girl mentally wrecked after she was turned over to guardians and sent out of the city in February 1900.
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Mary J. Williams
Board of Children’s Guardians
Carrie Moore
Hor
Newton Corns
Hovee
Trust shuts down 12 big factories
Chicago April 17 twelve American wire and steel plants halted operations amid overproduction fears and labor market troubles. Causes cited include weak demand farmers low fencing purchases and independent competitors. About 6 200 workers affected earning roughly 40 000 daily.
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TRUST
Chicago
John W. Gates
Piisburg
Cleveland
Joliet
DeKalb
Waukegan
Anderson
New Castle
Policemen's Ball A Big Turnout For CharityEvent
A Monday evening policemen's ball in Tomlinson hall drew a packed crowd with a Jeannette Orlepp concert and Belser orchestra. A grand march led by Supt. and Mrs. Quigley opened the dancing at 9 45. Proceeds of 1600 dollars will swell the police pension fund, with plans for an annual ball.
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Tomlinson Hall
Mrs. Nancy Meek Dies at 82 in Indianapolis Home
Mrs. Nancy Meek 82 died of a paralytic shock at 4 a m Tuesday at the home of her daughter Mrs George J Marott 423 North Alabama street Indianapolis She was born in Richmond Indiana where she married Her husband a merchant there for years retired to Indianapolis in 1873 dying two years later Five children survive Mrs William Humphreys Springfield Ohio H Meek Fort Wayne and Mrs J Dennett Mrs W J Stewart Mrs George J Marott Indianapolis are the other survivors
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George J. Marott
Alabama St
Richmond
Ind
Indianapolis
William Humphreys
Springfield
O. H. Meek
Fort Wayne
J. Dennett
W. 3. Stewart
Fires Quicken At Union Station Restaurant Early Tuesday
Firefighters responded twice to the Union Station restaurant around 4 30 a m Tuesday for an overheated range. The first call found a broom on fire and a later alarm showed smoldering walls behind the stove. Employees say the range has been erratic and caused prior runs.
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Union Station
Lexington editor D. T. Baxter suicides in melancholia
Lexington Ky April 17 news reports D T Baxter a leading state newspaper man ended his life Tuesday morning by stabbing himself in the breast with scissors and then shooting himself through the heart.
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Lexington
D. T. Baxter
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