Independent League standings and week in review
The Sporting World details the Standing Independent League with team records and scores across multiple venues. It notes strong performances by Crescents Volunteers and Lyra, plus the Capitals and Turners contending on various alleys. The piece also reports on Dreyfuss seeking sale of the Louisville club to Chicago’s Hart, with possible move if talks fail.
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Marions
Ezhouse
Gap Bryson
Lyra
Volunteers
Ave
Lyrns
Washington
Marion
Washington and Crescent
M Washingtons
Crescents
Turners
U.S
Dreyfuss
Hart
Barney Dreyfuss
Louisville
Chicagoz
Wart
Tsburg
Colonels
Allen to Manage Reds in New Season
Battered by scattered notes, the report states Robert G. Allen will manage the Reds this season after axing Indianapolis last year. It mentions Buck Ewing and notes Allen’s long touted return, with Brush making the announcement. Also reports York and Tim Kearns in a 25 round bout, and Ziegler versus Bennett in Chicago.
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Incinnati
Robert G. Allen
Indianapolis
Buck Ewing
Allen
John ‘Brush
Independent League bowling contested at Oneida site
A fragmented report notes a Friday bowling event at the Marion site featuring Apollos and Oneida Central teams along with Towpathile Turner at The Lawtons. Prospects of the Independent League are tied to the Washington alleys.
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Marion
Apollos
Onéida
Oneida Central
Owpathile Turner
Lawtons
Bowl
Washington
Bowling Night Echoes of Marion Alleys Crowd
Bilie Allen a striking figure on the lanes and popular with women in the audience. Knox Jr. cheers loudly like a Knickerbocker. Judge Allen watches with interest as balls roll. Charles Duran U S shouts with each good play. Marion alleys crowd small. Local bank clerks and Crawfordsville bank staff will bowl on Lyra alleys Friday.
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Bilie
Allen
Knox, Jr
Judge Allen
Turner
Charles Duran
U. S
Boxing Card Rumors and Matches Across Cities
Billy Whistler and Marty McCue fought 20 rounds to a draw before the Eureka athletic club. Martin Flaherty and Jack Downey due to fight at Hercules club in New York. Downey accused of mis signing. Gene Bezenah to face Eddie Burns in Bradford Pennsylvania. Billy Madden calls for bare fist knockout match with Gus Ruhlin. Fitzsimmons and Corbett street showdown rumor after Carson City defeat. Spider Kelly to fight James Spriggs Montana kid. Terry McGovern writes to Carl Roloff about Jack Cullen prelims in Cincinnati. Cullen to meet any 128 pounder in the state and has upcoming bout with Eddy Daily in Peoria. Martin Julian leaves Bob Fitzsimmons camp. reconciliation urged in New York.
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Marty McCue
New York
Eureka Athletic Club
Martin Flaherty
Lowell
Mass
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Brooklyn
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Maherty
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Eddie Burns
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London
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Corbett
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McGovern
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O’brien
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Eddy Daily
Peoria
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Martin Julian
Bob Fitzsimmons
Metropolis
Julian
Trust in God Bites, Butte Man Dies in Library Clash
In Butte a dispute over religion between J S Charlebois a divine healer and Malachy Dwyer ended with Dwyer collapsing and dying. The coroner cites heart disease. Dwyer aged 68 formerly taught in Ogdensburg New York. Charlebois runs The Living Truth paper and claims cure powers.
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J. S. Charlebois
Malachy Dwyer
Dwyer
Charlebois
Charleboii
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Living Truth
May convention rattles in race for 1900 GOP
Col George Stone of San Francisco, head of the National Republican League, travels from Chicago toward Washington to chair the league’s executive committee meeting. He forecasts a May convention era with St Paul and Indianapolis leading the bid. He predicts McKinley as the GOP nominee and a platform attacking trusts.
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Chicago
George Stone
San Francisco
National Republican League
Washington, D. C
League
Stone
St. Paul
Indianapolis
McKinley
Grand Hotel to Add Five Story Annex
A five story addition costing 100000 dollars will be built to the Grand hotel. The structure will provide 100 to 125 rooms and rise on ground east of the main hotel.
Election to authorize 72000 subsidy for Indianapolis Fort Wayne line
On the request of H L Smith and Samuel Rauh of Indianapolis Hamilton county will hold a vote on January 18 to decide whether to grant a 72000 subsidy for the proposed electric line from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne.
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H. L. Smith
Samuel Rauh
Indianapolis
Hamilton County
Fort Wayne
Poet Riley Out Again In Town Visit
James Whitcomb Riley made a brief visit to town on Thursday amid lingering illness. He appeared in public briefly and spoke with residents, signaling a gradual return to his usual activities after recent health issues.
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Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
Craig Is Mentally Off Judge Delays Case
Judge Baker indefinitely postponed the case against John M. Craig who is alleged to be an accomplice of Belle Hauser in a fraudulent matrimonial scheme using the mails. Craig, ill at St Vincent's infirmary, is reportedly mentally unfit for trial. Other local courts sentenced Isaac Little six months jail and a fine for a $700 shortage, while Edward Johnson was found guilty of robbing a Treaty Indiana store post office. James Dixon pled guilty to possessing a counterfeit dollar and got 60 days, and M J Stewart was bound over for selling oleomargarine beyond license. Bond set at 320.
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Baker
John M. Craig
Craig
Belle Hauser
Woman's Prison
St. Vincent’s Infirmary
James Dixon
Marion County
M. J. Stewart
Moores
Two Dead in House of Lords Hotel Tragedy
New York dispatch reports Policeman Charles Hensle aged 28 and Miss Martha Jackson aged 23 died by asphyxiation Friday morning in the House of Lords a cheap hotel. The couple had checked in as husband and wife hours earlier and police lean toward a double death by own action.
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New York
Charles Hensle
Martha Jackson
House of Lords
Fires scorch barns and homes in city districts
Firefighters battled a blaze in Charles Berner's barn at the rear of Blake and Michigan streets causing about 200 dollars in damage from an unknown origin early Friday morning. A separate Thursday night blaze at Elmer Smith's residence 611 Maxwell Street caused 25 dollars in damages from an overheated stove. In a third incident a box of excelsior burning in the Indianapolis Coffin Company at 3 Washington Street prompted a department response with no reported loss.
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Blake and
Michigan Sts
Elmer
Smith
Maxwellst
Indianapolis Coffin Company
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