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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1902
Page
8
Seven twinners are now under contract with Indianapolis for the new season. The latest signees are William Ging from the New York state league and Dan Daub from the Brooklyn National League team. Watkins will lead a strong pitching staff in the American association.
Dayton wrestler James McClure meets Sam Murbarger in a finish match Monday night. Jake Snyder, defeated by Murbarger years ago, teams with McClure and faces Herb Hale in a prelim. Murbarger, briefly ill with a cold, is in peak form and confident he can win.
The New York trotting association announced prizes totaling 90020 dollars for five events. The meeting runs from August 11 to 11. Officials of the Indiana racing association called a meeting for Sacramento on February 4 to reorganize the circuit. It was a big financial success last year.
Terry McGovern reached Louisville to finish training for his match with Dave Sullivan. A date change requested by the Gast Belt Sports is under serious consideration. McGovern voiced supreme confidence in victory. Jack Cullen and his manager visited THE SUN office before departing for New Orleans for a February bout with Barney Furey. Cullen is in top condition and predicts a strong showing. In Chicago Albert Griffiths known as Young Griffo lies in a county hospital in serious condition after severe frostbite. Doctors fear possible amputations of hands and feet. Griffo was found early Sunday at the Bridewell gate.
A crowd of about 650 packed the M C A gym Saturday night as Shortridge and Butler defeated their rivals the Training School in a close basketball contest.
In YMCA basketball action Shortridge 22 Training School 19 and Butler 41 YMCA 40. Protests filed but wins expected to stand. Crowd rough. a stair door was damaged and two girls fell onto their shoulders but escaped injury. Butler heads to a college circuit during spring vacation starting March 23.
Chicago show set for Monday night features heavyweight title hopeful Wild Bill Hanrahan and Frank Childs, the colored champion, to spar six rounds at the American club with Hanrahan favored in betting.
An explosion in Mine No. 6 of the Coahuila coal company at Mondo Mex killed 106 miners, nearly all Mexican, with only a few Americans employed. Every mule in the mine perished. the blast was caused by striking a gas pocket.
Joseph Mauser believed a former friend entangled his wife, and he poured kerosene on his wife and baby Sunday night in Chicago. John Divanski intervened while Mauser chased him with a dagger. a violent struggle ensued before police arrived, Mauser was disarmed and arrested.
Factory samples indicate damask pricing up to 1.25 dollars per yard as production halts for prints and shipment of Simp son’s best goods. Prices reflect premium finishes and yardage cost during halted runs.
Washington February 3 The judiciary committee will introduce a bill imposing the death penalty for killing the president or vice president and for harming foreign ambassadors in the United States. Those who advocate killing the president face a $5000 fine and up to 20 years in prison. The measure also calls death for conspirators in ambassador killings, and the committee predicts passage.
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A massive landslide in Bieiberg Carinthia burying most of the town on Monday leaves nineteen people entombed with no chance of escape. Local rescuers race to reach the survivors but prospects are grim.
Mr Groundhog emerged from his winter nest and clearly saw his shadow. The sun shone bright and the animal retreated, signaling winter will linger for six more weeks. The weather bureau had forecast a 20 degree fall on Saturday afternoon.
A Sunday night blaze gutted the home of B. Kuechler at 1860 Dursdale Street with the family escaping amid smoke. A married daughter was ill in bed and carried out. Losses are about 500 dollars for the house and 600 for furniture. Fire spread to 1558 Dugdale Street, forcing hurried exits, with furniture saved but both that house and neighboring ones at 1802 Dugdale Street and nearby property badly damaged. An overheated stove is blamed. Revered W R Halstead urged generosity for hospital work, praising Carnegie’s 200000 dollar gift and urging further giving as spiritual wealth.
London reports a severe gale along the Italian coast last week left forty dead and many small vessels wrecked. Coastal towns faced heavy damage as crews battled the storm.
Private John Harris of New Hamburg served in Company F Third New York Cavalry from March 1865 to December 9 1865. He was owed 67 cents for his last day and rations and clothes, and last week Washington sent a 56.01 check to settle the balance. Harris saw 77 actions and once fought against his three brothers who served for the Confederacy.
The State board of agriculture plans a $9,000 claim against the United States government for damages at the state fairgrounds caused by Indiana troops in the Spanish-American War. Troops reportedly lacked firewood and removed boards rafters and fences.
Ben Masterson, son of the hotel keeper, smashed the plate glass of Burnett's drug store and wrecked W. W. Dunn & Co. in Cedar City Missouri. A crowd gathered, clashes occurred, and Masterson's father was injured while trying to intervene. He was arrested and will face charges from the druggists.
In Portland Indiana on Sunday Mrs James Ertle 55 died by suicide cutting her throat with a razor. Authorities say she was mentally unbalanced. The town also reports the new post office addition opened Sunday forenoon.
Atwood and Berwind tried to reach the Lamport and Holt steamer Cavour stranded on Long Beach as a 75 mile gale battered tugs. The Barcelona rescued 14 crewmen after the tugs sank. wreckage washed ashore near Bellfort and a ship ran aground at Point Lookout with life savers aiding.
A deer fought a hound on the ice near Cochelton as an Erie train passed. The buck warded off the dog, caught it with its antlers, and tossed the animal into open water, then bounded away into the woods. Local railroad traffic is heavy with January Belt Line car totals, and a pattern-makers ball is planned for Tomlinson Hall on Feb 6.
Mrs. S Geiger of Dunkerton Iowa reports men tablets gave her best relief for stomach trouble and constipation, a strong testimonial to Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets sold by all druggists.
Joseph Hearne gives notice to Marion county authorities he will apply at the March term 1902 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking, at 702 Madison Ave in Indianapolis Center township and seeks pool table privileges in the same room. The location is in MecCartys subdivision, lot 1, outlet 14, ward 11.
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