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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1901
Page
8
Art Simms the Buckeye lightweight sails to England for six months to face minor lightweights and seek a shot at Ben Jordan, the English champion. If fortune favors him, he will return to challenge McGovern in a courthouse setting. English sportsmen pay well but lack local fighters and rest venues.
John L. Sullivan mocks Carrie Nation's anti liquor crusade during a February 25 talk. He jokes about Topeka and nearby towns and imagines arrest or removal if she targets his area, noting Kansas as a prohibition state and predicting rough treatment if she acts locally.
The Sun notes that despite aging organizations and annual meetings, bicycle racing will survive. It cites a severe punishment in a past N C A season case and observes growing use of motor pacing machines. Long distance races are highlighted as more interesting and reducing jockeying in sprints.
Big boxer Jim Jeffries recounts a past romance with a California girl he loved before facing Bob Fitzsimmons. He hoped for congratulations from Los Angeles after his victory, but the message never arrived because she had died two weeks earlier. He says marriage awaits after retirement from the ring.
In New York on Monday night National League magnates discuss the fate of the American Association and possible peace with the American League. Watkins and Power report, a compromise could return Indianapolis to Johnson's circle if eastern cities are dropped. Arbitration is favored though unlikely to guarantee peace.
A quarter million dollars is projected in the price of 21 American jockeys to ride abroad this season. Most will race in England with contracts averaging large sums. Lester Reiff leads at 25000 for the season, while others can earn substantially more, signaling a lucrative overseas campaign for U.S. riders.
HARTSEL MAY RETURN. Reports say Topsy Hartsel may suit up again for Chicago after a career with Cincinnati and a sale by Watkins to Chicago. Hartsel has not paid for him according to the summary.
A cocking main took place at the Ten Mile Hill courthouse in South Carolina on Sunday. Nine birds competed with entry fees of $50 each and a $300 purse on the main event. A crowd attended and various sports were listed as part of the day’s proceedings.
Boxer Kid McCoy writes to New York friends that he is in fine condition and that his twice-wed wife and he are enjoying their wedding trip hugely in Naples.
Gentlemen's driving club may join the association of clubs. Howison made a brilliant 55 in New York and won the tournament with Morningstar. A diamond-studded medal for Major Taylor's championship last summer was stolen in New York. James Russell, a young Scotch golf crack from Denver, died from an accidental shooting. Fred Gilbert scored 2 birds at Hot Springs to win. Eddie Burns and Kid Moore fought a finish in Bellefontaine vicinity. George Tuohy matched in St. Louis. President Zimmer travels to New York to discuss the players' association with magnates. Stone drove ten miles behind a motor in Fresno, shaving 19 seconds from the world record. John Lackey of Cambridge City to hold two horse sales March 12-16 and May 7-10. Slavin and Devine have been matched for March ? for the championship of the Ucon with $500 a side. National league schedule may lag behind the American league. Tom Sharkey returns to New York seeking a Jeffries bout.
Uniontown Washington February 25 Mrs Rose Werzer a poverty stricken widow threw her six children two boys and four girls into a thirty foot deep well filled with water then jumped in after them and died later rescuers pulled them all from the well in a grim murder suicide case
President David Starr Jordan rejects claims the American Economic Association appointed the investigating panel. He says the trio of Seligman Farnam and Gardner represented only a minority of the association and asserts Ross was dismissed for not fitting the university role, not for private conduct. The committee accuses Mrs. Stanford of opposing Ross over silver, immigration, and municipal ownership.
A Kansas mob warns Judge Hazen to release Mrs Nation from jail or face tar and feather punishment. Letters from the so called Committee of .60 threaten action if she is not freed by Feb 22. Mrs Nation appeals to the judge arguing she seeks to fulfill religious duties and save souls.
Mrs Carrie Nation demands abolition of the Carrie Nation cocktail invented by R C Willes of Binghamton and will sue for 10000 damages for using her name in advertising. A temperance advocate sent Nation the advertisement and Nation wrote to Scranton lawyers about the suit.
The German American veterans society marked its twenty seventh anniversary at the South side Turners Hall with celebration and honors. Indianapolis Liederkranz the South side Turnverein and Reinhold Miller's orchestra helped as Capt J L Bieler recounted the society history and Cap cell presented a gold medal for service.
Cameron West VirginiaFebruary 2 A gas well nine miles east of Cameron roars skyward burning a 200 foot flame. The W J Bryan well is described as the greatest strike in years surpassing the Big Moses with an estimated 4 000 psi pressure and about 50 million cubic feet of gas daily.
The senate quickly passed several house bills on Saturday in a cleanup session. The Morgan bill would pay Marion county surveyor $2,800 annually plus $2,700 for help. One senator urged more careful consideration of some measures.
Three masked men entered a joint run by A. Carlson in Armourdale Kansas on Sunday night. At gunpoint they emptied the cash till of $90 and relieved 13 habitues of money and valuables. Local police probing the holdup.
An article endorses Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe treatment for catarrh of the stomach. It describes symptoms such as bloating sour risings and poor digestion and credits a Dr Harlanson and patient testimonial from Chicago, noting the product contains Diastase, Apt ic Pepsin and other ingredients.
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