N C A Formation Ends LAW Control Of Bicycle Racing
The National Cycling Association forms to oust the Los Angeles Wheelmen from control of American bicycle racing. Originating from a rider protest at the 1894 Baltimore meet, leaders like Mott resisted hearings, prompting a split. By 1898 N C A asserts absolute control, growing from disputes and mutual protection to organize the sport nationwide.
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United ‘States
Ae ‘Ww
N.C. A
Baltimore
L. al W
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Kennedy
Jerry Mott
Racing Board
L. A
Mott
Bald
Bugs
Dirbirger
Sanger
Tyler
Riers
Wational Cycling Association
Berkeley ‘Oval
Yele Racing
Pritchett Lightweight Bowler Triumphs In Alleys Match
Pritchett, termed the Northside powler, defeated Charley Ster and another lightweight at Inde fent Partner alleys Monday night. Pritchett totaled 1 642 to 1 408 for Keeter with Kester, age 16, beating Eddie Ne, Chicago champion lightweight, in one of several bouts. Next Monday he faces George Gardner, son of Gardner, with a subsequent match planned the following week. Feb 21: Hart named president of National League Baseball club.
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Powler
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Charleyster
Parner Alleys
Ion
Kester
Pritch
Keeter
Kett
Eddiane
Chica
Tars
Wass
George Gardner
Gardner
Orn
The
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Hart
National League’ Baseball
No American League Club In Chicago This Year Declared
The speaker asserts there will be no American League club in Chicago this year, stating the country is free and that Johnson or Comiskey may form clubs. He insists baseball laws prevent entry into national agreement territory without the instrument, and that no one has the right to establish a Chicago club against the Chicago national league team.
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Isso Free
Johnson
Comiskey
National League Baseball Club
Baseball Talks and League Rumors Across Teams
Ace Stewart in conference with President Watkins hints at reconsidering retirement. St Louis president De Haas Robison backs a 12 club league, unsure on circuit but expects Baltimore and Washington to stay. A New York Sun quote targets Freedman and his New York club. Chicago officials deny Lange’s captaincy offer at 3400 dollars. Adrian Anson faces backlash after election as American Association president amid alleged NL bribes. The American Association’s split looms as St Louis and Milwaukee plan Philadelphia meeting. Billy Barnie confirms he would have managed Baltimore if joined the Eastern league.
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Indianapolis
Watkins
Stewart
Frank de Haas Robison
St. Louis
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Washington
The
New York Sun
Adrian C.anson
American Association
National League
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Billy Barnie
Noted boxers and bets shuffle through Hot Springs gossip
Reports from Hot Springs note James J Jeffries temper limits friends. Mysterious Billy Smith versus Joe Walcott set for New York next Friday. March 5 sees Smith versus Young Mahoney at Hercules Brooklyn. Talks of Bob Fitzsimmons dispute with manager Martin Julian continue. George Byers of Boston faces Frank Childs in Chicago March 16 for six rounds. Tommy Hogan defeats Bill Chester in London in eight rounds. A Maher Stockings Conroy bout in Youngstown postponed to March 9. Boxing bets rise as Tommy Ryan and Dan Stuart post $1,000 each toward a $5,000 wager with Jack Root and middleweight title chatter continue.
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James J. Jeffries
Billy
Smith
Joe Walcott
Joe Choynski
New York
Mahoney
Hercules Athletic Club
Brooklyn
Bob Fitzsimmons
Martin Julan
England
Youngstown
Peter Maher
Conroy
Maher
Fire Death Toll Shapes Fry Creek Case
Postman Louis reports a 6 year old boy burned to death near Fry Oklahoma 20 miles south of Tulsa. Frank Hakey who married the boy’s Creek mother is arrested after the child’s death from severe burns and the mother claims she watched him set the fire to kill the child to keep the secret. The Fry community is greatly excited by the gruesome tale of alleged murder and motive.
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Tulsa
I. T
Louis
Fry
Here
Frank Hakey
Hakey
Puerto Rican tariff bill set to two year limit
Washington Feb 27 The house Republicans in conference agreed to limit the Puerto Rican tariff bill to two years and reduce the duty from 25 to 15 percent The president reportedly believes the measure constitutional Four Republicans McCall Littlefield Larimer Crumpacker oppose the bill Republican leaders expect opposition votes to be offset by Democrats and others
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Washington
House Republicans
Bill
McCall
Massachusetts
Littlefield
Maine
Larimer
Illinois
Crumpacker
Indiana
Amusements Offer Evening Of Surprises At Grand
Monday night at the Grand delivered three surprises with elaborate stage settings from the Pike Cincinnati and a strong Alabama production by Augustus Thomas. Herman Sheldon Miss LaVerne and Carleton Macy led a solid cast in a refined southern comedy while other venues featured light farces and vaudeville acts with a responsive crowd.
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the Grand
Pike
Cincinnati
Alabama
Tom Reynolds
Augustus Thomas
Carey Preston
Carleton Macy
Miss Denico
Miss Rand
William Webb
Darkey
Herschel Mayall
Percy Cook
Tillman Attacks Carpetbaggers and Ballot Abuse
Senator Tillman delivered a fiery speech during Honolulu bill debate recalling Reconstruction era thefts and violence. He claimed carpetbaggers plundered South Carolina and asserted that ballot stuffing and shooting of Negroes occurred, implying Spooner would have acted similarly in his position.
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Washington
Tillman
Spooner
South Carolina
Missing Martha Carter Found Then Lost Again in New York
Martha Carter, the Indianapolis girl reported missing, was found staying with Dora Voss in Brooklyn. She claimed she was married and that her husband was in Washington seeking work. She left with an usher from the Lyceum theater as her parents continued to search for him.
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New York
Martha Carter
Indianapolis
Dora Voss
Kingsland Ave
Brooklyn
Miss Voss
Washington
Hall Hotel
Park Row
Lyceum Theater
Horrible Creekside Crime Report From Benton
From the Little Cypress area comes a brutal crime tale as John James and Joe Greer allegedly abducted John Thomas an elderly Black man from Paducah forced liquor on him beat him tied him to a wagon wheel and dragged him then dragged him into a creek left him near death shot him three times and hanged him on a fence before a coroner and sheriff led a posse toward the scene.
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Benton, Ky
Little Cypress
John
James
Joe Greer
Paducah
John Thomas
Greers
Wallace
Bodrick Demonstrates Liquid Air Wonders in Los Angeles
G A Bodrick of Los Angeles presented a vivid liquid air demonstration at the German house, using a 20 gallon tank. He froze objects from a rubber ball to beefsteak and a rose, showed rapid evaporation and heat release, and suggested practical uses and high explosive possibilities with the cold liquid.
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G. A. Bodrick
Los Angeles
Cal
New York
German House
Rail Road
Mrs Field's Body Shipped To Fair Haven
Mrs Elizabeth Field died Sunday at Union Station while traveling from Arkansas to Vermont. Her body was shipped via New York to Fair Haven Vermont with three mourners, her three daughters, aboard the same train. Citizens donated about $40 in cash to the children before departure. L Brown of New Haven ordered shipment and asked expenses billed to him. he will provide a home for the orphans.
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Elizabeth Field
Union Station
Arkansas
Vermont
New York
Fair Haven
Ttle
L. Brown
Gas Tax Fight Stalls Between City and Gas Firms
The Indianapolis council committee and City Attorney Kern met with Attorney Wirter and Judge Lamb on Monday night to discuss a proposed three cents per foot tax on gas mains. No conclusion was reached as gas receipts decline sharply. Kern argues the 1887 ordinance already authorizes a five year delay before the tax, and the tax time is long past due.
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Council Committee On
Atttorney Kern
Wirter
Indianapolis Gas Company
Lamb
Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
iXern
Murdered Wife in Chicago Husband Under Arrest
In Chicago on February 27 Mrs. Everill E. Synon was found dead at home with fatal skull fractures from a blunt instrument. Her husband Michael J. Synon was arrested, suspected motive money for gambling. Police found a money belt and coins in his pocket including a 20 gold piece a dime and 55 pennies.
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Chicago
Everill E. Synon
Michael J. Synon
Anti-Imperialist convention eyed after party nominations
E Burritt Smith, a Chicago anti-imperialist leader, says a convention will be held soon after the Democratic and Republican nominations. Attendees will withhold stances on the presidential question at that time.
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Chicago
E. Burritt Smith
Indianapolis
United States
Policeman Slays Two Beadles in Memphis Clash
Memphis telegram reports Policeman John Stewart and Cc. Adams encountered Henry and Tom Beadles, coal dealers, during an arrest attempt for disorderly conduct. A fierce fight ensued. Stewart shot Henry dead and fatally wounded Tom.
Mattoon offers farm for Brotherhod of Locomotive Engineers home
Meadow Lawn farm near Mattoon has been offered as a site for a home for disabled Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers members. The $20,000 tract would receive free water and electric lights, macadamized roads, and a $2,000 city grant.
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Mattoon
Meadow Lawn Farm
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Scab Horse Shoers Attract Central Labor Attention
Five master horse shoers in Indianapolis were found employing non union men and planned to dismiss employers persisting. The grievance committee said Chandler-Taylor president Taylor refused to force nonunion workers to join or halt work. Central body sent regrets to Erie Pa labor temple backers. An open electrical workers meeting is set for Union Labor Hall Monday night.
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Central Labor Union
Horseshoers
Indianapolis
Taylor
Chandler-Taylor Company
Erie
Union Labor Hall
Electric hobbyists showcase thorough guaranteed work
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