Baseball Enigma Still Unsolved Ahead of season
Circuit Committee to decide soon as managers Watkin and associates work quietly on the new park. Possible 12 club National League lineup remains, with targets including Glevelard and potential sales in Cleveland. Watkins signs limited players and expects completion of the new park for an opening exhibition with Cincinnati on April 4.
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Powers
Brush
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Cleveland
Wat‘kis
Ime
J. T. Moore
Jackson
Carratan
Detroit
Treonard Swernstedt
Cincinnati
T. F. Hartzellard
Ed. Hickey
Boxing News: McGovern’s Four Contests and Sharkey Plans
The report lists Champion McGovern’s four upcoming bouts including Ward in Baltimore January 29 and Santry in Chicago February 3 with Gardner in New York March 9 and Bernstein March 22. It notes Santry’s improving condition, Jeffries and Sharkey seeking opponents, and a beefsteak eating contest in New York February 14 with plans at Grand Central Palace. A Wednesday bowling slate for Indianapolis is also listed.
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McGovern
Jack ‘Ward
Baltimore
Eddie ‘Santry
Oscar Gardner
Broadway Athletic Club
New York
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Santry
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Tom Sharkey
Peter ‘Maher
Joe Choynski
Fort Dearborn
Mohican Club
Twenty-second Assembly District
Grand Central Palace
Dan. Creedon
Tommy ‘West
Hercules Athetic Club
Brooklyn
Creedon
Fitzsimmons
Anson's assailant claims league action over trade remark
A garbled report mentions an individual named Anson and a gang including Joe Kelly and Hugh Jennings alleging a trade or sale dispute. The text references universities and league involvement, with unclear context about punishment or dismissal.
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Robbie
Rimore
Anson
Joe
Kelly
Hugh Jennings
Record day in balk line handicap near miss
Jake es with 3,00 and Ora C Acrpingstar of Chicago played in a 14 inch balk line handicap. The Chicago man kept the lead by a narrow margin after final scores show Schaefer 732 and Morningstar 400.
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Jakees
Ora C. Acrpingstar
Chicago
Schaefer
Morningstar
Republican state committee to meet in Indianapolis
The newly elected Republican state committee members from 13 districts will gather in Indianapolis next Tuesday to organize. Members include George A. Cunningham Evansville district 1 Nat U Hill Bloomington 2 George W Self Corydon 3 Thomas McNutt Madison 4 Daniel V Miller Terre Haute 5 Miles K Moffett Connersville 6 Joseph B KNealing 7 Jas L Goodrich Winchester Fred A Sims Frankfort 9 Thomas J McCoy Rensselaer 10 Warren Bigler Wabash 11 Elmer Leonard Fort Wayne 12 Elmer Crockett South Bend 33 Hernly is expected to be re elected chairman by acclamation.
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New Republican State Committee
Indianapolis
George A. Cunningham
Evansville
Nat U. Hill
Bloomington
George W. Self
Corydon
Thomas McNutt
Madison
Daniel V. Miller
Terre Haute
Miles K. Moffett
Connersville
Joseph B. Knealing
Jas. L. Goodrich
Winchester
The Crime of the Century serial to run in The Sun
The Sun announces the first instalment of a new serial story titled The Crime of the Century. Each line promises interest and every chapter aims to entertain readers.
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the Sun
Myrtle Beach Woman Seeks Divorce After Early Marriage
Myrtle Beachwoman says she wed Elza in 1897 at age fourteen with parents unaware. After three months he abandoned her, she seeks divorce and to resume maiden name Mryde Spencer. Other separation suits named include Sadie Voris, Firmin Brown, and Johanna Berent against listed spouses.
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Myrtle Beachman
Elza
Mryde Spencer
Sadie M. Voris
Frank J. Voris
Firmin C. Brown
Mary E. Brown
Johanna Berent
Richard Berent
Gosport Teacher Charged With Licking Boy After Fight
Gosport Indiana January spl report says high school pupils Henry Montgomery and a boy named Truax fought. Teacher Thomas Wampler punished them after class withholding coat removal and whipping until blood drawn. Montgomery's parents have filed suit against Wampler.
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Gosport
Ind
Henry Montgomery
Truax
Thomas Wampler
Montgomery
Wampler
England Bans Carbolic Acid Exports
Wholesale druggists report a London producer says the British government forbids further export of carbolic acid for lyddite manufacture. Most carbolic acid comes from England, and prices are expected to rise.
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New York
London
England
Floodwaters Ravage Kendrick Idaho and Pullman Washington
A major flood leaves Kendrick Idaho and Pullman Washington largely submerged. The Potlatch River at Kendrick is receding but shifted course through a section of the town’s main street. Water reaches waist height in business areas and stock losses are reported. In Pullman water fills homes and stores up to second stories, with extensive damage to property and goods.
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Tacoma
Wash
Kendrick
Idaho
Pullman
Wheeler Will Return To United States This Week
A Manila dispatch reports Gen. Wheeler will depart for the United States this week with a brief stop at Guam. War Office officials offered little comment. Wheeler apparently could not find a satisfactory posting and plans to resume his seat in Congress.
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Manila
Wheeler
United States
Guan
War Office
Otis
Congress
Gen Lawton's Body Return Denied By War Secretary
Secretary of War replies to Gov Mount that bringing Gen Lawton's body to Indianapolis is unwise. He cites risk to Mrs Lawton and her children after long residence in tropical climates. The plan is rejected due to harsh northern weather.
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Secretary of War
New Car Barns Nearing Readiness
Miller Elliott, superintendent of the street car company, said on Wednesday the Louisiana Street car barn will not be ready for use for about a week. The barns will house about 90 cars and no decision has been made on which lines will operate from them. Schedule changes are not expected.
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Street
Louisiana St
Union Labor's Next Concert in Tomlinson Hall
The Indianapolis military band will perform Sunday in Tomlinson hall for the union labor reading-room. Miss Maud Lingstaff will sing, Nicholas Rembusch will play a euphonium solo, and H. D. Kaiser will deliver a flute solo.
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Indianapolis Military Band
Tomlinson Hall
Prisoner Captain Carter in Castle Williams ill amid confinement
New York January 17 Captain Oberlin M Carter prisoner at Castle Williams Governor's Island awaiting appeal from sentence for Savannah harbor frauds is ill. Officials attribute his weakness to the shift from free life to solitary confinement. One Minute Cough Cure praised as health remedy and lifesaver by users.
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Oberlin
M. Carter
Castle Wiliam
Governor’s Island
Savannah Harbor
Grippe
Coopers Seek Union Backing in Seven-Week Strike
Delegate Stevens of the coopers union urged the Central Labor Union to endorse a boycott against Kiligan & Co for using non union barrels. Only seven of 49 members attended the meeting. The coopers aim to gain influence from the miner convention and appointed a committee to meet Brewer Lieber about employing scab coopers at Maus brewery.
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Stevens
Coopers’ Union
Coopers
Kiligan & Co
Big Miner
Lieber
Barrett Defends Silence On Senator Hoar Speech
John Barrett ex minister to Siam says he did not accuse Senator Hoar in Chicago remarks. He notes Hoar's speech to Filipinos helped fuel the insurrection, a feature of the unrest he attributes to recent events.
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Philadelphia
John Barrett
Siam
Hoar
Chicago
Carnegie denies paying cable tolls for Hoar speech
Andrew Carnegie says he did not pay the four thousand dollar cable tolls on Hoar's speech to the Filipinos. He adds he would subscribe that amount to a fund to circulate the speech among Americans who could benefit from its message.
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Carnegie
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Hoar
Mississippi Governor Denounces Mob Violence Inauguration
Gov. Longino urged a new law to let families of lynching victims sue counties for damages, saying Mississippi has high lynching rates. The piece notes his inaugural address and calls for legislative action to curb mob violence. A brief Seattle fire report and a Dawson fire update are also mentioned with sparse details.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Longino
U S Mexico Trade Grows as American Investment Rises
In Chicago on January 17, a Guadalajara banker Diego Moreno said US Mexico trade is expanding rapidly and American capital invested in Mexico is rising year by year. He estimated the total investment by Americans in Mexican ventures, though the figure is not fully stated in the excerpt.
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Chicago
United States
Diego: Moreno
Guadalajara
Moreno
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