McGovern Stops Gardner in Two Round Featherweight Title
Terry McGovern defeated Oscar Gardner before the Broadway Athletic Club in New York in two rounds and one second to claim the featherweight championship. Gardner briefly stunned McGovern in round one with a right, but McGovern controlled the pace, scoring five knockdowns in round two before Gardner was finished in the third. The preliminary featured Danny Dougherty’s 12 round win over Alf Levy.
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New York
Terry McGover
Oscar Gardner
Broadway Athletic Club
Gardner
Terry
McGovern
T Dixon
Johnny White
MacGovern
Gardgner
Danny Dougherty
Philadelphia
Alf Levy
Brooklyn
Maher Beats Conroy In Tough Youngstown Bout
In Youngstown Ohio on Friday night Peter Maher defeated Stockings Conroy before 1500 fans at the Tocai athletic club. Maher dominated from the start landing solid blows while Conroy clinched to survive. A brutal foul in the fifth by Conroy led to Maher collapsing and the referee ruling in Maher's favor.
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Youngstown
Peter ‘Maher
Conroy
Tocai Athletic Club
Maher
Cwill
Peter
Eastern league sets 140 game season plan with exhibitiions
Baltimore and Washington targets are discussed as the Eastern league prepares a 140 game schedule starting April 3. Freedman signs remain pending while Hart’s stance is backed, Ban Johnson warned, and umpires Swartwood Emslie Connelly O Day and Hurst are named for the season. Brush and Hart depart for Chicago to review the Chicago club dispute and the national agreement status.
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Freedman
Pat. Powers
Washington
Chicago
Hart
Ban Johnson
Swartwood
Emslie
Connelly
O'Day
Hurst
Brush
James A. Hart
Johnson
Catton Defeats Jayne in Three-Cushion Billiards Duel
In Chicago on Friday night Catton beat Jayne 50 to 27 in a three-cushion billiard match. Catton finished in 76 innings with a high run of five.
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Chicago
Pugilistic Pointers and Prize Fight Proposals
The Niles athletic club offers a 600 dollar purse for Burns of Cincinnati versus Mysterious Billy Smith in a March 19 bout. Burns will fight if the match is moved to March 26 as he faces Owen Zeigler in Chicago March 17. Curley Supples defeated George Ryan in a six round Milwaukee bout. Shorry Ahearn lost to Bobby Dobbs in Chicago. Representative Hepburn introduces a bill barring transmission of prize fight pictures or betting proposals through mails or interstate carriers.
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Niles Athletic Club
Niles
Charley Burns
Cincinnati
Billy Smith
Burns
Owen Zeigler
Chicago
Curley Supples
Buffalo
George Ryan
Milwaukee
Badger Athletic Club
Shorry” Ahearn
Bobby Dobbs
Hepburn
Iowa
Washington
Barry Roberson mill fight set at Mozart Hall
Dave Barry arrives from Milwaukee Saturday night to meet Kid Roberson at Mozart hall Monday night. Roberson, a confident veteran, predicts a decision over the Canadian champion in less than ten rounds, stating he is in his best condition ever for the bout.
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Dave Barry
Kid Roberson
Mozart Hall
Milwaukee
Roberson
Barry
Pitcher Doscher Sold to Fort Wayne Interleague
President Watkins sold John Doscher of Buffalo to the Fort Wayne Interstate league team. Doscher is a promising young southpaw needing seasoning in a minor league before joining the American. Indianapolis still has many pitchers from which to choose a winning force.
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John Doscher
Buffalo
Fort Wayne
Doscher
Indianapolis
Milwaukee racing meet to crown NAC Europe rep
Chairman Bachelder announces five days of L A W and NAC racing in Milwaukee July 10 to 15 with three professional and three amateur championships. A new cycle track will host most races. Friday afternoon events switch to automobile racing at the fair grounds. Eddie Bald plans to train in Louisville and race in America this season. The motor cycle hour record for speed stands at 43 miles 18 yards and may be broken several times. McFarland offers 1000 side bets against Orlando Stevens and other matchups for the season. John Lawson trains to beat the six day rotor pace record of 2471 miles. success could lead to a 40 week Swedish play on stage. The Gazette notes more night and Sunday racing this season.
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Europe
Fair Grounds
Eddie Bald
Louisville
America
F. A. McFarland
Orlando Stevens
John Lawson
Waller
Miller
New York
Cycling Gazette
Bowling Scores and Narrow Escapes Highlight Friday Night
Oneidas edged a close call against Stone Palaces as Graff and Sachs powered Stone Palace with high marks. Apollos took two of three from Nonpareils, while Centrals swept Oriental opponents on Marion alleys. Final tallies show Oneida 826 and Stone Palace 1015 in a tense program.
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Oneidas
Stone Palaces
Graff
Sachs
Apollos
Turner
Centrals
Orientals
Marion
Weightlifting scores drift through crowded relay meet
In a dense set of results for a track and field event, athletes from Apollo, Nonpareil, and Central club teams competed in multiple weight classes and relay pairings. Scores show totals like 805 for Oneida-Eyles and 764 for Stone Palace, with numerous individual lifts listed for each team.
Union Carpenters Discuss New Pay Scale in Philadelphia
Union carpenters met Friday night in Philadelphia to gauge how many members will back the new pay scale set to take effect April 1. The plan calls for a minimum 35 cents, an eight-hour day, time and a half for overtime, and double time on Sundays. The union will strike if contractors balk. Some contractors favor the scale while others oppose it. The German branch will meet Saturday night.
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Carpenters
Philadelphia
E J Phelps Dies in New Haven at 97
Hon. E J Phelps former minister to England died in New Haven of pneumonia on Friday He was born July 11 1822 at Middlebury and had held many prominent positions.
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New Haven
Conn
E. J. Phelps
England
Middlebury
Fire in Udell veneer room hastily checked at North Indianapolis
A fire broke out in the veneer room of the Udell works at Twenty-eighth street and Barnes avenue in North Indianapolis about 7 30 a m Saturday and was quickly controlled by company firefighting equipment. The cause is uncertain but likely spontaneous combustion. City firemen arrived, allowed the horses to blow off steam, then returned. Loss probably under $10. Veneer not damaged according to initial estimates.
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Udell Works
Twenty-eighth-st
Barnes Ave
Indianapolis
Link Machinery closes doors amid picket danger
Chicago March 10 The Link machinery company with hundreds of workers shut down after a probable fatal shooting of an employee. Only machinists were on strike but firm says the lives of all workers are endangered by surrounding pickets and they prefer to close the plant.
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Chicago
Link Machinery Company
Indian Cannibals Under Arrest in Vancouver Trial
Vancouver transcript reports three Alert Bay chiefs among cannibals captured after a potlatch death dance. Native witnesses, six others in custody, accused of eating flesh and sacrificing two youths during a ritual fire circle. Missionary complaint led to arrests and imminent trials.
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Vancouver
B. C
Coquelin
British Columbia
Alert Bay
Engineers in Mexican jail face long detention
George Clark and Scotty McKay two American locomotive engineers have languished in a filthy prison in Orizaba Mexico for over ten months without trial. No early prospects of a ruling on their guilt or innocence exist. They are kept in close confinement in poor health conditions. The sole charge is responsibility for a railroad wreck near Orizaba.
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Orizaba
Mex
George Clark
Scotty McKay
Elks Minstrels Draw Crowded House At English's
The Elks annual minstrels filled seats Friday at English's with two more shows planned Saturday. A plantation scene set the first half as Bert Feibleman James F Quigley Fred Shepard and Charles Balz wore Prince Albert suits. Russell Powell and Thomas Clay Good led the voices with Miss Nona McCormick in the soprano part. A burlesque turn featured the police superintendent as a “heavy man” seeking an engagement and joking that he had had enough trials.
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Elks’ Minstrels
Bert Feibleman
James F. Quigley
Fred Shepard
Charles Balz
Russell Powell
Thomas Clay Good
Social Democrats and Labor Party Set Fusion Meeting
A committee elected by the social democrats and a labor party panel held a brief meeting to finalize amalgamation plans. They agreed to reconvene in New York City on March 2 to finish fusion details and will report back to national executive committees.
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Social Democrats
Social Labor Party
Labor Party Committee
New York City
Good Price for One Faint
Santa Barbara court awards George Russell two hundred dollars after a telephone operator trip caused him to faint during a phone call. Russell sued the company for ten thousand dollars and won a small verdict in a Friday night trial.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
George Russell
Russell
London to Host April Beauty Show With Global Invitations
Interwoven items include a beauty pageant in London set for April drawing entrants from around the world. Other brief notes report executions in Texas and Florida, a hospital ship arrival in San Francisco, a family shooting in Colorado, and protests over a stage production.
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Anthony Hopkins
Beaumont
Tex
Frisco
Alex Carter
Berkeley
Col
Charles
Himsel
Solace
Manila
Georgia
Wyman King
Pensacola
Fla
Victoria Watkins
T. A
Springfield
Keeley, Dwight, Sr
Uncle Tom's
Cabin
Engineer Dies At Throttle On Illinois Central Train
In Chicago on March 10 Joseph E Hofft man, engineer for the Illinois Central, died at his post with his hand on the throttle Friday night. Fireman saw something wrong as the train neared the city and found Hofft man dead, seated and facing the track ahead.
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Chicago
Joseph E. Hofftman
Ilinois Central
Hoffman
Fire ruins cleaned as owners vow rebuild
Lead March 10 report: crews begin clearing debris from Thursday's fire. Owners of blown and burned buildings announce immediate reconstruction plans. Total loss estimated at 550000 dollars.
Divorce Suit Follows Birth of First Child in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on March 10 an application for divorce stems from Charles R Stevenson quarrelling with his wife after their first child was a girl, not a boy he wished. He drank after the dispute and sent his wife home amid the tension. A Washington County widow, Annie Mathers, found she was startled by a mouse while opening a closet, causing a sudden move and scream in a moment of fear.
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Charles R. Stevenson
Washington County
Annie Mathers
Rumpus in Germany over meat bill opposition
Berlin papers attack Chancellor Hohenich and Foreign Minister von Buelow as main foes of the agrarian movement. The rift centers on the meat bill prohibition of foreign meat imports in the Reichstag. Kreutz Zeitung notes a 168 to 90 majority in favor and urges government to adopt committee resolutions.
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Hoheniche
Count von Buelow
Reichstag
Kreutz Zeitung
Judge Gavin rules on Ellis fraud and receivership
Five named victims were defrauded by employment agent George Ellis for six dollars total. Receivership remains in effect as Ellis faces grand jury proceedings on fraud charges.
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Gavin
George Ellis
Ellis
Fire at Marcy's Jewelry Store Causes Heavy Smoke Damage
Fire at Marcy's Jewelry Store on 38 W. Washington Street broke through a large front door after firefighters forced entry. About 12:30 a m Saturday the blaze caused $200 to $100 in losses with heavy smoke tarnish on silverware and jewelry requiring polishing. The fire started from faulty electrical insulation. a small blaze last Sunday night caused additional damage.
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Marcy’s
Washington St
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