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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1900
Page
8
Local gossip hints at Yey Jette Jan revealing a bold commitment gesture. Crowds gathered as rumors spread about an unexpected engagement plan. Sources note fans speculate on future partnerships and public appearances.
A ten round bout at Mozart hall featured Dave Barry and Kid Roberson in a clever display. Roberson's heavier blows carried the action while Barry showed blocking skill. referee Toomey scored a draw after a tense finish. A preliminary between George Skelton and James Woodward ended in a draw as well amid ringside confusion.
In the final round neither boxer pressed hard and both sparred lightly. The referee's decision drew general approval from spectators and participants.
Magnates of the American league will convene in Chicago on the morrow. Proposed changes in the circuit include shifts involving Chicago and Cleveland as part of the plan discussed at the meeting.
Chicago reports Catton defeating Capron 50 to 27 in a rapid tournament game with Catton’s high run at 8 while Capron’s best was 4. New York notes rivalry and training payments involving Fitzsimmons, Roeber, and upcoming Sharkey bout participation. Chicago also notes talk of a new American association to rival the circuit and bolster cities left by reductions, with Ban Johnson urging focus on strengthening teams.
Washington March 13 Robert H Young son of Uncle Nick Young president of the National league is mentioned as a candidate for the presidency of the American Association or a lesser league of baseball clubs. Young has been secretary of the National league for five years and is long familiar with the game from the managerial side.
Young Mahoney of Philadelphia lasted two rounds with Mysterious Billy Smith at Hercules club Monday. Terry McGovern earned 3509 dollars from his win over Gardner. Gardner got 1169. Dave Sullivan and Kid Broad are set for 25 rounds at Broad Way club Friday. Broad previously beat Sullivan. McGovern’s next bout is with Eddie Lenny in Philadelphia Thursday. Italian boxer Guydo, who fought Jeffries in Paris, died in Hospital Boucicault from a chest blow received from the champion. Charley Burns of Cincinnati will meet Owen Zeigler in Chicago March 17 and Bobby Dobbs in Niles March 18.
The Kentucky capital area again slept under guard as Gov Beckham and Gov Taylor faced potential arrest threats. A Beckham guard warned that any militia move toward the Capital hotel would be met with fatal force, while Beckham’s own armed group expanded to nearly 100 on semi-guard duty. In Louisville, four men linked to the Goebel assassination case are jailed in Jefferson County on charges tied to the crime.
Edward W. Sherer’s barn at 612 W Tenthist burned Monday night, $100 loss. A colored man reported a man with a lighted match near the rear window. by Saturday night a firebug was seen, but description remains unclear. Neighbors fear further arson. police urged action. A lamp explosion at Harry Rosenthal’s livery stable caused no damage.
After a heated meeting Monday night the Horseshoers union voted to disband over a strike settlement accepted by a bare majority. The Central labor union was notified that delegates will be withdrawn and minority members may reorganize, rejecting the master horseshoers contract. A measure favored a central art museum site and urged Indiana congressmen to back bills restricting army and navy musicians at civic events and forbidding federal courts from issuing injunctions in labor disputes. Tomlinson hall concerts, a financial failure, will be followed by another to cover deficits.
John Broom traded gunfire with a burglar in his parents’ home at 419 West South Street early Monday. A copper colored man disappeared from a window to a shed and then to the ground after nine shots. Broom says a bullet pierced his hat and he likely wounded the intruder in the arm. police made no arrests and kept details quiet.
In Muncie Indiana on March 13 a large republican rally preceded the renomination of George W Cromer with Cromer predicting President McKinley will be remembered with Lincoln and Washington. Several state office candidates spoke at the event. In Columbus Indiana the Bartholomew county republican delegation will split among multiple gubernatorial contenders.
The Pittsburg steel company begins firing furnaces Tuesday. bloom ing department to resume Wednesday and rolling mill Friday. A company foreman says the strike was small and that workers may or may not return after Indianapolis convention on May 15 to push a new wage scale.
The primary to choose delegates for Wednesday afternoon’s convention will be held Tuesday night. Ex-Judge Thomas Sullivan is expected to be elected county chairman as the rules committee of John E. Christian, John Hollett and Charles A. Korbly Jr. meets at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Cleveland club hall. The Persimmons brigade backs ex-Lieutenant General Thomas Hanna for governor and has opened headquarters on the eighth floor of the Law building. W. E. Moore, who yielded to Sullivan for county chair, now backs a bid for township assessor.
Architect Stem plans a return engagement of Theodore Thomas and his renowned orchestra in Indianapolis on Saturday evening March 2. Stem aims to make yearly visits if possible, noting last year’s large house and expecting an even bigger audience this time. No changes have been made to the orchestra.
A Manila report says Gubat 52 miles from Albay was burning as a merchant ship left Luzon. An American officer and 16 men were surrounded by insurgents, with reinforcements ordered. Maj. Ward and eight others wounded in a clash near Aparri. Tagalos harassing Americans in Cagayan.
Mrs Zerelda G Wallace pioneer woman suffragist spoke to the Political Equality Society at the Propylaeum on suffrage urging enfranchisement would yield better public life. She asserted she would be a co worker not an antagonist and noted shifts in southern attitudes.
Washington reports Col Greenleaf chief surgeon in the Philippines says 1,287 cases in military hospitals around Manila on March 12. In January there were 2,540 cases. Government officials express gratification at health improvement.
Lieutenant Guy Boyle of Indianapolis, serving in the Thirtieth volunteer infantry under Captain Charles Tarlton, sustained a moderate leg injury on January 28 at Tabayas. Boyle, a former sergeant-major of the 158th Indiana volunteers in the Spanish American war, was with a scouts squad and wrote of near encounters with guerrillas to local friends.
Capt. Dillon of the transport Missouri is relieved after a court of inquiry conviction on charges by Maj. Arthur. On the latest Manila voyages, 17 sick men died aboard.
In Fire Creek West Virginia rescuers report 47 bodies recovered from the Red Ash mine since the blast. Thirteen remains unaccounted for and still inside the mine as teams continue to search faithfully.
A plate-glass company asks the superior court to modify existing orders to let DePauw University inspect its books and correspondence. The motion requests the court specify who conducts the examination, when it occurs, and exactly which books and correspondence are to be examined, while omitting certain uses.
A revived plan aims to bring country merchants to Indianapolis via excursion rates. Garrett Fort, secretary of the Central Passenger Association of Chicago, told a Monday night gathering that the association has expanded its merchant network in Chicago.
Washington reports that in October a Manila woman Mary Rust wrote to New York D A R regent Miss Jessie H Vanzile Velden urging a movement to supply luxuries to a pliable American army. The appeal was published with instructions to send offerings to Gen H W Lawton’s widow in San Francisco as the War Department cabled.
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