Gans Loses World Title Bout In Bloody Broadway Clash
Joe Gans and Frank Erne staged a brutal 12 rounds with fast exchanges before Erne landed a blow that gouged Gans’s left eye. The fight, billed as 25 rounds at 133 pounds, ended when a referee halted it and declared Erne the winner. George McFadden announced a challenge to the winner.
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Baltimore
Broadway
Gans
Buffalo
Erne
Kid McCoy
Frank Zimpfer
al Herford
Harry Lyers
Caleb Bond
Oud
Gane
Eric
Sans
Ernc
Optic
Joe
White
Gars
Bowling scores highlight Friday league action
The Oneidas and Nonpareils split opening games with a 102 83 extra inning win by the Oneidas. Apollo and Orientals also posted strong totals as Centrals fall twice to the Stone Palaces. Multiple players led with high individual scores across teams including Zwicker Williams Dunmeyer OConnor Allen Bogardus Pollard Hitz and Hendrickson Parnin Moehlman Hansing Gantner Mussman Nolting Heede Hoff man.
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Oneidas
Oneida
Zwicker
Williams
Dunmeyer
O'Connor
Allen
Bogardus
Roemler
Pollard
Elliott
Hitz
Eyles
Apollo—Hendrickson
Parnin
Moehlman
Hansing
Gantner
Hermann
Heede
Barthel
Hoffman
Nolting
Mussman
Total
Moehimen
A. Resner
Etal
Orient
Hende
Herrman
Garter Is the Champion Three-Cushion Champion Crowned
Eugene Carter defeated Joseph Capron 50 to 87 to win the world three-cushion carom championship in Chicago on March 24 the playoff of a tie from the two week tournament. William Catton challenged Carter for the emblem and up to 100 points, tied to a $1 000 prize.
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Garter
Chicago
Eugene Carter
Joseph Capron
Wiliam Catton
Carter
Mon Night Matchup Seeks Little Monitors Against Lawtons
Chas Gardner's Little Monitors set to face the Lawtons on Marion club alleys Monday night. Richmond ball park nearing completion for a Milwaukee game slated April 1. Muncie Royals challenge Hartford for four games April 8, with Hartford to play Richmond Henleys in three. Kid Parker of Denver defeats Daly in a ten round plan at the Colorado athletic club. Terry McGovern signs to meet any club featherweight on Derby night May 3, with Eddie Santry added to the contract. New York club's Freedman warns National League president Young that franchises costs will not be shared for retiring clubs Washington Louisville Baltimore Cleveland.
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Chas. Gardner
Lawtons
Marion Club
Richmond Ball Park
Milwaukee
Muncie Royals
Hartford
Colorado Athletic Club
Terry McGovern
Nonpareil Athletic Club
Eddie Santry
Terry
Freedman
New York
Nick Young
National League
Washington
Louisville
Baltimore
Cleveland
World's steel rail output record broken at Illinois plant
Chicago March 24 The day shift at the Illinois steel company plant set a new world record by producing 1 442 tons of steel rails in 12 hours surpassing the previous 12 hour record of 1 391 tons.
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Chicago
Illinois Steel Company
High School Senate Rejects Beveridge Chair Again
Friction marked a school senate session as Beveridge-Pettijohn was excluded for leaving the chair during visitors’ removal. Fresh officers were chosen with McComas-Crossland declining the chair and Benton Scott accepting the presidency amid a small turnout. The minutes omit the disturbance and a mock senate plan was announced for next Thursday with Kingsley and Gillman in early leadership roles.
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Miss Donnan
Senate
Beveridge
Charles Pettijohn
McComas
Harvey Crossland
Platt
George Posey
Wellington
Alice Benton Scott
Baker
James Nimal
Allison
Chandler Connette
Shoup—Coburn Allen
Roach -Ruth Woodsmall
Butler
Manual Training High School
Sylvanious Kingsley
Joseph Gillman
Disguised for 16 Years a Murderer Leads Dual Life
A Kansas City coroner confirms Mollie Johnson was actually William Johnson, a noted Indiana Territory fugitive hunted for 16 years. Johnson, who wore women’s clothes, reportedly assaulted a white girl in 1884 at South McAlister I T, stabbed the girl’s mother and three men during a mob escape, killing four. Johnson’s disguise as a woman persisted for years.
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Kansas City
Mollie Johnson
William Johnson
Indiana Territory
Mattie Robinson
Johnson
South McAlister
I. T
Rival kissing bug may visit New Haven
Dr. L G Howard of Washington described a new insect called conorbimus langutsuga as a potential successor to the kissing bug. He said the blood-sucking bug, pale speckled and shiny, is native to northern Mexico but is moving northward and may cause a plague next summer. He recently received specimens in a shirt package from a Chinese laundry.
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New Haven
Conn
L. G. Howard
Washington
Yale
Mexico
Howard
Dr. Howard
Quadruplets Draw Crowds at Union Station
Harvey H Childress of Nashville Tennessee and his wife with four children drew attention at Union Station on Friday night. The quadruplets consist of two boys and two girls aged nearly six. The siblings have weighed about nine pounds at birth and 41 pounds now, with all four cited as remarkably healthy and active.
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Harvey
H. Childress
Nashville
Tenn
Union Station
Bock Beer Ad Claims Purity and Local Endorsement
An Indianapolis beer promotion proclaims American Brewing Company Bock beer as pure malt and hops, backed by expert testimony. It notes the beer will be placed on draught in leading Indianapolis saloons and bottled by Jacob Metzger & Co, with a money-back challenge to disprove the claim.
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Ubero
National Palace
City of Mexico
Biro
Mexico
Woodard
Ubero 18
Ubero Plantation Company
Nathan D. Woodard
Ubero Plantation
Isthmus
Oaxaca
N. D. Woodard
Marion County
Indiana
American Brewing Company
Indianapolis
Jacob Metzger & Co
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United States
British Foreign Office
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City of
Mexican Herald
Costa Rica
Guatamala
Venezuela
Colombia
Brazil
National Railroad
Coatzacoalcos
Pricipal
Europe
Salina Cruz
China
Japan
Evening Star
Diaz
Atlantic
Pacific
Abero Plantation Co
J. A. Comingor
M. D
Ubero Plantation Co
B. J. Sidener
A. C. Daily
George Lemaux, JR
B. F. Keesling
Logansport
Ind
Ubero Company
Willard Kidder
Vigo County National Bank
Terre Haute
Patrick T. O'Brien
Elwood
H. A. Codit
Joseph S. Madison
C. C. Kent
Kentland
Ww. C. Doak
Sec’s and
TREAS
Riddle-Hamilton Company
Terre Haute, Inc
Ape Ae
Jen
C. Sipp
Meridian St
March
Olocess
Louis Feller Jeweler
East Washington St
Gunther
Penn Sc
Calve
Floorea
York
Carmen
Joe Gans
Frank Erne
Way Athletic Club
Fitzgerald
Era
India
Tropics
Berg
William D. Owen
Nat. U. Hill
First Nat'l Bank
Bloomington
Lebanon National Bank
U. 2
Wiley
W. 1
Overstreet
Merchant
B. A. Luce
Oneida—Zwicker
Romler
Weber
Stone Palace
Central
Sachs
Bassfield
Ellerbrook
Graff
Wollsiter
Aichhorn
Seaner
Thatcher
Reimer
Steward
Rassfield
Wollsifer
Baase
Kellemeyer
Apollo
Orientals
Independent League
Deweeys
Brinkmeyer
Maas
Dedert
E. Partlow
M. Burk
Lawrence
Fishinger
Emerich
McGrew
Deweys
Wylie
Stocking
Sinegar
Boyle
Romer
Keller
Gable
Fuehring
Hymer
Trosky
Tomlinson
Schering
O. Partlow
Wytie
Linegar
Pete
A. B. C. Bock Beer
Wasson
Sc Ecru
Reg
P. Wasson & Co
MBI
N. Penn
Gov. Mount
Ladies’ Ald Society
First
M. E. Church
State House
McKinley
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