Pittsburgh Brooklyn and New York Lead National League Standings
Three teams, Pittsburgh Brooklyn and New York, look secure in first to third place with St. Louis and Cincinnati still possible to supplant Chicago. The season ends this week as Brooklyn leads with a .663 pace and Pittsburgh follows, while Philadelphia and Boston trail.
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Cincinnati 8 Mountain Tourists Defeat Richmond 3
Cincinnati dominates Mountain Tourists 8 to 3 while South Bend falls 7 to 3. American League annual meeting scheduled in Chicago. Margaret Gast, noted cyclist, passed 1,200 mile mark en route to a new long distance record, surpassing Mrs. Jane Lindsay's 1,000 mile record.
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Weekly Racing Wins and Fights Highlight Sports Roundup
Stranger wins the Lexington 2 18 trot in heat seven. Crescens aims to lower his record in Chicago. Princeton beats Penn State 26 0. Tom Cavenaugh and Paddy Kelly set to fight at Alexandria. Harvard defeats Amherst 18 0 in rain. Orvan Mehring elected Butler captain. team to face Franklin at Washington Park. Kid Lavigne challenges Terry McGovern in Chicago. Dickinson loses to Pennsylvania 35 0. Yale crushes Bates 50 0. Shamrock to be Lipton’s yacht next year. Walcott and Childs set to fight at Tattersall’s Chicago Oct 29. Progress Winners seek baseball vs Moderns. Bob Allen to coach Cincinnati next season.
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Joe Walcott
Frank Childs
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Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Pension Plan May Expand Westward
The Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg plan a pension scheme likely to extend to the western division next year. Employees retire at 23 after 30 years of service and disabled workers receive pensions. A company employee notes long service is rare, yet workers contribute to the fund, which the company allegedly uses without paying interest.
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All Wide Open Saloon Echoes Ragtime Night
At midnight on Wednesday a reporter found Market street saloons with front doors open and music blaring. A loud negro quartet filled the room and the street with rag-time songs as patrons crowded in and out.
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Deportation Order for Eight Immigrants Sparks Labor Law Debate
A Toronto special reports eight immigrants and decorators, brought to Cleveland for decorating the residence of a leading citizen, face deportation as the new labor ministry expects to begin enforcing Allen Labor Law provisions. The action is seen as a test of new policy.
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Disappearances tied to Chicago swindle case expand
Police widen probe into Dr. Unger Wayland Brown and F H Smiley linked to insurance swindling and suspected homicide of Marie Defenbach. Ethel Johnson, once with Brown, now Mrs Fred Follinger in Rockport Indiana. Louanda Rothelle 22 died Sept 1 and on her deathbed named Brown. Florence Ralston missing 15 months. Irene Spicer died on a train. Laura Carroll also linked to Defenbach and Unger.
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No Soldiers 10 Spare in the Orient
Manila dispatch notes Manila Times editorial warning that there are no soldiers to spare for the Philippines. Despite 60,000 troops, towns lack garrisons and crime increases near towns under the American flag, with families living in daily dread of assassins and forced departures.
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New York University Hall of Fame Names Ten Immortals
Ten persons were elected to the New York University hall of fame on Wednesday October 11. The original ten include four authors Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Washington Irving and Nathaniel Hawthorne, four inventors Robert Fulton Sam F B Morse Eli Whitney and Elas Howe, and two philanthropists Peter Cooper and Geo Peabody. The hall of fame is nearing completion thanks to Miss Helen Gould's generosity.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Washington Irving
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Robert Fulton
Sam F. B. Morse
Eli Whitney
Elas Howe
Peter Cooper
Geo
Helen Gould
Woman Claims Bank Loot Is Her Own
New York Oct 11 Mrs Anna Hart accused in the Elizabethport N J banking theft case intends to fight the bank to keep jewels gowns and money alleged to have been given by the defaulter Schreiber She says the property is hers and has hired a lawyer to protect her interests while officers attach the assets.
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Wm. Schreiber
Elizabethport, N. J
Precise Cures Offered by Chicago Temple Medical Group
A Chicago organization at 626 Masonic Temple advertises cures for obstinate cases with a capital of $500,000. They claim to have treated the worst conditions in 86 days and offer a free 100 page book to prospective patients.
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Officer Killed in Clash at Oneida Colliery
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on Wednesday a fatal clash occurred between ten nonunion men and deputies and about 500 strikers at Coxe Bros Oneida colliery. Ralph Mills fifty a special officer was shot through the back and killed. Joseph Lesko thirty eight a striker was shot in the groin and will probably die. George Kellner thirty eight a special officer was wounded but will recover. The trouble began when the nonunion men refused to stay away from the mines.
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George Kellner
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Endowment Drive Aims to Raise $100000 for Butler Bible College
Rev Amzi Atwater former State University professor told Butler Bible College trustees on Wednesday he will undertake a campaign to raise 100000 for the permanent endowment fund. Rev W D Starr of Noblesville will also seek to raise a fund sufficient to sustain the college for three years.
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Butler Bible College
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Noblesville
English's Will Be Closed as Roosevelt Arrives
Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon present My Mother in-law Friday and Saturday at the Grand. An early Thursday matinee at 1 30 aims to finish before Roosevelt's arrival. A Trip to Coontown will play at the Park on Thursday. Cole and Johnson headline The Empire bill for the week.
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Barracks Collapse Kills Forty in Pskov
Moscow reports the barracks at Pskov collapsed killing forty people, including 36 women and four men. The incident occurred 170 miles from St. Petersburg and involved an insurer among the dead.
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Trial Delayed as Judge Extends Proceedings
Sey's condition remained improved yet unable to resume the trial on Thursday. Judge Cantrill adjourned proceedings and continued the case to a later date.
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