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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1899

Page

8

Desperate Sharkey Jeffries Preview Heads to the Ring

The анализ predicts a nip and tuck heavyweight bout with Sharkey and Jeffries nearly equal in size power and style. Corbett weighs in that the fight may go to the limit as both men display aggression nerve and a willingness to take punishment. The piece notes Jeffries punching and ring endurance against Sharkey speed and resilience.

Tak Jeffries Fitzsimmons Ana Sharkey Sharkey Corbett Jim Corbett Fusillade Jong Trom Bell Bell

Ruhlin and Hart Score Knockouts in Early Week Card

Gus Ruhlin of Akron knocked out Jim Jeffords of California in the fifth round before the New Broadway athletic club Morlaug. Sig Hart of Chicago knocked out Harry Johnson of Pittsburg in the tenth round Monday night. Frank Bogarle paced a quarter second faster than his record, Time 2 04. London races and featherweight bout dates are noted as changed.

Gus Ruhlin Akron Jim Jeffords New Broadway Athletic Club Morlaug Ruhlin Jeffords Rudsin Yack Cullen Pug Chicago Young Morrisey Sig Hart Harry Johnson Pittsburg Johnson Hart Frank Bogarle Coen UK George Dixon Sam Harris London Sloane

Sporting and league notes highlight boxing, billiards and track

The report covers Robison faction plans for NL presidency, Choynski vs Carey on Nov 4 in Cincinnati, O Rourke fearing Sharkey's workload, jockey C Booker injured on Harlem track, Gilbert and Young breaking clay pigeons in Nashville, Rolla Heikes and others scoring high, Philadelphia pool room fines, and Wizard Schaefer moving to New York to join a billiard academy half owner role.

D* Ruimo Nick Brush Robison Timt Ban Johnson Will Columbia Ovéd Neptune Bay Joe Choynski Tom Carey Cincinnati Tom O'Rourke Sharkey C. Booker Harlem Chicago Frank Gilbert Charlie Young Nashville Rolla Heikes Elliott Charlie Budd Jake Gay Jack Fanning Philadelphia Schaefer Slosson New York Frank Ives

Yale Praises Wisconsin Clean Game and Football Tactics

Yale commends Wisconsin for a clean game and praises the Western snap back pass. Princeton Harvard Yale boast strong defense with no scores against them. Pennsylvania conceded 50 points. Trainer Jim Robinson earns credit for the effort. Columbia game looms. Purdue prospects include Allen. Jolts of coaching tactics and scheduleNotes.

Yale Wisconsin Princeton Harvard Pennsylvania Jimi Robinson Columbia Pat O'Dea

Neighbors in Court Over Slander Claim

Sarah E. Campbell sues Katherine Gallagher in circuit court for 10.00 alleging slander. Campbell accuses Gallagher of calling her a cow poisoner in the presence of others. The neighbors reside in Haughville.

Sarah E. Campbell Katherine Gallagher

Street accident injures woman near Orange and Hamilton

A woman slipped into a hole on Street at Orange Street and Hamilton Street, injuring her ankle. The incident occurred under a superior court jury context with a $400 award cited for damages.

Orangest Hamilton U

City Life Briefs From Indianapolis Ledger

Louis G Volkmar of the Abey salt company meets at the Grand hotel while Supt Quigley orders an end to gambling. factory inspector McAhee will examine an unsafe engine at a Whitaker saw mill. Reports show 14816.84 spent at Plainfield reformatory. 2000 insurance on burned buildings covers loss. Indianapolis chamber music opening next Wednesday with Lschumann Paradise and the peri. Street car suit favors the company as juries rule for them. Demott sues for 33000 over a conductor refusal to aid.

Louis G. Volkmar Abbey Salt Company Grand Hotel Quigley Tron Powlroom McAhee Whitaker Ind Charlton Plainfield Reformatory Indianapolis Mannerchor Lchumann Franz Bellinger Mary Clark Anna Crane Wm. 8 Demott Himmself

British Mormon converts sail from Glasgow to New York

Mrs Emily Bevan of Birmingham England an expert at crocheting traveled with 33 other British women who converted to Mormonism and arrived Monday from Glasgow. She with her 30 year old son Harold carried about 200 dollars in American money. A doctor reported a glass eye and impaired sight. The board ordered deportation fearing loss of sight and public charge. she was sent to Ellis Island where she died with her young son.

New York Emily Bevan Birmingham Eng Glasgow Lloyd Bevan Harold Utah Board of Special Inquiry Ellis Island

Mob of 500 Ohio State and Medical Students Riot at Police Station

In Columbus on October 25 a crowd of about five hundred Ohio State University and Ohio Medical College students stormed the central police station demanding the release of Claude Spangler. A fight followed before officers confirmed Spangler’s release on own recognizance and noninjury.

Columbus Ohio State University Ohio Medical Central Claude Spangler Board of Trade Spangler Tyler

Sickened by Smoke From Pneumatic Street Sweepers

An Christ woman was made ill Tuesday night by the smoke from pneumatic street sweepers. Complaints come from many city areas about the black fumes, with curiosity over whether the machines burn coal or a new devilish mixture.

Inspector McAbee Pushes Law to Ban Girl Employment

Indiana factory inspector McAbee seeks a new law to empower bans on employing women and girls in factories where morals are at risk or physical danger. He plans to secure support from the Indiana federation of labor after citing the Elwood glass factory girls.

McAbee Indiana Federation of Labor Elwood Glass

Ore Seam Report Valued at Two Hundred Thousand

Colorado Springs reports persistent estimates that a six inch ore seam at the Isabella mine Cripple Creek yields values around 0,000 per ton. Salvation Army appoints changes with Adjutant Simonson replacing Crawford in Salt Lake City and Capt William Muir taking Dolby’s post amid recent accidents and retirements.

Isabella Colorado Springs Col Cripple Creek Salvation Army Icenl Salvation Army Crawford Salt Lake City Utah Simonson Capt. Dolby Wm. Muir Ilingis Limousin Dolby Elgin, Ill

Englishmen plan large newspaper mill near Niagara Falls

A group of Englishmen led by S&S. Charles Phillips and Frank Lloyd propose establishing a large newspaper mill near Niagara Falls in New York. The party aims to build a prominent plant and produce papers for the market.

New York S&s Charles Phillips Frank Lloyd Niagara Falls

Meridian Street M E Church Reception Honors Two Pastors

Meridian Street M E church members will host a reception at the church Wednesday night for Pastor Rev. W A Quayle and Presiding Elder Rev. E B Rawls honoring their service and leadership.

Meridian St. M. E

Humanitarians hold session in Columbus and relief figures

In the past year 31,642 children were relieved from distress and 116,200 were protected. There were 1,759 prosecutions. In Chicago a Warren Springer building elevator fell from the sixth floor killing John Hinkus and injuring three others. Cleveland councilman J. L. Feilly inherits $20,000. In San Antonio a man saved John Wallace and received a legacy.

Columbus Warren Springer Chicago John Hinkus J. L. Feilly Cleveland, CO San Antonio Tex John Wallace

Odd Tales of the Wires and campus kiss scandal

Odd Tales from New York report John Waters disrupted a funeral at St. Peters Church and was arrested after a third prayer. In New Haven Yale law student Stephen Lawrence and a female companion were jailed briefly for kissing. each posted $150 bond. Boston note reports T Caicomb, facing death by gas, left four cents to cover his gas bill before killing himself.

New York John Waters St. Peter's Church New Haven Stephen O. Lawence Yale Law School Mayerroll Crown Yale Lawrence Boston Caicomb

Dewey Chooses Washington House at 1747 Rhode Island Ave

The residence chosen by Dewey in Washington is a brick 17 room home with brown stone trim, 27 feet wide and 72 feet deep. It features four bathrooms and is elegantly furnished by admirers. Rumor says he will soon marry Mrs. Hazen, daughter of Mrs. Washington Mc Lean, as a gift from 40,000 admirers.

Dewey Washington Rhode Island Ave Hazen Washington McLean

Harms Will Escape in Bribery Case Against Clerk

The case against Herman Harms charged with bribing Harry Cunningham, a republican election clerk, has not been set in Justice Nickerson's court and may not be tried. Sam Rinin is released for lack of evidence, and Harms is considered a pawn, not the principal. Cunningham says Harms offered $40 to fix the polls. Harms confessed and implicated Dinnin, who denied involvement.

Herman Harms Harry Cunningham Justice Nickerson Sam Rinnin Harms Cunningham Dinnin

Starvation Deaths Reported in Alaska Blizzard

Wm. Lafler reports the deaths of N. C. Dally and two Frenchmen from Boston on the Bonanza river in northern Alaska. They died after a severe blizzard as their party ran out of food though their belts carried gold dust.

Tacoma Wash Wm. Lafler Alaska Boston Bonanza River

Independent Catholic Move in Chicago Draws French Anew

Magr Leon Boulard once a high church dignitary and close to Pope Neo XITE has begun a drive in Chicago to unite French people in the United States and Canada into an independent Catholic church.

Move Chicago Leon’ Boulard Neo Xite United States Canada

Bigger game alleged in cigar shipment case

Deputy Boone of the internal revenue office returned from Franklin with a quantity of cigars believed shipped out of Indianapolis by Bennett Jacobs and Henry Lamping. The men are jailed for revenue law violations and may be involved in arson and insurance fraud. Authorities think they shipped cigars to other points.

Boone Internal Revenue Office Franklin Indianapolis Bennett Jacobs Henry Lamping Revenue Office

Government troop withdrawal and new mail clerk fees in 1914 report

Fragmentary Washington dispatch notes a planned withdrawal of troops at Wardner Idaho and moves in Terre Haute Indiana. It mentions new fees for mail clerks and an annual report on naval office operations with 258 carriers and gross earnings of 68 million plus dollars. References Key West Florida and a yellow fever context, with names such as D. Bynum and Joseph Stockford appearing amid scattered items about hogs and medical cures.

European Powers Open to Samoa and New Guinea Fallout

Berlin hints England priced withdrawal from Samoa by naming New Guinea as payment. Cairo reports Kitchener’s expedition against the Khalifa abandoned with the Khalifa claiming retreat to the south. Paris notes General De Gallier sues M Urban for insulting the army. Gallier authored a military opinion work accusing the army of betraying the nation.

Berlin England New Guinea Samoa Cairo Lord Kitchener Pari de’ Galliter M. Urban Gallier

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