Brush Eyes Reserve Strategy In National League
The article notes a rule limiting reserve lists to 18 by Oct 1 and discusses how Wallace Brush signs players to avoid the list, creating 25 Redlegs ready for next year. It questions Brush plans for seven outfielders and mentions a mail vote on annulling the reserve claim.
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Beate
Newton
Mr. Brush
Cincinms
Frisk
Barrett
Elberwford
Patten
Seybold
Heutz
Elbach
Smith
McBride
Peitz
Brush
Baseball pennant race ends with Brooklyn margin widen
The era's pennant chase unfolds with heavy talk of Brooklyn's looming lead and Boston's slump blamed on weak curve hitting. Stars like Williams and Tebeau face aging and retirement notes as Cody, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute, and Buffalo move in headlines.
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Newton
Minneapolis
Boston
Brooklyn
Williams
McJames
Hanson
Pat Tebeau
Fort Wayne
McAleer
Youngstown
St. Louis
Tim Flood
Watkins
Tebeau
Kokomo
Hanlon
Pat Dillard
Willie Reidy
Earl Wagner
Earl
Buffalo
Dan Shannon
Buffalo Times
Exoneration of Jim Franey Ignites San Francisco Case
Judge Conlan clears Jim Franey in a San Francisco case. In a separate bout at Coney Island, Bobby Dobbs of Minneapolis now based in England loses to Matty Matthews on a twenty fifth round foul amid repeated cautions from Referee George Siler. Kid McPartland of New York and Otto Sieloff of Chicago prepare 25 rounds of stunts Friday at the Broadway Athletic Club.
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San Francisco
Conlan
Bobby Dobbs
Minneapolis
England
Matty Matthews
Coney Island Athletic Club
Dobbs
George Siler
Kid McPartland
New York
Otto Sieloff
Chicago
Broadway Athletic Club
Jockey Sprague Killed After Fall at Brooklyn Race
New York reports Cornelius Sprague died after being thrown from Julius Caesar at the Brooklyn Jockey Club track. The horse stumbled over a hurdle and Sprague, unable to disengage, was fatally injured as the horse fell.
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Sprague
New York
Cornelius Sprague
B. F. Clyde
Julius Caesar
Brooklyn Jockey Club Track
A Wail From Cuba Planters Object to Free Coffee Import
In Santiago de Cuba on September 15, planters opposed a policy allowing free port imports of Porto Rican coffee. They warn the move will ruin Cuban coffee producers and dejarks thousands of workers penniless. The chamber of commerce and planters pledged to cable Senor Quesada in Washington to protest to President McKinley.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Cuba
Chamber of Commerce
Senor Quesada
Cuaban
Washington
McKinley
Wages Cut at Lobdell Rim Works Amid Rim Price Rise
In Marietta Ohio on September 15 employees at the Lobdell bicycle rim plant faced wage cuts with chuckers losing 20 percent and benders 16 percent. Management cited higher rim stock prices as the reason to offset costs.
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Marietta
Bicycle Rim Works
J. Lobdell
Bicycle Trust
Rigger Killed in Gunboat Newport Accident
Charles J. Thomson a rigger was instantly killed at the Norfolk navy yard on a Thursday afternoon while assisting to raise a five inch gun aboard the gunboat Newport. The piece slipped from its fastenings and fell crushing him.
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Norfolk
Charles J. Thomson
Navy Yard
Newport
Quarantine Proposal for Tuberculosis Entering State Spurred
Dr. D Crowley urged the California State Board of Health to study quarantining humans and animals with tuberculosis entering the state He argued twenty thousand consumptives enter yearly and that public places should restrict their attendance to limit spread The resolution was passed unanimously 16 to 0.
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Sacramento
Cal
D. Crowley
State Board of Health
Rest cure home planned by ex judge on Wheaton farm
The late ex judge Richard Prendergast, near Wheaton, left a will provision for a rest cure home to aid those with insomnia and related nervous ailments. He stated the facility would be on his farm and serve sufferers of incurable nervous cases.
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Jicago
Richard Prendergast
Wheaton
Ex-Mayor Rose Dies in Cleveland at 96
Hon William G. Rose former Cleveland mayor died Friday morning from blood poisoning. Born in 1819 in Mercer County Pennsylvania he was related to President McKinley and served twice as mayor.
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Rose
Cleveland
William G. Rose
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Capt. Huff Dead Sent Chicago Report
Capt. John Hoff, 8f, is reported dead in Chicago with dispatches indicating a fatal incident aboard a vessel. Authorities have not released full details, and the case is being investigated by local police.
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Huff
Chicago
John Hoff
Leather workers organize a charter in Indianapolis
The leather workers on horse goods in Indianapolis form a union affiliated with the National Leather Workers. All journeymen in any leather branch are eligible. The local meets weekly. They seek higher wages as most are paid by the piece.
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Indianapolis
National Union of Leather Workers
Hanged for Theft in Virginia Robbery Case
Noah Finlow was hanged at Pulaski Virginia for highway robbery. This was reportedly the first execution in the case.
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Virginia
Richmond
Noah
Pulaski
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