Sullivan Kilrain bout plans spark last minute maneuvers
In New York on December 31 the public may face a shock as Sullivan Kilrain negotiations falter. A Lumley letter to Richard Fox asks for meeting details while Fox disclaims knowledge of Kilrain. Sullivan vows to travel once contact is made and dates or locations are fixed.
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New York
Sullivan
Kilrain
Richard K. Fox
Arthur Lumley
John L. Sullivan
Charley Johnson
Montreal
GEO. A. Macbeth & CO
PitTsBurgh
Jackson the Colored Pugilist Knocks Out McAuliffe
In San Francisco on December 31 at the California Athletic Club Jackson the colored champion of Australia defeated Joe McAuliffe the Pacific coast heavyweight after twenty four rounds. McAuliffe weighed 220 pounds and stood six feet three quarters inches. Jackson weighed a little over 200 pounds and stood six feet one and a quarter inches. Referee was Hiram Cook. Time called at 9 20 p m. About 2000 spectators witnessed the bout with McAuliffe unable to respond in the final round.
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Jackson
McAuliffe
San Francisco
Joe McAuliffe
Pacific Coast
Australia
California Athletic Club
Hiram Cook
Shaply
Kilrain Mitchell Go Declared Off by Columbus Police
The Kilrain Mitchell boxing match was halted by Columbus police as 600 to 700 paying spectators left disappointed. Mitchell claimed Kilrain could best Sullivan while Kilrain voiced eagerness for a future bout with the heavyweight, and he hoped Joe McAuliffe would beat Jackson so a white man would defeat a black fighter.
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Kilrain-Mitchell
Columbus
CoLempBes
Ohio
Kilrain
Mitchell
Sullivan
Joe McAuliffe
Jackson
McAuliffe
Base Ball Dispatches From Australia Cost High
American papers report the reception of U S base ball teams in Australia with telegraphed scores from long dispatches. The messages travel about 17 127 miles and newspapers pay 2 58 per word for tolls alone.
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New York
New York Sun
Australia
Danforth Knocks Out Griffin in Athenian Club Spar
Tommy Danforth of New York stops Johnny Griffin of Raintree in the third round at the Athenian club in Boston as the featherweights contest for a purse. Griffin was defeated.
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Danforth
Boston
Tommy Danforth
New York
Johnny Griffin
Raintree
Collision injures many on electric car and logging of fatalities
Passengers on an electric motor car in St Joseph Missouri were shaken when a switch engine struck the car at Main and Robidoux streets. The car plunged 35 feet into Black Snake creek, demolishing the vehicle and injuring about fifteen people, with William H Ray and wife seriously hurt. A separate incident near Cuicano sees Mrs Henry Martin and Miss Kate Powers killed when struck by a locomotive as they crossed a Rock Island track. In Birmingham Alabama, two passenger trains collided, wrecking engines and baggage cars with several passengers slightly bruised and Baggagemaster Laird severely injured.
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St. Jo
Sr. Jor
Chicago, St
William H. Ray
Cuicano
Henry Martin
Kate Powers
Rock Island
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Mineral Railroad
Laird
Fire destroys thriving village Deloraine in Manitoba
Multiple short dispatches report a large fire nearly destroying Deloraine Manitoba a village of about 500 inhabitants in the southwest. Other items include a gunshot killing a 14 year old girl in New Orleans a Branden Manitoba man hanged for wife murder and notes on a London banquet for US Minister Phelps a Panama Canal bondholders vote and European emigration trends to Brazil with 740 emigrants aboard a Trieste bound vessel.
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Winnipeg
Man
Deloraine
Brandon
William H. Webb
London
United States
Phelps
France
Panama Canal
Brazil
Trieste
San Paulo
Riot and conflagration devastate Legitime stronghold in Hayti
The steamship Prince Mauritz arrived from Hayti reporting riots at Jaemel on December 20. Sympathizers of Legitime and Hyppolite clashed in two roughly equal bands of about 200, firing through the day. The fire set by rioters consumed half the town, with women extinguishing remaining flames after the mob fled. Casualties were reportedly light.
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Legitime
Hayti
New York
Prince Mauritz
Jaemel
Hyppolite
Mauritz
Yellow Fever Wields Death on Harbor Vessels
Capt S M Hill of the Norman reports Port au Prince swamped by yellow fever. On his vessel Death struck at St Marc, with one dead and two sick before he moved the ship to the gulf and boarded the Prinz Mauritz for New York. French barks at Port au Prince show almost all hands dead. the brig Fairfield lost two men. illness ravages nearly every steamer entering the harbor.
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New York
S. M. Hill
Norman
Hayti
Port Au Prince
St. Marc
Gulf
Fairfield
Grand Forks Fire Destroys Richmonds and Appel Stock
A late December blaze at Richmonds furniture depot in North Syndicate block burned through the basement and then into A Appel Co clothing stock. Losses include Ed Richmond furniture 10000 insured 6000 and A Appel clothing 28000 insured 16000 plus $80000 annex partial loss and $10000 to second floor offices with further $3000 damage.
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Grand Forks
Dak
Richmond
A. Appel Co
Ed Richmond
A. Appel & Co
Remarkable Deaths of an Indiana Couple After Sixty Years
Two elderly Indiana pioneers Elsen Browning 88 and his wife 82 died within hours of each other after 60 years of marriage. Mrs Browning fell ill Thursday evening and Browning died at midnight, both deaths attributed to old age. Nearby Columbus reports horse disease spreading among city horses crippling streetcar service.
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Indiana
Columbus
Ind
Elsen Browning
Ohio
Timely Topics From Chilton And Nation
A roundup of brief items: Chilton postal class change to presidential Jan 1. Henry O'Brien of Milwaukee charged with killing his infant son by striking it while drunk. a January solar eclipse near Chicago. Charleston’s post-earthquake improvements. Sea Coast Fishing and Shooting club in Tennessee meets for checkers. Secretary Whitney’s Thanksgiving bill for $700 garnished by seller’s creditor. Theodore T. Wood of Mason City received $2,812 back pension. warships fitted to monitor German actions in Sawoa. Postmaster General restores R A D Wilbanks to mail superintendent in Chilton. visible wheat and corn supplies listed with changes. Pete Morris near Jellico, Tenn., attempts to kill an elderly man. Col William Strong reportedly not resigning from Santa Fe railroad, per his secretary. Armour & Co annual cash business at $55,000,000 with detailed stock and cattle figures. dynamite under a New York tenement stairway found. Hayti reports via Prins Maurits steamship. U S vessels Galena and Yantic still present. Officer Luke Burke of Hyde Park shot after altercation. balloon sighted near Monroqua with minstrel dummy. Boston divorce suit of Mrs. Fred W. Barry against husband over $20,000.
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Pete Morris
Jellico
Tenn
Higdon
Cumberland Gap
Martha
Morris
William B. Strong
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
George O. Machester
New York
Hayti
Prins Maurits
Port Au Prince Bec
United States
Galena
Yantic
Haytien Republic
Luke Burke
Hyde Park
Chicago
Mas Reynolds
Ing Burke
Burke
Euabing
Chicago Grain and Provisions market recap
The report lists Wheat, Corn, Pork, and Lard figures for December January May contracts, with prices ranging from 91,0634 to 12.9234 and various bid prices for St Paul and Chicago live stock, including hogs and cattle receipts and price ranges for multiple classes. The data reflects exchange quotes and bid offers for grains, feed, fats, and livestock across December through May delivery windows.
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Chicago
Temperature of Living Rooms and Winter Heat
A discussion on changing heat standards in American homes shows a move away from overheating. With better heaters and health awareness, indoor temperatures should stay between 65 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit, a narrow yet healthful range. Dr. Hutchinson notes that excess heat once contributed to nervousness among foreigners visiting the U.S.
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Dr. Hutchinson
American Magazine
One of the Richigit Sovereigns and London Police Origins
A London World excerpt notes the Dutch royal line, predicting a future queen of Holland with vast civil revenues from Borneo and Luxembourg’s fate under Nassau. It also surveys the London police, asserting countrymen make better officers than natives of London, with recruits mainly drawn from surrounding counties and northern cities.
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Richigit
Netherlands
Holland
Europe
Borneo
Duchy of
Luxembourg
Grand Duke of
Nassau
German Empire
Kingdom of
London
Buffalo on the Texas Plains a wild fauna view
Robert T. Hill notes in Science that Texas Panhandle and Llano Estacado host 200 head of buffalo including calves captured for Kansas markets. He mentions buffalo in Palo Duro Canyon and North plains, with antelope and black tailed deer nearby. He suggests naturalists visit Plaza Larga Tucumcari Mesa and the Texas Panhandle and touts wild horse culture as profitable.
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Texas
Panhandle
Llano Estacado
No Man’s Land
Palo Duro Canyon
Charles Goodnight
Texas Capital Syndicate
North Plains
Canadian River
Kansas
Plaza Larga
Tucumcarri Mesa
Texas Panhandle
Tascosa
Tex
Denver
Fort Worth
Robert T. Hill
New Home Remedy for Catarrh and Hay Fever
Sufferers are told a new home treatment can permanently cure catarrh catarrhal deafness and hay fever in one to three applications every two weeks The pamphlet claims a specific remedy for female catarrhal discharges and offers details via A H Dixon Son 304 West King St Toronto Canada from Scientific American Lead
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A. H. Dixon & Son
West King St
Toronto
Canada
Scientific American
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