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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
3
Local retailer Ebert & Sons advertises low prices on lawn mowers freezers paints and ready mix items. Highlights include porch and barn paints at 495 per gallon camels and pans priced variously and a claim of purity guaranteed.
Fort Jervis New York December 13. Emma Wickham wife of J Wickham aged 33 committed suicide at 4 yesterday by shooting herself with a pistol in her bedroom. Husband found her seated upright with the pistol in her right hand. The couple had been married about two years. A note or corkscrew on the bed and a bottle of champagne were found. A man named J R W Davis of New York was found in the room. Wickham alleges a divorce proceeding. The couple had a dispute and Wickham slept in the room opposite. Two shots were fired.
New York Dec. 13 After a daylong session at the Fifth Avenue hotel the Players Protective Association pressed the National League to modify contracts. Leader Mr Taylor urged abolishing the farming out clause and limiting reserve rights to five years and ten players per club while giving players a say in selling or claiming rights. He argued for a higher game status and gradual salary gains as popularity grows. The committee promised an immediate report and action.
In New York on December 13, seven teams still contested the six day race at Madison Square Garden as of midnight. Accoutrier and Muller quit yesterday from exhaustion and emotion, while Aaronson, badly injured in a fall, was removed to Bellevue Hospital. Scores show Elkes McFarland Pierce McEachern leading in the 2 a.m. tally. Also reported, Chicago plans municipal street railway ownership after a yearlong inquiry. The proposal would submit franchise questions to votes and push a citywide unification and annual railway reports.
New York dispatch notes Sidney Samiret a wealthy exporter killed himself in a Portland hotel on Monday night. He objected to marrying Mrs Anita Vivanti Chartres, an author and playwright, after his father Rabbi Israel opposed the match for religious reasons. Samiret broke off the engagement near the wedding date, becoming a changed man afterward.
Washington reports Hon. Joseph H. Manley of Maine declines the position of commissioner of internal revenue tendered by President McKinley. He cites duty to his legislative duties and desire to remain identified with his administration his neighbors elected him to the state legislature. Announcement of a new commissioner expected soon with Hon. John W. Yerkes as a likely choice. Also notes various brief items including embezzlement case against Ollerton Merritt and other unrelated notices.
Washington marked the national capital centennial with a grand parade a presidental review from the Capitol east front and noon ceremonies in the house of representatives. President McKinley and many dignitaries attended with governors, justices, ambassadors, and military leaders. Gen Miles survived a saddle girth mishap as he led the parade, then joined officials in the House for ceremonies.
Martin Kuhns, who escaped from the Ohio penitentiary on Thanksgiving Day, shot and killed two officers attempting to arrest him at Avilla. The officers’ names are not yet known. Kuhns was cornered near here Monday night but escaped after wounding Patrolman Dean. A posse has hunted him since Monday night.
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