Catcher Shriver Proposes Six-Foot Throw Threshold
Base ball gossip centers on Shriver the Wash ington catcher challenging the six foot rule for throws from home plate to second base. He offers a $25 wager and describes a test setup with six-foot uprights to prove a throw under the top bar can reach second base. Kerr of Pittsburgh aims to rebuild with young players, while veteran opposition and four standout rookies are noted.
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Washington Monument
Thomas
Harry Weldon
Eugene De Montreville A Major League Infield Sensation
Eugene De Montreville rises from two minor league seasons to major league stardom as a dynamic infielder and powerful hitter. Born March 20, 1874 in St Paul, he learned to play in Washington, D C and has delivered strong fielding records. The article notes his standout games and discusses National League umpire reforms debated by President Young and club owners amid calls for action on discipline and enforcement.
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Wwugene de
St. Paul Minn
Washington, D. C
Young
National League
Nick
Hanlon
Baltimore
Tom Brown
Washington
Gilpatrick earns major league look from St Louis club
President Chris Von der Ahe champions George Gilpatrick of the Broncho team as a standout pitcher at San Antonio. Gilpatrick’s steady finesse, sharp curves, and ability to disrupt batters’ timing impressively argue for major league consideration despite no single flashy feat. Nearby, a Sunday baseball ban debate at League Park in Cleveland grows, with residents hinting at broader measures, including relocating the park to end nuisances perceived by locals.
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Chris von der Ahe
St. Louis
George Gilpatrick
Gils
San Antonio
Dunham Avenue Christian Church
Cleveland
League Park
Ball Park
Chicago as a queerest base ball town in the nation
A visiting team in Chicago encounters a city in fierce support of Anson and the Cubs despite fan rivalry. When the tide shifts, home crowds erupt with derision for Anson and his players, while chants urge Pop-up Jimmy Ryan to dominate. The restless home-park mood unsettles Anson’s sense of rest and dignity.
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Chicago
Anson
Colts
A Manly Player Suffers Umpire Talk After Game
In Dayton Browns and Reds games the crowd and players mingle, Morgan Murphy defends the umpire, saying umpires see many faults but players should face fines. He blames magnates for winked rule violations that aid their teams.
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Dayton Browns
Reds
Morgan Murphy
Jim Corbett a Money Maker in Baseball Terms
James J. Corbett sets terms to play first base for any team in a game for half the gross receipts. The other two clubs split the remaining half. Corbett proves a big draw, earning between 1200 and 2000 dollars weekly this summer at various parks. Fitz, with 190 pound Yarrum and his wrestling bear, has done little to earn the money he brought from Carson City.
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Jim Corbett
James J. Corbett
Corbett
Fitz
Carson City
Novelty Bridges: Buffalo Bascule Bridge Opens in 1900s
Buffalo unveils a bascule or jackknife bridge across Michigan Street canal, designed by John Guist of Milwaukee. It lifts and folds with two 76 foot spans, double 22 foot roadway, six foot sidewalks each side, and 500 tons of steel in a 250 foot total length. Construction began February 15 and opened June 20, costing 38700 dollars. Each tower houses a 75 horsepower engine driving a massive screw mechanism to draw the spans inward, with 140 tons of counterweights aiding the lift.
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Uffalo
Michigan Street
Buffalo Express
John Guist
Milwaukee
Wis
Kriebel
Gypsy Milkmaid Tales From Granada Caves
A traveler reports on Spanish Gitanos living in cave dwellings near Granada. He notes a cunning gypsy milkmaid who milks goats into a tin cup producing froth, while concealing extra water to cheat customers. The piece depicts poverty, dirt, and perceived degeneracy in vivid, period tone.
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Spain
Granada
Wonderful Ice Cave Near Cripple Creek Colorado
A Colorado photographer used powerful flashlights to photograph a remarkable cavern found by prospectors on Cow Mountain six miles east of Cripple Creek. A miner drilling a 10 foot hole uncovered a vast space as the rock gave way revealing an apparently unlimited chamber.
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Colorado
Cow Mountain
Cripple Creek
Col
Religion reformer Howard leads new independent Los Angeles church
Rev. Burt E. Howard, former associate at the old stone church, now pastors the independent First Presbyterian church of Los Angeles with about 1,000 members. He advocates a doctrine-free ministry focused on practical Christianity and modern spiritual transition, predicting rapid growth and a shift away from traditional creeds.
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Burt BE. Howard
Old Stone
Public Square
First Presbyterian Church of
Los Angeles
Presbytery
Howard
Presbyterian
Stoward
Mr. Howard
Church
Swaim the Army’s famed judge advocate general dies in Washington
AVID G. SWAIM U S A retired judge advocate general died in Washington at 63 from Brights disease. Born in Ohio he served in the Civil War winning wounds at Shiloh Perryville and Chickamauga and later led legal efforts including the McCardle habeas corpus case. He became judge advocate general in 1879 and faced a court martial in 1884 for alleged financial misconduct, receiving a ten year suspension before returning to rank in 1894.
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Washington
Bright
Gen. Swaim
United States
Commodore Lawrence
Joshua R. Giddings
Salmon P. Chase
Free Soil Party
Ohio
Buckeye
General Swaim
Sixty-fifth
Ohio Volunteers
Sherman
Buell
Rosecrans
Thomas
Swaim
Shiloh
Perryville
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Stone River
Army of the Cumberland
Hayes
Garfield
Department of the Missouri
Ingenious system for lifting a massive bridge
The article details a bridge with evenly balanced strain by a counter weighting system. Long hinged steel bars connect tower midpoints to the span. Cables and counterweights take load as the span lifts, with emergency hand operation if engines fail. Engineers note the precise curve for counterweight travel required.
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Elktim
After His Own Heart and a Scarab Forgery Incident
J Hammond Trumbull, librarian at Hartford's Watkinson Library, studied hieroglyphs and read cartouches easily. In Egypt, a dealer claimed scarabs were genuine. Trumbull pulled one from his pocket and proved the dealer had whittled it yesterday, turning the encounter into a comic meeting of antiquities experts.
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J. Hammond Trumbull
Ill
Watkinson
Hartford Conn
Egypt
Dahabiyeh
Dr. Trumbull
the Independent
Ice cavern near Pike's Peak described as vast storehouse
Report details a massive ice cavern with stalagmites and stalactites like trees and fringe. Explorers descended a rope to glimpse a 75 by 16 foot chamber, noting an abyss beyond and suggesting the cave links to a groundwater flow feeding the Arkansas River.
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Pike’s Peak
Arkansas River
An Anecdote of a German Prince
The Emperor of Germany has six sons and one daughter. When the boys are ten they enter the army. The crown prince’s rival asked for a soldier’s suit, was denied, hid under a table, and a form appeared when the tablecloth lifted. He declared he would not wear clothes unless he could have a soldier’s suit. Forty-one Baltimore tramps avoided trial by jury and were jailed with food and inactivity ahead.
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Germany
Look Out for Chickens in Portland Cyclist Warning
A Portland Maine cyclist tore his wheel apart to clean it and left the small parts and bearings on his doorstep. Chickens nearby gobbled up the loose pieces, prompting a cautionary tale about misplacing bicycle components where animals can reach them.
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Portland
Child stealing in London details motives and risks
The London Telegraph notes child thefts persist in the capital with thieves seeking clothing rather than the child. Women officers can blend in with families, and stolen youngsters are often sent to the countryside for concealment and profit. The paper cites past practices of renting babies to beggars and calls street exposure laws a deterrent.
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London
Phe
Mystery of two Berlin women found dead in chest
Police traced missing Berlin residents Schultze 74 and her daughter 52 to a basement chest where their bodies were found wrapped in oilcloth. They had been dead about two weeks. Shoemaker Goenczy is missing and suspected in the deaths.
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Schultze
Berlin
Goenczy
Geenery
Young Skeptic Asked If He Knows Electricity
A Washington Star excerpt shows a young man who declares disbelief in unseen things while a middle aged man questions him about feeling an electric wire. The exchange highlights contrasts between belief and tactile proof.
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Washington Star
Verdi Quietly Writes Funeral Requiem at Montecatni
The London Daily Chronicle reports that Verdi is amusing himself at Montecatni by composing the requiem for his own funeral. The note frames the composer’s late work as a personal, reflective pastime amid his retreat.
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Verdi
London Daily Chronicle
Montecatni
Accidental Gold Discoveries in Western Mining History
Boston Post notes that many Klondike finds, and earlier western discoveries, began with graveside digs. Stories recount miners uncovering buried bodies led to rich gold mines in California Leadville and beyond, including Dead Man's Claim and a grave-digger turning up gold after three days.
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Boston Post
Klondyke
California
Leadville
World naval manpower estimated at 237000
A global estimate places the total number of men serving in world navies at 237000, reflecting the scale of maritime forces across major powers and emerging naval programs.
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