Sullivan Corbett Fight Tops World Championship Clash
New Orleans Sept 7 immense crowd at Olympic Club for John L Sullivan vs James J Corbett for the world title. Sullivan weighed 212 pounds Corbett 189. Corbett won in the twenty first round after a fierce battle with exchanges and knockdowns.
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John L. SuLlivan
James J. Corbet
Olympic Club
Sulivan
Corbett
New York
Hara
McAulife
Dixon
Sullivan
Thy
Crorld
Charley Johnston
Jack Mec Auli Te
John Donaldson
Billy Melany
Lat Masterson
Frank Morin
R. M. Frank
Professor Daley
Sullivan Uyper
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Corbet
Sule
Ife
Curt
Jim
Cor
Oth
Seneck
Advan
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Corbettt
Jett
James
Witter
Corbett Peopl
Olgogie
Sullivan Club
Queensbury
Boston
Champion
Jacek McAulifte
Frank Moran
Jack Ashton
Phil Casey
Noel
Shelley
The 7th district fight unfolds in Charleston lore
Charleston dispatch outlines the long running Black Shoestring district feud in South Carolina. Gen Bob Smalls Tom Miller and the Custom House faction clash while J W Murray wins the nomination and faces funding woes as Gen I W Moise looms as a rival.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Republican
House of Representatives
Bob” Smalls
Tom Miller
J. W. Murray
Col. Elliott
Smalls
Smalls- Miller
Lt. M. Brayton
Columbia
Custom House
J. J. Ostendorf
G. W. Murray
Bue
Miller
Iowever
Murray
Berkeley
Sam Miller
Bob" Smalls
Brayton
I. W. Moise
Moise
News and Courier
Contested South Carolina primary actions draw protests
In Georgetown County tidings two factions clash over Sheriff Doar and pledge rules as Walter Hazard and others denounce alleged partisan manipulation. The executive committee adjourns while Conservatives press to count votes and seek court relief amid disputed results. Alpine Texas endures a devastating cloudburst washing away shelters and damaging the railroad.
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Doar
Georgetown County
Irby
Tillman
Dx R
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Hiu
Walter Hazard
Lazird
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Wear
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Snsard
Dour
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Detgens
Iue
Skinner
Sheriff
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Ile
Executive Committee
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Pillmanite
Alpine
Texas
Devil Mountains
Rangers
Negro Exodus Reported Aiding Illinois Voting
Jackson Mississippi September 7 reports say Hon Charles Howard a Mississippi Democrat claims Republicans are transporting negroes from northeast Mississippi to Illinois to vote for Harrison. Democratic leaders monitor the exodus and warn Illinois officials to prevent registration and prosecute organizers.
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Negroce
Tillovada
Jackson
Miss
Chauwles
Hloward
Mississippi
National Democratic Executive Committee
Illinois
Harrison
Democratic Committee
Ilinois
Third Party Politics In Georgia And Wild Promises For Negroes
In Monroe county Georgia a fierce party split is described with strong Democratic loyalty. The piece denounces the People's Party and alleges third party organizers wooed Black voters with promises of pay while urging secrecy. It claims Monroe will deliver a large Democratic majority in November for Cleveland and Democratic tickets.
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Monrose County
People's Party
Watson
Weaver
Christ
Sam Watson
Lom Watson
Monroe
Cleveland
Mysterious Stranger Dies Near Hayrick in Illinois
A hired man found a lifeless stranger near a hayrick and Sinima in the shade. Despite nearby efforts, the man died, showing insect damage on skin and clothing. He was about 35 with no identification, and officers could not determine who he was.
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Pana
Tuters
Prohibition Sweep and Tillman Victory Detailed in Vote Totals
The article reports Tillman elected by a strong majority and prohibition sweeping the state. It provides figures for Prohibition and anti prohibition votes, noting Moises’ majority and the general state ticket versus prohibition box totals. It cites about 20 000 voters participating in general ballots but voting in prohibition boxes in twenty three counties.
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Moise
Prohibition
Prohibition Executive Committee
Columbia
8. C
Sheppard
Abbeville
Tees
Aiken
Anderson
Eas
Carnowell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Charleston
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Colleton
Darlington
Jawurens Fee
Lexington
Marion
Marlborough
Ewes
Orgeanee Newberry
Orangeburg
Dpickens
Richland
Spartanburg
Sumter
Union
Whiamsburg
Geensae
Stukus Crawley
Crawley
Steubenville Tragedy: Man Kills Family Then Ends Own Life
In Steubenville Ohio John Skinner a hired man for German farmer George Feelner shot Feelner fatally then killed Mrs Feelner who was ill with typhoid fever and wounded another elderly relative before turning the gun on himself. The motive stemmed from a quarrel over money and a disputed departure by Skinner. The crime was discovered the next morning.
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Gar‘Geld Park
Kresanen
James M. Brown
Oliver John Powell
Oficer Klenny McDowell
Brown
James Crown
Ile
McDowell
Powell
Beer Powell
Crown
Westland
Otieer Jones
Jones
Steubenville
Ohio
John Skinner
George Feelner
Feelner
Mra. Feelner
Skinner
Prominent Glynn Judge Accused of Stolen Cash
Judge William St. Blaine of Glynn County was arrested after allegedly stealing about 32,000 in six months from Grocer Michaelson in Brunswick. A trap by the merchant led to the capture as the outer door was left open and Blaine took silver from the safe.
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Brunwick
William St. Blaine
Glynn
Michaelson
Blaine
Sugar market unsettled by cholera port quarantine
In Philadelphia on Sept 2 the sugar market reacted to a twenty day quarantine for ships from cholera ports. Experts doubt a sugar famine, but expect delays in raw sugar from Hamburg and a rise in lower grades sales. Granulated sugar may still exceed six cents per pound at retail.
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Philadelpilia
Hamburg
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