Gossip and Signings Stir Local Club in Busy Week
Local ball club faces unsigned stars Hanlon Rowe and White as talks with Detroit about Hanlon's release and salary drag on negotiations. Manager Phillips pins expectations, warns no extra pay, and notes 15 day window for terms with Spalding.
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Hanlon
Rowe
White
Hianion
Detroi
Detroit
Phillips
Stearns
Beut
Young
Spalding
Will
Guearne
Link
Buffalo
Sveryshing
Fon
Assumbe
Fit
Ed Fe
Gaiange
Als
Anson
Euch
Rae Hutchinean
Ring Terrier
Deryer
van Baltren
Louisville Keeps Fans Roaring With a Lively Loss
Louisville fell to St Louis 4 to 2 as 8000 fans packed the grounds. A chaotic first inning saw a home run ruled on a ball in crowded outfield seats, while Hecker and Cook delivered strong work for Louisville. The crowd's antics rose at times as Daniels faltered and Wolf advanced on a disputed hit.
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Louisville
Felding
Latham
Daniels
Wolf
Hecker
Cook
Battery
Syracuse Stars Bring Final Visit Before Fall
Manager Chapman Meanes leads the Syracuse Stars for a home game at Recreation Park weather permitting. Murphy and Murphy form the battery as Miller and Aldrich umpire, with a lively contest expected against the local Sleegers.
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Chapman
Recreation Park
Syracuse Stars
Battery
Murphy
Stars
Taller
Catrall
Miller
Aldrich
Baskers edge Pete in Brooklyn series finale at Gloucester
In Gloucester New Jersey the Baskers won the concluding Athletic Brooklyn series game on a day of solid teamwork. Pitching and fielding supported by Smith Lyon and Brennan fueled the win as Caruthers endured a hard hit.
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Philadelphia
Gloucester
N. J
Caruthers
Smith— Lyon
Bard
Cincinnati Reds edge Kansas City in a tenth inning win
In Cincinnati on April 21 the Reds beat Kansas City by one run after a late comeback. Beard's fielding and Long's bat helped secure the victory in the tenth inning, lifting Cincinnati to a narrow finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnatis
Kansas City
Vistors
Cincinnati Under Drift of Sound and Far Away Names
Fragmentary OCR note refers to Cincinnati and nearby places including Kansas City and Baldwin Movarty. The readable bits list scattered names and words without a coherent event or dates, suggesting a garbled locality snippet rather than a complete report.
West Point grads scarce in army as Armes trial winds down
Washington dispatch notes Captain Armes faces court martial over nose pulling of Governor Beaver and other acts. Army officers dispute claims of West Point persecution, citing official registers showing graduates remain a minority among officers across cavalry artillery and infantry and noting engineers and ordnance diverge.
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Armes
West Point
Washington
WasHineTos
Beaver
Military Academy
Army
Cavalry
Artille
Academy
Infantry
Artillery
Mill Academy
Corps of Engineers and Ordnancement
All-Americas Baseball Team Members Sign With Clubs
Two members of the All-Americas team who toured the world signed contracts today. William Earle joined the Kansas City club and Bartel agreed to terms as catcher with Cincinnati to reoccupy a position.
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Credixeati
Apri
Gnson
William Earle
Kansas City
Bartel
Cincinnati Ul
Sullivan’s condition seen as ready for Kitrain clash
Deciphered remarks from Jack Dempesey suggest Sullivan weighs 230 pounds and aims to make the Sullivan Kitrain fight a career defining event. He notes Sullivan’s cautious stance and hints that rival Kasia fears the big man, while Dempesey doubts a Danes matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempesey
Pe City
Sullivan
van A Guteer Mae
Kasia
Pedestrians Depart for Madison Square Garden Race
Neremac grateful for treatment as he and fellow pedestrians led by George Cartwright Parson Tilly Adams and others depart the city for the East. They plan to race in Madison Square Garden next month with Neremac vowing to remember the generous support and Priddy to assist if he competes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D.neremac
George Cartwright
Parson Tilly
Adams
Madison Square Garden
Noremac
Asepaoy
Peter Priddy
Sprinters Compete in Unofficial 68 Yard Race in FRAXELIN
In FRAXELIN PA last evening Edwards of Franklin and Garrison of Oil City raced a 68 and 44 yard event with Edwards prevailing easily. The race was labeled as a fare and the result disputed as a Pittsburg ringer was suspected.
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Fraxelin
Edwards
Franklin
Garrison
Oil City
Pittsburg
Sach
Sporting Notes and Racing Woes Reel Through Week
A jumble of sporting updates from Friday trials to injuries. Procrok Exorr faltered in a trial while bio Marcus and Murphy related items hint at racing and club moves. Latonia racehorse injury raises concern as trainer reports a collision during a track spin.
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Procrok Exorr
Healy
Washington
Jack DemPser
Jimmy Car-roll
Frises
Bio
Senness Chapman
Murphy
Muurphy
Btors
Hudson
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cincinnati
New York
Hoagland and
Dillon
Madison Square
W. Lexa
Our Boys
Ek ‘Eee
John Ma McLeave
Ongton
Drexel Industrial College for Girls Planned at Wayne
Purmapeputa April 21 Drexel and Childs back Wayne industrial college for girls to open next fall at Wayne Delaware county The trustees meet tomorrow to finalize plans noting the school will provide science chemistry and practical life training for women with potential salaries from 1000 to 2000 yearly through special training.
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Purmapeputa
Drexel Industrial College For Girls
Wayne
Delaware County
Messrs
Drexel
Childs
Wayne College
Ing
Wayne School
Wayne Industrial School
Jones
Seuss
Presidential Party to accompany President to New York
Special telegram from Washington reports Mrs. Harrison Mrs. McKee and Secretary Halford will form the presidential party for events in New York on the 30th. They will depart late Sunday night by special train around midnight to 2 AM and return to Washington by May 1. The Chinese Minister will attend the celebration and plans a farewell ball at the Chinese legation.
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Washington
New York
Fatal Fire at Dehns Hotel in Cadillac Square
A blaze at Dehn's Hotel Nos. 43 and 45 Cadillac Square in Detroit killed three men and left a fourth seriously injured. Malaki Powell dropped a lamp, filling the building with smoke. F J Gibson and F T Bollio suffocated on the third floor, and William Whittaker perished after slipping from a fourth floor window. Powell survived with burns. property loss not exceeding 1500 dollars.
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Detroit
Dehn
Cadillac Square
Malaki Powell
Sporter
F.J. Gibson
F. T. Bollio
William Whittaker
Powell
Story of Two Votes and a Senate Seat Gratitude Question
A Washington telegram summarizes a tale from the Sub Rosa column about Don Cameron’s 1877 vote to seat M C Butler over D T Corbin, tied to 1854 gratitude. It questions Blanch K Bruce’s possible motive for leaving the Senate amid debate over South Carolina leadership and Hamburg massacre figures.
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Don Cameron
Blanch K. Brace
Washington
Sunday Capital
John J. Patterson
M.C. Butler
Senate
D. T. Corbin
Cameron
Mr. Butler
Simon Cameron
Trernon
Blanch K. Bruce
Agha
Sevens Sagicar Eagle
South Carolina
Aeron
Hamburg
Bruce
Monongahela Sailed for Samoa Missing in Pacific Storm
Anxiety at the Navy Department over the Monongahela missing after departing San Francisco for Samoa with coal and naval stores. She should have reached Apia twenty days ago, and Auckland reports on arrivals have not appeared. Fears arise she foundered in the Apia harbor hurricane.
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Dirpator
Washington
Navy Department
Monongahela
San Francisco
Samoa
Apia
Auckland
Navy
Wife and Money Gone in Erie Telegram
April 21 reports Michael Sullivan, saloon owner near the fair grounds, tells police his wife Rose Sullivan took $300 he hid. Officers locate her in Sharon buying a ticket for Erie and request Erie police hold her until a local officer arrives. Also a brief note on Murat Halstead’s condition improving.
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Younestows
Michael Sullivan
Fair Grounds
Rose Sullivan
Sharon
Erie
Easter Eggs for the White House Gift to Baby McKee
A special telegram from Washington reports Easter remembrances sent to the White House including a mammoth sugar egg for baby McKee from Baltimore, about the size of a bushel basket. A sugar hen and brood of chickens also arrived, with Mrs. Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy referenced. Bob McKee's egg came from John T. Ford of Baltimore.
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Baby McKee
White House
Baltimore
Bob McKee
John T. Ford
Water enters Lachine canal as barges resume passage
Water was let into the Lachine canal Saturday night and barges began rocking through at midnight. The Main Line presents a fine show at Harris Theater by D B. & B. A second grand silk sale offers genuine warp fabrics in choice colors at a bargain.
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Cannda
Mostreeal
Lachine Canal
Harris’ Theater
Boces
A Troubled Mother Ends Her Life in Independence
INDEPENDENCE April 21 Mrs Samuel Ryget shot herself through the left eye and died instantly. Her trouble was cited as the cause. She leaves two children aged 2 months and 18 months. In Lesayon, April 21 Frank Lynn, a young boarder at Wilborn Nash's place, shot and killed Mrs Noah at 9 oclock, then killed himself.
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Independence
Samuel Ryget
Hill
Himeolf
Lesayon
Frank Lynn
Wilborn Nash
Noah
Harlem druggist shoots at his love and relatives then kills himself
James B. Dempsey, a Harlem pharmacist, shot Miss Helen E. Stebbins and her uncle George R. Storms after being rejected by Stebbins. He wounded Stebbins slightly, fired twice at each, and killed himself in the Manhattan Hospital aftermath, leaving a dramatic account of his actions and supposed threats.
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James B. Dempsey
Theo
Dispatch
New Yor
Harlem
Helen E. Stebbins
West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street
George R. Storms
Dempsey
Manhattan
Miss Stebbins
Seventh Avenue
Uni
Uncle Re L
The Pastor and the Painted Cross Affair
Cornelius Hudson, a Croverville Methodist pastor and former painter, caused a church dispute by erasing a mural titled Simply to Thy Cross I Cling. Trustees accuse him of unauthorised damage after he scrubbed away the water color in the chapel, claiming the painting was peeling and garments were worn.
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Philadelphia
Croverville
Delaware County
Cornelius Hudson
Crozerville
Naneon
Penalties of Carelessness Burned Palace Gate
Chinese soldiers face strangulation after a palace gate burned in Pekin. A temporary gate will cost over 30,000 taels, with 570,000 taels estimated for restoration after the imperial marriage. The Board of Punishments will execute the workers by strangulation in autumn, following Ka king era precedent.
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Board of Revenue
Tis
Board of Punishments
K'ien-ts’ing
Poe
New Vocations for Women Open Up Profitable Trades
Chicago Herald notes growing female led ventures such as mending bureaus purchasing agencies and home based cake making. A former unemployed woman rose to run a large cake operation supplying many Southside families, hiring seven or eight assistants and expanding from a single shop to a full home bakery.
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Chicago Herald
Chicago
West De Pere Fire Devours Town in Wisconsin
A massive blaze in West De Pere Wisconsin destroyed about 50 houses after starting at Meinwinkel wooden ware factory. Strong winds hampered firefighting as residents aided with buckets. Estimated loss runs to around 50 thousand dollars with insured value about 000.
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Milwaukee
Wis
West
Depere
Meinwinkel
Aabeskes Kcondee
Six Lives for 700 Dollars Murder Lets Loose in North Carolina
Special telegram from Charlotte reports a farmer W P Wood in Macon County had his home burned after thieves killed his wife and five children and looted $700 kept in an old trunk. The case follows prior North Carolina murders and highlights concerns over enforcement and criminal sentencing in the state.
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Chaarnotte
N.C
North Carolina
Bertie County
Macon County
W. P.ood
Wood
Jealousy Sparks Double Murder in Attica Home
In Attica New York state last night Simeon Houts killed his wife with two shots and then shot himself, after a troubled marriage. The couple's five children slept as neighbors learned of the tragedy when the oldest, 12, cried that father was killing mother. No witness to the quarrel. divorce proceedings had begun about a year earlier and a settlement had been made.
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Wood
Awa
Attica
Lyp
Simeon Houts
Houts
Mamms
Backwoods Bailiff Slips on Ground Peas and Snakes
Albany Georgia reports a courtroom prank where a friend hid a dead snake in a bag of roasted ground peas to trap a bailiff. The bailiff sprang from his seat upon sniffing the peanuts and, seeing the snake, dropped the bag in alarm, vowing never to eat ground peas in court again.
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Albany
Superior Court
Jim Greer
A Veterinary Goat Keeps Sickness at Bay in Augusta Stable
An Augusta livery stable has kept a goat for several years as a preventive against sickness. The goat freely roams among the horses, who treat him as a friend. While the exact health impact is unknown, the stable has housed 15 to 20 horses for ten years with none affected by distemper.
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Kennebec Journal
Augusta
Not a Good Iron Year Decline in 1888 Production and Prices
The American Iron and Steel Association reports 1888 fell short of 1887 due to lower demand and prices. Pig iron output reached 7,268,307 tons, the largest ever, while Bessemer rails and ingots declined sharply. Southern pig iron use rose with Alabama leading gains, and Pennsylvania remained the top producer.
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Europe
American Iron and Steel Association
James M. Swank
Bessemer
Alabama
Pennnsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Allegheny County
Boy Found Drunk Near Speak Easy on South Twenty Fourth
James Hardy a 16 year old was found lying intoxicated on South Twenty fourth street near a house said to be a speak easy. He could not answer and was locked up at the Twenty eighth ward station.
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James Hardy
South Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty-eighth Ward
Pittsburg Holds Her Own In Clearing House Table
Boston reports a weekly clearing house table showing gross exchanges for the week ended April 20. It compares rates of change per cent against the same week last year across several cities, including Pittsburg. The data indicate Pittsburg’s performance among the cities surveyed.
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Boston
Mass
Charity Begins at Home in Post Dispatch Obit Opinion
A pointed editorial in the St. Louis Post Dispatch argues for appointing Filley as Consul to Hong Kong, while urging mercy on the people of Hong Kong. The piece blends local concern with international appointment commentary and a request for humane policy.
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Charity
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Filley
Hong Kong
Hong
St. Louis Paper Criticizes Missouri Senator’s Drinking
The St. Paul Globe notes a Missouri senator’s alcohol issue hurts his value and credibility. The piece blends candor with local emotion in reporting the claim.
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St. Paul
St. Louis
Missouri
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Castoria
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DE Witt Dilworth
Petrot
Larkins Alley
Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Crown
Louisa
Bates Streets
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Mra
Ay Rxenk
John Hi. McKelvy
Wm. Benenis Insurance Company
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Colstreet
Ay Janson
Mellon Broa
Sidayers Avenue
Negley
Austin Flint
Bellevue
Call
J. M. Cornwall
Yetere
Onlin
Seer
Greece
W. L. Greenleaf
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Paine
T. L. Baayen
Watertown
Dakota
Reit Wrus
Riczanpeos & Co
Burlington, Vt
Arceaapsox
Liz
Fleishman & CO
Market ST. Spatat-Ewe
Medical
Doctor Whittier
USA
Boston Medical Institute
Joseph Fleming & S8on
Market Street
Pittsburgh
P.O. Box
LAKE
Penn Ave
Royal College of Physicians
K. Laks
Lax
M.D
Siu
Ena
Ae Pacific
Smithfield
Liberty St End
Fowler
Mogdye
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