Trotting Horse Breeders Meet Sets Next Year Stakes
The Pennsylvania Association of Trotting Horse Breeders held a strong meeting at the Seventh Avenue Hotel with over 100 members and $1,058 in treasury. Resolutions honored late members Edward A. Litch and Joseph Fleming. Officials elected: Edelblute president Ellsworth vice president Denny treasurer Harbinson secretary. Stakes announced include yearling and 3,4 year olds classes with $100 added, pacers 4 and under, and stallion class. Nominations close May 1, meeting planned for fall with agricultural fair affiliation directed by Warren and Edinboro.
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Pennsylvania Association of
Seventh Avenue
W. E. Reis
New Castle
KR. A. Stratton
Evansburg
J. A. Quay
Morganzi
J. H. Ellsworth
Washington
H.S. Denny
Ligonier
A. PD. Sutton
Indians
John Murphy
Pitsburg
Thomas Finler
Greensburg
D. D. Bowser
Kittannine
H. B. Rea
Pittsburg
KR. H. Gilliford
Allegheny
E. W. Hagan
J. W. McNalty
Sedalia
Charlies Stapf
Wampum
W. McGinnis
Rock Point
W. H. Baddesley
Pittssburg
J. D. McFarland
Edward A. Litch
Joseph Fleming
Ederblute
Denny
A. W. Harbinon
Means
Eac
Warren
Edinboro
McDoel trotting star from Sedalia owner predicts greatness
W A McNulty of Sedalia Missouri recalls his trotter McDoel 2 15 percent the horse's early races and training. He says McDoel could run 2 12 next time and that the horse is the best trotter in the country with potential to beat any rival in a best three of five heats. He sold him for a large price and expects even better performance next season.
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W. A. McNulty
Sedalia
McDoel
Mr. McNulty
Mr. McNunty
Herdic Reels From Police Court Over Street Racing
In WILLIAMsport on December 11 Frank L Herdic famed pooh seller faced a police court for violating a street racing ordinance. He and Henry Weil drove two horses fast along Fourth Street behind a cutter until a policeman swore out warrants. An alderman fined about 13 dollars for city treasury, Herdic claiming he did not know he was breaking the law.
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Herdic
Rangent
Kentucky Stallion Stakes Yields Large Purses and Nominations
Special telegram from Lexington reports the Kentucky trotting horse breeders guaranteed 10 000 with a 000 added for the winner. Secretary Tipton announces three stallions nominated at 100 each. The excess over guaranteed goes to nominator of the stallion and to the superb array of entrants. List includes St. Bel owned by Miller Sibley Franklin and others.
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Kentucky
Dispatch
Lexington
Tipton
St. Bel
Miller , Sibley, Franklin
Eastern Horsemen Organize Across Eastern Pennsylvania
Horse breeders from across the state met to form the Horse Breeders Association of Eastern Pennsylvania. A 10-member committee including Jobe Laring Dr Davis of Wilkesbarre and BF Killam of Scranton will draft a constitution and by laws. The group will reconvene on call to hear the committee report and adopt the charter. Reilly and Connors plan a possible bout on the 2th inst pending license and venue.
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Wileesraefe
Horse Breeders’ Association
Eastern Pennsylvania
Jobe Laring
Dr. Davis
Wilkesbarre
BF. Killam
Scranton
Ea. Reilly
James Connors
Pittsburg
Reilly
Connors
Proposed National Cricket League Gains Philadelphia Support
A movement in Philadelphia advocates a National League of Cricketers including Philadelphia New York Boston Baltimore Pittsburgh and Chicago. Proposals favor a British cup style schedule to cut travel costs and crown a champion city, with a data meeting planned to finalize action and arrange a U S championship series.
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Philadelphia
National League of Cricketers
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Chicago
Germantown Cricket Club
Massachusetts Central Cricket Association
Thomas Wharton
Metroora District Cricket Ne
Chicago Cricket Association
United States
WV. VY. Sun. —N
Baseball magnates delay conference over franchise fights
A telegram from New York reports no meeting of magnates due to A W Thurman's non arrival. Boston objects to an American Association club in Boston and Brooklyn and Chicago franchise talks remain unsettled. Spalding predicts a resolution, while Boston trio push their own interests. Conference Committees plan to meet today.
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New York
A. W. Thurman
Boston N.L
Brooklyn
A. G. Spalding
Chicago
Brooklyn P. L
Byrne
Barnie
Baltimore
N. L
Boston
Spalding
O Neill Seeks Buyout of Nimick and Converse
Director J P ONeill announces he will purchase the Nimick and Converse stakes in the National League club for 25000 dollars. If the deal falters a limited stock company may be formed to quicken player signings as discussions continue with P L magnates. The consummation originally set for Monday has been extended seven days to December 22.
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J. P. O'Neill
Messrs. Nimick
Converse
P. L
O’neill
Mr. O'Neill
Dacem
McLaughlin Defeats Levy in Philadelphia Billiards
McLaughlin dominates Levin in a strong showing at the Continental Hotel. He maintains form throughout the match, averaging high and securing a clear 490 to 0 victory as Burris defeats Campbell 300 to 0 in the later game.
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McLaughlin
Levy
Philadelphia
Continental Hotel
Burris
Campbell
Champion lifter lifts 1571 pounds by hands alone
Boston observer reports Charles G. Jefferson of Clinton, an amateur lifter, lifting 1571 pounds with bare hands in a private gym. A Justice of the Peace and witnesses verified the weight on scales as a record claim.
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Boston
Charles G. Jefferson
Clinton
H. Leussing
Cincinnati
David L. Dowd
Springfield
Mass
Ten Mile Race Challenge From Peter Priddy
Peter Priddy announces a forfeit on running any competitor in a ten mile race, after declining other distances. He offers a sweepstake of $200 a fine with all winnings to the victor. The event would occur three weeks from next Saturday, and he will consider responses through this paper.
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Peter Priddy
Groetringer
Brussels
Edward Groetzinger
Penn Avenue
Wilkesbarre 72 hour race winner Alice Robson noted
Final 72 hour go as you please race at Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania last week was won by Alice Robson. The report mentions several local runners and notes about football and track events amid a stream of scattered names and incomplete phrases.
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Wilkesbarre
Alice Robson
Alice Moo
Mary Allen
Madam Tobias
Goldie St
Dempsey Plans Fight and Yale Crew News
Dempsey leaves for New Orleans to fight Fitz Simmons on January 14. Yale crew begins active training with members named Simms Brewster Hartwell Ferris and others contesting seats. Princeton football star William L. Hayden narrowly escaped drowning while skating with students. Harvard preferred Yale victory at Eastern Park to boost the championship claim. BasebalI talk at a resort includes Hobby Carathers and manager McGunnigle amid team talks in Brooklyn.
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Dempsey
New Orleans
Fitz Simmons
Church
University of Pennsylvania
Farsa Wood
Foo
Camp
Seboff
Thayer
Ford
Buttenworth
Frank Athletic Association
Ines Fidiadelphia Football Association
Newark
Yale
Simma
Brewster
Hartwell
Ferris
Rew
Hagerman
Law School
Carnell
Kiiimpki
Morrison
Halliel
Cresty
Rogers
Wallis
Ely
William L. Hayden
Princeton
Harvard
Champio Kame
New Jersey College
Springfield
Orance
Brooklin
Lnter-Colegiate Association
Eastern Park
Carathers
Bobby
Hrooklyn
Suffering Chicago builder seeks support from sons
In Cuicano on December 10 an aged former Chicago master builder T Menard appeared before the County Court asking his sons George and T Menard to resume weekly support. George reported earning 20 a week as a wagon driver with a sick wife, arrears totaled 56, and the court ordered payment by Wednesday morning. An officer was sent to locate the other brother.
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Chicago
Cuicano
Dooley
T. Menard
West Twelfth Street
Menard
George
Atwood
Mishaps Of A Day In Pittsburgh Area
A Hungarian or Polish man about 26 was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Wilmerding. An unknown Pole fell from a wagon at Black Diamond Steel Works and broke his jaw. Charles Hanover, 15, of Pittsburg Grass Works, lost a finger at Sandusky street Allegheny. William Hanesall, a laborer at Linden Steel Works, fractured his right leg after a scaffold fall. The deceased’s body rests at the morgue with an inquest planned today.
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Pennsylvania
Wilmerding
Black Diamond Steel Works
Charles Hanover
Pittsburg
Sandusky Street
Allegheny
William Hansam
William Hanesall
Linden Steel Works
Second Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Desertions and thefts dominate local court actions
Multiple defendants face charges of desertion theft and assault in a series of Pittsburgh area court actions. Individuals named include Jon Surre Sarah J Mary Merghun Will iam Breakeen Thomas Murnony Sr George Doughtery William Atkinson Joax Carver Patrick Mahoney and others with cases ranging from larceny theft and malicious mischief to criminal libel and accessories in crime.
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Jon Surre
Sarah J. Marey Merguhn
William
Henry CO. Breakeen
Anna
Thomas Murnony, Sr
No Jr
Cook
George Clements
Fivresore Malleable Iron Works
Williams
Alias Patterson
Meclure & Co
William Atkinson
Sarah Riddle
Penn Avennoe
Joax Carver
Patrick Mahoony
Homestead
Pittsburg and Lake Erie
George Doughtery
Alderman Bombauer
Annie Hoffman
Carson Street
Chaarles Merrill
Mary Rigley
Chat of the Rivers and Harbor Coal Waiting Rise
The Hudson carried a large load to Cincinnati with more coal in harbor ready for a rise. The C W Batchelor heads downriver, Iropsides moored after Tuesday’s departure. Captain M Dotenestr returns to town for overhauling the Alice Brown now ready for business once water rises. River depth yesterday stood at 6 feet 10 inches and was falling amid warm weather forecasts.
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Hudson
Cincinnati
C. W. Batchelor
Dead Man's Island
Car Tain M. Dotenestr
Brown’s Landing
Alice Brown
Lost in the Woods A Hunter Vanishes in Clearfield County
Young Wenton Graham with two companions disappeared during a hunting trip in the mountains north of Clearfield. Searchers, including 150 men with compasses, comb the trackless wilds while friends fear he is lost or dead due to cold nights and rugged terrain.
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Young Wenton
Graham
Arbitration Test Case on McClure Coke Mines
A Westmoreland County mining dispute involving McClure Coke Company and Mining Inspector Jenkins is before a three man arbitration board Peter Wise H Huff and K Wolf The issue tests whether one mine boss can oversee two connected mines versus two bosses under mining law The board has examined several mines and will rule after further investigations per state mining law section 5.
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ScorTrpa.e
McClure Coke Company
Jenkins
Westmoreland County
Peter Wise
H. Huff
K. Wolf
Resseimer
Rising Sun
McClure Company
Donnelly
Mayfield
Bease
Presbyteries Protest Sabbath Opening of World’s Fair
The Belle Vernon Presbytery adopted resolutions disapproving the Columbian World’s Fair opening on Sunday. They planned installations for pastors at Scottdale Round Hill and Fairchance and discussed youth conversion and training. The session adjourned after closing addresses by Rev. J B Peed.
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Belle Verxon
Hedstone
J. B. Tyler
Scottdale
J. A. McCool
Round Hill
J. L. Hunter
Fairchance
A.S. Naibolland
J.B. Peed
Craig to Contest Result in Twenty Fourth District Race
A. E. Craig, defeated by Andy Stewart in the Twenty fourth district congressional race, files a contest claim via attorney. He alleges 1000 illegal votes cast and plans to base his challenge on this ground. Prosecution team includes J. E. Craig, J. M. McCarrell, W. J. Brennen. Stewart has twenty days to prepare a defense.
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Istecial
Washiroton
A.E. Craig
Andy Stewart
Craig
Twenty
J. E. Craig
Keokuk
J. M. McCarrell
Harrisburg
Pittsburg
Stewart
The Temperance Women Quarterly Session in Allegheny
The Allegheny County W T U met at Elizabeth Erazavera to open the quarterly conven tion with delegates from 14 unions. Mrs Potter presided and reports from state and national reform leaders were presented. Unions across the county showed progress. the next meeting will be in Braddock.
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Erazavera
Allegheny County
T. U
Potter
C. Mair
Gemmill
Porter
Atlanta
Rhoades
Young
Developing Coal Fields in Ursina Region Attracts Investment
The Reid brothers E. H. and J. M. hold over 2,000 acres in Ursina coal and coke region with an operating plant producing coke rich in Connellsville ingredients. They found a continuous cokeme coal vein across 2,000 acres and plan to expand with hundreds of new ovens. Eastern capitalists have bought several thousand acres nearby and are opening mines in preparation for coke oven construction.
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ScoTrpaLe
Ursina
Reid Brothers
Connellsville
E. H
J. M
Polk Wilcox Jailed for Profane Swearing in Chambersburg
Special telegram from Chambersburg reports Polk Wilcox jailed for eight days by Justice Haulman for profane oaths. Pennsylvania law of 1704 imposes seven cents per oath, leading to a choice between fines and jail. Wilcox chose jail for eighty days after failing to pay the penalty. Blue laws conviction is rare in this area.
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Chambersburg
Polk Wilcox
Haulman
Wilson
Pennsylvania
Prisoner McClelland Pennell alias Jesse James tries jail break
Bedford dispatch reports McClelland Pennell alias Jesse James, said to lead a major Southern Pennsylvania gang, overheard by the Sheriff as he attempted to dig his way out of a Bedford jail cell.
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Bedford
McClelland Pennell
Jesuo James
Pennsylvania
Oldest Summit county resident Elisabeth Hanchett dies at 80
Elisabeth Hanchett aged 80 died after decades in Summit county Ohio with a memory famed for recalling George Washington and childhood days. Born in Connecticut she married Dr Elijan Hanchett and moved to Ohio in 1832 then Middlebury Akron area. Survived by no immediate local relatives.
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Ohio
George Washington
Axxon
Elisabeth Hanchett
Summit County
Litchfield County
Conn
Elizabeth
Samuel Durkee
Herkimer
N. Y
Elijan
Pension Swindle Nets Over Two Thousand Infractions
Beviarri Ohio Captain Little a policeman and pension agent aided Caroline Switzer of Bellair e to obtain a pension by perjury. They swindled the government out of 2140 with an alleged 400 for Little. The woman was convicted Saturday, the Captain condemned and sent to Columbus jail awaiting sentence. Others may be involved. the bank that cashed forged papers bears loss.
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Beviarri
Captain Little
Caroline Switzer
Bellaire
Columbus
Three Die On Great Northern Train Patrol Station
Three people were killed at the State University station of the Great Northern road while boarding a train. Victims were E. F. Todd and wife from Sioux City Iowa and their daughter Drs. Slayton, wife of a Kansas City road master mechanic, residing in Minneapolis.
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Mexx
State University
Great Northern Road
Great Northern
Omaha
E. F. Todd
Sioux City
Drs. Slayton
Kansas City Road
Weather Telegram Reports Northward Storm And Warmth Rise
A northwest storm moved east of Lake Michigan with a large low pressure area but light precipitation. A Manitoba storm develops while high pressure in the west weakens. Fair weather expands, except Michigan sees light snow. temperatures rise across most districts, 10 to 20 degrees warmer from Vicksburg to Nova Scotia.
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Manitoba
Wess
Michigan
Vicksburg
Nova Scotia
Weather Summary of Rivers and Conditions
Telegram reports river stages and weather across multiple locations. Warners River at 1 foot and stationary, cloudy. Hrowneville River 7 feet 3 inches falling with cloudy skies. Moongantows River 4 feet 2 inches stationary and cloudy. Allegheny Junction River 3 feet and falling, cold. Memphis River fallen 4 inches, Louisville river rising, Evansville 9 feet 7 inches rising, Cincinnati 15 feet 6 inches rising, conditions clear and cool overall.
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Dispatch
Warnenx
Hrowneville
Moongantows
Eriver
Allegheny Junction
Louisville
Evansville
Cincinnati
That Cure for Diphtheria Discovered by Peasant Rueger
A Rueger peasant remedy for diphtheria is described as a fluid painted on throat ulcers causing them to open and trigger vomiting diarrhea and extreme thirst. The patient must not drink fluids for an hour after treatment. Prof Koch will supervise a trial for his son.
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Berxig
Rueger
Prof
Koch
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