Despotic League Emerges From Chicago Baseball Clash
The piece reports a heated, chaotic session of the Conference Committee as baseball factions in Chicago and across the circuit push a new League. It notes dropped clubs, player contracts, and threats to fold the old Association, with figures from Chicago, Columbus, Philadelphia and Boston shaping expected settlements and buyouts.
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Tepacial
Ispianapolts
League
Sundar
Sunésy
Soelab
Terieas
Facca
Clu
Chicaco
Milwaukee
Boston
Athletics
van der Ale
van der Horst
Ufe
Chicago
Columbus
Philadelpha
Hari
Philadelphia
Local Ball Club Officials Praise Settlement of Troubles
The directors learned the Association and League had fixed their trouble and expressed delight. Vice President Kerr praised the settlement and paid the prospects for a good season in Pittsburg. He noted no money claims remained, and believed Pittsburg would field capable players. An interesting billiard match followed with Eschallier and Sipe, Eschallier starting with 45 points but showing poor form.
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von der Ahe
League
von der Ale
Waesers
St. Louis
von der Abee
John B. Day
Rusie
Mr. Day
New York
Kerr
Pittsberst Ereer
Pittsbar
Eschallier
Sipe
Unclear Chess Match Reminder Notation
The report notes Sipe failed to perform at his usual level and the match ended with a score shown as 00 to 365. The winner posted an average around 76 to 79 with a top run of 15, while Sipe’s numbers are incomplete in the text.
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Sipe
GutTesnens Race Day Results Include Multiple Longer Furlong Spreads
On December 17 GutTesnens track rode a frozen surface. First race five furlongs Zenobia won Faustina placed second Litt Fred third. Second race six and one half furlongs Rialto led with Melanie second Rambler third. Third race four furlongs Early ane Wrestler edged My Fellow with Fouch Face Drizzte taking a mule point Text second Virgin third. Sixth race seven furlongs Firedy won Sparling second Bayior third. Time 2004.
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GutTesnens
Zenobia
Faustina
Litt
Fred
Rialto
Melanie
Rambler
My Fellow
Text
Virgin
Firedy
Sparling
Bayior
Baseball Notes and League Rivalries Stir Up Controversy
The report cites treachery charges against the Association and signals a new Pfefer led league to challenge existing boards. Letters mention James Border as James Brady and discuss player distribution at Inaceron Kxine’s local club. Debates over Southern League plans flag high costs and low salaries as obstacles.
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Pfefer
James Border
James Brady
Inaceron
Torf Notes and Mixed Horse Racing Memoranda
Reorganization of the Indians Trotting Association in Indianapolis sets next season dates. Interest centers on Greia's owners engaging Ler with wagons. Carrie, kin to the unbeaten Sensa tow, sold to Henry Shwone in Lexington. Crive a 2 year old from Tie Dryers etables. Gates B. Mowers stable leads with 4 302. Strathmeath tops list, Judge Merrow $15 435, Hex $5 40. Warny Ray, banned on the Fastern circuit, gets another hearing before the Executive Committee. Manto C, famed mare beating Uh sy iility Kingston last summer, fingers pneumonia with hopes of recovery. owner on Lancaster farm near Bardstown.
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Greia
Ler
Carrie
Henry Shwone
Lexington
Crive
Tie Dryers Etables
Gates B. Mowers
Strathmeath
Merrow
Hex
Warny Ray
Sheriff
Manto C
Uh Sy Iility Kingston
Garfield Park
Lafonis
Ave
Lancaster Farm
Bardstown
General Sporting Notes From Chicago and Beyond
Amateur boxing aims to stage George Richiman versus Captain Brewer while Yar Call and Kim Butler contend Wednesday night for the amateur title. Eastward travel nets billiard lists and racing chatter. Paris sales and English turf standings highlight the season's drift. Captain Ansos defeats Wilcox at Watson's Park in a 43 to 3 race. notable names in racing and club politics populate the update.
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Allegueny
ChicaGo
George Richiman
Brewer
Yar Call
Kim Butler
Everex Canrer
Bow Fulford
Beaver
Tom Roax
Welterwright
Danny Needham
M. Aumont
Paris
Mirabeau
Sasifrang
Enereique
Amergy
Floreat
Talaun
Br Galliard
Cna
Sumer
Sa ‘Ane
Domremy
Fra Diavolo
ANSOS
J. L. Wilcox
Watson's Park
Burnside
J. A. Ruble
C. E. Latshaw
Prince of Wales
Ghicneg Cotteg Chub
W. Fay Tuttle
William Cameron
A.tts
W. ¥. Bode
FP. Randall
W.C. Thorne
N. H. van Sicklen
Thorne
van Sickten
Aker Kedradn
Pratt and Eutaw Streets
Baltimore
T Hare
Clothing sale for the poor held Friday at 7:30 to 1
Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company invites the poor to a one day sale from 7 30 in the morning to 1 in the afternoon featuring heavy coats suits and pants in cassimere cheviot and woolens in sizes for men women and boys plus children's outfits and undergarments.
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KP. CC
Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company
Cor
Grant and
Diamond
Court House
Palace of Music and holiday gifts on Fifth Avenue street
An advert lists piano sales from 175 dollars and up with cash or trade options at Mellor & Hoene Palace of Music 77 Fifth Avenue open every evening. It promotes silver novelties, holiday tidies, drapery scarfs, Royal Worcester ware, porcelain busts, lamps, and Henry Terheyden Jewelry Emporium on Smithfield Street with holiday hours.
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Mellor & Hoene
Palace of Music
Fifth Avenue
A.G. Campbell & Sons
Royal Worcester
Royal Hungarian
Heenry Terheyden
Smithfield Street
America
E. P. Roperts & Sons
Market Street
Henry Terheyden
Smitheld
Cattle Poisoning Trial in Harmony Society Case
Edward Carroll is held in county jail on charges of poisoning cattle belonging to the Harmony Society. Trustee John Duss testifies about poisoned feed found in August after two cows died and others sickened. Detectives Lazarus and Moyer captured Carroll at night. he claims New Jersey origins and is said to be connected to others hostile to the society.
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Braver
Edward Carroll
The
Harmony Society
John Duss
Society
Lazarus
Rochester
Moyer
Youngstown
Carroll
New Jersey
Gold brick swindle dupes two West Virginia men
Two Smithson brothers of Sistersville West Virginia were lured to Marietta by a man named James who posed as an assistant to A J Cole United States Government Assayer. They paid $5000 for a so called gold brick and were later found shocked to learn they were swindled.
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Smithsons
Cole
James
Not Guilty Verdict In Train Wreck Case At Moravia
Lawrence County Court acquits John Morricco and Louis Frazio in a case brought by Pittsburg Perkins Detective Agency accusing them of placing a log on the Erie and Pittsburg Railroad track to wreck a train last July. Defendants’ language barriers and competing witnesses arose as key issues. A related case against Harry Wright is slated for the next term.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
The
Commonwealth
John Morricco
Louis Frazio
Pittsburg Perkins Detective Agency
Erie and
Pittsburg
Moravia
Perkins
Fowler
Harry Wright
A Philanthropist John Grich Stricken by Grip
John Grich, eighty and longtime resident and benefactor, lies near death from grip. The McKeesport figure funded missions and churches and built hundreds of worker homes sold on long terms. He is father in law of Mayor Tilprook and renowned for his generosity.
Lunatic Charters Caught Near Youngstown T
Alexander Charters of Austem tightly jailed at Youngstown after threats to kill his mother and neighbors. He claims duty to form a private cemetery and will be sent to the Cleveland Insane Asylum. Other brief items report bank official bleeding, wreck victims recovering, and a Mystic Shrine temple dispensation in Erie.
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Youngstown
Yorsestown
Alexander Charters
Austentem
Charters
Cleveland Insane Asylum
Erie
Ewes
Eris
East Liverpool and Wellsville Street Railway Opens
East Liverpool and Wellsville held a ceremonial opening yesterday afternoon with city councils and officials taking prominent roles in the display.
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Liverpool Hass Street
East Liveroon
Dee
East Liverpool
Wellsville Street
Butler Blue Laws Stir Sunday Work Clampdown
Local Law and Order Society in Butler pushes to enforce blue laws of 14 prohibiting Sunday labor across all sectors including railroad post office telegraph glass works and newspapers. Clergy members back a broad enforcement plan while public opinion doubts practical feasibility and fears selective prosecutions will fail to stop all worldly employment.
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Butler
Law and Order Society
Pittsburg
Act of Assembly
Forgery Guilty Plea Leads to One Year Penitentiary
John Hilton who pled guilty to forgery was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. He forged a check for 50 last summer and passed it. Hilton says he once manufactured iron at Hulton near Pittsburg and was driven to crime by a head tumor removed after his incarceration.
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MansFieww
John Hilton
Hilton
New York
Hulton
Pittsburg
Butler forms Lonp's Day Union to push Sunday law
In Butler the Lonp's Day Union is organized to enforce the Sunday law. Harmony Society members in Beaver testify in a case against Edward Carroll for cattle poisoning. Minop Graz, an illicit distiller, held on $2000 bail by US Commissioner Colburn in Scranton. Guetzl arrested in Potter County mountains. his still destroyed. William Maren, convicted of brandishing and robbing Farmer Wausen of Wampum, sentenced to two years and six months. Wareetta police raid a disorderly house. Chief Louis Delbrugge resists arrest, releases prisoners, and resigns.
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Butler
Harmony Society
Beaver
Edward Carroll
Minop Graz
United States
Colburn
Scranton
Guetzl
Potter County
Willliam Maren
Wausen
Wampum
Youngstown
Mater
Warren
Wareettsa
Louis Delbrugge
Holiday music shop items flood Pittsburgh stores
The advertisement roars with pianos from Decker and Knabe, Estey organs, Swiss music boxes, guitars, mandolins, violins, and more. It touts enormous inventories, exchange offers on old instruments, flexible payment terms, and evening hours at 91 and 93 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh. Also featured are souvenir spoons from E. P. Roberts & Sons and a wide range of jewelry and novelties at local shops.
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Decker Bros
William Knabe & Co
J. & C. Fischer
Hamilton
Estey
Ricci’s
Geneva
St. Croix
Decker, Knabe, Fischer and Esty
S. Hamlton
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
Yesterday's Hotel Arrivals
A long list of guests checked in at Pittsburgh area hotels including Moyox Gan FLA Hans Hansen of Cincinnati John Alexander Alexander J F Dale of Rochester J J McNally of Youngstown and many others with frequent mentions of Uniontown Cleveland New York Chicago and Philadelphia. Notable names include Charles King the famous ball pitcher heading to St Louis then Pittsburgh training for next season and J K Ewing Jr and B E Howell both of Uniontown. News notes also reference local oil and coke figures and several hotel staff departures.
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Moyoxganfla
Hans Hansen
Cincinnati
John Alexander
Alexander
J. F. Dale
Rochester
J.J. McNally
Youngstown
B. E. Seas
Orrville
BR. J. Crawford
Hagerstown
G. D. Hand
Miss Rand
Keokuk
C. F. Langdon
Chicago
P. Asseler
New York
J. C. Brooks
H. L. Davis
H. EB. Shields
F. Miller
Girard
Wheeling
H. G. Fox
L. F. Humphrey
Boston
J. K. Ewing, Jr
Uniontown
Peter Kirkevong
D. Gould
W. A. McCash
Parkersburg
L. Slinkley
J. J. Easterick
Akron
H. R. Jacubus
H. M. Keim
Wife
Cleveland
el. A. Wilhelm
A. Walter
Maltimore
Thoms Thomas
Thomas Woodall
Buffalo
Duquesse
N.D. Prentiss
M. Louth
H. G. Issertel
L. E. Fay
Mauriece L. Powers
E. P. Benjamin
A. Kimber
A. A. Lee
J. Sulzbacher
DD. Woodmansee
H. W. Crawford
H. 4
Water
J. M. Atkinson
G. W.vandegrift
Parker City
H. W. Hartman
Ellwood
G. W. Eastman
William Boyd
Johnstown
T. K. Be Tisdall
Bradford
A. Muller
Anxpessos
W. D. Peck
B. Bettelheim
J. A. Shatz
E. J. Anetratm
W. D. Keyes
New Albany
M. RB. Willams
W. L. Clause
Kokonin
J. F. Sloan
J. Will
L. Ackerman
E. Untemeyer
A. Keller
T. M. Walsh
B.C. Adams
Ph. Levy
H. Sanbom
T. F. Northrop
W. M. Levine
J. J. Bernard
L. Kann
O. M. Miller
Leonard Elliott
J. M. Pomeroy
George T. Peck
Juan Pascual
Trenton
J.J. Sullivan
E. J. Tyan
Joseph Fiepel
Zanesville
T. L. Lee
Vincennes
E. Hf. Hanea
Philadelphia
Lon.osser
J. A. de Longe
W. J. Tine
Colorado
B. U. Grist
J. P. Klingensmith
Blairsville
H. Steele
Washington
Louis Desaniles
H. Hardy
Mudge
J. H. Collins
Haven
McLean
M. Coover
Turrisburg
Frank Ross
Connellsville
St. Courtes
H. A. Donrluss
West Newton
Otto Schroeder
F. W. Davis
W. H. Rodgers
Brilliant
J. L. Newmeyer
Dawson
J. F. Thompson
McDonald
Mollie Cochran
J. J. Robertson
J. W. Powers
J. M. Howard
F.c.kennedy
Scottdale
E. Peele
Taylor Robinson
Edensburg
J. B. Rinehart
Waynesburg
W. Berry
W.W. Elder
Mineral Ridee
L. Hughes
Rice’s Landine
John Simpson
Monongahela City
J. W. Hinton
New Castle
R. M.cook
Cannonsburg
C. H. Gabler
Jeannette
Srvestia Aventr
F. J. Jacob
Somerfield
John Marston, Jr
T. H. Chokener
G. X. Wagner
Grand Rapids
J. K.gebhart
Dayton
D. P. Packard
Greenville
T. B. Gregory
Foxburg
Mia
M. W. Wise
du Bois
L. B. Long
Brookville
W. G. Russell
Isabella F. Barbour
Oil City
E. Ball, Jr
H. M. Morrison
George A. Mann
D. M. Fair
Blatreville
J. M. Hanford
Binghamton
J. W. Mackey
Harrisburg
William Ramsey
Mr. Pleasant
St. James
E. Bradley
Painesville
C. F E. Putnam
William Harrigan
Meadville
E.G. Smith
Martin’s Ferry
G. R. Cook
A. A. Harmes
East Liverpool
Lfidie Carenter
Oi City
George Messinger
Walter Gathen
Karthans
A. T. Bentley
Hollidaysburg
John Sampsel
Bentleyville
Charles King
St. Louis
Pittsburg
BE. B. Howell
Monongahela House
Ewing
Secreta Laine
Ife
Charles H. McKee
East
Emmet Queen
Virginia
Joeenh Dixon
J. M. Ried
CG. Ross
Clarion
George McLain
Chambersburg
Jacob Groff
Oye $ Ee
Seventh Avenue Ptel
Temperature and Weather Report for Ratnfal d
The United States Weather Bureau officer in this city provides a temperature summary. Maximum temp 29, minimum temp 22, mean temp As appears.
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Prrteevee
Dev
United States Weather Bureau
Aipanee
Weather and river traffic telegram from Louisville
Special telegrams report business good in Louisville with cool clear weather. River levels show the canal and falls measurements and the foot of the locks, while shipping departures list several destinations including Cincinnati Fleetwood Carrollton Big Kanawha Evansville Tell City Memphis and John K Speed.
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Dispatch
Louisville
Cincinnati
Fleetwood
Carrollton
Big
Kanawna
Evansville
Tell City
Memphis
John K. Speed
Barge Rise On River Yet Coal Shortage Holds
Report from The Dispatch notes a ninth fair barge rise on the river offering a coalboat stage, but coal awaiting shipment is scarce after the prior rise cleared most landings. A few firms plan shipments, including Jos. Walton & Co. and W. W. Walton & Co.
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Jos. Walton & Co
Riverfront Meeting and Arrangements Amid Obituary Notices
The text notes a group leaving for Cloclonatl yesterday with a fair test near I. K. and a noon return. It mentions riverboat resolutions on the death of Strattolsud errill and Robert Jenkins with a tow to meet Frank Gilmore. Exchanges of tows planned at Wheeling.
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Tonc. W
I. K. Wesend
Strattolsuderrill
T. M. Jeenkins . Co
Robert Jenkins
Gimore
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