Grand Central Rink Cycling Show Attracts Crowd Of 3000
The Grand Central Rink drew between three and four thousand spectators yesterday as female cyclists competed. Miss Lewis surged ahead after Miss Oakes fell ill and retired. Von Blumen chased hard, while Miss Allen and Miss Sualler added flair, with Lewis leading the field at several checkpoints.
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Miss Oakes
Miss Lewis
Oakes
Miss von Blumen
Blumen
Apd
Miss von Gramen
Miss Allen
Sualler
Minees
von Blumen
Miles
Suntur
Hattie Lewis
May Allen
Mies Dewsle Cakes
Parson Davis Plans Trips for Kilrain-Sullivan and Kilrain-Jackson
Parson Davis the Mitchell Kilrain manager will travel to Buffalo tonight to arrange bouts with Sullivan and Jackson while Kilrain and Mitchell prepare for an exhibition in Buffalo. Kilrain seeks a Sullivan bout first and then a Jackson clash if needed, with Mitchell sidelined by hand injuries delaying a full program.
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Carcase
Parson” Davis
Mitchell
Kilrain
Sullivan
Jackson
San Francisco
Charles Mitchell
Ie Aemances Bs
Ead
Harvard college athletics committee approves new contest rule
The Harvard College athletics committee voted to repeal the ban on college teams playing with professional organizations and adopt a rule requiring committee assent for all contests. It is understood no service now faces a prohibition to play with pro teams, expanding opportunities for college athletic organizations.
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Boston
Harvard College
Regulacoe Ma
New York and Brooklyn Spring Games Negotiations
In New York on January 3 Mr. John B. Day stated the condition for a New York vs Brooklyn spring series. The winner would take the total receipts or the receipts as it won. Brooklyn club president Mr. Byrne was asked for comment.
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New York
John B. Day
Brooklyn
Byrne
Bine at Binghamton Doubtful City Team Next Season
Extremely doubtful there will be a baseball team in this city next season. Cranks are low, fans have lost faith, and local backers say they have had enough. The Port tech scene shows waning interest as efforts to field a squad continue to fade.
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BN. Y
Cranks
Hemen
Quietus
Coeioes
Murphy Defeats Hagan In London-Philadelphia Bout
In Philadelphia a boxing match at Brockin Range under the West Jersey Athletic Association ends with Frank Murphy of England defeating Jimmy Hagan of Philadelphia after nine rounds. Referee Thur Chambers and Ed Bradford noted Murphy’s stronger attack, while local spectators disputed the decision. Murphy's nose and Hagan’s eye drew blood as both fighters exchanged sharp combinations.
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Murphy
Hingam
Hagan
Chambers
Hagan Mn
James
Frank
Rumors Fly Over Rowe White Por Pop Smith News
Rumors claim Rowe and White seek to buy their Detroit releases to play for Buffalo and avoid blacklist. If released, Rowe may return here and White head to Boston. Buffalo directors say two replacements would be found if releases fail. A separate dispute involves Smith and Nimick with Smith demanding season guarantees or salary protections.
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Uno
Rowe
White
Detroit
Buffalo
Boston
Buffalo Club
Smith
Hart Arranges Ameration Teams Visit for April Games
Traveling agent Jim Hart of AL Spalding's baltesans met with President Nimick to arrange a Pittsburgh visit by the Ameration teams. No definite dates were fixed but plans place games in early April. Hart hailed the Australian tour as financially successful and suggested Rowe may sign to play in Pittsburg.
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Jim Hart
AL Spalding
Baltesans
Mr. Hart
President Nimick
Nimick
Mesera
Hart
Rowe
Pittsburg
Stratton challenges McClelland to five mile race at Pittsburg
Miles Stratton, famed for half mile wins and losses to Peter Priddy, challenges E. C. McClelland of Pittsburg to a five mile race for 82 a side, with £50 expenses. Stratton proposes the race be set five to six weeks after articles. McClelland, noted for speed in the London Theater race, is expected to accept.
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Miles Stratton
Stratton
Peter Priddy
Saratoga
E. C. McClelland
Pittsburg
Prrtssport
McClelland
Kilrain and Sullivan to Be Matched on Monday
A letter from Louis B Allen to the New York Clipper announces a Sullivan Kilrain match set for 1 AM Monday January 7 at the Howth House Toronto with 16 000 a side and the Police Gazette diamond belt. Sporting men depart for Buffalo to witness the article signing.
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New York
Sullivan
Louis B. Allen
Buffalo
Baltimore Baseball Club sale nets ten thousand dollars
A local telegram reports Henry B. Von derberst sold his interest in the Baltimore Baseball Club to B. F. Booth. Manager Barnie will continue in charge. The price is reported as ten thousand dollars or more, though not stated in full.
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Bartivone
Henry B. Vonderberst
Baltimore Baseball Club
B. F
Fred Booth
Barnie
Rifle Shooters at Pittsburg Club Post Scores
At the Pittsburg Rifle Club regular shoot yesterday the following scores were recorded. J A Hogeines scored 65 and 79, L Brehm 73 75 78 74, Sohn Hopkins 64 2 74 6 2.60 7, F4 St TOO7S Ba.
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Pittsburg Rifle Club
J. A. Hogeines
L. Brehm
Sohn Hopkins
James G Sold to Germans in Special Telegram
Radge Wisconsin January 2 A J Feek of Syracuse New York has purchased from J I Case a deal shown in a special telegram to The Dispatch.
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James G
Radge, Wis
A. J. Feek
Syracuse, N
New Orleans Races Postponed and Contests Loom
Races in New Orleans delayed to tomorrow while chatter about a withheld new rival in Cincinnati and other boxing and pool plans fills the sports pages. discussions include possible Har isburg team, McAuliffe and Madden in Chicago, and a $1000 purse offer for a Lannon bout negotiations over Brooklyn or Jersey City venues.
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New Orleans
Cincinsatt
Mitchell
Kilrain
Mr. Fox
Hartisburg
Jack McAulif
T Puelist
Billy Madden
Chicago
Pittsburg
Salvator
Proctor Knom
Grorner Godfrey
Joe Lannon
McCaffrey
Fallon
Brooklyn
Mason
Philadelphia
White
Rowe
New York Herald
Dangerous Alteration In Five Dollar Bill Fraud
In Chicago on January 3 Commissioner Hoyne was consulted about a counterfeit five dollar bill that fooled a tobacco dealer. The note shows a cut large two in the corner with pink paper backing and a torn edge to simulate age. The back is reinforced with pink scraps to hide the alteration and blur the margin figures.
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Chcaco
Hoyne
Connors
Virginia Representative Seeks Reason for Delay in Pardoned Man's Release
Representative O Ferrall of Virginia prepared a resolution demanding an explanation from the State Department for delaying warrants to release D H Martin of Patrick County, Virginia, pardoned by the President for internal revenue violations. Martin, confined and in poor health, hoped to be released before Christmas. The President acted promptly, the Attorney General urged release, but the State Department still held the warrant yesterday.
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Warsar Inday
O’ferrall
Virginia
State Department
O'Ferrall
D. H. Martin
Patrick County
Internal Revenue
Martin
Mr. O’ferrall
Not a Prize Fight in Valeria Mining Town
A crowd of about 200 witnessed a bare knuckle brawl in a 12 foot ring in Valeria Jasper county. Miners Ed Cain and John Gallacher fought Gallagher with London prize ring rules. After 46 rounds Cain led but faded in the 47th, and Gallagher was declared winner.
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the Dispatch
Des Moines
Valeria
Jasper County
Ed Cain
John Gallaher
Osin
Gallagher
Cain
London
Gallacher
David Sheehy Fails to Obey Arrest Warrant Issued
Berlin January 3 Mr David Sheehy P M who was summoned to Castle Connell County Limerick to answer charges under the crimes act failed to obey the summons and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
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Berlin
David Sheehy
Castle Connell
County Limerick
Silk sales at Jos. Horss & Co. Penn Avenue Stores
Limited stock black silks hurry to Jos. Horss & Co. Penn Avenue Stores. Sake-Black dress silk at $1 today, prior 1.250 per yard. Faille Francaise 1.25 quality now 1. Moire Francaise 1.25 grade now 1. Additional wide silk 75 cents value. About 25 pieces remaining.
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Gur Jaowary Sake
Faille Francaise
Moire Francaise
Senin
Jos. Horss & Co
Penn Avenue
Depew Receives Glazed Leg Removal in New York
Chauncey M. Depew endured removal of his glass leg at Grand Central Station as surgeons sawed it off after three weeks. He described excruciating pain and said the leg hindered dictation and work, noting poets had praised the limb and that it kept him from meals while he recovered.
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Rotterdam
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Depew
New York
Grand Central Station
East
Depew
Carlsbad
Bogus priest Gustav de Rohan linked to Chicago thefts
A man deemed Gustav de Rohan, a famed confidence man, is held at Central station after posing as a Catholic priest and stealing 60 from Thomas Robinson, treasurer of McAvoy Brewing. Milwaukee’s Emil H. Kitzer is implicated as a lookalike suspect. recovered spectacles tie to Joliet priest Father Dunn.
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Chicago
Central Station
Gustav de Rohan
Thomas Robinson
McAvoy Brewing Company
Banfield
Milwaukee
Windlake Avenue
Emil H. Kitzer
Decker
St. Anthony's Parish
Eminent biographer Halliwell Phillips dies in London
Shakespearean biographer James Orchard Halliwell Phillips died in London yesterday. Born in 1520, his death marks the loss of a noted literary scholar.
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James Orchard Halliwell Phillips
London
Clinton
N.C. Pees
John Ashford
T. C. Platt
Philadelphia
United States Commission For
Baltimore
South Carolina
Joax Ryanx
Charles
Fred St. Peter
South Farmingham
Mass
Statehood Executive Committee
Huron
Dak
South Dakota
Prussian Landtag to Convene Amid Royal Honors and Elections
The Prussian Landtag will convene on the 14th inst and Queen Victoria will confer the Order of the Garter on Prince Henry of Prussia. Elections this month will fill seven seats in the French Chamber of Deputies and several in the Senate. Mr Pendleton the American Minister at Berlin has returned after illness.
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Landtag
Victoria
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Wisk
Mexico
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Pendleton
Berlin
William Lorman Roberts Dies After Checkered Career
Baltimore stock broker William Lorman Roberts died at 39 from typhoid fever. Once executor of a wealthy estate he funded a lavish life with dice games and risky bets. His collapse followed a NYSE seat sale, bucket shop ventures in Canada, and legal troubles. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Baltimore
William Lorman Roberts
Roberts
Edward Roberts
Polytechnic Institute
Troy
New York Stock Exchange
Canada
New York
Eutaw Place
Trains Die in Snow Drifts Across Caucasus Regions
A Sabuntschi near Tiflis train froze 14 passengers to death with 20 frostbite cases after a snow drift blocked the line. A rescue party perished in the storm. Reports from Russia note 175 more frozen deaths at Ekaterinburg on December 27, and widespread icebound seas and railway failures in Baku and surrounding Caucasus areas.
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Baku
Caucasus
Morier Demands Exoneration From Count Herbert Bismarck
British Minister to Russia R D Morier publishes correspondence with Count Herbert Bismarck over charges raised by Cologne Gazette. A letter from Marshal Bazaine exonerates Morier. Morier accuses Herbert of withholding justice and hints at public defense of his case. The Times Berlin report questions source of the news.
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Bert Bismarck
Lexpos
R. D. Morier
Russia
Count Herbert Bismarck
Morier
Cologne
Marshal Bazaine
Herbert Bismarck
Gasette
Telegraph
Times’ Berlin
London
Bazaine
Count Herbert
North Hayti Receives New Navy Ship Madrid
North Hayti now has a navy with the steamship Madrid in the Erie Basin after discharging a molasses cargo. The Madrid is an aged vessel capable of nine knots in smooth water. Shipbroker Samuel Holmes reportedly purchased the Madrid for about 50 000 dollars, with rumors swirling that General Hippolyte was the buyer. Minister Preston lists seven American residents in Port au Prince amid safety concerns.
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North Hayti
Erie Basin
Madrid
Maritime Exchange
Samuel Holmes
Front Street
New Orleans
Hippolyte
Port-au-Prince
Preston
Imagination of marriage leads to prison sentence in Philadelphia
Edward 8 Plumly, once convicted of assault on Sarah A Kellogg, a Kellogg relative, was sentenced by Judge Fell to 42 days in jail from November 12 1888. Plumly claimed he was married to Kelloggs sister visited by him and struck her when denied access.
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Philadelphia
Edward
Plumly
Sarah A. Kellogg
Kellogg
Louisiana
Sherman
Stanley Matthews
Three Weeks On Water Special Telegram to the Dispatch
Mrs Clarissa Cox of Wakefield celebrated her 101st birthday last October and for nearly three weeks has lived entirely on water noting illness and distaste for other foods. London joint stock capital totals 400000000 pounds for the past year, up from 168000000 in 1887.
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Dispatch
Boston
Clarissa Cox
Wakefield
London
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Kho End Kasakes
Reports from St Peterssee note several earthquake shocks in Kho End and Kasakes. The tremors caused damage to multiple buildings while a steam engine built for the Paris Exhibition nears completion after two years of effort and weighs less than a ninth of its expected load.
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St. Petersseee
Khoend and
Kasakes
Scia
Halaght
Railways Foreclosure Trends Highlight 1888 Losses and Outlook
The Railway Age previews 1889 with data showing 22 railway receiverships in 1888 affecting 3,270 miles and nearly 187 million dollars in securities, led by Missouri Kansas and Texas and Minneapolis St. Louis. Foreclosures rose from 1886–87 but pale against 1884–85 totals. The piece cautions that insolvencies reflect long-ago issues and warns of continued risk without rate reforms and fair legislation.
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Chicago
Railway Age
Mae
Fio
Florida Railway
An Navigation Company
Houston and
Texas Central
Railwa
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Dayton
Ft. Wayne
Cincinnati
Washington
Baltimore
Boston reader mails tax remittance to city treasurer
A Boston man, clearly repentant for failing to file personal property returns, writes to Treasurer A T Turner promising to remit taxes now that notes have been disposed of. The letter accompanies a check for 30129 dollars.
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the Dispatch
Boston
A. T. Turner
City of
Duel With Knives Between Farmers Near Ramperry
Joseph Beem and Joseph Watterson, both farmers in the eastern part of the county about 35 miles from town, quarreled over a flock of sheep. They fought with knives until both were wounded and fled. Each returned to town and swore out warrants against the other for assault with intent to kill.
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Ramperry
Dax
Joseph Beem
Joseph Watterson
Watterson
Hoosier laborer eats 62 raw eggs in wager at theater
Case Arnold a laborer in Crawfordsville ate 62 raw eggs on a wager at the People's Theater. Backers had bet on him eating five dozen more, but no one accepted as several hundred dollars had already changed hands. Afterward he dined at a restaurant.
Order of the Black Eagle Award and Wilhelm’s “intrigue”
The Kreuz Zeitung notes Herr von Puttkamer received the Order of the Black Eagle as Emperor William’s response to his role in the intrigue that led to the late Emperor Frederick’s dismissal.
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Berlin
Kreuz Zeitung
Order of the Black Eagle
Herr von Puttkamer
William
Frederick
Comical and serious scenes as Harrison aides receive visitors
Report of varied callers during General Harrison’s conference with Senator Hiscock and Dr J L Barrett of Clarinda Iowa. Barrett, a longtime Harrison supporter, storms off claiming poor access. Mrs J Ellen Foster visits to congratulate, while ex Governor Porter fights a literary bureau push for a cabinet seat. Letters from 37 Republican chairmen urge Huston cabinet appointment, stirring uncertainty over Indiana representation and cabinet lineup.
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Harrison
Hiscock van Dr. J. L. Barrett
Clarinda
Iowa
Barrett
Richmond
Ind
J. Ellen Foster
Belva Lockwood
Indiana
Porter
Cincinnati
Much-Married Princess and Her Tangle on the Dump
A New York report outlines Louise, daughter of Williamsburg kingpin John Krouse, in a cycle of marriages from Dooley to Jakey Klinch then Joe McAlister. McAlister, seeking help in Jersey City, says Louise and her mother plus the Kraft brothers relocated furniture and plans to wed both suitors, with Justice Naeher handling the case.
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New York
Williamsburg
John Krouse
John Dooley
Dooley
Jakey Klinch
Jakey
Joe McAlister
Joe
Jersey City
North Fifth Street
Louise
William
Louis Kraft
Kraft
North Tenth Street
Mr. McAlister
Justice Naeher
Comstock Intervenes in Beekman Street Raffle Case
Engraver Joseph Leitner sought funds for illness and sold raffle tickets at Gustav Junker’s Beekman Street restaurant. Anthony Comstock purchased a ticket, secured a warrant, and Junker and his bartender were arrested. Junker, president of the Harmonia Society, is held for trial.
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New York
Joseph Leitner
Gustav Junker
Beekman Street
Junker
Selmner
Anthony Comstock
Tombs Court
Laske
Harmonia Society
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