Pugilist Challenge and Championship Talk Across Rings
A local fighter challenges Pat Farrell for a stake and purse as boxing figures in Boston discuss claims to the world title. John L. Sullivan proposes a six round glove contest to settle disputes among Corbett Slavin and the Australian. Corbett says Slavin remains a potential foe while promising to whip others before pursuing Sullivan or Jackson.
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Pat Farrell
Curiaco
John L. Sullivan
Wakeley
Lynch
New Orleans
Slavin
Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Jim Corbett
Jake Kilrain
Jim Wakeles
Charley Johnson
Brooklyn
Monner
James J. Corbett
San Francisco
Slavia
Peter Jackson
England
Slavia Reneer
Corbett
Jock Dempsey
Fitzsinton
Dempsey
Hal
Farrells Challenge to Fitzsimmons Sparks Local Debate
A Pittsburgh letter discusses Pat Farrell challenging Fitzsimmons for 30 a side and also naming possible foes like La Bianche and Young Michell. Backers claim the aim is legitimate, despite past struggles to secure matches, while critics doubt outsiders can influence Farrells plans.
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Pat Farrell
Fitzsimmons
Milken Jack
Jeter
Deau Ste
Farrell
United States
Philadelphia
Jack Foearty
Fusiuare
Yonurs
Joms Guest
WasurseTos
Bilson Jack
Farret Bas
Ide
Onghiy
Stainet
la Bianche
Michell
Pittsburg
Bilton Jack
Fogarty
Frank Glerald
Sallyvan
Boxing challenges and matches announced in New Oneans
No challenger yet from Muldoon to Ernest Roeber for $00 aside and the Folice Garete medal. Billy McMillan challenges Johny Reagan under Police Gracele rules for $TLOM aside at any club that offers the venue. McGregor, the St. Joe Kid, and Felix Vaquelin set to fight in the Audubon Club for a LaN purse in February. Jack Dempsey to depart Monday for Portland to challenge the Mirecbell-La Blanche tiger winner.
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Muldoon
Ernest Roeber
Billy McMillan
Washington
Johny Reagan
Tlom
Richard K. Fox
McGregor
St. Joe Kid
Felix Vaquelin
Audubon Club
Jack Demnsey
Portland
San Francisco Boxers Choynski and Goddanl Top Sydney Card
Advices from the steamer Zeralandia report Joe Choynski of San Francisco and Joe Goddanl of Australia matched to fight before the Sydney Athletic Club on the 15th for a purse of £590.
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San Francisco
Sydney
Zeralandia
Joe Choynski
Joe Goddanl
Australia
Fcit
Sydney Athletic Club
Os Ith
Cleveland Official Supports Proposed Running Circuit
Secretary W B Fasig of Cleveland endorses a new driving circuit for August after the summer trotting meet. He says bookmakers can fund added money and cites Washingtone Park as a model with harrowing not harming trotters. The plan targets Pittsdare Cleveland Buffalo Detroit in the circuit.
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Cleveland
H.O. Price
W. B. Fasig
Fasig
Washiortean Park
Chicago
Northwestern Breeders’ Association
Pittsdare
Buffalo
Detroit
National Amateur Wheelmen meeting outlines pay for athletes
The Executive Committee of the National Association of Amateur Wheelmen met at the Grand Union Hotel. They appointed a committee to confer with the Amateur Athletic Union and League of American Wheelmen on paying athletes expenses. Edward McGorhan of Philadelphia was denied reinstatement. The treasury stood at 3070. A major debate centered on shortening the championship course. a 14 mile straightaway was favored by Harry McMillan but the final decision kept the course at 18 miles. Jones F. Corben of Chicago faced disqualification for selling the senior single race last year.
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New York
National Association of Amateur Waremen
Grand Union Hotel
Amateur Athletic Union
League of American Wheelman
Edward McGorhan
Philadelphia
Treasury
Harry McMillan
Jones F. Corben
Chicago
Premature proposal for three race stake of 2500 pounds
England based Len Myers and Harry Darrin planned a three race challenge for a 2500 pound stake. Darrin accepted cautiously while Myers had not raced in two years and had begun training, with medical advice noted in the fragment.
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Len Myers
Harry Darrin
England
Myers
Darrin
Boston League Club Loses Big Sum in Turbulent Season
Charles J. Foger reports on a heated dispute in Boston over team finances and league positioning. Directors claim heavy losses, naming players and salaries while predicting conflicts with the American Association and the League. The piece notes contracts, stock purchases, and tense negotiations as the season ends.
Indictments Target Clifton Track Bookmakers in Passaic
Ten of 27 indictments from the Passaic county grand jury in Paterson New Jersey target Clifton track bookmakers and managers. The State is said to employ a strategy, and involved individuals were unaware of the investigation with no influence exerted on jurors to sway action.
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New York
Passaic County
Paterson
N.J
Clifton Track
Sporting notes and boxing and racing updates mix
Boxing plans feature Mike Dooley and Elzsimmons with a posted fight date. Princetons Harriers name a new captain. McCon Macks skate trip to Sweden and a plan for a four and a half furlong race purses. Drees trains for featherweight title shot February six and Nantura Farm receives a gift horse. Local licenses debate sparring and new Brooklyn athletic facility plans unfold. Dempsey condition improves and European skaters report on Donoghue prize details.
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Hcg McConMack
St. John
Sarnia
Halifax
Liverpool
Sweden
Hangan
National League
A. G. Spalding
Thorman
Princeton College
Koddy i
University Harriers
Samuel Wasson
Med
Gottenbure Association
Geoneee Drees
Cal McCarthy
Dicon
Meat
Tom O'Rourke
Tas
Ani
Withx Freeland
Miss Woodford
Nantura Farm
Nantura
James Wasson
Longfellow
Boston Hoard
Boston Athletic
Union Associations
Unionlub
Boston Athletic Association
Music Hall
Prbiic
Rervaient
Krooklyn Sat
Postoffice Clerk Laments Mail Mixups in Weekly Yawn
A New York Postoffice clerk complains the Weekly Yawn misreports mail delays with items bound for farmers not reaching the Yap office until Saturday. The postmaster challenges the paper to locate the raffle account and prove the issue.
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New York Weekly
Postoffice
Francis L Burkhart Dies at 76 in New York Home
The obituary notes Francis L Burkhart died Monday January 19 at 12 15 in the morning at his residence 1 Thirty ninth Street New York City in his 77th year Funeral arrangements to follow in a local notice.
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Burkhart
Thirty-ninth Street
Francis L. Burkhart
Emperor William plans disarmament policy amid European tensions
The article reports on Emperor William’s announced focus on European disarmament during his England visit, hinting at a broader royal bargain with Queen Victoria and the Duke of Cumberland. It notes domestic misery with 9,000 vacant houses as harsh weather and strikes strain workers, and records a textile manufacturer opposing wage and hour regulation as harmful to both sides.
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NY Dunlaf
Beunis
William
Europe
England
Queen Victoria
Duke of Cumberland
Kaiser
Bismarck
Hanover
France
Germany
Victoria
Religious Cranks Jailed in Saxony Uprising
In Saxony a band led by Hans Wurzel, claiming divine inspiration, preached a new gospel and lived communally. After dark prayer meetings and hysterical displays drew police action as 17 followers were jailed and a protest at the penitentiary met with hose and crowd trouble.
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Saxony
Hans Wurzel
Moses
Zurckan
Insane Asylum
Three Cups Ordered for American Engineers Presentation
The society informed Minister Phelps that it has ordered three cups to be produced for presentation to American engineers Raymond Kirchoff and Shees in the upcoming spring.
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Phelps
Raymond, Kirchoff and Shees
Death by own action Statistics in German Schools
A German inquiry reports 289 school children died by own action in six years to 1888. In elementary schools fear of punishment caused 45 boy and 23 girl deaths, while exam disappointments led to many more. The piece criticizes harsh traditional chastisement in high schools.
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Berwin
Ice blockade thwarts Schleswig communications
Schleswig and other Prussian coast provinces endure a severe winter with over 21 days of cut sea links to the North Sea islands. Ice stretches to Nord strand island and reaches one metre thick, yet traffic over the ice surges as more than a dozen ships break their icebound stand to discharge cargoes. Eastern coast ice also thickens with opened routes between Schleswig and the Danish Archipelago.
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BeEx
Schleswig
Prussia
North Sea
Nordstrand
Danish Archipelago
A Royal Composer M Y Dunlans Cable Company
Bern January 18 Americans may hear how Duke Ernest of Coburg composes at night His Highness dictates plays a few bars then discards the pianist and later claims the piece as his own work The sleepy interpreter must rewrite the music to please the sovereign.
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Bern
Duke Ernest
Coburg
Ernest
Dillon Arrives in Havre After Irish Talks
John Dillon reached Havre aboard the La Gascogne from New York and, after a private conference with Irish leaders, declared accord was established though he would not speak further before consultations with O'Brien Gill and other party figures. The trip included Paris tomorrow with O'Brien and Gill.
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Irish Parliamentary Party
Dillon
O’brien
Gill
Paris
Parnell
Rabbit Drinks Beer In Humorous Tale From Philadelphia
A Philadelphia man recalls his pet rabbit Billy becoming a regular beer drinker after the animal eagerly sampled the man's beer. The rabbit now greets him nightly, enjoys meat and vegetables, and even seems eager for Sunday beer, prompting plans to stock extra for weekends.
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Philadelphia Press
Billy
Cossacks Deployed to Quell Mine Strikers in Russian Poland
Berlin reports the Louisen Ginck mine staff near Missourz is on strike and threatened unrest. A regiment of Cossacks has been ordered to suppress rioting. Ernest Sempel, secretary of the Fried richsburg Carpenters Union, was convicted for causing the strike, resulting in a 15,000 mark loss to the master carpenter and six months imprisonment.
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KLE
Berlin
Louisen Ginck
Missourz
Russian Poland
Ernest Sempel
Friedrichsburg Carpenters’ Union
Special Rent Lists and Political Rivalry Noted
New York Journal suggests ongoing clashes between state legislatures and officials will generate substantial political maneuvering and business opportunities. J. G. Bennett & Co. highlighted as leading batters and furriers at the corner of Wood Street and Filth Avenue.
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New York Journal
Wood Street
German Engineer Delegate Visits America
Herr Thilen, delegate of the German Society of Engineers, visited America last summer and was hosted by Comypary officials in Beelir. His voyage highlighted German technical exchange and new industrial ties.
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Pussai
Beelir
Herr Thilen
America
German Society of Engineers
Praise From Miles and the Indian Hostilities Conclude
General Miles issues a congratulatory message confirming the Northwest Indian conspiracy to rise in spring. Troops, under General Brooke, disarm hostiles at the agency and protect settlements near Wounded Knee and White Clay creek while evaluating meritorious acts for later reward.
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Distatch
Pixe Ripcie
Jas
Miles
Mauvaise Torres
South Dakota
Big Foot
Seventh Cavalry
Hawthorne
Whiteside
Wounded Knee
Forsythe
Dawson
Taylor
White Clay Creek
Seventh Cavale
Forsyth
Henry
Ninth Cavalry
White River
Kerr
Sixth Cavalry
Tupper
Carr
Casey
Brooke
Wallace
Y. Mann
Week's Clearing House Exchanges Reported
Boston dispatches present a table of gross exchanges from managers of clearing houses in several cities. The data compare last week’s totals with the corresponding week in 1800, showing percentage increases or decreases across the cities and identifying rates of change against prior year figures.
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Boston
A Room for the Ladies Opens as Temporary Club
A cultivated woman has opened a house furnished for a temporary home and club for women. It includes drawing room bedrooms a reading room a private dining room and a restaurant. It serves transient women and out of town guests offering privacy and moderate charges with a visitor’s guide and shopping bureau.
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New York Sun
Emperor William to fish salmon with famed English rod
A London Field correspondent notes Emperor William of Germany plans to resume angling next season. He has commissioned Hardy of Alnwick to craft a top quality 17 foot split cane salmon rod, claiming it rivals the best American rods and may be the finest in the world. He borrowed one in Norway last year and was so pleased he ordered a personal rod.
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Billings
John Clarkson
Cedal
Boston
Billing
Joan Clarkson
Bennett
Herman Long
Kansas City
Long
Jess
Tucker
Barnie
Baltimore Eclub
Kid" Nichols
Omaha
Feld
Prince
P. L
Congress Street
Teague
Boston Brotherhood
American Association
Heston
Chicago
Association
Leacon
Brooklyn
Byrnes
Reguery
Charles J. Foger
William
Germany
London
Messrs. Hardy
Alnwick
Norway
Paris Fashions Hint New Spring Bodice Styles
A Parisian rumor predicts fashion shifts for spring with flat shoulders low collars and bodice sleeve and skirt changes. Buttons remain costly and unsatisfactory while fuller sleeves suit thin arms and Medici collars flatter long necks.
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Paris
Banquet Banter Echoes Delicacies Crowd in Norristown
An early guest at the banquet asks about a strange noise in the next room. The reporter quips that the table groans under all the season's delicacies, capturing a festive scene in Norristown.
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Norristown Herald
Bannet
Taxpayer and Great Statesman Exchange Cold Remarks
In a brief exchange the Taxpayer laments buying warm underclothes at McKinley price levels and shivers. The Great Statesman retorts that there is no duty on quinine, dismissing the chill as a trivial concern.
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Epoch
McKinley
Apaches Kill Chiquita Smith in Morse's Canyon
A deadly Apache raid in Morse's Canyon leaves Chiquita Smith dead and Lt. Clark pursuing the assailants. Smith slain and reportedly horribly mutilated, prompting post raid pursuit and investigation.
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Tempbstoxe
Anz
Chiquita Smith
Morse's Canyon
Clark
Smith
Iy Sinsheonise
Mineshaft discovery near Mysore reveals ancient shaft evidence
Workmen at a Mysore site broke into an old shaft while sinking a mine. The find suggests the area hid structures from long ago, with possible links to historic workers and early signaling remains. Further study may confirm the age and origin of the shaft.
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Mysore
Sarbors
Chigess
River stage and weather updates by city
Special telegrams report varying river levels and weather across cities. Warren river at 22 feet and falling with cloudy skies. Louisville river at 12.1 feet and falling with a cloudy threat of rain. Cincinnati river at BW feet and falling with cold weather. other locations show rising or falling levels and mixed conditions including cool or cloudy weather.
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Dispatch
Warren
Buowssville
Louisville
Wheeling
Viicksburg
Thad Stevens Bets Big At Faro In Washington Tale
In Buchanan era Washington Ed Martin of Ohio a Lower House clerk became a piker at the faro table Thaddeus Stevens played a winter night at Ned Pendleton's Crump notes Martin urged Stevens to bet 100 on the ace Stevens obliged but the ace lost He then laid a silver quarter before Martin saying Martin you have lost your reputation
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Washington
Buchanan
Ed Martin
Ohio
Congress
Martin
Thaddeus Stevens
Ned Pendleton
Major Crump
New York Sun
Solemenly
Railroad magnates at Morrissey’s house end in collapse
Major Crump notes at Morrissey’s restaurant opening that Governor Tilden Hoffdian Hendricks and a Pennsylvanian coal operator watched a millionaire ruinously play roulette. Tom Scott, the railroad king, entered with New York magnates to a faro table and, after betting $13,000 to double it, lost and left penniless.
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Morrissey
Major Crump
New York Sun
Tilden
Hoffdian
Hendricks
Indiana
Pennsvania
Tom Scott
Pennsylvania
New York
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Vickery
Shriver
All - Athletic Association
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Jack Dempsey
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Newburg
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THY
My Dunlans Cable Company
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Timothy Healy
Arthur O'Connor
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Mr. Healy
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Gabrielle Bompard
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Chile
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J. G. Bennett & Co
American Engineers
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Department of Dakota
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Mr. Cook
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Pittsburg, PA
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White Star
Great Britain
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Smield St
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