Unusual Spring Meeting News Weighs on Local Baseball Talks
Uncertain reports circulate on Bierbauer signing with Pittsburg next season while local fans await word from Pratt's store officials and President ONeill. Rumors tie Ward and LaRoque to Prtze burg as potential signings with pitchers and a solid fielder seen as essential for a winning club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bierbauer
Pittsburg
Erie
Pratt
Oeil
East
Hanton
Hanlon
Taat
Sam LaRoque
St Bierbaner
LaHoque
O'Neill
New York
Ward
Prtzeburg
All Right at Columbus Baseball Outlook Bright
Ralph Lazarus and Gus Schmelz, Columbus Cub VP and team manager, claim a new era for Columbus baseball. Lazarus cites Spalding and Thurwins boosting confidence after New York moments, with S16000 invested in the club. Schmelz predicts a strong season, praising pitchers Baliwin Gastricht Knouss Easton Chamberlain and denying Baldwin’s release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixserssati
Ralph Lazarus
Columbus Cub
Gus Schmelz
Capital City
New York City
Lazarus
Schmelz
Columbus Club
American Association
Mr. Schmer
Baliwin
Gastricht
Knouss
Easton
Chamberlain
Columbus Baseball
Baldwin
Hart recounts failed P L meeting and New York trip
Jim Hart, Chicago Players' League Club representative, details his New York visit and Brotherhood meeting. He faced possible expulsion but stayed after a three member committee ruled Linton lacked power, causing the league to adjourn and Hart and Anson to restore a quorum. He notes lingering anti league sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hart
New York
Anson
Buffalo
Faile
Hart
Chicago Players’ League
Brotherhood
Jin
Linton
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Clat
East
Iina Grraly
Aseech
Oil City Aims for New York and Pennsylvania League
Special Telegram reports a league meeting set for Meadville to consider admitting Oil City New Castle and Youngstown into the New York and Pennsylvania Baseball League. Efforts focus on leadership and securing managers plus available personnel to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Curaren
Ou Urry
Presient Lindsey
New York and Pennsylvania
Budd Hone
Meadville
Oil City
New Castle
Younstown
Iragne
Fon
Peroumds
Billiard Championship Tournament Planned in City
A meeting of local room-keepers led by George Meyers chose to hold a state billiard championship in the city during the Washington’s Birthday week if Old City Hall is available. Plans include 1100 in prizes, with six or more entries likely, no handicaps, 14 inch balk line on a 10 foot table, and Brunswick & Balke supplying the table.
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Wits City
George Meyers
Brunswick & Balke
Meyers
G. T. Schmitt
Anheuser-Busch
George Mashey
Javeril
Aew
Moyers
Aurprisa McLaughlin
Local Rivalry Ends With Narrow Win
In a recent match Dodda defeated the visiting player by a larger margin than the handicap he received. The local competitor had previously placed third in the last tournament.
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Dodda
High priced dogs attract attention among American fanciers
A Western canine enthusiast notes a flood of high cost imports including English and American bred dogs. He cites records such as £5,500 for Champion St Bedivere, £1,000 for Christopher the collie, and $800 for a pearling pug, with several buyers in Toledo Philadelphia Melrose and Thorndale.
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Illinois
Emmett
Sir. Green
Thorndale
England
St. Bernard
Alton
Moore
Meir Mass
Lady Sneerwell
Mitchell Harrison
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Collie Dock
Christopher
Sears
Grand Prospects for the Spring Race Meet of the Kentucky Association
Entries to the Kentucky Association stakes closed January 15 and publicized today. The nine stakes attract 425 head including Derby winner Riley and other top horses such as Sallie McClelland and Prodigal tion. Purses and grounds have been enhanced with a new grandstand clubhouse and betting shed, signaling one of the era’s premier meets.
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Distator
Lexinevox
Kentucky Association
Sallie McClelland
Miss Bowling
Karen Prade
Balgowan
Hindoocraft
Prodigal Tion
Riley
Helter de Skelter
Robespierre
Royal Pall
Wellsville Fair Association Plans Summer Meeting and Races
Special telegream from Wellsville Ohio reports the Wellsville Fair Association sets a summer meeting for July 4 with purses totaling 2000 dollars. A third annual fair is planned for August 25 to 28 featuring $4000 in speed events and a renowned half mile track with strong stabling near the railroad and Ohio River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsville
Fair Association
Ohio River
Ed Wikke Proposes Quarter Mile Race for 250 Dollars
Ed Wikke challenges Joseph Priddy to a quarter mile race with $250 a side. He promises to beat The Dispatch office Monday evening at a specified hour to formalize the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Wikke
Joseph Priddy
Dispatch Office
Baseball chatter and league moves fill scattered pages
The notes sketch mix of player movements contracts and manager chatter. References include Stricker Farrell Gallin Tucker Byrne Rogers Miller and Gumbert with hints of Boston Chicago and New York clubs. Wisconsin announces two state leagues Northwestern and Wisconsin with listed towns and a monthly salary figure.
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WuHex Iack Johnston
Barment
Huck Ewing
New Yorks
Dickey
IV Neml
Pittsburg
George Miller
Metchinson
Luby
Stein
Pitchera
Farrell
Kittridge
Nagle
Anson
Mieffer
Baer
Horns
Cooner
Wilmot
Jem Field
Hivan
Duffy
Austin Gripers
Champiion
Jem Gibbons
Eltica
Lalath
West Superior
Ashiood
Hurier
Eau Claire
Renee Falls
Winona
la Grosse
Wisconsin League
Marinette
Gsteen Bay
Appleton
Ashkosh
Fond du Lac
Janeerilie
Sheboygan
Jacine
Clipper
A Bank's Mail Stoler Reported in Curiaco
A Northwestern National Bank mail package worth 100000 to 150000 dollars vanished after a bank messenger left part with the post office. A young man at the window claimed possession of the rest and left with no inquiry. The missing letters, later found in a closet, were mostly checks and non negotiables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Northwestern National Bank
Northwestern Bank
Weighing Coal Advocated by Ohio Miners Union
A Special Telegram from Columbus reports the United Miners of Ohio adopting resolutions condemning current coal screening methods. They call for weighing coal before screening and propose a 57.4 cent per ton scale at Hocking Valley, arguing current practices hurt skilled workers and operators alike.
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Col
United Miners of Ohio
Hocking Valley
Notable gas discovery fuels Chicago factory furnaces
Four years after natural gas was found on a Chicago company's premises the flow has strengthened. The plant will use the gas for boiler furnaces henceforth. Reported as genuine natural gas likely linked to the Indiana field, this startup marks a notable first in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuiiaco, Jao
Chicago
Indiana
Salary Bill Sparks Allegheny County Delegation Meeting
The Allegheny county delegation plans to meet Tuesday night to discuss Mr Nesbits salary bill for 18 county officials. It raises coroners pay to 3000 while reducing prothonotary and register salaries, and modestly increasing the solicitor. A conference could yield amendments as debates over county finances and committee resignations unfold.
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Harrisburg
Allegheny County
Nesbit
Pittsburg
D. BR. Jones
Homestead
Monongahela Valley
Bills Move in Harrisburg House to Reform Law and Public Life
In Harrisburg on January 22 the House introduced bills on criminal prevention and detection, mining law revisions, and the governor’s commissions. Proposals include reforming judiciary salaries, setting justice pay scales, and standardizing penalties, with testing for uniformity across states on marriage and probate matters.
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Harrisburg
Fruit
Mercer
Frits
Luzerne
Frast
Limpre
Cochrane
Armstrong
Hines, Mercer
Quigley
Philadelphia
United States
Johnston
Stewart
Allegheny
Morrison
Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Common Pleas
Allegheny County
Old Hutch Withdraws From Speculation Amid Family Pressure
Chicago, Jan. 22. B. P. Hutchinson, veteran head of the Board of Trade, suddenly retires from speculation after his family demands. It is estimated he lost 19 million dollars in 20 years, with fortunes shrinking from 20 million in 1870 to about 1 million today. His son Charles pressed for quiet closing of deals and a conservator to protect the remaining wealth. Hutchinson, a famed yet erratic figure, built his fortune as a shoe dealer and trader, later rising in Chicago and at Gloucester. The family move aims to save the last million, while Hutchinson remains secretive and active in trading instincts despite threats of conservatorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicaco
B. P. Hutchinson
Board of
Hutchinson, Sr
Hutchinson
Hutch
Board of Trade
Massachusetts
Chicago
Gloucester
Old Hutch
Charles Hutchinson
Corn Exchange Bank
New England
Oliver R. Snyder Strongly Backed for Appointed Post
Oliver R. Snyder of Greensburg Westmoreland county has been designated for an appointment as Assistant Chief Clerk in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to succeed A Nevin Pomeroy. He is endorsed by leading Westmoreland citizens including L W Doty Calvin Rayburn and Senator Gerald C Brown and by Democratic newspapers and county delegation to the state convention.
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Harrisburg
Oliver RR. Snyder
Greenspurg
Westmoreland County
Secretary of the Commonwealth
A. Nevin Pomeroy
Chambersburg
Snyder
L. W. Doty
Calvin Rayburn
W. G. Baer
John Kuhns
Gerald C. Brown
Valentine
State Road Commission to meet in Harrisburg to craft reform bill
Harrisburg January 22 The State Road Commission will convene Wednesday to finalize a reform bill for the Legislature. Luzerne county delegates George Johnson and William Fell of Wilkes-Barre urged action on bad regional roads in their complaint to Secretary Ettla.
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Harrisburg
State Road Commission
Ettla
Luzerne County
George Johnson
William Fell
Wilkesbarre
Ohio Farmers Alliance Adopts Broad Resolutions
The Ohio State Farmers' Alliance held a Galion session with 400 to 500 delegates. They approved national and state measures including legal tender notes on real estate, income tax, free coinage, anti futures trading, alien land ownership limits, railroad rate cuts, and lower passenger fares, while pledging action against misrepresentation and corporate stock excesses.
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Cleveland
Ohio State Farmers’ Alliance
Galion
Associated Press
Bite by blue gum Black man leads to death in South Carolina
In Charleston District on January 22, Nimple Brown a prosperous colored farmer from St Matthews Orangeburg County died from a finger bite by a Black man named Tom Simmons a blue gum bite. Coroner Dukes held an inquest with Drs Able and Able attributing Brown's death to the bite. Local Black residents fear the blue gum superstition now spreading terror.
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Charleston
D.C
Nimple Brown
St. Matthews
Orangeburg County
Tom Simmons
Brown
Simmons
Dukes
Able
Grover Cleveland Praises Citizenship Education Effort
The letter stresses teaching colored youths in core years to exercise citizenship duties and urges thoughtful civic training. Cleveland encloses a $23 contribution and wishes success to the patriotic undertaking, urging proper schooling and civic responsibility.
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Grover Cleveland
Confederation Planned by National Labor Alliances
Representatives from Knights of Labor Colored Farmers Alliance National Farmers Alliance and Farmers Union adopt a framework to unite into a single confederation with a St Louis platform as base. Ben Terrill of Texas elected chair G L Gantt of Georgia secretary Joint committees formed five members from each group with voting by membership and authority to admit other bodies by majority vote.
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Washington
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Ocala
Workman Powderly
Ben Terrill
Texas
G. L. Gantt
Georgia
Knights of Labor
Colored Farmers’ Alliance
National Farmers’ Alliance and Farmers’ Union
Citizens’ Alliance
Livingston
Wright
Pennsylvania
Humphries
Wild
Washington City
Aes
Lrd
St. Loui
Joint Committee On Confederation
Surrogate rules Eva L. Hamilton still wife of Mann
Surrogate Ransom ruled Eva L. Hamilton's marriage to Robert Ray Hamilton void and stated she remains the wife of Joshua J. Mann. He found the will execution satisfactory but not proof of Hamilton's death, and awaited witness-examination commission before a final petition ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eva L. Hamilton
Robert Ray Hamilton
Eva
Joshua J. Mann
Hamilton
Straddled State Line Bar Cleared On Kansas City Line
Kansas City Kansas street workers led by Patterson cut and removed the Kansas end of Bill Lewis saloon, leaving the Missouri end intact. The saloon sat on the state line and operated without a license, with Lewis claiming business in the other state until the line was finally fixed yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Patterson
Kan
Kansas
Bill Lewis
Missouri
Lewis
Captain Ocreling Acquitted After Seabird Collision
In Milwaukee on January 22 Captain Ocreling of the Fearless was acquitted of manslaughter in the Seabird collision that caused Reinferdt's drowning. The trial hinged on claims that Ocreling's carelessness led to the fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Ocreling
Fearless
Fshing
Seabird
Vilas and Spooner Nominated for U.S. Senate
In Madison Wisconsin a joint Democratic legislative caucus nominated William F Vilas for United States Senator. The election is set for Tuesday. The Republicans will cast a complimentary vote for Mr Spooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwatekee
Wis
Madison
William F.vilas
Interior
Cleveland
United States
Spooner
Deportation Plan for Chinese Deportees Approved
The Treasury approves a plan by G B Williams for the Southern Pacific to transport Chinese detainees from Seattle or Tacoma to San Francisco by rail and on to Hong Kong by steamer at a set rate. The arrangement includes meals and guards for the journey, with marshals instructed to hand over the detainees to the company and ensure a deputy marshal accompanies them to the steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
G. B. Williams
Southern Pacific Company
Seattle
Tacoma
Wash
San Francisco
Kongkong
Treasury
United States
Montana deadlock in Legislature persists with caucuses
In Helena Montana Jan 22 both legislative parties continue caucusing as Democrats propose a joint 28 Republicans 27 Democrats plan with Democrats to lead the House while Republicans seek a split of other offices and journal expunging. Republicans adjourned the House until Saturday and a compromise is anticipated by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen A. Mont
Weather Map Update Signals Storm Shift Across Regions
A low barometric area stretched along the Mississippi Valley then formed a storm center over Virginia and Maryland. Heavy rains drenched the Middle and North Atlantic States inland to the lake region, with snow spreading from the lakes to Quebec. A high pressure area promises clearing east of the Mississippi as a warm spell and stronger northwest winds shift along the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
Virginia
Maryland
North Atlantic
Lake Region
Boston
Lake Michigan
Quebec
Manitoba
Mississippi
Atlantic
Hatteras
Special Telegrams on Rivers and Weather Patterns
Multiple river readings report levels and trends for Monaant, Banonyaville, Wannen, Cincinnati, Louisville, VILLE, Memphis, Lovuns, Wheeling, and other locales. Conditions are cloudy with temperatures around freezing, some areas showing rising water and others falling or steady. forecasts note light snow, clear and cold spells, and general weather changes.
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Monaant
BnonyaviLe
Wannen
Cincinsati
Dee
Kostiver
Fair and Non Louis Ville
Factions in Colorado await Supreme Court decision
The Denver House met with no quorum and adjourned after seventeen bills were introduced. A Senate recommended Senator Tabor as Colorado’s Commissioner to the World’s Fair. Lawmakers anticipated the Supreme Court ruling but planned to await its decision before acting further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
House of Representatives
Senate
Senator Tabor
Colorado
Supreme Court
The Brazilian Troubles and War Minister Benjamin Constant
M Benjamin Constant, Brazil's Minister of War, died today. Political circles expect ministers to settle the crisis and a satisfactory arrangement to follow. Meanwhile Black Diamond Steel Works on Thirty second street resumed operations after a two week gas shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rro Janeiro
M. Benjamin Constant
Black Diamond Steel Works
Thirty-second Street
North Dakota Senate Race Stumbles Through Ballots
January 22 report from Bismarck notes nine ballots cast for United States Senator without result. Pierce held 19 votes in the last five ballots, Hansbrough 26 in the last two, while Democrats consistently backed McCormack.
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Bismarce
X. D
Pierce
Hansbrouch
McCormack
Exposition Notices Sent by British Government
General Michael Butt Howson explained that Britain does not issue formal invitations for expositions unless organized by Britain. A notice announcing an Exposition at Ellingston, Gen aies was sent to Washington and other governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael Butt Howson
Mississippi
Nower
British Dominions
Ellingston
Genaies
Miraculous Escapes After Quebec Snow Spowalide
Four Champlain street houses beneath the Citadel Cliff were crushed by a spowalide from the Heights of Abraham. Snow covers the three story buildings. about 30 residents escaped death. Nearly 100 men dig out the buried street under 25 feet of snow.
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Quebec
Champlain Street
Citadel Cliff
Abraham
Brief Notes on Pressing News Items
Mrs Andrew Carnegie in New York is declared out of danger. Clara Lavella, famed pianist and composer, dies in Boston. Fire damages Fuensor's Institutes at College Point for 20000 with 4500 insurance. Charles Justin Jones editor of The New York Times funeral occurred in New York. Eight year old Frank Edwards drowned in a Paterson sewer due to flood waters. John Miller, 41, dies in Rochester after an incident described in local notes. Leading Hatters and Furriers at Wood Street and Fifth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Clara Lavella
America
Boston
Fuensor
College Point
L. L
Lebaraga
Maynard
Detroit
Brantford
Charles Justin Jones
New York Times
Frank Edwards
Paterson
N. J
Skiwinik
Eneer
Cui
Rochester
John Miller
Cleveland on Negro Education Letter to Montogmery
Ex President Cleveland replies to Isaac Montgomery of Solivar county Mississippi regarding a school for instruction of colored children. He expresses concern over conditions described and urges improvement through Senate action and organization among the colored population.
Local Society Notes and civic items from the area
The Dunn temperance meeting at the Standard Theater attracted several pledge signers and speeches. A Botanical Society talk covered Linnareus and Kalmen travels with travels of Peter. The Fifteenth Ward Republican club adjourned after a thin turnout and handshakes. A chimney fire near 7 o clock prompted an alarm. Aldenmax Hartman of the Twenty seventh ward had been ill and attended to. A crime famine reported near Pennavenus with no arrests. Oliver Stixson of Halpin Kent Co is a candidate for Gas Eonpenter. The Grocers Association seeks a Sealer of Weights and Measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunn Temperance
Standard Theater
Tocehead Union Choir
Botanical Society
Peter
Linnareus
Horn
H. Wiseman
Aldenmax Hartmax
Sean Han Oliver Stixsox
Halpin, Kent Co
Grocers’ Association
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Onl
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Washingtons
Stricker
Steve Farrell
Darrin
Parstipent Youne
National League
Guy Hecker
Stelnitz
Gunsberg
Igb
Jimmy Gallin
Giants
Masagee Barnte
Baltimore
Storey
Johners
Merald
Chic
D. R. Jones
Mr. Nesbit
Thompson
Jones
Mr. Johnson
Bain
Brooks
Johnson
Cameron
State Revenue Commissioners
Fow
Cotton
Judiciary Committee
Beatty
Committee On Agriculture
Kave
Oliver BR. Snyder
Corr
Buckeye Farmers
Terecial Telegu
Farmers Alliances and
Knights OF Labor IN Council
St. Louis
Mank
Hobert
Messrs. Vilas and Spooner
The
Southern Pacific Railroad
Montana
Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company
the Court House
Pirrssona
Jan
Special Weather Bulletin
North Dakota
Jamaica
J. G Bennett & Co
Wood Street
Fifth Avenue
Waukenphast
Wagner
L. Goldsmit & Bro
Liberty ST
Pittsburg, PA
Piu
Det
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Sim
Ply
Keech
Cash and Credit House
Penn Avenue
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