Thinks He Has Good Luck Thrust on Him by an Old Priest
Lowry's militia to stop the fight as Kilrain at Baltimore and Sullivan travel south. Secretive preparations, ramped betting, and a large crowd arrival planned. Governors Nicholls Seay and Lowry weigh legal options while rail tickets and telegraph risks loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilrain
Sullivan
Chattanooga
Baltimore
South
Hilrain
Lowry
Louisiana
Queen and Crescent Railroad
St. Charles Street
Leon la Mothe
St. Charles Hotel
New York
Comepany
Barnett
Harding
Police Gazette
Kilrain Heads West with Supportive Cavalcade at Camden
Six hundred local sportsmen gathered at Camden Station to bid Jake Kilrain farewell to his boxing journey. Trainers Charley Mitchell Johnny Murphy and Pony Moore led a party that included New York and Albany journalists and sporting figures as Kilrain prepared for a tough bout. Kilrain appeared calm but tired after a strenuous train ride and tearful parting from his wife, while bettors favored Sullivan but believed Kilrain could surprise if his head stays strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Distatch
Balttmore
Camden
Kilrain
Charley Mitchell
Johnny Murphy
Pony Moore
Jake
Moore
Mitchell
New York
Rt. H. Parker
Hugh Cullom
William O'Neill
James Hill
Albany
Dominick McCaffrey
Billy Madden
Ed Sharkey
Dave Hollins
Bob Turnbull
Olly Wilson
Pat Rooney
Ed Plummer
Sporting Life
London
Mrs. Mitchell
Kilrain and Sullivan Fight Backers in New Orleans Odds Tale
In New Orleans on July 3 betting favored Sullivan while Kilrain backers stayed quiet awaiting bookmakers. Police plan to deploy 200 officers Sunday to maintain order as Sullivan and Kilrain arrive for the match week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sullivan
Kilrain
Boston
Spirit of the South
Queen
Ee Se
Youngen
ES Paewr
Ce Fort
Abila ‘Npnes
Abila Springs
A Priest as a Mascot for Kilrain
A Baltimore telegraph line reports Kilrain on a train to a fight with Smith when a Catholic priest seated opposite him drew surprise and superstition from the crowd. Kilrain, known for superstition, viewed the cleric as a good luck sign on his journey and to the bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bautimore
Kilrain
Pony Moore
Mitchell
English Channel
Smith
Saas
Emmittsburg
St. Louis
Militia Ready for Work In Mississippi Plan
Mississippi Governor Lowry obtains consent from Louisiana and Alabama to allow state troops to pass through their states. Troops are held in readiness to move to a designated point or New Orleans to prevent the Sullivan Kilrain combat from taking place in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abita Springs
St. Tammany
New Orleans
Lowry
Mississippi
Seay
Alabama
Nicholls
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Ernors
Gea
PaTent Jackson, Miss
Sullivan on the Way to New Orleans Boxing Match
John L Sullivan and party pass through Chattanooga en route to New Orleans for a future bout. Sullivan weighs 205 pounds and is reported in excellent condition. He says he will either win or die in the ring as odds of about 5 to 3 favor him locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleaxs
Sullivan
Cincinnati
Hattiesburg
Spanish Fort
Paddy Ryan
Olympic Athletic Club
Barnett
Stevenson
Kilrain
Boye
Grand
Queen and Crescent Road
Chattanooga
New Orleans
Frank Stevenson
Jake
Mitchell
Cumberland
Queen City Hotel
William Taylor
Moore
Eurydice
John Q. Cannon
House of Representatives
Baltimore
Harrison
Baby McKee
Halford
Dr. Scott
Mr. Harrison
John L. Sullivan
Muldoon Geslaris
Ntotalaing Quarters
Ex Sheriff Walker Seeks Lost Loot From Pittsburg Bets
Ex-Sheriff Walker of Youngstown declares financial woes from gaming losses and begins legal action to recover about $1200 from Lawrence J. Washington of Cleveland. He mentions prior bets in Pittsburg and plans further filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Yourist
Columbus
Lawrence J. Washington
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Cleveland Overthrown During Carriage Ride Incident
Ex President Cleveland and companions were jolted when their horse Screwn Eat threw a rider near Bursard's Bay. One person suffered a severe cut but no serious injuries. Cleveland himself continued to Marion after the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganowien
Mass
Cleveland
Bursard's Bay
Joe Jefferson
Marion
Ex-Sheriff Agnew Offered Dead Letter Office Post at $5,000
Wasmorton, July 3. Ex-Sheriff J B Agnew of Forest County Pennsylvania refused the Dead Letter Office superintendent post in the Postal Service. The job would pay five thousand dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnew
Wasmorton
J. B. Agnew
Forest County
Pennsylvania
Mother Murdered and Killer Ends Life in Jersey City
A Jersey City expressman Herman Probst shot his mother at 8 Webster Avenue and, hours later, killed himself. A suicide note urged doctors to examine his and his mother's foreheads, claiming they would be better off dead. Neighbors recalled a tense morning as police entered the bedroom where the killings occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Probst
Mother
Johnstown
Dmefatoh
Jersey Crry
Webster Avenue
Jersey City Heights
Iain McNulty
Policeman &M Donald
Webster Svems
Ferry Street
Charles Meisel
Probst
Sixth Precinct
Captain McNulty
McDonald
McNulty
Probsts
Mrs. Probst
Ames Probst
Kearney Avenue
Jersey
Bearner Avevet
Greenwood Demesny
Mr. Dollard
American Express Cam
Chris
Mr. Herman
East Fourteenth Street
New York City
Math Pecesn Tementne
Butler Portrait Shown at Colby University Dinner
General Butler presented a large oil portrait of himself in army uniform at Colby University commencement dinner in Waterville Mt. He explained his failure to open Dutch Gap was due to fear of rebel vessels reaching the James River and destroying the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby University
Waterville
General Butler
Dutch Gap
James River
Dade
Arrests Made in Marion Election Riot Killings
Four men named John Elias and Burrell Brown and Sam Gilliespie with a brother in law were arrested in St. Louis for the November 1881 Marion Londesdale county Mississippi election riot killings involving seven white victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
John
Elias
Burrell Brown
Sam Gilliespie
Marion
Londesdale County
Miss
Bohemian Diet Election Ends Against German Alliance
July 3 report from Virnnya states voters chose a party opposed to the German alliance in the Bohemian Diet elections, marking a shift away from German-aligned factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virnnya
North Dakota Constitutional Convention Opens in Bismarck
Delegates gather in the capital for the North Dakota convention. Republicans hold a majority and aim to allot one third to Democrats while minority representation stirs debate. Officers likely chosen by caucus, with possible Democratic bolt to influence leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Dell
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Columbia
A. J. Edgerton
Mitchell
Bismarck
President Harrison seen with Woodstock visitors in New York
A special telegraph report notes President Harrison and a party of 30 to 40, including Eliconce W. Bowen, arriving at Grand Central and boarding two drawing room cars for the 10 o'clock express. Cabinet members and a line of New York dignitaries greet them, as the party moves off at 10:03.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
New York
New Yeurs
Tracy
Woodstock
Grand Central Station
New Haven Railway
A. i — F. Shepard
Hoate
Eliconce W. Bowen
Jane
Tnn
Colonel Shepard
Bosstarter
Rena Noble
Noble
Conan McKinley
Will Carleton
Mrn.eton
Justice M Ler
Hiscock
Stewart
Lieutenant Mason
John F. Plummer
James M. Varnum
G Holt
W. E. D. Stokes
Mra. Wilmerding
Sees Brookman
Ethel Moore
Brooklyn
Gates
Rutger’s College
Charles Butler
William Hayes Ward
John F. Salisbury
Wealthy Widower Wins His Second Bride in Elopement
A Maxwell Washington county pair, Mr C E Harmon and Miss Annie Kimberlin, eloped to Louisville and married after Harmon forcibly retrieved his bride from her relatives. They fled to Lebanon by train, with the couple telegraphing Mr Kimberlin that night to announce their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
C. EB. Harmon
Maxwell
Washington County
Anite Kimberlin
Jeffersonville
Mr. Harmon
Attem
Harmon
Sbe
Eos
Bas
Dieters
Lebanon
Mr. Kimberae
Investigation into Dr. Grissom at North Carolina Insane Asylum
Raleigh reports an inquiry into charges against Dr. Eugene Grissom, superintendent of the North Carolina Insane Asylum. Testimony from Mrs. Perkineon alleges immorality linked to the institution and from ex-attendant Edw. concerns about patient care. other testimony focuses on alleged misappropriation of supplies by the superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magene Grianm
Raleigh
N.C. M
J Rateren
Eugene Grissam
North Carolina Insane Asylum
Perkineon
Grissom
Edw
Cevinm
West
Pemneth Roveleterel
Refuge for the Pope in Spain Reported in Valencia
Mapzio July 3 says the government consulted Vatican authorities about the Pope leaving Rome and granted asylum in Valencia after talks with the Queen and ministry. The dispatch notes Spain would provide a safe place if the Pope could travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Mapzio
Vatican
Rome
Sagata
Valencia
Johnstown Flood Efforts Advance as Officials Plan Next Steps
Jones Town July 3 Major Phillips in charge of bridge work mails resignation to Adjutant General Hastings stating tasks near completion and no further service needed after six this evening General Hastings regrets the decision will stay to aid and plans to relieve officers within a week The river clears and more houses are raised as 300 portable homes arrive Officials debate housing leases to aid needy residents while the State Commission prepares funding and distribution plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Major Phillips
General Hastings
McClelland
Corres
JonesTown
Phillips
Hastings
Beginni
Tony Pole
Cummins
Nee
Finance Committee
Pope
Owen Rain
Conrad
McSwican
Flood in Johnstown Destroys Cellars and Floats Houses
July 3 Johnstown reports a rapid rise of the Conemaugh floodwaters washing out cellars in eight houses and submerging Railroad street to a foot. Portable “doghouses” tied with cords to prevent drifting were moved as houses floated 30 feet along the bank. Several residents, including John Karl and Thomas McBride, are named among flood victims and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Woodvale
Conemaugh
E. C. Thomas
Railroad Street
Cambria
John Karl
Thomas McBride
Frank Stein
Alex, Hess
John Hecker
John Ward
Clark
George Bulyon
McSwiecaux
Johnstown Urges Congress Aid To Dredge Conemaugh River
Citizens of Johnstown plan to ask Congress to dredge the Conemaugh and widen its banks with General Hastings backing the move. Samuel Smedley, chief engineer of Philadelphia, will survey the rivers and report to Congress, hoping for federal action after prior relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Congress
Conemaugh River
Stony Creek
Hastings
Citizens’ Committees
Board of Health
Samuel Smedley
Philadelphia
Smedley
Florida
Rain floods Johnstown area dredges debris as searches continue
Heavy rains filled streams and swept debris downstream in Johnstown. Eight bodies were recovered near Cambria City including Sammy Young, a Tribune carrier, and Jane Potts daughter of ex Judge James. Rescue crews cleared wreckage at the stone bridge and Stony Creek bend to speed up the clean up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Cambria City
Margues
Sammy Young
Johnstown Tribune
Frank J L. Bridge
Braddock
Jane Potts
James
Stony Creek
Franklin Street
Dream of Great Disaster Foretold by Johnstown Seer
L McClelland, a former Seventh ward storekeeper, recounted a striking dream of a dam breach causing flooding across the town and houses afloat toward Stony Creek. He shared it with family and friends who called it strange and feared it might come true, as the river rose and destruction grew, with McClelland now working at Red Cross headquarters on Walnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClelland
Adam Huebner
Charles Scott
John Fritz, Jr
Charlies Benford
Walnout Street
The
Red Cross
Fourth of July Sparks in Johnstown Quiet Town
Johnstown on July 3 kept Sabbath like quiet as many households avoided big displays. Yet small boys lit pinwheels and firecrackers with gusto while Major Phillips organized a morning salute. Most work continued as normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Phillips
Secrets Behind the Harper Wheat Corner Unmasked
Chicago creditors seek the hidden backers of E L Harper amid the Fidelity Bank collapse. A Cincinnati interview misstates ties to Standard Oil and John W Lewis, who bought 3,000,000 bushels. Swift says Lewis was a dupe, Harper a rascal, and the scheme planned to ruin the Fidelity Bank before the wheat corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caicaco
Chicago
American Cotton Seed Oil Trust
John W. Lewis
Swift
American Exchange National Bank
Cincinnati
John V. Lewis
Lewis
Harper
Harne Credit
Fidelity Nk
Fidelity Bank
Dayton Firm Joins American Strawboard Trust
Hawes Company of Darrox C Delivers all property mills and goodwill to the trust headed by O C Barber President. Six million dollar stock. Fifteen mills in America are in the deal leaving only five small mills and about 300 tons of strawboard remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
American Strawboard Company
Darrox
Hawes, Company
O. C. Barber
B. O
America
Deal
Youths Touched Live Wire Tragedy in Columbus Crowd
In Columbus a group of young men gathered when one dared another to touch a hanging electric light wire. He was pulled up, fell unconscious, and another man named William Frost attempted to aid him and accidentally touched the live wire, leaving one dead and another unconscious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Columbus
William Frost
Wright Defaulter Tonti Order Faces Surety Refusal
Special telegram from Philadelphia reports on February 18 the supreme officers of the Order of Tonti learned Treasurer George W. Wright was deeply in the red. Wright offered fifty thousand dollars of stock from the International Etching and Publishing Company to cover the deficit, but surety firms declined to settle after three months of silence. The order’s leaders debated whether to accept or declare Wright a defaulter, ultimately delaying action and risking the organization’s ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Order of Town
Wright
Philadelphia
Tonti
George W. Wright
International Etching and Publishing Company
Pace
Seaiae
Wheeler
Wheeler, Iller Burkherdt Suepreme
Wes Wright
Cocbeaveen
Liew
Cnsh
Supreme Council
Joss
Ae Ee
Order of
Tenti
Murderer Identified in Clark Robbery and Slaying
Martin Foy alias Dirty Eddy, already serving an eight year Joliet prison term for burglary, is linked to the winter murder and druggist robbery of Clark. Identification came through witnesses in a Chicago burglary case and corroborating testimony from Cowlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Curiaco
Martin Foy
Dirty Eddy
Clark
Joliet Prison
Hoe
Wheaton
Robert Ransell
Foy
Russell
Chicago
Lochinvar Elopement Ends in Fatal Shooting
Special telegram reports a man named Ames who eloped with a 15 year old girl from Lochinvar New Mexico. They fled west and were found injured in Waco Texas with two gunshot wounds to the back. The girl is identified as Ada, age 15, and the man is believed named Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ames
Waco
Tex
Oon Lochinvar
Ames
Ada
Jrout
Icon of Youth
Amos
Amateur detective betrays burglars in Taney County
James H. Deming, an amateur detective from Taney County, joined two men named Coombs and Hockstill in a burglary plot at a store in Ozanx Missouri. He alerted the sheriff, drawing a posse that surrounded the location. The ensuing gunfire wounded three members of the posse as the burglars shot back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozanx
James H. Deming
Taney County
Coombs and
Hockstill
Dennis
Tlley
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John L
Beltimorens
Jamieson
Mississippi Rangers
Sronx City
Oregon
Goene
Deer Park
Mary
Dis
Clara
Herman
Ben Butler
Dary
Medtley
MR. Bowen
Dynamiter Phillips
Judge Cummin
Mr. McClelland
L. McCleland
Johnst
Harper's
Order of Tents
MR. Wright
Lochinvar
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