Their Western Trip May Include a Tumble Opinion on Graded Salaries
Discussion of Boston’s strong advantage over the home team dominates the page. It notes Mr Nimick and others sending opinions to President Young about graded salaries. The rest lists daily games in the American and International leagues with matchups such as Narrox Pittsburgs at Indianapolis and Chicago at Cleveland.
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Narrox
Pittsburgs
Indianapolis
Chicagos
Cleveland
Philadelphias
New York
Washingtons
Boston
Amenican Association
Louisvilles
Baltimore
St. Louis
Philadelpha
International League
Torontos
Buffalo
Londons
Hamilton
Detroit
Syracuse
Toledos
Rochester
Eastern Clubs Begin Western Tour in East West Series
The article previews the Eastern clubs first Western trip, focusing on Boston’s slugging strength and pitching gaps, Clarkson and Radbourne in form, and Philadelphia and Pittsburg prospects. It notes Boston’s likely tough home stretch, Phillies’ weaker current form, and the broader schedule of 16 home games amid long road trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Philadelphias
Ienee
Oie Ya
Jors
Bostons
Philadelphia
Phillies
Yorks
VERY EASY WINNERS. STANDARDS DEFEAT THOMPTONS IN a rough game
The Standards beat the Thompsons in a Saturday game highlighted by Mason's pitching and hitting. Errors plagued the Standards despite Mason's strong effort as batting and defense misfired for both sides in a tense matchup.
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W. R. Thompsons
Mason
Fimen
Felding
Cincinnati Nine Defeats Brooklyn at Ridgewood Park
The Cincinnati nine earned their first win over the Brooklyns at Ridgewood Park in Brooklyn. Keenan Collins Smith and Reynolds stood out with strong work, while Lovett and Duryea pitched for the Reds in a 4 to 6 scoreline against the Brooklins.
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New York
Cincinnati Nine
Brooklyns
Ridgewood Park
Brooklyn
Keenan
Collins
Smith
Reynolds
Uvncosnecsis
Base Hills
Brooklins
Cincinnatis
Friars—Brookxique
Lovett and
Duryea
Browns Beat Athletics in Gloucester Game
The St. Louis Browns defeated the Athletics at Gloucester in a rough game with wild pitching and uneven play. Final score shows St. Louis ahead by several runs as the visitors capitalize on miscues.
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Philadelfer
St. Louis Browns
The
Athletics
Gloucester
Ear
Muth
Sl.louis
Ree
St. Louis
Roannsbeetien
Vasistas Wins Desperate Grand Prix de Paris Derby
In Paris on June 16 bay colt Vasistas won the Grand Prix de Paris by one length from chestnut Pourtant with Aerolithe third. There were 13 starters and the betting favored Vasistas at 5 to 1. Maypole showed nerves before the start, and Malgré a sprint to the lead, Ventrebleuthe led early before the final stretch where Vasistas and Pourtant took control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasistas
Pourtant
Aerolithe
Ase
Phtege Hlegethon
Frison
Way Ind
Phlecethup
Asistas
Karan
Minthe
Maypole
Reds Sign Hosted New Pitcher From International League
Cincinnati signs Hosted a young pitcher from London Ontario's club now in Gloucester New Jersey. He is to join the Cincinnati club Monday for a deferred game against Brooklyn but will not start against Byrne's team. He is a mystery until a trial inning confirms his readiness.
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Cincinnati
New York
London
Ontario
Gloucester
N. J
Cincinnatis
Byrne
Newarks
Brooklyns
Boston sports backer Jim Keenan dies at home
Jim Keenan, renowned backer of Jake Kilrain and one of four sponsors for John L. Sullivan, dies at his Somerville home after an illness. He owned a Portland Street law office called The Police Gazette Exchange and reportedly cleared $15,000 to $20,000 yearly from the bar profits.
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Dispatch
Boston
Jim Keenan
Jake Kilrain
Somerville
John L. Sullivan
Ae Sullivan
Ae Beein
Leenan
Kilrain
Jake
Keenan
Portland Street
Police Gazette Exchange
Opinion on Classification Rule Divides League Leaders
President Nimick and others send views on Brotherhood demands to President Young. Nimick favors no major change but open to discussion. Cleveland Indianapolis share Nimick stance. Young has letters from league presidents and Day of New York supports change. Kent Young says unions will not be agitated or meet soon with no new discussion planned.
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Nimick
Brotherhood
Young
Cleveland
Indianapolis
League
Messrs. Day
New York
Pal of Chi
Kent Young
Norwich Boxer Arthur Upham Seeks Quigley Match
Arthur Upham, Connecticut middleweight champion from Norwich, visits the Police Gazette office to respond to Quigley’s challenge. He proposes a catch weigh contest with no limit on weight or backer wagers, to be held within four to six weeks, at any venue Quigley selects, with the wager around 1000 dollars. He states he will meet Quigley anywhere he names if the terms suit him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Upham
Connecticut
Norwich
Johnstown
Police Gazette Office
James ‘Es Yof Wassucer
New York
Miles of
Quigley
Artic
Wheeling Baseball Club Seeks Local Talent
President Howell of the Wheeling Baseball Club visited the city to recruit a local pitcher and catcher. He did not name the players sought, citing ongoing negotiations. The club faces pitching weakness and a strained condition.
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Howell
Wheeling Baseball Club
As Good as Ever Official Turf Guide receives copy
Goodwin Bros' Official Turf Guide Number 8 is received at this office and found equal to its predecessors in all respects. It is urged that every person interested in affairs should have a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin Bros
Frat Troing Trots to Faster Trot Record
Terre Haute June 11. White Stocking raced to a mile in 2:23 and then another swift mile, aiming to beat the 2:16 state record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Havre
Canton Cantons Defeat Hamilltons In Narrow League Win
Tri State League action at Canton sees Cantons prevail 1 to 0 over the Hamilltons. Pitching and defense dominate as Cantons record a low scoring victory with timely hits and solid fielding.
Want Gerhardt
New York June 11 Harry Wright seeks contact with Joe Gerhardt of the Jersey Citys. Gerhardt has done great work this year. Rails Stopped Them. Courtins O June 16 The Columbus Kansas City game ended in the third inning due to rain with Columbus leading 4 to 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Want Gerhardt
New York
Harry Wright
Joe Gerhardt
Jersey Citys
Gerhardt
Rails
Courtins
Kansas City
Columbus
Pure Rye Whisky and liquor ads mix with political note
An OCR fragment shows multiple whiskey brands such as Pure Rye Whisky from Gibson and Guckenheimer, Export varieties, and Old Cabinet. It includes prices, quarts, mentions of brandy, cigars, silk goods, and a Prohibition stance urging votes against the saloon. A public address by Hon. sE tenty at Grand Opera House is referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esas Guckenheimer
Tees Guckenheimer
G. W. Schmidt
Four Thousand Lost in Flood, Reliable Data Claim
Colonel Rogers reports 3 000 to 4 000 lives lost in the May 31 flood with 25 000 survivors accounted for across six boroughs. Census and directory figures used to refine estimates, with adoption efforts for orphans and a list of bodies recovered up to the evening report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Johnstown Bureau of Information
Jounxst
South Fork
John Rogers
Philadelphia
Bureau of Information
Hastings
Charles B. Clark
Altoona
Hood
Thave
Clark
Demon of Insanity Hits Town After Flood
In Johnstown on June 16 a flood survivor on Main Street began undressing in public. The man resisted efforts to help him, kicking and shrieking, and was eventually restrained and locked up. He is expected to be sent to Dixmont for treatment.
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Dent
Johnstown
Main Street
Dixmont
Mother’s tragedy drives woman to madness after flood loss
In Johestown a flood claimed three Rowland children, all girls, while three others, two boys and a girl, survived. The mother, Eila Rowland, overwhelmed by bereavement, has gone mad and is under care after being taken from the scene by friends.
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Pabekeersburg
George Rowland
Rowland
Eila Rowland
Johestown
Peculiar Inquiries Fill Johnstown Information Bureau
From Johnstown June 16 the Bureau of Information under Colonel John Q. Rogers receives hundreds of letters daily. Many requests are pathetic or nonsensical, including photos of missing relatives and business ads. Readers seek dam descriptions, policy details, and even rescuing General Hastings from command.
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Information Bureau
Johnstown
Bureau of Information
John Q. Rogers
Pittsburg
Johnnstown
Iion
Aman
Rockingham
N. C
Philadelphia
Hastings
Paul Revere
McConnellsburg
General Hastings
General Hasting
McSwiGan
Lost Eight of TARIA Members in Johnstown Flood
A Johnstown meeting of the United American Mechanics reports seven drowned and one missing after a flood. Names include W. H. Carter Morrellville Edward Barker Woodvale William Beck Kernville Harry C Keedy Kernville Lincoln Rhodes Kernoville Frank Wheat Johnstown George Hammer Moxham and Fred Ream Conemaugh. Bodies known: Wheat and Hammer. Committee to continue inquiry at Wednesday gathering.
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United American Mechanica of
Johnstown
Corhex
Jobnstown
Order of United American Mechanics of
Johnstown and
Seventh Ward
Order
Ciset
W. H. Carter
Cambria Tron Company
Cinder Street
Millville
Edward Barker
Morrellville
William Beck
Woodvale
Harry C. Keedy
Kernville
Lincoln Rhodes
Kernoville
Frank Wheat
George Hammer
Moxham
Fred Ream
Conemaugh
Wheat
Hammer
Hiram Young
Cornell
J. L. Hite
McSwican
Red Cross Consolidation in Johnstown Tent Hospitals
On June 16 Johnstown reports the Red Cross plans to consolidate three existing hospitals into one general medical department housed in large tents on a hillside past the Seventh ward school. Worded delays stem from difficulty securing tents from the Washington Quartermaster General. A wooden hospital building may be erected if tents are not provided today. At Kernville hill the hospital holds two cases measles and erysipelas. Nurses are arriving from Bellevue Hospital New York and Florida to assist.
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Johnstown
Red Cross Association
General Medical Department
Seventh Ward School House
McKnight
Washington
Association
Kernville Hill
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Florida
McSwigan
Colonel Watt Named Quartermaster of Fourteenth Regiment
Colonel Thomas E. Watt district passenger agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad at Pittsburg is appointed Quartermaster of the Fourteenth Regiment. He succeeds R. C. Patterson who is relieved and has gone to Pittsburg. Watt served in the Sere ters Department during the war and earned distinction for transporting troops along the Pennsylvania line.
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JouNstTown
Thomas E. Watt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
R. C. Patterson
Sere Ter
McSwiean
Young Moyle Seizes Store. Family Feud Ends With Arrest
At 66 Federal Street Allegheny officers found William Moyle Jr in control of his father’s shop after barricading the building and a clash with Roundsman Wilson. Moyle and an accomplice, Thompson, were taken to the Allegheny station. The elder Moyle had pressed embezzlement charges previously, now pending before Alderman McMaasters.
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Wilson
Allegheny
William Moyle
Federal Street
Shiels
Offcer Wilson
Mr. Moyle
Lieutenant Shields
Moyle
Allegheny Station
Thompson
McMaasters
Relic furniture pulled from Ohio River after Johnstown disaster
A bureau top recovered from the Ohio River at Letart contained two small drawers a portrait of a child and a pocket book with 1215. The items were retrieved by boys and are held for identification as part of Johnstown disaster relics.
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Ohio River
Parkersburg
Johnstown
Letart
Daughters of Liberty Officers Aid After Flood Death
In Jonxstows on June 16 officers of the Order of the Daughters of Liberty assist the family of Lydia White who was drowned in the flood. White, a key member of Lady McMillan Council No 21, resided at Woodvale and her body has been recovered.
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Jonxstows
Order of the Daughters of Liberty
Lydia White
Lady McMillan Council
Woodvale
Mia
Alice Brownhill
Cas
Lass April
Catarrh and Pee Institute For
Cenana Desgugate
Alice A Iy
Official list of South Fork members verified
An anonymous letter to the Dispatch publishes a list of the 61 South Fork Fishing Club members. An official review confirms the list is alphabetically arranged and accurate, though delivered anonymously via ordinary mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
South Fork Fishing Club
Dispatch
Johnstown
Pittsburg Dispatch
South Fork Club
South Fork
Pittsburg
Clearing House Exchanges for Week Ended June 15 1889
Boston dispatches show the gross exchanges for the week ended June 15 1889 from major clearing houses. Rates indicate percentage change from the same week last year, with figures compiled by managers across several cities.
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Boston
Gettysburg Monument Commission to meet in Harrisburg and Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Monument Commission ers announce a Harrisburg meeting with regimental association committees not yet availing state monuments funds. They will reconvene in Gettysburg on June 21 to discuss arrangements for Pennsylvania Day observances on September 11 and 12.
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Gettysburg Monument
Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Weather Summary for the City Day
The United States Sky Service reports a mean temperature of 78 degrees with a maximum of 83 and a minimum of 67 for the day. Further details were not provided in the readable text.
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United States
Sk Bervice
Cerin
Thar
River Telegr ams Report Varied River Levels
River stages at multiple points show different readings with falling water levels. Reports include Anankss River at 2 and 110 feet, Moxalstown at 7 feet 6 inches, Brownsville at 10 feet and clear weather, each noting conditions and temperatures.
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Spectal Telegnama
Dispatch
Moxagastown
Brownsville
B and O adds daily Pittsburg to New York train with sleepers
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad introduces an extra daily service from Pittsburg departing at 6 P M reaching Philadelphia at 7 45 and New York at 10 45 A M with Pullman palace sleeping cars attached.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Sermon Against Prohibition From New Jerusalem Church
At New Jerusalem Church Allegheny Pa the sermon argues against civil prohibition of spirituous liquors. It defends moderate use of wine as a blessing from God and criticizes laws forcing abstinence. It warns that prohibition fails to address inner will and may erode respect for law.
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New Jerusalem
Isabella and
Sandusky Streets
Allegheny
Matthew Xy
Two Sides to Every Question Prohibition Debate Tonight
A 19th century item notes a prohibition debate at Old City Hall on June 17 with admission free. Senta reserved for ladies, music by the Great Western Band. Also announces a New Express Train to New York and Pullman palace sleeping cars, plus local ads for ginghams, whisky, and fashion fabrics.
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Old City Hall
Great Western Band
Sunday duty limits draw Army leaders’ mixed reactions
Washington reports President Harrison’s order to reduce Sunday work in the army gains broad support among soldiers while generals Sherman and Sheridan oppose changes. William Walter Phelps is highlighted as a possible Berlin minister as Fussell Harrison’s influence grows. The piece discusses precedents from Lincoln and Washington, the Breckenridge view on soldiers’ rights, and anticipated leisure from new Sunday routines.
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Harrison
Sherman
Sheridan
William Walter Phelps
Berlin
Fussell Harrison
Washington
Lincoln
Redfield Proctor
John Wanamaker
Shermen
Proctor
Lincolln
Phelps for Minister to Berlin Rumor
A June telegram to The Dispatch hints that William Walter Phelps may be named Minister to Berlin after Murat Halstead’s rejection. The State Department official source suggests foreign chatter, tied to his role as chief U S Commissioners and his favorable reception among correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wouen
State Department
Tis
United States
Russell Harrison Influence Reported in Consulate Case
Washington June 16 A circulating story claims Russell Harrison used his influence with the administration to block a consul appointment. A veteran applicant allegedly had a commission signed by Blaine, then Russell Harrison halted the process by asserting a promise to a Pittsborg classmate Wynne Sewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russell Harrison
Blaine
Italian Fund Drive Meeting in Pittsburg Cathedral Basement
Italian residents of Pittsburg and nearby areas met in St Pauls Cathedral basement to raise funds to build or buy a church. Joseph Cuneo acted as pre officer and formed a 20 member committee to collect contributions. About 2000 dollars has already been subscribed. A second meeting is planned next Monday and a new committee will be appointed.
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Pittsburg
St. Paul's Cathedral
Joseph Cuneo
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Demon OF Insanity
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