Unrest in Baseball Circles and Local Club Discord
A review of recent sport gossip outlines turmoil in the national associations and the Pittsburgh club’s board split over signing players. It notes critics accusing the Association of trying to capture Chicago and Cincinnati, with Pfeffer and Phelps personalities shaping the debate. It also covers trotting highlights, boxing talk around McAuliffe and Corbett, plus critique of Pat Killen’s latest controversial fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcontents and Thunderbolts
Tovenates
Chicago
Traiters
Wreckers
Cincinnnati
Cincinnati
National League
Boston
Citizion
Gate
Association
Crenest
Chicati
Pfeffer
Iahae
Priefer
John M. Ward
Pfefer
Sotier
Putentiaus
Conesit
Pfetlers
Pieter
Phelps
Bosh
Boston American Association
Boston Club
Hotel Duquesne
East End
Trrmnastic Club
Lexington
Depew on the Train Aafter Dinner Interview
Chauncey M. Depew speaks on after dinner preparation and mind work while riding a New York Central train to Pawling. He explains reading Macauley to shift thinking, his fast writing, and his view of Gladstone and the Prince of Wales, noting his busy schedule and opinions on public speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawling
New York
New York Central Railroad
Mr. Depew
Macauley
Glastone and Conkling Versatile political minds discussed
In an extended interview Mr Depew recalls Gladstone’s mastery across politics art and music and praises the young German Emperor’s strength and independence. He compares Gladstone and Conkling as eloquent figures and recounts Lincoln era wartime politics and Bismarck’s clash with the Emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Mr. Depew
America
England
Edward Evrerett
Daniel Webster
Roscoe Conkling
Mr.Gladstone
President Lincoln and Ganson Laugh at Shave Request
The account recalls a White House meeting where Ganson urged Lincoln for confidential plans. Lincoln quips, Why not shave, revealing the plainspoken humor of the era. The scene moves to Pawling with Depew meeting his family, ending with Lincoln’s hearty laugh echoing as he departs New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depew
Lincoln
New York
Washington
John Ganson
Congress
Ganson
White House
Republican Party
Union
Gans
Abraham Lincoln
Pawling
Mr. Depew
G. Carpenter
Sid
Break of a Prisoner Who Objected to a Judge's Talk on Clothes
A long-winded Dispatch column recounts Buncombe County North Carolina scenes and a misread encounter with a Chicago publisher named Skeezix. The narrator recalls bunko and clothes, a Christmas-bells chase, and an old-time museum visit with ribald humor and sharp social observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North Carolina
Broadway
Cits
Buncombe County
N. C
Grave telling in China selects final resting place
In China the practice of grave telling uses astrologers and divining rods to select burial sites. Clients pay for diagrams and prayers as grave-tellers guide land choice, often choosing multiple sites and arranging with landowners and authorities before death. This ancient custom remains widespread and culturally influential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
William E. S. Fales
Orient
Alka Marsh
Across the Equator by Steamship Monowal Ocean Diary
A Pacific crossing diary from Aug 12 describes Honolulu stops July 31 and a landing at Auckland on the way to Sydney. The writer details scenery at Poli crater, Samoan visits, crossing the line ceremonies led by Neptune, amusements aboard, and a vivid note on a baby named Philip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Ocean
Sydney
Auckland
Tropics
United States
Honolulu
Kentucky
Largest Plank In The World From Ancient Red Wood
A red wood plank measuring 16 feet 5 inches wide 12 feet long and 5 inches thick is cited by the M W Lumberman as the largest on record. Cut from a 35 foot diameter 300 foot high tree over 1 660 years old the plank came from near the heart to the bark. The heartwood section was removed 28 feet high then moved by block and tackle powered by a locomotive. Porlor furniture reupholstered Haver Keenan 33 Water Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Copperfield
Soodoo
Eva Hamilton
Mary
Queen of Scots
M. W. Lumberman
Boulanger Admired in Eye-Witness Interview Row
In a St Louis interview, Phillip Bovisse recalls Boulanger’s alleged habits and a longtime stigma. Bovisse says an aide claimed Boulanger drank absinthe nightly and champagne at dinner, smoked heavily, and used chloral and morphine. He notes a prior suicide mark from 30 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Bovisse
Boulanger
St. Louis
Italy
Solferino
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The
American Association
Jack Wayliffe
Corbett
Pugilian
Zach Phelps
League
Itell
Moe
Lessue
McGunnigle
Pittsburg
O'Neil
Nancy Hanks
Allerton
Mnare
Independence
Delmarch
Steel
Coatnea
Maud
Lord Hawke
Philadelphia
Jack McAuliffe
Academy of Music
McAuliffe
Gibbons
Jimmy Carroll
Carroll
Jem Carney
Dick Burge
Fnet
Gibbon
Austin
Myer
Andy Bowen
Maher
James J. Corbett
San Francisco
Jim Daly
Daly
Pat Farrell
Billy Madden
Billy
Gus Lambert
Madden
Charley Mitchell
F. P. Slavin
Slavin
Mitchell
Jackson
Pat Killen
Bob Ferguson
Killen
Ferguson
Sullivan
Pringle
Chauncey Depew
Whever
New York Central
Rts
Gland
France
Duval
Joe Jefferson
Wendell Phillips
Aple
the Prince OF Wales
Prince of Wales
Europe
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Bismarck
Mr. W
Jians
McMahon Bros
Fourth Avenue
BUNKO
Bill Nye
Freaks OF A Dime Museum
Scribners
Remington
Mr. Skeezix
Skeezix
Mr. Skeesix
East
Garibaldi
Tod
Robert P. Porter
Equator
Australia
Monowal
Neptune
Poli
Adirondacks
Alleghenies
Rockies
Totailla
Father Neptune
Dleman
Heston
Hennie
Philip
Reston
Septune
Reenie
Littl
Sard
Ashe
Cane
Porlor Furniture
Haver & Keenan
Water Street
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