Eastern League standings and schedule update
Rain yesterday postponed all Eastern League games. Springfield leads with thirteen wins and one loss, followed by Scranton seven and three, Syracuse, Wilkes-Barre and Providence tied four and six, Buffalo rising, Rochester at bottom with two and eleven. Tonight Scranton visits Toronto, Wilkes-Barre at Buffalo, Springfield at Rochester, Providence at Syracuse.
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Springfield
Scranton
Syracuse
Wilkes-Barre
Providence
Buffalo
Rochester
Csescesncrerey Ad
Lessees Ll
Wit
Toronto
Aekenshat
Baseball Notes From Scranton and Nearby Games
Sunday’s Buffalo vs Wilkes Barre game saw Scranton star turn four home runs and a single in five at bats. Local clubs from Springfield to West Side State challenge neighbors on May 25 and upcoming Saturdays at Little Woods ground.
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Battamg
Buffalos
Wilkes-Barre
Pirates
Pittsburg
Walt Il
Springfield
Buffalo
Bisons
Little Woods
Sweeney
Tuffalo
Radford
Luserne Street Stars
Arthur Jealsce
David Stanford
North End Stars
Littl Woods
Lou Davies
Wl Hughes
West Side
Starlights
The
Tribune
Fred Davia
Walter Hughes
Parkhill
Stars
Moses
Clark
T. Thomas
Evans
D. Thomas
Jones
Kelley
Feld
Lyman
Jett
National League Games Shuffle Standings After Rain
Four NL games were played with New York routing Chicago 11 to 1 in Chicago. Cincinnati, Washington, St. Louis and Brooklyn won as Chicago Boston and Cincinnati cling to a second place tie at .600 while Philadelphia rises to fifth and Washington strains for seventh.
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New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Washington
St. Louis
Baltimore
Louisville
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Clarkson
Miller
Lucid
Dalley
McDonald
Terry
Donahue
Rusie
Farrell
Long
P. Ww
Tn EC
Pihdate
Etre
Chicato
Seceenceecenee
Cunginnalh
Cleveland
Del
Lack
Western
Scranton
Easton
Trenton
Philadelpia
Ighamton
Oswego
Elfrath
Dansville
Punt
Buf‘e
Bem
Falo Alpwiest
Binghamton
Eaprees
Cortland
Syracuse
Oswego Uniits
Richield Springs
Ithaca
Bath
Northumberland
Miston
Wilkas- Darre
Plymouth
Bloomsburg
Danville
Minking
Nat Northumberland
Williamsport
Harrisburg
Nanticoke
Pullman
M. L. Smith
City
Lackawanna Avenue
Depot
Carbondale Dominates Shenandoah in Rain-Shortened Clash
In state league play at Shenandoah, Carbondale defeated Shenandoah 21 to 0 after five innings due to rain. Carbondale had 21 runs and 20 hits off Levers, while Shenandoah managed four hits off Fee. Errors were 7 for Shenandoah and 2 for Carbondale. Batteries were Severs and Ford for Shenandoah, Fee and Hess for Carbondale. Rain also postponed other games including Reading at Harrisburg where Reading won 6 to 0 after 9 innings.
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Shenandoah
Carbondale
Levers
Shenandoahs
Severs
Ford
Fee
Hess
President Powers Letter Praises Eastern League Outlook 1895
President P T Powers of the Eastern league writes to Secretary Elmore praising the 1895 outlook. He notes Toronto and Rochester made a good showing on their trip, despite being new clubs and unfamiliar players. He says all teams are evenly matched early in the season and that the league is headed for a very successful year.
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Rochester
Toronto
P. T. Powers
Eastern League
Elmore
Torontos
Diamond Dust Notes and Player Movements
Toronto signs pitcher Mason formerly of St Louis. Providence blames umpire Snyder for feats. Winkleman may be released as extra fielder. Southard, released by Toronto, now plays for Portland Me. Captain Sweeney departs for Buffalo to join Scranton players tomorrow. President Powers was present of the
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Toronto
Mason
St. Louis
Providence
Snyder
Winkleman
Southard
Portland
Sweeney
Buffalo
Scranton
Powers
Local boxing circles urge Judge to gain more experience before top fights
Friends of Scranton lightweight James Juda caution against a finish bout with Mike Leonard or Young Griffo. They note Juda’s inexperience after two pro fights, advise gradual challengers, and praise Leonard’s extensive ring experience as a risk for a young contender.
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Judge
James Juda
Mike Leonard
Young Griffo
Scranton
Leonard
Frothingham
Scranton Boy
Scranton Lad
Timothy Quigley
Charles Woods
Quigley
Philadelphia
Camden
Wheelmen News From Paris to New York Cycle World
Reports mention the term cyclettiqtes for women cyclists in Paris and detail racing notes across the globe. Riders like Ray McDonald near training, John C. Ruckar arriving at Catala after a long English Channel crossing, and L C Wahl breaking a fifty mile road record at Colorado Springs are cited. The League of American Wheelmen weighs professionalism and plans early pro races at Alcyon Park while debating Johnsons professional status and future publicity.
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Paris
Jefferson
Sachtleben
Persia
Ray McDonald
San Francisco
John C. Ruckar
Catala
English Channel
Woolwich
L. C. Wahl
Washington
Mayor Strong
New York
Croton Aqueduct
Westchester
Gideon
League of American Wheelmen Racing Board
John 8. Johnson
Johnson
League of American Wheelmen
Alcyon Park
Pitman Grove
N. J
Puaygme
T. W. Bek
Swede Johnson Aims for Clearance Amid Suspension Case
Trainer Eck expresses confidence that Johnson will be cleared after a suspension case. He says the sole charge was demanding 100 dollars to appear at the Baltimore race meet last year. Eck notes Johnson had other engagements and is in excellent condition training at the Kirk track in Syracuse.
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Eck
Johnson
Baltimore
Kirk Track
Syracuse
Champion Pigeon Shoot at Scranton May 14
The Champion Pigeon Shoot will be held at Scranton Base Ball Park on Thursday May 14. Northeast Pennsylvania crack shots have entered and the event will run all day. Admission 5 cents, grand stand free.
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Scranton Base Ball Park
Pennsylvania
North End Notes and Community Bits from Honesdale
Local notes report visits between William Weston and friends, Blanche Sisco visiting Edne avenue, Court Street repairs underway, Ell Weeks recovering from injuries, and a large gift from a Welsh church lecture. Baseball practice starts for Eureka club, Fenner & Chappell lose a horse and wagon in a streetcar collision, Rev Savage relocates to Mount Carmel, and a Welsh Bap tist tea event features many themed tables and arrangements. Additionally ads note watch repairs by Turnquest and Hood’s remedies for health and coughs.
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William Weston
Honesdale
Blanche Sisco
Dalton
William Itterly
Edne Avenue
Court Street
Hannah M. Morgan
Walls
Eureka Baseball Club
Fenner & Chappell
Main Avenue
Weston Place
Daniel Savage
Green Ridge
Primitive Methodist Church
Savage
W. H. Phillips
D. P., Davis
Charles Thomas
Martha Washington
Thomas Simms
Henry Evans
William Simms
Wales
David Gravel
Thomas Reese
Henry Morgan
David W. Edwards
W. R. Owens
D. A. Evans
Jennie Owens
Gwilym Harris
D. H. Evans
Gregory Sanders
William Pugh
Henry Davis
Daniel Jones
W. F. Davis
Samuel Hughes
EB. B. Reese
Issac Williams
D. G. Davis
DF. Davis
Daniel Morgan
J. J. Owens
Ruth Davis
West Side Board of Trade Elects Officers in Busy Meeting
The West Side board of trade met at St David's hall with President D M Jones presiding. Reports discussed include Scranton Traction funding for paving Jackson Robinson and Ninth streets, possible Round Woods gift, and Luzerne street sewer plans. New members Thomas D Davis Joseph Oliver and M E B Worden elected. officers chosen: Mason president Williams vice president Daniel secretary. a theft at Keene and Thomas store was reported with clocks and jewelry stolen.
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West Side Board of Trade
St. David's Hall
D. M. Jones
Phillips
W. FR. Williams
T. B. Jones
Oliver
T. Fellows Mason
T. Filsworth Davis
D. D. Evans
John Farrel
H. D. Jones
A. M. Morse
C. E. Daniels
Storra
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
South Main Avenue
la 2Erne Street
T. Ellsworth Davis
Luzerne Street
Mazon
Tenth Street
Main Avenue
Thomas D. Davis
Joseph Oliver
M. E B. Worden
Fellows Cemetery
Councils
Council Streets and Bridges
D. J. Evans
Daniels
Entertaining Birthday Party At John Womninger Home
A birthday party at 527 North Hyde Park avenue honoring Miss Lizzie Womninger drew attendees including Grace Thomas Lizzie Thomas Ray Thomas and many others. Refreshments were served and guests enjoyed a jovial time with various social notes and upcoming community activities.
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John Womninger
Hyde Park Avenue
Lizzie
Gertle Lot
Lizzie Thomas
Angel Kerrigan
Annie Hughes
Grace Jones
Ray Thomas
Jennie Matthews
Fredia Baker
Myrtle Allen
Masters Chester Thomas
Sam Baker
Chester Lot
Bennie Allen
Walter Allen
Clarence
Arthur
Harry
Willie Momninger
Robbed His Seven Wives Swindler C J White Detected
Detroit report details C J White a matrimonial swindler and bigamist with ties to Great Britain and four U S states. Brooklyn bride Miss Tomlinson lost 12000 cash plus 3400 more. White vanished then reappeared with a sister-like accomplice. Detectives trace seven wives across Glasgow London Ireland Boston Detroit Chicago and Indiana.
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Jim
Detroit
Mich
Great Britain
Union
C. J. White
Brooklyn
Miss Tomlineon
White
Mira Tomlinsen
White Paid Devoted Attention, and They Were Wedded. Miss Tomlinson
Miss Tomlinson
Ireland
America
Buchanan
Whitney
Glasgow
London
Boston
Chicago
Indiana
Lost Feet on a Wager in Brooklyn
Gustav Stern a 20 year old of Forsyth Street Brooklyn was found dying in St Catherine hospital with both feet lost after an alleged wager on a moving elevated train. He recalled attempting to jump from the car to the platform and was later found with blood and ankle bone fragments on the Myrtle Avenue line. Police verified his statement and believe he was dragged under wheels.
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New York
Gustav Stern
Forsyth Street
Brooklyn
St. Catherine Hospital
Myrtle Avenue
Stern
McNamara
Printing services and watch repairs offered by The Tribune office
The Tribune office promotes printing circulars cards and booklets and offers drop off pickup for clocks and heavy repairs at Turnquest 205 Washington Avenue and 906 Excursion tickets printed at The Tribune office. An endorsement for Burdock Blood Bitters claims cure of erysipelas and scrofula by Louis A. in Laurel Hill Fayette County Pennsylvania.
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Grogers
Tribune
Washington Avenue
Laurel Hill
Fayette County
Explosion on steamboat Unique leaves two dead
On Lake St Clair the New River steamer Unique blew up after a boiler flue cracked, causing an explosion. Engineer George Robinson disappeared overboard, while coal passer Anthony Case died and fireman John Plant was badly burned. About forty passengers were aboard as the vessel towed to Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
Unique
Lake St. Clair
Port Huron
Belle Isle
George Robinson
Anthony Case
John Plant
Wales
Baldwin
Prosecution Planned for Middletown Bank Wreckers
Washington directs United States District Attorney Ing ham of Philadelphia to move against ex President Raymond and his brothers along with ex Director Campbell of the Raymond Campbell Stove Co. The charges include embezzlement and violations of the National Bank Act. The Middletown National Bank failure last year surprised former officials.
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Middletown
Natonal Bank
Washington
Olney
United States
Ingham
Philadelphia
Raymond
Campbell
Raymond-Campbell Stove Manufacturing Company
National Bank Act
Eckels
Kidnapped Negroes for Labor From Louisiana Border
Reports from Quachita county describe farmers near the Arkansas line abducting enslaved African Americans to force labor in Louisiana. Victims are taken across the border, kerb-couflaged, sometimes bound and driven like a flock. Eldorado dispatch notes Judge Smith convening a special grand jury to probe the outrages.
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Louisiana
Little Rock
Quachita County
Arkansas
Union
Eldorado
Born Above the Clouds Ten-Pound Baby on Pike's Peak
Dr Christopher transported by special train to the summit of Pike's Peak to witness the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs John Taggart. The parents reside 12 000 feet above sea level in a section house near timber line. The ten pound newborn is likely a record high altitude birth in the Rockies. The train crew nicknamed the boy Pike's Peak Taggart.
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Cay
Colorado Springs
Colo
Christopher
Pike's Peak
John Taggart
Taggart
Manitou
Rocky Mountains
Countess Marie Leiningen-Westerburg Arrested in Vienna
New York reports Countess Marie Leiningen-Westerburg arrested in Vienna as a procuress. Police say she is the former wife of Frederick Fischel, bookkeeper for Bunham & Hauer, clothiers, who allegedly embezzled $90,000 from the firm and fled to Canada, later brought back to face Ludlow Street imprisonment.
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Vienna
New York
Marie Leiningen-Westerburg
Heidelberger
Marie
Frederick Fischel
Bunham & Hauer, Clothiers
West Third Street
Fischel
Canada
Ludlow Street
New Men at Pocahontas Mines Labor Force Briefly Expands
Roanoke Va May 14 One hundred new men started at Pocahontas Mines enabling the company to produce about half its output. The Richmond Blues arrived to relieve soldiers after ten days on duty while Governor O Ferrall remains on site.
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Governor O'Ferral
Roanoke
Pocahontas Mines
Richmond Blues
Governor O'Ferrall
Poonhontas
Throop Eyes Fire Plug Expansion and Local Sermon
Throop borough council considers delaying fire plug installation as it plans to upgrade firefighting facilities. On Sunday 7 p am pastor Butland of North Malin Avenue Baptist Church, Providence, preached at the local Baptist church. An unrelated note from the Indianapolis Journal mentions a fictional exchange about a constrictor and a cobra in a separate context.
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Borough of
Throop
Butland
North Malin Avenue Baptist Church
Providence
No Secret About It Emulsion Endures For Consumption
Physicians rely on Scott's Emulsion for 20 years as a stable formula using Norway cod liver oil Hypophosphites and pure glycerine. It does not separate or turn rancid unlike substitutes claimed to help consumption and wasting diseases. Scott & Bowne New York markets it through all druggists.
Wreck of a Train Near Carlisle injures Baltimore man
The Dilleburg accommodation on the Cumberland Valley railroad wrecked at White Hill as engine front axle failed while traveling east at about thirty miles an hour. Engineer Relsel of Chambersburg remained in control. Johnson of Baltimore, who jumped from the moving train, suffered a severe hand cut and minor injuries and was taken to Harrisburg hospital.
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Carlisle
Dilleburg
Cumberland Valley Railroad
White Hill
Relsel
Chambersburg
Johnson
Baltimore
Harrisburg Hospital
Central Railroad of New Jersey Timetable and Fare Notes
An old Central Railroad of New Jersey timetable lists trains to Wilkes Barre Allentown Bethlehem Philadelphia and Atlantic City with multiple daily departures. It notes through tickets at the lowest advance rates available from the ticket agent at the station and names H. P Betstyn Jon Poss J. H. Olhausen as general superintendent.
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New York
Newark
Elisabeth
A& Pm
Menchunk
Allentown
Bethleehens Euston
Philadelphia
Philadephiia
Ocean Grove
A. I
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Fortaville
Jeava
Liberty Street
North River
P.m. Bundy
Jadelphia
Natarmina
H. P Betsttn
Jon. Poss
J. H. Olhausen
Hero of Jails In Chains Port Jervis Desperado Arrested
Ben Baker a notorious desperado with a history of forty jails has been confined in Port Jervis jail with a chain and ball since Friday. He previously attacked brakeman John Troy last December over a ride refusal and had converted a barn into an arsenal with multiple revolvers. Officers Phillips and Morse captured him Friday.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Ben Baker
John Troy
Monticello
Gillette
Phillips and
Morse
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Smink
Wiand
Willie
Meany
Keily
President Powers
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Turnquest
Hood
Luce Bros
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Scranten
Daby
Castoria
Mins
Childres
Dewitt
Lacka. Ave
Aunton, PA
Board of Trade
Keene & Thomas
the Tribune
Emerson Owen
Jackson Street
A. BE. Vorhis
Keene
Moses J. Jones
Ponetney
John H. Phillips
Charles Davis
Hampton Street
Mebecca Avenue
J. Archie Jones
Druid Glee Society
St. David's Church
Grace Peck
No. 1
D. Pritchard
Miss Peck
William Hopkins
Edward Hopkins
John Lawson
John Gammon
Will Gammon
Roaring Brook
Robert Marros Lodge
Order
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Garfield Avenue Mission Church
William Jones
Annie Lake
Mary Thomas
Marietta Jones
Jennie Thomas
Rhoda Watkins
Blanche Jenkins
Jennie Williams
West Side Dusiness Directory
Starner
F. W. Son & Co
Tle
J. C. King
Fred Reynolds
North Main Avenue
William D. Grimts
Croft
Pocahontas
Indianapolis Journal
Hoa
Scott & Bowne
N.Y
Moosic Powder Co
Moosic
Rushdale Works
Lafflin & Rand Powder Co.'s
Repauno Chemical Co
Dr. Reeves
Spruce Street
Beranton
Podtteville
Potteville
Ind Allant Easton
Bending
Hirrikbure
Intermediata Pape
H.R
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Birant
WSS
le & W. RR
Pittston
Tl. V
Wiles
Pores
Aspens
H. Wilbur
Pass
Phila
Bethlehem
Delayware and Hudson Railroad
Pontays
Jacksonannn Avenue
Forbondale
Pine
Farview
Waymart
Howen
Albany
Stratoga
Adirondacks
Montron
Wilkes-Re —State
Eee Fally
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Oo i Siami
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Wyoming Valley
Erie Railroad
Hawkey
North Mound
Bai
Taare Y Pranttin St
Weehaw Hen
Eusa
F. Sizuales
Ontario & Western Archasing Tieleus Ansare
Righs Express
J.C. Amerson
Gon
Ag T. Mrcroft
Hero OF
University OF Virginia
Oance
Siirnal Usy
P.O. University of Va
Charlottesville
Vic
John B. Minor
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