Dope on the Jeffries Simmons Fight Heats Up Brooklyn
The Silver State reports confidence returning to boxing fans as New York politics and police interference rumors swirl around the Simmons Jeffries heavyweight title bout. Bets tilt toward Pilasimmons with Jeffries backers promising a stronger showing since Asbury Park training. Jeffries weighs 208 pounds and trains with Billy Delaney as managers and promoters prep for the Coney Island bout with officials and railroad interests noted in attendance.
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New York
Devery
Pitt
Simmons
Brooklyn
United States
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
California
Sieffries
Asbury Park
Jefferies
Billy Delaney
Suecreme
Tommy Ryan
Jack Jett l Riet
Jim Daly
Jersey City
Martin Dowlings
Coney Island Boulevard
Pittsinmons
Ber
Julian
May
George Stler
Vitaaimmons
Bath Beach
Coney
After the boodlers in City probes and admissions
Assembly investigates municipal practices as Gouverneur Henson absent. Maws reports 3461 grand jury complaints 247 dismissed, 2001 indictments viewed with DA consent. Secretary on stand says his civil service prep school gave no advance information to candidates.
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New Youlk
Gardiner
Assembly Committee of
Henson
Maws
Grand Jury
OP Philipe
Municipal Service Communion
Eure
Menominee and St Paul Mallway Company Formed
Hy The Silver Brute's Leased Wire reports Menominee Michigan June 9 the Menominee and St Paul Mallway Company organized today with capital stock of 1,000,000 to build a railroad from Menominee to St Paul, a distance of about 100 miles. The incorporators...
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Menominee
New York
L. A. Hankey
Howard Lockwood & Company
Roland TB
Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Silver State
London
Lewes
Form
L. Rieff
Rieff
Iron Workers in St Louis Stage Citywide Strike
At Union Labor headquarters in St Louis, architectural iron workers and shopmen announce a strike by night. Ten shops already idle with eight hours work and parity in wages demanded. workers have long labored ten to thirteen hours daily. Backed by the Federation of Labor, others in Northwestern Iron Works and Excelsior Wire Rope Works expected to join tonight.
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Btlree
ST. Louis
Union Labor
Architectural
Northwestern Iron Works
Excelsior
Federation of Labor
Bland Very Ill in Lebanon With No Change
Leased wire report from Lebanon states P Bland remains alive at 9 A M in a stupor since yesterday morning. Brother Jude Bland arrived. Doctors refuse to specify the illness while relatives fear paralysis or brain congestion. No hope for recovery or even consciousness.
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Lebanon
P. Bland
Jude
Bland
Commission Is Appointed to Study Panama Canal Route
Washington June 9 The President named a commission to determine the most feasible and practical canal route across the Isthmus of Panama. Members include Rear Admiral John G Walker Samuel Pasco Alfred Noble Geo Morrigson Peter Haine Wr H Bure Oswald Ernat Lewis M Haupt Emory R Johnson and others.
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Washington
Isthmus
Panama
John G. Walker
U. S
Samuel Pasco
Florida
Alfred Noble
Utinola
Geo
Oswald Ernat
Lewis M. Haupt
Pennsylvania
Emory R. Johnson
Train Derailment Near Granview Kills and Injures Dozens
Kansas City dispatch reports a derailment of train No. 4 on the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf line two miles south of Granview Missouri during a heavy rain. Forty eight passengers were seriously injured, several fatally, with victims from Missouri Arkansas Kansas and Michigan. Rescue, hospital transfer, and an investigation followed as rails were spread by a damaged roadbed. The wreck occurred on a curve in woods, and fire and dangerous exit conditions complicated evacuation. The scene drew rapid relief efforts and updates through the morning.
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Silver State
Kansas City
Pittsburg
Gulf
GB. Chandler
Jaydon
B. C. Duffy
Fort Smith
Ark
Dufy
Vernon Bigler
Maste Amsterdam
J. M. Horne
Kas
FP. R. Brown
Cleveland
LV. C. Moore
Mra
Frank Down
Charles F. Haines
Charles PF. Haines
W. & McGraff
Blair
W. A
Euvell Stoker
Drexel
Melville Stoker
Rockwall
Cranview
Granview
Brown
Business Ways of the Trusts Inquiry Reveals Oil Firms Ties
Testimony from ex Ohio Senator Theodore F. Davis before the Industrial Commission details Standard Oil control over producing areas and rail and pipeline discrimination. Davis describes price manipulation, district losses charged to buyers, and efforts to suppress competitors. Fellow refiner T A Westgate testifies that Standard Oil cut prices in New York and Philadelphia to strangle new entrants, while journalists note rival attempts to mimic brands and the uneasy fate of smaller firms.
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Washington
Theodore F. Davis
Ohio
Industrial Commission
Marietta
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company
Davis
Standard Company
Consignees
Phillips
Mr. Davis
T. A. Westgate
Titusville
Pure Oil Company
New York
Philadelphia
Standard
General Otis to Command Volunteers in Manila Regiments
Cabinet debates enlisting skeleton volunteer regiments in Manila and drafting they into service. General Otis would gain authority to select officers and form a nucleus of veteran, climate familiar troops to lead the force, with plans to muster out volunteers long enough to recruit replacements.
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Bikver Beate x
Washington
Manila
Lhase
Otis
Wrecked off Farallones Arrives After Four Days At Sea
Captain P. Jansen and six crew members of schooner Edward Parke reached San Francisco in a small boat after four days adrift. On June 6 at 4 A.M. the ship began leaking. pumps kept water at bay until noon when they abandoned ship. Instruments and provisions were stored aboard small boats prior to escape.
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Jansen
San Francisco
Gray's Harbor
Silver State
P. Jansen
Edward Parke
Regent Phelps near death after tandem accident
San Francisco June 9 Hon Timothy Guy Phelps chairman of the UC Regents lies near death at his San Carlos home from injuries after being struck by a tandem bicycle on Sunday May gith. Comatose and failing, doctors fear no recovery unless improvement occurs soon.
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San Francisco
Timothy Guy Phelps
Board of Regents
University of California
San Carlos
Personal mentions and events across ports and towns
Will C Gibson of Portland is at the Lafayette. James Bateman Jr arrived from the east on No 4. C H Wilbur left for Denio. W Hedrick a Salt Lake miner left by morning train for the west. J C Robbing of Remington Typewriter Co is in Winnemucca. Rev Hawm will visit Paradise for Sunday services. Amos Hardin, son of Col Hardin, arrived from San Francisco. Mise Ora Ford of Colusa Cal arrived from Eureka after eight months with Dr W L Samuels’ sister. The pupils of Rose Gardner’s class at the public school held an entertainment for parents and the public with songs recitations and dialogues. Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias Domain of Nevada met at Reno in Amily Pythian Castle. Annual reports were referred to committees.
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Dorie
Orient
Honolulu
Associated Press
Dave
Jane
U. S
Phil Adelphia
Samoa
Mare Island
Kautz
Malietoa Tanu
Matania
Dau
Malletoa
Cenge
Te Comm'snion
Apia
Navy Department
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Gunsdale
Monaghan
Manila
Will C. Gibson
Portland
Oregon
Lafayette
James Bateman Jr
C. H. Wilbur
Denio
W. Hedrick
Salt Lake
Hawm
Paradise
Amos Hardin
Col. Hardin
Humbohit
Mise Ora Ford
Colusa
Oal
Eureka
W. L. Samuels
Miss Ford
Rose Gardner
P. Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Nevada
Onder
Amily Pythian Castle
Reno
J. Hodgkinson
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National Cycling Association
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J. A. Hoegh
Eureka County
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Pan
Gregovioh Vs. Powell
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Regent Phelps
Westminster Gazette
Transvaal
Great Britain
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J.C. Robbing
Remington Typewriter Company
Winnemucca
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