High score posted as Meiss rolls 203 in league night
Independent League games tonight feature Royals versus Deweys at Washington alleys Pud No meets Rambler at Turner alleys Rinky Dink faces Prospect at Pastime alleys Reliance plays Alcazar at M on alleys Meiss achieved the high score of 203 with solid margins across the matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royals
Deweys
Washington Alleys
Pud No
Rambler
Turner
Rinky Dink
Prospect
Reliance
Alcazar
Southern Circuit Officers Reelect Cavanaugh in Atlanta
Atlanta December 15 The Southern Softball League annual meeting re elected President Cavanaugh unanimously who will also serve as treasurer. Directors named plain Crawford Gareveport F T Morrill New Orleans Palmer Nashville and Colonel Hott Montgomery. No circuit changes rumored Montgomery remains. Season length set to fourteen days longer closing by October 1 with western start and eastern finish. Cavanaugh to form a schedule committee. Memphis pennant for 183 earned with .589 standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Cavanaugh
Kavanaugh
Plain Crawford
Gareveport
F. T. Morrill
New Orleans
Palmer
Nashville
Colonel Hott
Montgomery
Memphis
Killilea Denies Sale Rumor Of Boston Club
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Milwaukee reports Henry Killilea owner of the Boston American League club denies Cincinnati gossip that the team is for sale. He gave a vigorous denial this morning refuting the sale story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Milwaukee
Wis
Henry Killilea
Cincinnati
Shortridge Schedules Tough Season With Out of Town Games
Shortridge High School basketball faces a full schedule including city league play and numerous out of town games. Manager Wade lists matches against Butler at Y M C A Social Turners at German House Crawfordsville High School at Crawfordsville Columbus YMCA at Columbus and other undecided dates. Wade seeks games with Louisville Manual Training and with Technical Institute in Winona while declining Wisconsin University due to travel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shortridge
Wade
Proad
Butler
Y. M
Pec
Social Turners
German House
A. Ae
Han c
Io Scottriee
Crawfordsville High School
Crawfordsville
Columbus
Ger Wade
Entena
Louisville
Technical Institute Five
Winona
Nen
Wisconsin University
California Minnesota New Year's Day football game in doubt
Owing to a hitch in the contract Cal announces the California Minnesota game at Santa on New Year’s day may be canceled. Decoto states Dr Williams of Minnesota is asking concessions not in the original agreement. Decoto has telegraphed Minnesota to accept the signed agreement or call the game off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University OF California, Cal
Santa
Iecoto
California
Dr. Williams
Minnesota
Decoto
Teleto Minnesota
Albany Five Beat Muncie’s Fast Team
In a fast game in Muncie Indiana on December 15 the Albany team defeated Muncie 17 to 9. Albany showed superior speed and all around play, overpowering the local squad in the nonleague matchup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Muncie
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Collected a Bill and Lost Money at Craps
Warren Jones a colored resident of 206 Senate avenue was arrested for grand larceny after being given packages to deliver for Kipp Brothers Company. He allegedly pocketed the money amounting to about £5 after losing it in a craps game. Officers Lowe and Burnour nabbed him at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Jones
Senate Avenue
Lowe
Burnour
Kipp Brothers Company
South Meridian Street
Senator Beveridge to preside at university toast Dec 2
Senator A J Beveridge has accepted an invitation to preside as toastmaster at a December 2 event given by the Indian mat of peee University. The article notes Hughes will respond to the toast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Beveridge
Peee University
Por Hughes
Uwse
Fragmentary Findlay notice on Hannah Found case
Fragmentary text reports a Findlay notice from December 15 about Hannah Foun ed, sixteen, with unclear details. The item mentions a possible movement toward the city and involves unknown figures, leaving the core event and parties unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay, CO
Hannah
Engineer Knox Dies as Malvern Train Wreck Occurs
A westbound Chicago-Denver Limited wreck near Malvern, Illinois, kills Engineer Knox, injures no one seriously among passengers, and leaves Knox's family in Creston with a widow and three children. Fireman Lawrence Hayes escapes unharmed aside from bruises. Cause of the derailment is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Knox
Chicago
Lawrence Hayes
Creston
Labor and Industry Report From Early 1900s Mines and Mills
The Lancaster rolling mill closes indefinitely with 40 workers out. Carnegie Steel plants in Sharon and South Sharon pause 60 to 90 days. Chile plans Valparaiso docks at about 10 million dollars. American Smelting declares first ever dividend on common stock. Colorado Cripple Creek troops to be withdrawn to 30 men. McKee's Rocks puddlers laid off until Jan 1. Coraopolis Consolidated Glass shuts down. Hud son mine strikers threaten to take control. Angels Camp miners reinforce. New York Paper Association dinner announces National Paper Trades Association. Philadelphia bankruptcy petition filed against Manuel Juendo Company. Dowie bankruptcy proceedings eyed in Chicago. James H. Collins & Co receivers appointed in Chicago. Chicago dking houses strike settled. minor issues remain. Cru cible Steel approves preferred stock dividend. Cripple Creek strike investigation endorsed by Trades and Labor Assembly. Patterson resolution criticized by local allies. Window Glass case hears injunction in Pittsburgh. Lancashire cotton talks urge short time. mass meeting planned. Steel rail and billet pool discussions in New York. Sun and Moon mine bombing trial in Idaho Springs begins. jury selection underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Sharon
South Sharon
Carnegie Steel Company
Valparaiso
American Smelting and Ret Company
Verdeckberg
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Central Se
Lockhart Steel
McKee's Rocks
Pressed Steel
Schoenville
Coraopolis
Consolidated Glass Company
Royal Mine
Hudson
Cal
Angels Camp
Paper Association of
New York City
Delmonico
William D. May
National Paper Trades Association
Boston
Baltimore
Ohio
Chicago
New York
United States District Court
Philadelphia
Manuel Juendo Company
Ofelphia
Chicagoational Bank
Fort Dearborn National Bank
State National Bank of Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Dowie
Kohlsaat
Wisconsin
Lester C. Childs
James H. Collins & Co
General Contractors
Lacrosse & Southeastern Railroad Company
Lacrosse
Viroqua
Wis
Crucible Steel Company
Pittsburg
Frank B. Smith
Trades and Labor Assembly
United States
Patterson
Roosevelt
Teller
Senate
Palmer Window Glass Company
John Phillips, Jr
Window Glass Workers’ Association of America
Joseph Buffington
Buffington
Southeast Lancashire
Senat T
Manchester
Eng
Lancashire
Cleveland
Idaho Springs
Georgetown
Col
Western Federation of Miners
Citizens’ Alliance
Desperado Burt Alvord Breaks Jail With Six Others
Burt Alvord a notorious Arizona train robber and his partner Billy Stiles escaped from Tombstone jail this evening. Six others, all linked to the train bandits, are on the run as a posse pursues. The breakout follows an earlier sentence and involves multiple escapees with leads scattered among the Tombstone area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Burt Alvord
Arizona
Billy Stiles
Tombstone
Ariz
Lee
Resignation of Mrs. Blair Accepted at Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Mrs James L Blair resigns as president of the board of lady managers at St Louis draft regrets. committee named to prepare resolutions. Successor likely Mrs Daniel Manning or others. emblem selected for official insignia. loan discussions focus on a $4 million government loan with conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
James L. Blair
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Anna Dawes
Helen Gould
Frederick Hanger
Richard Knott
John M. Holcombe
Board of National Commissioners
Blair
Daniel Manning
Albany
N. Y
Mary Phelps Montgomery
Portland
Ore
John Miller Horton
Buffalo
Jefferson
United States
National Commission
Senator Hanna Denies Presidential Candidacy Hint
Birmingham Ala December 15 A letter from Senator Hanna to a supporter expresses appreciation for encouragement but states he has no personal ambition to be a presidential candidate and only wishes to serve his party to the extent of his ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Henna
Robbers Hammer Clerk and Guest in St. Louis Hotel
Three armed men storm a St. Louis Erie Hotel office and beat clerk George Harding and guest Victor Dausson with hammers until they opened the safe. The trio looted $168 and fled. both victims were found unconscious and hospitalized. Police pursuit ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Erie Hotel
George Harding
Harding
Victor Dausson
Dausson
Interesting Features in Journal Color Supplement 1903
The Sunday Journal's December 20 1903 issue features a full page color drawing "HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS" by Louis F. Grant with verse by Earle Hooker Eaton, plus a youth page with color illustrations and poems. It highlights articles by Mai Gay Humphreys, five half-tone photos, and four fashion plates on Page 4 with detailed gowns and a fine letter press. The comic supplement promises lively tales with Binnacle Jim, Little Abe Corncob, Hi and Si, The Picaninnies, and Willie Cute, all in holiday humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Grant
Earle Hooker Eaton
Santa Claus
East
Mai Gay Humphreys
Orient
Corea
Ceylon
Shanghai
Sunday Journal
Binnacle Jim
James
Abe
The
Willie Cute
Journal
Brynn
Moscow
Two Year Old Burns to Death in Coraline Town
A two year old girl died after her clothes caught fire from a red hot poker left in the room by neglecting older brothers. Mrs Wilson discovered the child burn ing severely when she returned home. The infant died yesterday after serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Wilson
Gent Avenue
Coralinetown
Indiana editors plan Pensacola trip this spring
Indiana editors in charge of Pensacola excur sion favor late February or early March for a six day trip at sleeper fare only. About 102 editors at a Paris meeting endorsed the plan. Whitehead of the American Press Association expects a 200 member party. The Southern Indiana Editorial Association eyeing Mammoth Cave outing next summer. exec committee to meet early February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Pensacola
J. B. Whitehead
American Press Association
French Lick
Whitehead
Southern Indiana Editorial Association
Greene River
Mammoth Cave
Woman His Downfall But Pettits Is Happy Tale
William Pettits, a colored man, roared through the night at the police station after being charged with drunk and disturbing the peace. He blamed a woman for his downfall and refused sleep, calling himself the best man this side of the Rocky Mountains as officers tried to quiet the uproar. The incident featured loud shouts and a comic, chaotic march of interruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountains
William Pettits
William
Insane man surrenders after freezing at city saloon
William Pumphrey claiming to be from Lexington Kentucky entered a West Michigan Street saloon last evening asking to be thawed, saying he had escaped from an insane hospital. Police took him to the station where he remained uncooperative. His numbered clothing suggested asylum or penal confinement. He will be held for further information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pumphrey
Lexington
West
Michigan Street
Duncan
Askins
Pumphery
Insurance Men Meet in Indiana Fraternal Congress
Representatives of fraternal Insurance orders in Indiana gathered at the Denison Hotel for their annual meeting. Reports from orders were reviewed and officers for the coming year elected, with Orval Kennedy of South Bend chosen president, E KE Shroer of Indianapolis re-elected secretary, and Walter A. Legeman of Evansville named treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Fraternal Congress
Denison Hotel
Orval Kennedy
South Bend
Milo Meredith
Wabash
E. KE. Shroer
Indianapolis
Walter A. Legeman
Evansville
Ireneates
T. D. Neal
Obituaries Across Cities Mark December Deaths
Obituaries report Edward C. Sipdaree in Boston died of heart disease, Edward J. Frost of Detroit inventor of the Frost Lamp, Rev. B Rankin in Washington College Tenn, Capt. Benjamin Jewell of St Louis steamboat history, Charles S. Rannells of Ohio died of pneumonia, Old Mayer banker of Chicago, noting Mayer firm weathered Black Friday and 1873 panic.
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Boston
Edward C. Sipdaree
Algonquin Club
Deat
New York
Chicago Board of Trade
Detroit
Mich
Edward J. Frost
Charlotte Avenue
Washington College
Tenn
B. Rankin
Rankin
John G. Martin Educational Fund
ST. Louis
Benjamin Jewell
Int. Louis
Mississippi
New Orleans
Marthur
Charles 8
Rannells
Hocking
Vinton
Ohio General Assembly
Zaleski
Chicago
Mayer
Kago
Mr. Mayer
Abenheim
Germany
America
Iee Mayer & Son
Brothers McCarty Arrested After Don Shines Saloon Brawl
John McCarty and Tim McCarty were arrested yesterday at 917 Church Street and jailed on charges of taking part in a Sunday morning melee at Don Shines’s saloon located at McCarty and Missouri streets. The brawl began as two men entered and a free for all ensued, injuring several patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCarty
Tim McCarty
Church Street
Don Shines
McCarty
Missouri
Veteran soldier of church and state dead
Maj William H Garland aged ninety four died at the National Soldiers Home in Johnson City Tennessee He shook hands with every President except Washington He aided Lafayette in 1832 and once conversed with Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena His wife and children were drowned in the Evansville flood of 1834 He long served as a Baptist minister
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tenn
William H. Garland
National Soldiers
United States
Washington
Lafayette
America
Napoleon Bee
St. Helena
Iland
Evansville
Ind
Iowa Senators Debate Tariff and Cuba Policy Amid White House Pressure
The article recounts a late session clash among Iowa’s senators over sugar tariffs, Cuban Chinese exclusion, and White House influence. Patterson attacks sugar trust control and tariff inequities while Aldrich probes ad valorem rates. Dollyer and Teller defend protectionism as the caucus tightens party discipline and Panama treaty talks loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
White House
Patterson
Messrs
Teller
Lodge
Cuba
War Department
Republican Congress
Sugar Trust
Mr. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Party
Ashington
Allison
Dolliver
Cummins
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Comlain
Senatorial Democratic
Panama Canal
Morgan
Senate
United States
Panama Canal Company
France
Carmack
Gay
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Leslie Cullom
Customs Service
A. R. Crusen
Porto Rico
Mr. Hey
Idaho
San
San Domingo
Aunt Roberts
Denver Mint Sought for Small Coinage by Colorado Delegation
The Colorado delegation urged coining smaller coins at the Denver mint. Mr. Roberts highlighted the transporting costs of moving coins from West to East as the chief point of his statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Colorado
Denver
Roberts
Explosion at Schwab mine kills one in Cherokee Kansas
An explosion in the Schwab coal mine near Cherokee Kansas today killed Ralph Ridley and injured six companions. The cause is unknown and rescue teams search for the missing men as investigators assess the mine conditions and potential hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee, Kan
Schwab
Ralph Ridley
Ice gorge floods docks and homes along St Marys riverfront
Ice gorge on St Mary's river below Sault Ste Marie sends water five feet higher flooding docks and riverside houses for the first time in the city's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste Marie
St. Mary's River
Metropolitan Opera harpists join Musical Protective Union
New York December 15 Mmes Weil and Tagilavia women harpists at the Metropolitan Opera House were formally admitted as members of the Musical Protective Union after a threat of strike over their nonunion status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mmes
Weil
Tagilavia
Metropolitan Opera House
The
Musical Protective Union
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