Millionaire horseman James Clark hosts string at Louisville fair week
James T. Clark, a millionaire horseman for Louisville, drives his own horses while staying in the city as Kentucky stock farm entries, including Trudencia and Ecstatic, compete in the Three-Year-Old Pacers purse of 1000 at the fair. Various owners from Lexington to Denver send contenders like Belt Line and Luccy Baron to the event.
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McMahon
Chicago
Irning
Ch. m
EB. R. Bacon
Cpsaec
S. m
H. K. Chitenden
Trudencia
W. P. Anglin
Lexing- Ky
Ethel
Evans
J. A. Barrett
Shelbyville
Tenn
Belt Line
Warren C. Graves
Pecavteno
Ecstatic
B. Lang
Barton, Vt
Luccy Baron
B. Ft
James T. Clark
Louisville
Mr.Clark
Ukerge H. Ketcham
City
Mr. Clark
Chares
Wells Fargo elects new directors at annual meeting
In San Francisco on September 15 Wells Fargo announced its annual meeting results with directors Dudley C. Evans E. C. Harriman George E. Gray Homer King John J. McCool and H. E. Huntington elected. Replacing retiring Chris tenser Joan Bermingham and Lathan Stain are W. V. S. Thorne W. T. Vanbrant and T. D. Underwood of New York. Underwood has led the Erie Railroad and the other two are known Harriman collaborators.
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San Francisco
Wells, Fargo
Dudley C. Evans
E. C. Harriman
George E. Gray
Homer
King
John J. McCool
H. E. Huntington
Christenser
Joan Bermingham
Lathan Stain
W. V
Erie Railroad
Harriman
Weather Forecast for Indiana Illinois and Ohio
Forecasters predict on Tuesday and Wednesday warm, fair weather with increasing winds. Indiana and Illinois will be fair and warmer with fresh to brisk south winds, while Ohio will also be fair and warmer with fresh winds. Local observations note clear conditions and temperatures with minimal variation from the prior day.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Movements of Steamers Across European Ports
Shipping notes list arrivals and departures on Sept 15 at major ports. Tauric Moltke Minnetonka Hohenzollern reached New York. Carthage nian Astoria Concordia arrived Glasgow from New York and Montreal. Trave reached Genoa Naples. Koenigen Louise arrived from New York. Bremen Bremen and Pretorian Montreal Liverpool. Astoria New York Glasgow. Friedrich der Grosse New York. Celtic New York. Patricia sailed Plymouth to New York. Perugia arrived Genoa from New York.
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New York
Tauric
Liverpool
Moltke
Hamburg
Minnetonka
London
Hohenzollern
Bremen
Glasgow
Carthagenian
Astoria
Concordia
Montreal
Gibraltar
Trave
Naples
Genoa
Southampton
Koenigen Louise
Cherbourg
Moville
Pretorian
Friedrich der Grosse
Celtic
Plymouth
Patricia
Perugia
THREE RUNS IN FIRST DO NOT SURGE CHICAGO PAST CINCINNATI
Chicago earns three runs in the first inning on three singles and a double, with Lundgren wild at times. Other runs come from timely hits, walks, and errors as Chicago edges Cincinnati 6 to 3 in front of about 200 spectators.
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Chicago
Lundgren
Philadelphia Clinches Pennant With Double Win Over Boston
In Boston, Philadelphia swept both games, effectively ending the race for the title as Boston slumped to defeat twice. Young struggled in the second game with poor support while Parent’s running catch and I Cross’s batting highlighted the game, which ended early by mutual consent. Attendance 16,428. In Chicago, the locals won both ends of a doubleheader, with timely hitting in the third and sixth innings producing all runs in game one and Durham steering the second game into a darkness-shortened finish. Attendance 1,100. Also: minor results include Chattanooga 4 New Orleans 1 and Atlanta 7 Nashville 4 as Pinero’s Iris opens curtain.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Bostons
Young
Parent
I. Cross
Dineen
Criger
Plank
Powers
Chicago
Callahan
Durham
Detroit
Indianapolis Journal
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Wolfe
Williams
Pinero’s Iris at the House Its Success Noted
The review lauds Pinero’s late play for its feminine focus and human clarity. Miss Karlaae Harned’s Iris is praised as the strongest role of her career while Oscar Asche delivers a towering performance from London. Several prominent theatrical figures attended the show.
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Euclida Genae Pers
Pinero
Tanqueray
Kar Aae Harned
Iris
Oscar Asche
London
Wolfe's Hide Tanned Kansas City Pitcher in Shame
Indians score 11 as Wolfe faces brutal treatment. Williams leads with bat and arm as Kansas City makes 18 hits and 26 bases in nine innings. Coulter and Hoghever shine in offense while Gannon, Gear, and Rossfuss contribute for Kansas City. Columbus and St Paul results follow with varied scoring and fielding notes.
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Williams
Coulter
Wolfe
Hoghever
Kansas City
Indianapols
Lewee
Gannon
Gear
Rothfuss
Heydon
Kihm
O'Brien
Hogriever
Woodruff
Fox
Fime
Miller
Tax Injunction Halts 1901 Tax Sale of Masonic Temple
Judge Dunn issued an injunction stopping tax collection for 1901 on the Masonic Temple, delaying the sale of the large office building. Affidavits say taxes were paid, but prosecutors allege a gang of tax fixers forged receipts to defraud the county. Several men have been indicted for the conspiracy.
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Chicago
Dunn
Masonic Temple
Temple Association
Anger Lets Miss Shipman Shoot Father in Washington
In Washington on September 1 Miss Nellie Shipman thirty nine, a government Printing Office employee, shot her father Captain Horatio M. Shipman seventy two, a Monroe Center Ohio resident visiting her in their apartments. The bullet lodged near his hip as he was struck in the back. The assailant remained at large.
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Washington
Nellie Shipman
Government Printing Office
Horatio M. Shipman
Monroe Center
Kid Carter Knocked Out By Tommy Ryan In Fort Erie Ring
In Fort Erie Ontario Tommy Ryan the middleweight title hopeful won by KOing Kid Carter of Brooklyn in the sixth round. Ryan used superior ring generalship to evade Carter s brutal assault and finish with a decisive right to the jaw. Carter fought bravely but bled from cuts as the crowd watched a sharp, hard fought contest. Also reports a Buffalo cab driver shot near the arena and police securing Jack Herman s arrest.
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Fort Erie
Ont
Tommy Ryan
Kid Carter
Brooklyn
Ryan
Carter
McCoy
Jack O’brien
Kansas City
Bob Fitzsimmons
Bob Armstrong
Kid McPartland
Harry Peffers
Bartley
Binghamton
George Siler
Chicago
Tommy
Jeno Chon
Tee
Yan
Siler
Ryan Carter
John Mathews
Buffalo
Jack Herman
International Athletic Club
Ontario Polce
Mathews
Herman
Mathew
Grand Jury Charges McGovern Corbett Prize Fight in Louisville
Judge Barker instructs the Jefferson Circuit Court grand jury on prize fights, quoting Kentucky law and defining a prize fight as any contest where the winner gains more than he would have had if he had lost. He states the court’s role is to enforce the statute as written and declines commentary on imprisonment.
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Louisville
Barker
Jefferson Circuit Court
Kentucky
City officials vow no law violations amid contest dispute
Attorney General Pratt travels from Frankfort to file an injunction as Governor Beckham directs the status review. Eddie Connolly, an American, loses to Tom Woodley in London after eleven rounds for a 2000 dollar purse and the 140 pound title. In Chicago Benny Yanger and Young Mowatt fight to a six round draw in a rough bout with no serious injuries.
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Frankfort
Beckham
London
Eddie Connelly
Tom Woodley
Connolly
Woodley
Wonderland Club
Chicago
Benny Yanger
Mowatt
Yanger
McCoy May Referee Cain Fitzgerald Fight in Indianapolis
Kid McCoy is en route to Indianapolis to potentially referee the ten round Cain versus Fitzgerald bout at the Empire Theater. He plans a stay at French Lick Springs as he trains for a future match, possibly against Bob Fitzsimmons or Tommy Ryan, while also watching the Young Corbett Terry govern bout in Louisville. Cain and Fitzgerald train with McGovern and Corbett camps in Cincinnati, with Fitzgerald’s second Willie Mack and other prelims set for Friday night.
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Indianapolis
French Lick Springs
Bob Fitzsimmons
Tommy Ryan
Kid Carter
McCoy
Eddie Cain
Willie Fitzgerald
Empire Theater
Corbett
Terry eGovern
Louisville
Cain-Fitzgerald
Cincinnati
McGovern
Cain
Fitzgerald
Norwood Inn
Price Hill
Young Corbett
Fitzerald
Willie Mack
Art Sims
Empire
Acefull Captures Junior Champion Stake at Gravesend
Whitney & Duryea entry Acefull ridden by H Cochran won Gravesend Junior Champion stake as 11 to 20 favorite by two lengths over Lord of the Vale with Blue Ribbon third. Hermis set a track record in the first special, and Jim Clark won the last race at one mile sixteenth. Hawthorne, Delmar and St Louis tracks reported multiple records and victories from Sept 15 racing across the circuit.
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Whitney & Duryea
Acefull
H. Cochran
Gravesend
Lord of the Vale
Blue Ribbon
Clarion
L. H. Bell
Hermis
Hermence
Blues
Western Crack
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Gunfire
Advance Guard
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Young Henry
Landry
Arsenal
O'Connor
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Mara
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Chicago
Sidney C. Love
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Steinwinder
Golden Rule
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Crest
Vulcain
Altrada
ST. Louis
Taby Tosa
Delmar
W. B. Gates
Geheimniss
Lady Vashti
Lynch
Gehermniss
Frank Bell
Toby Tosa
Tomy Lepping
Dan R Wins Bronx Stake at Empire City Trotting Club
The Empire City Trotting Club opened its meeting in New York with favorable weather. Dan R. won the Bronx purse of 5000 for the 2:09 pace after Twinkle led early and Prince Direct finished second, with Dan R. recovering to win the final heat. Ozanam led the 2:11 trot and Anzella headed the 2:11 event, while The Questor captured the 2:24 trot as Daisy Direct trailed. Cincinnati Oakley Park meet closes with 40,000 in stakes and purses, featuring the 10,000 Ohio for 2:10 trotters. The Commercial Bowling League vote and formation progress noted.
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Empire City Trotting Club
Bronx
Dan R
Twinkle
Prince Direct
Anzella
Ozanam
Hawthorne
Questor
Daisy Direct
Geers
Boreazella
Eeis
C. K Billings
Mpire
Dan Patch
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Meilenty
Hambrinoma
Henyon
Ro. m
Hudson
B. m
Mercury
B. G
Speer
King
Sherman
Hoover
B. H
Allerton-Flora McGregor
Bert McGregor
Br. c
Benyon
B. F
McCoy
Br. m. Cys
Cincinnati
Oakley Park
Ohio
Eenbantere
Caldwell Wins Cycle Pace Championship of America
Harry Caldwell of Hartford wins the cycle paced championship of America in Hartford by defeating Bobby Walthour of Atlanta in two straight ten mile heats. The first heat ended when Walthour punctured his wheel and withdrew after two and a half miles. The second heat finished Caldwell about a lap ahead with a time of 15 03 15. Caldwell has won twenty three races this season and lost only three to top riders such as Walthour Elkes Freeman Nelson and others.
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Conn
Harry Caldwell
America
Bobby Walthour
Atlanta
Walihhour
Caldwell
Walthour
Elkes
Freeman
Nelson
Riverside Tournament progresses to semifinals with eight left
The Riverside golf event reduced to eight players after a second series yesterday. Douglas beat Root after twenty holes. Results include Rawls defeating Burford one up after twenty seven holes to force a longer match, Harding beating Kahne five up with three to play, and Gardner winning six up with four to play against Layman among other tight bouts. The third series runs this afternoon, semifinals tomorrow, and finals Saturday afternoon.
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Robert Rawls
Douglas
Root
E. H. Burford
Rawls
Wiliam N. Harding
G. H. Kahne
Harding
Co. Stanley
Tllamble
Diggis
A. F. Hall
J. Carroll
Hall
Robert Douglas
John Root
Barnes—Parry
Una Ie
R. Lindley
Gardner Va
Gardner
W. Harling
Explorer Harry De WindtTraces Siberian Route To New York
New York diary recounts Harry De Windt arrival at the Imperial Hotel after a 248 day journey from Paris to Siberia and the Bering Strait. He insists the Siberian exile camps were deadly and insists the transcontinental railroad via Siberia is feasible within twelve years.
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New York Times
Harry de Windt
Paris
New York
Siberia
Bering Strait
Imperial Hotel
Mr. Devidt
Prince Khilkoff
Seinen
de Windt
Irkutsk
Verkoyanek
Polymsk
Mall
Tehukehi
Thetis
Cape Prince of Wales
Ae Prince of Wales
Cape Nome
Seattle
Diomede Islands
M. de Windt
Vicomte de Bellegarde
M. de Wind
Ohio House codes plan for city government heads rejected
In Columbus on September 15, the code committee of the House rejected the plan for single heads of municipal departments and the sii t federal plan. The proposed city officers would be mayor, council president, solicitor for two years, auditor for three years, and a treasurer to be elected or appointed. Debate on a public works head continued as the session adjourned.
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Columbus
House
Department of Public Works
Farmhand confesses to killing adopted son in jealousy
William King, a farmhand in St Thomas Ontario, confessed to murdering fifteen year old James Freeman, an adopted son of a local farmer, claiming jealousy over the boy's privileges and desire to take his place in the family.
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ST. Thomas, Ont
William King
James Freeman
King
Brother Kills Brother in Camden Poultry Sale Conflict
William Brandt was shot and killed by his brother Peter at Peters home near Newfield thirty miles below Camden during a quarrel over poultry sale receipts. Peter surrendered and awaits the coroner's inquest result.
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Camden
N. J
William Brandt
Peter
Newfield
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