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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1895
Page
7
English explorer Oswell narrates rhinoceros misbehavior and fatal encounter in South Africa. He describes a white rhino charging horse and hunter, a horn strike that broke the horse’s neck, and Oswell’s narrow escape before a native with a second gun kills the animal.
A pickpocket sentenced to three years in Sing Sing protests to a New York World reporter that he is a dead straight crook, not a stool pigeon, insisting he never betrays pals and only targets the rich while condemning the insult in public print.
A New York Works report profiles Nina Gracia Dona Maria Rebeca alias Teresa de Cervera, called Saint Teresa, a border figure on the Rio Grande leading a mob across northern Mexico. It details her image talismans, alleged cures, two methods of healing, and claims of hypnotic influence, portraying her as a magnetically gifted yet controversial leader amid frontier violence.
Veteran performer Billy Van argues real Negro minstrelsy has faded and predicts a future merging with scenic vaudeville. He contrasts the old era’s dialect, costumes, and simple sets with today’s elaborate productions, predicting even grander spectacle and a shift to high class vaudeville under the minstrel name.
Bob Wrenn will oversee the western lawn tennis championships while Huyler Westervelt, a former Giant, is slated to pitch for the Orange Athletic club this season. Harvard lists 300 field and track candidates for intercollegiate team places.
Julie Mackey, born 1869 in New York, built a career on a rich contralto noted as baritone like. Her voice earns about 800 dollars weekly, with stages in London and major continental engagements before returning for a Deury Lane pantomime. The article also recalls Arthur Cummings of the Brooklyn Stars as first to throw a curve ball and notes early pitching changes in baseball history.
At end of July a national chess congress will be held in Berlin. In July Tarrasch will play a return match with Tschigorin at Berlin. The Walbrecht Tar rasch match begins June 15 at Nuremberg. Twenty eight ladies compete in a London Ladies Chess Club tournament. The longest game on record lasted five to six years played by post between England and Australia. Van Viict, a chess player, was acquitted of theft in a London court after Lasker praised the defendant's character.
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