Fifty-First House Contests and Reapportionment Prospects
The article surveys House of Representatives competition after election night, noting Democratic and Republican gains in Virginia California North and Michigan districts. It discusses possible Republican majority, disputed seats, and potential reapportionment actions after the 1890 census, including Dakota split and new western state admissions. It also mentions contested seats in New York and Kentucky and potential Republican paper revival in Washington.
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North Carolina
California
Michigan
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Elections Committee
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Westirginia
Kendall
Virginia
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Dakota
Montana
Washington
Idaho
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W. McKinley
Conlan Dibble
E. Miller
Conman Ellis
Brooklyn Street Car Strike Orders Work Stoppage
A strike involving 700 workers on the Green Point and Lorimer street lines Nostrand Avenue and North Second Street was ordered after a night session to press grievances against management. They demand reinstatement of discharged workers and threaten a citywide tie up if refused. William Horne, chairman of Street Car assembly 22, says grievances have persisted and the union will support the men.
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Lorreinan Street
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North Second Stret
William Horne
Street Car Assembly
Sentenced for life commuted for Lucy Robinson case
Mrs Robinson, Massachusetts famous female prisoner, avoids a death sentence as governor commutes to life solitary confinement. The rare decision, amid mixed public reaction, follows over two hours of council deliberation. Only one similar case in state history, with strong voices on mercy and justice.
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Boston
Sarah Jane Robinson
Massachusetts
Jesse Pomeroy
Lucretia Borgia
Georgia Legislature votes in tight circuit solicitor race
In Atlanta on November 14 the Georgia Legislature completed ballots for solicitor general across circuits. Carson defeats Morrill with 125 votes to claim the Chattahoochee post. Fite wins Cherokee vacancy unopposed. Tigner tops in Stone Mountain with 121 votes to Clark's 31. Applause greets key results as next circuits draw.
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J. W. Hill
Richard
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Cherokee Circuit
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Whitfield
Joel C. Fain
Gordon County
Felton
Bartow
Thomas W. Milner
Thomas W. Miller
Harris
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A. W. Fite
Snelson
Meriwether
Sam Maddox
Foote
Mr. Fite
Stone Mountain Circuit
W. A. Tigner
Ward
Clayton
W. H. Hulsey
Candler
DeKalb
Richard H. Clark
Tuey
Douglass
Win
H. Hulsey
Mormon apostles form new church in British Columbia
Ottawa reports that F. W. Lyman and John W. Taylor have organized another Mormon church in British Columbia. The Mormons agree not to practice polygamy in Canada, per interior department notice.
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Ottawa
Interior Department
F. W. Lyman
John W. Taylor
British Columbia
Canada
Notable Message on Disposition of the Cabinet
President Cleveland plans a vigorous tariff reform message to Congress. Secretaries Whitney Fairchild and others seek law practice or New York postings. Judge Hawkins retires to a Missouri farm. Mrs Cleveland valued as heiress. European travel considered before settling.
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Washington
American Press Association
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Lamont
New York
Fairchild
Garland
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Bayard
Wilmington
Hawkins
Cape Girardeau
Notable visitors and arrivals in New York hotels
New York November 14 notes a parade of notable guests visiting the city. Joseph Cook of Boston stays at the Grand Union, Congressmen Charles A. Russell of Connecticut at the Murray Hill, Judge Francis A. Macomber of the New York Supreme Court at the Grand, Patrick Eagan of Lincoln Nebraska at the Astor, J Whitcomb Riley of Indianapolis at the Everett, Miss Mary Anderson at the Victoria, Alma Fohstroem of Sweden at the Normandie, among others. The item reads as a society column snapshot of prominent individuals visiting New York hotels.
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Gotham
Joseph Cook
Boston
Grand Union Hotel
Charles A. Russell
Connecticut
Murray Hill
Francis A. Macomber
Chamberlain's Marriage Quiet at St John’s Church
At noon next Thursday Joseph Chamberlain and Miss Mary Endicott will wed at St. John’s Episcopal Church in a quiet ceremony with only near relatives present. President and Mrs. Cleveland and several Washington officials will attend.
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Mrs Harrison witnesses Belle Waren wedding in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on November 14, the marriage of Miss Belle Waren to Charles B. Voorhees, son of Senator Voorhees, was solemnized. Mrs. President-Elect Harrison and her daughter attended the wedding among the guests.
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Notorious Bald-Knobber Will Walker Convicted
Jervenson City Missouri November 4 The supreme court affirms murder in the first degree verdict against Will M Walker chief of the Balk Knobber organization in southern Missouri He faces hanging December 23 as the sentence is carried out under lawful mandate within the state justice system
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Supreme Court
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Missouri
Moonshiner Bride and Other Northern News
A moonshiner named Langley in Fulton County jail is due for release Monday and plans to wed the girl he left behind, with ceremonies set for midweek. Across the capital, Miss Sackville West reportedly did not snub Mrs Cleveland, a tale denied by the British legation. Reports from Pennsylvania Avenue, Grassy Island, Breathitt County, and elsewhere cover an assassination, a coal breaker accident, and a mass ice-house collapse with multiple injuries.
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Don Lengley
Fulton County
Langley
Newman
Langles
G.rdon Coimte
Washington,d.c
Sackville West
Cleveland
Misa West
Salsa
Pennsylvania Avenue
Miss West
Mrs. Cleveland
Mixa West
Train collision injures crew near Downer's Grove
Special report from Cubano dated November 14 states a fast freight on the C B and Q line collided with a passenger train near Downer's Grove last night. The passenger engine's engineer and fireman were badly hurt and likely to die.
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Downer’s Grove
Central of Georgia President Sees Status Quo and Trade Benefits
Gen. E. P. Alexander, president of the Central railroad, reports no change in management policy as the Terminal company nears finalizing transfer terms. He notes Central freight and passenger business improving, predicts no extreme legislation, and believes South prosperity will endure regardless of party control. He also discusses potential completion of the Americus and Eden extension and tariff views on steel rails.
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E. P. Alexander
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Central Railroad
New York
Morning News
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the Central
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Georgian Company
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Georgia resolves on Cleveland tribute and anti monopoly pledge
Mr Patterson of Bibb county introduces resolutions praised as wise by the Legislature. The Georgia measures honor Grover Cleveland, praise his administration, and reaffirm anti monopoly reform. The note also mentions a rumored Afghan Amir visit to England next year and Potsdam mausoleum cornerstone, replicating Jerusalem's Sepulchre church.
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Bibb County
Grover Cleveland
Georgia
Senate
Frederick
Ben
Potsdam
Jerusalem
Omen at Bargain: Tan Yard Mill and Land for Sale Near Dura
Owner offers a tan yard with 60 vats and mill equipment in first class condition two miles from the Dura on the A P L R R. Includes store houses, machinery, ten acres of land, and various parcels for cash or time on mortgage. Also large tracts: 800 acres timberland with pines, farm and building lots, houses, and a brick store. Exchange and sale terms offered. extensive property suitable for investment or development.
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