Crisp Nominated for Speaker in House Deadlock
Washington report details a 30 ballot stalemate as Judge Charles Crisp of Georgia wins the speaker race amid nominations by Holman and Reed supporters. Other officers named include Ex-Congressman Kerr as mace bearer and Turner as doorkeeper. Senate coverage notes oath by Senator Jones of Arkansas and routine fiscal reports.
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Charles Frederick Crisp
Georgia
House
Washington
Holman
Indiana
Judge Crisp
Henderson
Ilinois
Reed
Simpson
Kansas
Ted
Watson
Crisp
Mace Ae Sallam
Clark
Kerr
Pennsylvania
Yoder
Turner
New York
Milburn
Senate
Apm
Weathenish War Rebels Face Crushing Defeat in Manchuria
Li Hung Chang reports Shanghai that imperial troops crushed 3000 rebels near Chayoyang after a day of fighting. Imperial forces killed about 1100 rebels on the field and many captured were executed. Mass killings and fires destroyed orphanages as martial law spreads across Manchuria.
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Loxnox
Li Hung Chang
Chronicle
Shanghai
Li Hung Ubang
Manchucria
Chayoyang
Serpent Captured Near Connecticut Lake Shore
A famed serpent, believed seen by locals, was captured by Warren C. Baker near Daxvitx Connecticut after mistaking it for a tree limb. The animal, chilled and motionless, was taken to Dr. Knox who measured it at nineteen feet eight inches and wrapped for warmth.
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Connecticut
Conn
Warren C. Baker
Mr. Baker
Thin City
Knox
Barnnin
Vircus
Coal Fire at Lehigh Dock Burns Thirteen Steamers At Work
West Superior Dec 7 The Lehigh coal dock fire continues burning with thirteen steamers at work on two flames. Loss already estimated at 50 000. One steamer is reported from St Paul as part of the effort to contain the blaze.
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Duluth
Donora
Kelly
Car Service Association
Association of the Railroads
Duluth & Tron
M Company
Lehigh
West Superior
West Surgeon
St Paul
San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Nicaragua
Acjuta
San Salvador
Crampa
Working Trade in Chicago Ends in Disturbance
In Chicago on December 5 Mr Joyce of 616 State Street entered L Barnem's at 09 Clark Street to price apparel. After declining to buy he was detained and assaulted from behind by a shopkeeper who tried to force a sale and created a public disturbance before police were called.
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Chicago
Joyce
State Street
L. Barnem
Clark Street
Gon
Con
Farno, Doc
Constitutional Convention Society
Hell
Rowe
Ilco
Doubis
Harvey Harrix
E.W. Camp
W.J Clapp
Dickey County
Fapliney
Cos Imbla
Fargo
Chilien
Santiago
Egan
Chamber of Deputes
American Legation
Congress
Matta
Chamber of Deputies
Foreign Office
Senor Matta
Exall
United States
Legation
Stompage
Seyliaubur
Capitol
M. H. Clark
Mississippi River
Minneapolis
Sage description of dynamite threat to Sage in New York
New York reports Mr Russell Sage recounting an attempted extortion by a man who warned of dynamite and demanded 1,200,000 dollars. Sage described calmly confronting the threat, noting the man produced a globe before the blast and Sage escaped unharmed. Nearby items mention Senator Keller’s plow motor trial, Great Northern legal questions, May Talmage nuptials, and John Sullivan’s drinking relapse.
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Wroker
New York
Dec
Russell Sage
Scellor
Savin Dexter
Minn
Henry Keller
Kuller
Murder and lynching in Edgefield county shocks town
Dick Lundy, accused of murdering James Ousts, sheriff’s son, was killed by a mob in Edgefield county after a vast crowd gathered. The governor, who had offered rewards for the chief and accessories, was notified but orders arrived too late to intervene.
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Denyn i Jatt
CoLumara
Dick Lundy
Edgefield County
James Ousts
Edgefield
Northwest wind snarls travel and rail service in snowbound area
A strong northwest wind has blown for over thirty hours. Snow is high, drifts are heavy, and country roads are nearly impassable. Rail service is greatly interfered, with a Milwaukee road mixed train for Bowdle stuck between Bowdle and Roscoe for more than twenty four hours.
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Bowdle
Milwanner
Roscus
Candy Factory Fire Kills Many in Louisville
Louisville residents report a devastating candy factory blaze with numerous fatalities. Six charred bodies recovered, four firefighters killed by collapsing walls, others missing. Loss estimated around $250,000 as emergency crews battled the flames through the night.
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Louisginia
Dorty
Ying
Italian American exhibition plan to mark Columbus discovery
Rome reports committees formed in Rome and Italian cities to promote an Italian American exhibition at Genoa on the tenth anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovery. The plan avoids rivaling Chicago and seeks Italy’s strong presence at the Chicago fair, noting no management representation yet in Italy.
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Rome
Italy
Genoa
America
Christopher Columbia
Chicago
Des Moines Court to Hear Anna Monahan Larceny Case
Michael Monahan accuses his wife Anna Monahan of stealing fifteen dollars from his pocket and two railroad tickets worth about thirty dollars while they shopped and he held the baby. The filing notes his age around fifty, hers younger, with the case set in a Des Moines justice court.
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Accus Wi
Mtn
Des Morse
Des Moines
Michael Monahan
Anna Monahan
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Jones
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W. M. Barker
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Samlle
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Great Northern
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Bush Street Theatre
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Eny
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Tholoss
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Allison
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Tisdale
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