Congress Opens with Roberts Seat Fight and Finance Debate
Congress enters a crowded week with the Roberts Utah oath dispute and a protracted Republican led plan to push the finance bill. Debates, seat drawing, and the president’s message reading mark the busy start amid Hobart's death and planned caucus actions.
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House
Roberts
Utah
Atlantic City
Taylor
Ohio
Hobart
Committee On Rules
Senate
Sewall
Chamberlains Speech Sparks Mixed German Press Readings
Reports from Berwin and Hamburg cite cautious reactions to Chamberlains Leicester speech. Hamburg press notes alliance wording without implying a secret pact. Berliner Post urges frank business style cooperation with the United States. Also, obituary notices for Joseph Brown, ex mayor of St. Louis, and a Mexican mining update from Ortiz.
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Leicester
Eng
Hamburgischer Corespondenz
Chamberlain
Germany
Great Britain
Berliner Post
England
United States
Wool cargo sale boosts price in eastern mills
A syndicate of eastern mills completed a deal in St Louis for 1 250 000 pounds of territory wool. The sale price reportedly topped the previous bid by four cents a pound, totaling over 250 000 dollars. Sixty cars will haul the wool to the eastern destination.
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St. Louis
Eastern Mills
Monsignor Chappelle Heads to Manila on Mission
Monsignor Chappelle archbishop of New Orleans and apostolic delegate to Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines arrived in San Francisco en route to Manila to align church affairs with the Philippines government change. In Detroit heavy snow hits the Upper Peninsula with several inches at Marquette and good sleighing while western Michigan also reports snow.
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San Francisco
Monsignor Chappelle
New Orleans
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Manila
Detroit
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Marquette
Navy chief urges eighteen new ships and armor reform
Secretary Long reports need for three armored cruisers twelve gunboats and three protected cruisers to expand the fleet. He urges congressional authorization and early armor contracts for Maine Ohio and Missouri, noting armor costs and factory questions. Also notes Ismore transport ashore at St Helena Bay with troops landed and horses aboard while rescue ships aid.
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WasHinoTon
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
North Atlantic
Santiago
United States Navy Yards
Department
Maine
Ohio
Missouri
London
War Office
Cape Town
Ismore
St. Helena Bay
H. M.S. Doris
Niobe
Columbian
Soldier Merritt Dies by Own Action in San Francisco
Private L D Merritt of Battery D Sd artillery killed himself Sunday by shooting himself in the head. Merritt enlisted in Indianapolis last April and was stationed in San Francisco.
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L. D. Merritt
Sd Artillery
Himeric
Merritt
Indianapolia
Modder River Battle Details Filtered By Censors
Report from Toupon notes six day delay in South African news due to censorship. Boers reportedly 8000 strong entrenched on both river banks, mainly north bank, with British forces said to have driven them back. Lord Methuen back in field. Count Gleichen wounded in neck. Northern Cape Colony frontier towns swing toward Boers. Venterstad sees 2000 rebels. farmers form commandering committee. Buller proclamation torn down as loyalists rush to Cape Town.
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Cape Town
London
Lord Methuen
Count Gleichen
Cape Colony
Colesberg
Burghersdorp
Venterstad
Gen. Buller
Masonic Centennial to Honor Washington Death
Washington plans for the centennial death celebration of George Washington on December 14 with masons from across the U S and Canada attending. Col Robert White of Wheeling W Va leads the grand marshal staff for the procession and events at Mount Vernon and Willard's hotel. The program includes addresses by the grand master of masons in Colorado and by President McKinley and his cabinet at the event.
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Colorado
R. T. W. Duke
Virginia
Willard’s
McKinley
Novel boycott targets piano makers in Chicago labor dispute
Chicago federation of labor on Sunday voted a new boycott of pianos from factories that locked out workers. Renters will be urged to return tabooed instruments to their warerooms and replace them with pianos from factories that have not joined the lockout.
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Chicago Federation of Labor
Spanish consul reports 135 Spanish prisoners freed in Manila
Across the globe conflicting reports emerge from Manila and Maracaibo as Spanish prisoners are freed by Filipinos and Hernadist forces seize Maracaibo, with 16 hour battles and 12 burghers killed near Belmont as the war widens.
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Maracaibo
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Venezuela
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Jamaica
Zelaya
Mgr. Pereira
Nicaragua
Commandant Delarey
Kruger
Graf Pan
Webster Davis
Washington
South Africa
New York
Transvaal
Eben S. Stevens
Quinnebang
Liberal Party Committee
Mexico City
Gn. Diaz
Don
Doughty
Colon
Kingston
Reform Clergyman Decosta Converts to Roman Catholic Faith
Rev Dr Benjamin F Decosta former rector of St John the Evangelist resigned in September and Sunday joined the Roman Catholic church at the Academy of the Sacred Heart chapel. Married and ineligible for priesthood he plans to return to literature and lecturing. He opposed Dr Briggs ordination and may publish a statement justifying his course.
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New York
Benjasmin F. Decosta
Protestant Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Decosta
Briggs
Potter
First snow storm hits the Upper Peninsula
Marquette reports the season's first snow storm with steady snowfall since Saturday night. Several inches cover the ground and a few sleighs are seen abroad across the Upper Peninsula.
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Marquette
Mich
Den
Upper Peninsula
Market Summary from Cincinnati Flour and Grain Prices
The Markets page lists mixed grain prices and futures from Cincinnati with flour types ranging from spring fancy at 3.10 to winter patent at 3.25 per unit. Wheat futures show December 64.40 and May 68.0, while oats and other commodities display varied bids and classifications across shippers, packers, and breeds.
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Cincinnati
de City
Kurpel Bunker and the Purge Bill Duel in Arkansas
Kurpel Bunker recalls a wild scheme called the Purge Bill to disinfect swamps with chloride of lime, proposing a million-dollar program and a thousand volunteers. He describes duels with Majah Baker and Governor over the plan, ending with the bill dying as his duel plans collapse and he retreats.
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Arkansaw
Couse
Salece
Jordan Jones
Commonwealth
Marah Baker
Majah Baker
Kurnel Treman
Kurnel Bunker
Egad
Sab
Jordon Jones
Senate
Honob
When He Talks in Sleep Jumbles Rural Debate
In a Chicago Post snippet readers see a fractured exchange about a husband talking in sleep and who speaks when others are asleep. The garbled lines reference farm life and farm workers with a light rural satire tone.
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Chicago Post
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