Opening of the New Congress and Sunday Opening Bill
Washington December 6 A brisk opening session marks the start of the new congress with formal ceremonies and a push to allow Sunday openings for the fair. New members take the oath as resolutions and committees align for communications with the president.
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Washington
Lilid Congress
House
Capitol
Herbert
Committee On
Naval Affairs
Crisp
Senate
Massrs
Springer
Forney and O'Neil
Congress
South Carolina
John L. McLaurin
California
K. Kilgore
Ohio
Lewis P. Ohliger
Maryland
J.B. Brown
W. A. Sipe
Durborow
Hooker
Chicago Wins in Lake Front Litigation Supreme Court Affirms City
The U S Supreme Court upholds the circuit court ruling in favor of Chicago and against the Illinois Central Railroad over submerged lands along Lake Michigan. The decision covers outer harbor lands and bed rights extending about 145 miles of shore and up to one mile into the lake, valuing the property around 75 million dollars. The case centers on ownership between the railroad and city with riparian rights held by the state and city through the state.
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Supreme O:r
Lake Front
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Chicago Lake Front
Illinois Central
City of
Chicago
Ilinois
Lake Michigan
Chicago River
Fght
Ilinois Central Railroad
Harlan
Park Row
Jay Gould Funeral At His New York Home
Funeral services for Jay Gould were held at his New York residence with family and close friends present. A public viewing was originally planned but later restricted to the deceased's friends after counsel's intervention. Railroad workers from across the country attended portions of the service.
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New York
Jay Gould
Estimates for Appropriations Submitted to Congress
Secretary Foster submits the fiscal year 1893 04 budget with totals of 121 21 612 215 66 across legislative executive judicial foreign military naval Indian pensions public works and miscellaneous funds. Current year estimates show a 1 649 755 dollar decrease from appropriations.
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Wasuineros
Foster
Treasury Department
Congress
Duel Ends in Death in Carrollton as Elam Is Slain
In Carrollton Mississippi Saturday afternoon Edward E. Elam was killed by George P. Money in a street duel sparked by a harsh Conservative article. Money and Elam differed over retraction. Money fired a shotgun, killing Elam after his horse died from the first shot. Elam led the People's Party in a bitter campaign. Money is a young lawyer and son of Congressman elect H. D. Money.
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Money
Edward E. Elam
Carrollton
Miss
George P. Money
Elam
Mr. Money
People’s Party
H. D. Money
Washington
President-Elect Cleveland Returns to New York
President-elect Grover Cleveland arrived at the Jersey City depot from Hog Island Virginia where he was the Broadwater club guest for nearly two weeks. He spoke of enjoying game shooting and said he would visit Lakewood New Jersey if at all. He traveled in a large private car once used for Lincoln's transport to inauguration and later to carry Lincoln's remains.
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Cleveland
New York
Grover Cleveland
Jersey City
Hog Island
Broadwater Club
Murdered a Little Girl in Wellsboro Case Sparks Outcry
Mary Spies, a Wellsboro woman, is arrested for allegedly striking 6-year-old Leora Starr, her ward, in the head with a blunt instrument, fracturing her skull. She attempted to flee but was captured as lynching threats arose. she remains jailed.
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Wheeling
W. Way Dee
Mary Spies
Wellsboro
Leora Starr
Secretary Elkins Proposes Army Reforms and Pay Hikes
The annual war department report cites need to revive lieutenant general rank, raise noncommissioned officer pay, and improve regimental posts near major centers. It urges West Point cadet access expansion and larger National Guard funding, with emphasis on Indian soldiers and enhanced signal service as core modernizations.
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Washington
Elkins
Congress
National Guard
District of Columbia
War Department
Noble's report highlights vast progress across lands and education
Secretary Noble reports the Land Office disposed of 350,953 final entries and issued 398,128 agricultural patents, notes six new forest reserves totaling 3,253,260 acres, and details education gains among Indians with 19,793 scholars in 1892. He calls for Alaska governance reform, discusses pensions, rail debt, and the Nicaraguan canal's strategic importance.
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General Land Office
United States
Indian Territory
Patent Office
Pension Bureau
Noble
Raum
Bureau of Railroads
Congress
Union Pacific Railway
Railroad Commission
Sing of the Seasons in Nesbit's Verse
A poem rich with seasonal imagery from spring to winter by K Nesbit. It wanders through blooming bluebells and primroses, summer jasmine and roses, autumn leaves, and winter snows, finally asserting the cycle returns with spring.
Modern Love Story Ends With Rustic Fortune Reversal
A village tale follows Verbena Tadpole and Robert as a dreamy young man leaves for London chasing wealth. He fails to secure a grand clerical post, persists with stubborn resolve, and returns to modest earnings in Turniptop, choosing love and honesty over city glamour.
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London
N. B
Oakapple
Verbena
Robert
Pippin
Robert Rose
Neisopolis
Le 12
Mereau
Remarkable flatboatman and circus tiger tale
Thomas C. Jamison recalls Jack Holsack a 6 foot 6 inch 250 pound flatboatman famed for myths of strength. A Cincinnati man-eater tiger episode ends with Holsack fighting the beast in a cage and tossing it into the ring, a tale cited by St. Louis Globe Democrat alongside a cough sufferer praising pneumatic tires.
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Jack Holsack
Ohio
Thomas C. Jamison
America
Jack
Ohio Valley
Sampson
Ttis
Cincinnati
Managver
Lou's
Globe Democrat
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Kan
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Review of Business In the Interior Department
Alaska
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U. S. Grant National Park
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