Senate Debates Bill to Repeal Sherman Act and Census Probes
Senate discusses measures including repeal of Sherman silver act purchase, immigration suspension, and a bureau for livestock information. A joint resolution seeks three tribal commissioners to move Indians to homesteads. House bills propose a national health bureau and new monetary plans aiming to halt silver purchases and issue wide currency.
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Department of Agriculture
Frye
United States
West
Indian Territory
Census
Missouri
Census Bureau
New York
Senate Committee
Hale
Ife
Great
Senate
Washineton
Butler
Joseph Silverman
Temple Emanuel
Silverman
Senator Barbour
Virginia
Hill
N. Y
McDonald
N. J
McPherson
House
Civil Service Report Details Exams and Assessments Policy
The Civil Service Commission released its ninth annual report noting 19 460 applicants examined in five classified branches from July 1891 to July 1892 with 12 160 passing and 7 300 failing. It lists departmental totals and reports reduced political assessments during a presidential campaign, urging making political solicitation of government employees a felony. Also reports two deadly incidents in Illinois and Georgia, including a lineman killed by a train in Oak Park and a man shot at a party near Reid's crossing.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Classified Service
Departmental Service
Customs Service
Postal Service
Railway Mail Service
Indian Service
Caicaco
Dec
John A. Carlson
Cicero & Proviso Electric Railway Company
Chicago & Northwestern
Oak Park
Foster
One Man Killed and Another Hurt in Panhandle Crossing Incident
At the Sixteenth Street crossing of the Panhandle railroad in Curiao one man, George Wirra, was instantly killed while another, John McKicks, was fatally injured when a engine backed down on them as they repaired a side track. The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon. Beloit Pioneer A. J Cowles Dies at 92 After 37 Years in Beloit and 67th Wedding Anniversary with Wife were noted. couple had recently celebrated their long marriage.
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Curiaco
Sixteenth Street
George Wirra
John MecKicks
Wirra
McKirks
Beloit
Wis
A. J Cowles
Titusville
Lehman Ullman
Ullman
Attack on Cashmirs guard near Chitral halts 1000 Chilasi tribesmen
In Carcurra a band of about 1000 Chilasi tribesmen assaulted a Cashmirs guard led by Dr Robertson, the British agent at Chitral. The defense repulsed the attack with about fifty rebels killed. The report is dated December 8.
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Carcurra
Cashmirs
Robertson
Chitral
Foster's Figures Reveals Treasury Surplus and Reforms
Secretary Foster reports 1892 total revenues 425,868,260 with expenditures 115,953,806 leaving a surplus 9,914,453. He urges repeal of the 1831 sinking fund law, warns on gold reserve and suggests higher revenue through tariff reforms and a larger gold reserve. He discusses immigration, subsidies, customs, and a national quarantine plan.
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Washington
Foster
Treasury Department
Congress
National Bank Redemption Fund
National Bank
District of Columbia
Naval Establishment
Indian Service
Treasury
United States
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Reported Across Nations
A wave of incidents includes a Hallock Minnesota theft of 32360 cash from Nels Olander. train collision near Niederwise Germany with four deaths. Birmingham Alabama blast furnace injury fatalities. an Aurora Illinois lodging death. Stirling Iowa colliery blaze flood plan. Jerez Spain anarchist sentences. bail for George Money’s son in a political killing case. US railway mail service annual mail total. and three vessels wrecked near Santa Venere with ten drownings in a gale.
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Nels Olander
Hallock
Minn
Niederwise
Germany
William Jones
Jack Fogeey
Birmingham
Ala
B. Marshall
Galesbore
Aurora
Stirling
Carbon Run Creek
Jerez
Spain
George Money
Elect II D. Money
Elam
Superintendent White
Railway Mail Service
Grains and livestock markets mixed on December reports
Markets bulletin from CuicaGco and New York details dull wheat and oats with firmer corn and barley. Live cattle trade in Chicago shows price shifts and modest activity, while hogs move within narrow ranges as packing stocks and feed figures reflect current demand.
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Mess Park
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
New York
Dee
Public Ledger building nearly destroyed by Philadelphia fire
The Public Ledger building at Sixth and Chestnut Streets burned Tuesday evening. The fire mainly damaged the composing room on the top floor, flooding the structure with water. Estimated total loss runs between 250000 and 300000, with 150000 in property losses and 250000 worth of machinery damaged by water. George W Childs arrived, offered 5000 to firefighters, and provided a late supper. The building, established 1836 and owned by Childs since 1856, remained a symbol of conservative newspaper journalism.
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Puadelputa
Public Ledger
Sixth and
Chestnut Streets
Ledger
McWade
Mr. Childs
Joel Cook
Messrs. Swain
Bachelor Learns Swapped Scuttle Leads to Love
Frank Richardson, a handsome thirty five year old bachelor, hides on a roof to smoke a night, stumbles into the wrong scuttle and enters Charles Wyatt and Ida Wyatts room. The mistaken intrusion leads to a social tangle and rekindled attraction with Emma Dear, hinting at a wedding.
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Frank Richardson
Frank
Riverside Vark
Hudson
Ida Scott
Wyatt
Ida
Charles Wyatt
Chicago
New York
Liverside Park
Charles
Cearik
Halifax
Emma
Famous Women and Notable Figures on Varied Ventures
Reports mention Mrs Langtry considering a switch from theatre to horse racing. Queen Victoria owns a Rose du Barrichina cabinet valued at 150000 dollars. Mrs Ballington Booth reportedly accepts only seven dollars per week from Salvation Army. Ex Empress Frederick Queen Regent of the Netherlands and Empress Augusta serve as regimental chiefs in Prussia. Mme Patti’s managers deny retirement from the stage. Death or loss of golden notes would end her Welsh castle retreat. Miss Mary E Wilkins is said to write one thousand words daily, sometimes faster in bursts.
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Langtry
Queen Victoria
Ballington Booth
Salvation Army
Frederick
Prussia
Netherlands
Augusta
Mme
Patti
Mary E. Wilkins
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Georgia
New Hampshire
Arkansas
State Department
Kansas
Peffer
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Paddock
Washburn
Harris
Committee On Agriculture
Rayner
National Bureau of Health
Bureau of Health
Harter
Representative Chipman
Mich
Mr. Otis
General Reserve Fund
Secretary of the Treasury
General Reserve
General Treasury
the Civil Service
Commissioners
Zebulon
Reid's Crossing
Will Stanley
Martin Thomas
Thomas
Stanley
Gresham
Fred Leslie
London
Brussers
International Monetary Conference
Customs Administration
Wwe
South America
Australia
Canada
Department
Europe
Rome
Catanza
Santa Veners
Texas
Hoags
George W. Childs
St. Paun
Anna M. Smith
August Hoppe
Charles Henning
Henning
Ottawa
Ont
John Thompson
Mackenzie Powell
Trade and Commerce
C. E. Foster
Bismarck
Milwaukee
Henry Villard
Prince Bismarck
Milwaukee Street Railway
North Dakota
Bramance
N. D
Union
Cincinnati
Meredith Stanley
Ohio
Mrs Wyatt
Mr. Wyatt
Mother Hubbard
Mr. Richardson
Rs. Dear’s
Miss Dear
Anksop
Ada
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