Next Senate’s 1892 balance shapes 1893 control
Democrats appear to hold the Senate on March 4 without five contested states. Kyle of South Dakota and Peffer of Kansas balance power, with Kyle pledging to Democrats and Petter of Kansas likely joining them. Republicans face potential seating delays amid disputed state legislatures and possible Vice Presidential tie-breaks.
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Quote targets Senate control amid party mismanagement
A political opponent warns that gains in the Senate hinge on the other side’s errors and poor leadership, arguing that loss would result from their own stupidity and misrule. The remark reflects partisan frustration over electoral fortunes and governance.
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Poison Plot Targeted Non-Union Workers at Homestead
A Sunday paper reports a conspiracy to poison non-union workers at the Carnegie Homestead plant near Pittsburgh. Several deaths and many illnesses are alleged as investigators, aided by the Frick company, arrest nine or more suspects, with claims of a paid plot by striker committees and labor organizations. Coroner and hospital officials dispute poison cases, while the broader Baptist State Convention proceedings are also summarized.
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Atomestead
Amalgamated Association
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Robert Beatty
Louisville
Homestead
Frick
Lomestead
I. J. Beck
Wisseen Luuight
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McDowell
Cowan
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J. A. Trout
Chas. Manly
C. C. Brown
C. 2. Ervin
H. P. Griffith
J. W. Perry
EK. Ed. Forrester
W.C. Lindsay
JD. M. Ramsey
Board of Ministerial Education
D. W. Key
Leurmain University
Carson
Greenville Female College
W.D. Ice
Committee On
R. W. Sanders
D W. Key
AL. S.thomas
State Mission Board
War mobilization urged as army bill debated
The reichstag heard the army bill today with Gen von Kalterborn Stachan, minister of war, saying Germany must be ready to enter a final war at any moment. He urged that every man fit for arms be prepared to respond when called upon, highlighting unprecedented force and stakes.
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Tillman urges sinking fund plan to refund bonds
Governor Tillman asks the General Assembly to create a sinking fund to gradually pay and mortgage future consul bonds due in July. He argues the plan would cut interest costs, protect credit, and allow borrowing on favorable terms, with phosphate beds used as collateral. The proposal accompanies a bill drafted with the State Treasurer and finance chairs.
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Woman Found Faint in Lumber Yard After Assault
Lizzie Mulvey, a store worker, was found dying in an Eleventh Avenue lumber yard. She says a stranger invited her home for dinner, then assaulted her and left her there for six days. She survived by being found near death and taken to a hospital.
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Lizzie Mulvey
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New York Hospital
South Carolina bill proposes new salary schedule for state officers
A House committee reports a substitute for salary reduction bills detailing pay for Governor to per diem officials. Governor 83000, Lieutenant Governor 10 per day, Secretary of State 32000, Comptroller 2000, Supreme Court Chief Justice 500, Senators and Representatives 5 per diem, and various clerks. Section 2 delays changes for certain offices until successors are commissioned. Section 3 sets January 1 1893 as effective date.
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Desperate Train Robbers Fire on Passengers
A bold robbery attempt on the Eastbound Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train ended in gunfire. A tall masked man and a young red headed accomplice fled at Twentieth street after a struggle and a fatal shot. Detectives arrest Burrell Forgey. Tom Collins and Durrell Forgy named in confessions as suspects. City fears mob violence as authorities guard suspects and rail workers.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Italy
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Bulwer Porgey
Ark
Burrell Forgey
Chesapeake and Ohio Road
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Hunt Tinarox
W.va
Turner
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Germini
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Cillévus
Tragedy in Aiken as Mayor Chafee fatally shot
Aiken South Carolina reports a deadly confrontation at dusk when Mayor Robert A. Chafee and Chief Marshal Robert Gaston confronted Tom Lamar in Island's bar. Lamar shot Chafee in the stomach and Gaston in the left breast before Chafee fatally shot Lamar. Lamar, a Beech Island native, had been drinking and had a Keeley Institute stay, with Chafee gravely wounded and in opiate sleep.
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Tremendous Explosion at Bamfurlong Colliery
London telegram reports a blast at Bamfurlong Colliery in Wigan killing many and trapping about a hundred workers. Rescue efforts by volunteers proceed amid fierce underground fire and rising fears for survivors as women and children gather at the mouth awaiting news.
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