Democrats Fearful as Apportionment Debate Splits Party
Southern Democrats question a reapportionment that could aid Republicans while census critics and a New York City recount hearing loom. The House faces a 334 to 354 debated size, with Alabama California Colorado and others poised to gain seats and Virginia to lose one, unsettling party leaders.
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Thom
Hous c
Porter
Census Committee
New York City
Congress
New York
House
Holman
Indiana
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
South Carolina
South
Alabama
California
Colorado
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New Jersey
Oregon
Washington
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Texas
Nebraska
Virginia
Denouncing the Bill Sparks House Debate in Washington
In Washington on December 5, Senator Gray denounced the Federal elections bill arguing it jeopardizes state and national institutions and liberties. He attacked the house to house visitation provision, calling it a tyrannical office and warning he would resist if it is enforced. The discussion touched on a domiciliary clause noted as accidentally included in the bill.
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House
Caauses
WasurseTos
Gray
Teray
Spooner
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Mr. Gray
Hour
The Serious Accusation Brought Against the Partners Alliance
Representative Sweeney of Iowa charges Democratic Senators sent orders to the Farmers Alliance in Ocala to oppose the elections bill. He claims proof would disrupt the Alliance and expose its leaders. Thattleman urged an investigation committee to hear the information.
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Washington
Capitol
Sweeney
Iowa
Warren County
Farmers’ Alliance
Ocala
Desrre
Alliance Convention Delegates and Senators Ties Rumored
Graphed to Representative Pickler of South Dakota a delegate at an Alliance convention offering to appear before a committee of investigation. Senators named are Vance of North Carolina a Polk ally Morgan and Pugh of Alabama who control the state's Alliance influence.
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Representative Pickler
South Dakota
Alliance
Vance
North Carolina
Polk
Morgan and Pugh
Alabama
No Action Taken By Senate Caucus On Cloture Rule
Washington Dec 5 The Republican Senatorial Caucus Committee met and discussed when to present cloture rules to the Senate. Since no obstructive minority action was shown and some Democratic leaders promised the elections bill would move forward the committee took no formal action.
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Washington
Senate
Parnell Scores a Point in Gladstone Talks
Gladstone hosts Irish delegates as four-man committee is formed to negotiate about constabulary and agrarian questions. Healy and Sexton express satisfaction. Parnell’s leadership gains praise from Daily News and Pall Mall Gazette while others see his victory as decisive for Irish autonomy.
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Gladstone
Parnell
Liberal Party
Arnold Morley
Mr. Gladstone
Morley
Harcourt
Healy
Sexton
Daily News
Clancy
Pall Mall Gazette
Healey
Selection of Sacred College in view of aging pope
The text argues a selection is necessary to preserve harmony in the church and avoid dispute due to the pope's extreme age and failing health. It notes a Dominican and highly respected Sacred College as the likely choice.
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Sacred College
Diphtheria Cure Report Reaches Imperial Court
On Sunday the Emperor met barber Rieger of Glogan to learn his secret diphtheria cure. Rieger says his father, a shepherd, developed the remedy which he claims cured many in Glogan and nearby. The Kaiser pledged a chance to test the remedy at Charite Hospital under Profs Koch and Bergmann.
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Bertrs
Rieger
Glogan
Kaiser
Charite Hospital
Reading Miracles Some colored man learns to read after prayer
Samuel Booth, a quiet colored lumber yard worker in Jacksonville, could not read until he prayed nightly for literacy. He then managed to read the Bible with ease, prompting celebration among friends and church revivals among local African Americans. Desroche confirms his honesty and diligence.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Samuel Booth
John Desroche
Bowth
Samuel
Mr. Desroche
Desroche
Sam
Lymph Cure Trials Attract Physicians And Patients
A December report from New Haven describes three patients under Dr. Foster who are progressing well after receiving a lymph treatment. Doctors note continued improvement with no relapse in the first case, while two later patients show varying results. Names include G. M. Bradley of North Haven, O. A. Lucas of Winchester Arms, and S. F. Bradley. Special Telegram to The Dispatch. Tomorrow’s Patch offers twenty four pages with European letters.
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Foster
Francis Bacon
Koch
Enry L. Swain
G. M. Bradley
North Haven
O. A. Lucas
Winchester Arms Company
S. F. Bradley
New York Puritan Athletic Club Plans Early Opening
The New York Puritan Athletic Club aims to organize with charter members including William Glesy Charles Richardson and E C Mc Clellane the runner. The Hackenstein Building on Cedar Avenue Alleheny is proposed as the home. They plan walking matches sparring and other contests and expect opening by the first of the year.
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New York
Strike on the B and O Disrupts Line to Connellsville
A last night strike on the Baltimore and Ohio blocked the line between this city and Connellsville after yardmaster Dettrich's office was broken into and three brakemen were arrested. The incident sparked a wider walkout with about 200 employees involved, threatening a general strike, while engineers met but offered no clear outcome.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
City
Grenwood
Switchmens’ Aid Association
Braddock
Glen
Dettrich
Brotherhood of Brakemen
Deitrich
Wheeling
Connellsville
Dietrich
John Weiman
P. McGill
George Fisher
Gripp
McGill
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Sheppard
Glenwood
City council committees clash over street railway rights
The Allegheny Street Railway Committee hearing on the Pittsburg and Bellevue line sparked heated exchanges led by attorney W. F. Pier and opponents. The sub committee recommended a negative report, citing a move away from toll roads, with further debate and a decision to return the ordinance to Councils. Sensible concerns about track placement and property damage were raised, and a compromise for outside assessors was proposed.
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Pier
Allegheny Street Railway Committee
Pittsburg and Bellerue Street Railway Company
Neeb
Brighton
Attorney Pier
Bader
Pleasant Valley
Corporation
Turnpike Company
Pleasant Valley Company
Pleasant Valley Line
Mr. Lowe
Mr. Pier
Bellevue
Pittsburg
Hunter
Streipecke
Charles
Heart Kreiling
Wertheimer
Seliverskoff funeral amid guards at Russian church
Paris reports the funeral of Generil Seliverskoff the Russian agent shot November 18 at the Hotel de Bade. He received military honors. President Carnot attended. A strong guard protected the church after a threat to blow it up during services.
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Associated Press
Paris
Generil Seliverskoff
France
Hotel de Bade
Carnot
United States
Lispon
Salvation Army
Constantinople
Erzercum
Vast caverns of onyx found in Crawford county Missouri
The Dispatch reports Captain Ferguson and a correspondent exploring a large hill near the Meramee river in Crawford county uncovering caverns two miles long filled with onyx. They describe an immense chamber with stalagmites and stalactites, a jewel-like lake, and a chamber named the Queen of Sheba's boudoir with walls of translucent stone.
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Spat
Sterleville
Crawford
Dispatch
Ferguson
Meramee River
Queen of Sheba
Mysterious Riches Flow From Accused Koch Lymph dealer
Berlin December 6. A janitor at the Central Hotel is accused of selling foreign doctors five grammes of what is claimed to be Koch lymph for 500 marks. The man denies the theft but lives lavishly and is said to be worth about £500,000 marks, suggesting profits from the professor’s reputed invention.
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Berlin
Prof. Koch
Meyer
Central Hotel
Prof
Koch
Miners still firm in Irwin strike over prices
United Mine Workers officials met in Cumstomo with Vice President Turner and President Rae to decide to continue the Irwin strike until Penn Gas Coal Company and Westmoreland Coal Company meet miners price demands. The two firms report losses, job cuts, and reduced output from 7,000 to 1,300 tons daily.
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Dmpatch
CoStumMoBus
United Mine Workers
Turner
Irwin
Rae
Watchorn
Patrick McBryde
Penn Gas Coal Company
Westmoreland Coal Company
United
Alabama
Parnell Compromise Details Sent to Irish Envoys
In Chicago Curiaco December 5 an Irish envoy cablegram reported Dublin London talks yielding a compromise pleasing European and American factions. Full details to be sent to Chicago envoys who will await them there. If approved, London proceedings will pause awaiting envoy action.
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Curiaco
Chicago
Justin McCarthy
London
Europe
America
Hero Carpenter Sacrifices Life to Save Express Train
In the German city of Hamburg near Berlin a carpenter named Scholz died heroically while saving an express train. He saw a crossrail blocking the track as the train entered Pandan station, leap forward to remove it, and was fatally struck. He left a wife and three children.
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Benuix
Haomburgs
Berlin
Scholz
Pandan
Colored M. E. Church Conference opens in Searcy
The colored M. E. Church Conference of the M. E. Church South met in Searcy Arkansas with Right Rev. J. A. Bebee of North Carolina as President. The gathering continues for a week and a committee was formed to investigate a member accused of murdering his wife.
Strangled to Death in Isabela Hangings Scene Described
Two thousand people witnessed the execution of Lewis Watson in Isabella Georgia after he murdered Jack Curry. The procession moved to a natural amphitheater gallows where Watson, in a religious frenzy, addressed the crowd before his execution by hanging. A federal-style report notes the time of death at 12:50 pm and details the teardown and aftermath.
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Algary
Lewis Watson
Isabella
Jack Curry
Curry
Watson
Cox
Nelson
Jordan Merritt
Man Cuts Tongue Out In Deliberate Self Mutilation
A stranger named Wilson in a Los Angeles boarding house on Broadway cut his tongue with a razor and discarded the severed portion. He awaited a surgeon as a bloody scene unfolded, remaining calm while bleeding was treated after the act on a Sunday morning.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Broadway
Wilson
These Two Surprises for Gentlemen at Kaufmanns Shoe Sale
Today Kaufmanns offers two shoe surprises for men. First, 25 dollar calf race and congress shoes in sizes 6 to 11 with smooth inner soles, cut to 12 dollars. Second, 375 pairs of fine calf shoes, comfortable and well fitting, regular 350 goods for 249 dollars in the shoe department.
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Kaufmanns
Congress
Kavrmanyns
Disappearance Triggers Assignment at Chicago Safe and Lock
The mysterious disappearance of B. H. Campbell, Chicago Safe and Lock president and principal stockholder, led to a county court assignment of the company. Assets were listed at 700000 with liabilities of 600000.
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Chicago
B. H. Campbell
Chicago Safe and Lock Company
Holiday Gift Catalog Ad Copy
An advertisement listing gift options for Christmas including black silk dresses plates and pottery for sale from Jos Horse Co Penn Avenue Stores and Reizenstein with a shoe department offering ladies shoes at 1 49 and fur capes from Huevs Haceg and Tsrsu plus free embroidered night shirts from James H Aiken Co at 100 Filthay all in a busy department store catalog style.
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James H. Aiken & Co
Scotch Physician Traces Cancer to Yeastlike Fungus
Dr. Russell, senior pathologist at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, after studying 49 to 50 cancer cases, identifies the parasite as a yeasttype fungus and outlines its life history. He cautions that the finding requires confirmation by others before it can be accepted as definite and actionable by doctors.
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Russell
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Dunlap
Indian Promises To Talk With General Brooke Reported
Reports from the Bad Lands say Indians promised to come in on horseback to meet General Brooke, though authorities remain skeptical about the pledge. The agency issued a special allotment of 90 beeves to the Indians today.
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Brooke
Pist Ripce Ageney
Dee
Roger
Father Jute
Pope Leo's Successor in Limelight as Cardinals Weigh Nominations
Rome Dec 5 It is learned that French and Spanish Cardinals favor Cardinal Zigliani for the papal succession to Leo XIII. Most consider a foreign pope unlikely with Swiss Cardinal Marmillod and American Cardinal Gibbons as the only feasible candidates among the Sacred College.
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Rome
Cardinal Zigliani
Leo XIII
St. Peter
Sacred College
Marmillod
Gibbons
Judge Thurman Receives Neighbor Banquet Honor Letter
Seventy members of Columbus Club wrote to Judge Thurman and wife to honor them with a banquet. Thurman replied graciously suggesting a date, praising neighborly esteem and noting his descendants will treasure the thanks as an heirloom.
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CotumBus
Columbus Club
Judge Thurman
Mrs. Thurman
Tam
A. G. Thurman
Pittsburg Allegheny Athletes Plan New Club
Sportsmen of Pittsburg and Allegheny organize a movement to form a new athletic association with headquarters at Allegheny, aiming to unite local athletes and promote regional sports activities.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Prominent railroad officials indicted over illegal rebates
Chicago authorities have indicted prominent railroad officials for allegedly delivering illegal rebates. Subcommittee investigations in San Francisco probe Chinese immigration. A schooner near San Francisco went ashore and four men in a small boat are missing. Five arson attempts hit Greensburg with three successful. Earthquake rattles Loerwoop West Virginia area. subterranean noises heard for weeks. The Canadian Cree remain quiet as new suits filed to oust Wabash from leased lines. Mrs. Custen seeks a longer pension. Delinquent World's Fair subscribers targeted by a burning circular. Drax ghost dancers jailed at Fort Snelling. The Undine schooner arrives damaged in New York after a storm. James Turle of Mediterranean ports arrives heavily damaged.
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Newsy
Custen
Canada
Goshen
Ind
Chicago
San Fyesouse
Cy Drax
Lower Brole
Fort Snelling
San Francisco
Greensburg
James Turple
New York
Chicago Seaman's Union
Congress
United States
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Committee of Four
Cork
Jimes
Ireland
the Times
Mr. Parnell
Gladstonians
Pry Dexlap
Frank G. Carpenter
Dr. Koch
Allegheny Council
MR. Hunter
James Hunter
Lillian Spencer
Brussels
Seliverskoff
Russia
St. Peterspurg
Black Sea
Prussia
BerLix
von Gossler
Mr. Balfour
Balfour
House of Commons
Delagoa Bay
Lisnes
Soaras
Switzerland
Portugal
Delagoa Bay Railway
Natalie
Belgrade
The
Skuptschins
Milan
Colored Southern Methodists
M. E. Church South
Georgia
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E. Macrix
Karl Manss
Igox City Brewrye Company
Abi
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Bersixe
Peon Avenue
B&b
Ee Ee Hoccs & Sons
Barcarnsia
Nottingham
Ussa Hacvs
Hacr
Freneck Wear
James H. Arsen & Co
Jos
Reizenstein
Federal Street
Karl Mayxs’ Shoe Department
Huevs & Haceg
Tirssu
L. Thomps 3 & Co
Wabash Ave
Kavurmanis
Newmarkets
Rosenbaum & Co
James H. Aitken & Co
Barcaris
rTssu
Hueus & Hacks
Pope Leo
NEW Athletic Club
Telegraph
Adam Keusler
J. BR. Thompson
Third Avenue
Somerville
Thorm Hill
Thompson
Pinkerton
Der
Paul Gibier
Hamilton
Christ
Elecant Assort
Decke Bros
Enabe &Uo
Fisher
ESTRY
Sterling
New England
Clark
Lover Warren
Farrand & VorEy
Mammoth Music House
NEW Publications
Worcester’s Dictionary
Sena Anidand
England
Lippincoti
Turkey
Lippincott
J. Toomas
M.D
LLD
Morocco
Chambers’ Encyclopadia
W. & R. Coanneers
Edinburgh
J. B. Sirpoxcorr
Charles Morrie
Jost
Blipppincott Company
Market St
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