Battle for Speakership Fails to End on Seventeenth Ballot
Washington reports a dramatic struggle for the House gavel as Mills Crisp and others stalemate after seventeen ballots. Pennsylvania Democrats split with Mills and Crisp while Grover Cleveland’s emissary Dick inson labors to sway Michigan and Northwestern members in a long, tiring contest.
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Washington
Congress
Mills
Crisp
Kerr
Penneylvania Democrats
Hribbs
Mutebler
McAleer
Wolverton
Kuuner
Amerian
Hollowell
Gilespie
Belizhoover
Reill
Keystone
Wilson
West Virenna
Capitol
Grover Cleveland
Don M. Dickinson
Northwestern
Sprieges
Tom Reed Renominated by Republicans for Speakership
The Republican members of the House caucused in the Judiciary room with ex Speaker Reed entering to a warm reception. J Burrows presented Reed as the leading candidate and pledged the party’s continued support for a policy agenda, noting the Fifty-first Congress would seek broad endorsement from the American people. Continued on Seventh Page.
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O'Neill
Massachusetts
John Dalzell
Barrows
Wasmscox
Dec. &i
House
Committee of the Judiciary
Reed
Henderson
Illinois
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
J. Burrows
Michigan
House of Representatives
Fifty-first Congress
Congress
Sage Nearly Well After Bomb Attack in New York
Russell Sage improves after a bomb attempt as doctors predict another day of rest. Visitors including Jay Gould arrive, while investigators pursue the unidentified bomber. The strong injuries to three others from the Arcade blast also show signs of recovery.
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Dispatch
New York
Russell Sage
Dr. Munn
Jay Gould
Mr. Sage
Inspector Byrne
Hugh R. Wilson
Wilson & Hedenberg
Hiram D. Wilson
Glens Falls
Utica
Kansas City
Hugh L. Wilson
Arcade
E. C. Osborne
Tom
Sage Wate
Colonel Slocum
W. R. Laidlaw, Jr
G. W. Osborne
Fran Robertson
Edison Family Faces Large Losses From Industrial Theft
The Edison family reported thousands of dollars in missing manufactured goods and tools. They gathered pieces in their rooms at night and shipped them to conspirators in New York. Police found six complete motors valued at about 1200 to 1500 dollars each in their possession.
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Edisons
New York
Bellefonte Iron and Nail Company Suspends Operations
Bellefonte firm faces suspension as liabilities near 250000 with assets over twice that, after an Eastern creditors meeting grants a three year extension. Ex Governor Beaver, now sole indebtedness owner, plans reorganization focusing on iron making. mill to resume in a few days amid cautious local sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beluevonre
Bellefonte Iron and Nail Company
Beaver
Weiee
Senate Becomes Bulwark Against Free Silver Push
A special telegram reports Congress unlikely to pass free silver over Harrison's veto. Of 280 members polled, Republicans in both chambers largely back the gold standard while Democrats and Farmers' Alliance supporters favor unlimited coinage. The Senate is described as a safety bulwark against passage, with tariff and silver as winter priorities.
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New York
Fifty-second Congress
Harrison
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Republican Party
Democ
House
United States
New Congress
Farmers’ Alliance
Democrats
House of Welatives
Republia
Maer
Mayor shuts Columbus gambling operations amid protest
Mayor Karb orders the closure of all gambling in Columbus provoking indignation from the sporting fraternity. The move ends an informal open policy that had allowed fare rooms crap games keno and poker in saloon attachments. gamblers accuse city officials of breaking faith before the Legislature session.
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ColumsBus
Karb
Columbus
Karth
Thal
Political figures tied to local clubs and offices
Major McKinley was cited as a star in the same position he previously held under Foraker. Colonel Sherrard serves as captain of the Stanton Club, a city Republican organization, and is also a member of the Americus Club.
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McKinley
Foraker
Sherrard
Stanton Club
Americus Club
Delicate Craniotomy Aims To Restore Mind Of Three Year Old
In Philadelphia at Hahnemann Hospital, doctors performed a linear craniotomy on a boy named Leary Mall age about three. The skull bones had fused prematurely causing severe mental and developmental impairment. The operation involved removing a bone strip six inches long to relieve pressure and promote brain growth.
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Philadelphia
Hahnemanon Hospital
Leary Mall
John James
Catholic Congress Plans For 1893 Agenda
A St Louis committee reports on Catholic Congress plans for 1893. Delegates will be drawn from dioceses, with university chairs and seminary delegates, plus invited lay experts. The congress will focus on social and economic questions from Pope Leo XIII, including labor rights, capital duties, pauperism remedies, charity, unions, life insurance, and temperance. Archbishop Feehan chairs the organizing committee. a future meeting will set the exact date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Hering
En Rey
Leo XIII
Archbishop Feehan
Chicago
W. J. Onahan
National Organizer in Indictment Rocks Minneapolis Politics
Grand jury in Hennepin County indicts Timothy E. Byrnes, a prominent Minneapolis Republican, for uttering a forged deed from his mother in law. He allegedly altered a payment to cover eight lots, mortgaged the property, and diverted funds. Byrnes defends it as a misunderstanding over his powers.
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Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Timothy E. Byrnes
Byrnes
Treasury Department
Windom
National League of Republican Clubs
G. W. Goodrich
Harrison's Message Writing Delayed Until Tuesday Noon
The President continues working on his message, using a bedroom desk to avoid interruptions and complete revisions by Tuesday noon. The Treasury Secretary's annual report is also set to be sent to Congress at noon on Wednesday as precedents dictate.
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WasHinder
Mr. Halford
Congress
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
New Edgar Thomson Scale Sparks Labor Dispute
At Braddock on December 5 a dispute halted the finishing department over a three year scale reducing wages but extending hours from eight to twelve. Rail straighteners gaggers shippers telegraphers and inspectors faced the change. A special union meeting in Odeon Hall debated strikes before a compromise to continue work until the last Saturday of the year.
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Brappock
Edgar Thomson
Odeon Hall
London reacts to Sage escape amid New York crime tale
London newspapers debate the New York crime story of Runsell Sage. The Daily News reports a terrible incident, while The News notes Sage's miraculous escape. Papers like St James's Gazelle Pall Mall Gazette and The Standard offer cautious, varied commentary on motive and justice.
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London
America
Dispatch
Runsell Sage
Daily News
Sage
St. James
Gazelle
New York
Great Republic
Pall Mall Gazette
The
Pall Mall
Prohibition Bill Passes House in South Carolina
The House approved a strict prohibition measure by 40 to 54, banning sale and transport of beer liquor and wine within the state. The bill, modeled on Iowa law, followed a two day dispute and is expected to split the Democratic party and enfranchise black voters in next year’s campaigns.
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Columbia
D. C
House of Representatives
Iowa
Proctor Leaves War Department for Senate Seat
Secretary Proctor severed his connection with the War Department this afternoon and took leave of all officers. He will take his seat in the Senate Monday and soon afterward be asked to act on the nomination of his successor in the Cabinet.
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Proctor
War Department
Washington
Senate
Fairchance clergyman sues Standard for libel
Rev J L Hunter of Fairchance arrived at Uniortown to file libel charges against the Standard over a Fairchance item criticizing readers for their text The coney gafig ¢ wa pers and praising biblical truth He is chaplain of the Tenth Regiment in the piece.
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Uniortown
J. L. Hunter
Fairchance
The
Standard
Eeva
Tenth Regiment
Cambridge Adopts New Athletic Course at Harvard Yale
Cambridge December 6 new athletic course approved at Harvard and Yale similar to existing S B paths. The plan adds a track for gymnasium practice not focused on physical training and may aid future medical study, while not reducing other degree routes.
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Harvard
Yale
Cambridge
Lawrence Scientific School
Tur
Mangled by a Train Claims Aged Maiden
Rochester report notes the mangled body of Caroline Pentland age 72 found on the Ft Wayne track near Freedom. She was one of three unmarried sisters long resident at Freedom and descended from Ephesia Pentland and General Abner Lacock. The story also mentions a separate dispatch about the Czar appointing a Central Famine Committee.
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Rochester
Caroline Pentland
Ft. Wayne
Freedom
Miss Pentland
Ephesia Pentland
Allegheny County
Abner Lacock
United States Senate
Fire destroys Dinwiddie County jail. lunatic prisoner perishes
Dinwiddie Court House brick jail burned last night. The sole inmate, Arthur Lewis, a lunatic, died in the flames. A guard reports seeing a man set the cell on fire on the ground floor.
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Petersstro
Dinwiddie County
Dinwiddie Court House
Arthur Lewis
Eveyone
Wis
The Hearing of Anarchist Cases Postponed
Springfield dispatch reports Attorney General Hunt received word the hearing of the anarchist Fielden and Schwab before the U S Supreme Court is postponed from Monday to December 7 1 due to General Butler illness, counsel for the prisoners.
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Springfield
Hunt
Fielden and Schwab
United States
Monler
General Butler
Edison Workers Arrested in Motor Theft Ring
Four Edison Electric Works employees were arrested after police uncovered a systematic robbery scheme in which motors were carried away from the plant. They confessed to stealing multiple motors as part of a coordinated scheme.
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Edison Electric Works
Railway Material for Chile Authorized by Council of State
Santiago Chile December 5 The Council of State has authorized the purchase of 1 500 000 dollars worth of railway material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Council of State
Rights of the Church of England to same school rights
The Church of England petitions the Chief Justice to show cause why it should share Catholic rights to maintain schools. The case urges Winnipeg to justify by law taxing the city for public schools, signaling a major reopening of the school question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wixwipee
Church of England
Winnipeg
Land dispute over 300 acres in West Superior
Ashland Wisconsin December 5 G T Thomas a local real estate dealer has begun action to gain possession of 300 acres of land in the heart of West Superior claiming title once thought destroyed.
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Ashland
Wis
G. T. Thomas
West Superior
American millers pledge flour supply to Russia
Miss Barouis reports a favorable reply from the Russian Charge d Affaires to a gift of flour. Thirteen cars of flour have already been subscribed in Minneapolis for starving peasants in Russia.
Sherrard Appointed on McKinley’s Staff in Steubenville
In Steubenville a strong appointment to McKinley’s staff is reported with Colonel Harry Sherrard of the city receiving the commission. The move is described as general satisfaction in the county.
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Sherrard
McKinley
Steubenville
Dec
Harry Sherrard
Field’s health improves. Cyrus W. Field may be discharged soon
New York December 5 Special reports Cyrus W. Field’s condition is steadily improving and he may be out in a few days. Mrs Lindley his daughter is not improving.
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New York
Cyrus W. Field
Adjutant General McClelland Improves Significantly
Harrisburg report says Special Adjutant General McClelland is much better tonight and doctors expect his return within a few days.
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McClelland
Harrisburg
Pittsburg Water Declared Poisonous By Dr Winslow
Dr Winslow contends Pittsburg’s water is filthy and poison filled, urging purification. He cites 15 upstream towns draining filth into the river and recommends sourcing water from Lake Chautauqua to prevent epidemics and improve health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Winslow
Pittsburg
Freeport
Sharpsburg
Lake Chautauqua
Straightouts in Trouble Clash Over Clerical Wages
Suits filed yesterday against the Straightout Republican organization by seven clerks from the campaign seek payment for work. Captain John N. Gill leads, claiming 3350 dollars. others, led by James O'Hara, press claims by the Insdy clerks. They say repeated promises were not kept and suits were entered before Alderman McKenna. They add female claimants range from 3950 to 330. The group vows action Saturday evening.
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Republican
John N. Gill
Alderman McKenna
James O'Hara
Insdy
Stora Voon
Thomas Freeson
Frank Dedeeen
W. C. Ronson
W. M. Locher
John Ror
John Sloan
William Arnold
Charls Dalsell
William Black Soot
David Hall
J. Braun
William J. Trimble
Morgan Evans
David Smith
W. J. Nesbit
John N. Dunn
Thomas A. Wat
The Dispatch Directory Contents For The Reader
Classified index page list and table of contents for the issue. mentions pages covering real estate notices, miscellaneous reading for women, news of the states, stories about Boston, snakes, Conan Doyle, society notes, and mechanical mysteries among other features.
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Binpis
Frances i Opp
Donald Borns
Conan Doyle
Lew Lawmarees
Frank G. Carpenter
George Hodge
Tas Maseerr Arrants
Sacmat Society
Sacmat Society News, Gossip of the Guards
Giants and DwAnps
Fannie B. W. Hodgson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Crisp
Sle
Cleveland
Tom Reed
Republicans
Roger Q. Afiils
Texas
Charles I, Crisp
Georgia
Milla
Messrs. Crisp and
McMillin
Springer
River and Harbor Committee
Mr. Hatch
Committee On Naval Affairs
Democratic State Central Committee of
Daniel M. Campan
Dickinson
Mr. Campan
Mr. Dickinson
Mille
Whitom
Wolverine Democracy
Senator Vilas
Wisconsin
Jong
Bard
Carlisle
John M. Palmer
Ilinois
William M. Springer
Milly
Batia
Pam
Howard
Friends of the
Hateh
Stevens
Hatch
Spinner
McMinn
Blevenz
Eergy
Sospeee
Isens
Sprtenet
Alderson
Eamon Mallory
Alexander
Fillijet
McDonald
Allen
Ells
McKay
Serene Enetgomery
Bankhead
Fverett
Heer Au
Les
Hentler
Fitch
Or Blanchard
Forpery
Dante
Blownt
Fowler
Wens
Boreh
Gelsenhainer
Page
Ku Gillespie
Pattion
Bann
Grady
Paynter
Cadmus
Greenleaf
Pendieton
Crm
Harnes Itas Castle
Hemphill
Ion Catelt
Rock
Clarke
Aln
Herbert
Husne
Johnstone
Sarton
Cochran
Jones
Siliran
Farce
Sonat Crawfurd
Hogs Eave
Gi van Horn
Med
Lest Te
Hate Ie Poauean
Tices Warbens G
Ngan
Te Mat
Anpliy
Livingston
Winns
Tariff Reformers
Brekoee
Arickner
Say Mail
Brea
Caminet Culbertson
Sheer
Sinom
Harries
Barter
Hayes
Capehort Gatun
Cate
Carey
Uhapin
Claner
Lage Edge
Coombs
Hoar
Johnson
Inham
Rockwood
Tracy
Warner
Wilica
Wiliaini
San
W. Va
Wise
Mr. McMillin
Tennessee
Reitzhoover
Enloe
Heather
Goodnight
Picheedson
Cet
Tea
Pea Covert
Patterson
Cox
Tenn
Pierce
Rabutt
Betel Rrm
Lelian
Steam
WECY
Ann, Stout
Durbo Revelery
Webbel
Corborno Ee
New
Wheeler
Mich
Gorman
Patton
White Hobasa
Reilly
Wike
Tania
Wes Rhinsley Youwane
Tanob
Soow
Rodd
Brind
Yros
Cobb
Mr. Shell
Mansurees
Mr. Williams
Tllinois
Anis
Thellinois
Missouri
Mr. Mills
Fithian
Forman
Lane
Scott
Williams
Indiana
Burns
Dearmond
Tilsney
Kribbs
Mutchler
Mr. Mille
Spri
Demen
Ceme
Ming
Sier
Messrs
Bullock
Florida
Weadock
Gantz
Ohio
Holman
Tron and Nail Company
Catholic Congress
Carnegie
England
Wiscon
Prohibition
South Carolina
Assembly
Fort Wayne
St. Peterssure
Central
Czarewitch
I Gona
Efren
Edison
Rights OF
the Church OF England
Winslow
Allegheny
Chautauqua
Tas Distatce
Wagner
Rene
Veo
Mark Twain
Tana
Marion C. Gallaher
Charles T. Murray
Ada Bache
Octave Thandt Sud
Elilee Sera
Helen Wattetaon
News OF the Stace
Hepburn John
Smatt
Boston
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