Contests for Congress and State Legislatures in 1892 Race
Washington Oct 31 report on race for control of Congress and state legislatures. Democrats face slim odds for Senate majority with Republicans likely to gain seats. populist and fusion currents threaten balance. States in play include New York Wisconsin Montana Kansas Nebraska Minnesota North Dakota Nevada Delaware West Virginia, with House gains projected for Republicans and potential balance by third parties.
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New York
Delaware
Wisconsin
Monteans
Kanssas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Pennnsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
Dilneis
West Virginia
South
Washington
Congress
People’s Party
Senate
Demerate
Peffer
Kyle
Montana
Empire State
Hill
Hiscock
Loldover Siste
Carter
Peiffer
Kansas
North Dakota
People's Party
Michigan
Nevada
Stewart
Biste
Northwest
Wriff
House of Representatives
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Lea
Louisiana
Maryland
Sens
New Jersey
Acon
Eran
North Carolina
Oregon
Republicans Poised for Gains in Congressional Map Analysis
A midterm projection notes New Jersey may gain an additional member likely Republican, while Pennsylvania leans Republican in several districts. Ohio strong for Democrats, West Virginia likely Republican, and Southern states show mixed shifts with Populist potential. Overall Democrats expected to hold a narrow House majority with Republican gains needing a major swing to reverse.
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Beaver Valley
Ohio
Revere
West Virginia
Two Offices One Too Many in Belmont Jefferson District
Democrats demand resignation of Secretary of State Poorman who also seeks Congress from Belmont Jefferson. As appointing official he may name election boards and allies, risking conflict if he runs for higher office. Poorman, a shrewd local pol, could yield the post rather than face removal.
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Columbus
Poorman
Congress
Belmont—Jefferson
Belmont-Jefferson
Rival Camp Notes Stir Tariff Talk and Elections
Notes from rival camps report Montgomery New York shifts to Cleveland on tariffs while Quinatis Fostex predicts Harrison wins most Northern states except Nevada. Ex-Commissioner Taxner returns to Chicago saying Illinois looks favorable. Hints of a 25,000 Cook County Republican majority. Minor collision injures Ex-Major Murray in New York. he continues preparations to travel. Also, Philadelphia firm A R B McKeown & Co fails with blame on a death and widow, Mercier trial verdict due Wednesday, and a cough remedy ad and safe deposit offer.
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Tax Montgomery
N. Y
Cleveland
Cuantis Fostex
Washington
Harrison
Nevada
Weaver
J. Ho
Taxner
Chicago
Illinois
Cook County
Edward Murray, Jr
New York
Democratic State Committee
Fifth Avenue
Murphy
Parisians in East End Anger as Idle Men March Demanding Work
In London Tower Hill a crowd of idle workmen marched through the East End amid famine claims. O Keefe accused officials of mishandling funds and pressed for municipal jobs while Rev Dr Parker offered to help register the unemployed. Police separated McCormack as the crowd threatened to lynch him.
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Loxpon
Tower Hill
East End
Social Democratic Federation
Federation
O'Keefe
Dr. Parker
City
London County Council
Indiaa
Trades’ Council
Wait
McCormack
New
Trouble Over a Trinket in London Society Trial
London October 31. A suit mirrors the Osborne case. Lt Leader's wife sues Mrs Smyth, wife of Maj Gen Gibbons Smyth, for slander. Mrs Smyth says the words were justified. she denies ownership of the brooch. The trial was postponed to tomorrow.
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Mercier
Quebec
Fitzpatrick
London
Osborne
Leader
Smyth
Gibbons Smyth
Mra
Cairo
Egypt
Austrian Reader of Romances Kills Sweetheart in Vienna
Antonio Whitmso, a youth, bludgeons Rose Sewald after she refuses marriage. The 16 year old daughter of his employer dies from the attack witnessed by several laborers. He is arrested and found with sensational reading material believed to have influenced him.
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Vienna
Anton Whitmso
Rose Sewald
Fighting in Crete renews as Turkish troops clash with locals
Reports from Canpra Crete describe renewed fighting in Sphakia after Turkish actions. Villagers attacked Turkish troops near Canpra. two reinforcement companies were sent. Separate items note Austrian emigration controls and a French victory near Porto Novo against Bebansin’s forces.
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Canpra
Crete
Sphakia
Commander breaks Dahomey lines at Kotopa forts
The forces crossed the river and stormed Kotopa, routing the Dahomeyan army and driving them back toward Cana, with the pursuit reaching within one kilometer of the town.
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Kotopa
Cana
Great Protestant Celebration at Wilttenberg Luther Church
Imperial party attends reopening of Schloskirche in Wilttenberg with Emperor William signing Luther house deed. Prince Stolberg-Wernigerode welcomes guests. key ceremony, banquet, and a prayerful reaffirmation of Protestant unity follow.
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Wilttenberg
Luther
Martin Luther
Schloskirche
William
Frederick William IV
Prince Stolberg-Wernigerode
Wittenberg
Prof. Adler
Church Council
Dr. Quandt
Kaiser
Wrecked remains found in Paris mutilated into twelve parts
In Paris Belleville a young woman's mutilated body was discovered in an empty Rue Botzaris house. Four children spotted a wrapped bundle. a tag-picker unwrapped it to reveal a butcherly apron and a severed limb. The case points to a butcher's assistant as the suspected killer.
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Paris
Macgistrate
English Officers Study Rifle Wounds On Soldiers
Reports from Dahomy detail Lebel rifles used by French forces and English officers studying bullet effects on the body. Tests suggest the German Manklicher rifle inflicts the cleanest wounds, while the British magazine bullet causes severe bone and flesh damage at long range. A blood stained balloon is found in Haute Marne with no airman traces.
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Lexpos
Dahomy
Haute-Marne
Nicaragua Canal Scheme Reassembles for Immediate Construction
A call issued per the National Nicaragua Canal Convention resolution, held in St Louis on June 2, for the body to reconvene in New Orleans on November 30 to further pursue the immediate construction of the canal under U S protection and control.
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Nicaragua
Columbous
St. Louis
New Orleans
United States
Fires rage across towns report of wide losses
Sun day night fires cause estimated losses of 170000 in Sun day Saint Johnsbury Vermont and 76000 insured. In Alliance the homes of Flton Houck and Mrs Kingsbury narrowly escape. loss 4000 partly insured. Grunewald Hall New Orleans suffers 200000 loss with 100000 insured. Firefighters rescued residents from a fourth car. Allentown reports mountain fires visible. rain needed to avert serious damage. Fourteen houses burned at New Buck Moon owned by Mill Creek Coal. losses to company 5000 and miners lose everything. Port Perry forests blaze along Monongahela river. timber burned, fires spreading toward Jaburg. Huntington West Virginia records widespread arson with five incendiary fires since Saturday. Dr Mather and three stables burn. loss 4000.
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St. Johnsbury
Alliance
Flton Houck
Mra
Kingsbury
Treath
New Orleans
Grunewald Hall
Allentown
New Buck Moon
Mill Creek Coal Company
New Sensation Heart Cure Promises Salvation
M L Ross of Kansas City reported fluttering at night and dizziness from heart disease and soon found relief after taking Dr Miles New Cure for the Heart. J W Gibson of Pine Hall praised the treatment and urged others to try Miles' Heart Cure, with a free book offered by the company in Elkhart Indiana.
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M. L. Ross
Kansas City
Miles
J. W. Gibson
Pine Hail
Ruggiste Oredical Company
Elkhart
Ind
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Alabama
South Carolina
Texas
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Party of Protection
Pacific Coast
Major
Dixon
Philadelphia Nations
Philadelphia
A. RB. McKeown & Co
McConnell
Thomas J. Smith
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Fourth Avenue
de Witt
Solomon & Ruben’s
Bulletin OF Interwear
Glastonbury
Harvard
Children’s Black Derby
England
Paris' Ripper
Society of London
Austria
Minister of the Interior
Austrian
America
Pars
Porto Novos
Dodds
Bebansin
Port Perry
Monongaheela River
Jaburg
Huntington
W. Va
W. W. Mather
Pers
Smithfield
the Peoples Store
Long Coney Capes
Astrachan Capes
Cape
Marten
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