Pittsburg Urged to Host National Republican Convention
The safe committee reports Pittsburg has ample means to host the National Republican Convention and urges the mayoral appointees to allocate time for consideration. City leaders are urged to move decisively, showing unity and civic duty in backing Pittsburg’s bid to attract national delegates and benefit the town’s reputation.
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Thiens
Pittsburg
Wahingston
Pitisburg
Cincinnati
St Loui
Baltimore
Tre Vestaton
Farmers Alliance Faces Split Over Sub Treasury Issue
A split forms within the Farmers Alliance as factions diverge over the sub-treasury plan and socialist leanings. Indianapolis council blocks anti sub-treasury hearings, signaling deeper division. Ocala platform gains reluctant support while opposition grows, with potential dissolution looming.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Umeark
Sub-Treasury
Poties
Council of Indianapolis
Tt Remickipes
Alliance Purpose Diminished by Internal Rivalry
The text urges lowering the importance of either political wing and views the Alliance as once valuable. It argues restoration to its original role would help if the seceding wing desires, yet condemns the group as a rallying center for economic nations. Its disintegration is seen as best.
Exclusive trade privileges harm the plumbing and building trades
A local building trades journal denounces Master Plumbers and Builders associations for trying to bar outsiders from selling goods used in their trades. It argues such boycotts raise building costs, curb equal rights, and depress industry, noting past unions limited wages and trade access.
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Building Trades
Master Plumbers’ Association
Orwan
Builders’ Association
Pittsburg
Seed of Precautions on Live Wires at Power House
A workman was killed yesterday by contact with a live wire inside the Birmingham Traction Company power house. The incident highlights the need for strict safety around high power lines, as careless handling could put the public at risk through street wires and exposed conductors.
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Birmingham Traction Company
Two Modes of Construction in Campaign Contribution Case
The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia rules against flexible readings of the civil service law forbidding solicitations or receipts of campaign contributions in government offices. The decision upholds the clause as written, finds the defendant liable for sending a circular to department clerks, and criticizes broader judicial evasions of statutory language. The ruling curbs political pressure on office-holders and signals stricter enforcement, prompting appeals.
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Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Civil Service Law
United States
Courts Delay Evading the Great Political Idea
The passage argues that courts rushing to dismiss a major political plan delay the evil day, urging politicians to seek venue changes to the Pennsylvania Senate for those who must pursue the plan.
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United States Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Senate
Brice Senate bid amid Foraker linked tactics
A political clash over C. 5. Brice for the National Senate surfaces amid maneuvers tied to Foraker. Critics urge judicial review of Brice’s eligibility while party factions press a Sherman versus Foraker contest, with broader implications for Ohio Republicans. Meanwhile distant reports touch on Menalek’s Africa plans and Lake Bangweolo mapping oddities.
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C. 5. Brice
National Senate
Congress
Brice
Payne
New York
Ohio
Joseph Benson Foraker
Sherman
Senate
Foraker
Ohio Repulicans
John Sherman
Rain Maker Explodes In Cold Snap Idea
A speculative note suggests rain production through explosion and snow creation amid a cold snap. The writer mocks the feasibility of coordinating a grand combination of explosives to force weather changes, implying skepticism about such claims.
Iowa Prohibition Views Reflect Human Nature
Joss A Kassox explains Iowa attitudes toward prohibition. He notes broad support for banning liquor but opposition to extreme laws that halt private transport of wine and liquor. An elderly citizen sums up as in favor of prohibition but against its enforcement.
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Hox
Joss A. Kassox
Iowa
Betting Prohibition in New Jersey Sparks Court Betting Paradox
Betting on horse races is banned in New Jersey. Those required to bet may instead wager on Supreme Court decisions, a move reflecting the era's legal and social tensions.
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New Jersey
Supreme Court
Rain making crank denied in Dryonforth cases
The report clarifies that Dryonforth did not advocate rain making by explosions but conducted experiments under orders from officials. The public jokes end, yet the controversy may shift to others who champion the explosive theory, questioning if Dryonforth received a fair trial.
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Dryonforth
Davenforth
Beievers
No Jurisdiction Plea Pops Up In Fourteenth Ward Case
A curious procedural note appears in the Fourteenth ward police unit where the phrase no jurisdiction surfaces, signaling a jurisdictional challenge or clarification in a local case.
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Fourteenth Ward
Mor rison to Assume State Treasury Cashier Post
Announcement says Captain Morrison will learn all about the State Treasury office before taking charge. Many citizens have sought insight into internal affairs, and it is notable that the number of informed observers will increase by one.
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Morrison
State Treasury
Pittsburg and Harrison Turn Against Each Other
In a sharp political exchange Pittsburg withholds support from Harrison while Harrison likewise rejects Pittsburg. The developing standoff signals rising tensions between the two parties as public sentiment remains unclear.
Admiral Brown Refutations in Chilean Struggle Questioned
The piece critiques Admiral Brown's replies to charges of partiality in the Chilean conflict. It argues his justification for cutting the cable is unsatisfactory and asserts that a neutral cannot aid a domestic company in fulfilling a contract to keep lines of communication open for a contestant.
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Admiral Brown
Pension for Jefferson Davis widow proposed by Richmond paper
The Richmond Journal suggests that New South states pension Mrs. Jefferson Davis, arguing it would be fair to place her on the same footing as presidential widows. It adds the claim that no future Confederacy will arise and thus no Confederate president will have a widow again.
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Philadelphia
Richmond
Atlanta
New South
Jefferson Davis
New York
Delaware
National Pageant Patrons Listed for Calvary Church Event
Final arrangements for the National Pageant at Calvary Church in December include published patronesses and tableaux. The Monongahela House meeting completed the list with Mrs. George Clapp and Miss Pond guiding the selections, featuring scenes from Washington and Lafayette to Miles Standish and a modern sculptor's studio.
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Calvary Church
Monongahela House
Miss Pond
George Clapp
General Washington
Marquis de LaFayette
George Washington
Norman McClintock
Martha Washington
Alice Lyon
Orth
John Adams
Walter McClintock
Charles B. Clapp
Sarah Kennedy
Margaret Brown
Edith Rankin
Nina King
Lydie Sutton
Ciara Childs
Margaret Forsyth
Verner Scaife
Gray
Alan Wood
Charles 5. Brown
Russell Forsyth
Moorhead Murdock
Barton
Pittsburg
Isabella's
Columbus
Isabella
Queen Isabella
Joseph R. Dilworth
King Ferdinand
Joseph Beggs
Harry
Beggs
J. Ross Snively
Mouke
Will Rovinson
DeWitt Dilworth
Vandergrift
May Modallam
Nellie McCallum
Nin
Charles BE
Glapn
Walter P. Rose
Eddie Dilworth
Joseph Dilworth
Charles E. Clapp
Miles Standish
Priscilla
Emma Bingler Wolfe
John Alden
Charles Brown
W. D., Corcoran
Samuel Moorhead
Maurice Coater
E. TW. Dermitt
Carrie McKay
Bert Bruce
Nora Dickson
Louis Brown
Ethel Grange
Alice McKay
Lora Abbott
Rosalind Wood
Edna McKay
Marie Suasman
Bessie MecConway
Alice Slemmons
Dermitt
Ethel Grage
Alice MccKay
Lois Abbott
Edun McKay
Marie Lioewan
Bossie McConway
Walter Ross
Parke Wood
Tom McKay
Frank Abbott
Willie Abbott
Winthrop Pier
Roy Pier
Robert Grange
Wallie Grange
Columbia
John Wilcot
Ella Semple
May Allen
May McCallum
Ella Chalmers
Fannie King
Fleanor Gillespie
Rachel Larimer
Kellie McCallum
Kittie Irwin
Birdie Faber
Siurah Carpenter
Julie Beech
Maurice Coster
Nler
Lei
Conrades Hauiopton
Christopher Magee
Sureen
Carrie
Harry van Eaten
Maurice Foster
Mise
Clementine Rees
Harry T. Lydick
Marry Stuart
John T. Coxsenn
Edward Bartsch
Edward May
Marre Gow
Frank Menns
Alfred Marke
Engler
William Miller
Rupert C. Kime
Thanksgiving Sale and Charity Events at Local Churches
Social chatter notes Pittsburg Women's Exchange plan for its regular pre Thanksgiving sale at the Exchange rooms on Tuesday and Wednesday with a focus on a list of articles beginning with C. Eve will host a Christmas charity sale at Calvary Church featuring cakes candy and tea cups. A card party at Mrs Mansfield Krane's Sewickley home will have ten tables and prize winners. Guests include Mrs John M Tate Mrs Melchior B Chaplin and Mrs Theodore Nevin. Mans W G Hunt and Mrs J M Beauty stay at the Central Motel.
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Pittsburg Women's Exchange
Calvary Church
Calvary’s Church Sisterhood
Mansfield ‘Krane
Sewickley
Sod
Noyat Worcester
Blair
McKown
Mise Anderson
John M. Tate
Ohio Democrats Split Over Next Democratic Nominee
A New York reporter questioned Governor Campbell on Ohio Democratic sentiment for next year’s presidential nomination. He cited Cleveland as favored by many, with Governor Hill Pattison Gorman and Boies also supported. He noted Westward belief that New York should not dominate the nomination again and that a genuine outside candidate may be preferred.
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New York
Campbell
Ohio
Cleveland
Hill
Pattison
Gorman
Gmy
Indiana
Boies
Jaws
West
The
New York Recorder
Columbus
Mills and Crips Rivalry Reverberates in Party Fight
The Atlanta Journal reports on Crisp and Mills as Georgia figures in the Gilded Age speakership debate. The Richmond Times and others weigh Mills as a free trade ally while criticizing policy incursions and infighting. Democratic sentiment and tariff policy loom large in a national contest.
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Georgia
Texas
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Mills
Congress
Hunt
Mints
Judge Crisp
Atlanta
Gay) Jowrnel
Crist
Richmond
Gove
South
the Times
Cleveland
Milla
Crisp
J. Y Sun
Pittsburg Faces Rising Tall Building Debate
Pittsburg weighs regulating building height amid rush for permits to erect risky airy structures. City officials warn extreme loftiness threatens safety as fireproofing and steel could fail under severe blazes and rapid cooling from water damage.
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Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Globe
O'Neal
Swente
Change in view of journalists by American writers
Mrs Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward is cited as entertaining a favorable opinion of American journalism while no reason is given. Over ten years authors shifted from disdain to embracing newspapers as a prime channel to reach the public, transforming the daily press into a dominant force in modern literature. Magazines struggle to keep pace with this powerful literary vehicle.
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Chicago Daily News
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps-Ward
Andy Press
Philadelphia moral tone clashes over Babylon painting
The New York Evening Sun reports a Philadelphian calls for the Custom House to bar admission to The Fall of Babylon. Critics argue the piece should be altered for Philadelphia display with aproned foreground figures as bargain-counter art.
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New York
Custom House
Babylon
New York Post Office
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Millennium claims pitch for convention sites in race
Enterprising cities send delegations to Washington offering hospitable terms for the Republican National Convention. St Paul touts Minneapolis as Providence designed site, while Chicago withdraws, urging St Louis. Brisk, friendly contest with eager delegations.
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New York Tribune
Washington
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Notable Figures In News Gossip And Rumors
A string of brief notes mentions Tris claiming 2000 babies named for Chauncey Depew, Vanderbilts arriving in Paris, Currie the author of The Green Hand dead, Secretary Foster recovered at the Treasury, Joseph Jefferson’s son visiting London, and Miss Murfree marrying a Tennessee mountaineer. Also reports on Governor Campbell, Harper’s editor shift from Howell to Warner, Governor Hovey’s illness, a Kipling relative’s book The Heart of Maid, Baron Von Wissmany ill in Cairo, and Robert Lincoln's travel plans via Brindisi to Naples and Constantinople with future return to Chicago law.
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Kipling
Rudyard
Slater
India
Baron von Wissmany
Kilima-Njaro
Germany
German East Africa
Rome
Robert Lincoln
United States
England
Brindisi
Naples
Constantinople
Floating Fortresses. Rapid progress on the New York cruiser
The Philadelphia Telegraph notes speedy work at the Quaker City yard on the new steel cruiser New York with launch planned on the 1st proximo. The vessel surpasses earlier ships, boasting stronger build, superior armor, and advanced ordnance, while the accompanying Pirate promises equal or greater speed and destructive potential.
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Vesaela -Moat
Quaker City Yard
Philadelphia Telegraph
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Newark
Harlequin republics draw ire from the London Zier
The Brooklyn Standard-Union and its London correspondent criticize calls of Brazil as a harlequin republic, arguing the simile belittles nations while recalling wartime jabs at American government. The piece mocks the use of royalist and imperial comparisons as foolish pantomime.
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Brooklyn
Brazil
The Electoral Vote and New State Apportionment
The article details the 1892 electoral vote table with asterisks marking Republican states, notes on the census driven increase from 401 to 404 electors, and Pennsylvania gaining two seats. It describes six new states Montana North Dakota South Dakota Washington Wyoming all voting Republican in 1900 except Montana and explains Montana’s district method for choosing electors amid a Democratic legislature. It lists state electoral allocations and discusses districting outcomes in several states including New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania and others.
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Pennsylvania
lIdialie
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
Wyoming
Michigan
Supreme Court of
Marriand
New Jersey
New
Santi Dakota
West Virginia
Vermont
Virginia
Wastmarhion
Wisconsin
Presbyterian Creed Views on Revision from a Brooklyn Cleric
A leading Brooklyn Presbyterian clergyman writes to the Boston Traveller describing the Brooklyn Presbytery action on creed revision. He argues that major churches oppose revised confessions and favor a simple, broad statement of cardinal Christian principles. He notes the vote to omit sections on predestination and asserts salvation through Christ is offered to all, warning against contrived doctrinal narrowing.
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Brooklyn
Boston
Trav Uer
Tammany Seizes Brooklyn Bridge Rivalry for Speakership
A chaotic report claims Tammany Hall seized the Brooklyn Bridge and a Croton water scandal to destabilize New York and influence national politics. It accuses Roger A. Pryor of demanding 10 percent for a bench seat and outlines a plan to control House leadership and the presidential nomination with candidates Crisp Hill Flower.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Tammany
Brooklyn
Croton
New York
Roger A. Pryor
House of Representatives
Crisp
Fragmented political quotes mix in brisk front page chatter
A tangle of edited quotations shows political figures like John Sherman and Cleveland referenced with party dynamics in Ohio and New York. The text also notes editorial takes on protectionism, doctrine, and media headlines, with varied newspaper voices from Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati commenting on campaigns and public opinion.
Curious Condensations From an Odd 19th Century Scrap
A collage of brief notes on Dickens work counts and a Boston election with George Washington as a candidate. It mentions an Authors Museum in St. Petersburg, a tear-down in St. Louis for superstition, winter postmarks, breadstuffs exports, a mother in law plant, Washington's wealth, a famous Dundes stamp, and aging books printed with rag pulp. The piece also touches the Liberty Tree in Boston, Honduras timbers, and armor's evolution in naval warfare with a tea recipe anecdote.
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Charles Dickens
George Washington
Boston Common Council
St. Petersburg
Smithsonian Institute
Smantsh
America
Ilis
Washington Lin
Ohio
James Chalmers
Dundee
Sigmond Fried
Unter-Dolberg
Vienna
Meers
Yale
New Faeland
Boston
Teeton
Honduras
England
United States
London
Gebra
Matics
Findings of the Judge and City Laughs in Snippet Oddities
A quirky column compiles disparate snippets from Arkansas life with playful courtroom quips and social jests. It mentions a Mary furore over a bear incident, gossip about widows, schoolroom ethics, a libel claim, a kitchen door encounter, grocer tales, and a trader’s bargain noted with humor.
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Philadelphia Hospital
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United States Senate
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