Ballot reform battle roars in Pittsburgh clash over Baker bill
Prominent Pittsburgh figures attack Senate amendments to the Baker ballot reform bill as killing the reform. Mapes denounces provisions that could bar independent candidates and secret voting, while Colonel McClure denounces the changes as ballot thieves. The Pennsylvania Ballot Association urges public action to restore the original measure.
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Senate Elections Committees
Crouse
Keefer
Mylin
Porter
Steele
McDonald
Monaghan
Baker
Senate
Tne
Mockery of Ballot Reform Amid Senate Resistance
The piece attacks a ballot reform bill as a fraudulent scheme. It claims independent candidates are boxed out by a 10 percent vote threshold and a 10 000 petition requirement. It alleges improper nomination handling by a partisan official and criticizes a 25 voter pooling booth as a shameful cost-bloat.
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Stewart
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Internal Affairs
Senate
Haker
Pittsburgers Split Over Baker Ballot Reform Bill
Pittsburg residents express dissatisfaction with the Senate committee mangling of the Baker ballot reform bill. Governor’s veto looms if passed, with critics arguing the changes threaten ballot secrecy and open the door to coercion. Figures like Paterson and Harrison draw blame, while supporters urge constitutional reform and compulsory voting as remedies.
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Senate
Pittsburg
Faith
Purity of Ballot Reform Sparks Debate in Legislative Foray
Mr Collins argues practical politicians will not push purification. Don Morrow, a ballot reform advocate, opposes amendments allowing a supervisor to accompany a voter. The bill remains unlikely to become law as written, according to the Controller who doubts its fate.
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James B. Scott
Baker
W. P. No
Stephen Collins
Sean
Collins
Don Morrow
Friends oppose amended Baker ballot bill in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg the debate over changes to the Baker ballot bill grew heated as reform supporters denounced the amendments as highway robbery. Observers expected Governor Pattison to veto the measure if sent in its amended form. Shirley Dare to discuss the grip later in The Dispatch.
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Harrisburg
May
Baker
Pattison
Delamater's Case Seeks Change of Venue to Harrisburg
The Supreme Court granted a rule on Crawford county’s district attorney to show cause why age of years should not be granted in the embezzlement case of G. W. Delamater & Co. The writ returns at Harrisburg on the first Monday in June for argument. Delamaters’ attorneys cite local prejudice and newspaper hostility as impairing a fair Crawford County trial.
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Supreme Court
Crawford County
G. W. Delamater & Co
Meadville
Harrisburg
Joshua Douglass
A. B. Richmann
George Jenks
Delamaters
Brubaker Not Prepared in Lancaster Contests Postponed
Special Telegram to the Dispatch from Lancaster reports the Committee on Contests at a Board of Return Judges meeting delayed the fight over the Brubaker Livingston race. Lawyers argued for or against delay as testimony and investigations were planned for next Monday to establish Brubaker as party nominee and Livingston’s alleged larger majority.
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Lancaster
May
Committee On Contests
Board of Return Judges
Livingston
Brukeer
J. Hay Brown
Old Hutch Visits Boston Exchange Floor Sensation
The Chicagoan known as Old Hutch spent about 15 minutes on the Boston Chamber of Commerce floor at noon in the Exchange. He arrived with H. F. Woods and was greeted by officials including President Speare and ex President Goodwin. Spectators crowded around him as he studied the weather map and quotation boards under his silk hat.
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Speare
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Elyton Land Company Commits 100000 to New Steel Plant
In Birmingham on May 8, Elyton Land Company directors voted a 100000 cash subscription to the million-dollar steel plant organized by T. T. Hillman and associates. Tennessee Coal and Iron Company matched the gift in value and Hillman pledged to raise the remainder. The plant is planned six miles from the furnaces and mines of the Tennessee Coal and Iron interests.
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Elyton Land Company
T. T. Hillman and Associates
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Hillman
Tenneastes Company
Carnegie Party to Sail for Southampton on Columbia
Mr and Mrs Carnegie accompanied by Walter and Mrs Damrosch will sail next Thursday May 14 for Southampton England aboard the Hamburg American steamship Columbia. They will go to Cliveden Castle and the engagements include visits to the Highlands and a stay at Will mos h.
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Fall Thoreday
New York
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Will Aail
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England
Columbia
Fronmuater
Cluey Castle
Mins
Highlands
Indianapolis Woman Sends Mother's Remains To France
Dr. Claire Taylor departed Indianapolis on May 8 to ship her mother body parts to France for burial. The mother was buried in Peru, Indiana, while the remainder was sent abroad as requested by the family.
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Mia
Claire Taylor
France
Peru
New York Presbytery Debates Dr Briggs Heresy Case
A special committee of the New York Presbytery reports on Dr Charles G Briggs of Union Seminary amid a heresy dispute. The panel split 4 to 2 in Briggs favor. one member eyed a trial while another urged mercy.
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Adam’s Memorial Presbyterian Church
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Suport
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Briger
Controversy Over Dr. Briggs Views Sparks Denominational Debate
Friends warn that Dr. Briggs words threaten his standing at Union Seminary and may trigger action by the Presbytery and the General Assembly. Observers expect a decisive vote at the Detroit gathering May 21, with a possible outcome shaping the denomination and Briggs’s future.
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Presytery
Harvey Nickel Plate Armor Too Tough for Cannon Tests
Tests at Annapolis naval proving grounds conclude after three days. Five plates from Carnegie, Phipps & Co. endure 20 shots from a six pounder at 35 feet. steel plates shatter, nickel and steel perforates, Harvey nickel shows minimal denting while backing timber cracks but remains intact. Spectators praise Harvey nickel durability and superiority.
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Naval Proving Grounds
William M. Folger
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Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Pittsburg
Miriam A Onbors Probate Will Establishes Memorial Home
The will of Mrs Miriam A Onbors widow of stock broker Charley Osborn is probated to fund the Miriam A Osborn Memorial Home Association with a 150000 bequest to Yale College for a memorial to her husband Yale may receive more funds under contingencies The Home for Respectable Aged Indigent Females and the Peabody Home would share in the estate with most assets in trust lands Executors may distribute 10000 to servants who served the testatrix for at least three years before her death
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Miriam A. Onbors
Charley Osborn
Howell's
Miriam A. Osborn
Peabody Home
Howell Osborn
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Blavatsky Dies at 60 After Influenza and Kidney Troubles
Madame Helena Blavatsky co founder of the Theosophical Society dies at 60 in London after illness and gastric kidney complications cremated at Woking per her wishes. Born in Russia she was linked to notable military and noble lines and shaped modern spiritual movements with controversial early life and public claims of esoteric powers.
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The
Theosophical Society
Avenue Road
Gents Park
Manis
Helena Petrovia Blavatsky
Exkavrinoslov
Russia
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Medhinburg
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Andrew Fadeef
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Haivan
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Oradis
Hahn
United States
Serepe
Milo
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Greece
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Short on Seamen As Navy Shrinks Roster
The Navy Department struggles to recruit enough able seamen as Congress debates enlarging the force. The Lancaster in California lacks about 80 sailors to sail to China, the Miantonomah awaits crew in New York, and the White Squadron at Norfolk faces reductions with Chicago losing 70 and Boston and Atlanta 60 men each.
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Miantonomah
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Congress
Norfolk
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Davitt to Be Honored Before California Voyage
Michael Davitt will be feted at a banquet on the eve of his departure for California. He plans to heal his fragile health with rest on the Pacific slope with friends of his wife, then tour the Western States giving lectures once recovered. He has suffered worsening ague.
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Loxpox
Michael Davitt
California
Pacific
Davitt
Political Trio Spotted In Philadelphia May Visit
C L Magee, head of Republican hosts in Allegheny, and Congressman John Dalzell are in Philadelphia from Pittsburgh. Dalzell hints McKinley and an American tin plate campaign will be big in Ohio this year. Ex Senator Wallace arrives from Crear field to oversee Guinness interests.
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Philadelphia
C. L. Magee
Allegheny
John Dalzell
Pittsburg
McKinley
Ohio
Magee May
New York
William A. Wallace
Train washed away in Allerona disaster
Rome reports a quarry train blocked by a sudden flood at Allerona Umbria. The river overflowed, sweeping the cars from the tracks and carrying them far downstream. Most men aboard drowned before help could reach them.
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Allerona
Orvieto
Umbria
Liberals Celebrate Narrow Conservative Gain in Dorchester Election
May 8 Dorchester reports a Liberal cheer as W. EB. 5B wins over P. Edgumbe, narrowing the Conservative majority from 991 previously held by Lt. Col. C. J. T. Hambro. The Liberal victory fuels party optimism amid local politics and the ongoing Liberal-Conservative contest.
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Dorchester
May
South Dorset
W. EB
P. Edgcumbe
C. J. T. Hambro
Young Navasta Lawyer Drowns Wife and Baby in Balcony Plunge
At 5 am in San Antonio a 28 year old lawyer J M Wesson and his 23 year old wife and their 2 month old child were at an ice cream saloon balcony over the river. The man shoved his wife and infant into the water then leaped after them and drowned. A rescuer saved the woman but the child and he were lost. The incident suggests the lawyer may have been mentally unsettled.
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J. M. Wesson
Navasta
Wesson
Dock Laborers Strike Over Wage Cuts at Ashtabula Harbor
Nearly 1,000 dock laborers at Ashtabula harbor struck in Cleveland on May 8 to protest wage reductions. The workers paraded and pledged to prevent replacements, asserting no violence, only resistance to job takeovers.
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Cleveland
Ashtabula Harbor
Notable Victims Fear Ridicule as Pinter Swindle Unfolds
In Lowpow on May 8, Edward Pinter who posed as an American and claimed a method to multiply gold is suspected of swindling £100,000 from high society figures including a Rothschild and a Barings member. Police report he targeted ministers and nobles, but scrutiny suggests his downfall may come from fear of public ridicule rather than legal action.
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London
Baron Hirsch Emigration Plan Deemed Unfounded
The Hebrew Chronicle reports Baron Hirsch's £300,000 emigration project from Russia is not confirmed at present. It notes he has given no figure and that Baron Rothschild Sir Julien Goldsmith and Mr Samuel Montague are reviewing options to steer funds away from the scheme.
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Hebrew Chronicle
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Lavue
Baron Hirsch
Russia
Dave Good
Baron Rothsch
Julien Goldsmith
Samuel Montague
Kugsiana
Aaewhenten
Aioe
Rothschilds and Rasala Contract With Russia Confirmed
The Rothschild contract with Russia is signed and the issue now hinges on the syndicate choosing an opportune moment. Europe coverage expected in tomorrow's DISPATCH Special Cable Letters.
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Rasala
Panris
Russia
Big Dispatch
Rio Grande rises as Albuquerque braces with dykes
The Rio Grande steadily climbs near Albuquerque New Mexico with floodbanks protecting the city. Officials from the city county and railroad built banks in low areas and Mayor Ain receives daily bulletins from Espanola to warn of rises within 24 hours. A toll bridge is washed out on the river. A Rio Grande flood recap and a sports section note follow.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Ain
Espanola
Dom Pedro Simpson
Alameda
Rio Grande
Increase in U.S. Insane Asylum Admissions in 1881
The Census Superintendent released a bulletin showing 97,535 insane persons treated in 1669 and 56,205 in 1881, a 73.53 percent rise over nine years. The rise reflects more asylum accommodation rather than faster growth in population, with a 24.86 ratio of increase in weeks.
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Washington
United States
AMA Proposes Medical Cabinet Officer and Jenner Centennial Plan
The American Medical Association closes its forty second annual session with a presidentially appointed committee to seek Congress a Medical Secretary of Public Health as a Cabinet officer. The Jenner centennial celebration report recommends joint international observance if feasible. May deadline noted.
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Washingtoy
May
American Medical Association
Congress
Jenner
Balmaceda bluff over Itata chase sparks mixed views
May 8 dispatches describe U S officials debating the right to seize the Chilean steamer Itata on the high seas amid Balmaceda’s crisis. Blame falls on Secretary Blaine as officials vow stern measures against insurgents and possible abdication signals.
Balmaceda Insurrection Favored by Britain Hopes for Peace
May 8 dispatches report private Chilean cables say Balmaceda rejects mediation pages from Ayres Proa by France Brazil and the United States. Balmaceda supporters in London and Santiago have received limited British help as the insurrection gains early momentum.
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Balmaceds
Loxton
Balmaceda
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