Teller Demands Silver Parity Against Gold in Senate Speech
Colorado Senator Teller challenged Windom’s silver bill as a mono metallist trojan horse and urged equal treatment of silver with gold as money. He tied silver to national progress and to the Republican platform while opposing the Finance Committee measure. The Senate adjourned the debate for executive session with the bill laid aside.
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Teller
Colorado
Senate
Windom
United States
Alver
See
Finance Committee
National Republican
Chinese Exclusion Faces Gaps at Mexican Border
Treasury report by Chinese Inspector Datus E. Coon notes many crossings into California from the Mexican line despite Customs efforts. He calls exclusion efforts largely ineffective, cites difficulties in identifying entrants, and proposes treaties with Britain and Mexico to simplify exclusion.
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Coon
California
Department
San Diego
United States
Mexico
Tie
Sour on the Tariff Bill Vinegar Makers Seek Section 32 Repeal
A vinever makers delegation led by Paul Bechiner Edward Hill H J Heinz H Williams and A G Baden asked the Ways and Means Committee to strike section 32 of the internal revenue portion of the tariff bill The section would repeal the law permitting vinegar from alcoholic vapor and the witnesses argued for its impracticality and merits.
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Washington
Paul Bechiner
Chicace
Edward Hill
St. Loui
H. J. Heinz
Pittsburg
H. Williams
Detroit
A. G. Baden
Milwaukee
Ways and Means Committee
Internal Revenue
Bechtner
Fraud Risk from Low Wines Pro Cook in Vinegar Making
Article warns about potential fraud by using low wines in vinegar making to create whiskey. It notes regulatory concerns and risks of deception in alcohol production practices.
Railroad Officials Protest Any Action on Automatic Brakes
Prominent railroad men told the Senate Commerce Committee that new power brake and automatic coupler laws would not improve safety, warning some lines may adopt worse systems. They urged a Board of Inspectors under the Interstate Commerce Commission to guide progress and opposed blanket federal mandates.
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Congress
Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
George B. Roberts
Pennsylvania Railroad
Theodore N. Ely
Roberts
New England Railroad Club
Safford
Ely
Board of Inspectors
Interstate Commerce Commission
W.C. Brown
Burlington
Iowa
Missouri
Chicago
Burlington and
Qoiser
Northwest
Brown
Monter Car Builders’ Association
Reed targets Capitol hucksters Clara Morris and Jennie the Jo woman
Speaker Reed orders removal of Clara Morris and Jennie the Jo woman from Capitol corridor business spaces used for relics and photographs. The telegraph offices will occupy the counters they use as these two long standing Capitol figures face relocation or exit. Clara Morris has run her Capitol stall for 25 years and was once famed for Henry Clay era attention.
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Capitol
Petecias Telforam
Washington
Reed
Clara Morris
Capitol Building
Clara
Jennie
Rip of Representatives
Capital
Henry Clay
House Insists on Amendment to Senate Dependent Pension Bill
Washington May 14 The House on motion by Mr Morrill of Kansas insisted on its amendment to the Senate dependent pension bill and a conference was ordered.
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House
Washington
Morrill
Kansas
Senate Passes House Bill to Sale U S Lands in Pittsburg
May 14 report from Wasnn Indies states the Senate approved the House bill authorizing the sale of specific United States lands located in Pittsburg. The measure advances in legislative action with potential impact on regional landholdings.
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Pittsburg
Senate
United States
Carlisle in the Lead in Kentucky Senatorial Canvass
In Frankfort on May 14 the Democratic caucus began balloting with six names. Four ballots showed Carlisle leading with gains for Lindsay and Knott, while McCreary and Moore trailed. Evan Settle, a popular state legislator from Owenton, is the sixth candidate. The night’s results suggest Carlisle is stronger, but no decisive outcome yet.
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Louisvitur
Casucus
Frankfort
Buckner
McKingie
Reeves
Carlisle
McCreary
Lindsay
Knott
Moore
Settle
Mou
Kaird
Evan Settle
Owenton
Two Chinese Lepers Sought in Chicago Streets
A Chicago Health Department alert seeks two Chinese lepers seen roaming the city. Health Commissioner Wickersham confirms the search, with Drs Montgomery and Hunt in charge, as officials warn the disease is highly contagious and urge public vigilance.
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Curiaco
Health Department of
Chicago
Wickershaw
Davis Camp Sons of Veterans to Attend Grant Greenawalt’s Funeral
The Davis Camp Sons of Veterans will meet at their headquarters No 408 Grant Street in full uniform on Friday May 16 at 8 30 to attend the funeral of Brother Grant Greenawalt.
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Greenswalt
Davis Camp
Sons of Veterans
Grant Street
Grant Greenawalt
Local incident details in two cities draw charges
Mrs Laxtiz Atchison testified before Alderman ArcMastera accusing Louis Hendy Bending of assault and battery. The brief proceeded with statements of alleged domestic abuse and harmful conduct in the two cities.
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Hendy
Laxtiz Atchisson
ArcMastera
Louis
Detention Fight Over Mormon Immigration Tactic
New York May 14 The clash over Mormon converts arriving on Gulon line ships prompts Mulholland to enforce contract labor law. Missionaries deny explicit contracts while admitting promises of work. Converts land at Norfolk then head west under scrutiny for possible under contract labor.
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Cnm
Missioner
Malboli
Mulholland
Mr. Mulholland
Eer
Norfolk
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Sweden
Denmark
Utah
Scandinavian Peninsula
New World
Jets
Lacombe
A Day's Accidents Across Two Cities
A series of accidents reported in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas includes a school director from the Thirteenth ward losing a foot after a Keystone Bridge works incident, a man breaking his leg near a Junction Railroad bridge, winged by a flying wagon, passenger injuries on a Pittsburg Traction car, and workers at American Iron Works and Standard Manufacturing suffering injuries. Joseph Charleston, an older Southside figure, is identified as the locomotive casualty, with two other men thrown from carriages and a teen killed by a West Penn train near Allegheny.
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Macy Minor Casanlioa
Ase Uson
Geta
Tel Work
Alexander Warner
Thirteenth Ward
Clark
Keystone Bridge
George Khiatiosky
Junction Railroad
Ing
Irty-Third Street
Pittsburg
Birmingham
Carson Street
Brownsville Avenue
Keystone Express
John Dingler
Eeen
Soho Hill
Joseph Ambros
American Iron Works
Southside Hospital
Father McTighe
William Welch
Penn Avenue
Nicholas Anderson
Bridge Department
Homestead
Joseph Charleston
City Park
Greenawalt
Alleheny
West Penn
Michael Polarsky
Standard Manufacturing Company
Judge Fitzgerald upholds Ives pool law ruling
In General Sessions Judge Fitzgerald overruled the demurrer to the indictment against John J. Sullivan who kept a room in New York for money to be bet on races. The judge held the Ives pool law unconstitutional, with defense plans for Sullivan’s trial and a possible Appeal court ruling on horse race betting legality.
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srEc
Dispatch
New York
Fitzgerald
General Sessions
John J. Sullivan
Howe
Sullivan
Fitegerald
Goff
Orfee Pres Sullivan
Court of Appeal
Mississippi Mob Regulator Attacks End in Fatality
In Kemper and Lauderdale counties western Mississippi men calling themselves regulators attacked a Negro home. They fired at the house of Anderson, who shot back killing Louis Land and wounding two others before escaping. Strong local sentiment against the reg ulators rises among Black residents and others.
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Merioran
Miss
Kemper County
Lauderdale County
Anderson
Louis Land
Two Ao
Regulators
Germany debates military bill amid peace-keeping fears
In Berlin the Reichstag debated the military bill as General Verdy De Vernois and Field Marshal Von Moltke argued for a stronger army to safeguard peace. They warned that war risks rise if Germany economizes on defense and stressed the need for substantial funding despite public unrest.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Verdy de Vernois
Germany
Count von Moltke
Windthornt
Mining Riots in Portugal Spark Martial Law Action
Reports say mining riots in Ortuella Portugalete and Desierto lead troops to fire on crowds. Several killed and wounded as soldiers restore order in Biscay province. whole region under martial law with rail service disrupted. In Rome, Madame Diss Debar is arrested for alleged hotel theft and fraud.
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Mirikore
Ivlbao
Ortuella
Portugalete
Desierto
Biscay
Home Ruler Bowie Elected Unopposed in Galway
Lonnox May 14. Mr. Bowie, Home Ruler, has been elected member of Parliament for Galway without opposition.
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Lonnox
Mr. Bowie
Galway
The Depot Ticket Window and Its Odd Patrons
At the Union depot the ticket booth deals with a parade of characters. Two Chinamen struggle with a Mongolian accented ask and the clerk fends off a flood of amused questions. A sandy whiskered man and his wife seek tickets to New York while a stray remark about travel as a boy adds comic confusion to the routine.
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Union
P. BR. RB
Gillee Loun Easlillee
Gilles Loun Ikee Easlillee
Easlillee
Cassillery
Liberty
Mae
Gillee Loun Ikee Easlellee
Gilles Loun Ikee Easlellee
Columbus
New York
In Search of Booth Exile in Africa and Paris
Miss Louise Worcester, allying with Wilkes Booth’s supposed survival, travels from New York to Paris then Egypt and Palestine in a worldwide quest to meet the exile. Her journey draws letters offering marriages missions and rewards, while a Dispatch history notes her belief and motives.
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Louise Worcester
Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Dispatch
Miss Worcester
Birmiyouam
Ana
John Wilkes Booth
Paris
New York
Alexandria
Egypt
Palestine
Jerusalem
United States
Garrett
Booth
A Row in the Camp in Philadelphia Brotherhood
Philadelphia May 14 There is serious trouble in the Philadelphia Brotherhood club threatening reorganization. James Fogarty the great fielder has resigned as captain and manager and a large block of stock is for sale. Fogarty may not play again unless changes occur in current directorship as tensions divide the board.
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Igfacial
Ofsfatch
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Brotherhood Club
James Fogarty
Fogarty
New York
Brotherhood Club
Love
Home Rule Irish Laborers Bill Sparks House Debate
In the House of Commons the Irish agricultural laborers bill seeks to use church surplus to build laborers cottages. Nationalist M P Fox moves second reading while Conservative Johnston opposes saying funds inadequate. Parnellites accused of arranging a show for second reading. The clash highlights party divisions over channeling surplus to Irish land measures and education.
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Loxpow
House of Commons
Joseph Francis Fox
Tullamore
Kings County
Johnston
Belfast
David Plunket
Dillon
Parnellites
Mr. Balfour
Node
Negroes Seize Alabama Republican Mass Meeting
In Birmingham on May 14 a Republican mass meeting elected delegates to the State Convention was taken over by black members who expelled white officers, proclaimed supremacy of negroes, and replaced leaders while the white faction held a separate slate of delegates.
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Birmingham
Ala
South
Devoy'S Sister Alive Quashes Death Warning
James A. Devoy received a cable from his sister in Ireland confirming she was in good health. He still fears some misfortune may befall his kin, but the sister's message ends his death warning concern. Mrs Hill reports Devoy left her Watson street boarding house Monday and moved to other quarters. He has since returned to work and seems sane again.
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James A. Devoy
Dispatch
Ireland
Watson Street
Devoy
Important murder witness found dead in Maryland
Paul Louk, who had been missing for two weeks, was found hanging from a tree six miles from Beverly Maryland. The body was bloated and partially eaten by birds. Louk was an important witness in a murder trial.
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Maryland
Ipator
Cumberland
Paul Louk
Beverly
Fatal Fall From Union Bridge Reported
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH Wheeling May 14 John Deeters fell from the new Union bridge this afternoon fracturing his skull breaking one arm and sustaining other injuries He will assist. Howl's Son Arrested New York May 14 Ex Mayor Hewitts son got into a row with a cabman tonight A policeman arrested him In the fracas the youth was handled roughly.
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Wheeling
John Deeters
New Union Bridge
Howl
Dispatch
New Yorks
Hewitt
Neglected Family Case Before Alderman Warren
John Bingham faced a hearing on cruelty and neglect of his children and desertion and non support of his wife. Prosecutor M J Dean of the Anti Cruelty Society spoke as the case moved in Sharpsburg. He was fined ten dollars and jailed twenty days with a further hearing planned on his wife’s charges.
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John Bingham
Warren
M. J. Dean
Anti-Cruelty Society
Bingham
Sharpsburg
Youths Arrested in Flour Depot Theft
Early yesterday morning several cars at the Fort Wayne depot were broken open and sacks of flour stolen. A boy named William Burns was arrested and later admitted involvement. He named companions John Devine 16 William McCann 15 and Thomas O Hara 13. The four boys were arrested again and confined.
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Fort Wayne
William Burns
John Devine
William McCann
Thomas O'Hara
Democratic Committee Backs Pattison for Governor
Scranton May 14 The Lackawanna county seven delegates were instructed at a Democratic meeting to vote for Pattison for Governor. New York hosiers note a special stocking style imported for American women being small at the foot and full in the kreenaes.
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Tnsteuoted
Pattison
ScrantTox
Democratic Committee
Lackawanna County
New York
Corner-stone to Be Laid for Snowden Chapel Franklin
The corner-stone of Snowden Chapel A. M. E. Zion Church in Franklin will be laid on May 18. Revs. G. W. Clinton N. J. Watson and J. H. McMullen of Akron will assist the pastor.
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Snowden Chapel
Franklin
G. W. Clinton
N. J. Watson
J. H. McMullen
Akron
Sasist
Allegheny Classes Meet in Grace Reformed Church Session
The Allegheny class met at Grace Reformed Church with delegates elected to the General Synod to meet in Lebanon, Pa. amid heated discussion over Zion Reformed Church property, two factions, and proposed new congregations Highland and St Mark's. A temporary truce led to annulling prior dissolving actions and plans to settle by forming two congregations and a new Torrrence church.
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Lion Reformed Church
General Synod
Allegheny
Grace Reformed Church
Lebanon
H. Pragh
Grace Church
J. E. Freeman
Wilkinsburg
John M. Conroy
Hev. J. W. Miller
Chambersburg
Highland Church
St. Mark's Reformed Church
Avenue
Torrence
Zion
Highland
H. D. Darbates
McKeesport
J. Freeman
G. M. Aang
Braddock Train Collision Injures Engineer In Wreck
A Pennsylvan ia Railroad wreck at Braddock yesterday afternoon involved the Braddock Accommodation returning to the city and the Altoona Accommodation with emigrants. The Altoona engine crashed into the Braddock rear coach, tearing the front coach and igniting the rear. The engineer Wilson was injured. the fireman escaped. The crash was blamed on the Braddock trainman who was reportedly not at his post.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Braddock
Altoona
Wilson
Hagman
Opposed to Widening Wood Street Paving Urged
In Wilkinsburg residents oppose widening Wood Street from Hill Street to the borough line. A property owner told a Dispatch reporter that the street is already wide enough and would be better paved promptly, noting it is a mud hole and nearly impassable for vehicles.
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Wikineburg
Wood Street
Wilkinsburg
Hill Street
Rowe
Dispatch
Railroad Director Denies Sale Of Line At Union Depot
Director Postlewaite of the Louisville New Albany and Chicago Railroad passed through the Union depot yesterday morning en route to New York. He denied reports that the road had been sold to the PBRR or any other line and said he did not believe J B Carson, former L N A & C general manager, would parallel the old line.
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Senate
Teller
Colorado
Postlewaite
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad
Union Depot
New York
P. RB. R
J. B. Carson
Burial of Ernest H. Heinrichs's Only Child at Lafayette Street Home
Yesterday the only child of Ernest H. Heinrichs formerly of The Disratcn was buried. Funeral services were held at his home on Lafayette street. He and his wife have the sympathy of a large circle of friends.
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Ernest H. Heinrichs
The
Disratcn
Mr. Heinrichs
Lafayette Street
Spang-Chalfant & Company Expands Gas Pipeline
The Spang-Chalfant and Company reports a new pipeline delivering gas through a six inch main at 110 psi at the Eina Mills. A new well has begun on the McNeil farm in Hampton township.
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Spang-Chalfant & Company
Eina Mills
McNeil
Hampton Township
Notable Visitors and Business Travelers Check In
A string of notables visits and business talks at the Duquesne and hotels. W. Empsall and wife of Staffordshire England travel the world via San Francisco to Australia and pause in Pittsburgh. Chicago figures Mayor John A Boake and D Crane Elevator tie to politics but vow no return. Pullman, Cowles, and Munsey among others speak of contracts and publications during city stopovers.
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W. Empsall
Staffordshire
England
Duquesne
President Byers Captures Interest at Charities Conference
Baltimore hosts the seventeenth annual Conference of Charities and Correction with Mayor Davidson and Dr. A. G. Byers delivering key addresses. Byers reviews work at Johnstown and prison reform while delegates discuss charity across states and the church’s role.
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Conference of Charities and
Baltimore
Johnstown
St Lehman's
Conference of Charities and Correction
Davidson
Charles J. Bonsparte
Ohio State Board of Charities
Lyng
Louisville
Byers
India
McCale
Johns Hopkins University
C. N. Field
J. E
Philadelphia
L.S. Emery
Washington, D. C
Boards of Charity
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Givin
American Social Science Association
National Conference of Charities and Correction
City Upgrades Telegraph Lines To Two Twisted Wires
Under Chief Brown approval Superintendent Mead begins replacing single wires with two twisted conductors in city telephone lines. The project aims to prevent induction from electric lines and costs about 5000 dollars, modeled after long distance practice between New York and Boston.
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Brown
Mead
Howe
New York
Boston
Coleman to be Beard Friday
Policeman John Coleman appeared for bail before Alderman Reilly to face a charge of assault and battery brought by Anthony McCu of the West End. The prosecutor is the husband of the woman Coleman had arrested the previous Sunday afternoon while off duty.
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John Coleman
Alderman Reilly
Anthony McCu
West End
Officer Coleman
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