Bomb in Campaign Sparks Demands for Ballot Reform
A controversial Philadelphia Reading Railroad voting scare erupts as Reading officials deny ordering workers to vote for Delamater. State leaders urge a constitutional convention to protect ballot secrecy and integrity, with Governor Pattison and Robert Pattison-backed reform amid tense election mood.
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Pennsylvania
Robert E. Pattison
Posi Sve
Pattison
Media Soil
Chester
Jessel
Philadelphia
Varn
Inquirers Apology Over Pattison Rail Story Storm
The Philadelphia Inquirer issued an apology for publishing the South Penn Railroad piece about Pattison. Editors defended prior charges as justified but now retract the currency of the allegations while maintaining belief in Pattison’s honesty. The piece recounts political maneuvering by Democrats and Republicans and notes editorials and legal pressures affecting publication decisions.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
South Penn Railroad
Mr. Pattison
Today
Inquirer
Pattison
The
Ihs
Public
Andrews
Tom Coooper
Senator Quay
Quay
State Democratic Committee
Kerr
Fayette County
Warren County
Erie County
Huntingdon
Ateet
Delamater
Clarion
Tatre
South Penn
Patton
Blair County
Tioga
A. T
Railroad Employes Oppose Company Political Pressure
Indignation runs high in Harrisburg over attempts by the Philadelphia and Reading Company to influence votes for Delamater. C E Metzler delivered covert orders to urge Democratic employees to back Delamater, but many refused. Similar pressure was reported along routes from Harrisburg to Reading with likely wider outreach among the company’s Democratic workforce.
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Pattison
Istacial
Harrisburg
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Delamater
C. E. Metzler
Sweigard
Fourth Street
Philadelphia
Lott
Levan
Meisler
Ainel
Messrs
Reading
Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad
Philadelphia and Reading Company
Cuba Tobacco Petition Urges U S Reciprocal Treaty
The Cuba tobacco and cigar unions petition Spain to negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the United States. They urge repeal of 1882 trade laws, warn of ruin from the McKinley bill, and seek immediate talks for free sugar and reduced tobacco duties. They call for government action to protect Cuban exports and employment.
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Washington
Department of State
Tobacco Growers’ and Cigar Manufacturers’ Union
Cuba
United States
Spain
Havens
Chamber of Commerce
Island
1887 Be Committed to Court of Claims Jurisdiction Note
The text states that several courts shall not have jurisdiction to hear suits for recovery of amounts in accounts of clerks marshals United States commissioners district attorneys and chief supervisors of elections. Officers must file claims with the accounting office first and may sue in the Court of Claims if unsatisfied with that office's determination.
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United States
Court of Claims
Prune Brandy Packing Proposal Denied in Bonded Warehouse
A request to draw prune brandy from a Cincinnati bonded warehouse into smaller bottles was refused due to lack of legal authority for non drug in bond repacking. The Treasury noted transfer to a single new package could be approved by the Surveyor of Customs with a formal compliment.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Cincinnati
Surveyor of Customs
Sunday School Skirt Dancers Prompt Rift in Bound Brook
In Bound Brook New Jersey the Chimney Rock and Greenbrook Sunday schools staged a benefit at the town hall featuring Prof McGeehay and two topless dancing girls. Mothers protested as the performance drew boos and lights were extinguished. The incident prompted debate over proceeds from the 400 net.
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N. J
Chimney Rock
Greenbrook
Boundbrook
Boundbrook Town Hall
Charles McNabb
McGehay
New York
Sheck
Prof
McGeehay
Prof. McGehay
Superintendent McNabb
Prof. McGebay
Delamater Campaign Tour Through Bloomsburg Hazelton and Shenandoah
Senator Delamater and party begin in Danville and reach Bloomsburg for an 800 strong parade and mass meeting. They stop in Hazelton and Mahony City with receptions and torchlight parades before a big mass meeting.
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Mahony City
Shenandoah
Disfatch
Danville
Delamater
Hazel Hall
Stewart
Shields
Priuce
Young Men's Republican Club
Mansion House
Crazy but cunning with weapon held bay in bitter siege
Bautmroze October 30 John Tunis boilermaker in fragile health since cancer surgery became violent and barricaded himself in a second floor room armed with a butcher knife and a baseball bat. After a day of standoff police and family coaxed him to surrender at 9 20 this morning leaving his wife to manage the siege from outside.
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Bautmroze
John Tunis
Tunis
Defect Found In Steel Casting For Maine Cruiser
New York October 30 The Maine to be launched November 13 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard has a serious defect in a steel casting for the port shaft strut hanger a hole three quarters of an inch wide. The flaw requires a costly delay as a new strut will be ordered after inspection at Standard Works Thurlo w Pa.
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New York
Maine
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Melville
Hichborn
Parry
Washington
Naval
Mintoye
Birchall's levity as murder case looms in libel actions
A Canadian dispatch notes Birchall's continued levity in cell as November 14 nears. Interest grows in a letter signed Colonel thought to aid a reprieve. Ottawa and Toronto report possible petitions, and a Woodstock witness may testify in the Globe libel suit against Graeme accusing him of involvement in the Benwell murder.
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Birchall
Toronto
Minister of Justice
Charles Tupper
Department of Vee
England
J. Reginald Bireball
Woodstock i
Grosvenor Hood Graeme
Globe
Graeme
Benwell
Navy weighs nickel steel armor for ships at Annapolis tests
Washington October 30 The Navy Department moves with care to adopt nickel steel armor after Annapolis tests favoring the alloy over all steel. The Ordnance Bureau questions immediacy, noting foreign plate and potential high cost, and will take months of experiments to determine practical use and structural value for hulls.
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Navy Department
Annapolis
Ordnance Bureau
Commodore Folger
Euo
All Heading for Home Special Telegram to the Dispatch
In Washington, October, Pennsylvania Republicans in office plan to leave the city to return home and vote for Delamater. Some rely on friends for travel funds while others are denied by Kerr. Reinstated exiled members insist on voting despite threats of prosecution.
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Washtnerton
Pennsylvania
Delamater
Kerr
Cleveland
Three Heavy Crashes Failures Hit New York Firms
On October 30 R Springer & Co silk and worsted yarn wholesalers failed and were shut by the Sheriff on executions totaling 12 525. Isaac L Falk & Co clothing manufacturers also failed and were closed by the Sheriff on a confessed judgment of 27 828. Isadore Rosenthal crawl maker filed with liabilities around 150 000 and a Sheriff closing of 35 319 in confessed judgments, including 28 279 to his wife.
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New York
R. Springer & Co
Isaac L. Falk & Co
National Park Bank
Isadore Rosenthal
Cesk
Four Lives Lost In Portage Iron Mill Explosion
An explosion rocked the Portage Iron Company rolling mills in Duncanville near Altoona injuring several workers. Fatalities include naval Ane, RAS, and William 80, both fatally scalded, along with T. Henworth the puddler who was horribly mangled. Additional workers suffered lesser injuries.
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Portage Iron Company
Duncanville
Altoona
William
Flick
T. Henworth
Puddler
Morris Makes No Denial Over Affidavit Charge
Meadvillle telegram reveals Captain Jobs Morris from DeLand Florida stands by his affidavit accusing Mr Delamater of treachery He denies the Delamater organ article of October 24 as false from start to finish Saying reporter H S Phillips was the only interviewer and he refused to refute his affidavit before Squire Dongan.
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Delamater
Dibpatce
Meadville
Jobs Morris
Deland
Florda
Delamater Organs
H. 8. Phillips
Squire Dongan
Samuel B
Dice
Campbell Backs TariffPolicy Before Large Ohio Crowd
Governor Campbell spoke for nearly two hours at a Democratic mass meeting in Findlay addressing tariff questions. The speech drew a large crowd including many Republicans, and he avoided any reference to the adjourned General Assembly.
Bogus Pensioner Arrested in Missouri Case
Mrs. Sarah C. Saddler of Stoddard County Missouri has been arrested for posing as the widow of Vincent D Ditmore to obtain a pension. She was bound over by United States Commissioner Crawford for trial in federal court in bonds of 1500 dollars. The case notes she forged handwriting to support the claim and received 2500 dollars in back pension and used it to buy a farm that has been attached.
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St. Louis
Sarah C. Saddler
Stoddard County
United States
Crawford
United States District Court
Vincent D. Ditmore
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth
Illinois Regiment
Poplin
Saddler
Ditmore
Canadian Nickel Export Debate Sparks Strong Words
In Ottawa on October 30 Professor Bell of the Dominion Geological Survey criticizes a proposed export duty on Canadian nickel. He calls the idea idiotic, urges American capital and warns that restricting legislation would hinder development of Sudbury discoveries.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion Government Geological Survey
Sudbury
Idot
Blaine Prepares for Philadelphia Trip
Secretary Blaine and Postmaster General left Washington after completing arrangements for Blaine's departure to Philadelphia. They were joined by Hon. William Walter Phelps and arrived in the capital at 10 o'clock this evening.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Blaine
Wm. Walter Phelps
Mr. Blaine
Ohio Republicans and Democrats View Ohio's Congressional Fight
In Columbus on October 30 the Republican and Democratic state chairs spoke with The Dispatch, asserting Ohio as a Republican state and pledging to prove it in the November 4 election. The interview appeared in the column The Buckeyes Start.
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Dispatch
Columbus
Ohio
Hahn
His Kind of Medicine
First Controller Matthews notes the act of March 4, 18?4, expanding district and circuit courts to concurrent jurisdiction with the Court of Claims for suits against the United States. He says added judges create conflict over leading statutes governing money disbursement and urges action to quiet disputes.
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Matthews
Court of Claims
United States
Supreme Court
States
Vessels Collide Off Bolinas Bay With One Sinking
The steamer Wilmington arrived with Captain Everson and the Mayflower crew after a collision off Bolinas Bay in fog. The Mayflower, ballast laden, sank after capsizing while the Wilmington emerged unscathed. The schooner was bound for Fort Ross from San Francisco.
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Wilmington
Coos Bay
Everson
Mayflower
Bolinas Bay
Fort Ross
Soen
Another dynamite cartridge test by Dr Justin at Perryville
Urica October 30 report details a Perryville experiment with Dr Justin's cartridge. A solid steel bored shell, 12 ton Biskely rifle, nine sand rounds, and 30 pounds hexagonal powder produced an almost intact shell after a 30 yard shot. The inventor expects subsequent tests to resolve prior firing difficulties.
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Justin
Perryville
Ustio
Cory
Robbed by a highwayman in Texarkana road
Two men Markham delivered two bales of cotton to New Boston then faced a robber on the road. Dressed as a tramp, he threatened with a revolver, forced one man to dismount, and rode off on the horse with money and watches.
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Texarkana
Markham
New Boston
Express Rates on the Rise in Coast to West Freight
Express companies announce a new tariff increasing rates on all matter to and from seaboard ports and western points. A baseline of 50 cents per 100 pounds will be added for shipments between Eastern cities and western routes. The schedule goes into effect November 1 and will be officially announced tomorrow.
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Seaboard
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Newfoundland Sinks in Gale Near Sandy Hook
The British steamship Newfoundland bound from Norfolk to Quebec with coal arrived at New York in a sinking condition after a heavy gale 200 miles from Sandy Hook. The vessel sprung a leak and went down in the rough sea.
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New York
Newfoundland
Quebec
Norfolk
Sandy Hook
Quarreled Over Candy Ends in Shootings
A New York incident reports 6 year old John A. Amdo shooting his 5 year old brother William after dispute over candy. John was arrested as William lies badly wounded and feared dead. motive given as division of the candy.
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New York
John A. Amdo
William
Amdo
John
Methodist Home Missions Ninth Annual Convention Opens in Buffalo
The ninth annual convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church begins in Buffalo with Mrs. John Day of Cincinnati as president and vice presidents including Mrs. U S Grant and others among the distinguished attendees.
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Buffalo
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
John Day Caf
Cincinnati
U. 8
Grant Oodeeepee Hayes
Parochial Schoolchildren Fill Auditorium in Chicago
Thousands of children from parochial schools gathered at the Auditorium in Chicago to honor Feehan as bands banners and emblems adorned the event. The large crowd marked a festive school occasion with active participation by student groups.
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Chicago
Acada
von Feehan
President Harrison Will Vote in Indiana Home
President Harrison with Attorney General Miler will reach his Indiana residence and cast a vote the following day, as reported from Washington on October 30. The trip centers on his local voting plans and residence.
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Washington
Harrison
Miler
Indiana
Gas Prices Jump as Philadelphia Company Hikes Rates
The Philadelphia Company votes to raise gas rates from 10 to 15 cents per thousand feet starting December 1 amid strong demand. Officials defend the move noting ample daytime supply, shifts in field pressure, and plans to bring Belleveroo field online to meet future needs. Local reactions show concern over higher winter fuel bills as families face increased heating costs.
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Philadelphia
The
Great Corporation
Ninth Street
Penn Avenue
W. D. Uptergraff
Ofice
Bigger
John Huckenstein
Allerhen
Huckenstein
Hackenstein
Disratch
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Bellevernoo
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