LATE RETURNS Show Taft 327 Electors in Missouri
Unofficial returns from 114 of 115 Missouri counties indicate Bryan 289,698 and Taft 290,177 with Taft leading by 79. Hadley leads in Maryland and Warner appears reelected in Michigan. West Virginia and Colorado show Republican heavy results. national picture: 215 Republicans and 176 Democrats in the next House.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Bryan
Taft
Hadley
Cowherd
Republican State Committee
Morgan County
Roosevelt
Parker
United States
Stone
House
Senate
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Glasscak
Congress
W. P
Hubbard
G. C. Sturgiss
Morgantown
Republian
Joseph H. Gaines
Glasscock
Gennett
Colorado
Chicago
House of Representatives
German envoy recalled amid Casablanca tensions
Paris reports a possible recall of Prince von Radolin the German ambassador over Casablanca. France demands formal regret for violence against German consular staff and seeks arbitration while Britain and Russia back Paris stance. Germany insists on a simple expression of regret before any further talks.
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Paris
Casablanca
Prince von Radolin
Cambon
Herr von Schoen
France
Germany
M. Cambon
Russia
Great Britain
William
Paul Cambou
Berlin
St. Petersburg
London
Foreign Office
United States
Root and Reid for Senators in New York Race
The Albany dispatch notes that Elihu Root and Whitelaw Reid emerge as prominent yet previously overlooked candidates to succeed U S Senator Thomas C Pratt, with Root drawing attention due to Roosevelt’s apparent support and Reid named as Britain ambassador and ex New York Tribune editor. Other frequent contenders include Ex Lieut Gov Woodruff, Ex Gov Black, and Congressman Fassett.
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Albany
N. Y
Nay
United States
Thomas C. Pratt
Elihu Root
Washington
Roosevelt
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
New York Tribune
Gov. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Frank S. Black
J. Sloat Fassett
Woodruff
Fassett
Gov. Black
Villarica Volcano Erupts in Violent Chilean Outbreak
Villarica volcano in Valdivia province southern Chile erupts violently on November 6 causing ash plumes and possible lava activity as authorities monitor the area near Santiago and local towns for evacuations and air travel disruption.
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Villarica
Santiago
Chile
Valdivia
Bryan and Taft Congratulatory Exchanges Mark Election
Reports from Cincinnati and Lincoln describe letters between William J. Bryan and William Howard Taft after the election. Taft addresses the Methodist-Episcopal Foreign Missionary Society and the Commercial Club dinner, praising mission work and noting personal congratulations. Bryan admits defeat and pledges faith in reforms, including labor legislation, tariff reduction, and banking safeguards, while expressing hope for educational gains and political reforms in the Philippines and rail regulation. The Manila cholera outbreak is reported as under control with two new daily cases.
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Lincoln
Neb
Cincinnati
Mr. Bryan
Judge Taft
General Conference
The
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist-Episcopal Church
J. C. Hartzell
Tals
Mission Society
Far East
Judge Watt
Commercial Club
Queen City Club
National Committee
Mack
Manila
P. I
Health Department
Fire Damage Hits Fargo Business District
A Thursday morning blaze in Blanchard near Fargo North Dakota destroyed property in the business district valued at about 50,000 dollars. Insurance coverage is reported at less than half. The Woodman Hall hotel post office and several stores were burned.
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Fargo
N. D
Blanchard
Woodman Hall
Deer Open Season At Long Island Kills Reported
New York on November 6 marks the first of four deer hunting days under the game laws with about a thousand men and boys in the field. Reports indicate at least sixty deer were killed across the Island as hunters pursued the open season.
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New York
Long Island
Ex Cuban President Tomas Estrada Palma Dead
Havana reports ex president Tomas Estrada Palma died at a relative's home in Santiago province from gastroneuritis long suffered, with pneumonia complications.
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Havana
Tomas Estrada Palma
Santiago
China Bidstars A Hearty Adieu To Battleships At Amoy
Amoy November 6 The second squadron of the American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Emory left Amoy for Olongapo to join Sperry’s first squadron after a lavish Chinese reception. The ships will continue target practice at Luzon with both full and sub caliber ammo as the fleet reassembles in Manila Bay on November 15.
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Amoy
Emory
China
Glongapo
Sperry
Olongapo
Fel Ying
Australia
Georgia
Hong Kong
Hong-Kong
Luzon
Manila
Fmery
Manila Bay
Aged Iowa Banker Weare Dies After Operation
George Weare president of the Iowa State National Bank and a leading western banker died Thursday after an intestinal operation six weeks ago revealed an incurable condition. He was 72, the oldest resident of Sioux City, who arrived there in 1856.
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Iowa
Sioux City
George Weare
Iowa State National Bank
West
Weare
Cabinet Slates Rise in Talk on Taft Administration
Washington observers forecast Taft's incoming cabinet with Secretary Root possibly returning as state head and Luke Wright debated as attorney general or war secretary. Frank Hitchcock is favored for postmaster general, while an agriculturist is likely for agriculture with Secretary Wilson possibly remaining.
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Washington
Taft
Root
State Department
Luke Wright
Philippines
Wright
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Agricultural Department
Wilson
Hotel Man Kills Wife and Son in Scranton
John Hagan, hotel keeper in Scranton near Hamburg, Erie county, shot and killed his son George and fatally wounded his wife in the hotel bar room. He attempted suicide, wounding himself in the left shoulder. Mrs Hagen says he had abused her and was morose. she had secured a revolver two days earlier and learned of another when the shooting began. Hagen was arrested.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Hagan
Scranton
Hamburg
Erie County
George
Hagen
Vote Totals in Iowa Taft Leads With Carroll Plurality
Semi official returns from eighty eight of ninety nine Iowa counties show Taft leading Bryan with a statewide total of 421 877 votes to 173 423 and a Taft plurality around 61 to 70 thousand. Carroll county reports strong support for Taft while Byers and Riggs show scattered county losses in Davenport and Scott counties.
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Iowa
Taft
Bryan
Des Moines
Camwell
Carroll
Davenport
Byers
Riggs
White
Scott
Miller
Scott County
Iowa Elects New Congressmen In Several Districts
Iowa Republicans win all but one congressional seat as W D Jamieson defeats veteran Col Pete Hepburn in the Eighth District. Kendall narrowly defeats Hamilton in the Sixth, while Kennedy in the First and Dawson in the Second win with large pluralities. Jamieson and Good win for the first time alongside Pickett Kendall Woods.
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Iowa
W. D. Jamieson
Shenandoah
C. F. Kennedy
Montrose
A. F. Dawson
Preston
C. KE. Pickett
Waterloo
G. N. Haugen
Northwood
J. W. Good
Cedar Rapids
N. E. Kendall
Albia
J. A. T. Hull
Des Moines
Walter I. Smith
Council Bluffs
Frank P. Woods
Estherville
E. H. Hubbard
Sioux City
Jamieson
Good, Pickett
Kendall
Woods
Congress
Dan W. Hamilton
Lacey
Kennedy
Dawson
Hepburn
Hamilton
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Keppler
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Denver
Col
Shafroth
McDonald
Repubican
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Charles J. Hughes, Jr
Teller
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Reid
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Zanesville
James Joyce
Ohio
Uniontown
Jesse Rice
Riverside
Here
George Brown
Williston
Short
North Dakota
Clayton Yeakins
McKenzie County
W. J. Bryan
William H. Taft
Vigtery
First Squadron
Philippine Island
Self
BE Reamacemiento
Dean C. Worcester
Philippina Commission
Auburn
N. C
Sereno
Payne
Committee On Ways and Means
Brookfield
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John Nelson
Metropole
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