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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1906
Page
1
Across the nation, early returns indicate Hughes leads New York by a large plurality of 56,696 for lieutenant governor. Bruce likely wins as well while other state offices remain uncertain with court challenges possible and canvassing still underway.
Election data shows Republican candidates listed in first column with vote tallies and candidate numbers. The fragment references Coopers Coaldale Roc Thornhill Spring and Majorities, indicating county results section.
Reports indicate Hoch's re election is assured and the Republican ticket wins in Iowa, Delaware, Colorado, California, and other states. Cummins leads in Iowa with 14 708 plurality from partial returns. Hearst reportedly wins New York boroughs with large margins amid alleged tampering by Plunderbund and Woodruff.
Topeka Kansas returns indicate Hoch the Republican leads for governor with 8350 plurality after 90 of 105 counties report. Harris the Democrat trails and is not believed to overcome the gap.
On the front page the New York American proclaims in poster type that William Randolph Hearst is elected governor of New York by at least 20,000 plurality. The piece frames this as a decisive political victory with bold language.
Congressman elect George Favrot has assassinated Dr. H. H. Aldrich in Baton Rouge Louisiana following an election. The incident occurred on November 7 as results were tallied and sparked widespread shock.
Pittsburg November 7. United States Senator P C C Knox went to vote in his district the Tenth of the Fourteenth ward with a bodyguard. Judge James A was among the security.
Senator Knox, facing questions about past near arrest as a ringer, arrived with a bodyguard of judges to vote yesterday. He took more than two minutes to fill his ballot, denying claims that he cut the Republican ticket. He stated he is a Republican and needed time to review his choices.
Boston case opens in U S circuit court over a $10,000 note tied to Mrs Cassie Chadwick. George C Rankin as receiver seeks recovery from Herbert N Newton of Brookline, alleging indorsed note via Chadwick. Newton contends the indorsement came from false representations including a Carnegie note and trust claim. Carnegie deposition expected as evidence.
In Lehighton Pennsylvania on November 7 a family tragedy occurred when coal gas fumes from a stove killed Harry Bowman age 25 his wife and their ten year old daughter at their South Second Street home Mount Vernon Flour 7 21 1f
President names Attorney General Moody as associate justice of the supreme court. James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations, to become secretary of the interior after March 4. William A. Richards, commissioner of the general land office, to retire with successor to be named. Herbert Knox Smith to succeed Garfield. Garfield, son of ex President Garfield, notable for beef trust and Standard Oil investigations. Secretary Hitchcock retires for rest.
A real estate pitch describes the Fairview Addition to South Bluefield. Located near the electric car line in a built up residential area, the lots range from two thousand to ten thousand dollars. City services and wide avenues surround the site as builders already erect homes.
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