Republicans predict strong gains in next Congress
Election returns estimate the Republicans will hold at least 259 seats in the next House with 44 Senate members. The update adds one Illinois seat and three North Carolina seats since yesterday, including Senator Jones of Nevada among the Senate tally.
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Washmnarox
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
House
Illnois
North Carolina
Senate
Jones
Nevada
Late Returns Show State Ticket Pluralities by Party
Revised returns list Republican margins across states led by Illinois 125000 and Pennsylvania 233375 with large totals in Ohio and New York. Democratic tallies include California 2000 and Texas 40000. Fusion appears in North Carolina with 20000 and Populist Nebraskas 2500. Nevada Silverite 1000.
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Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Town
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah Territory
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
Texas
Fusion
North Carolina
Nebraska
Nevada
Republican Majority In Hoth Branches the Next Session
Results across several states show Republicans gaining in both Senate and House races. Indiana's delegation leans heavily Republican, while New York reports a Tamany defeat and a GOP mayoral win. Missouri and West Virginia see gains across statewide offices and the legislature. Results reflect party shifts in key districts and states as official counts finalize.
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Hoth
Indiana returns show Populist vote led by Marion and Grant counties
Indiana election totals remain incomplete with about 25 counties not yet reporting to the secretary of state. Reported counties show Marion 1,424 Populist votes and Grants county 498 Prohibition votes, with Union county at 12 Populist votes, and Grant county outside Marion a strong Prohibition area. Overall 66 counties tally 22,925 Populist votes and 8,396 Prohibition votes, projecting state totals near 30,566 and 11,891 respectively.
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Meade
Variees
Kentucky Democrats and Republicans lead in late returns
Early returns across states show Kentucky's congressional delegation to be four Democrats and six Republicans with Kentucky's Seventh district still in doubt. Other results include Populists and Republicans winning North Carolina and contested races in Tennessee Texas and Lexington with Owens leading in Kentucky by a small plurality and Denny planning a challenge over registration issues.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Owens
Court of Appeals
Toney
Boyle
Lexinetox
Denny
Lexington
Report on the strike and federal commission findings
The United States government report on the Chicago Pullman railway strike, signed by Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright and others, urges a permanent federal strike commission and constitutional amendments to discipline union activity. It also considers licensing higher railroad employees but stops short of a firm recommendation. A. A. Zimmerman, bicycle champion, returned to America aboard the August Victoria.
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Chicago
United States
Carroll D. Wright
John D. Kernan
New York
Nicholas B. Worthington
Cleveland
United States Strike Commission
Congress
Dynamite Explosion Kills Two In Hountise Tex
Twenty pounds of dynamite exploded beside a sewer bank in Hountise Tex killing John Hartman and Jack Flinn. Morton Keefer was badly bruised and died en route to a funeral ambulance. The men were thawing dynamite under a steam drill engine when the box lid caught fire.
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HountiseTex
Ind
John Hartman
Jack Flinn
Morton Keefer
Heavy Snow Blocks Indian Trains In Indiana
A severe early season snowstorm blanketed northern Indiana from Plymouth to Liverpool, with 8 to 18 inches falling. Rail lines blocked as about a dozen engines and three freight trains were stalled, delaying the Pennsylvania Limited and the Cincinnati and Louisville express for hours before service resumed to schedule by night.
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Fort Wayne
Plymouth
Liverpool
Indiana
Pennsylvania Limited
Arrioad
Evans causes riot in jail at Congerville church
Evan Evans, a steel worker, wrecks a pulpit after invading Congerville Baptist church and starts fires in his cell, endangering inmates who nearly suffocate as matches hidden in his hair ignite beds. He fled to jail then acted, exposing a violent spree amid religious mania.
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Muncie
Ind
Evan Evans
Congerville Baptist Church
Notable Local Fatalities and Incidents Reported in Multiple Areas
A flurry of brief local notices details Miss Clara Behrens dying at Seymour mills, Mark Booker shot near Lebanon during rabbit hunting, John Fones dead from injuries in Indianapolis weeks earlier, and Winnie Smith to stand trial for WB Thomas murder at Brighton Beach. Other items include a Brown county family plagued by diptheria castoffs, a ditch collapse near Laure township killing Jesse Conn and injuring Louis Porter, college football results with Butler and Wabash, a Sandersport suit verdict against Cincinnati Enquirer, a saloon stabbing in Andrews, and a Mardi Gras-related escape by a widow in South Bend.
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Clara Behrens
Seymour
Mark Booker
Elan Ringler
Lebanon
John HH. Fones
Idianapolis
Winnie Smith
WB. Thomas
Brighton Beach
Ruddick
Brown County
Thiphtheria
Jesse Conn
Louis Porter
Laure Township
Wabash Culbatry
Butler
Depriv Os Tod
Wabash
Purdue
Hita
Anna M. Johmson
Logansport
Cincinatti Enquirer
Wiannapolis
John Williams
Andrews
Wilson Coston
Talia
Diy Masciene McMichael
South Bend
Toto Ber Wich
Attorney General Olney on Railway Brotherhood Rights
Attorney General Olney writes Judge Dallas on the Reading Railroad receivers case. He argues labor unorganized is powerless without union backing and that workers have a legal right to join a union, which cannot be denied, amid the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen dispute.
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Cincy
Pumapurnia
Reading Railroad Company
Brotherhood of
Olney
Dallas
United States
Ixcult Court
Alternative
Brotherhood
Historic Anniversary Celebration of the W C T U
Boston November 12 The twenty third annual convention of the national W C T U will meet in Cleveland from November 16 for six days. The event marks a historic anniversary reviewing the movement's origin growth and history with many prominent workers present. President J W Bashford will preach the anniversary sermon on Sunday November 18 and a testimonial to General Neal Dow will be delivered.
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Boston
Cleveland
J. W. Bashford
D.D
Ohio Wesleyan University
Neal Dow
King Kelly Dies of Acute Pneumonia in Boston
Michael Kelly known as the King among baseball players died at Emergency hospital at 9 45 last night from acute pneumonia. He had been ill for several days and was connected with a theatrical company since the season ended. He visited Puntpime hospital where a doctor diagnosed acute pneumonia and ordered bed.
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Bostos
Michael Kelly
Kelly
Allentown
Boston
Galeuin
Puntpime
Political complexion of new states senators noted
In Washington on November 10 a point ignored in assessing the next senate is Utah’s admission granting two U S senators. The plan’s provisions should be fulfilled soon, giving Utah a representative and two senators in time for the Fifty fourth congress. This would total nine or more senators and affect the Utah influence in the Senate.
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Waskinctos
Senate
Uwh
United States
Utah
Masked Bandits Loot Express Car Near Monette
Fusco passenger train No. 1 was held up four miles east of Monette by two masked men and the express car robbed. Several hundred dollars were taken, including all local money between Springfield and Monette Arkansas.
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Monette
Fusco
Springfield
World’s Brevities Digest of Short News Items
Brief despatches note forest fires in west Tennessee. lynching case in Millington. disappearance of Fred Rew in Ithaca. pension examiners fined in Carrollton. Goerardi to retire. executions and shootings in Georgia and Tipton County. bank suspensions in San Bernardino and Oberlin. Goerardi retirements and city financial cuts. public figures and events in New York Chicago and Boston. international notes on ports, Peterpeace, and Napoleonic relics. upcoming boxing and horse racing news. federal bribery probes and elections across New Jersey and Connecticut.
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West Tennessee
Cleveland
Bayard
White House
W. S. Richardson
Millington
Tenn
Memphis
Fred Rew
Buffalo
Cornell Collegian
Ithaca
A. L. Wright
S. C. Dankle
A. S. Gakley
Carroll
Peterpeace
Mar
Satolli
Port Arthur
Herr Most
Chicago
Fannie McDermott
Maggie Williams
M. H. de Youn
California Memorial Museum
America
Elliott
Hood Wright
Drexel, Morgan & Co
New York
League of American Wheelmen Racing Board
Baly
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Nicholas 2Bo
Alix
Three Thousand Armenians Killed in Kurdish Attack
A Constantinople dispatch reports 3000 Armenians, including women and children, massacred in the Sassouu region near Moosh, Turkish Armenia, during a recent Kurdish assault. Twenty five villages were destroyed.
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Loxpex
Daily News
Constantinople
Sassouu
Moosh
Turkish Armenia
Champion's 415000 Souvenir Taken From Show Window
In Davesport Louisiana on November 12 the $15 000 championship belt of James J Corr ett was stolen from a dry goods store window where it was on display The thief struck while the shopkeeper was at supper Barrett Scott the Holt county treasurer who embezzled 100000 dollars has been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary at Neuiain Nebraska.
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Morristers
Ind
A. A. Addison
Davesport
James J. Corrett
Tt O
Neuiain
Barrett Scott
Holt County
Governor Flower Open to Test on Reversing Electric Chair Death
Governor Flower says experts may test whether a man killed by the electric chair can be revived. The debate follows the electrical execution act and public interest surges as Tesla and Westinghouse clash on the possibility of resurrecting the condemned.
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Alpanyt
Flower
Bsen
Nicola Tesla
Ench Westinghouse
New York
Elbridge T. G
Fatal collision on B and O rail line near Rockwood
A derailment at Rosensteel siding two miles east of Rockwood on the Baltimore and Ohio two sections met in a head on crash. Train No 5 the westbound limited struck a fast cattle train killing six men including engineers Henry Bess and Browning and firemen Simon McCarty Manning and others. Several workers were badly hurt including mail clerks Pierce LeGrange and Lippincott.
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Pirraner
B. and O, Limited
Rosensteel Siding
Rockwood
Henry Bess
Simon McCarty
Browning
Manning
Mey
Pierce
le Grange
Lippincott
Tragic House Fire Kills Hindstrom Children in Chase ll Mich
In Chasell Michigan two Hindstrom children, a 3 year old boy and an 18 month old girl, perished when a house burned at 6 pm. The mother, tending a cow nearby, could not save them after a lamp exploded. She was restrained from attempting self harm.
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Chasell
Mich
Alfred Hindstrom
Barber Peter Pepper Dies After Self Harm At City Hospital
In Louisville on November 10 Peter Pepper a local barber and hospital inmate became enraged during a long spree and tore his tongue from his mouth with both hands. An attendant found him still tugging as doctors failed to save him and he died in agony.
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Peter Pepper
Louisville
Novel Wager Yields Large Payout After Election Bet
In Bramamton New York two citizens laid a $100 to 1 cent bet on Morton defeating Hill with a proviso that Morton’s extra votes pay 1 cent to the Republican. With Morton ahead by over 150000, the Democrat faces a possible loss over $10. A separate note from Passaic New Jersey reports officials eyeing a fast train to New York reducing trip time to about eight and a half hours.
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Bramamton
N. Y
Morton
Hill
Piissurg
Pennsylvania
New York
Wall Collapse Kills One Injures Six in Philadelphia
A wall under construction at 2438 Frankford Avenue collapsed yesterday afternoon in Philadelphia. One worker died and six others were seriously injured. Rescue crews and investigators arrived to determine cause and assess damages at the scene.
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Philadelphita
Frankford Avenue
Prevailing Prices for Cattle and Grains on Nov 12
Market reports show receipts light and prices firm for cattle and steady outlook. Good to choice shipping cattle range around 4.50 to 5.00 per cwt with various grades noted. sheep demand weak with lower prices for lambs and mutton. Futures show mixed movements in wheat corn oats and hogs with closing cash markers given.
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