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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1891
Page
6
New York and New Jersey marked the election day as Democrats scored large statewide gains. Flower led Fassett in New York with a wide plurality as Lincoln, Taft style crowd scenes and betting framed the night. Early returns showed Flower ahead by tens of thousands, while Fassett fought a tough battle in upstate counties and in Buffalo.
LuWaA candidate for Governor leads by 15 000 to 20 000 at Democratic headquarters. Baltimore reports low excitement and sparse colored voting. Australian ballot with six amendments deterred many illiterates. Kattmore Md November 4 returns show Democrats winning statewide and city tickets with larger majorities, ensuring Gorman reelection and a Democratic successor to Senator Wilson.
Ohio returns delayed past 1000 p m show McKinley set to win amid statewide races. Campbell, Seitz, Ashenhurst, Poe, Cope, Acker man, Richards Bailey and Marquis feature in a tense tally. Republicans claim Legislature gains as Dems concede. Cincinnati dispatch notes ballots slower under Australian law. Hamilton report places Campbell in doubt.
Voters showed a cool pleasant day as polling ran smoothly up to 4:30 pm with one arrest for attempting to vote on a forged tax receipt. Early mayoral and state ticket forecasts favored Republicans with Philadelphia showing large majorities for Gregg and Morrison. statewide results suggested a Republican edge of about 40,000 and a defeated constitutional convention proposition. Des Moines and Iowa reports later noted Boies’s gubernatorial win with a tightening margin.
In Trenton on November 3 the Democratic Party secured majorities in both Senate and Assembly. The results affect the selection of a U S Senator to succeed Rufus Blodgett. Across Burlington Cape May Hunterdon Hudson Middlesex Passaic and Sussex counties seven Senate ballots were held and sixty Assembly seats were filled under the new district law. Democrats claim wins in Hudson Hunterdon Middlesex and Sussex for the Senate and forty Assembly seats statewide, with Essex and Hudson gaining a district each while Burlington and Morris lose one. In Aspury Park John D. Hoace, Democrat, defeats Alfred D. Van Doren in the Second Assembly District.
Election news from South Dakota and St. Paul reports a light vote as many men thresh wheat and pair off. Voters choose County Commissioners and a Congressman to fill the Gamble vacancy. Jolley leads in returns from fifty precincts, with Woods and Smith close. similar results noted in Huron and ten counties including Watertown Aberdeen Sioux Falls.
Torrka Kan November 3 Nine district judges and county officers were chosen across all eighteen Kansas counties. Voter turnout was light and weather foul. The campaign focused on weakening the Farmers Alliance after last year's sweep, with no bloc voting by sub Alliances observed.
Indications are a small vote polled in Ricamono Virginia for the Legislative today with meagre returns all favorable to the Democrats. The election sought 21 Senate seats and 100 House seats. The Democratic State Committee claims 70 of 100 House seats and 17 of 21 Senate seats. Early results show a gain of three in the House for Democrats and potential gains in the Senate. A Republican win in Floyd County stands at 400 with a 200 loss overall.
Maryland returns show Democrats maintaining control with 30 to 40 votes in joint ballot. Frank Brown, a Democrat, presumed governor as party officials celebrate statewide victory in Baltimore.
Grand Rapids Mich Nov 3 Estimates based on returns received show Belknap Republican candidate for Congress Fifth district will be returned by 1200 to 1500 majority. Ford carried district by 2600 last fall. Derrort Mich Nov 3 Present indications are Republicans will elect city ticket by large majority two Democrats ran for mayor.
Deiver Col Nov 3 The weather is cool and cloudy. City voting was heavy with outside towns showing unusual election interest. The Australian system was tried today for the first time in Colorado and appears to work well. Helm’s election to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is claimed by the State Republican Committee to exceed 5000. Democratic headquarters offered no estimates.
The November 3 election in Curiaco, Illinois, used county officer ballots and introduced the Australian system for the first time in the state. Early results suggest mixed outcomes, with officials noting the method’s promise and questions remaining about its full effectiveness.
Linconn Neb Nov 3 The statewide contest focused on Supreme Court Judge and University Regents. Voters weighed a possible shift in political power between the Farmers Alliance and Independent Party, signaling Nebraska political dynamics.
In St Louis Missouri today voters go to the polls for a school directors election. The day is cool and cloudy and by 2 pm a heavy turnout was noted with indications strongly favoring the Democratic ticket.
Senator Sherman speaks to United Press from Mansheep Ohio on November 8 declaring a large McKinley plurality likely and a Republican legislature. He notes free coinage and protective tariff as clear issues, calls the new ballot system a successful experiment and here to stay.
Governor Hill said the results were extremely gratifying, noting gains in rural areas and districts with prior dissatisfaction such as Brooklyn and Erie. He praised the party and its principles, highlighted Elmira as especially pleasing, and called the Senate and Assembly outcomes as expected, marking a night of general rejoicing.
Sir Edward Clarke resumes defense arguments as Lord Esher in summing up suggests the policy should pay to executors in trust. If so a receipt is sufficient and respondents need not verify trusteeship. Judgment reserved after further argument.
Providence reports a three candidate mayoral race in Pawtucket produced no winner as Hugh J. Carroll led with 1824 votes, Albert H. Sherman 1021, and David J. White 1316, Carroll short of a majority by 5138 votes.
Snow began at noon and continues with heavy drifting at Graxp Forks ND. Many threshing crews from Minnesota and Wisconsin are leaving due to cold. Much grain remains unshelled and farmers may not finish threshing before spring. Eastbound trains are crowded with farm laborers fleeing the state.
A columnist argues that the cheapest chamber set is rarely the best value and that high priced sets at Paine's Furniture Company, 48 Canal Street, reflect true worth. The piece asserts that in furniture, higher price often equals higher value, concluding that the best is always the cheapest when purchase at a first class store.
The piece traces Carlsbad as Europe’s premier health resort since Charles IV’s deer hunt 500 years ago. It notes yearly summer crowds of 45,000, famed visitors like Goethe and Bismarck, and promotes genuine Sprudel Salts from Eisner & Mendelson Co with claims of health benefits and antiacid effects.
A husband and a stranger meet in Roxbury as aid arrives during a violent clash. One man is taken into custody while the other remains in hospital.
Boston banks opened after election day holiday with easy loan rates at 3 2% and New York funds at 20.25 cents per $1000 discount. Exchange totals reached 27,658,276 with 26,888,725 balances, down 3 percent from last year. Foreign exchange steady with various rates for cables, sterling, francs, reichsmarks and guilders. Copper output from Boston Montana and Butte and Boston mines reported for Oct and year to date, with declines vs last year. Philip Highley relocated to Exchange Building room 640. New Jersey charter advantages cited by John H. Davis Co and others, noting lower incorporation costs, flexible business scope, quicker dissolution, and tax benefits compared to New York and Connecticut.
A man avenges alleged wife infidelity in Roxbury as Frank Plummer confronts James Sheridan in the apartment of Plummer and his wife. Sheridan is badly wounded, Plummer arrested, and investigators say both women involved face bigamy charges. The incident draws community shock and police action follows at Station 9.
Washington on November 3 reports the Treasury Department redeemed 59000 four and a half percent bonds bringing total redeemed to date to 21066000 and leaving outstanding 4438650.
A dated compilation of dividend declarations and quarterly or semiannual payouts. Includes Boston and Maine Railroad 50 cents per share Nov 16, Montana Mining Co quarterly 1 penny per share Nov 70, Curdlene Silver Lead Mining Co monthly 2 cents per share Nov 10, Canadian firms Montreal and D M line semiannual and class payments, Foxt Wayne Evac Co semiannual 75 cents Nov 9, New England Telephone and Telegraph Co quarterly 75 cents Nov 14, Colonial Line quarterly $290 per share Dec 1, Pullman Palace Car Co quarterly $2 per share Nov 18, Watertown and Ogdensburg RR quarterly 1 1/4 cents per share Nov 16, Eveetric Co quarterly $1 per share Nov 14, Wheeling and Lake Erie RR 1 1/2% preferred stock Nov 16.
Sale investments listing bonds from Grand Rapids Michigan Dayton Ohio and multiple counties across regions. Descriptive lists available on request detailing percentages from four to six net per cent. Authorities urge buyers to call or send for full listings and descriptions.
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