Massachusets Vote Totals Show Republican Strength Across State
Complete but unofficial returns indicate McKinley leads Massachusetts with 267 787 votes and Bryan 102 655 while Wolcott wins governorship by 155 183 over Williams 191 099 Well across the ticket Republicans claim 12 of 13 Congressmen 8 of 8 Councillors 35 of 40 Senators and 182 of 240 Representatives Biennial amendments are defeated by 25 000 to 30 000 Majorities shown for individual Congressmen include Ashley Wright Joseph Walker George Weymouth and others The executive council remains eight Republicans with one Democratic survivor John H Sullivan defeated and the council’s composition unchanged beyond that defeat.
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Bryan
McKinley
Palmer
Cleveland
Harrison
Prince
Williams
Wolcott
Greenhalge
Blackstone
Alford
Fitzgerald
Ashley B. Wright
We Gilet
Ces Semas
Joseph H. Walker
Bes Saeceses
George W. Weymouth
Beceeas
FORD
Samuel J. Barrows
John H. Sullivan
Coburn Blasts Standard Oil Ties to Rail Freight Rates
C M Coburn of Liberty Oil Company accuses Standard Oil of manipulating railroads to crush independent oil firms. He cites doubled local freight rates on oil after NYNH&H gained control and asks if railroad commissioners can curb such practices. He notes support from customers and contrasts Boston Maine lines as fair in contrast.
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C. M. Coburn
Liberty Ol Company
Standard Oil Company
Standard Octopus
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
New England Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New England
New York
New Haven
Boston & Maine
Edgewater
N. J
M. T. Donovan
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Albany
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Altgeld Defends Democrats and Attacks Corruption
Governor Altgeld released a message to Illinois Democrats praising the party’s comeback after a hard race. He warned of a coming administration controlled by wealth and trusts, named leaders he calls corrupt, and urged continued defense of free institutions against plutocracy.
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Chicago
Altgeld
Democrats of
Illinois
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Ohio
Hanna
Carnegie
Depew
Pullman
Huntington
Payne
Thurston
Pacific Railroad
Russia
Jefferson
Jackson
America
Tohn P. Altgeld
Theosophist Leader Mrs. Tingley Sought in Disappearance of Child
New York reports a reward for information on the whereabouts of a child and her adoptive father. Mrs. Tingley, known as the Great Unknown, successor to W. Q. Judge, is away from home. She planned to initiate Flossie into theosophy, but the girl adapts poorly. The child is described as very beautiful and her absence remains mysterious.
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New York
Silver Men Lose Office in Washington Cuts
Secretary Carlisle removed Thomas F. Brantly of South Carolina and Burton T. Doyle of Tennessee from Treasury Department posts. Brantly led the army and navy division and Doyle headed the warrant division. Both had campaigned for Bryan and free silver.
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Washington
Carlisle
Thomas F. Brantly
South Carolina
Army and Navy
Third Auditor’s Office
Burton T. Doyle
Tennessee
Secretary’s Office
Treasury Department
Bryan
Sentences handed down in Plymouth Superior Court
Judge Richardson presided as Henry J. Reardon of Brockton received three months for drunkenness, Edward Ward of Brockton six months for drunkenness, John Penraese of Brockton one year for polygamy, Robert Wallace of Hull sent to Concord Reformatory for breaking and entering, and John Ross of Brockton two months for assault and battery.
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Plymouth
Mass
Richardson
Henry J. Reardon
Brockton
House of Correction
Robert Wallace
Hull
Concord Reformatory
Edward Ward
John Penraese
John Ross
Hull Defeats Hingham in 14 to 0 Victory
Hull Massachusetts beat Hingham 14 to 0 this afternoon in the second game of their series. Hull dominated play and kept Hingham from scoring throughout the match.
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HULL
Hingham
Mass
Cures for Rash Mentioned by Woodbury Company
An advertisement from Boston features John H. Woodbury recommending Woodbury’s Facial Soap to cure rashes and eruptions. It emphasizes avoiding rash behavior and promotes the product with a male patronage stance and a street address in Boston.
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John H. Woodbury
Winter St
Boston
Woodbury
Despondent Boston Man Ends Life After Voting
William H. Rounds 62, a Somerville shoe store and barber proprietor, used poison at the St. Nicholas Hotel in Boston after a Sunday, later dying at Massachusetts General Hospital. He left letters indicating despair over health and troubles, voted in Somerville on Tuesday, and left a note to his wife and fraternal groups.
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William H. Rounds
Somerville
St. Nicholas Hotel
Province Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Rounds
Dunn
Pearl Street
Knights of Pythias
Sons of Malta
Grand Army of the Republic
Pilgrim Fathers
Aldrich Street
Peak’s Island
Portland Harbor
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Standard Oil
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M’kinley
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Academy Street
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Ww. H. Rounds
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