Leaders' Estimates in Doubtful States
The leaders of both parties agree the election hinges on ten doubtful states. They list New York 36 electoral votes, Ohio 23, Indiana 15, Illinois 4, Kentucky 13, Nebraska 8, New Jersey 10, California 9, West Virginia 6, and Maryland 8, with each state’s situation outlined.
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New York
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Nebraska
New Jersey
California
West Virginia
Maryland
NY Political Pros Forecast Wide Bryan Victory
New York state results projections emerge from Odell Depew and Croker. Odell claims New York by 100000. Depew predicts ten AM. Croker says Greater New York will give Bryan 90000 plurality and carry the state.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Becauark New York
Odell
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Richard Croker
Greater
Bryan
Illinois 1896 Illinois election votes Bryan McKinley target
Chicago reports on November 5 with Democratic State chairman Walter Watson saying Illinois electoral vote will go to Bryan. Republican leader Frederick H. Rowe predicts McKinley will win by about 105000 in the state.
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Cleveland
McKinley Boocenus
Chicago
Walter Watson
Democratic State Committee
Illinois
Bryan
Frederick H. Rowe
Republicans
McKinley
Ohio returns show Bryan or McKinley leads in state
Columbus, Ohio November 5. Democratic Chairman Long claims Bryan leads by 20,000 to 27,000 in Ohio. Republican Chairman Dick pins McKinley ahead by 65,000 and up. Hanna says Republican plurality could reach 85,000.
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Harrison
McKinley
Columbus, CO
Long
Democratic State Executive Committee
Bryan
Republican State Executive
McKinney
Hanna
Indiana State Parties Clash Over McKinley Victory Margin
Indianapolis November 5 Chairman Parks M. Martin of the Democratic State committee says Indiana will give the Democratic national and State tickets a large plurality. Chairman Charles Heinly of the Republican State committee insists Indiana is safe for McKinley by over 30 000.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Indianapolis
Ind
Parks M. Martin
Democratic State Committee
Indiana
Charles Heinly
Republican State Committee
Kentucky Democratic Hope Brightens As Bryan Placed Safe
Louisville report quotes J B McCreary stating Kentucky is absolutely safe for Bryan with a 20 000 plus plurality. Republican Chairman Leslie Combs withholds formal forecast.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Louisville
J. B. McCreary
Democratic State Committee
Kentucky
Bryan
Leslie Combs
Republicans
Republicans Claim State Lead by 23000 Votes
Report notes that other Republicans assert the state holds a lead of about 23 000 votes. The item references party claims and an outcome tbd as results trickle in.
McKinley Viewed as Likely to Carry State by Large Margin
Jersey City dispatch reports Chairman Gourley avoiding exact figures but noting Bryan winning prospects in the state are excellent. Republicans predict McKinley will win New Jersey by about 30 000 to 40 000 votes.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Jersey City
Gourley
Bryan
California State Returns Set for McKinley Victory Plurality
San Francisco reports from Nov 5 that Republican Chairman Stone pledges California will deliver at least a 12,000 plurality for McKinley. Democratic Chairman Sims counters that Bryan will secure a 15,000 plurality in the state.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Cancekis Ces del Meno
San Francisco
Stone
Republican State Committee
California
Sims
Democratic Committee
Bryan
Nebraska 1892 McKinley lead cited in Nebraska
Omaha reports the Republican State committee claims a 6000 plurality for McKinley, while Democratic chairman Hall says Bryan will win by at least 12000. The dispute centers on Nebraska results dated November 5.
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Harrison
Sebevanbeeneseee
Tor Bryam
Omaha
Neb
Republican State Committee
McKinley
Hall
Democratic Committee
Bryan
Maryland set to go for Bryan by margin says Vandiver
Baltimore November 5 Chairman Murray Vandiver of the Democratic State committee predicts Maryland will vote for Bryan by 5000 to 10,000 plurality. Republican state chairman Phillips Lee Goldsborough counters that the GOP will carry Maryland by about 6000.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Phi
Baltimore
Murray Vandiver
Democratic State Committee
Maryland
Bryan
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
West Virginia 1892 Vote Outlook Split by Parties
In Wheeling on November 5 Chairman J H Miller of the Democratic State committee predicted West Virginia will vote Democratic by 7000 to 10000 in a statewide result. Republican Chairman William O Dawson forecast McKinley carry the state by 17000 in the opposite view.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Wheeling
W. Va
J. H. Miller
Democratic State Committee
West Virginia
Delayed Launch For Torpedo Boat Named After Admiral
Miss Lucy Shaler MacDonough granddaughter of the famous commodore was to christen the new torpedo boat destroyer bearing his name but the launching has been postponed.
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Navy
Lucy Shaler Macionough
Charles Holcomb Reade
Macdonough
Weymouth
Thomas Maclonough
Lucy Shaler Macdonough
Lopez Replies To Schurman On Philippine Matter
Senor Sixto Lopez condemns President Jacob Gould Schurman for a so called reply to his open letter. He says Schurman uses irrelevant and erroneous statements about Filipino conditions and wrongly asserts Lopez admits the Filipinos are uneducated. Lopez calls Schurman an imperialist and warns against imperialist rule.
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Senor
Sixto Lopez
Jacob Gould Schurman
First Philippine Commission
Schurman
Killed in Belfast District in Boer War Action
Lord Roberts wires from Johannesburg dated Nov 3 saying Captain Chalmers of the Canadian Mounted Rifles was killed in operations in the Belfast district on Nov 3. Lieutenant Sanders of the same command was wounded.
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London
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Belfast
Chalmers
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Ajer Sanders
Washburn Reveals Informant's Name at Boston Hall
At a Bryan Club meeting in Faneuil Hall last Thursday evening, George J. Washburn declared he would reveal his informant if the administration answered his charges about General Miles and a counter campaign by naval officials. He identifies Noble E. Dawson of Washington, D. C., as the confidential adviser to Miles, with access to key documents and an autograph endorsement from Grant and others. Dawson aided in Grant's memoirs and was present at Grant's deathbed. Washburn notes Dawson's Civil War record and his capture and escape from a Confederate prison. The Bryan Club has secured Faneuil Hall for election night and will receive returns by wire.
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Bryan Club
Janeuil Hall
George J. Washburn
Miles
San Juan
Washburn
Corbin
Noble E. Dawson
Washington, D. C
Dawson
General Grant
Sherman
General Sheridan
Allison
Justice Miller
United States Supreme Court
McKinley
Mr. Dawson
Mt. McGregor
Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
REQUIREMENTS FOR BOSTON ELECTION PREPARED FOR TOMORROW
Boston election details describe wooden and iron booths, 106 carriages, 191 policemen, and precinct ballot handling. Voters must be listed or prove clerical error, with registrations checked for May 1, Oct 1, and Oct 17 deadlines. Ballot counts begin at 1:03 AM, with police and AP sheets coordinating results to City Hall. Election Commissioners Kennedy and Burlen oversee preparations as crowds gather at Old Court House.
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Old Court House
Associated Press
E. J. Leary
Patrick J.kennedy
M. W. Burlen
Commission
Kennedy
Buffington Captains Naval Brigade After Election
Lieutenant-Commander George R. H. Buffington of Fall River was elected captain of the Massachusetts Naval Brigade aboard the Minnesota. He won 19 of 20 votes, succeeding Captain McKay who resigned last month. Lieutenant George S. Selfridge of Boston was chosen as lieutenant commander to fill Buffingtons vacancy. Twenty of thirty officers attended, with a social session and collations afterwards.
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George R. H. Buffington
Fall River
Masachusetts Naval Brigade
United States
Minnesota
McKay
Buffington
George S. Selfridge
Boston
Selfridge
Admiral Selfridge
United States Navy
Postoffice Tower Men Work 129 Feet Above Ground
performance high in air as workers re roof the Postoffice building tower on Water and Devonshire streets. Frank Conroy, Tim Holland, George Pelham and others from contractor Hind stand on a narrow granite ledge two feet wide, ladders and ropes making perilous maneuvers with a possible fatal slip. Crowds watch from below as danger and daring unite in the urban spectacle.
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Postoffice
Water and
Devonshire Streets
Frank Conroy
Tim Holland
George Pelham
Thomas J. Hind
Cuban constitutional convention opens in Havana amid mass turnout
General Wood reports the Havana convention opened promptly at 2 pm with immense enthusiasm. Leaders Tecosti Tamayo and Helfredo Navas attend. The Marti Theatre fills as Wood and staff enter to an ovation, pledging a constitution for Cuba and defined U S relations.
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Washington
War Department
Wood
Cuba
Havana
Navy
United States
Senor Tecosti
Senor Tamayo
Helfredo Navas
General Wood
Fitzhugh Lee
America
Senor Cisneros
General Rivera
Helfredo Zayas
Senor Perfecto Lacosti
Senor Diega Tamayo
Rebellion Weakens Amid Arms Shortage and Rifts in Alliances
Reports from Canton say the rebellion is likely to die out due to limited arms. France demands execution of leaders in the Shek Lung riots, with placards urging violence against foreigners if pressed. Von Waldersee confirms death sentences for officials responsible for missionary murders, provoking Chinese outrage and possible ministerial disagreement over protections for missionaries.
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Canton
Shek Lung
Count von Waldersee
Pao Ting Fu
Pekin
von Waldersee
Tien Tsin
Shanghai
Blaney Case Ends With Peace Bond On Threat Charge
In Roxbury District Court Thomas E. Blaney not identified as Edwin E. Hall, the 1885 Maine murder suspect. He was ordered to furnish bonds of 19 dollars to keep the peace for six months against threatening his wife Jennie M. Blaney.
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Thomas E. Blaney
Edwin E. Hall
Maine
Blaney
Roxbury
Jennie M. Blaney
Double shooting accident at Ayr harms two men
November 5 report from Ayr details a double gunning incident. John Sherman suffered a mangled left hand and a shot in the groin while William Hazard, a colored man, was shot in the left thigh. Sherman is dangerously wounded while Hazard is expected to recover. Both men tried to block a squirrel from a tree hole and discharged their guns in the scurry.
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Ayer
John Sherman
William Hazard
Sherman
Hazard
Pugh Sentenced to Death by Electric Chair in Brooklyn
Benjamin Pugh a Black man was sentenced by Judge Hurd in Brooklyn to die in the electric chair in the week beginning December 24 for the murder of John Tiegen a waiter on August 23.
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New York
Benjamin Pugh
Hurd
Brooklyn
John Tiegen
Gen Corbin Going Abroad on Leave for Health
Adjutant General H. C. Corbin has arranged a month’s leave of absence to recuperate his health. He plans to sail for Europe on November 14.
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Washington
H. C. Corbin
Europe
Flyer Gone Arrest For Theft From Hotel Thorndike
Frank K. McDonald, age 46, of 22 Cheshire Street, was arrested on a warrant charging him with the larceny of $1000 from Margaret A. Fonda of the Hotel Thorndike in 1598. The woman says he was to invest the money in stocks.
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Frank K. McDonald
Cheshire Street
Margaret A. Fonda
Thorndike
McDonald
Cambridge boy 8 arrested on warrant in Brighton incident
William Pleasant of Banks Street Cambridge aged 8 was arrested yesterday on a warrant charging him with criminal association with Lavinia Berry aged 4 in Brighton in 197. Both are described as colored.
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William Pleasant
Banks Street
Cambridge
Lavinia Berry
Brighton
Pleasant
Lavinia
Queen decorates twenty naval officers in South Africa
London Nov 5 The Queen has decorated and promoted twenty naval officers serving in South Africa. Rear Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Harr is made a knight commander of the Bath.
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South Africa
Robert Hastings Harris
The
Bath
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