Election results show Butler plurality in Massachusetts
The article reports Butler leading with 117,787 votes over Adams and Long, noting Butler gains since 1879 and a state total around 200,774 with Long and Adams trailing. It lists elected state officers and executive council members, plus detailed county and district results across Massachusetts and mentions New York and Arkansas races and Cleveland’s statewide win.
General Butler Elected Governor of Massachusetts
Early returns from about three quarters of Massachusetts show General Butler victorious for governor by roughly 134000 to 120000 over Bishop with widespread Democratic gains. Ames leads Bowerman and three congressmen Morse Lovering and Lyman elected, boosting a Democratic majority in Congress. Residents celebrate with receptions while Republicans face losses and liquidation of bets as news spreads from New York and Connecticut.
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Pattison Leads Pennsylvania. Pattison Leads State, Congress Split
Early returns from forty counties show Pattison leading by 24,510 net, with 15 Democrats to 18 Republicans in the U.S. House delegation. Local results in Philadelphia place Pattison’s statewide lead around 85,000, with 15 Democrats and 13 Republicans in Congress statewide. Beaver and others post sizable county plurarities as race outcomes firm.
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Democratic Landslide in California Returns Favor Dems
San Francisco dispatch reports the Democratic State ticket elected well beyond doubt with five of six congressmen likely. Wage is the lone Republican district. Prohibition and German votes blamed. Mayor Blake and governor Stoneham lead in city and state tallies, interior returns show Democratic gains, Sacramento cut to half, Santa Clara and Marin shift toward Stoneham.
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Democrats sweep South Carolina governor and five congress seats
Charleston dispatch reports Democrats win the governorship with H. S. Thompson defeating J. H. McLane. Democrats also win in districts one and two with Dibbe over Campbell and Tillman over Duncan, district four Evans over Elkins, district six Drayson over Bower, and district five uncertain with E. B. Cash leading over Hemphill.
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Democratic State and Congressional Ticket Wins Eyed
Returns from St. Louis indicate a Democratic victory across most tickets, with doubt over sheriff coroner and Circuit Court clerk. District by district shows Dem leads or narrow Republican challenges, Kansas City dispatches predicting Graves over Crisp by 2000, overall state ticket majority around 60 000.
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Democrats Carry Indiana in State Results Amid Slow Balloting
Telegraphs from John C. New indicate Indiana votes tilt Democratic with early returns showing a net gain around 22 and projections placing the state in Democratic control by about 6,000 to 10,000. Prohibition amendment deemed void with journals misrecorded. English (Dem) leads Congress race, Orth (Rep) defeated in the ninth district.
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Three Democratic Congressmen Elected in Michigan Race
A Michigan Democratic committee despatch to the National Democrats says three congressmen are surely elected, four districts remain in doubt, and the Legislature is in doubt. Returns show Republican majorities in early districts, with the governor’s race close as Begole appears poised to win for the Democrats and Greenbackers.
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Robeson Defeated in Camden Ward as DemocratsClaim Victory
Camden results show George M Robeson’s defeat carried only three of eight wards with his ward the first yielding a 106 vote Democratic majority. In Newark four assemblymen elected for Republicans but trends suggest Democratic control of the assembly. In Trenton Democrats lead the next Legislature with GOP losses and Keifer narrowly ahead in Conk. Robeson defeated. McAdoo leads in Congress with 1500 to 2000 votes. Democrats celebrate Robeson defeat with crowds and Dead March symbolism.
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Illinois election results brief in Chicago report
Stratton elected superintendent of public instruction. Davis defeats Black in the third congressional district. Dunham of the board of trade elected to Congress in the third district, Adams in the fourth, Finnerty an independent in the second. Hanchett elected sheriff over McGarigle. No votes against ceding the Illinois and Michigan Canal to the United States.
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Democrats Sweep Several States In Early Returns
Across multiple states the Democratic ticket leads in governor and congressional races. Blanchard and Herron win in Louisiana districts, Glyck leads in Kansas, Chaffee signals Republican gains in Colorado, and Tennessee and Texas targets tilt Democratic. Early returns show Democratic dominance in many districts with several close contests and mixed statewide outcomes.
Woman Suffrage Defeated in Nebraska Election
Returns indicate the Republican State ticket won by 8000 to 10000, with Weaver and Laird elected by small margins in the first and second districts. The Woman Suffrage amendment is defeated by a large majority.
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Election returns show GOP leads in several districts
From St Paul Minnesota and New Orleans Louisiana comes early returns in the congressional races. White Wakefield and Strait Republicans win in the first, second and third districts in Minnesota with Washburn claiming a 700 vote majority in the fourth. In the fifth district each party claims victory. In Louisiana Hunt Democrat leads in the first district by about 8000 over Janin, Ellis Democrat leads in the second by over 8000, Kellogg Republican likely elected in the third, and little telegraph reporting limits results in the fourth.
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Hale Trails in Early Returns for New Hampshire Governor
Returns from 207 towns show Hale with 33 350 votes, Edgerly 81 077, temperance 697, while last year Bell led with 39 220 and Jones 84 948. The results indicate a net Republican loss of 1999 since the previous election, suggesting Hale must seek legislative support to win.
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Democrats Sweep Most States in Early Returns
Democrats appear to have carried New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts Connecticut Virginia and Tennessee among doubtful states while Indiana seems to have gone Republican. Governors claimed include Cleveland in New York Pattison in Pennsylvania Butler in Massachusetts Bate in Tennessee Waller in Connecticut Edgerly in New Hampshire with no official totals. A Massey victory for congressman at large in Virginia over Wise is also claimed.
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Tragic New York Murder Suicide In West Twentieth Street Home
Myra Margaret Seguin wife of Dr Edward Seguin a renowned New York physician killed her three children then shot herself in their brownstone at 41 West Twentieth Street The tragedy struck after a day with family moves and a grim discovery in a locked room Authorities reported the motive unclear with insanity suspected Funeral crowds of over two thousand attended the service on West Seventy seventh Street.
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New Partnership in the House of A Vogeler Co
After the death of Charles A Vogeler the surviving partners sold their interests to Christina Devries and formed The Charles A Vogeler Company with Vogeler widow, Devries, and I D Aindstuetter as partners. The firm preserves Vogeler's plans, publishing St Jacobs Oil and Hamburg Family Medicines under new management. Mrs Vogeler leads with devotion to honor her husband.
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Philadelphia Patentee Expects 14 Million Stickers Daily
The Philadelphia Record reports James Arnold holds a patent for voter stickers or pasters. Demand runs to 14 million per day with most going to Colorado and large orders from Massachusetts and Nebraska. Independents and committees push big orders while politicians aim to influence via stickers across states.
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The Editors Strain for News Space in Modern Papers
Chambers' Journal notes editors and sub editors stretch to fit daily papers with important news. Much material is discarded nightly, despite paid telegrams and correspondents, as crises, storms, crimes, or parliamentary debates arise unpredictably.
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Fifty Years a Bishop Celebrated in New York
The fiftieth anniversary of Bishop Smith of Kentucky, consecrated in 1832, was marked at St. Paul’s Chapel last Monday. The church was crowded as Rev. Dr. Dix delivered congratulations, presenting a gold chalice and paten, with Dr. Potter and the Board of Missions offering resolutions.
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