Governor Hughes Backs Recount and Ballot Reforms
In his first message to the legislature Governor Charles Evans Hughes urges a swift court ordered recount of the 1905 New York City mayoral race amid disputes over Hearst versus McClellan. He proposes transferring title actions from the attorney general to the supreme court and adopting a one name per ballot rule with limited campaign expenditures.
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Hughes Faors
New York
Albany
Hughes
New York City
W. R. Hearst
George B. McClellan
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Court of Appeals
Night Fire Ravages West Fifty-third Street Tenements
A large early morning blaze in Manhattan destroys a tenement at 427 West Fifty-third and a boarding house at 429 431 West Fifty-third. Fifty horses die and property losses reach $200,000 as seven more buildings are damaged amid crowd trouble and police action. Fireboat aid from the Hudson helps limit the disaster.
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New York
West Fifty-third Street
Same Street
West Fifty-fourth Street
Hudson River
Tenth Avenue
Cobbe Found Dead in a Hallway After Heart Failure
William Rosser Cobbe, a longtime Park Row figure reputed in education and social circles, was found dead in a hallway off the Bowery. He was over seventy, a North Carolina native, and claimed to have authored forty books including a treatise on morphine titled Dr Judas. His wife and daughter were believed in Chicago. a brother once served in Congress. Second Stroke reports follow in Hammond, Indiana.
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New York
William Rosser Cobbe
Park Row
Bowery
Cobbe
Elizabeth County
North Carolina
Congress
Chicago
Western University
Judas
Medical
Gans Routs Kid Herman for Eighth-Round KO
Joe Gans dominates Kid Herman at Tonopah Nevada with a decisive KO in the eighth after controlled rounds. Herman showed heart but Gans stayed in command, apologizing to the crowd after an off bell incident and insisting Herman is a worthy challenger.
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Negroy
Kid Herman
Tonopah
Nev
Casiflo Athletic Club
Joe Gans
Chicago
Herman
Gans
Joe
Nerman
Nat Lewis
Lewis
Adam Ryan
Hermanon
New Year Reception At White House Draws Thousands
President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a brilliant New Year’s reception at the White House attended by about 8,500 people including diplomats, military officers, and government representatives. Secretary and Mrs. Root led the first line in the Blue Room, with cabinet members and their spouses circulating afterward. The crowd included veterans, a notable number of children, and a playful moment when a boy with roller skates and a girl with a Teddy bear amused attendees.
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White House
Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Diplomatic Corps
Army
Navy
Root
First Paper Served on New York Attorney General
Albany January 3. The first document filed with the new attorney general Jackson seeks a reargument on William R Hearst’s quo warranto bid to test George B McClellan’s title to the New York mayoralty. The application mirrors Mayer’s prior allegations and criticizes his four day decision as flawed and based on misstatements of figures.
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Albany
Jackson
William R. Hearst
George B. McClellan
New York
Hearst
Mayer
Court of Appeals
Corporation Counsel
Murdered in Home in New Jersey Woman Strangled and Stabbed
Mrs William Wilson wife of a stableman was found dead at her Wilmington New Jersey home. She wore night clothes and shows signs of strangulation with a twisted towel a stab wound to the stomach and a skull fracture from a blow. The killer remains at large.
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Wilmington
N. J
William Wilson
Robber Eludes Capture In Chaffee Home Looting
An unknown intruder entered General A. R. Chaffee’s Los Angeles residence during dinner and ransacked rooms. Jewelry valued at $1,000, prized for its association, was seized as the thief fled after being seen by a maid who found him in a lit room before he jumped out a window to escape.
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General Chaffee
Los Angeles
A. R. Chaffee
Clinging Straps Spark City Country Banter
A Washington Herald snippet captures a country cousin asking how to loosen clinging ways, and a city girl replying with a playful line about flanging from street car straps. The exchange highlights urban versus rural char
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Washington Herald
For Sale 700 Acre Ranch Near Fountain and Brazos Bottom Lands
An advertisement lists properties: 700 acre ranch near Fountain with improvements. 100 acres Brazos bottom land near Astin farm unimproved. 120 acres Brazos bottom land near Clay Station well improved. 120 acres Brazos bottom land near Allen farm well improved. residences near practiced school in choicest city location.
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Fountain
Astin Farm
Clay Station
Allen Farm
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King
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Carson, Sewall & Company
Acci
W. W Watkins
Bryan, Texas
J. W. Batts
Taliaferr Bus
Court House
Brazos County
School House
R. H. Harrison
Primel & Maloney’s
Bryan
Texas
Jametta
Root and Shoe
Hmond
Ind
W. B
Paris
Mans
TR. Batte
FOLEY
Foley & Company
M. H. James
H. D. Evans
Hack
Phonne No
Monroe Edge
W. C. Fountain
Burt Norwood
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