Election turmoil at Hoffman House as police clear crowds
In New York on Election night the Hoffman House, Hearst headquarters, packed with supporters for Hearst and McClellan, prompted police reserves to restore order after loud clashes. The lobby darkened as bets and chants echoed through Broadway crowds, with patrons seeking safety and street spectacles outside Herald Square.
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New York
Hoffman House
Hearst
McClellan
Broadway
Third Stret
Herald Square
SENSATIONAL PLOT TO RIG NEW YORK BALLOTS
District Attorney exposed a printing plate at a Cooper Union rally showing circulars designed to corrupt Jerome ballots. The circulars imitate Republican and Jerome ballots and misdirect voters to invalidate most votes by misplacing crosses. A printer warned authorities before issue.
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New York
Attorerhme
Apporteta
Vooper Union
Haliot
Jerome
Funds Distributed by Tammany Hall Caps Payoff Scene
On November 7 in New York crowds watched Tammany Hall officers dispense funds to assembly district captains. Philip J. Donohue, treasurer, oversaw the distribution inside the hall while carriages waited outside. Captains reportedly received from $1,000 to $10,000 depending on district needs as satchels emptied.
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Tammany Hall
New York
Fourteenth Street
Tammany
Philip J. Donohue
Tammany Society
Council
Ardmore man killed in alleged accidental shooting
Will King aged about thirty was shot on Ardmore's East Side and died soon after. Reports say no witnesses and that the killing may have been accidental with a single shot hitting the abdomen. King, a noted Ardmore resident, leaves a widow and two children. an arrest has been made.
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Ardmore
Will King
King
Head and Body Identified in Cambridge Harbor Case
Relatives identify the head found in a hand satchel in the harbor as Susan Geary a Cambridge chorus girl. The Harvard Medical School received the head and other body parts found in two suitcases. Mrs Geary and her daughter Evelyn confirmed the identification.
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Miss Geary
Cambridge
Boston
Harvard Medical School
Susan Geary
Railroad commission report shows Texas gains in 1904 05
Texas railroad commission data for year ending June 30 1905 reveals 74 railroads in the state gross earnings 68145132 up 2936916 from prior year total mileage 11744 up from 11536 average county assessment 8451 while commission valuation is 16500 governor orders state house half day closure to mourn Judge George McCormick death confirms his former attorney general role a county auditor inquiry notes clerical help payment authority and Herman Hellman dies at a Hayes county depot awaiting train.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
George McCormick
McCormick
W. N. Wiggins
Bexar County
Davidson
Siyle
Hayes County
Herman Hellman
Disorder at Philadelphia polls marks city election
Philadelphia voters faced disruption as polling opened at seven. In Fourth ward illegal voting accusations sparked a riot and arrests, though magistrates released all. Eighth ward saw about fifty men held for bogus tax receipts, three polling places closed, and roughly forty charged with repeating in Fifth ward. Mayor Weaver voted in Thirty-fourth ward at eight and offered no comment. Weather was crisp and turnout expected to rival presidential years as City party managers credited reforms for the heavy participation. Weaver deployed nearly 1000 extra police.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
City Party
Reform
Republican
Cost of Quarantine Hits City Budget in Shreveport
Shreveport reports total quarantine expenses of 14 779 02 dollars for eleven weeks. Officials expect final tally near 15 000 dollars with a 4 mill special tax to offset costs.
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Shreveport
Texan Deputy Fends Off Smuggler Kill Attempt
El Paso November 7 report says Deputy Sheriff T F McKinney shot and killed Francisco Molino after Molino tried to ambush him while arresting Molino’s smuggler son Francisco McKinney previously served as a Texas ranger and acted quickly to defend himself.
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el Paso
T. F. McKinney
Fort Hancock
Francisco
Andreas Molino
McKinney
Divorce by Death Ends Murder Suicide in Los Angeles
Ira Caler a blacksmith shot and killed his wife then killed himself in Los Angeles. He died five hours later at the receiving hospital. The killing stemmed from a quarrel over $4 amid ongoing marital strife and a divorce suit filed by the wife.
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Los Angeles
Ira Caler
Conductor Henry Killed In Kansas City Southern Collision
Texarkana news reports conductor Frank Henry of a Kansas City Southern work train died at Horatio after slipping and falling between two cars his head crushed instantly. In Berlin King Alfonso of Spain received warm welcome.
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Henry
Texarkana
Frank Henry
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Horatio
Noble Man Gone Founder of YMCA Passes Away
London Nov 7 Sir George Williams founder of the Young Men's Christian Association and long time president of its London headquarters has died after a life begun in 1821.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
London
Sir George Williams
Young Men's Christian Association
Galveston Mayor Dies After Brief Illness
Galveston November 7 Judge William T. Austin mayor since 1901 under the commission form died Monday afternoon after a three month illness. He is survived by his widow and six children.
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Galveston
William T. Austin
Mission House Fire Attempt Reported Near Lienchow
Consul General Lay in Canton cabled the state department that a missionary in the Lienchow area reports an attempt to burn a mission house there. This follows the recent massacre of American missionaries in the same vicinity.
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Mission House
Washington
Lay
Canton
State Department
Lienchow
Supreme Court grants advancement in Cherokee Nation case
The United States Supreme Court granted an advancement on the docket of the Cherokee Nation cases concerning liability for the removal of eastern Cherokees to Indian Territory and set a hearing for January 2. New railway chartered from Pueblo to New Orleans via Oklahoma City with a capital of 30 million dollars.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Cherokee Nation of Indians
Indian Territory
New
Guthrie
Pueblo
Oklahoma City
New Orleans
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Howell & Webb
Heath & Milligan Paints
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