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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1903
Page
2
Republicans win the state ticket in Ohio with a record plurality and Senator Hanna appears set for a strong return. The legislature shows a majority aligned with Hanna on a joint ballot, signaling solid support for his position.
Reporting from Columbus Ohio on November 5, returns show Herrick’s governorship lead over Johnson by over 125000. Republicans win pockets, boosting joint-ballot Senate support for Hannaha to about 0 seats in a 143-member legislature, a striking gain from two years ago. The outcome is viewed as a Hanna victory in the campaign.
Baltimore dispatch reports 254 of 308 precincts counted showing Edwin Warfield leading for governor by 4 842. County returns expected to add about 2000 to Democratic totals with Warfield likely to reach a 7000 margin in city and county. Democrats sweep city ticket including judges and sheriff and claim a substantial legislative majority.
Massachusetts voters re elected Governor John L Bates by a 25849 plurality over Colonel Gas tor as the Republican party holds a 31 to 9 Senate and 155 to 82 House with one Socialist and two ties awaiting decisions amid a near record total vote.
Providence reports Democrats reelect Governor L F C Garvin with a 1035 plurality while Republicans win most other state offices. Senate stands 26 Republicans 16 Democrats. House 36 Republicans 33 Democrats. In Virginia, Democrats sweep assembly races with few contests and open fields.
The article traces the early formation of fox hunting clubs in Pennsylvania starting with the Gloucester Hounds founded in 1766 and notes the private owner bounds and English European stock behind early packs. It cites Washington and Lafayette influencing the sport with French fox hounds and describes clubs shaping the sport through history.
The New York Time explains that 160 Weather Bureau stations report in Eastern Standard Time tied to the seventy fifth meridian. Observers must record in New York time to allow accurate, simultaneous national analysis, despite other local time standards used by volunteers and newspapers.
Police recover a badly decomposed body alongside the remains of a girl, Misa Lilly Cole, after her suicide via Walnut Street Bridge. The male victim, possibly a wealthy stock man named Jones, is unidentifiable due to decomposition and a crushed skull.
Three miners died and five were seriously injured in a Newsam Bros coal mine near Peoria Illinois. Workers were lowered in a cage to the shaft bottom and riding a mule car when it jumped the track. Slate fell from a loosened entry, striking the men. McCann Anderson and Williams died on site or shortly after. Autate was severely injured.
Tourists note a Champery village custom where women wear masculine attire while working in fields. Local peasants are described as simple and kindly, with the clothing seen as practical for hard labor rather than distressing to the wearers.
George B. Mc Clellan Democrat will be next mayor of Greater New York after defeating Mayor Seth Low by a 63 617 plurality. Unofficial returns from all city districts show Grout as Comptroller and Fornes as Alderman President re-elected on the Democratic ticket.
Fusionists defeated their Fusion opponents by margins around 66,790 and 64,973, Comptroller Grout leading the city ticket. McClellan earned 814,908 votes for mayor to 251,289 for Lowe. Devery, an independent mayoral candidate, polled 2,935 citywide, strongest in Manhattan and the Bronx with 2,671 votes.
New York voters approve a plan to spend 101 million dollars to widen and deepen the Erie canal to handle 1,000 ton barges and to improve the Oswego and Champlain canals. The state may issue up to 10 million in canal bonds at a time, with the first issue financing two years of work and bonds running up to eighteen years.
Philadelphia November 5 latest estimates from county districts show the Republican state ticket likely to win by 225000 to 230000. William P Snyder trails slightly for auditor general while William L Mathues leads for state treasurer. Morrison and Henderson as superior court judges polled nearly as high as Mathues amid wide GOP edge in common pleas judges races.
Returns from eighty three counties give Beckham Democratic governor candidate a 26500 plurality. Most of the remaining thirty six counties are normally Republican, possibly reducing the margin. In New Jersey revised figures show Middlesex County carried for senator and assembly by Republicans, maintaining a 14 to 7 Senate split.
Jackson reports Mississippi voters backed the Democratic slate led by J K Vardaman for governor with no opposition. The clerk of the supreme court race had five candidates with uncertain outcome.
An essay from Harper's Weekly argues happiness arises from balancing health money and spirit. It warns overindulgence in body or mind disrupts the tripartite harmony and suggests happiness is a byproduct of steady effort, work discipline, and wise living rather than constant pursuit.
Northern lights caused serious electrical disturbances on November 2 in Chicago disrupting telegraph and telephone networks. Long distance wires experienced suspendings and reports spoke of massive electric fire waves paralyzing currents. Duluth observed a dramatic aurora display lasting about half an hour near midnight with towering plumes overhead.
In Butte James J. Hill heads the new arbitration board formed by the Business Men's association and Montana labor unions to resolve the Amalgamated Copper and Heinze dispute. The group includes U S Senator Paris Gibson Governor J K Toole and Congressman Joseph M Dixon. A special legislative session is anticipated. The board elected James J Hill as President and outlined its plan. District Judge M M Estee dies in Honolulu after an operation. The steamer Manhattan carrying 76 000 bushels of wheat burned near Beacon Light in Lake Superior. crew saved by tug Ward.
The French bark Savoyard wreck near Brest Oct. 28 claimed the captain’s wife and four other women, who perished, while the crew of thirty-one men was saved. The vessel had been reported lost earlier, but survivors were later found.
President Truman announces Sanford B. Dele as United States district judge for Hawaii to replace Tate Judge Morris M. Estee and George R. Carter as Hawaii governor replacing Dole. In a separate case, Thomas C. Robinson is found guilty of first degree murder in Cresey II for poisoning twin babies with wartrhrnine.
The Colombian gunboat Bogota shells Panama City prompting U S protest and a warning that American ships will seize the vessel if needed. Vice Consul Ehrman reports casualties include eleven Chinamen and says Panama’s new government is not yet recognized. Washington readies orders for naval commanders to protect isthmian transit and avoid bloodshed.
Panama declares independence from Colombia as Generals Tovar and Amaya are imprisoned in the name of the Republic of Panama. A large crowd gathers, with about 3 000 armed men, and the new republic's flags are unfurled amid heightened revolutionary action.
Movement at Colon Colombia in November reports that Commander Hubbard of the U S gunboat Nashville informed Colon prefect and Panama railroad officials that no troops from either end of the Isthmus would be transported on the railroad.
The Hennepin County grand jury presents a sharp report to the district court condemning the city council. It accuses certain aldermen of blocking legislation until paid and blasts municip al corruption while praising honest citizens who refuse to aid graft.
In Allentown Pennsylvania a coroner's verdict finds Mabel Bechtel killed at her home by violence. The Bechtel family members Catherine Bechtel Myrtha Bechtel John Bechtel Charles Bechtel and Alois Eckstein are arrested as accessories after the fact. The case follows the discovery of Mabel's body near her residence Tuesday morning.
The Toronto board of trade at a large meeting unanimously endorsed three proposals. First the approval of Chamberlain's imperial federation scheme. Second Canada to contribute to imperial defense. Third opposition to any political ties with the United States. Former Milwaukee official arrested again on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses in a county lumber deal. cases postponed to November 6.
An Virginia farmer recalls in a club meeting a dramatic fight between a bald eagle and a gray eagle on the riverbank. The bald eagle wins after a long ferocious contest, driving off the rival and resuming its breakfast.
A barricaded Capuchin convent on Rue d Is Sante in Paris was stormed by police and firemen. They sealed walls breached doors and monasteries residents were moved as the superior refused surrender. Crowds gathered outside during the operation.
Cornelius de Inwens, seventy five, an inventor from New York claiming a secret process to manufacture lard butter and fats, was arraigned before a police magistrate for failing to pay a $489 board bill.
Samuel J. Parks walking delegate of the House smiths and Bridgemen Local No 2 was found guilty of extortion. Jurors deliberated twelve ballots to convict Parks of extorting $500 from Tiffany Studios, contractors, under threat to halt work on buildings last January. He remains remanded until next Friday for sentencing. Tim McCarthy failed to appear and forfeit bail.
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