McKinley Picks Up Votes Across States Showing Big Lead
A summary of results from the recent election reports Major McKinley at 277 electoral votes to Bryan 170 with a near million in popular lead. Fusionists win in Kansas Nebraska and Washington while Oregon California go to McKinley and Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Indiana lean McKinley. Delaware elects one Bryan elector on a technicality. Kentucky Senate for Republicans. Breckinridge defeated for Congress. Tennessee North Carolina favor Bryan by smaller margins. Wyoming tight. Nebraska stays with Bryan. Iowa supports McKinley about 67 000. Colorado heavily for Bryan. West Virginia Maryland Illinois Republican. four silver party congressmen elected. Tanner defeats Altgeld for governor. Republicans hold a strong house majority, Senate status undecided.
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Atlantic
Missouri River
Maryland
West Virginia
North Dakota
Kentucky
California
Oregon
Major McKinley
Bryan
Kansas
Nebraska
Washington
Pacific
McKinley
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Indiana
Delaware
South Dakota
Kyle
Jon Blackburn
Breckinridge
Congress
Settle
Tennessee
North Carolina
Wyoming
Iowa
Colorado
Republicans Elect Majority of Congressmen in Early Returns
A table from the Associated Press shows 201 Republicans elected to the next House, 124 Democrats, 19 Populists, independents and fusionists. Some districts remain in doubt and results for Washington and South Dakota and parts of Texas were excluded due to conflicting returns. Washington likely went Democratic or independent for Congress.
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Washington
Associated Press
South Dakota
Texas
Standing of the Senate After Elections
Washington on November 7 reports next Senate standings likely Republicans 44 Democrats 33, independents and Populists 13. Kentucky and North Carolina shift to Republicans while Delaware leans Democratic and Kansas South Dakota to independent and Populist.
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Washington
Senate
Kentucky
North Carolina
Butler
St. Louis
Weyler Leads Field Campaign Against Maceo Rebels
Captain General Weyler has taken field command against Antonio Maceo's insurgents in Pinar del Rio. He departed Havana aboard the Legazpi and heads toward Mariel Artemisa and the trocha line as reinforcements are sent. The national defense committee urges ending the rebellion by force without political interference.
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Havana
Weyler
Antonio Maceo
Pinar del Rio
Legazpy
Mariel
Artemisa
Trocha
Marquis de Ahumada
Ramon Dominguez
Committee of National Defense
Lynching threat and mob action in Lepanon Ky
William Bean a negro who assaulted Mrs. L C Clark was captured and jailed then seized by a mob who took him to Mrs. Clark. She identified him though she may die and plead for due process. Both races threaten lynching if she dies. New German warship guns ordered after Krupp visit. Mexican cattlemen may cross the border under U S rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lepanon
William Bean
L C. Clark
Chicago firm in trouble over contract labor law
Albert Froelich accuses Wellington Baking Company president J Bosquet and secretary E Pardis of violating contract labor law. Froelich says he was promised transport to America and 24 a week to bake Vienna bread in Paris style, with return transportation if dissatisfied. Hearing set for today at 2 o'clock before U S commissioner Mark Foote. Bosquet and Pardis released on their own recognizance. Froelich arrived on the St Louis from Paris Oct 10 and started two weeks ago. He seeks to return to France due to nonpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Convern
Cubico
Hai Tag
Albert Froelich
J. Bosquet
E. Pardis
Wellington Baking Company
United States
Mark Foote
H. (. Bradsby
Messrs
Bosquet
Pardis
Froleich
America
Vienna
Paris
Froelich
St. Louis
Wellington
France
German farmer confesses to blackmail letters in St Joseph
Herman Wenzel admitting authorship of threatening notes to Louis and George Haas, the German farmer who plotted to extort money from rich businessmen in St Joseph Missouri. Police found unfinished letters to other targets and federal authorities will handle the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joshui
Herman Wenzel
Louis
George Haas
Wenzel
Rinaldi
Europe
France and the Money Question in Paris
The Matin comments on M Ribot's statement that France plans to seek an international monetary agreement. It argues the US election proves coordination is needed and suggests France may take initiative now that the American presidential crisis is resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Matin
M. Ribot
United States
Torrens Law Declared Unconstitutional by Illinois Court
Cutcano Nov 10 The Torrens law a real estate statute to simplify land transfers with title certificates is ruled unconstitutional by the Illinois supreme court at Ottawa The act made the county recorder the registar of titles and judge of title validity a power clash with the constitution The decision hinges on vesting of judicial authority in the recorder over five years without protest.
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Cutcano
Supreme Court of
Ilinois
Ottawa
Heavy Snow Bites South Dakota Crops and Settlers
Snowfall described as remarkable blankets thousands of acres of corn in the region. Little has been threshed and settlers face winter unprepared, with stock losses and widespread suffering anticipated as Chamberlain and Miller report heavy damage from the severe weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paun
Minn
South Dakota
Chamberlain and Miller
Trials Set for Battleship Iowa Down Delaware River
The battleship Iowa will be sent from the Cramp shipyard on Tuesday for a builders trial on a measured Delaware River course. The test will verify engines and machinery meet government specifications before acceptance.
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Philadelphia
Iowa
Delaware River
Cramps
Delaware Capes
Beheaded Brother After Quarrel in Charlotte
In Wat son county two half brothers James Alexander and Ed Pegram cut cordwood when they quarrelled. Alexander swung his axe and beheaded Pegram. Alexander surrendered to authorities after the act.
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Charlotte
N.C
Watson County
James Alexander
Ed Pegram
Alexander
Pegram
Bank of Hays City Seized by State Officials
Kansas Bank Failure. Toreka, Kan., Nov 11. The state bank commissioner has taken charge of the Bank of Hays City. Deposits total about 37300 with depositors likely to receive only about half. Failure attributed to mismanagement and western Kansas crop failures.
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ToreKa
Kan
Bank of
Hays City
Kansas
Happenings From Home and Abroad Packed With Facts
A sweeping column reports James Sharrett stabbing J. Shaffer in Oak Hill Virginia with Shaffer dying from wounds. Ontario reports high quality coal at Algona while Mrs. John Maloney dies after being hit by a Lake Shore train in Bloomington Illinois. Major William Hutchings fatally stabbed at Lexington Kentucky over a trivial dispute. Middletown New York resident John M Charles Horton dies after voting Tuesday. Two Macon Missouri men killed by a train near St Joseph Missouri. Mrs Lelia Kissam of Brooklyn wins divorce from William Vanderbilt Kissam. Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern rail line debuts three royal blue trains. Paris artist Count Francois de Gissic commits suicide in Cairo over national troubles. Fred Bradford kills Deputy Sheriff Haley in Cushville Tennessee then hides at his father in law’s home and shoots himself. Benjamin Merts of Wapakoneta Ohio shoots himself while insane. Edward Mosley arrested in Providence Rhode Island for murder of Motorman Joseph W Starr after a scuffle on a street car. Brooklyn Italian Genero Farcona allegedly dies after a stone throws by a boy named Thomas Murphy. Oliver Courtney of Swift & Courtney killed riding engine of Phoenix Fire Company in Wilmington Delaware as it tumbles into a ditch. Pullman fire brigade Captain Haney and wife away from home. lamp explosion nearly causes fire but a dog tears carpet to shreds. Black Springs Arkansas feud ends with John Middleton and H I W Irby firing Winchesters. Irby killed by three bullets to the breast.
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James Sharrett
J. Shaffer
Oak Hill
Shaffer
Algona
Ontario
Canada
John Maloney
Bloomington
William Hutchings
Joseph Whittle
Lexington
John M. Charles Horton
Middletown
N. Y
Macon
St. Joseph
Lelia H. Kissam
Brooklyn
William Vanderbilt Kissam
William EK
Vanderbilt
Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern Road
Francois de Gissic
Cairo
Fred Bradford
Haley
Cushvile, Tenn
Benjamin Merts
Standard Oil Company
Wapakometa
Edward Mosley
Providence
KR. 1
Joseph W. Starr
Thomas Murphy
Genero Farcona
Murphy
Oliver Courtney
Courtney
Swift &Courtney
Phoenix Fire Company
Wilmington
Del
Haney
Pullman Fire Brigade
Pullman
Chicago
John Middleton
Irby
Black Springs
Ark
Fort Harts sale ordered and Wardner gains Boston Traveler
Secretary Francis orders sale of the abandoned Fort Harts reservation. Torrey J. Wardner leads a syndicate that has purchased and will operate the Boston Traveler, where Wardner once served as editor. The note mentions other items including forgery arrest of Ferr-Ware’s TI Farr and a postponement of Miss Kate Field's funeral.
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Francis
Fort Harts
Torrey J. Wardner
Boston Daily Traveler
Wardner
J. Farr
Ferr-Ware Company
Saratoga
N. Y
Sargent
Southern Pacific
Kate Field
San Francisco
Honolulu
Belle Thornton
Chicago
Charles Carlson
Carlson
Miss Thornton
Clinton
Colorado
Phillips
Kansas City
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
Greer, Mills & Co
Dave Pulley
Palestine
Otway
National Sporting Club of
London
England
Edward Fennelly
Ashland County
Wisconsin
Upham
Anderson
Ind
Boston Traveler
Torrey KE. Wardner
Multiple incidents circle the nation and crime in 1890s articles
A jumble of short items includes a Metropolis judge kissing a debutante after election bet, street violence in Kentucky, a Chicago carpenter robbed and beaten, a New York horse sale, a shooting injuring Henry Oster in New York, October railway earnings for Rock Island down from 1895, an Irish dancer going insane in Brooklyn, a Brooklyn man’s four day marriage ending in divorce, a bear in Siegel Cooper’s NY store found asleep after escape from a cage, two valuable violins stolen from Prof Edward Mollenhauer, a Belgian king’s gift bow stolen, plans to build the Benton Harbor and Eastern Electric railway through Michigan’s fruit belt, an insurance license to Royal Circle of Springfield Illinois, and a brakeman killed at Perry Iowa.
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Skaturday
J.C. Oney
Metropolis
Jane Neftzger
Dick Thrope
Jennie Osborne
Cotmannay
Amos
Thrope
Oscar Johnson
Chicago
John R. Gentry
New York City
Julius Blieber
Henry Oster
Oster
Rock Island Railway
Peggy Murphy
Tony Pastor
Brooklyn
N. Y
Alonzo N. Smith
Siegel- Cooper Company
Animal Department
Bruin
Edward Mollenhauer
Guarnerius
Bernetti
Belgium
Benton Harbor & Eastern Electric Railway
Michigan Fruit Belt
Durfee
Royal Circle
Springfield
Til
J. H. Hughes
Perry
Arrest in Peoria Jurisdiction Cited by Sheriff Warrant
An individual was arrested in Joliet on a Peoria County warrant alleging bigamy. The sheriff of Peoria County issued the warrant accusing the man of having wives in Peoria and Joliet.
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Augusta
Hudson
Joliet
Bigany
Peoria County
Peoria
Notable Fatalities and Violent Incidents Across Several States
A series of early 20th century calamities and crimes are reported including Dr D Dent of Harrisburg shot after refusing election bet, Harold Payne and William Wooster' jail break plot in St Louis, J Waldo dies at Southern hotel, Tom Johnson and John Umbrez knife fight near Belton Texas, Marshals Dunn and Cannon deadly confrontation at Pawnee Oklahoma, Mary Angel found dead in Phillips Arkansas, George Tiebald severe scalding at Grand Rapids home, James McGrew killed by an eastbound train near Centerville Iowa, James M Bond from Columbus forged a $350 order in Shelbyville Indiana then arrested in Cincinnati.
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D. Dent
Harrisburg
St. Louis
Harold Payne
Willian Wooster
J. Waldo
Southwestern ‘Traffic Association
Southern
St. Luis
Tom Johnson
John Umbrez
Belton
Tex
Johnson
Umbrez
Dunn
Pawnee
Mary Angel
Phillips
Ark
George ‘Tiebald
Grand Rapids
Mic
Doyle
Shelbyville
Ind
First National Bank
Bond
Cincinnati
Notable Local and National Incidents Mentioned in Briefings
A Tuesday rundown highlights a mangled girl from a bulldog incident in St. Louis, extensive crop damage on the Cherokee strip, and progress in ex Senator Reagan’s health. Also noted are a fatal Erie train accident near Wellsville, a San Francisco attorney’s death in custody, New York police fraud probes, a Penterhoff Russia factory fire, injuries in West Chester and Carthage, Wisconsin and Illinois, a Nashville death, Chicago’s Melnerney seeking confinement, a Wyoming revolver accident, a Cox Coal employee fatal fall, Kansas City anti military cadet stance, and H J Jewett’s serious illness in Lansdowne Maryland.
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St. Louis
Cherokee Strip
United States
John B. Reagan
Dick Alen
Harry Baker
Wellsville
N. Y
San Francisco
KT. Case
Police Department of
New York
Civil Service Department
Pushnan
Penterhoff
Russia
Jacob Otis
West Chester
H. N. Pillsbury
England
United State
Patrick Welch
Wabash Road
Carthage
Ils
Herman Lampe
Nashville
Wis
Michael Melnerney
Chicago
William Martin
Wyatt
W. Va
Bruce— Patrick Collins
Cox Coal Company
Industrial Labor Council of
Kansas City
Cadeta
H. J. Jewett
Erie Railroad
Lansdowne
Record of 1905 Nov 11 events across the U S and abroad
Wheat prices reach 8714c after Monday's record. Francis approves allotment rolls for Grand Portage Chippewa in Minnesota. Tony Brown, Italian, killed and several injured in Germantown dynamite blast. Kansas Republicans accuse Populists of reapportionment plots to elect a Populist successor to Senator Baker. Civil Service Reform league to meet in Philadelphia December 10 and 11. Morrison pleads guilty, sentenced to ten years, for stealing $240,000 in Kennedy county. Denver and Salt Lake City travelers head to Mexico to inspect mining. Mutual life underwriters meet in Kansas City. California wine prices warned of shortages in 1806 due to crop. Swedish observatory director Gylden dies at 56. Diphtheria circulating in Mexico and Missouri with deaths. Chicago unionist Von Keller asks contractors hire only union men. Turk loses $8000 in securities to pocket theft. papers found. Capurium Louisa Roy beaten by Whitecaps in Capac Michigan. U S Bicycle Company reports theft loss of 100 bicycles. Hugo Fielder commits suicide under financial strain. J B Reed banquet in Portland by New England society. George Ford, Bristol Tennessee, shoots himself after conflict with father.
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Francis
Grand Portage
Minnesota
Tony Brown
Germantown
Kansas
Baker
National Civil Service Reform League
Philadelphia
George R. Morrison
Kennselaer County
New York
Denver
Salt Lake City
Mexico
Mutual Life
Coates
von Keller
Chicago Bricklayers’ Union
Dowery
James B. Turk
Chicago
Whitecaps
Louisa
Roy
Capac
Mich
H. P. Jenney
United States Bicycle Company of Chicago
Hugo M. Fielder
Comptroller’s Office
J. B. Reed
Portland
Ore
New England Society
George Ford
Bristol
Tenn
Democratic Caucus Adopts 23rd Ballot Vote Totals
In Atlanta on election night the Democratic Caucus for U S senator adjourned after the 23d ballot. Ballot totals show A S Clay 53 votes W Y Atkinson 52 Howell 40 Lewis 15. Adjournment set for Thursday afternoon as legislators await a circus exhibit nearby.
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Atlanta
A. S. Clay
W. Y. Atkinson
Howell
Lewis
Vanderbilt widow Mary Louise dies suddenly at Scarboro
Mrs Mary Louise Vanderbilt widow of William H Vanderbilt died unexpectedly at 1 30 pm at the Shepard residence Scarboro West Chester county She had been visiting since her granddaughter's wedding and suffered heart failure shortly after 1 pm She was born Mary Louise Kissam daughter of an Albany minister and married in 1841 to William H Vanderbilt Their children included Cornelius William Kissam Frederick W George W Margaret Louise Emily Thorn Florence Adele Elisa O and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt
Elliott F. Shepard
Scarboro
West Chester County
Elisa O
W. Seward Webb
Mrs Castle Trial Ends with Acquittal for Husband
The San Francisco couple Mr and Mrs Walter M Castle faced shoplifting charges at Clerkenwell sessions house. He was acquitted while she received a three months sentence without hard labor. The case drew notable American colony interest with attendees including Mrs McConnell and Miss Chapman of Kentucky.
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McConnell
Thee Clerkenwell Sessions
Chapman
Kentucky
Wheat market reaches yearly high on December futures
Chicago and South Omaha reports show wheat peaking at 814e for December with gains in corn and oats though provisions soften. Cash quotes list No 2 red and No 2 corn among futures, while live cattle hogs and sheep trade at varied levels in Chicago and South Omaha.
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Chicago
Oige
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Berlin
Krupp Ordnance Factory
Hachenberger
Scott
O. B. Hachenberger
Monte Scott
R. J
Wasttinaton
Department of Agriculture
Qoitar
William A. Vanderbilt
Mrs. Castle
St. Jouns
N. F
Maggie
William Blundon
Tiber
John de Lisle
Power
Halloway
St. Johns
Bowie
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Lawson N. Fuller
Fleetwood Driving Park
South Omaha
Southa Omana
Helena
Butte
Spokane
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Fargo
Winnipeg
Tacoma
Seattle
Pacific Mail
Montana
Atlantic Mail
Pacific Coast
Montana Union Depot
Frain Grantedale
Pacifico Mail
Montana Accommodation
Grantesdale
Livingston
Northern Paciftic
Japan
China
Tacoma and Northern Pacific Steamship Co
W. M. Tuchy
E. Broadway
Charles 3. Fee
General Passe
Paul
Bstockmen’s Directory
C. Cornell
Mt. Howes
Poinder
Attow Orth
Dillon
Beaverhead Co
Square and Cos
Macktail Deer Creek Valley
New York World
Ong Donnan
Dillon Tribune
Tribune
Tribune Pub. CO
Dutton
Moxt
N. Y. World
Inter Ocean
Toledo Blade
Ladies’ Home Ideal
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sheep and
San Francisco Chronicle
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Scientifia American
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