Bryan reflects on surprise at Republican victory
Mr. Bryan issued a statement after the election noting that the result was a surprise to him and to opponents. He cited gains in large cities and losses in smaller towns, said Republicans procured votes by passes and colonization, and argued prosperity and war-time unity influenced voters. He stated the fight would continue and asserted his health and conscience are intact.
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Lincoun
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W. C. Bryan
Mit
Philippines
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Bryan
Cuban Company Formed to Control Island Assets
A $20,000,000 Cuban Company is organized after Philadelphia and Canadian financiers meet in this city. Sir Wm. C. Van Horne and his son R. B. Van Horne plan to sail to Santiago to seek options on Cuban horse and trolley lines and sugar plantations. Present were Wm. Lt. Elkins, Thomas Dolan, R. A. C. Smith, Percival Farquhar, Dr. T. W. Shephard, and M. L. Evans.
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Thomas Dolan
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Cuban Mail Steamship Company
Percival Farquhar
New York
T. W. Shephard
M. L. Evans
Tupper Retired After Forty Years in Public Life in Canada
Elections across Canada show a government with a 60 to 60 majority from 208 of 213 ridings with five yet to vote. Sir Charles Tupper, a defeated Conservative, marks his first political reverse in four decades. Hon. G. E. Foster also defeated as results circulate.
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Ottawa
Dominion
G. E. Foster
G Defeatau
Race War Averted in Pennsylvania After Night of Tension
Reports from Wasuincros Pennsylvania describe a night of excitement over a threatened race conflict. Prompt town action aided by Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers kept fighting from escalating. numerous injuries occurred, several arrests made, warrants issued, and no further trouble expected. Investigations point to newcomers from the South as instigators.
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Wasuincros
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Pennsylvania Volunteers
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Police Scandal in Berlin Trials of Sternberg Banker
Reports swirl around the Sternberg case in Berlin with alleged police corruption and flawed testimony. A high level review by Count von Buelow and Baron von Rheinheaven prompts a sweeping police overhaul. About four score police may be dismissed and seventy implicated, as calls for reform rise nationwide.
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Beruin
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Pollas
Count von Buelow
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von Moerscheldt Huellessem
Emperor William
Riat
Pope Encyclical Through Bishops Directs Redeemer
The pope has issued an encyclical dated Nov 1 to bishops urging the world toward the redeemer. He praises Catholics gathering in Rome during holy year and calls for turning to Christ as the path to truth and life, urging obedience to lawful authorities and avoidance of revolt.
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Roms
Rome
Christ
Inces Gant
Bloody Day in Kentucky
A Kentucky sequence of fatal shootings follows an election night dispute in Versailles and Buckeye. Midway town marshal Woodfull kills Alfred Stanhope and mortally wounds Thomas Etherington. Harlem County and Middlesboro quarrels leave men dead or wounded as crops or politics spark violence. Robert Munsey, a Burnside farmer, is ambushed and killed, with authorities linking the killings to political tensions.
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Versailles
Georie Ood vi
Midway
Alfred Stanhope
Inter - Revenue
Thomas Etherington
Woodfull
Stanhope
Harlem County
Frit Daly
Menry Osborns
Grant Raines
Coletsd
K. Griffith
Middlesboro
Rains
Griffitth
Buckeye
Luther Bay
Edgar Brown
Robert Munsey
Burnside
Isis
Try Murher
Camienan
N.M
Robert L. Hall
New Mexico
Fayette Seeley
Led” Seeley
Ariy
Nel Herting
Roanoke Arrives With Passengers After Alaskan Tragedy
The steamship Roanoke reached Port Towssenxp West with 410 passengers and $500000 in gold dust, reporting the steamship Cleveland wrecked twenty five miles west of Cape Nome after striking a rock on Oct 24. The US cutter McCullough rescued all but the second officer who perished in icy waters. Ice formation forced the Roanoke to force through thin ice as it departed Nome.
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West
Roanoke
Nome
Cape Nome
McCullough
Troubles at a Denver voting booth sparks deadly clash
In Dexven Colorado police officers clash with deputy sheriffs before a ballot. Gunfire erupts as special deputies confront police at the polls. Several wounded, many feared dead as violence spreads from the polling place.
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Colo
John G. Brentford
Charles F. Carpenter
Thrnpton Jackson
Charles Grean
Stewart Varyey
Richard Hardman
Police Department
Sheriffs Ofies
Police Board
Jackson
Government Clerk Hurt on Gridiron in Spanish War Echoes
John McQuade, 19, a war department clerk and former Georgetown student, lay at Emergency Hospital after a scrimmage game turned fatal when he was tackled and his neck broken. Doctors held faint hope if he survived the operation needed to restore life.
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New York
John McQuade
War Department
McQuade
Georgetown University
Arombia
McQuadd
Russian canal plan to link Baltic and White Seas
A draft plan proposes Russia dig a grand canal from St Petersburg to Lake Ladoga via the Neva, Finnish Gulf and Murman coast to create a Baltic White Sea waterway. Military aims include fleet escape routes and shorter Baltic access, with Neva deepening and new harbor at Tibau.
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Russia
Baltde Sea
While Sea
Sh | Petersburg
Finnish Gulf
St Jatherine
Murman
Lake Ladoga
Empire
St. Petersburg
Tibau
Baltic
Republicans Carry Iowa Statewide Victory in Biannual Elections
The Hawkeye State saw a decisive Republican sweep with all statewide offices and the full congressional delegation carried by solid margins. Analysts attribute gains to party turnout efforts and the biannual election emphasis.
Sloan Hears Smallpox Alarm At Sloan
A suspected genuine smallpox case develops at Sloan after a farm hand, returning from corn husking, seeks hotel care. Doctor Frear initially suspects typhoid fever but now believes smallpox. fear of an epidemic grows due to travel from town to hotel.
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Frear
Tragic case of young wife driven insane after assault
A 21 year old Marshalltown bride Gertrude Dunn Mann has been jailed in the county jail insane ward after four days of violent ravings. Her husband Eugene Mann and her mother Samantha Dunn face heartbreak as detectives seek to identify the man who drugged and raped her months ago, an act the family kept secret until disclosure triggered her breakdown.
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Samantha Dunn
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Gertrude Dunn
Eugene Mann
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Iowa City School Board Accused of State Theft
Iowa City directors allegedly padded annual reports from 1873 to 1898, stealing at least 39100 dollars by inflating child counts. County superintendents and rural officials plan possible action, while Des Moines faces a severe ice famine and rising prices. Other news items include a pistol duel, a missing assistant principal, a body identification issue, a suicide, land sales, and a fatal train wreck in California.
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Whiting
Johnson County
Hoe
Des Moines
Jr. EK. Teachout
Des Moines Lea Company
Des Moines Ice Company
United States Elector Votes by State across 1900s Map
A sweeping tally lists state by state electors by party and Congressmen, noting which states chose Democratic or Republican electors, fusion tickets, and anticipated Senate or legislative outcomes. The report covers California to Wyoming with multiple references to state tickets, legislatures, and future Senate successors.
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Arkansas
California
Colorado
Senate
R. R. Kenney
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
United States
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Louisiana
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Massachusetts
United States Senate
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James McMillan
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Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
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Demos
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Supreme Court
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Queens County
Richmond County
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
B. F. Tillman
South Dakota
Thunessen
Texas
Horace Chilton
J. W. Bailey
Mr. Chilton
Utaitl
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Francis ER. Warren
Sena
Feared the Silent Voter in 1896 Campaign
Campaign managers faced unprecedented difficulty learning voters' preferences as the silent majority stayed away from rallies and polls. Despite widespread abstention and apathy in the middle and eastern states, farmers were urged to vote on election day while Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa saw heavy early participation.
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Middle West
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Inventor of Automobile Dies Poor in France
A fragmented early 20th century note recalls M. Lenoir, inventor of the automobile, dying in poverty in France. He patented a motor in 1860 using explosive air and gas, with electric ignition, and built a car in 1562 that made brief Paris runs before stalling. The piece notes his luckless fate and premature invention.
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Lenoit
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