Election Results Show GOP Gains Across States
Early returns indicate a net gain of 42 Republican seats nationally with large wins in New York and Ohio. Senate control remains Democratic. House shows significant Republican pickups, while woman suffrage and prohibition measures faltered in several states.
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United States
Georgia
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Arizona
California
Colorado
Oregon
Washington
New York
Congress
Senate
Democrats
House of Representatives
Roger €. Sullivan
Ilinois
North Carolina
New Orleans
R. L. Coughton
James M. Gudger
Louisiana
W. P. Martin
Henri L. Gueydan
Roosevelt
New York State
New Hampshire
Cyrus A. Sulloway
House
Rhode Island
Peter i. Gerry
Walter K. Stines
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Indiana
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Elihu Root
Ambassador Gierard
Wadsworth
Solon
New
Ard
Oldahorta
Euoe Pathe
Minnesota
Tennessee
Connecticut Republicans Sweep Senate as Meckham Wins
Connecticut returns to the Republican fold with Frank Ib Brandegee re elected U S senator over Simeon J Baldwin by a solid majority. A Republican congressional delegation is indicated as progressives draw about 5 000 votes while judge Marcus Ht Holcomb wins the governorship by roughly 10 000.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Semator
Jamin F. Shively
Marion County
Charles A. Korbly
Will R. Wood
Otin H H. Peterson
Oscarp Br Tiland
Cullop Tunie
Heveridge
Thorten
Connecticut
New Haven
Frank Ib Brandegee
United States
Simeon J. Paldwin
Ump
Marcus Ht. Holcomb
Kentucky
Louisville
J.C. V.meckham
Senate
Johnson N. Campden
W. Q. Hradley
Indictment Hails Rockefeller Group in New Haven Case
A federal grand jury returned criminal indictments charging William G. Rockefeller and 20 other financiers with conspiring to monopolize commerce in transportation tied to the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad. The allegations span July 2 1890 to present and name 160 corporations. Bench warrants issued as judges take up the case.
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New York
Wiliam G. Rockefeller
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Theodore N. Vail
George F. Baker
John Billard
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
George McCulloch Miller
Charles F. Brooker
William Skinner
D. Newton Burney
Robert W. Taft
James 8. Elton
James S. Hemingway
Charles M. Pratt
A. Heaton Robertson
Frederick IF. Mrewster
Henry K. McHarg
Edward ©. Robinson
Alexander Cochrane
Thomas DeWitt Cuyler
Edward Milligan
Francis T. Maxwell
Tme
James W., Osborn
Frank W. Swacker
R. L. Betts
United States
New England
New Haven
Clearing the Panama Canal Obstruction Feat Noted
Washington reports the removal of the massive earth slide into the Culebra cut in the Panama Canal within five days. Governor Goethals praised the progress as a remarkable feat after three quarters of a million cubic yards of debris slid into the canal, blocking nearly half a mile of the waterway.
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Panama Canal
Washington
Culebra
Goethals
Canal
Kansas City tops in Red Cross relief in Europe
New York November 2 reports say contributions for Red Cross relief work in Europe have been larger in Kansas City than in any other U S city. Red Cross headquarters announced this morning highlighting the city’s strong showing.
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Kansas City
New York
Red Cross
Europe
United States
Peru War Threat Rumors Spark Rebel Plot Claims
Report claims Dr. Augusto Durand, exiled last July, seeks to foment rebellion in the south. Tiina Mero Novi allegedly coordinate arms collection and insurgent activity amid tensions described by officials.
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Peru
Tiina
Mero
Novi Do
Augusto Durand
Tron
Ger Tle
Tino Tlon
Director of Mint Resigns in Washington Dispatches
Dispatches report the resignation of the United States Mint director Ah Georgeff Roberts. The move was to join the National City Bank in New York after plans to replace him with a Nationalty bank official were nearly completed. President Vanderlip’s illness delayed final arrangements.
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Mint
New York
Ah Georgeff Roberts
Washington
Das Resi Nation
United States Mint
Nationalty Bank of New York
Vanderlip
Ale. Vanderlip
Roberts
National City Bank
Rockefeller to Send Food to the Belgians
The Rockefeller Foundation will aid noncombatants in war afflicted regions with millions if needed. A ship named Massapequa carrying 35 000 tons of provisions worth 275000 dollars sails to Rotterdam to aid Belgian relief, with distribution by the Belgian relief commission.
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New York
Rockefeller Foundation
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Foundation
Europe
Rockefeller
Massapequa
New York Harbor
Rotterdam
Belgian Relief Commission
Chicago Stock Yards Closed After Foot and Mouth Case
Chicago stock yards are quarantined as five stock shipments are embargoed by Dr. E Bennett of the U S Department of Agriculture. He orders inspection and disinfection of all cattle sheep hogs and other livestock entering the city after four foot and mouth disease cases appear in nearby states.
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Chicago
Union
8. E. Bennett
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bennett
Michigan
Indiana
Doctor Baetjer Loses Eye and Four Fingers After 46 Surgeries
Baltimore doctor Frederick H. Haetjer of Johns Hopkins Hospital, noted for actinographic research, is undergoing his forty sixth operation. Surgeons removed axillary glands damaged by X rays, leaving him without an eye and four fingers.
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E. F. Baetjer
Baltimore
Frederick H. Haetjer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baetjer
Provisional President Named by Mexican Peace Convention
Unofficial reports from El Paso Texas say General Sulatio Guthierrez, commander of state troops in San Luis Potosi and military governor, has been named provisional president of Mexico by the Aguas Valientes convention.
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Eulalio Guthierrez
el Paso
Tex
Sulatio Guthierrez
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Vesuvius Erupts Prompting Prayers as City Feels Threat
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius erupting again causing great alarm in nearby towns. Special prayers and shrine processions unfold, echoing fears of a 1906 repetition. Concurrently, elderly U S Civil War surgeon Dr Hugo von Starkloff dies in St. Louis after a long service. Rumors circulate about a missing body part from Private Samuel Parks. A Pittsburgh football death from a broken back in Ambridge is noted as a separate tragedy.
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Naples
Italy
Rome
Mount Vesuvius
Ilinois
St. Louis
Hugo Maximilian von Starkloff
United States Army
von Starkloff
Fortythird Illinois Infantry
Seventh Army Corps
Sears Leaves 17.5 Million to Wife in Will
Waukeraun Nov 4 In exactly one overdu R W Sears disbursed of its entire estate valued at 17 5 million in his will probated in county court. Sears bequeathed his entire estate both personal and real to his wife. Holds German Officers San Francisco Nov 4 Four officers of the German gunboat Geler at Honolulu were taken off the liner Korea here and will be held as military prisoners charged with violating this country s neutrality.
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R. W. Sears
Waukeraun
R.W. Sears
Mr. Sears
San Francisco
Geler
Honolulu
Korea
Clark’s Bold Winter Tobacco Run Fuels Montana Fortunes
Sen ator William A. Clark, a Montana copper king, traced his fortune to a single winter 1860s move. With 28 degrees below zero, he rode 250 miles from Last Chance Gulch to Boise City and returned with 2000 pounds of tobacco, buying at 3000 and selling for 10000, launching his vast fortune and fame in Helena.
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William A. Clark
Montana
Salt Lake
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Missouri
Clark
Rutherford Finds Important Discoveries In Trophogen
Physiology professor Rutledge Rutherford of Chicago identifies trophogen or bitrophen a nutrient vital to life. He tested with guinea pigs and confirmed in mice birds and other animals. The substance is claimed to be widespread in foods and essential for sustenance.
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Rutledge Rutherford
Chicago
Endless trench warfare dulls souls and tests resolve
The piece laments protracted fighting during war, noting weeks or fortnights of conflict replace days. Officers and troops endure fatigue, fatalism grows, retreat spawns new battles, and death or injury seem routine while curiosity about an end fades.
Tiger Attacks and War Echoes Stir Indian News
A year’s stats show 767 Indians killed by tigers. Himalayan railway workers face tiger danger with tiger-proof stations for signalmen after several abductions. The piece notes postwar hunting of man eating deer and compares valor to battle feats.
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India
Himalayan
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