Fall Elections Show Ohio Nash Wins Governor Seat
Ohio returns indicate Nash elected governor with a margin near 25,000 to 60,000 against Goebel. Republicans gain in the legislature while Kentucky, Nebraska, and Maryland results show mixed shifts. Widespread counts across New York New Jersey Massachusetts Iowa reflect varied party standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nash
Ohio
Kentucky
Nebraska
Maryland
Columbus
Jones
Neil House
McKinley
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Iowa
Notable 19th Century Obits and Disasters From Eastern Wire
Robert C. Alexander editor of the New York Mail and Express died of Brights disease. Bishop Henry Adams Neely died in Portland Maine at age 69 as Maine's second Protestant Episcopal bishop. Edward D Schultz a New York theatrical manager committed suicide in Pittsburg. Four men killed two injured and one escaped in a mine near Mahanoy Place Pa. Frederick Hardy a Tennessee heir found murdered in New York. James J Jeffries retains heavyweight title after brutal fight with Sharkey in New York. Maj Henry Lee Higginson of Harvard class of 1865 donates 150 000 for Harvard University Club building. Pittsburg Tinplate Company plants prepare to shut down indefinitely likely after Nov 15. Boston meeting forms national combination in webbing and goring industries capitalized at 12 000 000. Mrs George Hilson learns she is legatee of Elisha Crowell estate estimated at 30 000 000. she takes one fifth. Mrs Robert S Webb dies after hairpin injury during apoplectic fit while cooking. Sedgwick Post Kingston R I receives a check from Richmond Va to aid encampment debt for Miss Winnie Davis escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Alexander
New York Mail and Express
Bright
Henry Adams Neely
Portland
Mec
Maine
Edward D. Schultz
New York
Hotel Victoria
Pittsburg
Lawrence & Brown
Mahanoy Place
Trederick Hardy
Tennessee Wilionaire
James J. Jeffries
Sharkey
Maj
Henry Lee Higginson
Harvard University
Harvard University Club
American Tinplate Company
Boston
America
Robert Sn. Webb
First Baptist Church
Needham
Mass
Webb
Sedgwick
Noted Early 1900s Deaths And Disasters Across U S
Obituaries report Rev P M McCabe of Waseca Minn dead and former Congressman Daniel D Burns dying in St Joseph Mo. Other notices name Joseph Jessinz head of the Josephellum college in Columbus Ohio, Helen Gould sent to Wichita Kan, Pett Snyder burned in Wichita, Rev Louis Edward Holden inducted at Wooster Ohio, a Chicago six story collapse killing four and ${200,000} in losses, and multiple shootings fires and accidents across Illinois Indiana Michigan California Missouri Idaho and Kansas with various victims and investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. McCabe
Waseca
Minn
Daniel D. Burns
St. Joseph
Joseph Jessinz
Pontifical College
Josephellum
Columbus
Ohio
Helen Gould
Wichita
Kan
Tiffany
Wichita Hospital
Pett Snyder
Ian
Louis Edward Holden
Beloit College
Beloit
Wis
Wooster
University
West Lake Street
Chicago
Sherwell Kershaw
Detroit Copper Company
Chil d
South Chicago
Hutchinson
Wiliam Rahn
Mahn
Adventist Church
Max Meyer
S. Meyer
Hot Springs
Ark
Richard Honeck
Walter I. Koeller
Baker
Chicazo
Lake Michigan
Miller’s Station
Ind
Aetna
Tnd
Oakland
Cal
State University
Jesse Morris Hicks
East Bay
Mountain View
Avery Smith
George Humphrey
Humphrey
Smith
Martin B. Smyth
Various National News Briefs From Southern States and Europe
Southern Texas declares any restraint on trade illegal even with price cuts while a Louisville and Nashville train hits a Fourth Avenue electric car in Louisville injuring nine. Rear Admiral Schley joins Atlanta with a loving cup presentation. A large fire in Thomasville destroys most businesses. J I Orr place at Mount Pleasant sells for 75000 with phosphate potential. Tennessee Supreme Court bans whipping prisoners in workhouses and prisons. George Isaacs, life convict, escapes via forged pardon in Texas. De Wolf Topper marries Nellie Bergen in London. Bishop Haffner dies at 71. Russian chess player Schiffers turns insane in St Petersburg. Boiler blast in Sheffield kills four, injures twenty. Waesland ferry stage breaks, several drown. Spanish senate notes Philippine islands omissions in peace treaty. Sinking of a Japanese sealing schooner reported by Russian gunboat Alexis. Berlin says Persia railway project proceeds with Japanese involvement. Japanese royal palace materials costs rise to 500000. Retired Rear Admiral Nicoll Ludlow leaves service. La Union Espanola offices looted in Tahuna. copies burned. Cripple Creek gold output tops two million. Lorenzo Garcia retires from Yucatan government troops clash. Western Union and Postal Telegraph deny ties to a new telephone venture. EgansvilleOntario man murders wife and daughter then self-poisons. Pacific Coast Biscuit Company structure forms with $4 million capital. Bradstreet notes October trade strength. bank clearings high. wheat and corn shipments reported. October failures total 16 with $6.8 million liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Louisville and Nashville
Fourth Avenue
G Street
Louisville
W. S. Schley
Atlanta
Thomasville
Ala
N. B. Boyle
Maury County
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Knox County
George Isaacs
Rusk
Isaacs
Drcigls
Gov. Sayers
de Wolf Topper
Nellie Bergen
London
Haffner
Ketteler
Mainz
Schiffers
Tschigorin
St. Petersburg
Southern & Hichardson
Sheffield
England
Waesland
Bchelt
Belgium
Count de Almenas
Nicoll Ludlow
Navy
Ludlow
Wash McLean
Hazen
la Union Espanola
Tiauana
Cripple Creek
Lorenzo Garcia
Yucatan
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company
Bell Company
Egansville
Ont
William Yaster
Pacific Coast Biscuit Company
Henry B. McIntyre
Warner Brothers
Turner A. Beall
John G. Hanrahan
New York
C. F. Ide
Syracuse
N. Y
Bradstreet’s Commercial Review
Market Reports From Multiple U S Cities Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market report items list prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with grain and dairy values. Prices include No 2 red wheat 68 to 78 cents No 2 corn 32 to 41 cents oats 22 to 28 cents rye 50 to 62 cents butter creamery 17 to 24 cents eggs 10 to 19 cents per dozen and various shipping or common grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Record-Breaking Chicago Clearing-House Payments Signal Busy October
Chicago banks reported the largest monthly payments total in city history, approaching 600 million dollars, with ten months ending Oct 31 nearly a billion more than 1898 and vastly higher than 1907. Stock markets remained firm amid high call money rates and limited liquidation as investors bought dips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Deagon
jJast
Russia
Argentina
Harvard Triumph Sparks Philadelphia Football Riot
Harvard defeated Pennsylvania 16 to 0 in Philadelphia. The game ended in a free-for-all on the field with players and spectators fighting. Police intervened to restore order as several were clubbed and three were seriously hurt before Harvard retained the ball as a trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Hatlowell
Agreement to Divide Samoa by Major Powers
United States Great Britain and Germany agreed to dissolve the tripartite Samoan compact. US secures Tutuila island and Pago Pago Bay with Britain and Germany to yield remaining assets. The move precedes any future territorial exchanges and marks a long sought partition of the Samoas as stated by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Terma
Samoan Islands
Tutuila Island
Pango Pango
Pago Pago Bay
State Department
Hill
Baron von Schwarzenstein
Tower
Tutuila
Bay of Pango Pango
Bamea
Samoas
Wennon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ito
Holcomb
Baltimore
Tammany
New York County
Admiral Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Pluton
Cristobal Colon
Ferdinand
Sophia
Francis Joseph
Francis Ferdinand
Charles Louis
Austria-h Hungary
Sophia Chotek
Isabella
Transvaal
Gladstone
Fort Wayne
Zaza
The
Hermann the Great
Muncie
John Casey
William Smith
Buffalo
Western
Rosenbaum Brothers
Smyth
Burke Brothers
Owens
Mortonville
Bebow
A. H. Patterson
Bart's
State Street
Patterson
West Jackson Boulevard
Kansas City
Jones Bros
Moscow
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Wallace
Rolla J. Guerin
William Lamphere
Will Kiper
Guerin
Lamphere
Kiper
William Wainscott
George A. Tunks
Springfield
Ill
Wainscott
Tunks
George H. Barthel
Simmons Sporting Goods
Barthel
Ance
Batanes
Calayan
Charles W. Morgan
San Francisco
Alexis
Berlin
Japan
Market Reports
Samoa
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