McClellan Wins Charges Fraud Reform Ticket Triumphs
New York returns indicate George R. McClellan Democrat re elected mayor by about 4 000 plurality over W R Hearst Municipal Ownership and William T Jerome reelected district attorney by about 8 000 over James W Osborne Democrat Hearst vows to contest the election and cites fraud.
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New York
George R. McCleLlan
W. R. Hearst
William T. Jerome
James W. Osborne
Hearst
McClellan
Ivins
Tammany
Reform victory in Philadelphia city ticket lands large plurality
Philadelphia reports a sweeping reform victory as the City party ticket leads with a large plurality. With only six of forty-two wards tallied by midnight, results from the remaining wards are awaited to confirm the final margin.
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City Party
Philadelphia
Reform Movement
City Party Victory Brings Berry State Treasurer Win
The City party defeat of the Republican local ticket ranges from 60 000 to 75 000 plurality. William H. Berry carries the state treasurer post as the Democratic and Reform candidate. J Lee Flummer, the Republican candidate, is badly cut across the city and state and loses his own usually Republican county.
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William H. Berry
Reform
J. Lee Flummer
Republicans Gain in New Jersey Legislature in 1907 Rush
Election results give Republicans a stronger hold in the New Jersey legislature. They gain three state senate seats from Gloucester Salem and Somerset counties, reducing Democrats to four of twenty one seats. The outcome makes it unlikely that a Democrat will succeed United States Senator John F. Dryden in 1907.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
United States
John F. Dryden
Senate
Gloucester
Salem
Somerset
Ohio governor race tight as returns come in
Initial results from 440 of 4200 precincts show Herrick leading Pattison by 1 651 votes with Republicans ahead in cities and Democrats gaining outside. Analysts note Pattison trails by about 40 000 in remaining precincts if trends hold, keeping the race very close. The State Journal reports county pluralities favor Herrick overall while republican gains appear stronger in the west side counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herrick
Pattison
The
State Journal
Massacre Continues in Russian Interior Regions and Caucasus
The interior shows no improvement amid renewed disorders and massacres. In Bachmut and Bessarabia Jews face organized attacks with stores looted and homes burned as troops and police fail to stop the violence. The toll runs into millions as fear and arson spread.
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St. Petersburg
Odessa
Caucasus
Bachmut
Bessarabia
Riots in Odessa Leave Thousands Killed or Wounded
Odessa reports 6000 casualties from recent riots with about 964 fatalities. The city hospital holds 2000 wounded. Of the dead, 313 were buried in Jewish cemeteries and 6651 in Christian ones.
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Odessa
Finnish manifesto meets Finns demands in Helsinki
Helsingfors Finland November 6 the imperial manifesto meeting meets most of the Finns demands and satisfies the constitutionalists while socialists who threatened to demonstrate have remained quiet thus far
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Helsingfors
Finland
Riot Thwarted as Troops Restore Order in Ryazan
A band of roughs in Ryazan attempted an anti Jewish riot to pillage but troops intervened at once and restored order.
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Ryazan
Russia
Grand Jury Indicts Four in Northwestern National Life Probe
Minneapolis report says four former officials from the Northwestern National Life association face charges of conversion of funds bribery and fraud. The grand jury notes evidence of a $5 000 bribe to State Insurance Commissioner O Shaughnessy for suppressing a bad report and alleges Getty aided the fund conversion but indictments are barred by the statute of limitations. The current management is praised as honest and not responsible for past acts.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern National Life Association
O’brien
W. F. Bechtel
W. A. Kerr
Wallace Campbell
J. F. Force
Bechtel
J. A. O’shaughnnessy
George F. Getty
Woman's Awful Deed Kills Three Children in Minneapolis
At James Brennan's home a stepmother, Mrs Brennan, murdered four children and wounded a fifth before shooting herself. The victims Alice sixteen Lizzie fourteen Arthur seven Thomas thirteen lay in their beds. Mrs Brennan was wounded and may recover. The tragedy followed a quarrel with Brennan the previous evening.
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Minneapolis
James Brennan
Salvage Corps
Arthur
Thomas
Mrs. Brennan
Maryland Slow Returns Flag Constitutional Measure Defeat
Baltimore election returns show the proposed constitutional amendment to disfranchise black voters defeated by a decisive margin, with slow counting due to an unusually long ballot. Voters in Baltimore faced contests for state comptroller legislature and local offices while opposition spanned Democrats and foreign voters.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Supreme Court
Chadwick loses bid for new trial in federal case
Mrs. Cassie J. Chadwick fails to secure a new trial as the United States circuit court of appeals rejects the plea. She remains jailed in Cleveland under a ten year Ohio penitentiary sentence for conspiring to defraud under the national banking law tied to the Citizens National Bank wreck at Oberlin. Lincoln results show Charles F. Letton elected associate supreme court justice in Nebraska by a clear plurality.
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Cincinnati
Cassie J. Chadwick
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chadwick
Cleveland
Ohio
Citizens’ National Bank
Oberlin, C
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Charles FR. Letton
William G. Hastings
Fusion
The
Supreme Court
Barnes
Utter Poised for Large Plurality in State Election
A heavy Republican vote in Providence on November 8 indicates Governor George H. Utter will win by at least 3,000 over Democrat Lucien F. Garvin. Utter supporters even expected a 1,000 plurality as largest forecast. Running mates also seen winning by large margins at midnight.
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Providence
R. L
George H. Utter
Lucien F. Garvin
Utter
Prominent Minnesotan Governor Horace Austin Dies
Horace Austin, governor of Minnesota from 1870 to 1874 and longtime public official, died at St Barna bas hospital at 12 55 am after a minor operation. He was 73 near 74, living in Mound near Lake Minnetonka, and his wife and children survive. He was finishing memoirs at the time of his death.
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Minneapolis
Horace Austin
Minnesota
St. Barnabas Hospital
Mound
Lake Minetonka
Austin
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