Mayor McClellan Pleads For City Honor In Final Speech
The mayoral campaign closed at Durland's Riding Academy with a massive 8,000-strong crowd. He led the audience in songs after the band played The Star Spangled Banner and America, amid festive cheers and district processions. Delany introduced the mayor who urged a plain issue of good government, argued for keeping pledges, and pressed the case for continuing his administration with honest housekeeping and municipal utility control.
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Durland
America
Riding Academy
Thomas C. T. Crain
Ninteenth
Upper East Side
John J. Delany
Inspector McLaughlin
Mr. Delany
McClellan
Three Men Die After Brooklyn Tunnel Elevator Fall
Three workers from the air-lock gang perish or are gravely hurt when an elevator cage plunges 76 feet in the Brooklyn tunnel shaft near Henry Street. Foreman James Kelly dies at hospital. Andrew Callanan and John Kane are critically injured. Rescue, medical teams, and police actions unfold as crews extract the survivors.
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Brooklyn
Ter
Henry Street
Joralemon
Twelfth Street
Jersey City
Kelly
Manning and
Cooney
Amity Treet
Brooklyn Hospital
Long Island College Hospital
Lohman
Lawrence Callanan
New York Tunnel Company
Callanan
Kane
Brophy
Amity Street
William Smiddy
Carl Schurz Escapes Serious Injury After Fall From Car
Carl Schurz narrowly avoided serious harm after a Madison Avenue car stop at Forty-second Street. He fell from the rear platform while alighting by mistake, struck his head, and bled from a scalp wound. Charles Walters aided him to a drug store where the wound was dressed. Schurz returned home unharmed.
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Carl Schurz
Madison Avenue
Forty-second Street
Mr. Schurz
East Ninety-first Street
Century Club
West Forty-third Street
Forty-third Street
Charles Walters
Maine
Boy trades stolen diamonds for 75 dollars
Charles Hayden, a 15 year old night clerk for Adams Express, offered two two carat white diamonds at William Earle’s shop on Eighth Avenue. Earle paid 75 dollars and both men were later arrested. Earle stood charged with receiving stolen property while Hayden faced grand larceny charges related to a diamond ring stolen from Tiffany’s.
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Charles Hayden
Adams Express Company
Forty-eighth Street
Madison Avenue
William Earle
Eighth Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Earle
East Fifty-first Street
Hayden
Gerry Society
Tiffany’s
Sec ond Empire To Run Daily From New York To Buffalo
Beginning Sunday November 5 the Sec ond Empire will operate daily departing New York at 1 02 PM and arriving Buffalo 10 20 PM with stops at Albany Utica Syracuse Rochester and Batavia A popular service advertised as wonderful.
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Second Empire
New York
Buffalo
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Batavia
Hearst Wind Up Tour Opens in Brooklyn Rally
Hearst ends mayoral campaign with twelve speeches starting at Clermont Avenue Rink Brooklyn to a wave of cheering crowds. Thousands line Tenth Avenue as he travels through Manhattan with torches, banners, and chants. Police form wedge as Hearst greets supporters and hails antired campaign themes amid attacks on Murphy McCarren and McClellan figures.
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William R. Hearst
Clermont Avenue
Brooklyn
Echo
Manhattan
Hearst
Tenth Avenue
Lower West Side
Amsterdam Avenue
Sixty-sixth Street
Mr. Hearst
Forty-ninth Street
Murphy
The
Hudson
Fortieth Street
Thirty-fourth Street
Twenty-ninth Street
Twenty-eighth Street
Eighth Avenue
Devery
Abingdon Square
West Twenty-ninth Street
Grand Central Palace
Lexington Avenue
Third Avenue
Brooklyn Bridge
Rink
McCarren
McClellan
Carnegie Hall
Allon B. Parker
Parker
August Belmont
New York City
Interborough Railway Company
John G. Carlisle
John G.carlisle
Treasury
Cleveland
Belmont and
Morgan
Albert Stickney
Broadway Railroad Company
Hattan
Williamsburg Bridge
Two Forecasts of the Vote in New York Mayoral Race
A Herald poll of ten thousand voters in New York City’s five boroughs shows chaotic conditions with no clear prediction. It forecasts Jerome’s election in Manhattan and the Bronx but presents varied mayoral outcomes and party shifts across the metropolis.
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Herald
New York City
W. RR
Hearst
Ostsecseites
George B. McClellan
William M. Ivins
Manhattan
Bronx
W. T. Jerome
J. W. Osborne
C. J. Shearn
C. A. Flammer
Jerome
McClellan
Ivins
the Tribune
Prohibition
TVIDS
MacClellan
Ueda
Eleanor
Peek Kings
Queens
Richmond
The Closing Odds in Election Betting on the Curb
Betting on the curb for the election reached a fever pitch with large sums staked on McClellan and Jerome. Major backers like Herzog and Glazier poured substantial funds while several bets moved between 10 to 6 and 4 to 1 against the leading candidate.
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McClellan
C. R. Hammerslough
Hearst
Alexander Lane
Broad Exchange
Jerome
Ross
Mayer
Burke
Ivins
Schwed
Herzog
Guniér
Herrick-Higgins
Depew foresees Hearst NYC mayor win and 1908 rise
Senator Depew predicts Hearst's mayor win in New York and a possible municipal ownership bid for President in 1908. He expects Roosevelt to be nominated by the South and the Republican Party to back that choice. He laments the lack of newspaper attention during his two days in town.
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New York Times
Washington
Depew
Hearst
New York
McClellan
South
Roosevelt
Drop McCall or Quit: New York Life Faces Missouri License Revocation
St Louis November 4 Commissioner Vandiver of Missouri Insurance Department announced plans to cancel New York Life’s license next Tuesday unless McCall is ousted and 135000 donated to the Republican National Committee is restored to policyholders. He noted the revocation won’t affect existing policies but would prevent new policy writings in the state.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Vandiver
Insurance Department
New York Life
Missouri
McCall
Republican National Committee
Alexander Still Very Ill in Deerfield Sanitarium
James W. W. Alexander former president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society remains unable to testify in the insurance inquiry. He is in a Deerfield Massachusetts sanitarium after removal from Onetora. Friends fear no recovery for months. Alexander has spent much of his fortune to restore society funds from alleged diversions during his era. He helped cover a $685000 Mercantile Trust loan kept off the books for years.
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James W.W. Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Alexander
Deerfield
Mass
Onetora
Equitable Society
Mercantile Trust Company
Mrs Todd Murder Suspected. Poison Test Likely
Reading agent identifies the body as Mrs Margaret Todd seen with two men and friends increasingly believe foul play. Sinclair Tousey offers to fund chemical analysis to prove poisoning while Augusta Fisch recounts her long friendship and concerns over wills and missing papers. George Amory details ties to Von Hoffman offices and Lockwood influence as the case unfolds.
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Margaret Todd
Sinclair Tousey
Mrs. Todd
Augusta Fisch
West 112Th Street
West Ninety-seventh Street
Mrs. Tousey
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Mtrs
Miss Paine
West Twenty-sixth Street
George Gordon Hastings
Frank Tousey
von Hoffman
Amory
Todd
Lockwood
van Hoffman
Miss Knight
Mob Seizes Siberian Towns Amid Russian Uprising
Telegrams report disorder in Russia as Irkutsk and other towns take control of local railways. General Linovitch responds by sending 50,000 troops to Irkutsk to restore order and quell the rising across Trans-Baikalia.
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Linevitch
Irkutsk
Russia
Linovitch
St. Petersburg
President Denies Herald Account of Mayoralty Interview
Telegram from William Loeb Jr. to Major Elsberg states the President did not give any interview about the New York mayoral race and declares The New York Herald article a complete falsehood. The message confirms no involvement or statements by the President regarding the May contest.
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Loeb, Jr
Roosevelt
Nathaniel A. Elsberg
Washington, D. C
New York
New York Herald
Herald
Tornado Kills Seven in Mountain View Oklahoma
A tornado struck Mountain View Oklahoma this evening killing seven and injuring many. It smashed the schoolhouse two churches two harness and delivery barns one hotel a cotton gin and about a dozen dwellings, with many more seriously damaged.
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Mountain View
O. T
Mr Reid King’s Guest at Sandringham
London reports Ambassador White law Reid Mrs Reid and Miss Reid have traveled to Sandringham to spend the weekend with King Edward and Queen Alexandra. Sir Charles Hardinge the British Ambassador to Russia is also a guest at Sandringham.
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London
Whitelaw Reid
Mrs. Reid
Miss Reid
Sandringham
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Charles Hardinge
Russia
Ithaca girl dies after high school basketball injury
Miss Jennie G. McNamara aged 22 died today in Ithaca New York after two years in a semi paralytic state caused by injuries from a high school girls basketball game. She struck a brick pillar during play and suffered paralysis on one side.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Ithaca High School
Jennie G. McNamara
Pennsylvania Railroad 717 Mile Run Sets Fast Record
The Pennsylvania line eighteen hour train from Harrisburg to Chicago completed 717 miles in 741 minutes arriving on time after two hours late departure. It climbed 117 miles of mountains between Altoona and Pittsburgh and is regarded by operatives as the best ever for such distance.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Penn
Altoona
Pittsburg
Roosevelt meets reporters on Cabinet secrecy and public info
President Roosevelt conferred with leading newspaper correspondents in Washington on how to disclose Cabinet level matters while preserving the Cabinet's secrecy as an advisory body. It was agreed that the Executive may keep cabinet deliberations confidential, but reporters may obtain proper information from department heads about public business.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capital
Drugged Daltons Robbed in West 46th Street Burglary
Detectives seek men who chloroformed James Dalton his wife and two sons and a spaniel at 810 West Forty sixth Street then ransacked rooms and stole jewelry and 366 in cash. The family, after sleeping with doors bolted, were found drugged but expected to recover.
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West Forty-seventh Street
James Dalton
West Forty-sixth Street
Dalton
West Thirty-sixth Street
Savannah Line to Florida and Georgia offers best service
The Savannah Line advertises routes to Florida and Georgia, claiming superior service with emphasis on comfort and reliability. It highlights connections and potential schedules, targeting travelers seeking efficient maritime travel options along the southeastern coast.
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Savannah
Florida
Georgia
Ouisine
Emperor Grants a Constitution to the Duchy
Troops aid Finns and czar yields as measures unfold. The emperor grants a constitution to the duchy, signaling a shift in governance and autonomy amid ongoing regional tensions.
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Czar
Independent fleets and a cruiser at Helsingfors report revolts
ST. PETERSBURG November 4 Communication with Helsingfors is interrupted. Rumors say a Finnish revolutionary government has been formed and troops surrendered to revolutionists. A Nicholas manifesto promises universal suffrage, a revised Diet, and autonomy while abrogating Bobrikoff ordinances.
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Obolensky
Bobrikoff
Finland
St. Petersburg
Helsingfors
Prince John Obolensky
Count Witte
Finland Gains Autonomy Under New Constitution
Helsingfors dispatch says Emperor Nicholas issues a manifesto granting a constitution to Finland and accepting resignations of the Finnish Diet. Elections for a new Diet to be held immediately with first session likely December 20, while Russia signals intent to preserve the Grand Duchy within the empire. Paris reports Russia notes Finland has effectively established autonomous government without repressive measures.
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London
Helsingfors
Nicholas
Finland
Times Today
St. Petersburg
Pinland
John Obolensky
Luider
Peterhof
Diet
Grand Duchy
Th Helsingfors
ARIS
Foreign Office
Russia
Russian forces land in Helsingfors report from Helsingfors
Danish Foreign Office received a telegram from the Danish Consul in Helsingfors stating that a large force of Russian troops has landed and is distributed through the city. The Russian squadron has entered the port and is reported at anchor.
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Copenhagen
Foreign Office
Helsingfors
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Adams Express
Tiffany
Miles
Tribune
Oins
Equitable
Dewey
H. Jy. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
Siberian
Trans-Baikaria
William
Tion
William Loeb, Jr
Oklahoma
Reid King’s
the President and News
St Petersburg
Helsing
Fors
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