National Election Seventeen Tickets Listed Across States
National election coverage shows seven tickets in field for several states with party lines and amendments. Republicans and Democrats lead tickets while Prohibition Socialist Independence and Populist parties field candidates in multiple states including Oregon Maine Vermont and Nebraska fusion with Democrats in some cases.
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Chicago
Arizona
New Mexico
Oregon
Maine
Vermont
Arkansas
Georgia
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Prohibition
Independence Party
House
SSI
South Carolina
Louisiana
Prxtion
Socialists
Socialist Labor
People's
Nebraska
Alabama
North
Caroclina
Delaware
Florida
Montana
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Colorado
Nevada
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Idaho
Illinois
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Iowa
Massachusetts
Michigan
New York
Texas
Ohio
Indiana
Rhode
Dakota
Missour
Tennessee
Virginia
Pendence
Ghana
Hihiseci
Wyoming
Raska
California
Lakes
The
Gulf
States consider bonds tax and primary reform in a busy slate
The piece notes plans for a $20,000,000 state bond issue for the enterprise, proposals for an income tax in four midwestern states, and California's push for election reform. It lists national party tickets with Bryan Kern for Democrats, Taft Sherman for Republicans, Debs Hanford for Socialists, and Watson Williams for the People’s Party, along with party notes on candidates and a jail in Nevada affecting Preston and Gilhaus.
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South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
California
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
John W. Kern
Indiana
Wiliam H. Taft
Omo
James S. Sherman
New York
Fe Prohibition
Eugene W. Chatin
Illinois
Aaron S. Watkins
Ohio
Eugene W. Debs
Benjamin Hanford
People’s Party
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Samuel W. Williams
Independence
Thomas J. Hisgen
Massachusetts
Joan Tempie Graves
Socialist Labor
Martin R. Preston
Donald Munro
Virginia
Bryan's Eastward Political Swing Opens From Lincoln
William J. Bryan begins final nationwide trip leaving Lincoln at 4 p m for St Louis to address stockyard emblems in East St Louis and Chicago after a Nebraska Colorado stop. He travels in a special car with Mrs Bryan, Mayor Brown and four correspondents. He will make multiple speeches across the East before returning to Lincoln by November 2.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Atlantic Coast
St. Louis
Mississippi
East St. Louis
Nebraska
Colorado
Fairview
Bryan
Chicago & Alton
Daniels Criticizes Bonaparte Over Trust Prosecutions
Josephus Daniels of North Carolina, head of the DNC Publicity Bureau, writes Attorney General Bonaparte criticizing the pace and impact of trust prosecutions. He questions selection of cases, outcomes, and continued violations despite fines, and cites a Washington article about Roosevelt era actions.
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Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Democratic National Committee
Bonaparte In
New York
Kern Sees Hopeful Labor Backing in East
John Worth Kern, Democratic candidate for Vice-President, returned from Bridgeport looking hopeful and said labor support could swing New York State and boost New Jersey and Connecticut. He planned a Utica speech tonight as he moves eastward.
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John Worth Kern
Bridgeport
East
New York State
New Jersey
Connecticut
Kern
Utica
Church Attack on Chanler Highlights Personal Liberty Question
Rev Dr MacArthur challenged Lieutenant Governor Chanler at Calvary Baptist Church over his stance on personal liberty and Governor Hughes reforms. The sermon urged support for Hughes, claiming his defeat would harm state and national justice and civilization.
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Lewis Stuyvesant Chanter
R. S. MacArthur
Calvary Baptist Church
Dr. MacArthur
Chanler
Hughes
de Sen
Chanter
Church
Chanler Hustle Schedule Tracked For Two-Week Campaign
Lieutenant Governor Chanler faces a grueling two week itinerary as aides plan constant travel by car and train. The cycle includes stops at Middletown Newburgh Elmira Hornell Alfred Andover Wellsville Belmont Cuba Olean Salamanca Randolph Kennedy Falconer Jamestown Dunkirk Batavia Niagara Falls North Tonawanda Middleport Medina Albion Holley Brockport Tonawanda Buffalo Herkimer Little Falls Canastota Rome Utica and other communities with a longer end week anticipated.
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Chanler
Hughes
Tuxedo Park
Middletown
Newburg
Elmira
Big Flats
Corning
Addison
Hornell
Alfred
Andover
Wellsville
Belmont
Friendship
Cuba
Olean
Opera House
Salamanca
Randolph
Kennedy
Falconer
Jamestown
Dunkirk
Batavia
Niagara Falls
North Tonawanda
Middleport
Medina
Albion
Holley
Brockport
Tonawanda
Buffalo
Herkim
Tolstoy Wishes Bryan Success In Presidency
Tolstoy replies to Ryerson W. Jennings that he sincerely wishes Mr. Bryan success in his candidacy for the U S presidency. He adds that he cannot agree with coercive government but supports qualified individuals to hold such positions.
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Bryan
United States
Contributions to Democratic Presidential Fund Reported
Chicago October 18 report shows a total of 4237 dollars received on October 17 with notable gifts from ex Senator W A Clark and Roger Sullivan each one thousand dollars. Other contributors include Nathan Cole M A Donohue Henry Rainey Jasper Stidham and various local clubs across states.
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Chicago
California
Nathan Cole
Illinois
M. A. Donohue
Henry T. Rainey
Roger «. Sullivan
Indiana
Jasper H. Stidham
Kentucky
Mercer County
Harrodsburg
Massachusetts
Fiske Warren
Government probes land company tied to Oklahoma governor
In Hastings Michigan on October 18 a government attorney investigates alleged frauds by a land company headed by Governor C. N. Haskell of Oklahoma. Officials are charged with filing friends for allotments and later having them quit claim the land back.
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Hastings
Mich
United States
C. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Friends
Union entertains widows fund with candidate visit
Delegate Green of the Housesmiths and Bridge men's Union announced an October 31 entertainment at the Manhattan Casino to aid the widows and orphans fund. He invited Republican, Democratic, Independence League and Socialist presidential candidates to attend and present their reasons for garnering votes, promising them a courteous hearing if they come.
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Green
Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
Manhattan
Widows and Orphans’ Fund
Republican
Democratic
Independence League
Socialist
Debs A Sick Man in Pittsburgh Campaign
Eugene Debs Socialist presidential candidate is ill and barely able to leave his private car. He postpones engagements at the Bijou Theatre, despite a large crowd greeting him as he is escorted to the venue.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Eugene Debs
United States
Debs
Baltimore & Ohio
Many Excise Arrests Ignite City Police Action
Commissioner Bingham ordered a crackdown on excise activity prompting a day of arrests across five boroughs. Though totals dropped to 1 percent from last Sunday’s sixty eight, inspectors faced stern rebukes and some precincts increased activity. The Tribune notes the campaign was to curb illicit drink trade despite no shortage for drinkers.
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Bingham
General Bingham
Reporters barred from Trinity Church in Lenox
Telegraph dispatch from Lenox Massachusetts reports Trinity Episcopal Church known as the millionaires church moved to eject reporters. Pastor Rev Harold Arrowsmith confronted press in church corridors and asked them to leave. Reporters complied though offered seating for the service if they would refrain from reporting.
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Tribune
Fire kills four children in Summit house blaze
An overheated stove caused a fire in Summit, a mining town near Altoona, killing four Delaney children aged 15, 13, 9, and 20 months who perished in their beds. The mother Mrs Luke Delaney jumped from a second story window and was fatally injured while Wilson Judge, 10, was injured internally.
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Altoona
Penn
Summit
Here
Morris Delaney
Robert Nagle
Joseph Delaney
Charles Delaney
Luke Delaney
Delaney
Wilson Judge
Dementia Sufferer Kills Infant Then Self Inflicts Wounds
Mrs Martha Brown aged 32 in Pittsburg on October 18 killed her ten month old daughter with a rolling pin while her husband was away, then attempted suicide using a flatiron and a butcher knife. The infant died within hours and she escaped serious injuries.
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Pittsburg
Martha Brown
Justice Montgomery sues Dixon for 69000 damages
Associate Justice W A Montgomery of the North Carolina Supreme Court files suit in the U S District Court seeking 69000 dollars in damages from Rev Thomas Dixon for a libellous attack in a published article criticizing Dixon over his play The Traitor and its alleged inflammatory impact. Service has not yet been made on Dixon.
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Tribune Raleish
N. C
W. A. Montgomery
North Carolina Supreme Court
United States District Court
Thomas Dixon
Montgomery
Dixon
South
Youth in Niagara Falls Identified as Kirkland Jr.
The body of a 19 year old Philadelphia clerk, Robert Weston Kirkland Jr., was identified by his father as the Sept 28 suicide found on Goat Island. He had been missing since Sept 4 and left a note claiming a $450 shortage in his accounts with the Northren Trust Company.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Goat Island
Robert Weston Kirkland, Jr
Weaver Street
Philadelphia
Rohbert Weston Kirkland, Jr
Northren Trust Company
Chinese Rail Officials Visit American Railroads
San Francisco reporters note T Y Wu Hsin and K Y Cheng Tou high officers of the Chinese railway to be built between Yunnan and Sze chung arrived yesterday from the Orient for an inspection tour of American railroads. They are determined to adopt the most modern plans for the new line.
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San Francisco
T. Y. Wu Hsin
K. Y. Cheng Tou
Yunnan
Szechung
China
Orient
Registration totals rise in Cincinnati Columbus and Cleveland
In Cincinnati on October 18 the total registration reached 92,796, up 8,002 from 194. Columbus reported a record 44,041 registrations on October 18, surpassing 1994’s 38,197. Cleveland expected a near 99,000 total, signaling the second highest city registration to date.
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Cincinnati
Columbus
Cleveland
Prohibition Party Mass Meeting Set at Cooper Union
The Prohibition party in the city plans a mass meeting Wednesday evening at Cooper Union with speakers Eugene W. Chafin for President Aaron B. Watkins for Vice President and George K. Stockwell for Governor. The same day at 12 3 the two candidates will address a second meeting at Wall and Broad streets.
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Prohibition Party
Cooper Union
Eugene W. Chafin
Aaron 8. Watkins
George K. Stockwell
Wall and
Broad Stiecia
Trade Improvement Shows Strong Taft Preference Among Manufacturers
A recent survey by American Industries of National Association of Manufacturers members reveals broad business support for Taft. Replies from 3,000 members show one third already addressed the election, with Taft favored over Bryan across regions from Bangor to Birmingham.
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Manufacturers’ Association
Judge Taft
American Industries
National Association of Manufacturers
Taft
Bryan
Bangor
Birmingham
Ala
Portland Iron and Steel Company
Boston
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company
Democratic Fight Centered at Eastern Headquarters
Democratic leaders at the Eastern HQ of the D N C prepare to push a late campaign plan as Chairman Mack returns from Buffalo. They believe Bryan must win this state and will intensify efforts over the final two weeks. A meeting will outline the campaign plan and whether to revive stalled bombshells.
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Democratic National Committee
Mack
Bay
Buffalo
Bryan
Eastern Campaign Committee
John Bigelow to Speak at Carnegie Hall Meeting
The 91 year old Cleveland Democrat John Bigelow prepared an address for the mass meeting of the Business Men's National Bryan and Kern Committee at Carnegie Hall tomorrow night. His remarks will outline Democratic ideals read by Mayor McClellan. Mathan Straus will preside. ex Governor David R. Francis and other national figures are slated to speak.
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John Bigelow
Business Men's National
Bryan and Kern Committee
Carnegie Hall
Straw Votes by Marcus Braun Show East Side Polls
Marcus Braun, president of the Hungarian Republican Club, reports East Side restaurant polls predicting Taft a city plurality under 42 000 and Chanler about 107 600. He notes three venues, Café Boulevard and Little Hungary, with detailed tallies and crossflows between candidates. Braun plans more polls next weekend and forecasts Taft statewide plurality over 199 900 and Hughes narrowly re-elected.
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East Side
Bryan
Marcus Braun
Hungarian Republican Club
Chanler
Braun
Café Boulevard
Second Avenue
Little
Hungary
East
Houston Street
Café Houlevard
Taft
Hughes
Shearn
Housevell
Parker
Rom Hearst
Hisgen
Debs
Chanier
Blank
Roosevelt
Hearst
Mr. Braun
Shear
Registration totals rise in Utica and Ogdensburg
Utica on October 18 reports four day registration of 15 664 surpassing 1904 and 1906 figures. Ogdensburg records a total registration of 3 163, besting all previous presidential registrations by 163 over 1900 four years earlier.
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Utica
N. Y
Ogdensburg
Registration Rise in Cities Shows Tiny Increase
Boston reports a meager rise in city voter registration for the coming election. The thirty three cities total 269 063 this year, versus 365 314 in 1904 and 334 122 in 1900, indicating only about one percent growth from 1904.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Dr. Young Bids Pittsburg Farewell
The Rev. Dr. S Edward Young preached his farewell at Second Presbyterian Pittsburg after eleven years. The congregation expressed reluctance to lose him and sent greetings to the Bedford Church of Brooklyn. He departs for Brooklyn with his family next Tuesday and will preach there next Sunday.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
S& Edward Young
Second Presbyterian Church
Bedford Church
Brooklyn
Dr. Young
Presbytery
New Body Forms to Oppose Compulsory Vaccination Crusade
Delegates from every state gather in Philadelphia to establish a national organization opposing compulsory medical treatment with a focus on vaccination. Leaders include John Pitcairn of Loyal Hanna Coal and Coke and Dr. J W Hodge with hundreds of delegates from New York Brooklyn Staatsburg and Niagara Falls to challenge police power in medical practice.
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Philadelphia
John Pitcairn
Loyal Hanna Coal and Coke Company
J. W. Hodge
Niagara Falls
Elder Hubbard
East Aurora
Montagu Leverson
Diana Belaise
W. R. C. Larson
Lesa H. Badger
E. B. Foote
Josephine Redding
New York
Louis J. Weyprecht
Charles M. Higgins
Brooklyn
James Macfarland
Staatsburg-on-the-Hudson
N. Y
California Reports Three Slight Earthquakes Today
Three light shocks were felt in Kinas California starting at 12 33 a m and ending after 7 p m with no damage reported. The tremors were also felt in Moiltister and surrounding areas.
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Kinas
Cal
Moiltister
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Pastor Raps
Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
W. J. Bryan
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Denver
Brian
Clark
R. C. Sullivan
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Queens
Jtile Guarantee and Trust
Bway
Remsen St. Baily
Fulton St
Jemaica
Mr. Bingham
RICH
Trinity
Lenox
Mass
Stove
MR. Dixon
Interlaken Mills
Providence
A. I
the Lockhart Iron and Stess Company
Standard Tool Company
Advance Thresher Company
Battle Creek, Mich
Democratic Fight
Upstate
One Coward
James S. Coward
Greerwich St
Neaz Waeney Street
Ostermoor
Sen Dean Ee Eee Inferme
Rome
Ostermoor & Company
Elizabeth St
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Grand Street
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