Hundreds Arrests Mark Election Day Across Cities
Reported a strong voter turnout despite partisan fatigue as hundreds were arrested in New York and Washington for illegal voting and related offenses. President Roosevelt voted at Oyster Bay while Hughes Hearst campaigns press for gains nationwide amid weather favorable to turnout.
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Hearst
Roosevelt
Longworth
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Ohio
White House
Oyster Bay
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North Reef Leaking Amid Severe Storm Endangers 12 Crew
North Reef sprang a leak and its 12 crew members remained aboard in extreme cold and a heavy gale. Vessels cannot reach due to the high seas, leaving the crew in imminent danger of being swept overboard or dying from exposure.
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North Reef
Officers Collide as Factions Clash in Williamson
In Huntington Virginia, Nov 6, heavy en vote reported in southern West Virginia as democratic policemen clash with republican deputy sheriffs in Williamson. Three WV National Guard companies mobilized to Williamson amid anticipated bloodshed. Mayor Pinson and Chief Chaffin among officials arrested by federal marshals in a tied political case, escalating tension between factions.
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W. Va
West Virginia National Guard
Mingo County
United States
Day
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W. H. Lyons
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Chaffin
Stoessel seeks aid for servant due to poverty
London reports Port Arthur defender Lieutenant General Stoessel faces dire finances and has asked a charitable wounded soldiers’ institution for help to hire a servant. The institution requires medical evidence of his need for domestic assistance.
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London
St. Petersburg
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Suspends Chief After Clash Over Police Assignments
Memphis Tenn November 6 Mayor Malone suspended Chief of Police O Haver for insubordination amid factional bitterness in the campaign. The mayor reassigned the police force, directing Vice Mayor Walsh and Chief O Haver to keep officers in their original posts before the suspension.
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Memphis
Tenn
Malone
O'Uaver
Walsh
O'Haver
Launch Lays Gasoline Boat Drift Three Days
A gasoline launch drifted on Lake Michigan from Saturday afternoon until rescue three days later near Chicago. The crew survived after adrift in the lake, with details of the rescue reported from the harbor.
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Lake Michigan
Chicago
Vast Rail Road Growth Revealed by Poor's Manual
New York Nov 6 There were 217 241 miles of completed railroads in the United States at the end of 1905 per Poor's manual. The figures show a net mileage increase of 4716 miles in 1904. Capital stock about 7000000000 bonded debt 7400000000 total liabilities 316200000000. Road and equipment cost 12000000000. Total traffic revenue 2100000000 operating expenses 1300000000. Passengers numbered 745446000.
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New York
United States
Poor's Manual
Widespread Wrecks Reported Along Canadian Coast
Halifax reports a gale causing multiple shipwrecks along Nova Scotia Cape Breton New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Four vessels ashore and Turret Bell driven farther in shore near Prince Edward Island after grounding. Two schooners and a bark swept near Northumberland Strait with a third wrecked at the eastern entrance. Adeona dragged anchors and grounded off Rexton New Brunswick.
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Nova Scotia
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Adeona
Rexton
N. B
New Ultimatum From Switchmen Demands Substantial Increase
Chicago Nov 1 Railroads face a fresh ultimatum from the Switchmen Union of North America demanding a substantial wage increase by tomorrow night. A general strike is threatened if refused. Officials from 23 roads met with Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen committees to discuss the demand, while a later meeting at the Sherman House reported near unanimous support for a one hour day and higher pay among engineers of the Chicago and Alton lines.
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Switchmens Union of North America
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Sherman House
Morrissey Press
Chicago & Alton
Stone
Hering and Stensland Receive Indeterminate Terms
Chicago November 6 former Milwaukee Avenue State Bank officials Stensland and Jering Miers were sentenced by Judge Pinckney to indeterminate prison terms for embezzlement and forgery. Stensland testified he lost 400000 of bank funds in real estate and 12840 in a cooperative store over eight years, claiming Hering induced the losses.
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Benk
Making Plans to Modify Tariff Treaty Trip and Rail Appointment
New York reports Director S N D North of the census bureau James L Gerry chief of the customs division and Nathan Stone have been named by President Roosevelt to travel to Germany to study options for possible changes to American tariff laws They sail today aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Boost for McHugh Charles T McHugh named trainmaster on the Monon with base at Lafayette Ind He moves from Rock Island where he worked for C R I L & P and Bloomington tenure since 1889
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Stone
Roosevelt
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Rock Island Railroad
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Lafayette
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Brookfield
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Court ruling threatens land titles for Cherokees and whites
The United States Supreme Court decision affects about 5,000 Cherokees and whites who bought freedmen lands. It holds tribal lands were not communal and assigns property rights to pre 1865 citizens, while white Cherokee husbands who abandoned wives lose all rights. Chief Justice Fuller notes existing Cherokee laws show limited power to grant new civil and political rights to white citizens.
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United States Supreme Court
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Fuller
Council
Indiana
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