West Virginia Polls Hint GOP Swing in Key Districts
Breasting Democratic ties WV polls foresee Republican gains in the First Fourth and Second districts. Analysts cite free wool and lumber policies, local candidate popularity, and labor tensions as core factors shaping a likely GOP plurality and potential control of the state senate and house.
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Scranton Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
West Wires
New York
West Virginia
Cleveland
Braxton County
Brooke
Doddridge
Harrison
Dovener
Gilmer
Hapcock
Shc
Lewwis
Howard
Marshall
Ohio County
Tyler
Wetzel County
Pendleton
Wilson
Dayton
Harbour
Berkely
Grant
Diyton
Hamshire
Jefferson
Marion County
Mineral County
Monongalia
Morgan
Hartieon
Yucker
Harrriton
Preston
Randolph
Taylor
Marshal Vinson
Capehart
Judge Harvey
Cabell
Warren Miller
Harvey
Capchart
Miller
State Senate
House of Delegates
Camden
Tragic Sword Swallower Inks Self Harm and Bellows Threats
Tragedy at a New York rooming house as a professional sword swallower named Augues Telckes, aged unknown, injures himself while attempting to swallow a saber. He declares violent claims to officer Fallon and is sent to Bellevue for treatment and evaluation.
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New York
Augues Telckes
Willett Street
Cavalry
Fallon
Reickes
Bellevue
Scaffold Collapse Claims Two Lives in St Louis
At Twelfth and Locust streets a scaffold on a building under erection gave way at 6 o clock this afternoon. Two men, Samuel Moore and Jacob Warner, were killed instantly as they fell over 100 feet to the pavement. Joseph Ense was fatally injured.
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St. Louis
Twelfth
Political Theater Shapes Voters Across States
A torrent of campaign speeches and claims sweeps headlines as Morton and Hill figures dominate New York betting markets. Republican wins loom in Wyoming Minnesota New Hampshire and Indiana while Democrats face fundraising woes and internal divisions in Louisiana and Illinois.
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Altgeld
Ikens
Grover
Judas
Blasell
Maxwell
TL Chap
Gotham
Morton
New York
Hill
Tammany
Carey
Wyoming
Holman
Gresham
Carlisle
Depew
Saxton
Cook County
Awl
Wood
Hamlin
Wilson
Indiana
Allen
Iowa Democracy
Harrigan
New York State Republican Committee
Crisp
Amos
Washburn
Minnesota
Congress
Franklin Murphy
Jersey
Grip
Mahone
Virginia
Tom Johnson
Ohio
McKinley
Cleveland
Michigan
McMillan
Brown
Rhode Island
Maryland
Secetor Allison
United States
Faulkner
West Virginia
Willard Sauldbury
Saulsbury
Delaware
Nap Caen
New Hampshire
St. Mary Wirish
Louisiana
Beuttle
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Wisconsin
Senator Hill
Powderly
Scranton
J. J. Joy
Wilgon Bovile
A. G. Dayton
Hopking
Chicago
Shaina Ions Paice
Grand Jury
Grace Yesterda
Count Lion
Ardlamont Mystery Trial Ties to Life Insurance Scheme
London suit against Mutual Life Insurance raises links to the Ardlamont case in Scotland. Major Dudley Hambrough seeks $100,000 on Cecil Hambrough’s death, with Alfred Monson and an associate named Scott/Sweeney amid suspicions. The Monsons’ insurance transfers, the “not proven” verdict, and Donald C. Haldeman’s role for Mutual Life are topics for the pending litigation.
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New York
London
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Great Britain
Wilkie Collins
Donald C. Haldeman
John Haldeman
Goenden
Dudley Hambrough
Cecil Hambrough
Mutual Life Insurance Company Insurance
Cecil
Young Hambrough
Alfred John Monson
Ardlamont
Kyles of
Bute
Scotland
Monsons
Haimbrough
Hambrough
Mongone
Monson
Mr. Hambrough
Scott
Sweeney
Whit Cech Hambrough
Qureton
Haldeman
Re Insurance Company
Hity Na Yemacity
Surgeon saves Wade by severing jugular in operation
Dell Wade of Portland Michigan survived a risky neck tumor removal at Harper hospital Detroit after the jugular vein was cut in two places. The surgeon tied and stitched the vein ends and treated the area with antiseptic. Wade has returned home with good prospects for a long life.
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Wade
United Press
Detroit
Mich
Dell Wade
Portland
Harper Hospital
From riches to poverty former millionaire escapes pauper burial
A. J. Holmes once a San Francisco millionaire died at the city almshouse after financial ruin. Once owner of North Belle and Holmes mines near Candelaria Emerald county, Nevada, he spent lavishly then fell on hard times and lingered near stock exchanges before being found unconscious and taken to the almshouse where he passed away.
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San Francisco
United Press
A. J. Holmes
San Franciso
Potters Field
Holmes
North Belle and
Candelara
Emerald County
Ney
Fire destroys Sunbury mill and injures hose line
A large three story Miller and Helms table factory building in Sunbury Pennsylvania burned out of control after noon. A north bound freight train ran over fire company hose crossing the track, breaking it. the engineer ignored signals and will be arrested. Loss estimated at ten thousand dollars, largely insured.
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Chitech Press
Sunbury
Miller& Helm
No. 1 Fire Company
Wickes Suit Seeks Absolute Divorce in Pullman Case
Laura W Wickes of Chicago files for absolute divorce from Thomas TL Arshates non vice president Pullman Palace Car company on grounds of extreme cruelty She accuses him of beating and abusing her The trial likely before Judge Tuthill around December 1.
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Chicago
Laura W. Wickes
Thomas TL. Arshates
Pullman Palace Car Company
Mrs Scanlan Sells Right to Produce Play Mavourneen
Judge Gilder grants Mrs Scanlan permission to dispose of William J Scanlan's title and interest in the play Mavourneen. She will sell the sole production right to Augustus Pitou for 4607 dollars 60 cents.
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New York
Gilder- Sleeve
Very Warm Reception Ends in Gunfire in Independence
Two boys celebrating near Mr Haywood's Independence home were halted by a man named Haywood who fired a shotgun into the crowd. Five youths were dangerously wounded as the shots rang out on November 1 in Kansas City area coverage.
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Kansas City
Mr. Haywood
Independence
Haywood
Centenarian Lydia Mulock Dies in Middletown at 100
Mrs Lydia Caldwell King Mulock died today in Middletown New York at age 100. She celebrated her centennial birthday two months ago. Many of her descendants are prominent in New York state and the West.
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Middletown
N. Y
Lydia Cauldwell King Mulock
Mulock
Nanticoke typhoid fears tied to impure water and local incidents
The report links typhoid fever in Nanticoke to contaminated water from a local source and mentions various civic notes. Penn Valley railroad board declares a semi annual dividend of six percent in cash for the year. Charters due for Fifth Avenue and High Street Bridge Co of Mokesport and Crom Fork Water Co of Scranton. State Rep Marshall J. Wall dies at his Bernice home after heart failure, age over four years in office two years prior as Sullivan County assemblyman. Mrs Adolph Boellenbers of Busquushannna drowns herself in the Susquehanna during a mental health crisis. At a revival in Moundryville Mrs Jacob Menstermaker, six, dies two hours after a collapse.
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Nanticoke
Allegheny County
Penneyville Railroad
Fifth Avenue and High Street Bridge Company
Mokeesport
Capital
Crom Fork Water Company
Scranton
Marshall J. Wall
Bernice
Sulivan County
Adolph Boellenbers
Busquushannna
Susquehanna
Methodist Church
Moundryville
Jacob Menstermaker
Foreign Brevities Report Amid Global Tensions
The column notes French anarchists condemned to twenty years at the harb or Milan dynamite blasts damaged police stations. M. Zola arrives in Rome amid newspaper buzz. Vienna rarefies franchise reform unrest as workingmen clash. A rumor claims Crispi plans expedition to Tripoli, a tale deemed unlikely by sources.
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Harbor
M. Zola
Vienna
Mier Crispiceae
Tripoli
Milan
The Czar of Russia Dead A Stormy Life Revealed
Livadia report details the czar's death and the royal family’s reactions. The narrative traces Nicholas II from neglected youth to heir to the throne and his complex legacy amid Nihilist threats and dynastic drama. The piece notes the oath of allegiance to Nicholas II and the looming impact on Russia.
Czar Alexander I and the marriage of Marie Todorovna
Cable from St. Petersburg reports the death of Czar Alexander I. The narrative recalls his guarded reforms and fidelity to his wife Marie Todorovna, formerly Dagmar, whose renunciation of Protestantism and Russian church entry accompanied their union. The czar is described as kindly and strong, with liberal impulses dampened by his father's assassination. The U.S. legation confirms the death and awaits a presidential condolence message.
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Alexander I
Czarowitch
Dagmar
Nicholas
Marie Todorovna
St. Petersburg
Washington
United States Legation
State Department
Amateur Train Robbers Hold Up Passenger Train
Three masked men stopped a passenger train on the Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham line near New Albany Alabama about 1 am. They terrorized crew and passengers using revolvers and rifled the express car securing five dollars worth of jewelry before escaping. Local farmers in the vicinity are suspected.
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Alabama
United Press
Birmingham
Alg
Kansas City
Memphis
New Albany
Mass
Death of Johnson County Dwarf Storekeeper Abber Astrop
Abber Astrop a 52 year old dwarf who lived in a mountain home in Johnson county died at age about two. Known for rare strength he weighed 30 pounds at death and stood just under three feet tall. Born in Johnson county he was one of five children and ran a country crossroads store earning about $10,000 in his lifetime.
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United Press
Ashland
Abber Astrop
Johnson County
Astrop
Jim
Stage Queen Converts to Judaism in Cleveland
Miss Letts Meredith formerlyBra lacta Queen of the Golden Meal plans conversion to Judaism and marriage to New York merchant Lipman. The couple had proposed a Cleveland wedding with Rabbi Machiel, then a New York ceremony with Lipman’s parents.
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Coryphee
United Press
Cleveland
Miss Letts Meredith
Bralacta
Golden Mealm
Mvinw
Black Crook Company
New York
Lipman
Machel
Mr. Lipman
Miss Meredith
Rock Drill Championship Draws Seven Teams in Teadville
A world championship rock drilling contest with a $325 purse is under way in Teadville on November 1. Seven teams from Leadville Telluride Cripple Creek and Hed CL compete while Leadville entrants Driver and McQuilveray have drilled 32 1/2 inches in fifteen minutes beating the world mark of 30 168.
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Teadville
Leadville
Telluride
Cripple Creek
Hed CL
Driver
McQilveray
Western millers consider month shutdown to hold flour prices
Flashed from the wires report western millers weigh a one month shutdown to stabilize flour prices. In Knoxville the Association for the Advancement of Women meets in session. Horace Clark is missing from Peoria and linked to theft of forty thousand dollars from Fred Hagle ton. Cashier John Emiton is under arrest. Two Sticks will become the first Indian hanged in South Dakota for murder. Harry Tyler rode a Waltham track third of a mile in SV seconds, but the record was not certified as officials did not appear.
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Congress of the
Association For the Advancement of Women
Knoxville
Tenn
Horace Clark
Peoria
Til
Fred Hagleton
New York
John Emiton
Sticks
South Dakota
Harry Tyler
Waltham
Offchals
Debt statement shows October cash increase and large treasury total
The October debt statement reports a net public debt rise of 17,090,803 with total cash in the treasury reaching 704,64,011. Third Assistant Postmaster General Craige orders destruction of thousands of stamps due to inadequate mucilage after nationwide complaints from postmasters.
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Treasury
Craige
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ths
Eastern Fennayerie Weather Outlook Tomorrow
A fragmentary weather note mentions increasing easterly winds and near calm conditions overnight. Forecast suggests fair skies for Saturday with light winds and mild temperatures.
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Lydia Caldwell King Mulock
Caltech Press
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Livadia
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Oir
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Nicholas Iit
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Alexander II
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