Hearst Seeks Recount In New York Vote Case
Hearst and Ivens align with attorneys to contest election in Greater New York. Justice Gaynor orders removal of ballot boxes from precincts to elections bureau, police barred from handling ballots. Hearst claims over 8,000 defective ballots should have counted, urging full recount pending court ruling. Ivens agrees to cooperate as associate counsel. Attorney May er reports recovery of ballot boxes from the North River under investigation.
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Supreme Court
William J. Gaynor
Brooklyn
McAdoo
Greater
Bureau of Aisations
William R. Hearst
Municipal Ownership League
Justha Gaynor
Hearst
Col. Alexander
Bactn
J. W. Brown
Greater New York
Praredin ‘of Elections
Manhatetan
Justice Gaynor Sald
Justice Gaynor
Ivens
Municipal
Jérome
North River
Virginia Governor Race Victory Narrowly Goes to Swanson
Richmond November 8 Claude B Swanson Democrat was elected governor of Virginia by about a 20000 plurality over Judge L L Lewis Republican candidate.
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Virginia
Richmond
Claude B. Swanson
L. L. Lewis
Missionaries Speared in Massacre At Lienchow
Hong Kong reports confirm a deadly outbreak where American missionaries faced brutal mob violence. Dr Mackle recalls Miss Chestnut and Mrs Machle tortured in a public temple. Amy Machle, ten, was tossed alive into a river. Chestnut and Machle were killed as mob stoned and dismembered them. Mrs Peale and her husband were stripped, assaulted, and murdered in sight of their companions.
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Hong Kong
Mackle
Lienchow
Miss Chestnut
Machle
Macle
Nashville Shenandoah Tunnel Progress Update
Fragmented note reports a long tunnel project from Nashville toward Asheville, about sixteen miles, with trains referenced as nearing completion. Details are unclear but indicate substantial progress on a regional rail tunnel.
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Nashville
Ashville
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Pennsylvania Goes Democratic in State Elections
Philadelphia reports show Berry as state treasurer winner with a predicted 75,000 to 100,000 plurality. City returns give Weaver 148,679 and Republicans 106,346, a city Democratic plurality of 43,333. Berry carried the city over Plum mer by 36,087. The upheaval marks a major shift after years of Republican control. Berry’s margin may approach 100,000 pending final tallies.
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Weaver
Plummer
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Treasury
United States
Quay
William H. Berry
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Independent Party
Lincoln Parts
Prohibitionists
J. Lee Plummer
Roosevelt
Democrats Victorious in Ohio Governorship Race
Columbus Ohio November 9 John M Pattison elected governor for three years by a large plurality over 40 000 votes. Democrats hold majorities in both state houses with uncertainty over other statewide offices. Early returns favored Herrick but later tallies narrowed his lead. Party leaders projected Pattison plurality near 55 000 could secure entire ticket. Republicans claim Pattison by 25 000 or more. Senate majority two to five seats and House ten to fifteen seats for Democrats.
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John M. Pattison
Herrick
Fuller
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Wst
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Senate
House
Fraud allegations spark mayoral election battle in New York
New York voters face a possible court fight as George B. McClellan leads over William Randolph Hearst by 3,485 votes with potential recounts. Hearst plans to appeal to the supreme court citing alleged illegal acts by election inspectors and thousands of miscast ballots. Fraud reportedly centered in East Side districts including Murphy and Sullivan strongholds. McClellan 228,652 Hearst 225,166. other candidate 13,049. McClellan’s plurality stands at 9,486.
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George B. McClellan
William Randolph Hearatty Vo
McClellan
Hearst
Supreme Court
East Side
Charles F. Murphy
Timothy D. Sullivan
New York City
Roosevelt Declines Interference Over Russian Jewish Aid
President Roosevelt decides the United States will take no action to aid Jews in Russia. Washington reports no measures will be directed or beneficial to the Jewish population in Russia. The stance signals a non-intervention policy on the issue.
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Washington
Roosevelt Hne
Russia
Governors Driven Out In Finnish Town Strikes
A Helsingfors dispatch to Reuters reports that strikers in Ulenberg and Kuebio have expelled the governors of those towns. The action reflects growing unrest in the region amid labor protests.
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London
Helsingfors
Reuteya Telegram Company
Ulenberg
Kuebio
Fighting in Riga clashes reported with casualties
A conflict in Riga between Old Believers and opposing forces occurred yesterday. Reports indicate ten killed and fourteen wounded amid the fighting, with limited details on locations or perpetrators.
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Riga
Rea
Poland Autonomy Fervor In Kalisch And Thorn
News from Kalisch and Thorn reports Polish flags and a labor party manifesto calling for a national diet in Warsaw, signaling revival of Polish autonomy amid broader unrest in the empire. Reports of renewed violence, pogroms against Jews in Bachmut and Odessa massacre details follow in a period of turmoil.
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Kalisch
Thorn
West Prussia
Kallisch
Labor Party
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Odessa
Caucasus
Bachmut
Bessarabia
Moscow
Friends
Sevastopol
Russia
Black Sea Squadron
Birloff
Nebraska Republicans Win Justice Election in Lincoln
Returns from Nebraska elections show Charles It. Letton, Republican, defeats William G. Hastings, Fusion, for associate justice of the supreme court. Letton’s plurality surpasses Judge Barnes’s margin from two years ago, which stood at 9,127.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles IT
Letton
William G. Hastings
The
Supreme Court
Barnes
Bets Held Up in New York Mayoral Bet Totals
In New York commercial districts most McClellan wagers, estimated at not less than 200000 dollars, were postponed pending developments. Jerome bets, possibly half that amount, were largely not paid until official results. Some Jerome bets cashed yesterday, but stakeholders await the official count and court decision before payment. A broker offered 1000 dollars that Hearst would win the recount.
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New York
McClellan
Jerome
Hearst
San Domingo Hae Rebellion Threatens San Domingo
Washington reports a revolutionary movement in San Domingo with an uprising feared. Government officials state proper steps are being taken by the navy department at the state department’s urging to preserve peace.
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San Domingo
Washington
Navy Department
State Department
Schwab Seals Record $10 Million Mortgage in Allentown
Charles M. Schwab visited Allentown to witness the largest mortgage on file in Lehigh County history. The ten million dollar loan from United States Shipbuilding Co to Colonial Trust Co of New York covers Bethlehem Steel properties in the county, recorded August 12, 1903.
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Allentown
Charles M. Schwab
Lehigh : County Recorder’s
United States Shipbuilding” Company
Colonial Trust Company
New York
Bethélehem Steal Company
Mutiny and Bloodshed in Cronstadt Overthrows Ruler Showdown
Reports from Cronstadt and St. Petersburg describe a sailor mutiny spreading to garrisons, street fighting, and arson. Firelight seen from Peterhof, with hundreds dead or wounded and communications severed. Troops from St. Petersburg deployed. about 10,000 involved in efforts to quell the insurrection.
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Spencer Eddy
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Orandenbaum
Trepoff Deposed as Governor General of St Petersburg
Nov 10 reports Gen Trepoff removed from his post amid public wrath. His term ends with retirement. Count Witte, after talks with constitutional democrats, has promised an immediate extension of suffrage to all classes.
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St. Petersburg
Count Witte
New York Life Faces Missouri Regulatory Action
Jefferson City Missouri state superintendent Vandiver suspended New York Life Insurance Company authority to operate in the state. In St Louis the company sought an injunction via attorneys Judson and Crow to block enforcement of the order, the plea granted.
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W. D. Vandiver
New York Life Insurance Company
St. Louis
New York Life Insance Company
F. N. Judson
Crow
United States Circuit
Adams
Vandiver
Missouri
Grant
Mussouri
Chinese Becoming More Incensed Over American Goods
Canton reports rising anti American sentiment in Hong Kong with a woman spat upon in the street and American Consul Julius G Lay receiving an anonymous letter threatening his life amid calls to release imprisoned boycott leaders and goods.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Julius G. Lay
Fragmentary Sound Measurements Reported in Water and Air
A garbled fragment notes a sound described as a helllike noise audible 45,200 units through water and 456 feet through air, with no clear subject, date, or location given. The text lacks coherent details to identify the event or source.
Missouri Ousts New York Life Insurance Company
State Insurance Superintendent Vandiver suspended New York Life’s Missouri license amid allegations funds were diverted for illegal purposes. The action, likely affecting new policies, follows a New York legislative investigation report citing over $1,000,000 spent on lobbying. Missouri policyholders are deemed protected, with lawyers predicting a legal struggle.
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New York Legislative Investigation Committee
New York Life
McCall
New York Life Insurance Company of
New York
Legislative Investigation Committee
State of
I. W. D Vandiver
Insurance Department
Missouri
Ufe
St. Louis
New York Life Insurance Company
Edward C. Crow
New York Life Company
Badiver
National Theater Plan Seeks $3 Million Build in New York
A national theater costing 3 million dollars is planned in New York by leading patrons of the drama. Thirty prominent men including Clarence Mackay Henry Morgenthau James Speyer Mr Stillman and Daniel Guggenheim have already subscribed over 3 million dollars. Each of the thirty will contribute 100 thousand dollars with a collateral site about 1 million dollars and a theater costing 2 million more.
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New York
Clarence Mackay
Henry Morgenthal
James Speyer
Mr. Stillman
Daniel Guggenheim
Cardinal nominees hinted for Vatican consistory dates
Rome November 9 reports a secret consistory planned for December 11 and a public consistory for December 14. Monsignore Cagaino De Azevedo major domo of the Vatican, Archbishop Cacallant De Albuquerque of Rio Janeiro, Archbishop Epinola of Seville, Archbishop Samasa of Blau Hungary and another prelate unnamed are expected to be named cardinals.
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Cagaino de Azevedo
Vatican
Cacallant de Albuquerque
Rio Janeiro
Epinola
Seville
Samasa
Blau
Hungary
Losing Candidate Adjudged Insane After Election
Zanesville Ohio November 9 J Crqotzer republican candidate for member of the board of public service defeated Tuesday was adjudged insane Wednesday His mental condition is attributed to worry over the election.
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Zanesville
Ohio
J. ©. Crqotzer
The
Board of Public Service
Death by own action in alley in St Louis
The body of Lucien Eckhardt aged 21 was found in an alley near his fiancee Miss Kate Burns home. He had been shot and investigators ruled death by own action with the evidence.
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St. Louis
Lucien Eckhardt
Kate Burns
Wu Ting-Rang Deafness Reported After Bomb Attack
Victoria, B. C. Nov 9 reports Wu Ting-Fang, former Chinese minister to the United States, has become totally deaf following a bomb explosion believed thrown by a marauder. The incident hinges on the blast and the resulting severe hearing loss.
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Wu Ting-Rang
Victoria
B. C
Wu Ting- Fang
United States
Martia
Des Moines Probes Hospital Cruelty and Insurance Row
Iowa's state board investigates alleged cruel treatment at St Bernard's hospital Connell Bliffs amid a broader case involving Northwestern Life policies. Des Moines lawyers seek to void exchanges to Northwestern National Life and pursue a receiver as city politics stir a business backed reform bid.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
St. Bernard's Hospital
Connell Bliffs
Sisters of Mercy
St Thomas Hospital
St. Bernard’s
George L. Miller
Omaha
Board of Control
Wool to cloth and cheeky chatter in old column
A snippet notes that one pound of wool makes a yard of fine cloth. The piece also highlights social chatter with a sharp remark about Miss Rosebud and a coarse laugh. It mentions cross-aisle trolley seats being demanded by laws, especially in Chicago, and experts warn death may become universal.
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