Sheldon Wins Conservative Lead in Nebraska Vote
A conservative estimate places George L. Sheldon ahead by 20 000 votes over Shallenberger in Nebraska with a Mickey two year comparison. County patterns show Omaha defection and near tie in the state capital area. counties listed include Clay Dawson Furnas Howard Johnson Boyd and portions of the Fifth District. Officials named include Governor George L Sheldon Lieutenant Governor M R Hope Secretary of State George C Jun kin Auditor Edwin M Searle Jr Treasurer Lawson G Brian Attorney General Wm T Thompson Land Commissioner H M Eaton and others with rail commissioners Cowell Winnett Williams.
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George L.sheldon
Omaha
George L. Sheldon
Mickey
Sheldon Leads in Sparse Returns for Governor Race
In thirteen read counties Sheldon is projected to win with 13,864 votes to 13,475 for Shallenberger, a 391 majority. Outside Douglas county Mickey holds a 6 percent lead, forecasting a roughly 20,000 Sheldon majority state wide with total 190,845 votes cast. Light vote noted in Holt Rock Brown Dawson Keya Paha and Boyd areas.
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Kimball
Madison
Otoe
Platte
Polk
Sherman
Douglas County
Mickey
Berge
Sheldon
Shallenberger
Holt
Rock Brown
Dawson
Keya Paha
Boyd
Kinkaid
Nebraska congressmen race widens in First District tally
Four Republicans and one Democrat contest the district with Pollard leading by over a thousand votes in counties listed. several strong Republican counties are missing. Pollard Doyle Cassay Hiss Lee appear among tallies as figures show totals around 6308 to 5032. last election Burkett and La Master had 8188 and 6423 respectively. The Second District sees Hitchcock and Kennedy in a tight contest.
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Pollard
Doyle
Cassay Hiss Lee
Otee
Pawnee
Burkett
la Master
Hitchcock Wins Douglas County House Seat with 350 Majority
The report notes Hitchcock carried Douglas County and won the election by 350 overall. Murphy and Washington each gave Hitchcock a majority of over 200 in their outside counties, securing the final margin.
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Douglas County
Murphy
Washington
Hitchcock
Legislature Returns Show Large GOP Senate and Mixed House
The legislature will comprise twenty eight Republicans and five fusionists in the Senate with a long list of representatives elected. The House shows sixty six Republicans, twenty fusionists and fourteen not yet certain, with numerous named districts and individuals across Nebraska towns and cities.
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Senate
Lewis Goodrich
Fairmont
Trep
Charles H. Epperson
Fa d
W. E. Thorne
Bladen
Hastings
C. A. Luce
Republican City
A. Wilsey
Moorefield
C. A. Sibley
North Platte
Cass Jones
Rule
Albert Stalder
Humboldt
Frank Shubert
Shubert
N. A. Steinauer
Steinauer
W. B. Raper
Pawnee City
W. D. Redmond
Peru
Dem
E. B. Quacken
President Approves Report on Frantz Exoneration
The president approved the report of a special committee that completely exonerates Governor Frantz of Oklahoma from charges. In Hamilton Ohio a fire caused losses above 350000 in the central business district after midnight.
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Washington
Frantz
Oklahoma
Tragic immigrant train wreck near Woodville Indiana
A Baltimore and Ohio immigrant train bound for Chicago crashed with a freight near Woodville Indiana. Forty-seven aboard died or burned, thirty-eight injured, many fatally, as flames engulfed wreckage and relief trains rushed to assist victims. The disaster involved German Jews Servians and Poles among the passengers.
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Baltimore & Ohio Road
Woodville
Ind
Chicago
Baltimore
McCool
Babcock
Burke
Comretor Moste
Tain
Valparaiso
Yankton and Southern Railway Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation filed in South Dakota establish a new Yankton and Southern railway from Yankton to Galveston with headquarters in Yankton and a Cincinnati office. Capitalization is $100,000 with stockholders including Robert J. Gamble W J Fantle Isaac Pile Fremont Hill Jesse Lowman Thomas Paxton Alfred Hill John Harrington William Proctor and others.
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Pierre
S. D
Secretary of State
Pollard Returns Salary Amid Election Controversy
Hon E M Pollard re elected to Congress from Nebraska writes Henry Casson explaining a dispute over whether E J Burkett was his legal predecessor. He notes no judiciary ruling covers his case, returns 1861.84 in salary paid for March 4 to July 18 1905, to avoid misperception and influence on voters.
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Henry D. Casson
House of Representatives
Washington
D. C
Mr.Casson
E. J. Burkett
Judiciary Committee of the
House
Courts of
United States
Congress
Pittsburg Crime Spreads as Burglar Kills Young Heir
Henry Firth Smith twenty five son of Joseph Smith prominent Pittsburg man was shot twice in his father's east end home during a burglary. A week earlier James A McMillan another wealthy city figure was murdered. Police seek 150 more officers to curb rising robberies while investigators scramble for clues amid a house ransacked for silver plate and evidence.
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Henry’ Firth Smith
Joseph Smith
Pittsburg
James A McMillan
Young Smith
Smith
Shaw Holds Cash and Lets Market Conditions Guide Relief
Secretary Shaw, returning from a campaigning tour in Washington, said no measures would be taken to relieve the financial situation unless conditions materially change. The treasury holds twenty five million dollars as a last resort but will not use it until absolutely necessary. Actions taken so far respond to business conditions and no further steps are expected unless conditions worsen.
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Shaw
Washington
Treasury
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Cau
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Tremas
Butler
Fillmore
Gage
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Hamilton Ee
Norris Brown
Senator Millard
Nebraska
J. H. Mickey
Clay
Franklin
Frontier
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Kearney
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W. H. Wilson
Table Rock
J. G. O'Connell
Tecumseh
S. H. Buck
Berlin
Jesse L. Root
Plattsmouth
W. R. Patrick
Papillion
Saunders
F. W. Phillips
Star
David Hanna
Valentine
Byron H. Glover
Broken Bow
R. M. Thompson
Ravenna
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Grand Island
E. L. King
Osceola
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David City
Joseph Burns
Lincoln
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H. E. Sackett
Beatrice
P. F. Dodson
Wilber
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Hubbell
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S. C. Barnes
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N. P. Dodge, Jr
A. R. Harvey
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F.8. Tucker
James Walsh
Berson
Herman Schottger
Fontanelle
H. B. Byram
Decatur
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J. H. Knowles
Fremont
Fred Howes
North Bend
Adna Pilgeers
Fighteenth
J. O. Mulligan
Wakefield
John[ Kuh
Randolph
George W. Saunders
Trenmor Cone
Wahoo
J. W. Talbot
J. M. Bolen
Surprise
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Milford
F. A. Marsh
Seward
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Ed P. Brown
Arbur
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Hallam
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de Witt
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Diller
Thomas Lahners
Belvidere
John P. Thiessen
Jansen
Samuel Logsdon
Shickley
Edgecombe
J. E. Hart
A. J. Jennison
Harvard
J. Warren Keifer, Jr
Bostwick
W. F. Renkle
Inavale
George B. Loucks
Trumbull
C. R. Reese
Red Cloud
O. E. White
A. J. Scudder
Doniphan
S. M. Fries
Dannebrog
E. F. Springer
Mitchell
J. R. Baird
Ord
F. C. Wilson
Anselmo
BE. A. Brown
Loop City
Thomas F. _ Hamer
George Barret
Shelton
William A. Finley
Gothenburg
John Marratt
Newark
Willis Neff
Hildreth
P. C. Funk
Funk
Andrew Benjamin
Arapahoe
Philip Gilem
Danbury
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O. Hamilton
Diana
Yankton
Galveston
E. M. Pollard
Polce
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