Vast Election Night Summary of State and National Races
A sweeping early-20th century bulletin reports Hughes defeating Hearst for New York governor by 52,000 and outlines Republican upsets nationwide. Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska, Indiana, and Connecticut show strong GOP gains. Democrats win Oklahoma and Florida races. Ballot disputes, court actions over void ballots, and regional outcomes from Ohio to Wyoming shape a national political landscape. Multiple deaths, accidents, and notable incidents accompany the political beat.
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Charles E. Hughes
W. R. Hearst
New York
Hearst
Hughes
Supreme Courts
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Illinois
Illinois Assembly
Cullom
Cook County
Chicago
Caverly
Princiville
Cummins
Iowa
Lacey
Pel H. A. Buchtel
Colorado
Ron Magmocratic
Everglades
Florida
Bailey
Texas
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Charles Floyd
New Hampshire
George L. Sheldon
Nebraska
Johnson
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Guild
James O. Davidson
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Wyoming
British and French fleets to pressure sultan of Morocco
British Atlantic fleet sails from Gibraltar to Tangier with a French fleet to demonstrate for stricter protection of foreigners. Tensions rise as Moroccan authorities and insurgent factions clash while diplomats seek guaranteed safety and indemnity for Americans. Reform measures from Algeciras are to take effect by year end.
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Gibraltar
Tangier
Morocco
Spain
Bu Hanara
France
Fez
Gummere
Algeciras
Nomination of Raisuli as governor reported at Tangier
Tangier reports Raisuli the bandit chief has been officially nominated as governor of Arzilla and surrounding provinces. The report cites that American minister Gummere made what is believed to be his final Fez visit four days earlier as Mohammedans in Fez grow unhappy with the long Fez sojourn of the Gummere mission headed by Mr. Gummere.
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Bixby
Long Beach
Cal
Russian Ministry of Marine
Bering
Arctic Ocean
John Price Wetherill
Philadelphia
P. T. Powers
Eastern Baseball League of Baseball Clubs
Providence
Hugh Duffy
A. G. Doe
Walter J. Marcley
Massachusetts
Rutland
Minnesota
Walker
Minn
Cripple Creek
Rosemont
D. O. Smart
Kansas City
Independence Avenue Christian Church
Thomas Lipton
Wilson Marshall
Thomas
H. MacDonald
R. A. C. Smith
Bridgeport
New York
Richard A. McCurdy
Mutual Life Company
Tangier
Raisuli
Arzilla
Sui
Gammere
Fez
Gummere
Court decision in Chandler estate dispute in Maine
The Maine supreme court ruled against the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions over Solomon H. Chandler's will. Chandler left $1,000,000 to the board in 1896 but codiciled in 1902 to relatives, which the board challenged claiming the testator was not of sound mind when the codicil was added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Maine Supreme Court
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Solomon H. Chandler
Portland
Chandler
American Board
Rockefeller and donors fund San Francisco YMCA rebuild
John D. Rockefeller contributed 250000 toward rebuilding the San Francisco YMCA after the earthquake. H. Severance of Cleveland added 2500, and an unknown Clevelander gave 1000. Secretary Shurtleff said there was no difficulty raising the funds as modest letters explained the need and the money came in.
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Cleveland, C
John D. Rockefeller
San Francisco Y. M. C. A
H. Severance
Cleveland
Shurtleff
Secret Service Probing Frauds In La Grande Land Report
Secret service agents in Portland investigate the La Grande land report of Eastern Oregon seeking to call United States Senator Charles W Fulton of Oregon as a defendant in frauds. A number of prominent citizens are involved.
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Portland
Ore
Secret Service
la Grande Land Report
Oregon
Charles W Fulton
United States
Supreme Court to recess for Thanksgiving holidays
Washington November 13 Chief Justice Fuller announced the Supreme Court of the United States will take a recess from Monday November 19 to Monday December 3 over the Thanksgiving holidays.
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Washington
Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Manila Bonds for Sale In Insular Affairs Auction
Washington November 13 The bureau of insular affairs invites bids for a two million dollar 10 3 4 percent bond issue of the city of Manila Bids will be opened December 19 The bonds are tax exempt by act of congress
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Manila
Washington
Bureau of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
Congress
Mobile builders switch to open shop pact halts 1500 workers
Mobile Alabama November 13 contractors in the building trades adopt an open shop policy under a prior agreement. About 1,500 men in the building trades did not report for work as a result leaving crews short and delaying projects across the city.
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Mobile
Ala
Iroquois Theater Co Cleared From Bankruptcy
The Iroquois Theater Co of Chicago, once ruined by a devastating fire three years ago with heavy loss of life, has been discharged from bankruptcy in U S court Liabilities total two million dollars and no assets remaining in the case from Trenton New Jersey on November 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iroquois Echoes
Trenton
N. J
Iroquois Theater Co
Chicago
United States
First Colored State Fair Opens in Macon
Macon Georgia November 13 The first colored state fair in history opened here with a large attendance An opening address was delivered by Booker T Washington The fair features a strong display of agricultural products and local exhibitors
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Macon
Trace
Booker T. Washington
Sultana monument commission members allege bribe offers
In a statement to Gov. Harris the Sultana monument commission asserts they were offered bribes by Hughes Granite Co of Clyde Ohio in seeking the state contract. Hughes denies offering any bribes and says stock proposals were not made. The panel, appointed by the governor to honor Ohioans lost in the Sultana wreck, oversees a $15,000 monument project for the state house grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harris
Sultana Monument Commission
W. E. Hughes
Hughes Granite Co
Clyde, Co
L. J. Cutter
Marietta
Hughes
W. P. Madden
Xerna
E. F. Taggart
Akron
Taggart
South
Gov. Harris
Xenia
J. J. Zeiser
Canton
State House
Ellis Rules Bond Sales Must Be Open and Competitive
Attorney General Wade Ellis ruled that sinking fund commissions in Ohio municipalities must sell bonds to the highest bidder through open competition. Many boards have used private sales, but the code requires open sale when bonds are issued, aligning with section 97. The accounting bureau will urge future compliance, noting large cities already follow this rule.
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Columbus
Wade
H. Ellis
Bureau of Accounting
Sinking Fund Boards
Sinking Fund Commission
Accounting Bureau
Woman disguises as man to seek work at Chillicothe factories
Russell Elliott, 19, arrested in Chillicothe while seeking factory work in boys’ clothes. She confessed to being married, husband George Elliott reportedly with another woman in Chillicothe. She traveled from Greensburg, Ind, via Dayton, to verify the claim. Logan Auto Works workers suspected her due to pretty hands, yet she fooled the superintendent who praised her “honest face.”
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Chillicothe, O
Russell Elliott
George Elliott
Chillicothe
Elliott
Russell
Greensburg
Ind
Dayton
Logan Auto Works
Maj L M Jewett Dies After Weeklong Illness At Athens
Maj L M Jewett of Jewett & Wood law firm in Athens Ohio died after a weeklong illness from pneumonia. Civil War veteran served as captain of Company K Sixty-First Regiment and was a longtime trustee and college secretary. He was active in Knights Templar Elks and Beta Theta Pi, a life long Republican and famed as a eloquent speaker.
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William R. Shafter
Les O
Bakersfield
Cal
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
New Foundland
Bay of Islands
Cuba
Federal Grand Jury
Pittsburg
J. Jay Dunn
Charles T. Close
Frank T. Emmett
Shelby Steel Tube Company
Warrentown
Warren County
Henry Pearce
Crockett
George M. Nolan
Jacksonville
Fla
Haskell
Huron
S. C
John Phelan
Sibley
Giovanni Bruno
Keon
Col
Sicily
Roosevelt
Panama
Opnet of Appeals
St. Paul
Chicago Board of Trade
Merchants’ Exchange of
St. Louis
Athens
L. M. Jewett
Jewett & Wood
Sixty-First Regiment
Ohio University
Knights Templar
Beta Theta Pi
Cleveland divorce award to Mrs Mary A Clark
Mrs Mary A Clark was granted a divorce from William E Clark and awarded 12500 dollars. The court found Clark possesses about 15000 dollars in property in Cleveland and Los Angeles and expects 13000 dollars from his father’s estate. Mrs Clark cited willful absence and gross neglect.
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Cleveland, O
Mary A. Clark
William E. Clark
Standard Oil
Clark
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Higher Wages For Standard Oil Workers Across Locations
A 5 and 10 percent wage rise announced for the refining department of Standard Oil Co. takes effect immediately. About 900 Solar Refining Co. employees in Lima Ohio are affected, with additional workers in Welker Wood County Ohio Oil City Pennsylvania Whiting Indiana Bayonne New Jersey Denver and Jocata.
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Lima
Standard Oil Co
Solar Refining Co
Welker
Wood County
Oil City
Whiting, Ind
Bayorine
N. J
Denver
Jocata
Advance Rumor Reaches All Company Branches
An advance payment to the pipeline department has been received, with rumors that the voluntary advance will extend across every branch of the company. The report suggests widespread adoption, though official confirmation is pending.
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Pipeline Department
Predicted For the Reform Mayor and the Seer Was Chased
Marion Ohio report says Marion's reform mayor and the police captain visited clairvoyants in disguise to seek fortune tellings. Prof Temple claimed Columbus as his home and forecast the mayor becoming a great actor before being ordered from town as a faker.
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Marion
Louis Scheff
Temple
Columbus
Cincinnati Lawyers Test Aikin Tax Case in Mt Vernon
Prominent Cincinnati attorneys arrived in Mt. Vernon to take depositions of Lewis B. Houck former secretary to the late Gov Pattison in the case Bernard Wred vs Charles C Richardson to test the constitutionality of the Aikin law setting the saloon tax at one thousand dollars in Ohio.
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Mt. Vernon, O
Cincinnati
Mt. Vernon
Lewis B. Houck
Pattison
Bernard Wred
Charles C. Richardson
Ohio
Railway workers press for higher wages and shorter hours
In Cleveland, 47 west of Chicago railroads unite for better pay and conditions. Grand Chief Engineer Stone says demands are formalized and the roads have until December 1 to reply.
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Cleveland, O
Chicago
Stone
Painter Burns Himself in Benzine Fire Incident
In Marietta Ohio Howard Smith a painter struck a match on his pants after quitting work. His clothing and hands were covered with benzine and tar and he was badly burned in a human torch incident.
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Marietta, O
Howard Smith
Two die of heart disease in same hour at Larue
Marion Ohio reports Mrs. William Brady and Adam Free both aged 68 died of heart disease in the same hour at Larue. Free, a cousin of the Immortal J N, passed as his wife slept beside him. Mrs Brady died beside her husband.
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Marion
William Brady
Adam Free
Larue
Free
J. N.” Free
Brady
Jailbreak Report In Bowling Green Escape Trio
In Toledo a man known as Red McGuire, charged with murder of Marshall Thornton of Perrysburg, escaped from Bowling Green jail along with two other prisoners, Homer Butler and James Foley, who faced burglary charges.
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Toledo
Red” McGuire
Marshall Thornton
Perrysburg
Bowling Green
Homer Butler
James Foley
Fire destroys Columbus Pottery plant in Chaseland
A $50,000 blaze swept through the Columbus Pottery Co plant at Chaseland, gutting the front half of the building and leaving about two hundred workers jobless.
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Columbus, C
Columbus Pottery Co
Chaseland
Tragic Farm Accident: Child Impales Brother Eye
A six year old boy, Arthur Chrisman, is dying after a pitchfork tine pierced his right eye and brain while his sister Alice Chrisman, age unknown, was throwing hay from a maw. The incident occurred in Vernon, Ohio, leaving authorities to determine details of the accident.
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Mr. Vernon
Alice Chrisman
Arthur
Hearing set November 26 on Ohio railroad charges
The state railway commission schedules November 26 as the hearing date for charges against 41 railroads in Ohio. The case accuses carriers of unjust discrimination in freight rates in favor of Standard.
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Columbus
State Railway Commission
Ohio
Standard
Mrs. Lingafelter Convicted in Newark Bank Forgery Case
The Coshocton jury found Mrs. Mary Lingafelter guilty after five hours of deliberation in a forgery linked to a Newark bank failure two years ago. Her defense conceded making false entries to shield her son, Robert J., now in Mansfield reformatory. a motion for a new trial will be argued at Newark.
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Coshocton, O
Mary Lingafelter
Newark
Warrants Issued For Cincinnati Editor
Warrants were sworn out in the police court for editor Harry Brown managing editor Ray Long and city editor E Jesse Conway of the Cincinnati Post. George A Gohen clerk of the board of elections accuses them of libel for printing allegations that he defied the law to aid the gang at the recent election.
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Cincinnati
Harry Brown
Ray Long
E. Jesse Conway
Cincinnati Post
George A. Gohen
Board of Elections
Mr. Gohen
Gohen
Fire rescue at dry goods store in Columbus
Twenty frightened girl employees of Andrew Dobbie’s dry goods store in Columbus were rescued from the third floor by firemen using ladders after a fire broke out on that level. Several girls were driven to desperation and only relieved by onlookers cries.
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Columbus, O
Andrew Dobbie
Convicted of Killing Stepdaughter in Youngstown Case
In Youngstown Ohio the jury found Mrs. Jennie Anderson guilty of murder in the death of her 6 year old step daughter Elsie on July 1 but returned a manslaughter verdict, carrying a possible sentence of one to twenty years in prison.
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Youngstown, O
Jennie Anderson
Elsie
Two Men Killed by Train At Young Station
John Satterfield sixty of Otway and Robert Slack forty of Portsmouth were instantly killed by an N and W passenger train at Young station while attempting to cross the track. The men were identified as Barden. The incident occurred as they tried to drive across the rails.
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United States
New York
Ottawa
Kan
John Nelson
Esther Sumner Damon
Plymouth Union
Erie Railroad
Dominon
Matan
Quebec
Liverpool
Montreal
Liberal Party
Cuba
Alfredo Zayas
Marfa
Presidio County
Texas
San Francisco
Albert J. Atkins
E. J. Lewis
Clarence Igenfitz
Mary Katz
Drytown
Miss Katz
Henry Firth Smith
Joseph Smith
Pittsburg
Thomas Dougherty
Dunmore
Dougherty
Fort Worth
Joseph D. Wilkinson
Robert Fowler
Hillsboro
Tex
Bullaoes
James A. Guest
Guest Piano Company
Burlington
Charles Feeney
Springfield, Il
Barden
John Satterfield
Otway
Robert Slack
Portsmouth
Young Station
Grocer regains teeth swallowed in sleep
F H Bemis a Cincinnati grocer coughed up a pair of false teeth missing since June after a severe coughing spell. He believes he swallowed them while sleeping in a chair and had been ill since.
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Cincinnatii
F. H. Bemis
Ten Heads From Germany Auctioned as Medical Prep
Ten human heads arriving from Hamburg Germany were received at the Cincinnati customs office and consigned to a noted local aurist and oculist. The shipment was classified as a medical preparation.
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Germany
Cincinnati
Hamburg
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Canon of
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California
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Atchison, Topeks & Sante Fe Railway
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A. T
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