Republicans Triumphant Allies In Local Troubles
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Washington November 7 Republicans won where national issues existed while local troubles cut losses in some districts. Overstreet says Western states backed McKinley Roosevelt policies, coal settlement shown strong. tariff revision would follow protection lines with Republicans to lead.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Jesse Overstreet
Republican Congressional Committee
Overstreet
West
Journal
Nebraska
Idaho
Montana
Colorado
New York State
Tammany Organization
New York
Alabama
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Michigan
Kansas
McKinley
Roosevelt
Elief
Alleged Fraud Claim Over Sheriff Vote Count in Chicago
Daniel D. Healy Republican candidate for sheriff asserts victory while contesting the tally that shows Thomas E. Barrett Democrat winning by about 7,000. Board records indicate 234000 to 255000 ballots issued, with sheriff votes tallied at 244000, prompting fraud accusations amid ballot discrepancies.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Daniel D. Healy
Thomas E. Barrett
Board of Election Commissioners
Kansas Governor Election Chronicle Turns Somber
Kansas governor elect W. J. Bailey paused his campaign to stay at his ailing father's bedside in Ballyville two weeks before returns. The father, fading daily, urged Bailey to win and waited for the moment of death as final numbers neared. Bailey remained by his father through illness and funeral preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
W. J. Bailey
Balleyville
Worce
Enita
Slaellen
Ballot Deadlock Tactics Mark Colorado Legislature
In Denver a Democratic caucus vowed to block any Republican attempts to unseat Teller allies by refusing joint sessions, threatening a legislative deadlock. Returns favor a joint ballot with Democrats 54 and Republicans 46, with contests possible beyond Arapahoe. Wall Street bets near 400000 as race counts tighten. Cunneen expected to lead attorney general race by 12 000 to 20 000 votes. In Bristol Tennessee, race for Virginia Ninth District unsettled as Rhea claims 233 lead. Slemp hauls doubt with three counties pending and disputes over precinct legitimacy.
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Denver
Col
Teller
House
Senate
Arapahoe County
Arapahoe
New York
Wall Street
Dunn
State Republican Committee
Gray
Court of Appeals
Elliot Nforth
Democratic State Committee
Cunneen
Bristol
Tenn
Virginia
Rhea
Slemp
Lindsey
Republican Committee
County returns show Darke elects Democratic ticket
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Greenville Ohio reports the official Darke county counts for secretary of state Laylin 4145, Bigelow 4967 with 153 scattering. For Congress Rogers 4211, Garber 4865. The entire Democratic county ticket wins by margins from 263 to 1100. Total vote about 2500 short.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greenville
Darke County
Laylin
Bigelow
Congress
Rogers
Garber
McGuire Wins Oklahoma Congressional Delegates Seat
Guthrie Oklahoma November 7 official returns show B S McGuire Republican elected to Congress over W N Cross Democrat by about 300 votes. Secretary of the Republican committee confirms McGuire's victory tonight.
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Guthrie
C. T
McGuire
Congress
W. N. Cross
Republican Committee
Richard Cole Arrested in Dressmaker Assault Case
Richard Cole a colored porter twenty years old was jailed awaiting grand jury action on charges of assaulting Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis a dressmaker at her Washington home over ten months ago. Dennis died from injuries about two weeks earlier. Witness Julius Van Brakle said Cole expressed being a “happy man if Mrs Dennis was dead” and noted Cole’s troubling remarks about reopening the investigation. Detective Hartigan testified Cole was the only witness wavering in his statements. Cole denied the assault and disputed the attributed remarks.
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Washington
Richard Cole
Ada Gilbert Dennis
Dennis
Julius van Brakle
Brunswick Hotel
Cole
Mrs. Dennis
van Brakle
Oldest Postmaster Becomes Last of His Kind
Roswell Beardsley of North Lansing is dying at ninety three after seventy four years as postmaster making him the oldest postmaster in the United States. Dr Robert C Kedzie Michigan Agricultural College chemist emeritus dies at seventy nine in Lansing. John J Sampson Cardiff Giant survivor dies in Chicago. he helped carve the famous hoax figure.
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New York
Roswell Beardsley
North Lansing
John Quincy Adams
Ithaca
N. Y
United States
Lansing, Mich
Robert C. Kedzie
Michigan Agricultural College
Kedzie
New York State
Oberlin College
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Twelfth Michigan Infantry
The
Agricultural College
Chicago
John J. Sampson
Cardiff
Greene county election fraud allegations flare in Bloomfield
Reports from Bloomfield Indiana on Greene county election irregularities during Tuesday's vote. Democrats conceding some wins while Republicans cite incorrect tallies and missing precincts. Officials recount and court contests loom as key races including sheriff and secretary of state face irregularities.
Returns show Republican gains in Indiana counties
In Washington D C and Spencer Indiana on November 7 officials report Republican strength. Daviess County favors Storms for secretary of state over Schoonover by 2 percent, Chaney leads Miers for Congress by 227 votes, with gains for Republicans since 1900. Owen County and the local ticket tilt Republican with Chaney ahead for Congress and Lews ahead for joint representative.
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Washington
Ind
Daviess County
Storms
Schoonover
Miers
Chaney
Prosecutor
Spencer
Owen County
Congress
Lews
Lawrence county returns and contest cloud race results
Bedford Ind Nov 7 The official vote of Lawrence county shows Storms 28400 Schoonover 2390 Storme’s plurality 464 Chaney for Congress 147 plurality and Matthews Dem for senator 27 The Democrats elected one other officer and the Republicans may lose the sheriff on a contest Smyth leads Wilkinson by 4 votes
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomfield
Ind
Greene County
Will J. Hamilton
Peter Schloot
Linton
Stockton Township
A. F. Wilson
John C. Huffman
Schoonover
Storms
Dungen
Gill
Myer
Drever
Labor
Congress
Miers
Chaney
Hobson
Wolfe
Heenan
Walter T. Brown
Deckard
Yakey
Moss
Sherwood
Gray
Blackledge
Marshall
Squire
Bedford
Lawrence County
Storme
Matthews
Smyth
Wilkinson
Decatur
Adams County
Truesdale
Cromer
Henry Dirkson
J. C. Moran
Gerber
J. H. Vogelwede
C. C. Cloud
Portland
Jay County
Fee
Dragoo
Wheat
Adair
Bell
Alexander Rayne
Long lived artist and author Mrs. Sarah M. Jones dies at 103
Binghampton New York reports the death of Mrs. Sarah M. Jones aged 103 born in England. She was an artist of skill and an avid literature collector with one of the largest libraries in this part of the state. Fort Worth Texas notes the death of Robert D. Hunter aged 69 president of Hunter Phelan Trust Company a pioneer cattle king of Texas and Colorado. His remains will be taken to St Louis for burial.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Sarah M. Jones
England
Colorado
St. Louis
Terre Haute Riot Attempts Steal Judgeship Highlight 1887 Shame
In Terre Haute Indiana a riotous bid by Tammany to seize a public office is described as the most disgraceful in local history, recalling a similar unlawful 1887 effort to take control of the judiciary.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Tammany
Watson's Plurality Rises In Rushville District Race
In Rushville Indiana on November 7 Watson holds a 4080 plurality with Arbuckle at 578 in Hancock and 485 in Shelby. In Wat son Wayne districts he leads 2544 against Henry 1789 in Fayette and other counties. Watson's edge increases by 1866 since four years ago. Storms's Rush county lead is 426.
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Rushville
Ind
Watson
Arbuckle
Hancock
Shelby
Franklin
Wayne
Henry
Fayette
Union
Decatur
Rush
Storms
Rush County
Wayne County Election Totals Report Party Pluralities
Official Wayne county results show J A Spekenhier Republican treasurer with the largest county plurality at 2662. Schoonover Democrat sec of state 2607 and Storms Republican 5145 with a 2535 plurality. Prohibition vote up 32 from 190 and Socialist gain 122, People's party up 8. Democratic raling off 1413 and Republican decline noted.
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Richmond
Ind
Wayne County
J. A. Spekenhier
Schoonover
Storms
People’s Party
Shelby county vote returns show Arbuckle ahead in race
The Shelby county canvassing board completed returns from 41 precincts. Schoonover led with 3369 votes to Storms 2934, a 425 plurality. Arbuckle captured 3335 votes versus Watson 2850, a 435 plurality. Democrats down 432 and Republicans down 318 from prior totals.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Shelby County
Schoonover
Storms
Arbuckle
Congress
Watson
Eighth District Election Returns Show Democrats Win Big
Decatur and Portland reports show Democratic plualities across multiple offices in Adams Jay and Delaware counties. Cromer lead in Jay county while Storms and Schoonover lead in state races. Muncie completes Delaware county tallies with broad Democratic margins for statewide posts.
Democrats Win County Hall Seats Amid Pencil Fraud Claims
In Lebanon Indiana on November 7 the final counts show Democrats winning representative, surveyor, auditor, coroner, and district one commissioner while Republicans take district three posts including judge and sheriff. Reports allege that nearly 20 straight Republican tickets were nulled due to misused pencils and that Democrats used duplicate pencil sets to cast favorable votes amid contested ballots.
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Lebanon
Ind
Kirkpatrick
Congress
Albert E. Cox
Schoonover
Secretary of State
Storms
Auditor of State
Sherrick
Herff
Simmons
Coulson
Sippler
Pagublicans
Jackson Township
Developments in Mason case point to innocence and staged searches
Boston reports show police doubt Mason’s guilt as jeweler Nemser fails to identify him and a mulatto suspect is cleared. Investigators link watch pawning across Morton and McPhee cases and note a nurse’s sighting near Waverley. Governor Crane inspects the murder scene as state detectives pursue two white men and a Negro connected to the crime.
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Boston
Mass
Mason
Clara A. Morton
Waverley
Alan G. Mason
Joseph Nemser
Miss Morton
Watertown
Nemser
Crane
McPhee
Morton
East Cambridge
Captain Dugan
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Grove Street
Greenwich Street
Negro
Winchester
Porter's Station
Cambridge
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Hammond
Dexter
McIntosh
Weston
Handyside Pond
Sayres
Fourth man in line linked to Sayers case in Soderquest tie
Mrs Sayers named the fourth man Mason as her alleged assailant, tying the case to the Jack the Slugger series. John C. Soderquest, once janitor in the same library building, was convicted of assault with intent to kill Aug 3 and is serving seven years. Police compare Sayers statements with the broader Soderquest pattern of attacks on young women in Cambridge and Brookline.
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Mason
Federation Convention Representation For Miners
W B Wilson national secretary of the United Mine Workers arrived in Wilkes Barre from Indianapolis and will be the miners spokesman at the upcoming American Federation convention in New Orleans next week. President Mitchell cannot attend due to preparing the anthracite miners’ case for submission to the arbitration commission meeting in Scranton next week. Col C O Wright and Gen John M Wilson of the coal strike arbitration commission met the President and reported that individual operators in the anthracite region agreed to abide by the commission’s findings and notified Judge Gray. The President expressed pleasure that the process is progressing satisfactorily.
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Wilkesbarre
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Wilson
American Federation
New Orleans
Arbitration Commission
Scranton
Washington
Col C. O Wright
John M. Wilson
Coal-Strike Arbitration Commission
Gray
Roosevelt
Crown Prince of Siam Visits Chicago Stockyards
The Crown Prince of Siam and party toured Chicago's stock yards after breakfast and praised the scale and swift slaughter and dressing. They dined with Mrs. James Deering at noon and later enjoyed a carriage ride hosted by Arthur Caton before leaving at midnight for St. Louis en route to the Southwest and Pacific coast.
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Chicago
Crown Prince of Siam
James Deering
Arthur Caton
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Doukhobor Woman Proclaims Virgin Mary at Yorkton
In Yorkton on November 7 a young Doukhobor woman dressed in white cotton and canvas proclaimed herself the Virgin Mary. Her appearance drew belief among many Doukhobors and could stir unrest.
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Winnipeg, Man
Yorkton
Slaughter of Boxers by Chinese Imperial Troops Reported
Dispatches from Victoria, B C describe Qing forces destroying churches and killing converts as Boxers surged through Sze-Chuan districts. Regiments battled rebels at Cheng-Tu and Ching-Tang-Sien, with hundreds slain, captives beheaded, and leaders eliminated, though disorder lingered in remote areas.
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Hwayang-Hsien
Chin-Tang-Hsien
Chein-Tow
Cheng-Tu
Ching-Tang-Sien
Husano-Chin-Ping
Su-Chiawan
Death from joy in Elkton over English inheritance
John H. Heaton of a village south of Elkton died of heart disease in his attorney's Springfield office as they reviewed papers on a $150,000 inheritance from the Staple estate in England. Heaton was 63. His wife, an invalid, is feared to be affected by the shock.
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Elkton
John H. Heaton
Here
Heaton
Springfield
Beaton
England
Beale and Williams Held for Assault Trial
Truxton Beale and Thomas H. Williams Jr., prominent California figures, were held for trial by the San Francisco Superior Court on an assault with intent to kill charge against Frederick, the editor of the same paper. Bonds set at $20,000 each.
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San Francisco
Thomas H. Williams, Jr
California Jockey Club
Truxton Beale
United States
Persis
Superior Court
Frederick
Canvassing Board Declares Ensley Trove of Pluralities
The county canvassing board completed their work at 10:54 PM and announced a clear Republican victory with Oliver F P Ensley defeating August M Kuhn for county treasurer by a 102 vote plurality. The tally showed neck and neck drama as late returns favored Ensley while supporters buzzed and partisans stayed up late.
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Oliver FP. Ensley
August M. Kuhn
Ensley
Eliott
Republican County Committee
Republican Committee
Kubo
Kuhn
Circuit Court
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Eli Stevens
Dan Fasig
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Judge Miers
Eres Dem
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Nae - Greene
Knox
Lawrence
Martin
Monroe
Owen
Sullivan
Seneca
Delaware County
Muncie
Hill
Miller
Supreme Court
Brown
Cotton
Bureau of Statistics
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Blatchley
Boston’ S
Jack the Slugger
Miss McPhee
Federation Convention
Crown Prince
Virgin Mary
T. H. Williams, Jr
Mifer
Gillett
Appellate Court
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Henley
Biack
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Comstock
Wiley
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McMaster
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