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Nationwide voting updates roll in with reports from multiple states. Officials tally results as campaigns claim progress and analysts track margins and turnout.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1900
Page
2
Nationwide voting updates roll in with reports from multiple states. Officials tally results as campaigns claim progress and analysts track margins and turnout.
Montgomery reports Senator Sanford suffered a stroke at 3 pm and is not expected to live. In New York, early evening updates indicate Bryan likely to win Greater New York by about 10 000 votes amid ongoing election results.
New York dispatch reports the New York Herald predicting a landslide victory for McKinley with election results anticipated in swift fashion.
Manley estimates McKinley will carry New York by about 110000 votes as results trickle in from the state during the election night updates.
The New York Herald estimates McKinley will win New York state by about 175000 votes in the November election.
The Republican National Committee predicts William McKinley will carry New York by about 250,000 votes. The forecast signals party confidence ahead of the contest, with emphasis on New York's pivotal role.
Republican National Headquarters reports Henry Payne indicating McKinley will win Chicago by 10 000 to 12 000 votes Cook County by 22 000 to 25 000 and the state by about 75 000 votes implications for election strength in Illinois voters and counties.
The New York Journal concedes that McKinley will win New York state and predicts his election.
In Brooklyn on November 6 at 8:40 p m special report shows 100 of 108 districts reporting McKinley 30902 Bryan 30203 with a margin of 609. These districts in 1898 had Democratic plurality of 31509.
The New York Journal reports at 8 p m that Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia are in doubt as voters weigh key state outcomes amid strong contest and national implications.
New York November 15 The New York Times reports Illinois has swung to the Republican column by about 75 000 votes.
S. E. Parker recalls a sensational 1845 case in which Don Ferd inand Coffman and his wife were involved with hired man William McCauley. After a pursuit, a fatal shot struck Coffman and the child, leading to McCauley’s capture, trial at Keosauqua, and final confession of planning the murder with Mrs. Coffman. The grandmother raised the surviving child and the wife died years later in Keokuk county.
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