Rumple, Yates Pluralities Reported in Key Races
Special dispatches report Rumple, Republican, winning the Second District by 2 100 in Pennsylvania and a large Illinois plurality for Yates. Early returns show Republican gains across states including Indiana and Nebraska with projections of multiple congressmen. Local totals include Illinois Yates at 89 000 and nationwide splits listed from 321 of 356 districts.
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Illinois
Rumple
State Journal
Tomkins
Lentz
Congress
Dewey
Cuban Convention Adopts Salute to U S in Havana
The Cuban constitutional convention met in the Marti theatre and sent a telegram to President McKinley and the U S Congress expressing gratitude to Americans. Maximo Gomez states he will not accept office in the Cuban republic, urging prudent, calm solution of issues. The convention adjourns to Monday as rules and credentials committees are formed and quartering for speakers is reconsidered.
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Marti
McKinley
Congress
United States
Cuba
Praise for Americans in Peking relief noted by British officers
London dispatches recount General Gasette and General Dorward reports on the Peking relief and Tien-Tsin actions. Americans Major Quinton Captain J R M Taylor and Captain Smedley Butler are cited for gallantry. Also noted are Major Jesse Lee and Captain Lawton for notable conduct under heavy fire. A separate item from Carlsbad, New Mexico reports the killing of cattleman Robert Qh. Hally in a ranch dispute and mentions Fayette Seeley.
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Ninth United States Infantry
Jesse Lee
Smedley D. Butler
United States Marines
Butler
Leonard
Lawton
Ninth
United States
Carlsbad, N. M
Robert Qh. Hally
New Mexico
Fayette Seeley
Red” Seeley
Ana
Fisherman shoots in Oswego area mystery case
Severely wounded in the arn Holl Herring is said to have fired the fatal shot. He commenced the shooting. Seeley escaped to Old Mexico. The schooner Fred L Wells went ashore at Four Mile Point during the storm. crew rescued. boat a total loss. Richard Wathen, farmer and stock trader, filed for bankruptcy owing 204075.35 with no assets.
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Fred L. Wells
Sacketts Harbor
Four Mile Point
Here
Oswego
Louisville
Richard Wathen
Bardstown Junction
Tie
Riot in Caseyville saloon over politics leaves one dead
At a Caseyville saloon owned by George Las and John Banders in Brazil Indiana a political clash sparked a riot. About fifty men fought with guns and blunt weapons. over 200 shots fired. Wallace Graves was killed and twenty bullet holes were found in him. Several others including Austrians and Italians were injured. Deputies moved to arrest leaders as damage to nearby buildings was reported.
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Ind
Casey- Ville
George Las
John Banders
Wallace Graves
William Hustin
Hawaiian actress Crisol la Worden seeks divorce from Chas B Glover
Detroit November 7 Crisilla Worden one of the Hawaiian queens at Wonderland sues her Ypsilanti millionaire husband Charles B Glover for divorce and alimony. She alleges no notice of his prior divorce and remarriage during her European sojourn. She aims to establish the divorce action by filing a petition in her own name.
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Wonderland
Chas. B. Glover
Ypsilanti
Wall Street
Miss Worden
Michigan
Petosky
Charles B. Glover
Paris
Europe
Glover
New Richmond Girls Lead In Early Athletics
New Richmond Wisconsin reports girls push into sports led by Miss Bush UW ’08 assistant principal. A girls basketball team forms as part of a mixed high school athletic club with Baldwin High School. The girls will face the boys in nearby games. In Chicago William B. Dunton of Union National Bank pleads not guilty to two indictments for embezzling over 35 thousand dollars. The government notes what may be an admission of guilt.
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Wis
New Richmond High School
Miss Bush
University of Wisconsin
Baldwin High School
L. Rogers
Clara Jorstad
Emily Holmes
Carl Dahl
Chicago
Kohlsaat
William B. Dunton
Union National Bank of Chicago
Woman fatally shoots learning to shoot husband clears him
Chicago coroner finds accidental death in the 22 year old wife shot by her husband Clarence Burckly Beardsley manager of the Travelers' Insurance company. Beardsley was absolved of blame as the revolver discharged during instruction. The couple had married only months earlier and lived at McIntosh 870 Superior Street.
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Clarence Burckly Beardsley
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Inspector Heidermeier
Beardsley
Clarence Beardsley
McIntosh
Superior Street
Oregon
Oregon and Mrs. Beardsley
Edgewater
Wiliam Hale Thompson
Tie
Fred BP. Hollenback
Hotel Metropole
North Side
Who Is Given to Her Grandmother by a Chicago Judge
Chicago reports that Judge Tuthill awarded 7-year-old Bula Burchard to her grandmother Ida Burchard despite the mother's protests. The room cleared as the grandmother accepted custody. the mother May Burchard pleaded for the child, the father lived with the grandmother, and the boy had died months earlier.
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Chicago
Tuthill
Bula Burchard
Solomon Westerfield
West Lake Street
Ida Burchard
Jealousy Fueled Wisconsin Murder and Polling Deaths
In Lacon Wisconsin W J Linn alias Jack Gordon shot and killed Mrs Schafer then fired at Schafer and was captured hours later in Wyomink He had eloped with the woman who returned to her husband The New York report notes a voter aged merchant died after voting In Richmond Indiana John W Houck died eight days after a fatal assault The Baraboo Wisconsin case reports Mrs George Lee who battered her infant and has prior gunshot incident with her husband The child is not expected to survive
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Als
W. J. Linn
Jack Gordon
Jacob Schafer
Houck
Richmond
Ind
John W.W. Houck
Centerville
Baraboo
Wis
George Lee
Merrimac
Lake Geneva
Betting Stunt If McKinley or Bryan Elected
A quirky 19th century wager involved Jeny Simpson who threatened to go without socks for four years regardless of season if McKinley won or if Bryan won in the election. The note describes the bet and the quirky consequence imagined by the participants.
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Jeny Simpson
McKinley
Bryan
Vince Hunt
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