North Carolina votes flip three seats to Republicans
New York Chicago and national returns show Republicans gain two seats from yesterday with North Carolina producing three GOP members Morehead Grant and Cowles win by narrow margins amid a shift toward protective tariffs The national picture shows Taft leading and mixed results in Missouri Nebraska and Illinois with Deneen’s gubernatorial plurality and waterways bond now favored
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Chicago
Albert Douglas
Repubican
Ohio
Moses
Kinkaid
Nebraska
North Carolina
Congress
John H. Morehead
Aubrey B. Brooks
WH. Ham W. Kitchin
H. Cowles
Richard N. Hackett
J. G. Grant
William T. Crawford
Morehead
Grant
Cowles
Old North
Missouri
Taft
Hadley
Indiana
Maryland
Deaeen
Illinois
Mimnois
Deneen
Stevenson
Gompers Faces a Political Clash at AFL Convention
Denver gears for the twenty-eighth annual AFL convention with politics as the main topic. Delegates expect strong opposition to any binding political policy and a push to keep the federation out of politics locally and nationally, challenging President Gompers and the executive board over their party stance.
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Denver
Col
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Carpenter to Be Taft's Secretary at White House
Cincinnati dispatch reports reliable authority that Fred W. Carpenter Taft's long time secretary will succeed William Loeb Jr. as president's secretary. Loeb may seek the navy post in the Taft cabinet. Nevada election sees Democrats crediting the state police bill for victory.
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Cincinnati
Fred W. Carpenter
Taft
Wm. Loeb, Jr
Navy
Taft Leaves Cincinnati for Hot Springs Trip
President elect Taft and Mrs. Taft depart Cincinnati with Fred W. Carpenter for Hot Springs Virginia to rest and recreate until Thanksgiving.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Fred W. Carpenter
Hot Springs
Frost Trolley Line Attack and Trustee Conflicts
Bondholder Alexander Beaubien sue s to oust Western Trust and Savings Bank as trustee of the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad bond issue worth 10 million dollars Beaubien charges alleged mismanagement and conflicts of interest by President A Frost and other road officials He claims disbursements and escrowed bonds violate law and seeks wholly disinterested trustees to protect bondholders interests and priority of rents and profits for creditors.
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Mitwaukedi&co
Western Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company
Alexander Beaubien
A. ©. Frost
Beaubein
Beaubien
Fifteen Years for Morse in Federal Bank Case
Charles W. Morse, jailed in the Tombs, was sentenced to fifteen years in Atlanta for misappropriating funds from the National Bank of North America and falsifying bank records. Alfred I. Curtis received a suspended sentence. Morse seeks bail via a writ of error. judge refused bail, trial prospects uncertain, wives distraught in court.
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New York
Tombs
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
National Bank of North America
Alfred i. Curtis
Morse
Hough
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Golden for him in a wedding joke
Bunker jokes that Ardupp just celebrated his golden wedding while Hanks notes he married an heiress, implying the couple’s age or status is humorously mismatched. The exchange plays on irony and wordplay about marriage and wealth.
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Bunker
Ardupp
Hanks
Damages Awarded in Avon Rail Crash Case
Henry 8 Curtis coroner of Hendricks county testified in New York for Mrs. Strange in a damage suit against the Big Four railroad. A jury awarded $57,000 for injuries from the Southwestern Limited wreck at Avon in March 1907. She plans another suit seeking $10,000 for missing jewelry.
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Danville
Ind
Henry
Curtis
Hendricks County
New York City
Big Four Railroad
Strange
Southwestern Limited
Avon
Man and Boy Scalded to Death In Railroad Accident
Dubois November 7 Engineer 8 M Miller and William Green twelve year old died from scalding when a lumber train on a Buffalo and Susquehanna branch derailed after a wild grade dash near Medix run. Lillian Green eighteen was burned and Helen Miller daughter of the engineer escaped injury as the cab wreckage trapped others.
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Dubois
M. Miller
William Green
Lillian Green
Buffalo and Susquehanna
Medix Run
Green
Helen Miller
Marshall Refuses Contributions in Governor-Elect Campaign
Columbia City Indiana November 7. At the start of Thos R Marshall governor elect Indiana announced he would not accept contributions for his campaign. Despite this letters offering money arrived frequently totaling about 5000 dollars. Marshall has accepted none of the funds and is now returning the contributions.
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Marshall
Columbia City
Ind
Thos. R. Marshall
Indiana
Kiralfy Boosts International Exposition Plan
Charles L Kiralfy director general of the Franco British exposition at Shepherds Bush London is in the United States as commissioner for the International and Colonial exhibition to be held next summer at the same site He has discussed the project with President Roosevelt.
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Kiralfy
Washington
Charles L. Kiralfy
Shepherd’s Bush
London
United States
Roosevelt
Edy Knight Former Jackson Mayor Passes From Pneumonia
Edy Knight a former mayor of Jackson Michigan died from pneumonia and complications. He led the Reliance Corset Co served as a Mason and was a well known whist player in the state.
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Jackson, Mich
Edy Knight
Jackson
Pheumonia and Complications
Reliance Corset Co
It Was Cold at Danville
It was cold at Danville Indiana on Wednesday night with ice an inch thick on water left outdoors and thermometers at twenty degrees, indicating the coldest spell of the winter to date.
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Danville
Ind
Nighttime Fire Drives Students From Bliss School
About 1 percent of the Bliss electrical school pupils fled in nightclothes as flames and smoke poured from a three story wooden building at North Takoma suburb. A defective kitchen wire caused the blaze. All dormitory occupants escaped uninjured but lost most belongings after jumping from second story windows. Damage estimated at 60000 dollars. The former North Takoma hotel had housed the school for six weeks.
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Washington
Bliss Electrical School
North Takoma
North Takoma Hotel
Cheese as a Weapon Injures Man in Harlem
In Harlem at midnight Frank Sinsinbicik and two women were targeted after he criticized the odor of a package the man in front carried. The assailant hurled the package containing cheese at Sinsinbicik, knocking him down, then his owner beat the prostrate man with the cheese. Police found the cheese but could not catch the attacker. The victim's condition is serious.
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New York
Frank Sinsinbicik
Sinsinbicik
Harlem
Sinsinbictk
Chicago Markets Hogs and Cattle Prices on Nov 7 1908
Chicago markets show hog receipts about 17 000 with steady to higher prices and mixed packers and light hogs quoted between 5 25 and 6 25. Cattle receipts around 800 and sheep about 2 000 with slow to firm trade and prices in the 5 85 to 6 16 range for bulk and 6 50 to 6 30 for heavy ship grades. Official figures record yesterday receipts 29 423 and shipments 6 564 with tomorrow's receipts estimated near 35 000.
Market Report from Chicago Goods Prices November 7 1908
Closing figures show a weak market with bulk prices 5 to 15 lower than yesterday’s average. Shipping grades ranged 5 40 to 6 65 for rough, cattle and sheep steady. Grain prices furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Company, 644 & 545 Postal Telegraph Bidg., Chicago.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John A Babcock Teases Fair Deal Promise
A short note quotes John A. Babcock promising a square deal, asserting that fairness will prevail. The message emphasizes reliability and straightforward dealings without extra details or context.
Trust questions Standard Oil definition in antitrust suit
New York November 7. Government lawyers press Standard Oil officials to define a trust in a bid to dissolve the corporation. A Standard agent admits he does not know the formal definition and that he views the company as the largest independent, opposing price cuts by rivals. Witnesses describe price cutting as initiated by independents and defended by the defense as driven by competition. An adjournment is taken to Monday.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Louis Blaustein
Standard
Hianstein
George B. Parsells
Washington
Bruce Robinson
Baltimore
Robinson
Kellogg
Frank IV. Matthews
Potsdam
N. Y
New England
G. W. Bonney Company
Matthews
Bonney Company
Merchants’ Oil Company
Dangers of the Deep
Seven shipwrecked seamen aboard the D R Spear recount a six day battle with northeast gales that tore rigging and flooded the hull. They abandoned the waterlogged schooner near Sandy Hook on Oct. 29 and were rescued by the Austrian steamer Maria, reaching New York Island this month.
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New York
Maria
D. R. Spear
Philadelphia
Dallas
Sandy Hook
Armor gifts from Worcester England presented to city
Worcester Massachusetts received two suits of armor from Colonel Albert Webb representing Worcester England. The armor, part of a nine suit collection stored in Worcester city hall England, were worn by pikemen in the Battle of Worcester on September 8 1651.
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Worcester
Mass
England
Albert Webb
J. Strayford
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Pittsburg Press
FROST
Prost
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A. (. Frost
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Him
ROYAL
Royal Baking Powder CO
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Jackson Dean
John A. Babcock
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