President Elect Wilson to Press NJ Reform Drive
New Jersey campaign focus by Governor Wilson who says he will stay in Trenton to push progressive reforms with a Democratic legislature in place. He aims to revise state corporation laws and pursue national and international questions with a consultative approach before taking office. Roosevelt outlines party plans while Taft-Hadley talks on agricultural credit. Roosevelt plans a late resume of campaign analysis after awaiting full returns.
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Hadley
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Missouri
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Four Hundred Taken Off Liner Royal George Near Isle of Orleans
Passengers of the Royal George arrive in Quebec City on a tender after the Canadian Northern liner ran ashore near Point St. Lawrence. Captains report heavy seas hindered rescue efforts while many steerage passengers remain aboard. The ship is believed to have struck on a sand and gravel bottom with forepart touching. The channel narrows seasonally and speed estimates vary, with the liner possibly traveling at high speed to beat immigration restrictions.
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Royal George
Canadian Northern Railway Company
Point St. Lawrence
Isle of Orleans
Montreal
Belanger
Savoy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Moose Exhibit Breaks at National Museum and Goes Into Retirement
Washington, Nov. 8. A large glass case housing the National Museum moose group shattered without warning. The display, including a bull moose and five calves, is highly valued. Officials offered no explanation for the break and denied any link to election returns.
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Washington
National Museum
Mexican Rebels, Federals Clash Near Cuernavaca
In a renewed fight south of Cuernavaca the federal forces under General Blanquet clash with Zapista troops led by General Genevevo de la O after rebels were routed in the La Trinchera hills north of the city. Nightfall halts the battle with rebel shells reaching toward the city outskirts.
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Blanquet
Zapatistas
Genevevo de la O
Cuernavaca
la Trinchera
Close First Ohio race shifts as Bowdle edges Longworth
Unofficial returns from Cincinnati show Stanley Bowdle a narrow victory over Nicholas Longworth in the First Ohio district by less than 100 votes. The official count will decide representation, with inconsistencies also reported in the Second district affecting Allen and Renner.
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Ohio
Stanley Bowdle
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Rowdle
Longworth
Otto Renner
Congress
Congressman Allen
Allen
Judge Willis Dead After Train Accident
Elgin Illinois November 8 Judge Henry B Willis head of the Second district appellate court died at Sherman hospital from injuries suffered Tuesday evening when he was struck by a Northwestern train while watching election returns He was 63 and in his fourth term on the appellate bench after 25 years as circuit judge widely known across the state
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Henry B. Willis
Sherman Hospital
Northwestern
France launches new battleship Prance christened by Delcasse
France unveils the battleship Prance here, named by Minister of Marine Delcasse. The Prance, a sister ship of the Paris, will carry heavier armament than its sister ship.
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France
Prance
Marine Delcasse
Paris
Mrs Edythe Elliott Attempts Suicide in Omaha
Omaha news reports Mrs Edythe Elliott wife of a month and ward of William J Bryan attempted death by her own action at home in Omaha over alleged infelicity by her husband. She will recover. Once Miss Dawson of Lincoln, she is one of three orphans under Bryan as guardian and will receive a third of 100000 when the youngest child comes of age.
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Omaha, Neb
Edythe Elliott
William J. Bryan
Omaha
Elliott
Misa Dawson
Lincoln
Bryan
2000 Coal Workers Strike in Wilkesbarre Pa
About 2000 miners at Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company in South Wilkesbarre and Maxwell collieries walked out. The stoppage threatens a daily loss of 6000 tons of anthracite, needed for tidewater, with danger of spreading to other mines as workers object to wearing union dues.
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Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
South Wilkesbarre
Maxwell
Tidewater
Taft Proclaims November Twenty Eighth as Thanksgiving Day
Washington announces Thanksgiving Day on November 28 following Taft’s proclamation praising abundant crops peace and prosperity after his Cincinnati return. New York reports Chairman McCombs remains confident Wilson will win with Michigan as the only questioned state.
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Taft
Cincinnati
McCombs
New York
Wilson
Michigan
Arbitration panel to hold wage hearing in Chicago
The arbitration committee that completed its report on the engineers wage demands of fifty eastern railroads will hold a meeting in Chicago on November 14.
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Chicago
New York
Arbitration Committee
D Abruzi to Be King of Albania
Berlin reports that Albania will be an independent kingdom with the Duke d Abruzi as monarch after a conference of Germany Italy and Austria forming the Triple Alliance. Italy pushes for Albania while Austria seeks Salonika and Germany agrees.
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Montenegro
Nicholas
Victor Emmanuel
Salonika
Derailment Near Antioch Illinois Kills One
Interstate Commerce Commission report cites bad condition of the main line of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad near Antioch Masss county Illinois as the cause of the August 25 wreck. One passenger died and twenty five were injured in the incident.
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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Antioch
Masss County
Illinois
Interstate Commera Commission
Madame Bernhardt Attacked by Bear at Cross Museum
World famed tragedienne Madame Sarah Bernhardt was attacked by a bear at Cross Museum in London. The bear seized her fur garments before attendants and guards finally beat the beast away to end the incident.
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London
Navy
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Cross Museum
Madame Bernhardt
Roosevelt Accident Insurance Payout Dims After Policy Cuts
New York reports Roosevelt received 12.50 weekly accident compensation after his Milwaukee attack, instead of 125. Nine of ten insurers cut the $25,000 policy to 2300 before he reached the Socialist center, leaving one company among the remaining insurers. The policy, payable to Outlook, faced early premium decisions as insurers avoided public figures for safety concerns.
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New York
Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Africa
Outlook Company
Election figures show Roosevelt leads in Illinois doubt
The latest election figures indicate Roosevelt may win Illinois with a partial electoral tally. The popular vote shows Wilson and Debs with large totals while Roosevelt appears to hold a decisive edge in the electoral count.
Allen gang trial begins for Hillsville courthouse shootings
Wytheville Virginia November 8. Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards face trial for the Hillsville courthouse shootings on March 14. Floyd and Claude Allen await electrocution on November 22. Friel Allen and Sidna Edwards serve long terms for complicity.
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Allen
Hillsville
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Iowa
Floyd
Claude Allen
Friel Allen
Sidna Edwards
Turbulent War News From Constantinople and Balkans
Reports detail battles at Tehatalja forts near Constantinople as Bulgarian forces press on Salonika and Monastir. The Turkish garrison withdraws from Salonika and fear of massacres grows in Constantinople as fires ravage towns and refugees flood toward safety.
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Kiamil Pasha
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Salonika
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Turkey
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Street Car Strike Ends in Duluth After Lengthy Arraignment
In Duluth Minnesota on November a lengthy arraignment of the Street Car company led to the striking car men’s union calling off the action begun in September. Report says the union stated we and our families do not need bread while the company maintains the workers have returned.
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Duluth
Minn
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