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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1905
Page
1
The piece surveys Labor and Hearst shows in Brooklyn, brokers and financiers rallying behind McClellan while Hearst supporters push for victory. It notes stock market reactions as securities hint at limited weakening, with Jerome odds at 2 to 1 and Brooklyn sentiment split between Hearst backers and cautious voters.
Washington reports closing election odds with McClellan and Jerome favored. Hearst also prominent as betting fluctuates, while hotel and resort bets move against McClellan at times. Affected by police and firemen wagers, the scene at Hoffman House grows crowded as pre election betting intensifies.
Big wagers hit Cleveland with Pattison favored to defeat Herrick for governor. Odds 1 to 2 with large sums staked. Democratic candidate expected to carry Cuyahoga County by 2000, Mayor Johnson’s 6000 plurality not attracting bets. Nearly 200000 in bets by night’s end at three leading markets. Money offers claimed Herrick loses Hamilton County by 25000 with few takers.
In Indianapolis a heated municipal campaign ends with both major parties confident of victory. Over 1000000 has been wagered on the mayoral result, with odds at 2 to 1 supporting Republican candidate Vr Hookwalter. Early results from eleven precincts using voting machines will arrive tonight, though these may not reflect the final outcome. Local forecasts predict clear and cold weather and a heavy turnout if flu conditions hold true.
Philadelphia braces for a tense election eve as Mayor John Weaver and Sheriff James L. Miles issue rival proclamations. Weaver vows to mobilize 1,000 special policemen to safeguard the vote and orders police to resist deputy sheriffs at polling places, while Miles rejects deputization and defends order under the law.
Arthur J. Clark, longtime executive staffer for Henry W. Savage and prominent theater manager, killed himself in his Vendome Hotel rooms in New York. He recently planned a new musical, "The Ginger Bread Man," with Henry & Converse of Boston, and had $25,000 in a New York bank. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, he was about fifty, unmarried, with a broad circle of friends and a pending partnership to produce the show.
Midshipman James Robinson Branch son of Col James R Branch of New York secretary of the American Bankers Association lies in serious condition at Naval Academy Hospital after a prearranged fist fight with a schoolmate. A skull injury paralyzed the left side of his body, surgery removed a clot and offers hope. Army officials say a full investigation will follow.
A dynamite blast damaged the second factor of a north bound Southern Pacific passenger train near Los Alamos bridge four miles north of Santa Barbara. The locomotive’s pilot and front wheels were blown off but the engine stayed on track. Authorities suspect robbery or another motive, with no injuries reported.
Elizabeth New Jersey, Nov 6. Thomas Gallagher was buried under burning live coals after crawling into an ash pit beneath Port Reading railroad tracks. An engine backed over the pit, dumping burning coals and hot ash, burying the sleeping man.
The Marshall County grand jury returned sixty indictments against cigarette smokers in Plymouth. Senator Parks, author of the anti cigarette law, will prosecute the offenders in Laporte. He says the crusade will extend to every county in the state. A further 100 indictments are expected.
Rochester reports a Toronto murder identity mix up over a woman named Pansy Lowthian. The Denver socialite, described as wealthy and visiting friends, is alive in Rochester and has no memory of being in Toronto. Police in Toronto had identified her, but Miss Lowthian is in Rochester today.
Luke Howard was likely fatally injured while looping the gap in a car near Sellaville Columbus. The vehicle rolled during evolutions and landed on him, breaking his back. The article notes Fussell's Ice Cream at 1427 N ave as a non Sequitur detail.
Mineola investigators report eighteen year old Gertrude O Hara said her sweetheart Cleveland Poole killed her father Patrick O Hara last August. She claimed Poole confessed after the crime and that both women knew where the body lay before discovery. Poole, longtime O Hara resident, was detained for grand jury examination as Gertrude confessed.
Mount Vernon Nov v A rain soaked fuse and a box of dynamite found near the home of Jarvis Shellenbarger brother of Sheriff Shellenbarger murdered last June. Police search for links to accomplices of Hildreth who is jailed for the sheriff’s murder. Investigators believe the plan aimed to kill a key witness in the case. Sheriff James C Shellenbarger was shot last June and died a month ago from his wounds.
An unprecedented 24 hour spate of crashes in Los Angeles Cal leaves one dead and several injured. Victims include elderly couple Titus and wife, Miss Polly, Mr Davis, and Kendall. A stalled machine on streetcar tracks led to a collision with a rapidly moving car near Pico and Hills Streets.
Chicago reports Amon Nodonick of South Chicago in a somnambulistic state walked from his home in night attire and smashed two plate glass windows at an undertaking establishment. He was later found asleep inside a coffin and taken into police custody.
A gas explosion in a sewer under Pennsylvania Avenue Allegheny between Sedgwick and Manhattan streets shattered hundreds of windows and cracked pavements for two blocks. No injuries were reported though passengers on an electric car on Fulton Street panicked and several were bruised exiting the car. The cause of ignition remains unknown.
In an early morning burglary near Ararat Summit six masked robbers broke into Ell Avery’s farmhouse. They tied the couple, forced Avery to open the safe and seized about 2000 in cash and valuables including 400 in gold and 800 in gold certificates. The elderly couple suffered harm as the culprits remain at large. An auction notice for New Roge furniture accompanies the item.
A London deputation of unemployed families confronted Premier Balfour calling for relief with threats of bloodshed. The crowd sang the Marseillaise as Balfour offered sympathy but few concrete remedies, prompting calls for ongoing agitation and even revolutionary talk in response to joblessness and soaring hardship.
Columbia University received 1 990 000 dollars in gifts and enrolled 4 361 students last year per the annual report by President Bulner and President Sutterwald. A new study plan allows graduation after three years or more than four years for the same ground. Bulner says the current lockstep is broken. He notes American students aged 19 to 23 lack advantage in pursuing professional subjects when peers in France and Germany study them in the prime ages.
Six thousand iron workers on fifty New York buildings walked out after a locals vote to join the general strike against the American Bridge Company. Fifteen thousand tradesmen were sent home, with the arbitration board ordering an immediate return to work and a possible lockout if compliance fails.
Darwin Jett a prisoner in Cleveland County Jail, accused of murdering Mrs Anna Gray of Joliet, commits suicide by hanging in his cell while awaiting trial in Criminal Court. He had escaped with Gray months earlier, fled to Akron then Cleveland, and wrote a letter to his attorney denying involvement in any jail escape plot.
Pinkerton detectives arrest Harry Longn Taylor and EB W Heinke in Fergus County Montana for the August 23 murder of Samuel Studzinski a San Francisco jeweler. Blood written warnings found at the scene and in the store suggest a revenge motive though locals demand tangible evidence before belief.
Boston November board of trustees of Bunton University removes Prof Hinckley G Mitchell after charges of unsoundness in doctrine were sustained by the board of bishops. The Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis department is split. Charles Rufus Brown is named professor in Hebrew and Winfred Nichols Donovan in Old Testament exegesis at Newton Theological Seminary.
Howard Owen, prominent businessman, shot himself at his Vienna home after receiving a skull and crossbones letter declaring “Prepare to meet my God.” He had been robbed two nights earlier and found the pistol taken from him at his doorstep. His wife extinguished the flames as the tragedy unfolded.
Dispatches reveal Russian interior unrest easing in some provinces while pogroms erupt in others. Jewish communities report terror, loot, and arson as troops and police fail to stop violence. Witte named to cabinet to steer reform, amid a fractured political scene with liberals, conservatives, and peasant hesitations.
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