Nationwide Returns Show Shifts In Parties In Gubernatorial Races
Election ballots across states swung to Democrats in Kentucky and Ohio while Massachusetts re elected Governor Foss. New York and New Jersey elected Republican state legislatures and mayors, with Tammany losing Brooklyn. Mississippi chose a Democratic governor, Rhode Island backed a Republican, and Ollie James poised to win senate. Local races in California and Ohio cities reflected socialist mayors in Canton and Lima.
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Massachusetts
Eugene W. Foss
Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
United States
Maryland
Phillip Lee Goldsborough
Kentucky
Ohio
James Bennett McCreary
United States Senate
Tammany
Brooklyn
New York City
Manhattan
Bronx
Board of Aldermen
New Jersey
Senate
Mississippi
Rhode Island
Pothier
Waterman
Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
James T. Lester
Louisville
Edward O’rear
McCreary
Ollie James
Pel
Paynter James
Clity
Lexington
Jabor
San Francisco
Charles M. Fickert
Ralph MM. Hathorn
Fickert
Cleveland
Canton
Lima
Poison Plot Said by Sister to Poison Father
Mrs Etta Larson stands trial in Northwood Indiana charged with attempting to poison her farmer father Douglas Rhodenbaugh. Marean Rhodenbaugh testified Larson gave Paris green with lime and asked her to mix it into tea and coffee over the past year and four months to seize the estate. The state aims to prove motives include obtaining the father’s property. Jury out at noon after retiring at 6:40 p m in Clifford Wilson murder case in Sae City Indiana where he is accused in the deaths of Andrew White and his son James.
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Northwood
Etta Larson
Douglas Rhodenbaugh
Marean Rhodenbaugh
Larson
Wight
Sae City
Clifford Wilson
Andrew White
James
Seek New Trails in Vermilya Case
Chicago police pursue new trails to link Mrs Louise Vermilya to the poisoning of Policeman Fisonette, a former Vermilya boarder. Detectives question guests who ate at the Vermilya home and probe the brown pepper box used by Mrs Vermilya. She remains jailed, reportedly sleeping well and regaining strength.
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Chicago
Louise Vermilya
Fisonette
Vermilya
Two Cities Vote Commission Form In Midwest Wins
Kansas City dispatch reports that Chanute and Manhattan in Kansas adopted the commission form of government. Sacramento, California also appears to approve the change.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Chanute
Manhattan
Kan
Sacramento
Cal
Dr R D Tiffany Marries Beatrice Zook at Quiet Home Ceremony
Dr R D Tiffany, son of Dr and Mrs D B S Tiffany, wed Miss Beatrice Zook, daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Zook, at the bride’s Walnut street home. The couple, who recently settled his dental office, will spend winter in California. Mrs Tiffany is a graduate of East High School.
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R. D. Tifany
Tiffany
Fourth Street West
Beatrice Zook
J. A. Zook
Walnut Street
West High School
University of Iowa
East High School
California
Secret of Death of John D's Father Revealed in Cleveland
Cleveland sources within the Rockefeller family reveal that William Rockefeller senior died about a year ago near age her near one hundred. He was living in New York state not the western ranch and his burial site remains unrevealed. His sons William and Frank reportedly moved the body for interment and may place the grave near Frank Rockefeller's children, but confirmation is lacking. John D Rockefeller feared ransom by ghouls if location became known, prompting continued secrecy over grave location and burial site protections.
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Cleveland. O
Willam Rockefeller
John D
Frank Rockefeller
Cleveland
William Rockefeller
New York
May
Cleveland Press
Rockfeller
Ida Tarbell
Standard Oil
Rockefeller
West
New York State
William
Frank
John 10. Rockefeller
Kenyon Talks On Trust Law In Chicago Speech
Senator W. Kenyon of Iowa told the Hawkeye Fellowship club that the Sherman anti trust act must be enforced rather than repealed or amended He warned that a panic could signal a faulty law and praised President Taft for enforcing equal penalties on rich and poor He said he would again introduce a bill to remove the law’s penalty provision and would keep pushing the issue as a major question for Americans to decide.
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Chicago
W. 5. Kenyon
Iowa
Hawkeye Fellowship Club
Taft
Naps HAIN VAING HENNY FRING Peking Nov 9 1900
The capital remained largely unchanged as the emperor and dowager empress stayed at the winter palace according to the foreign board. Reports from Tien Tsin and Nanking describe grave disorders, renewed fighting, and Manchu forces entrenched on Purple Hill with heavy casualties in recent assaults.
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Peking
Foreign Board
Winter Palace
Tien Tsin
Nanking
Shanghai
Purple Hill
Purple Mountain
Telegraphers Win Demands on B and O Railways
Washington reports Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern telegraphers win wage raise of about six percent, reduced hours, and a lump sum of 74090 dollars. The agreement followed mediation under the Bréman act led by Judge Knapp and Labor Commissioner Neill.
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Washington
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway
Bréman
Knapp
Commerce Court
Neill
Tobacco disintegration plan approved with modifications
New York reports the United States court endorses the tobacco disintegration plan with changes. London notes A J Balfour has resigned the leadership of the opposition.
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New York
United States Court
London
A. J. Balfour
Opposition
Night Attack at Goodwin Home Ends in Brutal Assault
A. L. Atwood, aged about 60, lay unconscious with severe injuries in the rear yard of J. S. Goodwin's Concrete avenue home after being attacked by two men who entered the house while the Goodwins were away. George Goodwin and Howard Giorkey, both in their twenties, were arrested as suspects. a blood stained hammer and clothing bore signs of the crime.
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George Goodwin
Howard Giorkey
Dinneen
A. L. Atwood
William Hollcroft
Heedy
J. 5. Goodwin
Concrete Avenue
Wim, Hollcroft
J. 8. Goodwin
Sycamore Street
Goodwin
Atwood
Hollcroft
Corime
Geo. Goodwin
John Goodwin
Howard Gorkey
Young Goodwin
Eddy
Boston
Tate
Concrete Avenas
Ackiex
Courier
Four full fledged jurors in sight in McNamara case
In Los Angeles on Novembers five weeks into jury selection, four jurors are identified as immune from challenge, with about one third of the task completed. Prospects for a jury by mid December look favorable as the defense says it will not yet use peremptory challenges. Five men are to be sworn in for the trial. Court grants twenty days for brief filing in the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers case on appeal in Indianapolis.
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Los Angeles
James B. McNamara
Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Markey
Criminal Court
Federal Grand Jury
Beattie Near Death Chamber in Death Cell Move
Richmond VA November 8 Henry Clay Beattie Jr condemned to die November 24 for his wife murder was moved from city hall to the penitentiary to await execution He was placed in a condemned ward cell adjoining the electrocution chamber
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Richmond
T Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
City Hall
Lincoln memorial honors unite Kentucky tale in capitol
In Frankfort Kentucky Governor Wilson accepts a Lincoln statue presented by Henry Watterson a Confederate lauding the former president as a symbol of unity. Taft notes Kentucky’s pride while Lincoln’s eight years there are cited and Hodgenville prepares for tomorrow’s dedication of the birth cabin memorial.
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Frankfort
United States
Bremza
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol
Crovernor Wilson
Kentucky
Henry Watterson
Geller
Holgenville
Lincoln
Hodgenville
Bankfort
Taft
Hongenville
Wilson
Virginia
Old Dominion
Indiana
Illinois
John Stuart Mills
Near accident at New Church construction site
A heavy mast fell from a derrick at the corner of Walnut and Fifth streets during church building work. Twenty workers were involved. the mast struck an electric light pole but did not injure any men. The street was blocked to keep traffic clear. Brick work was anticipated to finish in ten days if weather stays good.
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Walnut
Fifth Streets
New Grace M. E
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Kenyon
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Henny Fring
Hammer
Goodwin Yard
H. A. Schmitz
William Dinneen
Atwond
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Goodwin House
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