Republicans Sweep New York in 1896 Election Returns
With early returns from New York City and state, Republicans claim a statewide plurality of about 70,000 and confirm control of both legislative branches. Tammany Hall attracts crowds as Amos J. Cummings is poised to win in the Tenth district, while Roosevelt comments on the county ticket outcome.
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New York
Kings Counties
Tammany Hall
Amos J. Cummings
Congress
Cumming
Foley
Dem
Senate
Williams
Palmer
New York State
Harlem River
Moyer
Harlem
King
Tammany
Sheahan
Lohmer
the Sun
The
Mail and Express
Roosevelt
Republicans Claim Sweep in Iowa Races
In Des Moines Nov 7 Republicans claim a statewide lead by 66 000 to 83 000 as Democrats concede 83 000. Precinct returns suggest the gap may approach 66 000 with total votes down about 27 000 from two years ago and 33 000 from last year. Populists gain while Prohibitionists fall. Republicans expect two thirds in the legislature and large Populist gains statewide.
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DeEs MorInes
Jackson
Des Morings
Navy
Republican State Central Committee
Big Claims For Bushnell Ahead Of McKinley Vote
Republican leaders in ColumMaus Ohio claim Bushnell’s plurality will top 80,000 from 1898 McKinley results and approach last year’s 187,000 high, with conservative estimates placing the total near 90,000. Kurtz cautions against predicting two thirds, but expects a large majority in both chambers. Democratic headquarters respond with counter projections.
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ColumMaus
Republican State Committee
Bushnell
McKinley
Kurtz
General Assembly
United States
Ohio Goes Republican Narrowly in State Victory
At 10 p m Ohio’s legislature and state ticket favored Republicans by a decisive margin. The tariff was the main national issue, with minor party votes totaling about 132 000 not altering the result. Republican headquarters claimed 111 000 plurality and 114 legislature seats to 35 Democrats in Columbus.
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Ohio
Ailver
Columbus
Republicans sweep Maryland state and city tickets in landslide
Report of decisive Republican victories across Maryland on election day with gains in counties including Howard, Washington, Allegany and Carolina. City and state tickets favored Republicans, with a likely Republican legislature and a successor to Senator Gibson. The Herald also confirms a large statewide majority for Lowndes.
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Baltimore
United States
Gibson
Howard County
Gorman
Lowndes
Baltimore City
Associated Press
Washington County
Carolina County
Allegany County
the Herald
Ind
Hadley Wins Eighteenth Illinois District Majority
Early returns from the Eighteenth Illinois district show Hadley the Republican candidate leading Lane the Democrat by about 3200 votes, with gains over 1894 in multiple townships and counties including Fayette, Vandalia, and St. Louis reports. The results indicate a Republican statewide shift and a 700 vote gain since last election.
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Hadley
Alton
Ills
Lane
Den
St. Louis
Illinois
Cuigaco
Litchfield Township
Same
Remann
Vandalia Township
Cooper
Culp
Fayette County
Slow Utah returns show GOP lead in governor vote
Salt Lake City reports returns extremely slow with twenty-two outer precincts giving The Tribune a net Republican gain of 51 for governor. No reliable updates on the legislative ticket. Roberts, Democrat, for Congress leads remains unclear while constitutions adoption appears strong.
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Salt Lake City
The
Tribune
Roberts
Congress
A P A Wins at Omaha Mayor and Court Victory
A P A candidate Broatel is elected mayor of Omaha by a large margin over Brown of Citizens. Republican gains appear statewide with Sound money Democrats defeated by silver Democrats. Norval, Republican, wins the supreme court seat with Maxwell, Pop., second and trailing by about half the votes of Norval.
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Omaha
Broatel
Brown
Norval
Supreme Court
Maxwell
Pop
Griggs Wins in Jersey Hands Down
New Jersey governor election results show Griggs with 28 422 votes to McGill 7 600. Griggs leads by a 0 22 plurality. Among seven senators elected five Republicans one Democrat were chosen with one still in doubt. Sixty assembly seats: forty Republican thirty? thirteen Democrat seven doubt.
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Griggs
Jersey
New York
New Jersey
McGill
Kansas Goes Republican Wins Sweep in County Tickets
Kansas City dispatch reports that by midnight the Kansas Republicans carried a majority of county tickets by margins of 700 to 800. David Martin, Republican candidate for chief justice of the Supreme Court, is elected by a comfortable margin.
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Kansas
Kansas City
David Martin
The
Supreme Court
Election Returns from Virginia Favor Opposition Fusion
Returns from the Virginia election show gains for the opposition fusion against the Democrats. The senate result favors Democrats 4 to 6 and the house 80 to 20 against the Democrats.
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Virginia
Ricamond
Mocrats
Senate
House
Chicago Goes Republican Wins in Local Elections
Chicago results show Republicans victorious for superior court judges and drainage trustees with expected majorities between 20 000 and 30 000. Torrens land title bill also carried. May State Defeats Woman Suffrage reported in Boston with Greenhalge plurality and three to one opposition to suffrage.
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Chicago
Superior Court
Boston
Greenhalge
Massachusetts
Brockton
Haywood Wins Pennsylvania State Treasurer Seat
Philadelphia reports Benjamin J. Haywood, Republican, elected state treasurer by about 150000 in a Republican gain over 1893. Returns indicate a strong GOP showing in this off year.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin J. Haywood
Port Huron Mayor Re-elected With Large Lead
Port Huron Michigan voters re-elected Mayor Boynton as a Republican by a 481 vote margin. The Republican city ticket captured six aldermen to three for Democrats with one ward tied.
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Port Huron
Mich
Pingree Secures Fourth Term in Detroit Victory
Detroit November 6 Mayor Pingree wins a decisive election securing his fourth term by a large margin. The result confirms Pingree's long tenure and broad support across the city.
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Pingree
Detroit
Upward
Republican city ticket wins big in mayoral election
The Democrats secure a 10 000 plurality over Goldwater with an overall majority more than 65 000 higher than two years ago. The common council gains three more Republican aldermen than last year, while three or four of the non aldermen chosen are Democrats.
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Goldwater
Hardin Favored by Early Kentucky Returns
Louisville reports show a mixed picture with both parties uncertain. Democratic leaders claim Hardin leads, while Republicans expect a small majority or Bradley gains in Jefferson County. Early returns from 95 counties show Hardin at 32,155 to Bradley 28,536, a margin of 8,619, with other returns suggesting Bradley ahead in some areas and a net Hardin majority of about 1,228.
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Louisville
Norman
Hardin
Hunter
State Committee
Bradley
Republican County Committee
Jefferson County
Mississippi Democrats lead state officers by about fifty thousand
Jackson November 6 The Democratic majority for state officers in Mississippi is estimated at 50 000 in preliminary results.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Washington Letter Reveals Grudging Praise and Political Intrigue
A Columbia Historical Society reading presents a February 28 1778 Valley Forge letter from George Washington. He thanks a correspondent for York influence and hints that a political junta including Gates Conway and Mifflin seeks to undermine his command.
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Washington
Columbia Historical Society
Valley Forge
Srrm
New York
York
Hinshaw Speaks Before Sentencing in Delinquent Funds Case
William Hinshaw faced Judge Hadley in Crawfordville court as he awaited sentence for a theft related conviction. Amid sobs from women in the audience, Hinshaw proclaimed his innocence and claimed the verdict false before accepting his fate and being sent to jail for a “living burial.”
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Crawfordville
Danville
William Hinshaw
Hadley
Hinshaw
Rebels execute civilians and derail train in Cuba
Havana reports insurgents have hanged six black men in the Plateabos district of Caba tian Santa Clara. Near Guassimal in Santa Clara they derailed a train with dynamite destroying property and killing three hundred cattle.
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Plateabos
Cabatian
Santa Clara
Guassimal
Santa Espiritus
Expulsions, obituaries, and notable incidents in brief
Seven students of Bloomfield New Jersey German Theological Seminary were expelled for hazing. Obituaries note Very Rev A Travis 79 vicar general Davenport Diocese. Truman Curtis 88 Carrollton Illinois. Ladd Hopkins Rensselaer Indiana. A A White Rockford Illinois 77. E T P B A receiver named for Litchfield Car and Machine Hillsboro Illinois with assets 75 000 and facilities 168 000. Prince Yturbide called Bob Neville a “bar ang horse thief” and a duel is planned. W J Rainey Coke absorbed by Carnegie interests for about 2 250 000. Rockford’s Jack the Hugger arrested, revealed as John Haggerty 60. James B Wade dies by own hand at Lebanon Tennessee. New York cheese dealer to sue President Cleveland for 8 40. October records show coldest in 25 years and dry except one. Chicago coal prices rise 10 cents due to mining and car supply and operators’ compacts. Snow two feet in southwestern Colorado mountains. Judge P S Grosscup recovers and to resume bench work. Gottlieb Averling killed by Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train near Ontarioville.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Davenport
A. Travis
Carrollton
Ills
Truman S. Curtis
Rensselaer
Ind
Ladd
Hopkins
Rockford Te
A. & White
Lenalla
E. T. PB
Litchfield Car and Machine Company
Hillsboro
Ill
Prince Yturbide
Bob Neville
Washington
W. J. Rainey Coke Company
Carnegie
Rockford’s
Fils
Jack the Hugger
John Haggerty
James B. Wade
Lebanon
Chicago
Colorado
P. S. Grosscup
United States District Court
Gottlieb Averling
Milwaukee and
Montgomery County Court Case Tests School Fund Penalties
In Crawfordsville on November 6 a Montgomery circuit suit challenges the 5 percent penalty on delinquent school fund interest. Commissioners sought to collect about $10,000 delinquent interest and foreclose mortgages on $67,000 in mortgage notes. Edward Coleman sues to recover $87 seized as the penalty, arguing the levy is illegal.
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Crawfordsville
Montgomery
Montgomery County
Edward Coleman
Quit
Death of Pioneer George A. K. Pomeroy
Seymour Navy reports the death of George A. K. Pomeroy a pioneer citizen who lived where Seymour began and was an octogenarian. He leaves many friends and relatives in Seymour and Indianapolis. At Wabash Mrs Ebbinghouse mother of A F Ebbinghouse died of paralysis at a son’s home in Chester township aged 85 born in Germany.
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Seymour
Navy
George A. K. Pomeroy
Pomeroy
Indianapolis
Wabash
Ebbinghouse
A. F. Ebbinghouse
Chester Township
Germany
Holman Leaves Aurora for Washington Amid Re election Talk
Congressman William S. Holman and family depart Aurora for Washington to prepare for the next session. Watson is mentioned as his successor while rumors say Holman may practice law in Washington, others insist he will return to Aurora and be a candidate for re election.
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Moors's Hill
William S. Holman
Aurora
Washington
Watson
Holman
Congess
Fire destroys barn near Shelbyville and man found dead
A mysterious fire on Frank Love’s farm two miles from Shelbyville destroyed a large barn and its contents. After the flames, a middle aged man’s charred remains were found in the ruins, making identification impossible. Authorities suspect murder and arson to conceal the crime.
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Shelbyville
Frank Love
Gas Companies Ridicule Earthquake Gas Pressure Claim
Reports from Indiana gas fields that the recent earthquake raised well pressure are ridiculed by officers of two Wabash suppliers. Clarence Henley, secretary of the Logansport and Wabash Valley company, says no pressure variation has occurred as wells are tested daily.
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Wabash
Indiana Gas Field
Clarence Henley
Logansport
Grand Jury Record Missing Sparks Legal Turmoil
Anderson on November 6 reports a grand jury record for impaneling and indictment missing. The absence jeopardizes several whitecap cases and the case against ex-Trustee Forney, nullifying the last grand jury's work.
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Anderson
Forney
Freeman Arrested in Anderson on Peculiar Court Tie
William Freeman, a Hemlock, Indiana manufacturer, was arrested in Anderson under curious circumstances. He sat beside his brother during a superior court trial and began addressing Judge Devin with remarks about masonry.
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Masonic Hall
Anderson
William Freeman
Hemlock
Ind
Devin
Judge Devin Detains Man for Contempt of Court
The judge ordered the arrestee held in jail for contempt of court. Judge Devin asserts the person attempted to exert external pressure related to the case. Feeeman expresses strong indignation and promises to challenge the proceedings.
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Devin
Feeeman
Salvation Army Band Aids Alexandria Mission
For three weeks a sixteen instrument band led by Captain Kemp from Chicago has conducted Christian ministry and musical entertainments in Alexandria. The effort has earned about eighty conversions as local residents aided the band with support and hospitality.
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Alexandria
Kemp
Salvation Army
Chicago
Forest fires in Brazil threaten timber area north of city
Incendiary forest fires broke out in six spots between Cardonia and Bridgeton Parke county, Nov 6. Fires burned fiercely destroying timber and threatening livestock. Farmers joined in daylong efforts to check the blazes.
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Brazil
Cardonia
Here
Bridgeton
Parke County
Insurance suits seek 175000 on When clothing stock loss
Anderson November 6 John T. Brush and the When Clothing company sue six insurers for 175000 on stock lost in the March 5 gas explosion. The defense contends fire existed before the blast and refuses to settle on that point.
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Anderson
John T. Brush
When Clothing Company
When Clothing
When Company
Found Lying Under His Horse
The body of Alex Pallot, a young farmer, was found beneath his dead horse south of Grantisburg. Pallot had ridden to search for his milch cows when the horse, a spirited creature, is believed to have stumbled and broken its neck, killing Pallot.
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Englists
Alex. Pallot
Grantisburg
Corn Shucker Injury Claims Carrollton Farmer
In DEEPHI on November 6 Mr. R. C. Welty a leading Carrollton township farmer lost his right hand in a corn shucking machine. Surgeons amputated the wrist. It is the fourth such amputation in the county this year from these machines.
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Deephi
R. C. Welty
Carrollton Township
Two Men Struck by Train at Street Crossing
At Lagrange on November 6 Clark Carver and Ed Nolan of Orland were struck by a passenger train as a frightened horse turned down the track. Both men sustained serious injuries. Carver lost his right foot and four toes from the left foot, while Nolan suffered a severe head injury.
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Lagrange
Clark Carver
Ed Nolan
Orland
Carver
Nolan
Bank failure looms over North Manchester deposits
WaBash Nov 6. It is stated the First National Bank of North Manchester, which failed in October 1893, will not be able to pay in full the claims of depositors, let alone returning anything to the stockholders.
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Chamberlain
E. T. Scott
WaBash
First National Bank of
North Manchester
Ministers Seek Reform as Press Responds little
Anderson November 6. The Ministerial association convened to consult six newspaper editors but only one editor appeared. The ministers aim to reform the newspapers.
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Anderson
Ministerial Association
Great Fire Devastates New York Shirt Factory District
A blaze burned Keep's shirt factory at Broadway and Bleeker Street and spread to Crosby Street causing about 2 million dollars in damage. The nearby Manhattan Savings Institution building was destroyed and two other structures were damaged by fire and water with Deputy Chief Reilly and five firefighters trapped on upper floors as walls collapsed. Reilly survived but details of his men were unknown.
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New York
Keep’s
Broadway
Bleeker Street
Crosby Street
Manhattan Savings Institution
Reilly
Strike Dims After Western Montana Labor Action
A Kalispell Montana report says the strike is nearly over with no further demonstrations by the A R U. Ray Goodwin and other leaders face trial for allegedly destroying railroad property at the roundhouse. A motion to dismiss was denied and they await district court. In North Dakota no freight trains run since the strike order. one eastbound limited train arrives. passenger service remains normal.
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Minneapolis
Tribune
Kalispell
Mont
Ray Goodwin
Roundhouse
Goodwin
St. Paul
Pioneer Press
Devil’s Lake
N. D
Kelley
Defense of 13 Men in Spring Valley Riot Case
The state in Prince on Urs. reports resting after presenting seven witnesses tying John Lauer to the location with a gun. Alibi defenses for all accused are supported by a large segment of Spring Valley residents, notably Italian-Americans, ready to testify.
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Prince
Urs
Spring Valley
John Lauer
John Tista
Peter Budint
John Quimby
Peter Marietta
Joe Schneider
Louis Bosotto
Dominic Barteno
John Bartoleo
John Rochie
Jean Brault
Paul Yer
Retired Merchant William Libbey Dies Sudden
William Libbey, retired merchant formerly with A. T. Stewart, died at home after being found unconscious. Doctors reported ruptured a blood vessel. he never regained consciousness.
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New York
William Libbey
A. T. Stewart
Libbey
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