Jones in Tombs Attempts Suspected Self Destruction
New York November 1 Charles F Jones secretary and valet to the late William Marsh Rice attempted to cut his throat in his cell at the Tombs and was removed to Bellevue hospital Doctors say he will likely recover Attorney Osborne says Jones confessed in part to witnesses and implicated Albert Patrick and Rice in tablet use and prior events Patrick denies the charge and claims innocence
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New York
Charles F. Jones
William Marsh Rive
Bellevue Hospital
Jones
Criminal Court
Osborne
Wetherbee
Patrick
Mr. Rice
Rice
Captured by Boers at Geneva and Cape Town Mail Train Raid
Boer commando seized 90 British outposts near Geneva on Oct. 28 then held up the Cape Town mail train, looting carriages and passengers, burning mails before retreating as armored trains approached. Prisoners were released. Other items: Henry Glesing crushed by coal car in Quincy, Illinois. John Hopkins shot by a marshal in Linn Creek, Missouri. EB Barnes suicide in Cripple Creek. Galveston carpenters strike. a boy accidentally shot his jaw near Campbell, Texas.
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Cape Town
Geneva
Booth to assume US Salvation Army command for six months
General William Booth will visit New York in September to take control of the Salvation Army in the United States for at least six months. Commander Booth-Tucker, arriving from England, says bonds up to 150000 may be issued to fund farm colonies and notes 5000 applications for homes in colonies. He dismisses transfer rumors.
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Salvation Army
New York
William Booth
United States
Booth-Tucker
England
Teutonic
Booth
Booth Tucker
McAlister Drops Silk Plant After Son’s Arrest
In New York James McAlister shuts his Paterson silk mill after son Walter, head of the business, is jailed on murder charges in the Jennie Bosschieter case. About 60 workers are paid off as the plant closes.
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New York
Walter
Jennie Bosschieter
Paterson
James McAlister
McAlister
James McAlister & Co
Buffalo Preps for Mediterranean Cruise With Landsman Crew
Training ship Buffalo repairs at Brooklyn navy yard and loads ammunition for a December voyage to the Mediterranean with a landsman crew. The Kearsarge undergoes cleaning and overhaul ahead of a winter West Indies cruise, and the tug Wompatuck aims for Manila via the Suez within a month.
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New York
Buffalo
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mediterranean
Philippines
China
Kearsarge
Navy Yard
West Indian
Wompatuck
Manila
Suez Canal
France faces rising social unrest amid miner strikes and church clash
Paris reports 100000 miners on strike as government backed moves to bar career paths for those educated in religious schools spark Catholic opposition. Clergy unite with other foes as government controls church funds limiting open protest. In Montana a miner blast injures two men at Lucky Joe mine. In Texas a man is shot, believed mortally wounded, with no arrests.
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Paris
France
Coal prices rise 60 cents a ton nationwide
New York Nov 1 announcement shows anthracite coal prices increased by 60 cents per ton over the July circular base. The rise applies across the country as miners and carriers implement the higher rate.
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New York
Boers Merge With Commandant Botha Near Kenhardt
Intelligence from Pretoria reports Commandant Botha leading a strong force toward Cape Colony near Kenhardt where irreconcilables are said to join him.
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Pretoria
Botha
Cape Colony
Kenhardt
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