Patrick case raises new questions over will claims
New York October reports reveal Albert T. Patrick remains jailed as bondsman Long fails bail due to an unsatisfied $1800 judgment. Patrick’s lawyers dispute a prior claim of a trust in the alleged second will, insisting the residuary estate goes to Patrick in fee. A deputy marshal reportedly heads to Texas to locate letters Jones wrote to a Lynchburg woman claiming imminent wealth.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
Rice
Long
Grossman and Vorhaus
Fred House
Patrick
Charles F. Jones
Vorhaus
Center Street Court
United States
Texas
Jones
Lynchburg
Tex
Peculiar Find in Texas Site Mentioned in Report
In McLennan County near Waco on October 12, John R. Rivers formerly of West Virginia found petroleum oozing from the ground at the foot of a hill on the South Bosque. A note mentions 76 of 100 tablets were missing. Cleveland's views on the financial question remain unchanged since 1895.
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Waco
Tex
John R. Rivers
West Virginia
Petrolaurg
McLellan County
Cleveland
Louisville
Half the amount gone. Careless man lost $4000 in scheme
Gustave Eckstein, New York cotton broker and Savannah partner, claims an envelope sent by express contained $5000 though $10,000 was intended. After banking for bills, he marked the parcel $5000, sent it to Savannah, and only $5000 arrived. Eckstein engages an attorney to pursue the loss.
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New York
Gustave Eckstein
Savannah
Express
Eckstein
Central National Bank
Young
Mr. Young
Mr. Eckstein
Adams Express Company
London ministers pause before January to reshape cabinet
London reports say parliament may not assemble effectively until late January, allowing Lord Salisbury time to reconstitute the cabinet over South Africa issues. A strengthened government may welcome Lord Cromer as a key figure, with him as a potential successor to Lord Lansdowne at the war office.
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London
Lord Salisbury
South Africa
Lord Cromer
England
Lord Lansdowne
War Office
Powell expelled as grand president of telegraphers
St Louis report states W T Powell, seven years grand president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, was expelled by a large majority after a two day trial for conduct unbecoming a member. Investigation of Secretary Perham is pending. In Tucson, George Owens confesses to involvement in the Fairbank hold up, naming Burt Alvord as organizer of the gang.
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St. Louis
W. T. Powell
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Powell
Order
Perham
Tucson
Ariz
George Owens
Southern Pacific
Fairbank
Burt Alvord
Wilcox
Train collision at Texarkana crossing injures no one
At a crossing south of Texarkana two freight trains collided when the Cotton Belt freight struck a Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez train. Five cars were wrecked on the latter line and the Cotton Belt engine damaged. No injuries reported. In Athen, Greenhaw brothers tied to Humphries lynching cases were indicted for perjury in that matter.
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Texarkana, Tex
Texarkana
Shreveport
Natchez
Cotton Belt
Athen, Tex
John
Arthur Greenhaw
Humphries
Trans-Cedar
Boy 2 Dies? No, Child In Critical Condition From Poisoning
Denton Texas October 12 Paul the two year old son of Mrs Alice Cowan is in a critical condition at the family home after swallowing a large amount of chloride of potash accidentally secured from a bottle left on the mantle.
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Denton
Tex
Paul
Alice Cowan
Sister Baptista Killed In School Gun Accident
Helena Montana October 12 a Sister of Charity Sister Baptista was accidentally shot at St Aloysius school for boys. A loaded musket from the school was placed on a desk by 11 year old Johnny Nicholson and discharged injuring the nun who died at St John s hospital an hour later.
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St. John’s Hospital
Tragic drowning at Farmington shatters Meeder family
In Atchison Kansas on October 12, Mrs. Meeder wife of Rev Charles Meeder a well known minister in the German Evangelical association of Kansas drowned herself and her 3 year old child at their Farmington home. Showing signs of insanity for some time she awoke past midnight selected a child and dropped it through a cistern trap door then crawled in herself. She was 35 leaving five children aged 7 months to 12 years.
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Atchison, Kas
Charles Meeder
German Evangelical Association of Kansas
Farmington
Pusey of Officer Pusey Bank Committed to Asylum
W H M Pusey, of the Officer and Pusey bank which entered receivership after Thomas Officer’s death, has gone insane and was committed to Clarinda state insane asylum. His condition worsened after the partner’s death. he became violent Tuesday. Pusey has led the bank here since 1856 and once served as Democratic congressman for the Ninth district. recovery is doubtful due to extreme age.
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Council Bluffs
W. H. M. Pusey
Officer & Pusey
Thomas Officer
Clarinda
Pusey
Youthful herder shoots 60 year old in Las Griegos
At Las Griegos five miles north of Albuquerque Federico Serna, a young Mexican sheep herder, called on Jose Para y Gutierrez and shot him as he opened the door. Gureule, 60, dies of a near heart wound. Sheriff Mubbel arrested Serna, who offers no reason for the crime.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Las Griegos
Federico Serna
Jose Para Y Gureule
Mubbel
Rome Oct 12 Papers Publish Extraordinary Statement
Rome papers publish an extraordinary statement claiming securities related to a major financial matter. The report notes officials and unnamed entities discussing potential risks and market implications, with no official confirmation yet and no dates beyond the October reference.
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Rome
Vatican Theft Claims Stir Paris Bourse Rumors
A report says 357000 lire valued items stolen earlier and sold in February on the Paris market, possibly by Italian capitalists, with Vatican officials unsettled by the supposed deception motive behind a later burglary. Also notes a steamship Cumberland sold at auction in Galveston for 310 dollars and U.S. troops beginning to leave China, per Colonel Humphrey.
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Vatican
Paris
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Galveston
Cumberland
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Humphrey
B. E. Hawes
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Paul M. Baylor
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