Valet Confesses Plot to Seize Rice Millions in Murder
Charles F. Jones, valet to William Marsh Rice, admits plotting with lawyer Albert T. Patrick to murder the millionaire and steal estate papers. Jones’s confession follows Patrick’s alleged scheme and a failed suicide attempt after police questioning. The motive centers on securing Rice’s vast wealth and papers relating to the estate.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
William Marsh Rice
Charles F. Jones
Mr. Rice
Albert T. Patrick
Osborne
McCluskey
Patrick
Jones
Rice
Yerkes Captures Louisville Crowds With Civil Liberty Rally
Republican gubernatorial candidate John W. Yerkes drew massive crowds in Louisville on November 1, addressing 3 000 at Zehnder’s Garden 6 000 at Odd Fellows Hall and a large western attendance at Pfister’s Hall. He denounced Goebelism and Beckham while urging vote counting as cast and promising further events the next day at the Auditorium and a hotel reception.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
John W. Yerkes
Louiisville
Yerkes
Zehnder’s Garden
Kentucky
Mr. Yerkes
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Thirteenth
Market Streets
Pfister’s Hall
Twenty-fifth
Beckham
Grant Stern Command Message Suppresses Election Violence
Washington dispatch notes Jones and Croker threats to disrupt ballots spark Democratic fears. A 1876 Grant despatch from Philadelphia warns against fraudulent counting and pledges unmolested canvassers, urging denunciation of any suspect returns. The piece frames a historic echo amid contemporary party tensions.
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Grant
Croker
Philadelphia
W. T
Washington
Dcs
George W. Childs
Twenty-second
Walnut Streets
Roosevelt Denounces Lawless Tactics Aimed at Voters
Governor Roosevelt on a New York State tour denounces Croker and Jones for inciting riot and voter intimidation. He warns that justice will be done and pledges full protection of every vote, noting past violence and urging orderly liberty under the law. He plans to finish the tour with speeches at Oswego.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York State
Dunkirk
Richard Croker
Jones
Batavia
Republic
Croker
Bryan
Roswell P. Flower
Troy
Mr. Bryan
Oyster Bay
Oswego
Republican Nominee Ended Life Amid Campaign Criticism
Cedar Rapids Mich November report states County Treasurer Henry B. Proctor, the Republican nominee for State Senator from the Seventeenth District, committed suicide by laudanum after facing campaign criticism over alleged irregularities in his office. Deputies deny shortages. an investigation will be ordered.
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Cedar Rapids
Mich
Henry B. Proctor
Tolstoi Injured. Winter Plans Abandoned
Count Tolstoi fell on October 26 and severely injured a hand. As a result, his planned move from his estates to Moscow for the winter has been canceled.
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Tolstoi
ST. Petersburg
Count Tolstoi
Moscow
Handkerchief Saves Man in Near Fatal Revolver Moment
Charles Stewart of Canton Glass faced his wife Edna Cook Stewart in Marion Indiana after she traced him to a boarding house and attempted to shoot him. A handkerchief snagged on the revolver hammer preventing discharge. Stewart restrained her until authorities arrived and she was jailed.
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Mr. Rice
Galveston
Patrick
Rice
Fifth Avenue
Charles Stewart
Commercial Tribune
Marion
Ind
Canton Glass Factory
Stewart
Edna Cook
Muncie
George Cromer
Shuts Down Silk Mill After Son's Arrest
James McAllister closed his Paterson silk mill after his son Walter was jailed on a murder charge involving Jennie Bosschieter. About sixty workers were paid off as spools were run off and the plant shut.
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New York
Walter
Jennie Bosschieter
Paterson
James McAllister
McAllister
James McAllister & Co
Democratic call to riot bears fruit in Indiana
In Indianapolis on November 1, the Democratic State Committee plans to enlist over 80,000 men on election day per the directive of Democratic National Chairman Jones. Chairman Martin sent letters with blanks to local committeemen instructing them to list trustworthy Democrats for the committee’s tasks.
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Indiana
Commercial TribuNe
Indianapolis
Jones
Democratic State Committee
Martin
Democratic Committee
Jones Issues a Manifesto Urging Voter Turnout
Chicago, Nov 1 James K Jones chairman of the Democratic National Committee issued an appeal to supporters urging full participation in the upcoming election He calls for early voting mobilizing teams and transportation for the elderly to polling places and vigilant supervision from dawn to night.
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Chicago
James K. Jones
Democratic National Committee
Republican managers pledge to protect voters in upcoming election
The Republican National Committee denounces a Democratic plan to seize ballot boxes by force and vows to safeguard every vote. It claims inspectors will ensure fair counting and urges voters not to be deterred by intimidation on Tuesday.
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New York
Republican National Committee Today
Croker
Democratic Organization
Jones
Democratic Commit
Republican National Committee
Profits in Steel Ten Million for Federal Steel
A large Federal Steel investor says the firm will avoid active market moves this period. He expects surplus earnings near 10 million by year end, supporting 6 percent dividends on preferred and 5 percent on common, with cash to carry over.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Federal Steel
Dow, Jones & Co
Roosevelt honors the Quaker sect in public reply
Governor Roosevelt released a formal response to a Philadelphia circulated circular that quoted his Life of Thomas H. Benton about Friends and non-resistance. He defended his past views while stating he would rephrase to avoid offense to the Society of Friends.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Society of Friends
Philadelphia
Thomas H. Benton
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Maryland
New York
William E. Walton
Baltimore
Slashed With a Knife at Utica
In Utica Ohio a political argument after a Republican meeting ended with Roy Beaver slashing Samuel Parks in the side with a large knife. Parks, a lumber dealer, sustained a four and a half inch long wound about an inch deep. A warrant for Beaver’s arrest was sworn out by Parks.
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Utica
Commercial Tribune
Newark
Samuel Parks
Roy Beaver
Homer
Beaver
Parks
Prohibition Candidate Woolley Addresses Crowd in Rain
John G. Woolley, Prohibition presidential candidate, spoke ten minutes to a small crowd in Bellaire Ohio in a heavy rain from the rear of his private car while en route west on the Baltimore and Ohio line.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellaire, CO
John G. Woolley
Burglars Hit Doolittle Mill Safe for 3700 Cash
In Camelton Indiana on the night of November 1 burglars broke into James D. Doolittle’s office at Doolittle’s Mill and blew open the iron safe taking 3700 dollars. Bloodhounds are on the trail.
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Commercial Tribune
Camelton
Ind
James D. Doolittle
Doolittle
County
O1l Township
Halloween Skeleton Prank Kills Woman in New York
A Hallowe en prank in Rochester New York ends in death as Mary Oldfield collapses after sighting a flying skeleton hoisted by a pulley from a tree top. Her companions flee while a search party later uncovers the eerie device fashioned from animal bones.
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Commercial Tribune
Rochester
N. Y
Mary Oldfield
Mary
Miss Oldfield
Russian Crop Outlook for 1900 Indicates Shortfall
St Petersburg reports the Minister of Agriculture estimates Russia’s 1900 crops will be below average. The assessment rests on reports from 7,100 correspondents across the empire.
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ST. Petersburg
Minister of Agriculture
Police officer Samuel Cooper dies after burglar shooting
South Bend Indiana reports officer Samuel Cooper died after being shot while trying to arrest burglar Louis Jaquith. Jaquith is alive.
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Commercial Tribune
South Bend
Ind
Samuel Cooper
Louis Jaquith
Jaquith
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