Bank teller Kowalski ends life amid defalcation scandal
Frank Kowalski, 20, a paying teller at Milwaukee Avenue State Bank in Chicago, shot himself at his home after neighbors and friends blamed him for the bank’s collapse. Relatives insist he was innocent of any knowledge of President Stensland’s defalcations. Investigators report forged notes over $500,000 and expect Stensland’s deficits to total about $2,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kowalski
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Chicago
North
Carpenter Street
Kowalski
Stensland
Paul O. Stensland
Hering
Jones
Alleged rebate pool case against Standard Oil and railroads
Federal grand jury in Chicago heard testimony about direct rebate arrangements between Standard Oil Company and certain railroads. Horace Tucker of the Chicago and St. Louis Traffic Association provided information cited as crucial. Other witnesses included G. C. Kennedy of Chicago Junction Railway and J. H. Howard of the Chicago and Alton Railroad auditing department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Horace Tucker
Chicago and St. Louis Traffic Association
GC. A. Kennedy
Chicago Junction Railway Company
J. H. Howard
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Five Slain in Philippines Fight with Pulajanes
First Lieut John F James two privates of the Highth Infantry and Contract Surgeon Salvin Snyder and Internal Revenue Collector Williams of Illinois were killed Thursday afternoon in hand to hand combat with Pulajanes at Julita Leyte. The detachment of ten men was outnumbered but fought bravely. The Pulajanes seized three pistols four Krag rifles and 300 rounds. Also Earle Pletcher colored was hanged at Birmingham Ala for murder and denounced Judge Weaver from the scaffold before the drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. James
Highth Infantry
Salvin Snyder
Internal Revenue
Williams
Tlinois
Julita
Leyte
Earle Pletcher
Birmingham
Ala
8. L. Weaver
Robbed of Her Fortune in Frederick Town
Mrs Matilda Foote of Frederick Ohio was robbed Thursday of 3500 dollars in gold coin she had hidden at her house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda. Foote
Fredericktown
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quoted Friday Prices
Sioux City live stock market quotations list butcher steers at 4.60 to 4.80 and top hogs at 36.10. Dispatches report Frank Mullins shot and killed by his 10-year-old son at Bowerston Mississippi while Mullins allegedly whipped another child. Royal godfather arrangements for Emperor William’s grandson delayed christening from August 12 to August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Frank Mullins
Bowerston
Miss
Mullins
England
Austria
Russia
Wiliam
Bank cashier held without bail in multimillion bank theft case
Henry W. Hering, cashier of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank in Chicago, was arrested after a week of disappearance tied to former bank president Stensland. Hering denied guilt and claimed Stensland's mismanagement caused the failure as investigators pursue missing funds totaling about $1,000,000. Dividends of at least 26 percent are expected for depositors within two weeks, with further payments possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry W. Hering
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank
Paul O. Stensland
Aver
Hering
Collins
Stensland
Therl
Hitness
Jones
Gleason
Itlering
Steizer
Superior Court
Kansas City Wins Fight for Low-Cost Gas Franchise
Kansas City Massachusetts residents celebrate as Mayor Beardsley vows to sign the Fleming-Wilson natural gas ordinance granting a 30 year franchise to a Chicago capital syndicate. The plan fixes domestic gas at 25 cents per 1000 cubic feet and manufacturing gas at 10 cents, with artificial gas at 75 cents if supply runs short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Beardsley
Fleming-Wilson
Chicago
Gambler Secretary Charged With Embezzling $125000
Clinton B. Wray, secretary of Union Trust Co. of Pittsburg, was arrested here on embezzlement charges for $125000. He surrendered only 60 cents, claiming he gambled it all away while denying any remaining funds. He acknowledged the rumor of $200000 but had no funds to show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton B. Wray
Union Trust Company
Pittsburg
Wray
Indictment Charges Standard Oil With Rebates Via Storage Fees
Federal fraud jury in Chicago charges Standard Oil Company with receiving rebates by not paying storage charges to Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad on nineteen consignments between August 1903 and February 1905. Bond set at 25,000. potential fines up to 380,000 if convicted. No officials named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
S. H. Bethen
Chicago
Bethen
Elkins
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company
Standard Ol Company
Railroad Chiefs Predict Prosperous Year for Railroads
Traffic directors across the United States anticipate a year of great and sustained prosperity based on a second consecutive year of abundant crops. Government figures estimate the wheat crop at 720,000,000 bushels, supporting optimism in freight volumes and railroad handling of the harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dies on wedding day in Chicago doctor to wed
Dr Samuel B Crawford of Chicago aged 32 died suddenly at noon Thursday while preparing for his wedding at the home of his bride Mrs Rose Sykes at 43 Bryant Place. She heard a moan, found him on the floor unable to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel B. Crawford
Bryant Place
Rose Sykes
500 Mechanics for Panama Canal Workers Sought
Henry A. Smith employment agent for the Isthmian Canal Commission arrived in Chicago to recruit 500 skilled mechanics including boilermakers conductors and brakemen. Applicants may qualify and receive transportation to Panama for service on the canal project, with Smith remaining in Chicago for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal
Panama Canal
Henry A. Smith
Isthmian Canal Commission
Chicago
Agent Smith
Panama
New York Freight Tieup Delays Harbor Freight Movements
A strike by dock hands oilers and firemen on harbor tug boats tied up New York railroad operations. Only about a third of freight reached New York from Jersey City terminals Thursday, delaying perishable goods and vegetables and causing local market shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jersey City
Grain Rate Dispute Stalls West Coast Export Shipments
Executive officers of the western trunk lines met in Chicago to discuss the gulf to seaboard rate differential for export grain from points west of the Missouri River, but they failed to reach a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Trunk Lines
Chicago
Gulf and Seaboard
Missouri River
Accused of $125,000 Theft Arrested in Toronto
Clinton Wray secretary of the Union Trust Company of Pittsburg Pa was arrested in Toronto Ont accused of stealing over 125000 of the company's funds Wray consented to return and stand trial without extradition proceedings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Wray
The
Union Trust Company
Pittsburg
Toronto
Ont
Wray
No Wishop for the Poles In Toledo Correction
A Toledo report claimed Bishop Weber was appointed by the pope to oversee Poles in America. The item is incorrect. no Polish bishop has been appointed for America. Also from Cleveland a dispatch notes Standard Oil cut refining oil prices by 1 cent per gallon across all grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Weber
United States
America
Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Maud Gonne Secured Judicial Separation in Paris
The Seine tribunal confirmed a decree granting Maud Gonne MacBride, known as the Irish Joan of Arc, a judicial separation from her husband Maj. MacBride. It refused an absolute divorce citing her Irish nationality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Gonne
Civil Tribunal of the Seine
Paris
Maud Gonne Mac Bride
Joan of Arc
Maj. MacBride
Floods in Indian Territory Hit Roads and Crops
Six days of rain have damaged crops around Muskogee Oklahoma Territory and disrupted rail travel as streams washed out many bridges. The Rock Island line reports seventeen bridges out and Frisco four, including the North Canadian Bridge. No loss of life is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Muskogee
I. T
Rock Island
North Canadian
Western League Ball Schedule at Sioux City IA
Western League games listed to be played in Sioux City in the near term include Pueblo on August 14 16 16 17 Denver on August 22 23 24 26 Lincoln on August 26 27 28 29 and Omaha on August 30 31 September 1 2 with dates reflecting a packed local schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Pueblo
Denver
Es Secees
Lincoln
Omaha
Open Shop Declared by Lithographers' Association
The executive committee of the Employing Lithographers' Association met in New York and declared an open shop in all branches of the industry. It was stated that 30,000 workers nationwide are affected by this action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Youthful Assassin Confesses Governor Block Murder
A youth named Froloff admits to killing M. Block the governor of Samara on August 8. He was arrested and charged after confessing to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Block
Samara
Froloff
Hullmeier Death at Newton Fair Grounds Under Cloud
George W. Hullmeier owner of the Knoxville bloodhounds died at Newton after taking poison. Physicians suspect morphine poisoning and consider it self-inflicted while acquaintances think he intended suicide. A post mortem or inquest may follow to solve the mystery of his death. He had domestic troubles and had been living in Newton for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hullmeier
Knoxville
Newton
Huffmeier
Huffemeier
Ferris Grand Chancellor Elected by Knights of Pythias
Sioux City man Fr. LL Ferris is named Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias grand lodge at the thirty seventh annual convention in Towa City. Other officers chosen include Grand Vice Chancellor Walter Terley of Bradgate and Grand Master at Arms A C Strawn of Town City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Knights of Pythias
Towa
Knights of Pythian Grand Lodge
Towa City
LL. Ferris
Walter Terley
Bradgate
H. D
Dad) Walker
Mr. Pleasant
Frank JL. Wilson
Washington
Adam Dolmage
Victor
A. C. Strawn
Grand Trier Guard
Diedrich
Durant
Grand Outer Guard
Farmer Charged After Wife Fatality In Viola Case
Wesley Shaffer, a farmer near Viola, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly beating his wife to death with a hammer and choking her. Neighbors report he claimed she fell down stairs before being found upstairs in a pool of blood with a fractured skull. A coroner's jury ruled the death at his hands. The couple had twelve children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Shaffer
Viola
Shaffer
Tragedy in Curlew Ends in Husband Wife Deaths
A Spencer man Mitchell killed his wife at Curlew after she refused to accompany him home then killed himself. Six children orphaned. Also reports a five year old LeMars boy burned fatally from hay and rubbish fire. Ottumwa man crushed between moving cars dies. Fort Leavenworth officer Koehler, LeMars native, to be court martialed. Des Moines printer Perry Spencer dies from pulmonary hemorrhage. Rock Rapids elevator opens with C F Smock as manager taking Peters and Penman grain and coal business.
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Mitchell
Spencer
Curlew
Moehler
Lewis M. Koehler
Fort Leavenworth
Fils
Iowa
Galena
Perry Th. Spencer
Des Moines
Seeberger Block
Rock Rapids
Farmers
C. F. Smock
Peters & Penman
Minanawa WI: Engineer Killed in Officer Fatal Duel
Youncer, an alleged insane engineer from Joliet, was shot and killed by officers during a confrontation at the Great Western yards in Minanawa. The incident occurred near the roller coaster as officers attempted to lure away two revolvers after threats to managers and others. A dense crowd watched, no bystanders were harmed, and Youncer’s wife suffered a breakdown.
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Minanawa
Youneer
Florea
Laike Dancin
Youncer
Ayael
Byrne
It x
Counchatts
Joliet
San
Des Moines Grand Jury Indicts Hubbell Firms for Immorality
Des Moines indictments target PM Hubbell Sons & Co and the Des Moines tolon Trathway led by F M Hubbell. Grand jury accuses leasing property for immoral picture poses. Hubbell claims rental agency handles properties and lacks knowledge, while prosecutors allege firms profited $75 to $100 monthly on unrentable houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bom. Bubbett
PM. Hubbell Sons & Co
Pall County Grand Jury
Des Molnes
Des Moines Tolon Trathway
F. M. Hubbell
Hubbell
Grand Jury
Tubbell
Demimonde
Man Kitts Wife and Mother-in-Law Fatally Shot Then Suicide
Sunday evening Spencer resident Will Muezler shot his wife and mother-in-law at the Fisk home in Curlew and then killed himself. Mrs Fisk was gravely wounded, Mrs Minterley wounded twice, and a 10 year old daughter witnessed the event. The weapon was an automatic magazine gun. Authorities said Muezler was not drinking or quarrelling and was not insane, but in the late stages of consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man Kitts
Will Muezler
Spencer
Fisk
Curlew
Emmetsburg
Minterley
Printers Strike In Cheinton Over Open Shop Jobs
In Cheinton the Clinton Herald faces a printers strike as foremen and other pressmen quit over a disputed job order from a non union job office. The conflict, tied to shop practices, may have broad effects and the Herald Publishing Company accuses printers of breaking their contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Wherald
Herald
Herald Publishing Company
Senator Allison’s Condition Reported Improving
A Dubuque dispatch says Mr All yon is getting the rest possible and has retired to the country some distance from Dubuque where he’s said to be gaining strength. His friends are encouraged by his improved condition and believe he will be ready for duty again when the next session of congress convenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Dubuque
Allyon
Congress
Stunned by the Bolt in Marshalltown
Mayor O L Taghedue and his wife barely escaped death when lightning struck their breakfast room Wednesday morning. The blast knocked dishes from the table and stunned the couple, who suffered shock but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Taghedue
Marshalltown
Tragic Sirio Sinking Off Cape Verde Claims 300 Lives
The Sirio, an iron ship of 4114 tons and 6012 horsepower, struck a reef near Tormigas Island and sank after taking aboard about 800 people in steerage. Rescue efforts saved many but hundreds perished, including emigrants from Spain and Italy and possibly clergy. The vessel was bound from Genoa to Montevideo and Buenos Aires, with 570 passengers on Genoa's leg and more aboard at Barcelona.
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Trajan
South America
San Pedro
Brazil
Sit
Cape Talos
Jett Cenom
Barcelona
Cadiz
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Tormigas Island
Shio
Bajos Tormigas
Senk
Hornilgas
Cape Sitlos
Strlo
Navigazione Italiana of
Genoa
Ghisgowa
End of Fake Jewelry Sparks New Law
A long-criticized jewelry trade scam is addressed by a new law forbidding misrepresentation of gold or silver content. The article notes that counterfeit pieces, like brass dipped in gold, mislead buyers and urges protection for honest dealers. Additional notes mention insurer Milwaukee Mechanics withdrawing from California, a large naval target practice event in Massachusetts Bay, a fire in Solsun, California, and the National Brotherhood of Onevatve Pot tors choosing Liverpool, Ohio for next year’s convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Milwaukee Mechanics’ Insurancs Company
California
North Atlantic
Massachi Petta Bay
Sulsun
Cal
Kuat
Liverpool
Ohio
National Brotherhood of Onevatve Pottors
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Graettinger
Fy. Larson
Philippines
Jait
Standard
OH Company
Hullmeier
Newton Fair Grounds
Ferris Grand
YueMars
Albert
Tincher
LeMars
Ottumwa
Oliver C. Quick
Lew Schaeffer Ice Company
Morrell Packing Company
Cheinton
Lyon County Teachers’ Institute
Stock Rapids
A. W. Chrissell
Storm Lake
Mason City
Masonity
Watherine Barrom
Claude Quinby
Mirsenpolis
LeMasri
C. Leneher
Sqa
Sirio Founders
Cape Palos
Spain
Vernal
Stic
Canis Mitliog
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