Insurance Swindle Leads to Three In Custody
Chicago authorities hold F Wayland Brown Frank H Smiley and Dr August M Unger in default of 15000 bonds each in a large conspiracy to defraud multiple life insurance firms. Investigators suspect Miss Marie Defenbach was murdered to claim her insurance proceeds.
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Chicago
Mooney & Boland Detective Agency
Deheen
New York Life Insurance Company
West Side
Mooney & Boland Agency
Marie Defenbach
F. Wayland Brown
Frank H. Smiley
August M. Unger
West van Buren Street
Gibbons
Order of Foresters
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Equitable Life Insurance Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Security Trust and Life Insurance Company
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
Brown
Lover's Gift Made Her Rich After Death
Milwaukee dispatch reveals Mrs. H K Butterfield, formerly Belle Griffin of Minneapolis, inherits $200000 from a late lover Thomas P Harkin. A quit-claim to a Honduran mining property spurred the fortune. later investigations by a lawyer and officials found little value in the claim. Ottawa Illinois notes a receiver for Ottawa Silver Co with two banks as main creditors. Joliet reports Illinois Steel and Pressed Steel Car resuming operations. Wesley Hummer of South Bend is arrested for passing counterfeit money with farmer Corry Young suspected.
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Matt Watson
Morett Watson
Maquoketa
Davenport
P. Walker Connaughton
A. Connaughton
Con Naughton
C. A. Con Naughton
St. Paul
Milwaukee
H. QB. Butterfield
H. K. Butterfield
Belle Griffin
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
Thomas P. Harkin
Boston
Harkin
Honduras
South Bend
Ind
Wesley Hummer
Elkhart
Corry Young
Unknown heirs claim large estates in Clinton Ta courts
Unexpected claims by unknown heirs on large estates surface in Clinton Ta. court records show new heir allegations emerging as probate actions proceed. The filings indicate contested estates and unsettled titles with potential large sums involved for beneficiaries.
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Clinton
Braceville men struck by train near Godley fatal injury feared
A hand car carrying four Braceville men was hit by a Chicago and Alton passenger train near Godley. Robert Hamill was thrown ten feet and severely injured, with a fractured skull. others survived. Hamill tried to push the car off the track to save passengers before the collision.
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Braceville
Capital stock of railway increased to 870000
Richmond Indiana October 9 The capital stock of the Cincinnati Richmond and Mundie Railway company known as the Cincinnati and Chicago Short line now under construction was increased yesterday to 870000.
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Richmond
Ind
Cincinnati, Richmond and Mundie Railway Company
Cincinnati and Chicago
Paul Kruger to reside in Brussels and big industrial plans
The outline notes Paul Kruger will live in Brussels. Armour & Co will build a massive ice house at Round Lake Tennessee this fall costing about 500000. A London Times buyout is rumored for Alfred Harmsworth. A Boston alderman seeks British arms removal from the old colonial statehouse. Pacific cable contract awarded for 1886000. Chicago markets report hogs cattle and sheep prices with mixed receipts and ranges.
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Paul Kruger
Brussels
Armour & Co
Round Lake
Tus
Boston
Lineharm
Alfred Harmsworth
London Times
John Oleny
Chicago
Chizo
Roosevelts Illinois Tour Draws Vast Demonstrations
Chicago to Springfield and Litchfield host Roosevelt as he campaigns across Illinois. A Springfield rally drew 35,000 visitors with 6,000 in the parade, as Roosevelt addressed 20,000 at the state house grounds. Incidents included jeering crowds near a Chicago church and a whistle from Mrs. Yates at Jacksonville.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Santa Fe
Ilinois
Mie
Joliet
Streator
Peoria
Lincoln
Springfield
Jacksonville
Fitehfield
Alton
East St. Louis
Tanner
Richard Yates
James McKinney
McKinney
J. Mack Tanner
Illinois Central
Mount Pulaski
Union Station
Statehouse
Litchfield
Titchfield
St. Louis
Yates
Illinois
Victor, Colo
Trinity Dutch Reformed Church
Marshfield Avenue
Bryan Addresses Fourteen Towns in Southern Illinois
Hon. W. J. Bryan canvassed southern Illinois from Salem to Alton delivering fourteen speeches from early morning until midnight. Crowds at Cairo and other towns greeted him with enthusiasm, focusing on drafts and imperialism as well as a large standing army. New York reports note the Democratic state committee will release Bryan information.
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Alton
Ills
Illinois
Egpyt
W. J. Bryan
Salem
Bryan
Southern Illinois
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Egypt
Cairo
New York
Democratic State Committee
Undertaker Roberts Arrested Over Stolen Hearse
Fred F. Roberts of Sycamore, an undertaker and furniture dealer, was arrested near West Chicago and brought back to Sycamore on a charge of stealing a hearse. Aaron Mowers had purchased a hearse bill of sale from Attorney C L Rogers. Roberts allegedly took the vehicle after paying painting costs and headed toward Chicago before being captured and released on bail.
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Sycamore
Fred F. Roberts
West Chicago
Aaron Mowers
Fairdale
C. LD. Rogers
Roberts
Chicago
West Chico
Remains Mistakenly Sent in Grief Stricken Incident
The mangled body of Abel W. Thompson from Sioux City was misidentified as A E Thompson and sent to Thomas Ness. The mother and a fiancé suffered shock and grief. The father later confirmed the error, risking lasting distress for the young woman. In Chicago, baseball results and a separate city outrage in Granville feature damaged poles and a shooting incident.
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Sioux City
Abel W. Thompson
Thomas Ness
A. E. Thompson
A. I. Thompson
British syndicate bids for control of American Cereal Company
A British syndicate is reported bidding for control of the American Cereal Company. The note follows a string of diverse international and domestic events including a Jerusalem church cornerstone laid on Mount Zion, a deadly dynamite blast at Eveleth Minnesota injuring about 200, and multiple political and transport incidents across the globe.
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Jerusalem
Mount Zion
Abdul Hamid
William
Eveleth
Minn
King One Wan
Constantnople
Galveston
Paris
William J. McCaulley
Pirie Newman
Huntington
W. Va
Old Dominion Line
Hamilton
A. A. Shaw
Shaw
Peary
George St. Blanchard
Joint Traffic Association
New York
Karlsthor
Germany
McKinley
Canton
Washington
Convention Call Sets Scranton as Meeting Site for Miners
President Mitchell announced a miners convention to review a 10 percent wage increase offer. Scranton will host at Music Hall with headquarters at St Charles hotel and representation by one delegate per 100 workers on strike. Major decision expected to accept the raise and return to work.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell
Wustemany
Scranton
Music Hall Music Hall
St Charles Hotel
Walihrmette
United Mine Workers
Notable Oct 9 Briefs From Across The Nation
A digest of scattered dispatches reports on Knappen’s perilous Hudson Bay trip and claims of a sky boat and Andree’s polar expedition. Also notes De Witt’s cemetery grave plot, U S Supreme Court session updates, no bounty payments for Santiago, a Meridian yard boiler explosion danger, Illinois railroad property appraisal progress, a fatal yard accident in Rockford, a Cedar Lake severed head mystery, Missouri slot machines case, and a German heart model breakthrough.
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Minneapolis
Larry
Knappen
Hudson Bay
Wekimos
Andree
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Ottawa Silver Company
Kokomo
Joliet, Ill
Illinois Steel Company
Pressed Steel Car Company
Clinton, Ta
Mississippi
LaCrosse
Wis
John D. Barton
Harry Odell
Suffolk County
Liverhead
Chicago Grain and Produce
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Heep
Lambs
St. Louis Grain
St.Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Oct
Chicago Board of Trade
Old Prairie State
Roosevelt and
Buffalo
Adal EB. Stevenson
Coshocton, O
Adlat FE. Stevenson
Todiana
Indianapolis
Tohn G. Woolley
Tom Mason
Martinsville
Hay
Department
Oct. C
Department of State
Gorman
Maryland
Democratic National Committee
David Bennett Him
Springfield III
Pittsburg
Cincincinnati
Cincinnati
Granville, O
United States Telephone Company
John Smith
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
NGTON
Ofpatiders
Josefh Kren
Cas
Frank Siteward
I. M. Sprouns
M. Krex
E.R. Powers
Opera House
Baird & Bailey's
Johnson's Bakery
O. F. Wright
Harwood
South Side
A. S. Hays
Ashby
Nicola
Miksch
Donovan
Jolson
Baird & Bailey
Pratt
Optician
Otice
Journal
Office
Madelia
E. G Mason
H. Knecht
M. L. Logan
Pate
Battleground
de Witt
State Soldiers’ Home
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Gray
McKenna
Virginia Springs
Puller
Havy Department
Santiago
Meridian
Kansas Streets
Hubert Arkhurst
Reece Breuning
Albert Stewart
Mich
Cooley
Rockford, Ill
James Hanson
Stible
Colleran
Cedar Lake
Missouri
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
EFICE
Roar Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
Oradl'sa Store
Iowa
W. E. Anderson
Klein
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
First National Bank
Notary Public
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Marsh W. Bailey
Feicr
City Hall
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
Dor
W. R. Jeffrey
A. Anderson
J.T. Anderson
Washington County
Capital
Tings Bank
Doa
A. H. Wallace
A. Waren
Cashier
Blarr
C. M. Keck
Asst
Acton
Wm. Bish
H. Keck
L. DD. Robinson
Frank Stawast
J. ¥. Henderson
T. J. Dempsey
Hotel Allen
E. Dayton, Prop
R. F. Riley
Pantaloon
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