Bank clerk flees with eighty seven thousand in loot
New York October report details William Schreiber a 26 year old utility clerk from Elizabethport New Jersey who stole nearly $108 000 from the Elizabethport Banking Company and vanished. Frederick Heidritter president seeks recovery of diamonds and valuables bought for a woman in New York while investigators pursue the missing funds and Schreiber.
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New York
Elizabethport Banking Company
Elizabethport
N. J
William Schreiber
Frederick Heidritter
Schreiber
Heidritter
Heldritter
Eighty Third Street
West Fifty-seventh Street
Gilhooly
Husted
West Forty-seventh Street
Confessed Plot Tied to Insurance Swindle in Defenbach Case
Chicago dispatch reports Frank H. Smiley has confessed to a murder insurance scheme linked to Dr. A. M. Unger and F. Wayland Brown. Smiley says Unger would receive 8000 dollars and Brown 7000, with Smiley getting 1000 for posing as Defenbach’s fiancé. He recounts being sent to Milwaukee before Defenbach’s death and paying cremation costs from Brown funds. The motive cited includes impending divorce for Unger and the insurance payout, with mineral poison possibly causing death.
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Chicago
Frank H. Smiley
Smiley
F. Wayland Brown
A. M. Unger
Unger
Brown
Miss Defenbach
Milwaukee
Superindent Ferns
Mooney & Boland
Marie Defenbach
Dr. Unger
Will County Population Growth Driven by Joliet
Figures from the census department show Will county at 74 764 residents. Ten years ago the county had 62 007 inhabitants making it seventh in the state. Joliet contributed over 7 000 of the 12 700 population gain.
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Joliet
S. Joliet, Ill
Will County
Census Department
Baltimore Man Acquitted in Otumwa Bank Robbery Case
Samuel J. itehie of Baltimore was acquitted of burglary in Ottumwa Iowa after a trial over the Bradley's bank robbery alleged to have occurred the night of February 1, 1897. The jury found no case against him.
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Ritchie
Dick Dodd
Ottumwa
Dodd
Baltimore
Samuel J.itehie
Bradley’s Bank
Pipe line abandonment shifts oil routes to Lima and Indiana
Wisconsin Central Railway reports its first post reorganization meeting with a New York and Boston board lineup. The oil line from Nottingham township Wells county to Momence Illinois is being dismantled after a $2,000,000 investment and a claimed $1,000,000 gain to the Cudahy brothers. Half a thousand workers prepare midwinter labor as the Kankakee refineries will close. Edith McMasters, heiress to Jerome Wilson’s $15,000 estate, learns a will found in Dutch Flats Colorado, with contest anticipated.
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Wabash
Ind
Nottingham Township
Wells County
Momence
Ills
Lima
Indiana
Michael and
John Cudahy
Standard Oil Company
Cudahys
Kankakee
Laporte
Edith McMasters
Jerome Wilson
Delavan
Wis
Wilson
Dutch Flats
Colo
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Central Railway Company
George Copper
John Crosby Brown
William L. Bull
Charles C. Beaman
James C. Colgate
Fred T. Gates
Gerald L. Hoyt
New York
Francis B. Hart
Boston
H. F. Whitcomb
Howard Morris
Wife of local pastor drowns with child in cistern
Atchison Kansas October 11 The wife of Rev Charles Meeder of the Chan uel Evangelical church near Farmington leaped into a cistern with her three year old child and both perished Mrs Meeder had shown signs of insanity.
Farmer Peter Reider killed in wagon runaway near Chippewa Falls
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin October 11 Peter Reider a local farmer in Tilden town was thrown from his wagon during a runaway and died instantly. His wife accompanying him was badly injured in the accident.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Peter Reider
Tilden
Harrison Says He Will Not Speak During Campaign
General Benjamin Harrison issued a statement denying any authorized speeches in the campaign. He said he has retired from party management, taken a seat in the pews, and will not campaign further, while noting his past efforts and stance on the Porto Rico bill. He departs for Indianapolis for speaking engagements and was greeted by large crowds.
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New York
Benjamin Harrison
Washington
Porto Rico
Congress
Territories
Supreme Court of the United States
Carnegie Hall
Bryan
Indianapolis
Bryan’s Michigan Tour Opens With Large Open Air Audiences
On Oct 11 Bryan toured Michigan from Michigan City Indiana to Grand Rapids, holding sixteen addresses. State Chairman Campau led the effort. rail times stayed near schedule, with speeches from urban to rural sections including the celery belt and peach country. Grand Rapids and Muskegon night meetings drew large crowds and strong applause.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Bryan
State of
Michigan
Campau
Platofrias
Michigan City
Ind
New Buffalo
Benton Harbor
Niles
Dowagiac
Lawton
Kalamazoo
Plainwell
Otsego
Allegan
Hamilton
Holland
Grand Haven
Muskegon
Roosevelt Addresses Fort Wayne Through Three Speeches
Governor Roosevelt closed a busy day in Fort Wayne Ind with three speeches to large audiences and three parades. His prior stop was Huntington where a large illuminated parade greeted him before arrival in Fort Wayne.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Roosevelt
Port Wayne
Huntington
Hoodlums Attack Roosevelt Car In Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana a mob on Calhoun street hurled stones at Governor Roosevelt’s carriage as he neared the Rink where he was to speak. A stone struck Roosevelt on the shoulder and another hit Colonel Curtis Guild Jr of Boston in the face. neither was injured and the attack ended. In Detroit John G Woolley and the Prohibition special finished a Michigan tour with eight stops including Buchanan Dowagine Kalamazoo Battle Creek Albion Jackson and Ann Arbor ending at 7 pm.
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Rink
Library Hall
Curtis Guild
Roosevelt
Senator Fairbanks
Charles Jewett
Indiana Republican State Committee
W. E B. English
General Wheeler
Macomb, Ills
Bryan
Fort Wayne
Ind
Victor
Colo
Calhoun Street
Curtis Guiid, Jr
Boston
Detroit
John G. Woolley
Michigan
Light Guard
Buchanan
Dowagine
Kalamazoo
Battle Creek
Albion
Jackson
Ann Arbor
Doctors Say Chance of Permanent Insanity for Youtsey
Georgetown Ky October 11 Henry Youtsey remained in a comatose condition after convulsions. Doctors cite opiate sedation as possible cause and warn his condition could swing either way at any moment. If it worsens he may become permanently insane.
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Georgetown
Henry Youtsey
aCrrick
Youtsey
Prisoner Escapes Wisconsin Jail By Clever Trick
H Johnson, jailed for carrying liquor onto an Indian reservation, escaped from the county jail using two sticks bent into a carpenter square to reach a bar. He climbed to the food elevator, slid through a 14 inch square hole, and escaped by the rope to the basement. He had been jailed three weeks with trial set for December and this is said to be his fourth jail escape.
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Madison
Wis
H. Johnson
United States
Johnson
Tragedy in Roxbury Shanty Fire Claims Five Tousealins
A Roxbury Massachusetts shanty fire killed Edward Tousealin 45, his son Edward Jr 7 and James Tousealin 14. Other items report honey from a bee tree in Fisher Michigan hog weighs 700 pounds and Michigan peach and grape marketing to Oct 6.
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Edward Tousealin
Edward Tousealin, Jr
James Tousealin
Roxbury
Masa
George Haley
Fisher
Mich
McQuarry Bros
Caledonia
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Newfoundland
Cuba
Peary
Windward
Godhaven
Greenland
American Bridge Company
Dapan
Kure
Bloody shed again closes Coxe brothers coal mines
In Starleton Pa on Oct 11 a clash between officers and about 500 strikers at Coxe Bros and Co colliery left Ralph Mills dead and several wounded including officers George Kellner and Joseph Lose Sheppton. Ten non union men were harmed as women joined in, and blockades formed at No 2 colliery.
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Starleton
Poe Heeman
Oquelda
Coxe Bros
Ralph Mills
Beaver Meadow
George Kellner
Oneida
Derringer
Coxe Bros. & Go
Callivery
van Blargin
Shootout at Oneida Der ringer collieries shocks region
A clash between strikers and officers ends with Mills and Kellner wounded or killed as gunfire erupts near Oneida and Der ringer collieries. Deputies and officials control the scene while Coxe Bros. & Co post suspensions and guard the mines. Separately, Illinois state banks report loans up and deposits up while Credits Commutation stockholders move to wind up.
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Sioux City
Credits Commutation Company
Representative Richardson Reports Gorman Under Threat
Representative Richardson of the Democratic national committee arrived in New York from Washington. He says Ex Senator Gorman is suffering from threats and anxiety affecting his health and heart.
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New York
Richardson
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Gorman
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Lesko
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Attorney At Law
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Washington, Iowa
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Natate
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Iowa
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American School of Osteopathy
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Owa
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A. Wurri
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H. Kee “Robinson
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T. J. Dempsey
Hotel Allen
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Hotel Allen Shoe
R. F. Riley
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