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Show OSE OF VERT FEW. Death of a Man Who Received His Life Insurance Long Before Death. Sot Avroxio. Tex., May 30. The death of Dr. Mortiner Slocum, a prominent promi-nent figure in the republican politics of , this tate, recalls to miud the fact that he was one of the few men who have obtained money from Lie insurance companies before death. A quarter of a century ago. .Dr. Slocum was a successful suc-cessful practitioner at Chicago He attacked by consnmptioa and his e wS JroVoLced incurable by the bfsf physfcians. Knowing this fact an insurance company in which he held a 110000 poUcy offered to compromise w h h m for l.-.KW. He accepted tho offer came to this city, was soon restored re-stored to robust health and amassed a fortune on life insurance money. |