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The English and French press have started an interesting discussion on the point of arranging time so that the hours of daylight may he host utilized ly man fur hia enjoyment and benefit. The plan under contemplation is of interest quite as much to the working man as to the leisure classes; in fact more bo. as the latter do not have to depend upon daylight so largely for their recreation. The plan is to advance and retard standard time in April and September, respectively, so that during the months -when the sun rises early and si-ts late, the early hours of daylight, which under the, present system are spent in bed, be not altogether wasted. This can be accomplished without any inconvenience other than the shifting of the hands of time. William Willett has published a pamphlet on the subject. lie writes: "For nearly half the year the sun shines several hours each day while we sleep .and is rapidly nearing the horizon when Ave reach home after the work of the day is over, and, under the most favorable circumstances, there then remains only a brief spell of declining daylight in which to spend the short leisure at our disposal. "Now, If some of the hours of wasted sunlight could be withdrawn

from the beginning and added to the end of the day, how many advantages would be gained by all, and particularly by those who spend in the open air, when the light permits them to do so, whatever time they have after the duties of the day are discharged." An expedient whereby eighty minutes more of daylight may be added after 6 p. m. every day during May, June, July and August has been proposed. It contemplates the advancing of standard time twenty minutes each of four Sundays during April, and a corresponding recession during September. This arrangement would curtail the length of Sundays on which the advance Is made, by twenty minutes each and lengthen correspondingly the hours of the days when the time is retarded. Such an arrangement should be decidedly beneficial and would be arrived at without loss to any one. It is calculated that on an average of 210 hours of daylight are wasted every year by every person. Under the proposed arrangement, it would mean that the man who leaves work" at 5 p. m. would have as much daylight before him as the man who under present conditions quit at 3:40 p. m. Besides being pleasanter it will be Been that the changing of the time would effect a saving In expense In the matter of artificial light. The plan is certainly one that is worthy of contemplation. O GARY BOARD'S ATTITUDE ON THE REFERENDUM.

The apparent reluctance of the Gary board of trustees to refer the matter of the awarding of the traction franchise to the people, is a matter of considerable surprise to every one who has followed this traction matter from the beginning. It seems to involve the question as to whether a city omcial is elected to use his own judgment regarding what Is for the good of the people or to do their will as expressed by public sentiment or more definitely by means of a petition and a referendum. The members of the Gary board believe they have given the people whom they represent, the best for them, but the people themselves don't seem to likt the pill. Now If the theory of our representative form of government is that otlleers are elected to use their superior wisdom to save the peoplo from tluir mistakes, then the Gary board should doubtless tight the attempt to put the traction matter to a referendum vote. If, however, the idea of the system of representation is to have the representative subject himself at all times to the will of the people and do as

their desire, regardless of their occasional mistakes and their usual good judg

ment, then the uary hoard should lose no time in granting the prayers of their petition. In fact it would seem to be very inconsistent of them to even worry themseleves about the question as to whether the law regarding trre referendum is

within the pervue of the acts of 1905, referendum law.

A mere technicality and the splitting of hairs on legal questions should

not be engaged in where a board is express their opinion on a matter of board of trustees would be anxious to

ini-. t-iKhhi lak Sl.KMCL yesterday was better than any previous Sunday for some time and the people showed their appreciation of it by not kicking. Nearly every car in service had a large trailer attached, which

proved a great help to the vast crowds i, iw.i .-vim-, i'uu a

make up for that $29,240,000 line imposed upon the Standard Oil company by

judge Landis. Till." M!'T!1V f'.ieei-'vArt.'VT. i . v,vw.11.....m is navy, juaybe they are going into the CAT VMITV Mt - T V- I o T" i - i - v

. L.,. iaiy!, .y ouck scat; south end farmers say the crops

wiu i; uie oesi: in years. ALREADY THE COAL dealers are Men Who Refuse to Work. The other day seventeen men were released from the Indianapolis jail. They were not members of the criminal class, but were locked up for a short time for petty misdemeanors. All of them Were strong and able-bodied and capable of doing a day's work at common labor. When they were released they were without money and had nothing to do. All of them were offered work on a construction gang. They were promised their board, a comfortable place to sleep and $1.00 a day in cold cash. Of tho seventeen, but one went to work.

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DAYLIGHT. which some lawyers say repealed the anxious to give the people a chance to this importance. A really representative hear from the public. coming in and going out of the city. rise m oil. The consumers will have to . . maKing preparations to put out a big coaling station business. . . predicting a coal famine this year. i tuners rerused. Thev were lazv and worthless and preferred to beg or wnrthl.ma . l .- i win I'ifinrfu to ueg or steal rather than earn an honest dol lar. They went out Into the commun ity to become tramps, leeches, crim inals. With work all about them, they preferred to be parasites. i ms is oniy one instance. Every eitv and town lias its coterie of t!g, strong men wno absolutely refuse to earn a living. They do not mean to work. There are periods of depression when wnrit eannor be Had. At such times men who want work cannot get it. But now there is work for all in city and country. ' Every community should have I lace for these lazy creatures. If they do not perform service voluntarily, they should be made to work. The old iasmonea stone yard Has its merits

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STANDING 0FTHE CLUBS. NATIONAL IE AG IE. W. I- Pet. (hlenco 71 21 .74" Pittsburg t'oi 33 .615 New York f4 ?H .57 Philadelphia C.t 40 .551 Bro(,k!n 42 53 .442 Cincinnati 42 5:1 .442 Boston 3S 55 .40' St. Louis ZZ 77 .230 AMERICAN I.EAGIE. W. L Pet. ( Mcimo r. 37 .(lis Detroit 55 :i5 .611 Philadelphia 53 37 .5:0 Cleveland 55 .55 NVw York 43 4 'J .457 K'.ton 37 5 1 .407 St. Louis 37 55 .402 Washington 23 61 .315 AMEHICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pet. Toledo (15 4u .'. 19 Columbus f,i 47 .514 Minneapolis 5S 50 .537 Iuisville 51 5 .4S Milwaukee 5 0 5 3 .45 Kansas City 51 55 .41 Indianapolis 47 fil .435 St. Paul 43 t)3 .40y WESTERN I EAGl E. W. L. Pet. Omaha t2 41 .6n2 Dos Moines 5n 43 .53S Liii'oiu 51 47 .535 I'enver 4i 47 .510 Pueblo 41 54 .432 Sioux. City 37 (il .377 CENTRAL I.EAGI E. W. L. Pet. Springfield 5'J 35 .62S Wheeling 50 4 1 .549 Canton 47 40 .540 Kvnnsville 50 47 .515 Teire Haute 4!t 47 .510 layton 44 51 .43 Grand Rapids 40 54 .42i South liend 37 CI .378 THREE EE I.EAGI E. W. L. Pet. Springfield 53 ::o .639 Rock Island 55 33 .625 Decatur 51 32 .614 Peoria 51 33 .607 Cedar Baplds 46 40 .535 Clinton 3S 4!) .437 Bloomlngton 33 50 .39S Dubuque, 12 73 .141

GAMES TODAY. NATIONAL LEAGUE. New York at Chicago. Brooklyn at Pittsburg. Iloston at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at St. Louis. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago at New York. Detroit at Washington. Cleveland at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Boston. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago, 2; New York, 1 (twelve in nings). St. Louis, 1; Philadelphia, 0 (ten in nings). Cincinnati, 4 7; Boston, 1 2. AM ERIC AN ASSOCIATION, Columbus, 9; Minneapolis, 2. Toledo, 2; St. Paul, 0. Milwaukee, 131; Indianapolis, 1 5. Louisville, 5 3; Kansas City, 3 2 (second game seven innings). WESTERN LEAGUE. Des Moines, 5; Omaha, 4 (five in nings). Pueblo, 105; Lincoln, 3 1. Denver, 5 6; Sioux City, 3 2. CENTRAL LEAGUE. Terre Haute, 4; Dayton, 3 (ten in nings. South Bend, 2; Canton, 0. Grand Rapids, 0; Wheeling, 1. Evansville, 1 10; Springfield, 7 -14, THREE EYE LEAGUE. Bloomington, 2; Cedar Rapids, 1. Springfield, 2; Rock Island, 0. Decatur, 2; Clinton, 1 (eleven lnnings). Peoria, 7; Dubuque, 3. For the third time the Cubs nosed out a game from the Giants by a sensa tional turn of events, and yesterday knocked out a home run In the twelfth inning and the score was 2 to 1. The game was a eizzler from start to finish and at the end of the game the crowd went into a fit. Ed Ruelbach was on one side of the slab and Joe McGinnity was on the other and it was a dual all the way through. In the first inning the Giants had a man on third base, but Ed showed that he was keyed up to the coming contest and struck out MoGann and then Dahlen. Considering the amount of hitting done, there was little doing on the scoring line and both pitchers kept the hits fairly well scattered and were strong ln tight places. Pat Moran saved the day when he placed a fine line drive over Sammy Strang's head and made a round of the bases, with the winning tally. The Giants will have two more chances, toiay and tomorrow. The Sox took a needed rest yesterday after one of the most exciting weeks in the history of the American League. With a few points to the good they finished the week in the lead, but the three next teams are ready to crowd into first place as soon as anything happens. The slump of the champions did not show to the front last week and they played grand ball. Today they will face the New Yorks again and this time Al Orth, who is going like a champ, will be In the box against them. Patterson will be the offering, it is thought for the Sox. Tuesday will see Ed Walsh on the rubber and then they will journey to Boston for a series. It Is announced by Jimmy Coffroth that the heavyweights. Tommy Burns end Jack Johnson, have been matched for a go at Colma for a purse of $25,000. The men are to go forty-five rounds on Admission Day, which Is to le a time of great importance in the west. Burns is said to have agreed to the match and Johnson is only too willing to get into the ring and fight and these vagrants shun a neighborhood where they are compelled to earn a living. Such men do not deserve consideration and they should either be made to work or compelled to move on. Toledo Blade.

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HEADACHE! The Hammond Team Goes Down in Most Inglorious Defeat. Roll Up Grand Total of 11, But Then everything Was Against Them. With luck asrainst them rleht from the start the crippled Hammond team was outllelded and outbatted right from the start In yesterday's game with the Mutuals at Hubbard's field. The Mutuals did not impress the fans with possessing any special cleverness es pecially in the way of fielding, and it seemed as if the locals lost by their own poor playing rather than by the cleverness of the visitors. They were most sadly crippled, however, and should not be criticized too severely for the poor exhibition which they present ed to the public. And then if reference is made to their past history it will be discovered that only recently they play ed with a baseball team known as the "Star Bloomer Girls," and perhaps that accounts for their off day. The streak of ill luck started at 11 o'clock yesterday in the game with the! Bloomer aggregation, when Enright sprained his ankle and yesterday he was forced to hop down to first base on his hits and hobble around the field like a fair candidate for an old sol diers' home. Tobias AImo a Cripple. Then again at 11 o'clock Manager Randall received a telegram from Pitcher Tobias that he had injured his wrist and would be unable to pitch. Therefor McMahon was put in the box in the place of the veteran and attempted to pitch without sufficient previous practice, and got along as well as could be expected. ' The game was replete with errors by the Hammond boys, who rolled up a grand total of eleven, with six of them made by one man who is supposed to be a member of the regular team, Klose the third baseman. The local boys got ; just half as many . hits as the visitors and made nine more errors. Klose started Off in the first inning with one of those heart rending errors and before the team was fully aware that they were playing ball, three runs had been brought across the plate. And the slaughter continued until the end without feeling or mercy. Only once did the locals show any spirit and that was in the fourth when the team bunched their hits until the bases were full and then knocked a single near the & 4-Xt. n Itvot Koca Una t- Vi 1 r H tv n a ei " " . h V tY lost, allowing all on bases to score and the batter a home run. Tbe Lineup. The following is the lineup and score: R. H. TTammond ...0 0050000 0 5 7 Mutuals 3 1042030 114 14 Mutuals Olds.s; naner, ; rweene, i. ., . TUMnnonv R- finest 9 T)oran. 4: Insrlis. 5: Klose, ,. Hammond innts 7- Knriirht. 9: Eder. 6 c; Klose, 3- Rnre-ot. S: White. 4: Fowler, 2; Mc Mahon, 5-p; Rhody, 1. for the championship The purse gets Burns because of its size, otherwise it is thought he would sidestep the match. From the dope now at hand, Burns ought to get his if Johnson will fight as lie can. The Cleveland team, after one of the worst rows that ever disgraced a baseball team, seems to be rounding into old time rorm. btovan is past ana gone 3.3 tk ineniuci oiauu that he is going to take a firm hand from now on. The first sacker after i-.,,.iircr a rhalr at T.niole nearly hraln ing him, was ordered back to tbe Home grounds, and it is likely he will be ruled out of organized baseball for all time. Delehanty has been subdued and v-n Mmoolf nMll Hnfnr on first nn.ca today until he can secure a good man for the place. Good for you king. Arthur , Hilderbrand. the famous Princeton star pitcher, will join the semi-pro field In Chicago and will nenceiortn pitcn tor tne outn vmcago I C k " " inr rev of the maior leaeue teams and for this reason he will get into the game in Chicago where the salaries are as good as in the leagues and the men have a chance to do a stroke of work some where else. "Doc" will be a great addition to the South Chicago team and will take his turn with Roach. Detroit is up against Washington for two more games and they should fall easy to the Tigers. Cleveland is at Philadelphia and If they break even in this series they will be doing extremely well with the bunch of cripples. And the fight for first place is likely to be as strenuous this week as last. The Brighton Derby on Saturday was a two horse affair and the class of the colts took the course off the event. Charles Edward was pitted against Frank Gill and he made a runaway race of the affair. How did it get by the Keene stable? That double-header Saturday at New York was a healthy little thing for the Sox and it made the Tigers groan.

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THE TRUST Judge Landis Has the Distinction of Having Assessed the World Record Fine. 0VER TWENTY-NINE MILLIONS i He Also Roasts the Rockefeller Combine for Total Depravity. HE WOULD LIKE TO JUG SOMEEODY Starts a New Grand Jury Investiga tion That May Vet Land Some liiff Fish Where He Wants Them. Chicago, Aug. 5 The heaviest fine ln tbe world's history-2i,2-io.ox-uus neeu imposed by Judce Landis. of the United States district court, on the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, a branch of John D. Rockefeller's great corporation. The maximum fine of S20-0 ou each of 1,402 counts charglaS violations of the federal laws gov ,'v7r! ir. .-.-' J JUDGE K. M. LANDIS. em I tig the accepting of railroad rebates was assessed. This vast sum of money Is not to be paid without protest, however. Attorneys for the oil corpora tion nnaonneed their Intention of per fectlng nn appeal to the United States I j. . i . - a . J Jt. .i . conn, or uppeais, ana rrom mere iuo ease will go to the federal supreme court And There's Worse a-Coining. It was also recalled that there still are pending against the oil corporation seven indictments like the one Just dis posed of, containing 4.-122 counts. Should there be convictions on all these counts there would be possible addltlonal fines of $S8.440.0 X). Then Judge Landis added further to the troubles of the great trust by saying: "One thing remains: it must not be assumed that ,n 0li(J 4nrIdl-f Inn theso Intra mav bo Ignored. The plain demands of Justice require that the facts disclosed in thU 1 ...... proceeding be submitted to a grand jury with a view to the consideration of the conduct of the other party to these transactions. Let an order bo entered for a panel of sixty men, retnrnable the morning of Aug. 14 at 10 ,nnl. O ClOC K Judge's Mother Is Present. In the throng in the court room when the decision was announced were sev eral women. The most interested spec tator in the room was the aged mother of Judge Landis, who had come from her Indiana home to hear the last words ln the trial that has made her pon a national figure, A chair was placed for her near the entrance to his chambers, and with undeviating gaze and rapt attention she bent forward to ward the jurist's bench throughout the reafnng cf the voluminous document j frequently nojded her head In ap POINTS FROM THE DECISION . - ams contentions Judsre Landis took up tlie contentiong of the defenge one after the other I u"u BV""C defendant alleged that by authorizing common carriers to establish rates wcicn, wnen puDnsnea ana niea, snail be binding upon the shipper, the law delegates to the carrier legislative pow pr h,ch u conferred upon congress exclusively by a general grant in the cuhmuuuoii. mis as uism.sseu Willi thp comment that the supreme couit OZ the United States has mled adverse iy to tne contention in several mstances where the same question arose r," state statutes The allegation that the company had a natural right to make a private con tract for a railroad rate Is met with the assertion that "candor obliges the court to say that he knows of nothing to support the proposition, but the eminence of counsel who advance it," and the judge holds that of the two parties to the contract one was a railway common carrier, that it was public functionary, that it acquired Its property under the law of eminent domain, that property thus acquired most be used for the benefit of the entire p'.iblic. The railway was fundamental ly incompetent to make a private con tract, the judge held. In enforcing this view of the matter the judge declared that there was no more reason for tlie claim of a natura right of private contract in such a' case

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than there would be for the claim of similar right to private contract with the collector of customs or a tax asses-

sor for a secret valuation of property. The defendant argued that the com-' nierce Involved In the case was not Interstate, the argument being that It was all In Illinois on the ground that for convenience In transportation

aa lilting-, lnd.. was Included in the port submitted t l'rcsldmit RooseChicago shipping district. Judge Land! ! yen by Herbert luior Smith oommls-

r;,f to accept this view. Insisting ; that as the oil was slaved from Y hit- , rst St. Louis which is actually i'l Illinois. ti, ,,vmnor,, ,v,c itr,rett- ! An important point, one -which act ually decided the size of the fine was the one involving the definition of a shipment. The indictment charged that t.V oil trust had shipped oil from Whit ing, lnd.. to East St. Louis. 111., at 0 cents per 100 pounds, when the rate filed with the interstate commerce commission was IS cents, Jnd the in dictment niHfle every car load a fddpLient. the company insisted that the number of shipments should be gov erned lirst by the number of applications at the railway office for a rate. which was throe; or by the number of bills rendered by the railway company, which was thirty-sL; or by the num ber of train loads. The Judge set aside nil these propositions on the ground that the rate was on a car load bals, and insisted that n shipment was a car load, regardless of how many car Hsds were in the same train. So the fine was assessed on each car load. ROASTS TIII1 CORPORATION Declares It No Better Than a Common Thief in Conduct. in his utterances against the oil j company preliminary to assessing thOj groat fine, and also preliminary to the calling of the other grand jury, Judg. Lnndis clearly expressed his belief that the Standard Oil company was no better than a common thief, emphasizing fie position that he has taken throughout the trial. "The men who deliberately violate this law," said he, "wound society more deeply than he who counterfeits coin or steals letters from the mail." Tlie company had pleaded that Its traffic manager had Inquired of the i railway as to the legal rate for oil and j was told that it was 6 cents, and that this rate had been filed with the interstate board. The judge refused to believe that the company did not know that this statement wa3 false, and insisted that it accepted the concession knowingly, thus charging perjury against the company's witness. He also characterized as "studied insilence aimed at this court' the request of the defense that he pay "no attention to gossip of the street or the charges of the mob." He also expressed regret that he could not un der the law send the oil trust officials to prison. PREPARING FOR NEXT llODNO Government Must Hurry He cause of the Statue of Limitations. Preparations for the second federal nquiry into the relations between the Standard Oil company and the Chi cago and Alton rood ordered by Judge Landis have been begun. The call for the special grand jury will be Issued and United States District Attorney Sims will go over all the evi dence presented at the recent trial of the Standard Oil company which resulted in Its conviction and tbe big fine and will select the witnesses to be subpoenaed. It has developed that the reason for haste in this investigation is that the tatute of limitation is running against the government, and because of It tlie Chicago and Alton will escape r-in-dlctment on between eighty and 100 counts of the 1,462 on which the Stand ard Oil company was convicted. This statute of limitations bars pros ecution on offenses committed more than three years before indictment. Many of the shipments on which the Standard Oil company was convicted of accepting rebates occurred between September, 190.1, and August, 1004. When the grand jury convenes on Aug. 14 a few days will suffice to present the evidence against the Alton. DOESN'T FEAZE JOn.V D. Playing Golf When He Hears the News j and Plays Ahead. Cleveland, O., Aug. 5. John D. Rockefeller, who, aside from Judge Landis, is the central figure In the Standard Oil history of today, was enthusiastically engaged in a game of golf when word was received that the Standard Oil Company had beenj fined $29,240,000. A message was handed to him telling of the big fine' that had been assessed against the' Standard Oil Company. As he stood and read the missive, scanning it with aiiiiust a nut tt muscie 01 his face twitched m a manner that would Indicate any feeling. Not a word did he speak regarding the news. Absolutely nothing transpired that would indicate that he was angered or even annoyed. Later Rockefeller stated that he would not discuss the! action of the court in even the slightest degree for purpose of publication After reading the message Rockefel ler resumed his game, laughing andi Joking as he played with even renewed energy, and won a victory from his oppon(.nt After reading the telegram the first -nrds Hnetpff-Iler liftPre.1 rp- "VCl! shall we go on, gentlemen?" and he proceeded with all deliberation to drive 100 yards. After a bit some one mustered up courage to ask: "How much is itri "Twenty-nine million, two hundred .nnd forty thousand, the maximum penalty, I believe," replied Rockefeller,

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r-w XSiAST AT Tin: OCTOPUS Herbert Knoi Smith Says It Hasn't Reduce! Product Trices. Washington, Aug. Zk Significant revelations are made public la a replonor of corporations, concerning the oporatIons of thl, standard Oil com1 . " 1 'V . 1 lv"n lue mvHns ilua memo oi xr.e Manaara were exblained The present report sets forta hv'-- "-rv,' "V V( KEItBEBT KVO-X SMITH. the results of those method and the effect they have had on the consumer of oil nud on the profits of the Standard Oil company. It deals with profits and price, showing just how the manipulation of the oil industry by thrj Standard has affected the pocketbooki of the people. Commissioner Smith says: "Thar Standard Oil company Is responsible for the course of prices of petroleum and its products during the last twenty-five years. The Standard has consistently used its power to raise the prices of oil duriujj the last ten years, not only absolutely but nlw relatively to the cost of crude oil. The Standard has claimed that It has reduced th price of oil; that it has been a benefit to the consumer, and that only a great combination like the Standard could have furnished oil at the prices that have prevailed. "Each one of these claims,' caya Commissioner Smith, "is disproved by this report." The Increase In annual profits of the Standard from 181X1 to j 1W was over $27,OOQ,(X). The figures on which the statement Is based that the Standard has not reduced prices begin with the year 1807. Tlie report ays: "The total dividends paid by the Standard from 1S-S2 to 1001 wera $."1,022,004, averaging thus 24.15 per cent, per year. The dividends, however, were much loss than the total earnings. It is' substantially certain that the entire net earnings of th Standard from 1SS2 to HKKJ were at least $700,Cfi0,0OO, and possibly much more. These enormous profits hae been based on an investment worth at the time of Its original acquisition not more than $75,000,000." In his letter to President Itoosevelt transmitting the report Commissioner Smith says: "Its domination has not been acquired or maintained by Its superior efficiency, but rather by unfair competition and by methods economically and morally unjustifiable. The Standard has superior efficiency In running its own business; It has an equal efficiency in destroying the business of competitors. its profits are far above tlie highest possible standard of a reasonable commercial return, and have been steadily increasing. Finally, the history of this great industry !s a history of the persistent use of the worst industrial methods, the exaction of exorbitant prices from the consumer, and the se curing of excessive profits for the small group of men who over a long series of years have thus dominated the bml nes." OUR RESPECT FOR LAW Alleged Incendiarism by Wisconsin Farmers Negro Village Completely Wiped Out. Winona, Minn., Aug. 5. FcrtefV Ille, a newly-organized village Just across the river in Wisconsin, the Inhabitants of which are negroes, has been completely destroyed by fire. It is reported that the fire was started by Wisconsin farmers, who wera lr-ceosed at the action of the negroes in building up a negro village in the community. The buildings burned wer fiimsy structures and the loss is smalL Three Stepped to Their Death. Chicago, Aug. 5. Ralph Ilerger, 21 Tears old. and Horace Herrrpr in ra oa brothers, and Herman Volkman, , 2 years old, were Instantly killed while walking on the tracks of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad at NaperTille, 20 miles west ol here. They stepped aside to avoid a freight train and were struck by a passenger train. Woman's Corpse In the Lake, Chicago, Aug. 5. The body of a woman, apparently of foreign birtl: f '3 fJ J Tf ?re!Va1s. takea froia 1 . , . r .v. ;'"uu-au lweni5 miles from Chicago by a crew of an coming excursion steamer. A gold & Laln ailtl a Reamer ticket from Chicago to Milwaukee wen found In her clothing. Stilb Another Victim, Atlantic City, N. J.. Aug. 5.- Mr Charles IL Law, of Fh!ladelphla, was killed la a colliaion between an auto motile and a trclley car at ChaUea.

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