Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1894 — WHAT A CHICAGO MAN DID. [ARTICLE]

WHAT A CHICAGO MAN DID.

Francis J. Dawes.-a wealthy Chleagc brewer, received word at New Orleans. Saturday, that his child was dying at Chicago, and, chartering an Illinois Central train, the tracks were cleared and Mr., Dawes and his wife were whirled over the 1,000 miles at the rate of a mile a minute. He paid about 81.000 for the trip, and broke all records between New Orleans and Chicago, making the run in twenty-five and o-ne-half hours.