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IWWiW ipp 1 : N. Clark and W. Ontario by auto driven by Fred Cunningham, of Riverside. Explosion of kettle of type inetal in Inter Ocean bldg., 51 W. Monroe St., set fire to roof. $500 damage. A. C. Thumm, 1221 S. Wabash ave., held up, beaten and robbed of $1,500 worth of jewelry on W. Ontario near Dearborn aVe. John Brown, 1100 W. Monroe St., robbed of $25 by 3 men in fear of saloon at 629 W. Madison. John Bannaitis, bartender, under arrest. Milk war has broken out in Evanston again. Bombs of bad Smelling drugs thrown at vhouses where milk had been left by A. F. Johnston Dairy Co. Walter Bishop, 4155 Potomac ave., probably fatally injured When scaffold on which he was WOfking under Randolph st via duct struck by L. C. engine. Bertha Fiendt, 642 Sherman place, made her sixth attempt to end her life by turning on gas in her room. Revived. M. J. Karpelles, head of jewelry firm of Providence, R. I., praises Chicago police for capture of Du- mont gang of daylight robbers. Karpelles ought to" praise "Fainting Bertha" Liebecke, who got so jealous of Adolph Du mont's attentions to another Wo man that she tipped the Pinker tons to watch him. Geo. Mestach, French aviator, flew 27 miles to Chicago from Joliet just to avaid paying rail road fare. Frank Samiiels, 2246 W. 25th St., electrocuted while at work in plant of J. P. Ryerson Mfg. Co., W. 16th and S. Rockwell sts. Herman Lillard, 2937 S. Dear born St., and John Bibbs, 2833 S. State st, negroes, both shot dur ing quarrel over 15 cents at 29th and S. State st. Leo McNuIty, 13, son of T. J McNulty, millionaire head of Mc NuIty Bros., plasterers, killed by propeller of his motor boat at Lake Harbor. Day after being released from Bridewell through pleading of wife, Sam Hawkins, 28 W. Su perior st, beat her up and robbed her of $3. He'll go back. " Marguerite Saxton, once favor ite Shakespearean actress and pfominent in society, is dying at licitt wayajroang man in :ib cH'dc fifhas&yrfe& rasa hoir and Loir. $ o nigh, did it roar, ' fbey ccaiabasr ib'tamoas Jndtsrs fbondftsscfc day intbapac HW0OM