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WHAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE CHICAGO Washington. Comptroller of treasury says a traveler ought not to pay more than 35 cents daily'for tips, Held this maximum navy officers can have approved expense accounts. New York. George M. Cohan played leading role of new farce, "Seven Keys to Baldpate," while suf fering with broken arm. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sixteen high school pupils injured when platform on which they were standing to have pictures taken collapsed. Milwaukee, Wis. Joseph Var mont, 31, German, struck and fatally injured by Milwaukee train. Salem, Mass. 3 years ago Mrs. Phoebe W. Caliga, niece of poet Whit tier, gave husband choice of giving up profession or wifefl He sued for divorce today. Washington. Rep. Britton, Illi nois, introduced bill appropriating $400,000 for doubling 'capacity of government torpedo plant at New port, R. I. Says supply of torpedoes entirely inadequate. . ' Milwaukee, Wis. Several towns in Wisconsin voted to increase liquor fee. Washington. Suit for $29,000 damages against 92 railroads, filed with Interstate Commerce Commis sion by Bradley Lumber Co., St. iJouis, for excessive freight charges on qyellow pine lumber. ' Rome. General Toreilli, 2 other Italian officers and 28 privates, killed, 7,3 wounded when Arabs attacked Italian column near Benghasi, Africa. i London. 10,000 motor omnibus drivers voted to strike Friday unless piling Motor Omnibus Co. withdraw! objection to buss drivers unipn. T Fort William, Ont. One killed, five injured result "head-on collision be tween freight train and work train. - Washington. Federal inspectors report steamer "State of California" went down on uncharted rock in Gambier Bay, Alaska. Capt. McCann, Jr., exonerated. - " Bay City, Mich. Michigan coal operators ordered lock-out against all employes. 3,000 miners forced out of work as result. ' - New York Giant liner Imperator carrying 4,981 persons, greatest num ber of people that ever entered a port on a steamship. London. Many lives endangered by incendiary fire that damaged Pen shust Place. Believed work of suf fragets. Norwich. When John Dye, farm- l er, collected honey from bee hive, bee flew down his neck. Stung his stom ach. Dropped honey. Swarm of bees attacked him. Serious condition. Buffalo, N.'Y. Six injured when Hotel Brozel burned down. Two ad joining buildings destroyed. $300, 000 loss. Canton, O. Michael Barrett, hunt er, thought Dr. H. S. Bowman was squirrel. Physician may lose sight of one eye. Connellsville, Pa. Mrs. S. C. Bos ley ' developed arsenical poisoning after eating pears. Physician said mixture used in spraying trees re sponsible. Detroit. Thieves broke into police headquarters. Stole quantity of "dope," including 1,000 morphine tablets. London. Rear Admiral Sir Robert K Arbuthnot and Captain Back, British navy, agreed in 1893 to run 20-yard footrace 20 years later. Back won. White Plains, N. Y. Geo. W. Mor ton, pilot who took 15,000 vessels through Hell Gate and eloped at 85, dead. Woodstock, Conn. Geo. Bernier wound guy rope of balloon around wrist to help spectators hold it down. Das,hed up, dropping him 500 feet to death.. New York. Sheriff Harburger's '"billion-dollar jury" awarded $10,000 verdict to wife of workman killed awhile employed by big corporation. i2 .. .h . , . , -?-: Hf.?re' --.-.v- - --------- -- ,!.;.