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OUTSIDE NEWS FROM WIRE AND CABLM11
Milwaukee, Wis. Traffic on C. M.i
& St P. Ry. tied up this morning: 25
freight cars piled up on main track
at Oakwood, 25 miles south of here;
"wreck caught fire but was extin
guished.
' Kansas City. 260 jitney auto buses
In competition with street cars today.
Ten-cent auto service being run be
tween twin Kansas Cities,
Bloomington, III. Police searching
ior robbers who got stamps from
postofflce and small articles from 5
stores.
St. Louis. Meyer Bros. Drug Co.,
said to be one of largest wholesale
drug companies in world, in hands of
receiver. v.
Milwaukee. August Schwartz,
city laborer, found body of dead baby
in box while digging in rear of Henry
Radtke's residence.
Milwaukeer-Assemblyman Frank
L. Prescott acquitted on charge of
attacking Mrs. Irma Busack.
Toronto, Ont. Carrie Davis, 18j
domestio, formally charged with kill
ing Chas. A. Massey, 32, society man.
She declares she shot to protect her
honor.
Madison. Bill prohibiting employ
ment of girls under 21 years of age
at night introduced in senate by Sen.
Bray.
Joliet, III. Mrs. Mary A. Comstock,
82, wealthy recluse, burned to death
In residence;
Belvidere, III. Bert Cawton, 36,
killed when large tree he was chop
ping fell.
Phoenix, Ariz. Arizona legisla
ture forced to adjourn, because of
smallpox cases developing among
members of lower house. 9
New York. "Gen." Rosalie Jones,
leader of army of suffrage roadsters,
is going to sel lautomobiles.
New York. 'Hurry, -dad, or we'll
miss the first reel," said William Ross'
two children, movie fans. Ross bolt
ed a piece of steak, choked and fell
over dead.
Washington. Democratic house
leaders predicted that an extra ses
sion to pass appropriation bills wouj-h
prove unavoidable. t dii
Nanaimo, B. C. 22 miners im
prisoned in Bhoft of South Welling
ton mine lo. Pacific Coast Coal Co:
when water broke in. Rescuers at-
tempting to save them.
Washington. 30 Canadian deltf
gates to convention of International:
Ass'n of House Painters and Deie-
raters seceded because decorations
in Raleigh hotel did not include Brfc?
ish flag. to
Washington. "Jitney bus" servleV
for senators and representatives of
white house and departments sug
gested by Rep. Dies, Texas, in house
yesterday. a
New Britain, Conn. No clew 3?
slayer of Father Joseph. Zabris, 58, F
New Britain Lithuanian church ad
his housekeeper, Eva Stillman, Sly
found dead in parish house. i -
r Galesburg, III Wm. Bates entered
plea of guilty before Judge Thonip
son for murder of Mrs .Ora Davis anir
Doris Warfield, Jan. 15. cxj
Milwaukee. Mrs. Edw. F. Dunae
Chicago, wife of governor of Illu-tofe,'
is at Sacred Heart sanitarium takr-
ing restc ura.
Hammond, Ind. Gertrude Krugsr
18, died of heart failure. Toa muakr
dancing. (Jsu
Washington. U. S. public health,
service received cablegram from Ha-:
vana, Cuba, telling of death from bu-s
bonic plague. ot-
Peoria, III. Coroner Eckard fe.
gan investigation of last night's gx
plosion in. Cpllier Co-operative mine,
near Bartonville, in which one maa.
was killed and one seriously Injured
Washington. United States sen
ate had set new record for itself at
8 a. m. today by completing its long,
continuous session iO hours.
Washington. $5,000 for injuries
inflicted by a aeighbor's cat was jury
award to Mrs. Sarah W. Ray, l
