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families of the tea unnamed victims have left it to the company to fix the damages. Dr. A. D. Mann, city physician of Elgin, made a report of conditions at the Elgin National Watch Co. fac tory on Aug. 22. He attributed the epidemic to a "deadly 1sump" in the factory. In part he said: "I found that the principal supply of water distributed to the institu tion, both for drinking and indus trial purposes, came from an arte sian well said to be approximately 2,000 feet deep; this supply was not pumped "directly into the' service mains of th different buildings and operating rooms as it should have been, but was pumped into a reser voir on Watch streef, whence it was distributed to different points by gravity, a part being deflected to the National House for use in operating the elevator service there, after hav ing served which purpose it was piped to a 'sump' or catch-basin about five feet deep, situated under neath the floor of the blacksmith shop and accessible by means of a trapdoor through this floor; this tank also apparently received the main supply from the reservoir, and from this catch basin was distributed to the various drinking founts and taps throughout the factory." Dr. Mann said the surface of the water in the catch-basin was about a foot below the floor of the build ing and that fine dust and debris ac cumulated in this water, which was later drank by the employes. He also found that second supply of water was obtained directly from Fox river without Alteration or purifying treatment of any kind. 'In conclu sion, after examining the bacteria found in the water, Dr. Mann said: "The result was astounding and clearly established the source of the typhoid infection in the water supply on the premises of the Elgin Na tional Watch Co." When the employes of the Elgin company were being stricken down i day -after day the company an nounced it would pay all doctor bills, but Att'y Carberry said they made no offer of death damages until the cases were filed before the indus trial board. Then they agreed to set tle. P. S. The Elgin company paid no Christmas bonus. I. C. PROPOSITION IS CALLED A $9,000,000 STEAL The long-running fight of the city against the Illinois Central railroad for ownership of lake front land took a new angle today. Supt John B. Riley of the city bureau of maps and plats, Chairman Albert Fisher of the pouncil local industrial committee, and Assistant Corporation Counsel Morton L. Cressey, joined in state ments: That there is a joker in the I. C ordinance now before city council by which perpetual title to 243,772 acres of land will be given to the I. C. Thathe I. C. road will steal from the city $9,000,000 worth of land and all hope of the city getting it back will be gone if the present ordinance passes council. i-o o MORE ARRESTS DUE -TODAY IN ART INST. ROBBERY ., Aage Larsen, son of a prominent Swedish family, was taken last night in connection with the robbing of the Art institute thirteen months ago when the Ida E. S. Noyes memc rial collection was looted. Two more arrests are expected in Chicago today and one man is sought by out-of-town police A. M. Roose', jeweler, 1631 N. California av., was questioned by the police last night. First clue to the identity of the robbers came when Jas, Winn, dealer in art jewelry in the Fine Arts bldg1., recognized a buckle from the stolen Noyes collection. o o Hugh Barnhardt, trusty, Joliet penitentiary, escaped yesterday, tak ing train for Chicago. Not captured