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Show Passengers Give Refund Money. I The flood relief fund collected la Chicago waa Increased f 163 by the two hours' delay ef the Twentieth Century Limited from New Tork. For every hour tbe train la late the paw aengera are given f 1 by the company! It arrived la Chicago two hours behind be-hind time. J. L. Daube of Philadelphia conceived con-ceived the Idea of giving the S3 which would be refunded by the railroad company to tbe fund. He made knows , his Intentions to Joseph Horowitz of New Tork and Fred K. Tewnsend of Rochester, who also were passenger j They became enthusiastic and formed a committee to collect the refund allpe of all tbe passengers en the train, i Out of eighty passengers seventy! alx readily gave up their slips. A mown ( the four waa an Englishman Just a , rivtd. Tbe flood aituation waa ex plained to him and Daube pictured tht , sufferings of tbe victims. "I don't believe it" declared th Englishman. "It la some bally Ameii -can acbeme to defraud strangers Show me your credentials. I neve; ; heard of any flood. I know ill sbcu your schemes in thla country to tie fraud travelers." |