Mad Cat Rabies Attacks In Indiana Home
Three children, Lawrence and Lenora Aleyer aged 4 and 7 and Robert Elwell aged 5, were bitten by a rabid cat in Henry Meyer’s home in Wikhart Indiana. The cat attacked other children and was killed by a policeman. Two deaths have occurred and Pasteur treatment has been taken by several people since the outbreak began earlier this year. Orrin H. Markel has returned from Bloomington after Pasteur treatment.
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Henry Meyer
Wikhart
Ind
Lawrence
Lenora Aleyer
Robert Elwell
Ilkbart
Orrin H. Markel
Bloomington
Millionaire Kills Farm Hand in Self Defense Claim
Elias Ray, a Lafayette Indiana millionaire land owner, admits striking farm employee Conrad Ortman to death in self defense. Grand jury to meet soon, Ray has not been arrested and the case draws wide comment.
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Elias Ray
Lafayette
Ind
Conrad Ortman
Riuy
Ortman
Six Killed by Boiler Explosion at Dowagiac Mill
Eight men were in the Geesey Hoop mill when the boiler exploded in Dowagiac Michigan. Five were instantly killed one died later and one was severely hurt while another escaped uninjured. The dead include DeForest Geesey owner and Frank Geesey his brother plus Qotta Huehnke Charles Fritz Estell Gamyer and Marvin Stewart all mill employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geesey Hoop
Dowagiac
Mich
DeForest Geesey
Frank Geesey
Qotta Huehnke
Charles Fritz
Estell Gamyer
Marvin Stewart
Zion City reps seek prairie land near Calgary for colony
Three Dowie representatives in Edmonton negotiate with Canadian Pacific Railway to buy two townships of irrigated land about forty miles east of Calgary. The Cana dian Pacific Railway deal aims to relocate the Zion City colony to the new land this summer.
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New Zion
Zion City
Chicago
Edmonton
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Calgary
Resignation of Census Director North Accepted
N. D. North, director of the census, has tendered his resignation to President Taft and it has been accepted. E. Dana Durand, deputy commissioner of corporations, is named to succeed Mr. North. The resignation follows a controversy with See of Commerce and Labor Nagel.
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N. D. North
Taft
E. Dana Durand
Corporations
North
Mr. North
See of Commerce and Labor Nagel
Damages Awarded in Petershire Drowning Suit
Mrs. Bertha Hillmen of Petershire Indiana won $5 000 damages against saloonkeeper William Stewart of Jimtown. She charged her husband drowned while intoxicated after liquor sold to him by Stewart.
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Bertha Hillmen
Petershire
Ind
William Bk. Stewart
Jimtown
Stewart
Locomotive Contract Sets New Baldwin Record
In Philadelphia a contract for 105 locomotives was placed with Baldwin Locomotive Works by the Harriman lines. It stands as the largest order for Baldwin since the 1907 panic.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Harriman Lines
Gasoline boat Dorris capsizes near Vicksburg during storm
The gasoline boat Dorris carrying ten passengers capsized in the Yazoo canal near Vicksburg Mississippi during a storm. Seven are believed drowned.
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Dorris
Yazoo Canal
Vicksburg
Miss
Tragic Accidents Reported in Indiana Incidents
Reports describe three fatal events in Indiana. A buggy collision with a Wabash freight train near Goshen killed a man named Jod while returning from a party. Frank Hawbrook, 50, farmer of Hebron, died of blood poisoning after a turkey scare injured his hand. In Indianapolis, George W. Thompson shot his wife, believing her to be a burglar.
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Tolderman
Goshen, Jod
Turkey
Frank Hawbrook
Hebron
Ind
George W. Thompson
East Tenth Street
Indianapolis
Senate OKs Free Lumber Amendment Vote Hits Cold
The Senate rejected McCumber's free lumber amendment by 56 to 25 after a day of tariff discussion. Dolliver surprised allies by opposing radical free lumber demand, while Root urged dressed lumber duties and Borah Heyburn pressed for higher protection. Clapp and Burkett argued Canada's ability to supply lumber and praised the Canadian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Root
Weyburn
Borah
Odolliver
Clapp
Burkett
McCumber
Reyubdllean
Dolliver
Heyburn
Idaho
Canada
United States
Five Children Burn in Kentucky School Exercise
Five children at Mrs. B. C. Boyd's school in Central City Kentucky were burned during a Monday night commencement when candles ignited white muslin dresses. The audience aided by covering flames with coats and rescuing the youngsters as panic spread. Dorothy Clay was the unwitting spark.
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Dorothy Becrame
Fight for the Pennants, Standing of Clubs in the Principal Base Ball Leagues
The article lists current standings and race for pennants in the major baseball leagues. It tracks leading clubs, their win loss records, and near-term outlook as teams vie for division titles and pennants.
Fire Claims Man and Three Children in Widon Iowa
John Carter a veteran in his Td years, and the three children of his daughter Mrs. Lela Shaw, perished in a house fire that destroyed the Shaw home in Widon Iowa. Mrs. Shaw worked nights at a restaurant and left the children with their grandfather. The blaze was caused by a lamp overturned during a steam.
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Cleveland
Anna Cleveland Hastings
Mm. P. Hastings
Grover Cleveland
Hartford
Conn
R. C. Hastings
Ceylon
Alabama
Hastings
John Carter
Lela Shaw
Shaw
Widon
Iowa
Bandits Rob Train West of Omaha in Mail Sack Heist
Four masked men robbed Union Pacific Overland Limited No 2 a mile west of Omaha just before midnight. They hijacked seven registered mail pouches, forced crew and clerks at gunpoint, fired repeatedly to intimidate passengers, and fled southward after the heist. Police scour the area for the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Overland Limited
Omaha
Purdy resigns from U S District bench and political shakeups
Judge Milton D. Purdy has resigned from the United States District Court bench. J Adam Gede plans a challenge to win a seat in Congress from the Wight Minnesota district. Charleston City Council votes 22 to 7 to make the city dry amid liquor industry surprise. Sen McCumber accuses census office wives of officials in a broad critique of the census bill conference report. He says Washington is becoming a city of official families with young staff unfamiliar with the states they serve.
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Milton D. Purdy
United States District Court Bench
J. Adam Gede
Congress
Wight
Minnesota
West Virginia
Charleston
Census Office
War Department
Treasury Department
McCumber
North Dakota
Washington
Oklahoma towns flooded after heavy rainstorm strikes region
Severe rainfall floods northeastern Oklahoma causing river and canal rises. Grand River and tributaries reach flood stage damaging railroad property and farms. Afton and Muskogee streets flood while bridges including the Catale trestle suffer damage and train service is disrupted. Affected area spans from South Haven Kansas to eastern Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma
Grand River
Afton
Vinita
Catale
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Arkansas
Muskogee
South Haven
Kan
Sixty Cripples Saved From Fire at Brooklyn Hospital
A blaze in the top floor spinal ward of King's County Hospital Brooklyn trapped sixty spinal patients. Doctors and nurses rescued all children unscathed and forty-two were moved without unstrapping from Bradford frames used to mold bent bodies. The fire started in the surgical room adjoining the Tong apartment.
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King's County Hospital
Brooklyn
N.Y
Dog Rescues Two Preachers From Delaware River
Rev. Asay Ferry of Bethany Presbyterian Church Philadelphia and his brother Rev. Ebenezer Ferry of Morrisville Presbyterian Church were rescued from drowning in the Delaware River by a shepherd dog. The dog swam to them after they wordlessly struggled, seized the master's collar, and pulled him to shallow water. The animal then returned to save the second preacher, bringing him to safety.
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Asay Ferry
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Ebenezer Ferry
Morrisville
Delaware River
Survivors From Columbia Wreck Arrive in Alaska
The Dora reached Seward Alaska with 194 survivors after the April 30 wreck near Unimaka Pass. Italian passengers caused panic at first but were restrained by guns as boats landed. Lifesavers Christ Christopherson and Ernest Anderson set a shore life line, and a May 2 storm led to the final abandonment and the ship burning.
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Columbia
Seward
Alaska
Unimaka Pass
Christ Christopherson
Ernest Anderson
Sailor Confesses Aid in Gunness Murders in Norway
An American sailor, detained at Frederikstad near Christiania, Norway, admits to helping Belle Gunness murder four people on her Laporte Indiana farm and says he killed Gunness as well. He is under observation for mental condition as the case is reported to American Minister H H D Peirce.
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Frederikstad
Christiania
Norway
Belle Gunness
Laporte
Ind
French merchant leaves fortune to churches for masses
Gilbert, a retired French trader, grants his entire fortune to churches in French cities for masses for the repose of victims of speeding automobiles. In Turkey, Albanian garrison actions near Saloniki and a pending bid to restore Abdul Hamid unfold as an uprising rumors surge. Imperial palace Yildiz inventories reveal $2.25 million in banknotes and vast jewelry including a $375,000 rosary, with Abdul Hamid holding over $5 million abroad. Youne Turks resist surrender of cash.
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Gilbert
Uskup
Saloniki
Turkey
Constantinople
Derrhen-Eddin
Abdul Namid
Imperial Palace
Yildiz
Abdul Hamid
Chicago Shaken by Severe Quake Across Four States
A northeastern tremor felt in Chicago at 8 40 am Wednesday was reported over four states from Springfield to Milwaukee with effects in Maywood Joliet Naperville and Evanston. No serious damage. duration five to ten seconds in the city and up to half a minute elsewhere. Fires were suspected in Aurora and chimneys displaced in Joliet.
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Chicago
Springfield
Milwaukee
Burlington
Iowa
Kalamazoo
Mich
Maywood
Lockport
Joliet
Riverside
Downers Grove
Jlinsdale
Naperville
Elgin
Evanston
New
Weather Bureau
Peoria
Federal Building
Towa
Freeport
Aurora
Bloomington
Kewanee
Geneva
Streator
Dixon
Rockford
Moline
Ill
Janesville
Deloit
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Muskepton
China
South Haven
Penton Harbor
Chicago Weather Office
Cox
Taft Proclaims Opening of 800000 Acres for Settlement
President Taft issues a proclamation opening about 440000 acres in the Flathead Montana 200000 in the Coeur d Alene Idaho and 50000 to 190000 in the Spokane Washington reservations for settlement. Registration runs July 15 to August 5 at Kalispell Missoula Spokane and Coeur d Alene. Applications must be mailed to the Coeur d Alene opening superintendent. The drawing starts at 10 a m August 9 and will continue until finished.
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Taft
Flathead
Mont
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Wash
Kalispels
Missoula
Coeur d’Alene
Coeur Wvalene
Fires devastate multiple firms and homes across states
A Long Island fire destroyed four business buildings with losses around 100000 dollars. In Brooklyn a Star Baking plant burned, causing about 100000 dollars in damage. A five story warehouse on 7th Avenue in New York suffered extensive fire loss. In Highland California a child aged five died from an accidental gun discharge. Frank W. Carpenter received a banquet gesture in Washington.
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Long Island
Kan
Cr. L. Hutchinson
Chicago
American Federation of Arts
Washington
Ruth Mitchell
Highland
Cal
Harold
East Side
Star Baking Company
Thomas Street
Licoklyn
7Th Avenue
New York
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
Frank W. Carpenter
Taft
Georgetown Active
Delti Chi
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McCallum
L. Q N. AL
Senate
Kiveridge
Curtis
Tairtow
Tyrant
Brown
Gamble
Johnson
Burin
Tar Pollette
Crawford
Nelson
Cummins
Democrats
Clay
Newlands
Culberson
Paynter
Frazier
Rayner
Gore
Shively
Stone
Hughes
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Toledo 1
SpDuTiays Liticians
Pine Blu
Ark
Lovett Davis
Pine Bluff
Dog
Mrs. Gunness
Middle States
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