Destructive Midwest Tornado Strikes Illinois and Iowa
Storm roared from Wisconsin into central Illinois with Merna reporting three deaths and many injured. Bloomington suffered heavy damage but no confirmed fatalities. Laurel Iowa reportedly wiped out with widespread telegraph failures hindered communication for hours. Wires blown down as crews worked to reestablish lines after the midnight storm.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Illinois
Bloomington
Mississippi
Merna
Ill
Laurel
Marshall County
Iowa
Telegraph
Fifteen Lives Reported Lost in Illinois Storm
Springfield June 11 reports from Bloomington and Peoria indicate property losses around 25000 dollars. No county deaths yet but many injuries recorded as dispatches confirm fifteen fatalities in Tazewell county.
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Springfield
Ill
Bloomington
Chicago and Alton
Peoria
Tazewell County
Tornado Rips Central Illinois Farm Towns Killing Three in Merna
Bloomington Ill June 11 A devastating tornado last night caused widespread destruction across Merna and Bloomington. Three young women died at a Merna dance hall as the building collapsed. Widespread property loss to homes barns and businesses follows, with crop damage feared and telegraph lines broken in the city. A man on West Washington street was blown 300 feet but survived.
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Bloomington
Ill
Illinois
Merna
Lena Jahagam
Edward W. Martin
Anna Kelley
Ain
West Washington Street
Illinois Wesleyan University
Freight wrecks hit county as poles topple on tracks
Telegraph poles fell on railroad tracks causing freight wrecks. No deaths or injuries reported yet. Efforts to reach small county towns continue, with Merna the only fatality known so far.
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Merna
Storm hits Burlington Iowa cutting telegraph links
Burlington experienced a severe storm causing telegraph outages since 9 p.m. No lives were lost. Damage included 200000 feet of lumber breaking loose from Gil bert and Hedges Lumber Co, the steamer Comet breaking in two and sinking, and the Rob Roy pleasure craft damaged. Many barge and boat houses flooded or stranded with heavy damage reported nearby.
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Burlington
Iowa
Gilbert & Hedges Lumber Company
Comet
Rob Roy
Tornado Kills Three in Kingston Mines Pekin Illinois
A tornado swept Kingston mines in Tazewell county last night killing Mrs. Thomas Murphy and an infant Willie McElwee and fatally injuring Patrick McElwee and wife. The village suffers extensive destruction with 15 000 dollars in damage and 60 000 acres of corn ruined by the flood further afield.
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Pekin
Ill
Tazewell County
Kingston Mines
Here
Thomas Murphy
Willie McElwee
Patrick McElwee
Glasford
Mapleton
Groveland
Milner
Dillion
Hopedale
Delevan
Wind Storm Devastates Towns Near Jacksonville Ill
A hard wind storm struck Jacksonville Illinois last night with no damage reported locally. Danvers on the Alton road north of town was reported wiped out as the Kansas City Limited train pulled away. Meagre reports indicate broad damage across counties to the north.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Danvers
Alton Road
Kansas City Limited
Storm Fierce in Peoria Destructive Weather Hits Illinois
Peoria Illinois June 11 a fierce storm caused heavy damage and loss of life. A Rock Island passenger train was buried in a landslide with engine and mail car buried. Train service delayed tracks washed away and corn fields ruined. One man killed and two injured from wires. River shipping damaged.
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Peoria
Ill
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Storm Downed Wires and Damaged Towns Reported
Springfield reports telephone and telegraph service cut to Bloomington at noon. Stanford south of Bloomington suffered severe storm damage. Elevators along the Chicago and Alton south of Bloomington blown down. A 300 foot section of the Alton track north of Pekin washed out.
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Springfield
Ill
This City
Bloomington
Stanford
Chicago
Alton
Pekin
Destructive midnight hurricane hits Lincoln area
Lincoln ll June 11 a severe hurricane swept the city and nearby localities at midnight with hard rain and lightning. Public buildings factories and homes were unroofed and street railway lines crippled. Streets blocked by fallen trees and wires. Area towns Atlanta Lawndale Elkhart report heavy losses to elevators and buildings with considerable grain damage and no fatalities.
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Lincoln
Ill
Atlanta
Lawndale
Elkhart
Des Moines Reports Narrow Escape From Strong Tempest
Word from Laurel at noon confirms Des Moines weather danger but the town was not swept away. Several roofs were blown off yet no injuries reported. Early dispatches had wrongly claimed the town had been razed with heavy loss of life.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Laurel
Pennypacker Nominated Over Elkin At Pa Convention
At Convention Hall Harrisburg on June 11 Judge Samuel W Pennypacker was nominated for governor on the first ballot by Pennsylvania Republicans defeating Attorney General John P Elkin 206 to 152. The scene featured a large crowd surge policemen at the capitol grounds and party leaders Quay Penrose and Durham among attendees.
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Harrisburg
Matthew S. Quay
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Philadelphia
Pennypacker
John P. Elkin
Indiana
Elkin
William M. Brown
Lawrence County
Isaac B. Brown
Erie
Senator Quay
Beaver County
Penrose
Durham
Capitol
Quay
Reeder
Luzerne County
Schuylkill
Senator Penrose
Robert S. Murphy
Cambria
Hampton L. Carson
Louis A. Watres
F. E. Lewis
Anentown
Brown
Penny Packer
Lewis
Major Brown
Internal Affairs
Huge prehistoric bones unearthed near Fort Wayne by Oliver Smith
Oliver Smith, a farmer west of Fort Wayne, uncovered the nearly complete framework of a mastodon or similar extinct animal while digging a ditch in Whitley County. Two tusks measure eleven feet three inches and a shorter counterpart. local students preserve specimens as scientists study the find.
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Oliver Smith
Fort Wayne
Mr. Smith
Whitley County
Mob Lynches Two Negro Boys in North Carolina
Two teenage defendants Harrison and Gilespie aged 16 and 14 were seized from Salisbury jail and hanged by a masked mob in Rowan County. Militia were disbanded after calm returned, the attackers fired as they fled. The youths confessed they beat Cornelia Benson to death with rocks after she ordered them off her farm.
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Charlotte
N. C
Harrison
James Gilespie
Cornelia Benson
Rowan County
Salisbury
N. Y
Morton Family Reunion At Oakwood Place
The Morton siblings gathered Tuesday at Oakwood Place, home of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Griffith, for a delightfully pleasant family reunion. Attending were Mrs. Levi Griffith, Mrs. Benjamin Brubaker of Altamont Illinois, John A. Morton of Huntsville Ohio, and George A. Morton noted Allen County farmer. An elaborate dinner followed, making the occasion memorable for all present.
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Oakwood Place
Levi Griffith
Richard Morton
Benjamin Brubaker
Altamont
John A. Morton
Huntsville
Ohio
George A. Morton
Allen County
Leg broken in two places near Goshen road
Frank Racine eleven year old son of August Racine suffered a right leg fracture in two places while attempting to jump onto a wagon near the Goshen road on his way to town. He was walking along when the wagon passed and he tried to climb over the rear.
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Frank Racine
August Racine
Goshen
Racine
Boy's Leg Broken Twice After Wagon Spoke Trap
A boy's right foot was caught in wagon spokes and dragged some distance before anyone noticed. He was taken to Dr. Stults and his leg was found broken in two places just below the knee.
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Stults
Boy injured in fall from woodshed
A son of Mr and Mrs James Jacobs of 1319 Barr street fell from a woodshed Tuesday afternoon while playing on the roof and sustained a fracture of the left arm. Dr A J Kesler reduced the fracture.
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James Jacobs
Barr Street
A. J. Kesler
Merz Drug Store Owner Struck By Burst Eye Vessel
William Merz a South Calhoun street druggist is confined to his home after a blood vessel burst in an eye Monday evening He was serving a customer at the time and was momentarily blinded The physician says sight should recover in a few weeks with no permanent impairment expected.
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William Merz
South Calhoun Street
Merz
R. P. White
Colonel Lynch Arrested After Arriving in England as MP
London June 11 Colonel Arthur Lynch the Galway representative in the house of commons was arrested on arrival from Dieppe at New Haven and taken to Bow Street for high treason. He was remanded until June 14 after evidence of arrest was presented. The Irish nationalists in parliament challenged ministers over the arrest.
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London
Arthur Lynch
South Africa
Galway
House of Commons
New Haven
Dieppe
France
Col. Lynch
Bow Street
Lynch
Colonel Lynch
A. J. Balfour
John Redmond
J. G. Swift MacNeil
Convict Defies Police in Midwest Manhunt
Lon Henderson, who killed City Commissioner Hawrille nine years ago and served nine years, breached parole by shooting two Indianapolis officers. He traveled to Marion to see his mother, roams farmhouses, robs for food, and vows not to be captured. Authorities deploy deputy marshals and police with a possible hideout crew.
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Marion
Ind
Lon Henderson
Hawrille
Indianapolis
Henderson
Cathedral rector marks twenty first anniversary of priesthood
Rev. P. F. Roche of the Cathedral celebrated the twenty first anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Wednesday. The ceremony noted his ordination in a phase of new charge and recalled his service since that date.
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P. F. Roche
Fathe Ost
Thurber testifies on Cuban reciprocity and Cuban committee funds
Washington June 11 P B Thurber president of the United States Export Association testifies before the Cuban relations committee. He admits receiving 2800 from the Cuban governor for advocating reciprocity and says 2500 came from Havemeyer of the Sugar Refining Co. The probe centers on payment sources and duties cuts on Cuban sugar.
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Washington
P. B. Thurber
Exporters’ “Association
Committee On
Teller
Cuba
Woods
United States Export Association
Thurber
United States
Cubs
Havemeyer
Sugar Refining Company
Export Association
General Wood
Mr. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
President Roosevelt Visits West Point in June 11 Arrivals
President Roosevelt arrived at West Point New York at 10 oclock. He was greeted by Colonel Mills superintendent and staff with the Academy band. A cavalry escort and a twenty one gun salute announced his appearance atop the hill.
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West Point
N. Y
Roosevelt
Mills
West Point Military Academy
Sands Atted
Sipe Show-Combining Event Sets Fort Wayne Exhibition
The Sipe pony and dog show will be in Fort Wayne Saturday June 21 with advance personnel arranging the exhibition. The Sipe show has long been a local favorite and is expected to attract a large crowd.
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Fort Wayne
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