Cyclones Follow Intense Heat Cause Fatalities and Injuries
Severe storms swept the Midwest with cyclones accompanying record heat. In Pekin Illinois a cyclone struck an icehouse killing Clyde Lakers and Frank Wooley, with four others buried. Granite City suffered a tornado at the Madison County Baseball Park injuring twenty, many of them players from the visiting team.
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Harbor
Aise
Ice House
Pekin
Clyde Lakers
Frank Wooley
Grand
Granite City
Ill
Madison County
Mexican counter plot uncovered and arrests in Mexico
Francisco I. Madero Jr. claims a counter revolution plot to depose him. Daniel DeVilliers of Mexico City is arrested in El Paso area linked to funds for Madero’s military readers. W. F. Dunn, an American, is arrested in Monterey after being trailed from El Paso. Madero says he was fully advised and let the plan develop.
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el Paso
Texas
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Mexico City
Daniel DeVilliers
W. F. Dunn
Madero
Monterey
Mexico
Tragic Stable Fire Claims Three Boys in Kittanning
In Kittanning Pennsylvania Earl Jewart 12 Jesse Jewart 10 and Hugh Flannigan 14 died in a stable fire they had planned as a nocturnal prank. The blaze destroyed twelve horses two dogs and the livery barn equipment with losses estimated between 8000 and 10000 dollars. The fire’s cause remains a mystery.
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Kittanning
Penn
Earl Jewart
Jesse
Hugh Flannigan
Pittsburg
Foreign crops show fair prospects overseas
Reports from Argentina Uruguay and Europe indicate generally satisfactory crop conditions with only partial corn failures in Argentina and Uruguay and a backward season in much of Europe. A bumper wheat crop may materialize in Argentina if the season remains favorable.
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Washington
Argenta
Uruguay
Europe
Argentina
Battlefleet collision leaves hull breach in Inflexible
Portland England reports a collision between the battleship Bellerophon under Capt. Trevylyan D. W. Napier and the cruiser Invincible under Capt. Charles L. Napier. The Invincible suffered a seven foot hole below the waterline from the impact.
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Portland
England
Great Britain
Bellerophon
Trevylyan
D. W. Napier
Invincible
Charles L. Napier
Wisconsin Senate and Assembly Back Woman Suffrage Bill
Both houses of the Wisconsin legislature approve a bill granting suffrage to women. The measure is to be voted on by state voters and, if approved, would take effect in 1913.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
German Surgeons Report Successful Dead to Living Grafts
German surgeons at Breslau and Jena report successful grafts from dead bodies to living patients. Dr Kuttner replaced a ball and socket joint and femur segment, with the grafted parts showing new life and articulation. Professor Lexer created an esophagus from intestine and skin for a woman who ingested sulfuric acid, enabling she eats and drinks and the organ functions normally.
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Berling
Kuttner
University of Breslau
Surgical Congress
Lexer
University of Jena
Penny Tip For Usher At Union Depot
Thom as Jansen an usher at the Union depot guides a woman to her train after fifteen minutes of service. She offers a penny tip, the first he has received in some time, prompting him to joke about using tobacco and later bowing in gratitude before realizing the coin is only a penny.
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Kansas City
Thomas Jansen
Union Depot
Jansen
Stingless bees a goal for Massachusetts beekeeping project
Amherst mass the new beekeeping bureau of the Massachusetts agricultural college aims to breed bees that do not sting yet yield more honey and wax. Prof Burton N Gates state inspector of apiaries oversees the work and cites imported Caucasus bees as a gentler model for cross breeding toward a dual purpose insect.
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Amherst
Mass
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Burton N. Gates
Russian
Caucasus
Hamilton Gushes Over Women and Crabs in New York
General Sir Ian Hamilton praised American women and soft-shell crabs while in New York en route home from inspecting British forces in the West Indies. He enjoyed a week of society, and a basket of crabs was sent to continue his crab theme aboard.
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New York
Ian Hamilton
South Africa
Hamilton
London
West Indies
Man sells body for seven dollars at Chicago hospital
Charles Kittrick died at the National Maternity hospital where seven nurses had bought his body and soul for seven dollars to cover a room bill. The sale record was filed with the county recorder. He suffered a peculiar locomotor ataxia and the body will be used for clinical study.
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Chicago
Charles Kittrick
National Maternity Hospital
Kittrick
County Recorder
Prison escapees recaptured by Indiana warden near Greenwood
Five inmates escaped from Indiana Woman's Prison and were pursued by Superintendent Miss Emily B H Rhoades. Flora Knox Nellie Barton Delma Marshall were captured near Greenwood in an abandoned shed. Maggie Spurrier Nellie Needy were later caught between Greenwood and Morgantown. All were exhausted and returned to custody without resistance.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Woman's Prison
Emily BH. Rhoades
Flora Knox
Nellie Barton
Delma Marshall
Greenwood
Miss Rhoades
Maggie Spurrier
Nellie Needy
Morgantown
Silas Cox
Indiana and Kentucky State News Briefs
State items report Episcopal church property sold for 1800 dollars with funds held in diocesan trust. In Laporte a man from Chicago found dying with severe head injury and severed leg near Lake Shore tracks. Missouri unknown.
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Frankfort
Episcopal Church
Laporte
Albert Hollenberg
Chicago
Lake Shore
Muncie
George Hoppes
Michigan City
Anderson
Jeffersonville
Jacob Meredith
Leopold Rosenfield
Montgomery
Lebanon
Parr
Harry Bradley
Indianapolis
Death of Indiana University Freshman In Bloomington
Irvin Minneman eighteen year old Bloomington resident and Indiana University freshman died while bathing at the residence of Mrs. George V Munson on East Fourth Street. Coroner Dr J W Kentling could not determine if the death was accidental or self inflicted as Minneman had complained of a severe cold and asked his roommate Bernice Hutchins to fetch quinine before deciding to take the medicine and a hot bath.
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Michigan City
Ethel Boha
Joseph Boha
Jamestown
C. F. Martin
Shelbyville
Opal Whaley
Gary
Frank Howard
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Tenth Avenue
Harrison Streets
Hamilton
South Bend
Albert Hollenberg
Austin
Laporte
Lake Shore
Knotts
Richard Winkler
Chicago
Winkler
Bloomington
Irvin Minneman
Indiana University
Logansport
George V. Munson
Fourth Street
J. W. Kentling
Bernice Hutchins
Sheridan
Hutchins
Diaz Fleeing Ex-President Reaches Vera Cruz After Battle
Porfirio Diaz escapes capital with few followers and guards. He reaches Vera Cruz in frail health and plans to sail for Spain around June 1. Rebels attack Diaz’s departure route. bandit activity on rails noted and security tight as he heads to ship Espagne or a German liner.
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Mexico
Diaz
Tepeyahualco
Harape
Mexico City
Madero
de la Barra
Porfirio Diaz
Gray Eagle
Spain
Francisco Leon de la Barra
Viva Madero
General Diaz
Ilness
San Lazaro Station
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Espagne
Madrid
Alfonso
Senora Diaz
San Diego
Cal
United States
Jesus Paezeda
Red” Lopez
Sonora
Lopez
Agua Prieta
Flames Touch Three Fires In Mt Vernon Loss $11000
Three simultaneous fires in Mt Vernon caused about $11000 in damage with partial insurance coverage. Clarence Laduke’s general store in Grafton and Philip Smith’s adjoining saloon burned for around $4000. Chris Riechen’s barn, farm machinery, grain and threshing gear were destroyed totaling about $5000. Patrick Duskey’s residence burned for $2000.
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Mt. Vernon
Clarence Laduke
Grafton
Philip Smith
Chris Riechen
Patrick Duskey
General Strike Feared in Michigan City Trades
Labor unrest grips Michigan City as journeymen painters strike after a business agent orders union membership. Contractors refuse to hire nonunion workers, risking a broader labor dispute and potential general strike among building trades.
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Michigan City
Saloonkeeper McHale Seeks $100 Liquor License Rebate
Martin McHale of Logansport filed with county auditor John H. Wallace a petition for a $100 rebate on the liquor license fee. The claim follows a wave of similar threats by local saloonkeepers and hinges on the timing of a February license application prior to the Proctor law.
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Logansport
Martin McHale
John H. Wallace
McHale
Proctor
Coal Miners Strike Idle 1247 as Dispute Sparks Walkout
Terre Haute reports a strike by 1,247 miners at the W.8 Little mines in Pike county and the Wabash Coal company mines in Vigo county. The stoppage followed a fight after a dispute over a mine place, leading to the miner’s discharge and union demand for reinstatement.
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Terre Haute
Little
Pike County
Wabash Coal Company
Vigo County
Little Company
Indiana State Bar Association Meet At Winona Lake
The annual session of the Indiana State Bar Association will be held in Winona Lake on Tuesday and Wednesday July 11 and 12. The first session begins at two o clock on Tuesday with the president's address followed by papers read and business transacted. A dinner for members and wives will be held in the evening and a steamboat ride on the lake is planned.
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Winona Lake
Indiana State Bar Association
Association
Woman and girl survive 40 foot fall from quarry ledge
Mrs. Ida Payton attempted suicide by leaping from a 35 foot ledge into an abandoned quarry. Miss Inez Prather, sixteen, tried to restrain her and was dragged over the edge. They fell 40 feet into shallow water, surviving with serious injuries.
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Bedford
Ida Payton
Inez Prather
Sunday Pupils Lead Hamilton County Sunday School Parade
Noblesville drew 500 delegates and 1 500 workers and teachers from 69 Sunday schools in Hamilton county for a parade in preparation for the Hamilton county Sunday school convention at the Christian church. The two mile march featured bands automobiles decorated wagons and marching classes.
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Noblesville
Hamilton County
Christian Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church fights Cumberland University dispute
The general assembly rejects a $36,500 settlement offer from the Presbyterian church North and votes to continue the lawsuit over Cumberland university property at Lebanon Tennessee. The property is appraised at $225,000 and the education committee pushes an expanded missionary program.
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Evansville
Presbyterian Church, North
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tenn
General Assembly
The
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Committee On Education
Never Absent From School in thirteen years
Franklin Pa May 29 Lewis Ely who graduated from Franklin high school never missed even half a day during thirteen years of school life and was publicly commended by school officials.
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Franklin
Lewis Ely
Franklin High School
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