TWO MILLED IN ILLINOIS STORM TWO MILLED IN ILLINOIS
Pekin Illinois May 29 two persons were killed and much property destroyed in a hurricane that struck Pekin ten miles south of Peoria The dead are Clyde Bakers and Frank Woodley The pumping station was demolished The storm crossed the Minnel River destroying the Boleytoe company plants Trees were uprooted roofs blown from houses and windows broken The city residence district escaped Also a separate item reports a hurricane at Granite City lifting a grandstand injuring over 20 people and delaying a baseball game including Sidney Magnus Ernest Robinson and other players
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Here
Clyde Bakers
Frank Woodley
Minnel
Boley Toe Company
Gus
Ron
Mangus
Granite City
Aind
Miller Brothers
St. Louis
Childs & Anderson Farm
Sidney Magnus
Piocher
Ernest Robinson
Harry Massering
John Massering
William Amerling
James McCafferty
Ed Happerson
Senate to Call Witnesses in May Probe Case
Columbus May 29. The senate probe committee may compel reluctant witnesses to testify by contempt proceedings. The plan seeks to extract testimony while facing habeas corpus challenges. attorneys say sentences for contempt end with the senate term. The committee will report its failure to secure testimony and proceed to certify action to the senate.
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Columbus
Senate
Sausage fraud investigation sparks food department action
In Columbus on May 29, a new food fraud case emerges as the dairy and food department combats deceptive sausage production. Toledo samples reportedly added water to meat and starch, inflating weights by 25 to 40 percent. About 12 affidavits were sent to Toledo by officials as the probe develops. Akron reports a heat tragedy where Charles Schaber, 63, was killed after being struck by a moving engine while crossing railroad tracks.
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Columbus
Dairy and Food Department
Toledo
Reat
Akron
Charles Schaber
Donnelly
Michael Donnelly
Otto German Fire Insurance Company
What did Wilkie learn secret service probes Maine blast
The World reports the Secret Service investigated a tale that George B. Boynton, an American adventurer captured in Cuba, touched an electric button causing the Maine explosion in Havana on February 15. The spy claimed Boynton was freed after agreeing to trigger the device, but Wilkie’s men could not verify the claim.
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Secret Service
New Maine
New York
the World This
Secret Service Department
George B. Boynton
Maine
Havans Harbor
Boynton
Wilkie
Cuba
Cabanas
Havana
Ohio Cyclist Killed on Hawthorn Track in Chicago
May 29 Chicago saw the opening of the motorcycle racing season as a deadly crash at Hawthorn left Harry Nixon of Dayton dead. Injured were Paul Batley of Indianapolis, C. S. Hinkley of Aurora, and Wrank Hart of Springfield, with Hart surviving injuries and a miraculous escape noted. An aviator in St. Petersburg, Charsky, died when his plane fell to the ground after a motor stoppage during a first flight.
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Chicago
Hawthorn
Harry Nixon
Dayton
St. Anthony's Hospital
Paul J. Batley
Indianapolis
Dyig
Hinkley
Aurora
Wrank Hart
Springfeld
Mags
Racing Star
Hart
St. Petersburg
Charsky
Governor Attends Columbus Aviation Meet Handsome Cups Donated
Columbus, May 29. Governor Harmon and former Ohio governors invited to attend the aviation meet. Harmon donated a handsome cup and Herrick a sterling cup for competition. The event opens this afternoon with flyers Tom Sopwith Hurl Ovington Philip Parmalee and Captain Baldwin among the exhibitors.
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Columbus
Harmon
Ohio
Baring Bowen
Herrick
Tom Sopwith
Hurl Ovington
Philip Parmalee
Wright Brothers
Captain Baldwin
Twelve Aviators Star Only One American Entered In Paris
Paris aviation report notes a Paris to Turin contest with a $100000 prize attracting many starters but few completed. Andre Beaumont led from Isnysses Moulineaux with others launching amid station trains and crowd controls. Henry Weymann represented the United States with a Nieuport but faltered early after a rough start.
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Rome
Doxene
Fiation
Madrid
Beaumont
Paria
Andre Beaumont
Henry Weymann
Stars and Stripes
Frey
Weymann Weymann
Beford
Vilne
Postoffice Now Self Supporting
Washington May 29 The post office department for the free time in nearly 30 years is self supporting Postmaster General Hitchcock announced the department can meet its expenses without federal aid and has returned 8 000 000 to the treasury The service is said to be self sustaining with a potential surplus of over 1 000 000 due to business like methods and expansion of profitable services Also mentions Donnelly plea and a separate Rochester incident.
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Washington
Post Care Department
Hitchcock
Department
Federal Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Aervica
Erval’y Announcement
Senqura Diaz Travelled to Europe with Husband
Senqura Diaz accompanied her husband on a flight to Europe. The record notes their travel details and confirms the pair were en route for unspecified purposes.
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Husband
Europe
Pinkerton to Guard London Crowds at Coronation
William A Pinkerton head of the Pinkerton agency has been summoned to London by Britain's home secretary to advise on the secret service force guarding the coronation. He will sail from New York and proceed to London immediately. Woman Dies in Runaway at Prairie Depot Fostoria May 29 A harness break sent Charles Morgan's team racing and killed his wife Mrs Morgan who was thrown from the carriage.
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Pinkerton
Chicago
William A. Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Agency
London
Winston Churchill
Secret Service
George Y
New York
Fostoria
Charles Morgan
Rising Sun
Prairie Depot
New President De La Barra Plans Damages Court Mexico City
President De La Barra proposes immediate four court system to hear foreign damage claims for killings and property loss. Notes sent to United States Britain Germany Spain China inviting speedy hearings. Plans pension schemes for insurrecto families and a bill to fund reimbursement. Elections to be held with reduced insurgent disruption. Separate reports of conspirators arrested in El Paso and Monterey for plotting against Madero. Rebels attack Diaz in Veracruz as he flees Mexico City, culminating in a bloody clash with 30 rebels killed.
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de la Carra
Court of Claima
Mexico
de la Barra
Enniste
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Great Britain
Germany
Spain
China
Dtal
Congress
Senate
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Vers Crus
Dias
Vora C Watery
Fatal ammonia tank blast at Columbus ice plant
In Columbus on May 20 a 50 gallon ammonia tank exploded at the Fulton Market ice plant. Three workers were exposed, Edwin J. Hopking, 43, died at Francis Hospital as he was being removed by ambulance. Harry Miller and John Thomas escaped to the office. Isaak Walton’s treatise on fishing life is noted as a dated, unrelated reference.
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Columbus
Fulton Market
Edwin J. Hopking
In Francis Hospital
Harry Miller
John Thomas
Body Found Solves Part Of Messenger Disappearance
Cleveland May 29 body found in Rocky River halves the mystery of Homer W. Messenger a trustee of the National Order of Railway Mail Clerks who vanished last Tuesday while fishing. Messenger was alone on the trip and the cause of his drowning remains unexplained.
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Homer W. Messenger
National Order of Railway Mail
Rocky River
Messenger
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