Spectacular Storm Strikes Town With Media Lightning
A severe electrical storm last evening lit the sky for two hours with brilliant flashes and thunder like battlefield cannonades. Electric Park suffered multiple strikes including the photo gallery and a transformer tower, leaving nearly 300 lights out. a maple tree ignited and a boy was shocked. Weather recorded rainfall of 0.45 inches before 7 a.m., and power was briefly cut to parks and streetcars.
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Electric Park
Westfield
Herbert Parker
First
Mulberry Streets
Jacob Fuoss
Henry Burk
Mullan Avenue
Lafayette Street
Ned Brown
Logan Avenue
Mr. Brown
Ned
Shilliam
Ives
Smith
Milkers Required to Bathe Before Each Milking at Elmendorf Farm
Elmendorf dairy near Lexington Kentucky owned by J B Haggin enforces sanitation with a shower before every milking three times daily and clean white clothing provided by management. The farm milks 600 cows now with plans to expand to 2500, markets milk in Lexington and Cincinnati, and has a barber bath house for workers. Haggin recently bought a high value herd upgrade including Jerseys and Guernseys from Jersey and Guernsey stock.
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E. R. Shoemaker
Elmendorf
Lexington
Kyr
J. B. Haggin
Haggin
Jerseys
Isle of Jersey
Isle of Guernsey
Guernseys
Cincinnati
Jury Acquits Edgar Cooke in Sensational Embezzlement Trial
The jury acquitted Edgar S Cooke of embezzling 24000 from the Big Four railway company after about two hours of deliberation. The Cincinnati trial linked to a 643000 shortage involved former treasurer Warriner and Mrs Ford, with Cooke’s wife present as verdict announced. Cooke denied theft, claimed Warriner’s shortage was unfounded, and said he inherited 20000 from his mother.
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Cincinnati
Edgar
Cooke
Big Four Railway Company
Charles L. Warriner
Warriner
Jeanette Stewart-Ford
Cocke
Charles W. Baker
Big Four
Ford
Frank Comstock
Gven
New York
Gibbons Tells Women How to Use Their Power
Cardinal Gibbons addressed St. Joseph's college commencements in Baltimore urging women to support male voters. He said women belong at home and should not seek the vote, but if engaged they could influence ballots and champion what is right.
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Gibbons
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
St. Joseph's College
British Official Ashe Shot Dead in Train Ambush
Trichinopoly June 17. Robert William Ashe British collector for the maritime district of Tinnevelly was assassinated today by a Brahmin attorney who then killed himself. The attack occurred aboard a moving railway train as Ashe and his wife sat at the rear.
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Trichinopoly
India
Robert William Ashe
Tinnevelll
Ashe
Wheat From 1000-Year-Old Mummy Grain Grows in Colorado Field
Greeley Colorado June 17 After laying in an Egyptian mummy tomb for over a millennium ten grains of wheat sent to a local farmer germinated eight stalks grew and promise a superior variety not yet grown in the locality one report notes.
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Greeley, Cotp
Greeley
Fire Hits Farm Buildings Near Tripoli
A lightning strike wrecked Henry Kuhre’s barn and outbuildings east of Tripoli Iowa causing heavy livestock and grain losses. At Bern and a furniture store building owned by J Berg burn after a attic origin fire. insurance 600 dollars. Henry Kuhre lacked insurance for livestock and grain losses.
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Redeman
J. Berg
Tripoli
H. C. Koch
Noofi
Henry Kuhre
John Kuhre
Rain Ends Drought Across Iowa With Widespread Rainfall
A nineteen day drought ends as a general rain sweeps across Iowa. Des Moines and southern, western, and northern sections report intermittent showers with Dubuque receiving the heaviest fall at 1.38 inches and Marshalltown about one inch. Davenport Cedar Rapids Sioux City Charles City and Waterloo report similar totals.
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Marshalltown
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Charles City
Waterloo
Fifty stewards join strike on Momus voyage
Fifty stewards on the Momus sailing between New York and New Orleans walked out and threaten a larger walkout with 190 stokers and coal passers to follow. Organizers say they control up to 20,000 seamen and a general coastwise strike could halt all boats. A mass meeting of the International Seamen's Union is set for Sunday to decide next steps.
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New York
Momus
New Orleans
Marine Department
Southern Pacific Railroad
International Seamen's Union of America
London
Minnewaska
Atlantic Transport Line
Southampton
Eng
St. Paul
Majestic
Government Orders Search for Cipriano Castro on Vessel
Port au Prince Haiti June 17 government orders a search of the steamer Consul Grostuck to confirm whether Cipriano Castro the former president of Venezuela is aboard. The move stems from suspicious vessel officers and U S pursuit of the claim the craft harbors the exiled leader. A marriage license was issued today to Ida Bowles 23 Devonport and Wayne Woodard 22 Waterloo.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Ida Bowles
Devonport
Wayne Woodard
Waterloo
Howge Resumes Wool Debate In Idle Senate Talks
Washington June 17 The wool tariff revision bill returns to general debate in the house as talk is set to continue with possible night sessions while the senate sits idle awaiting speeches on the Canadian reciprocity bill. Vote on the wool measure is expected by next Tuesday or Wednesday. Hardwick orders witnesses by force. prominent sugar figures including Joseph F Smith Adolph Sprackles and Thomas R Cutler are summoned to appear.
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Washington
House
Senate
Stephens
Mississippi
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Hardwick
House Sugar Investigating Committee
Joseph F. Smith
Utah
Mormon Church
John D. and
Adolph Sprackles
California
Chester S. Morey
Colorado
Thomas R. Cutler
Long Distance Attack by Electricity Accused in Newark
James M. Finnegan, an electric company employee at Harrison, is jailed in Newark on a charge of long distance assault by electricity against Alfred Van Riper. Van Riper was shocked last Tuesday at a brass faucet and remains hospitalized after claiming Finnegan turned on current during a quarrel. Also noted are bank stats and a smallpox case in Illinois.
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Newark
N. J
James M. Finnegan
Harrison
Alfred van Riper
van Riper
Finnegan
Tama Man Beheaded by Train at Boone
An unidentified man was decapitated by a freight train at the principal street crossing in Boone. The well dressed man, believed to have come from Tamala, was found at the crossing with no clear cause or motive established.
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Tama
Boone
Tamala
Mayor of Cass Lake Charged as Incendiary Gang Leader
Bemidji Minn June 17 A St Paul Dispatch special reports Dr E B D Dumas mayor of Cass Lake Minn charged with leading a gang of incendiaries after crooks Mike Davis and Billie Bean were captured while planning a burglary and arson fire. Bean wounded Davis wounded fled jail in Hemidji clarifying a local incendiary gang activity.
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St. Paul
Minn
Bemiddi
EB. D. Dumas
Cass Lake
Pupesky
Bemidji
Mike Davis
Billie Bean
Davis
Bean
Hemidji
Dumas
Tripoli Woman Fatally Trapped in Unlucky Runs of Fate
Tripoli Iowa June 17 Mrs H C Schluchter wife of a former Evangelical pastor has endured a string of misfortunes. Her husband was killed by a cow years ago and she suffered a railway accident with a dislocated shoulder after leaping from ice. Last evening she fell to the cellar injuring a finger nearly severed while carrying a cup. The middle finger on her left hand was damaged and other bruises followed but no serious harm is feared. She is forty years old.
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Tripoli
Sperial
H. C. Schihictter
Evangelical Church
Geema
Shea
I C Officials Get Another Delay in Trial
Chicago June 17 John M Taylor Frank Harriman Charles J Erwin and Joseph Baker former Illinois Central officials indicted on a charge of malforming the road out of nearly 1 000 000 by fraudulent car repair bills again obtained a postponement of their trial today when a petition for change of venue was filed by Taylor. Counsel for Taylor alleged prejudice on the part of Judge Scanlan and the cases will be reassigned next week. The petition was the second for a change of venue filed the case having been taken from Judge Ewing s court several weeks ago.
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Chicago
John M. Taylor
Frank
Harriman
Charles J. Erwin
Joseph Baker
Ilinois Central
Taylor
Scanlan
Ewing
Estrada to Capital Trouble Rumored in Central America
Washington reports indicate General Estrada who ousted Zelaya in Nicaragua met with General Juan Mocada, a revolutionary chief, and then traveled to New York. Rumors spread of further turmoil in Central America linking Estrada to Policarpo Bonilla, former Honduras president.
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Washington
Estrada
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Juan Mocada
New York
Central America
Policarpo Bonilla
Honduras
Kansas Crops Receive Light Rain Amid Heat Break
A light rain fell over western Missouri and eastern Kansas early today, aiding crops very little but lowering temperatures significantly.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Missouri
Diaz Speaks From Exile on Loss of Power and Peace
Exiled Mexican ex-president Porfirio Diaz, physically frail and emotionally despondent, defends his record and laments ingratitude as he contemplates flight from Vera Cruz. He argues his aims were peaceful and rejects claims of a military dictatorship while noting the danger of intervention. Diaz plans to land at Havre and travel to Switzerland with his family.
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Corunna
Spain
Porfirio Diaz
Republic
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Diaz
Sant Andre
Havre
Switzerland
Wife Awarded 7500 Damages in Federal Trial
Mrs. Margaret McCormick won 7500 damages from Chicago Great Western in federal court for the death of her husband killed in a Clarksville railroad accident. The suit sought 25000 and followed a lengthy trial. Coffin donates 1000 to Tobin College Alumni fund and becomes honorary member.
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Fort Dodge
Margaret McCormick
Chicago Great Western
Clarksville
Coffin
Tobin
Tobin College
Alumni Association
Indiana detectives indicted in McNamara kidnaping case
Indianapolis June 17 detective W J Burns and James Hossick city detective of Los Angeles were indicted on charges of kidnaping John J McNamara secretary of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. McNamara was indicted on charges of conspiracy.
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Indianapolis
W. J. Burns
James Hossick
Los Angeles
Cal
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
McNamara
New Potatoes Scarce in Waterloo Drive Prices Up
New potatoes are scarce in Waterloo with prices rising to 75 to 85 cents per peck and expectations of 30 cents as Iowa crops delay supply. Old potatoes fetch around 40 cents per peck, while wholesale new potato prices hit about 3 dollars a bushel. Dealers report difficulty securing Murphies from small towns as the 1911 crop looms.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Fale
Plentequaiene
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Edgar Cooke
Henry Mare Farm
Bern
Stmely End
Dubuque
SER Strike
Cipriano Castro
Howge
New York Clearing House
Buchanan Optical Co
E. R. Smith
Tilfnois Central
Ewrichman
Sumner Street
Guy
I. C
San Feliee
Ypiranga
Fradera Agencia
Diag
Burns
Martin
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