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Show RAINS SAVE CROPS; DAMAGE BY STORM CHICAGO, July 11. Heavy rains In all sections of the corn belt Monday Mon-day ended a record-breaking drought ! which has lasted more than a month! In .six states. While the rains ranging from half, an Inc h to four Inches, wero reportyo to have saved the corn and potato crops, high winds, lightning and cloud-bursts cloud-bursts caused heaV) damage at some points. The rain was general throughout Illinois, Il-linois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska. Ne-braska. Northern Kansas, Indiana and Southern Michigan The storms were reported In many points as coming on the hottest day" of the summer, th temperature in Freeport, and Clinton Iowa, reaching 96. Damage and denth from lightning wero reported from Wisconsin, Illinois Illi-nois and Missouri Harvey Butler, j was killed by lightning near Sturgeon; Bay. Wis A tempest Saturday nigh., at Lake Andes. S. D.. brought death ; to one man, Injury to a scoro of Others and property damage estimated at more than $750,000. Telephone poles and trees were Mown down at Wat-; seka, 111. and a cloudburst was re-; ported at Kondallvllle, Ind. Flood warnings were sent out to points along the Grand river following follow-ing a cloudburst at Maryvillo, Mo. n r 1 |