Mutinies Signal Slowing Russian Navy Turmoil
A Russian dispatch reports mutinies undermine several ships. The transport Prout seized captain and officers, second lieutenant and boatswain killed, crew later awaiting inquiry. Emperor Nicholas II mutiny prevented by Constantinople, while Vecha surrendered near Odessa. Georgi Pobiedono sets thwarted mutiny and loyal sailors capture six leaders.
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Paris
Constantinople
Alexandria
Odessa
St. Petersburg
Kruges
Prout
Budrova Bay
Nestertzeff
Koali‘tine
Sevastopol
Ameshevai Bay
Vecha
Georgi Pobiedonosetz
Philadelphia Celebration Tragedy Leaves Four Dead
In Philadelphia on Independence Day four people are dead with two more fatally injured and over 200 injured. The incident centers on policeman Albert Lundgren who shot Michael Cleary during an arrest after a street altercation with an Italian. The crowd attacked Lundgren as Cleary died in the melee.
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Philadelphia
Michael Cleary
Albert Lundgren
Cleary
Lundgren
Fire destroys McKendrie Methodist Church in Nashville
A Tuesday night blaze consumed the McKendrie Methodist Episcopal church on Church Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Nashville. The Arlington Hotel across the street faced imminent danger as guests faced confusion. The church loss was estimated at 60,600 dollars and the origin of the fire remained unknown.
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Methodist Episcopal
Nashville
Tenn
McKendrie Methodist Episcopal Church
Church Street
Fifth and
Sixth Avenues
Arlington Hotel
Hames
Soldiers Hurt in Fort Warren Gun Salute Accident
Boston reports during a national salute of forty five guns at Fort Warren Boston harbor two privates of the Ninety sixth Coast Artillery injured by a premature discharge of the sixteenth round. Private James J Buckley severely burned and Private Hector McNeil burned with powder grains in his eyes.
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Boston
Fort
Warren
Boston Harbor
Independent Lines Consolidate in Wisconsin Telephones
AppletonWisconsin report states the first step toward unifying independent telephone lines to challenge Bell occurred Thursday as Fox River valley and eastern Wisconsin lines integrated into a single system. The move aims to improve service and competition in the region.
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Appleton
Wis
Independent Telephone Lines
Wisconsin
Bell Telephone Company
Fox River Valley
Eight Convicts Escape From Federal Penitentiary
Eight convicts escaped from the federal penitentiary on McNeal Island Tacoma Washington early Tuesday. They fled in two government boats after destroying the dynamo disabling the launch, hindering pursuit by officers.
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Tacoma
Wash
Federal
iMcNea
Great Heat in Germany Brings Over 100 Deaths
Berlin reports four days of extreme heat across central Europe with estimated deaths surpassing one hundred. In midday shade, thermometers read as high as 107 degrees, underscoring the deadly stretch.
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Germany
Berlin
Europe
Rion Arrives with 618 aboard near Aden coast
The Russian auxiliary cruiser Rion reached Aden on Tuesday with 618 persons on board from the French steamer Chodoc. The vessels were ashore off Cape Giar doful at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden.
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Aden
Rion
Chodoc
Cape Giardoful
Gulf of Aden
Sioux City Stock Market Quotation Highlights
Sioux City listings show Monday prices for livestock with Butcher steers at 5.00 dollars and Top hogs at 5.30 dollars. The short report records the day’s quotations on the city market and notes the basic price levels for two livestock categories.
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Sioux City
Ancient Tower Struck by Lightning at St Catherine’s
Evansville Indiana reports a tower at St Catherine’s Church destroyed by lightning on Tuesday. Bells cast in 1684 melted in the blaze. A separate incident sees George Rosenberger fatally injured and Miss Lillian Lepper seriously hurt when firecrackers spooked horses and forced their vehicles off a road.
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St. Catherine’s Church
Evansville
Ind
George Rosenberger
Lillian Lepper
Secretary Hay Dead at 67 in New Hampshire
Washington reports Secretary of State John Hay died at 12:25 a.m. after a brief pulmonary illness at his summer home on Lake Sunapee New Hampshire. He had shown signs of recovery Friday night but declined suddenly with breathing difficulty. Hay, 67, had returned to Washington a week earlier after overseas travel and had been active in state department business during his brief stay.
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State Department
Newbury
N. H
John Hay
Hay
Washington
Lake Sunapee
Europe
Flay
Elay
Revolt grows as mutineers deny surrender
A Daily Mail dispatch from Odessa dated early Saturday morning reports that the IK Kniaz Potemkine did not surrender. It states the Potemkine was joined by the battleship Georgi Poboedonoset, whose officers were taken prisoner. The two ships lie at anchor, signaling, as a squadron 15 miles away prepares possibly to attack. The troops’ commander has a government order to sink the rebel ships regardless of bombardment risks. A second mutiny is claimed as based on reliable authority.
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London
Daily Mail
Odessa
IK Kniaz Potemkine
Kniaz Potemkine
Georgi Poboedonoset
Rockefeller's Great Gift to Yale Endowment
Yale President Hadley announced at alumni dinner that John D Rockefeller donated 1 million dollars to Yale. He noted total gifts to Yale recently reached 2 million with graduates contributing amounts from 350000 to 250000, while donors' names remain private. The Rockefeller gift is to be invested and preserved as endowment income for the university.
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Mr. Rockefeller
Mills close as steel firm rejects old union scale
United States Steel Corporation refused to sign the Amalgamated unions' offer to run mills under the old wage scale pending final settlement. In response, the company’s mills were shut down at midnight Friday, marking a new development in the labor dispute in Pittsburg.
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United States Steel Corporation
Beale
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated
Peace Envoys Named By Russia And Japan For Washington Peace Talks
President Roosevelt announced the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries selected for the Washington peace conference. Russia names Muravieff and Baron Rosen. Japan names Baron Komura and Korogoakihara. Both governments demanded full treaty making power to reach a lasting settlement, a view supported by the president.
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Russia
Japan
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Count Cassini
Baron Komura
Korogo ®Akahira
St. Petersburg
Tokio
Indictments Rendered in Chicago Teamsters Strike Case
Chicago Cook County grand jury concluded a month long probe into the teamsters strike and returned forty nine indictments. Named individuals include G C Prussing president of Illinois Brick Company Charles Hank president of the Brick Stone and Terra Cotta Workers Union W H McMahon president of the Brick Stone and Terra Cotta Teamsters Union and John Gray general purchasing and distributing agent of the Illinois Brick Company.
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Chicago Grand Jury
Chicago
Cook County Grand Jury
Teamsters
G. C. Prussing
The
Illinois Brick Company
Charles Hank
Brick, Stone and
Terra Cotta Workers’ Union
W. H. McMahon
Kansas Rain Delays and Heavy Midwest Reach
Soaking rains delayed activities across western Missouri and Kansas in the past 48 hours. Sunday rainfall in the region averaged over three inches with Kansas City recording three and seven tenths inches in eight hours.
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Kansas
Missouri
Southwest
Kansas City
Troops May Be Required Over Hawaiian Labor Strike
Washington reports the labor situation on Hawaiian sugar plantations involves several thousand Japanese workers on strike. Representations have been made to the war department that a troop call may occur imminently.
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Washington
Hawaiian Islands
War Department
United States
Weavers Demand Refused by Fall River Mills Group
The Cotton Manufacturers' Association in Fall River Massachusetts refused the weavers' demand to restore wages to the pre July level after a 12 to 1 4 percent cut.
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Fall River
Mass
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Michigan’s Claim Allowed for Spanish War Expenses
Washington reports the comptroller of the treasury allowed Michigan a claim of 47608 dollars as reimbursement for expenses the state incurred aiding the United States to raise the volunteer army during the Spanish American War.
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Michigan
Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury
United States
Spain
Acting Chief Engineer Appointed for Panama Canal
W. E. Dauchy, long in charge of the Culebra division, becomes acting chief engineer after Chief Engineer Wallace resigns. The resignation caused surprise and displeasure among canal commission employees.
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Panama
W. E. Dauchy
Culebra
Wallace
Canal Commission
Three Perish in Hotel Fire at Licking Missouri
Three persons died in the burning of the Collier Hotel in Licking Missouri. The deceased are Mrs W L Shelp of Rolla Missouri and her infant daughter and Emmet Slicer of Willow Springs Missouri. The fire caused unknown. The two story hotel burned rapidly.
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Licking
Collier Hotel
W. L. Shelp
Rolla
Emmet Slicer
Willow
Springs
Judge bars Union Solicitations at Weber Foundry
In Cincinnati Judge Hosea granted an injunction against iron molders blocking progress at Weber Foundry Company. The ruling states union men have no right to solicit other workers to join the union, aiming to prevent interference with operations.
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Cincinnati
Hosea
Weber Foundry
Farmer Arthur Potter Dies Running From Storm in Kentucky
In Williamsburg Kentucky farmer Arthur Potter fled a rain storm across a field and fell, breaking his neck. He died at the scene. Local authorities investigating the accident.
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Williamsburg
Arthur Potter
Illinois Mine Closure Shuts All Coal Mines in Springfield
Springfield reports the Illinois Coal Operators Association closed all mines at midnight. The move ends coal production by the association's members in the state, affecting workers and regional energy supply.
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Illinois
Springfield
Ilinois Coal Operators’ Association
Smidnight
Five Hurt In Chicago Auto Crash On Michigan Avenue
Five people were severely injured when a car struck a coupe on Michigan Avenue Friday night in Chicago. Four are women, with two in critical condition. The car was driven by chauffeur Carl Wolter and Edgar J. Ublein.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Carl Wolter
Edgar J. Ublein
To Succeed Stevens
Washington man W A Darling of Chicago connected with Rock Island has been tendered the appointment to succeed J T Stevens in the work of railway construction in the Philippines.
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Stevens
Washington
W. A. Darling
Chicago
Rock Island
J. T. Stevens
Philippines
Bride Burns to Death in Philadelphia Home
Philadelphia report states Mrs. Ethelsotts, seven weeks married, died after her clothing ignited from a gas stove at 5039 Tacoma Street. Unnamed plumber Thomas Farren tried to rescue her but suffered severe burns.
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Philadelphia
Ethels’otts
Tacoma Street
Thomas Farren
Farren
Loss of Life by Cloudburst in Del Rio Texas
Unprevented rains near Las Vacas Creek on the Mexican side caused drownings at the head of the creek. Eighteen people are confirmed dead, sixteen Mexicans, with many more feared dead as a probable cloudburst unfolds.
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del Rio
Tex
Las Vacas Creek
Imports at New York Port Show Strong Trade Totals
Total imports of merchandise and dry goods at the port of New York were valued at 10 996 507 dollars. Weekly imports of specie at the port for the week ending Saturday totaled 27 082 in silver and 7 409 in gold.
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New York
Port of
To Live in Ancient Palace in Rome
Rome reports Del Drago palace among the handsomest seventeenth century buildings undergoing renovation. Its garden is being restored for Ambassador White to use next autumn.
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Rome
del Drago Palace
Ambassador White
Bouligan Likely to Resign as Interior Minister
St. Petersburg reports the Interior Minister Bouligan is expected to resign soon. Count Ignatieff, former governor of Kiev, is seen as a probable successor to the post.
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Bouligan
St. Petersburg
Interior
Count Ignatieff
Kieff
Mutineers Sail Away From Odessa Kniaz Potemkine
The Kniaz Potemkine sailed from Odessa on Saturday toward the Roumanian coast and has not been heard from since. Reports say the situation for the moment has taken a more favorable turn.
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Odessa
Kniaz Potemkine
Automobile Smashup Shakes Michigan Avenue Saturday Night
A car collision on Michigan Avenue Saturday night left several injured including four women. Two women are reported in critical condition as responders tend the scene and authorities investigate the crash.
Arsenite in Stomach in Pratt Case Sparks Inquest
Lake City region reels as Cyrus Pratt’s death prompts inquest after arsenic is found in his stomach. Hired man Will Persing is held for safety, while Mrs Pratt denies guilt and says she does not love the man. Prof Kinney in Des Moines studies embalming fluid and stomach residue to prove poisoning or not.
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Cyrus Pratt
Lake City
Cy Pratt
Vetter
Yetter
C. N. Kinney
Pratt
William Persing
Rockwell City
Prof. Kinney
Des Moines
Persing
Storm at Arnold's Park floods Lake Okoboji beaches
A 5 am Friday rain storm with a tornadolike gale swept Arnold's Park at Lake Okoboji for three hours, the worst in 27 years. Sailboats and launches were driven ashore, one sunk, docks wrecked, earth washed into landings, and boat houses badly damaged. East Arnold's Park, Lincoln and Boscomb beaches flooded. water rose three feet in cottages damaging furniture and clothing.
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Arnold's Park
Lake Okoboji
White House
Lincoln and Boscomb's
Groom Surprises Bride in Dubuque Wedding Secretly
Leroy R. Chase manager of the Logan House in Fort Dodge and Julia Allen a wealthy widow of Berrien Springs Mich were quietly married in the Hotel Julien Dubuque parlor by a Baptist minister. She did not know of the plans until meeting the minister and immediately changed for the ceremony.
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Leroy R. Chase
Logan House
Fort Dodge
Julia Allen
Berrien Springs
Mich
Julien
Dubuque
Chase
Fatal fall down stairs in Davenport kills child
Mrs Hans Arp of Davenport fell while holding her 1-year-old granddaughter on Saturday morning. They plunged down a cellar flight. the child died within an hour and the grandmother, blind from age, suffered a broken hip and may not survive. Polisieman Robert Carriher of Sioux City was arrested for assault and battery in a separate case involving alleged kidnapping of 5-year-old Hazel Potter. both Potter and Carriher's cases were continued.
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Hans Arp
Davenport
Hans’ Arp
Robert Carriher
Sioux City
Nettie Potter
Carriher
Philo Potter
Hazel
Potter
Distillery Petition Valid Receives Council Approval in Oskaloosa
The city council canvassed and indorsed the petition to establish a distillery at Oskaloosa on Saturday night. It began with 1,547 names, 600 were challenged, 1,284 retained, and 1,118 were needed to bind the petition. Council Bluffs reports a population of 25,282, down 570 from 1900.
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Oskaloosa
Council Bluffs
Tragedy strikes Burns siblings in double deaths
Louis Burns aged 22 was struck by a Milwaukee train at Dubuque Sunday and killed instantly. His sister died in Chicago Sunday morning.
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Louis Burns
Dubuque
Chicago
Death of Warren I. Ickis Reported From Philippines
Creston residents learn by cablegram from Manila that Warren I. Ickis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Ickis of Highland Township, died near Manila in the Philippine Islands.
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Lowan
Philippines
Creston
Manila
Lon Ickis
Highland Township
Warren I. Ickis
Philippine Islands
Henderson Improves After Illness at Hotel Julien
Former Speaker David B. Henderson shows improvement after illness. Thursday morning he received visitors in his Dubuque hotel apartments. His right side remains paralyzed and his right leg affected.
Missing Graut tinger Bank cashier Muellers disappearance
William Mueller, cashier of the Grautt inger Savings Bank, disappeared about a week ago. The bank’s safe was opened Thursday with $1,260 found. President M F Kerwick and VP C C Mueller lead the institution, cashier owned 93 percent of stock. A receiver will be appointed as investigators review books. Bank organized in 1892 with $10,000 capital and deposits over $10,000. Mueller reportedly lost money in land ventures.
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Grauttinger Bank
William Mueller
Grauttinger Savings Bank
Savings Bank
M. F. Kerwick
C. C. Mueller
W. M. Mueller
Mueller
Death of Osceola mail carrier under mystery circumstances
Douglas A. Mellor of Osceola died Wednesday at 3:80 after a brief illness blamed on alcohol or possible poison mixed with liquor. Mellor, a route 3 mail carrier, fell ill after drinking. An autopsy is expected. He carried $1,000 life insurance with the W. O. W. and leaves a wife and six children in needy circumstances.
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Douglas A. Mellor
Osceola
Grocer Drowns Self After Disappearance
Council Bluffs grocer William C Spotman vanished last Saturday. His hat and umbrella were found on the Missouri River bank a half mile north of town, indicating suicide by drowning after a months of illness and mental unbalance from a brain tumor. A prior attempt to jump from a streetcar was thwarted three weeks earlier.
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William C. Spotman
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Spotman
Coal Costs Rise for Iowa State Institutions
The Board of Control reports Iowa's state institutions spent 2,554,922.93 for the biennium ending June last year, 226,482.52 more than the 1903 period. Increases included 88,539 for wages and salaries and 115,281 for coal, with coal price rising 16 per ton.
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Board of Control
Des Moines
Iowa
Arrest of Lillie Balhayan in alleged child murder at Dougherty
In Floyd County a housekeeper for her brother is under arrest for the murder of her illegitimate child. The infant's body was found in a trunk and a doctor was not summoned for three days after birth. Neighbors threaten summary punishment if the accused is found.
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Dougherty
Lillie Balhayan
Floyd County
Slide of Death at Missouri Valley Carnival
Mrs. Matthews, a street carnival performer at Missouri Valley, plunged fifty feet during the "Slide for Life" act when a wire broke. She was suspended by a strap in her teeth on a steep tight wire and is not expected to recover.
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Missouri Valley
Matthews
Tents Collapse Injures Rock Rapids Carnival Attendees
A number of people were hurt when tents at a Rock Rapids carnival collapsed during a Sunday evening show. Miss Myrtle Rosenbough suffered an ankle injury as tents and apparatus were taken into custody by the sheriff after a suit was filed against Montgomery Carnival Company for damages. In Keokuk, Mrs. Sarah B Sage, 48, died after ingesting carbolic acid, grieving the death of her husband Eli Sage, a Keokuk citizen who died last March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Rapids
Myrtle Rosenbough
Montgomery Carnival Company
Sarah
Sage
Keokuk
Eli Sage
Tyrone Man Dies After Lightning Strikes Home
A Tyrone resident died when lightning struck the house of Peter Groden nearby. The structure did not catch fire but the shock crippled the husband, leaving him unable to escape and his body cremated in the ruins.
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Peter Groden
Tyrone
Van Der Zee Recovering After Hospital Release
Jacob Van Der Zee of Sioux Center has been notified of his assignment to Merton College Oxford University. He has left the hospital in Iowa City after a severe attack of appendicitis.
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van der Zee
Jacob van der Zee
Sioux Center
Merton College
Oxford University
Iowa City
Viaduct to be Strengthened at Boone Crossing
The Boone viaduct, the world’s largest double track bridge over the Des Moines River, will gain a massive masonry wall on the east side to strengthen the structure.
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Boone
Des Moines
Sioux City Man Shoots Self in Despondent Act
Sioux City man Ewan W. Carlson shot himself while out with Frank Johnson on Saturday seeking to kill a cat. Carlson fired a bullet into his own head and died, with despondency noted as the likely cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Ewan W. Carlson
Frank Johnson
Carlson
Driscoll graft rumors and clerks in Chicago politics
The article recalls Tolin C. Driscoll once tied to Chicago labor graft rumors, noting his rise as secretary of the Associated Industry and his long influence in the paper he shaped. It also highlights Lorin C. Collins’s career, Francis Hendricks’s insurance reform work, and Baron Rosen’s diplomatic roles, with brief notes on Swiftwater Bill Gates and Rider Faggard, plus Josef Hofmann.
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Tolin C. Driscoll
Chicago
Walt
Heig
Driscull Wait
Oswoogy
Nox
John .C. Driscoll
Na Wag
Ignatius Colle
Lussien
Andy
Driscoll
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
Theonenene
Ing
Willian
Cramer
Pantic Na
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