Cor telyou to Turn GOP Chair Duties to New Next Week
Postmaster General George B Cortelyou nears completion of winding up his duties as chairman of the Republican National Committee with Secretary Elmer Dover assisting. Col Harry New of Indiana is slated to assume the chairmanship next week, though his leadership may face resistance from Vice President Fairbanks and supporters. New will focus on national party work with Dover aiding.
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Free hand for Stevens at Panama canal start
Chairman Shonts and chief engineer Stevens arrive in Panama. Stevens will immediately organize his force and appoint assistants. He aims to dig the canal with freedom from interference and will handle health and recreation for workers, while Shonts Magoon and the commission manage administration.
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Japs Seize Alexandrovsk on Sakhalin Island
Nokia July 27 special: Japanese forces landing near Alkova eight miles north of Alexandrovsk captured the city Tuesday with light Russian resistance. They reported fire on Numika and Alkova. From Korea, July 27, Japanese advance along a forty mile front with vanguard eighty miles from the Yume river mouth. Korean estimates place Japanese strength under forty thousand. main force at Kenchene.
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Bennington Dead Now 62 in San Diego
The Bennington death toll rises to sixty two with two new victims S Tacate a Japanese mess attendant and EH A Metius a pay clerk. The Bennington is now ready to go north.
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Sweden approves special committee report on Norway crisis
Stockholm July 27 reports that both houses of the Swedish parliament approved the report from the special committees appointed to handle the crisis with Norway.
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Norway
Sweden
Couple Fatally Burned In Gas Explosion At Home
Somerset Ohio reports a natural gas explosion at a residence fatally burning State Senator William E. Finck and his wife. The couple were indoors when the blast destroyed the home, authorities said.
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Envoys Visit President To Meet Roosevelt In Oyster Bay
Japanese Minister Takahira and Baron Komura traveled from New York to Oyster Bay to have an informal meeting with President Roosevelt. The July 27 dispatch notes their early morning departure and travel plans for the diplomatic visit.
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Washington
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Russian Peace Envoy Boards Kaiser Wilhelm for New York
The Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse sails for New York carrying M. Witte and his peace mission party, bound for Cherbourg. The voyage comes amid preparations for the conference, with reports highlighting the tension and hope tied to the diplomat and his entourage.
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M. Witte
New York
Death in Freeport Man From Natural Causes Revealed
Witnesses describe Galena native Richard Gleason who died at 49 Oak Place Freeport after arriving from Springfield with Captain Geiger. A coroner led a post mortem finding heart disease as the cause. a jurors verdict confirmed death by natural causes despite disputed liquor sale rumors.
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Deceased Found Dead After Night Bed Scene in Springfield
Witnesses testified that the man slept on a feather tick on the floor after a quarrel. The pair woke at 8 am to find Gleason dead with a warm neck and cold hands. They alerted police, reporting the fatality.
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Yellow Fever Not Epidemic In New Orleans Report
New Orleans officials released twelve new yellow fever cases and six deaths in the last twenty four hours. Nine of the new cases are Italians. City health leaders say eradication before fall is possible and a serious epidemic is unlikely.
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Miss Roosevelt and Taft Are Entertained by Japanese
In Tokyo on July 27 Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt were hosted by Yokio bankers and merchants at a maple dinner where geisha dancing accompanied official and private courtesies shown to the visitors. The demonstrations were described as among the most remarkable ever shown to foreigners.
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Hoch to be executed as governor declines reprieve
Chicago July 27 Governor Deneen announced he would not intervene in the hanging of Blue beard Johann Hoch set for tomorrow He will refer the case to the board of pardons to consider a reprieve and provide Hoch a chance to seek an appeal to the supreme court
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Deneen
Feudists in Desperate Fight Kills One in Kentucky
In Owingsville Kentucky on July 27 Sol Mullins was killed and William Mullins wounded while Jett Fleming was fatally hurt in a feud between Mullins and Fleming factions. The battle occurred in a secluded mountain area near the Letcher and Pike county border.
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Equitable Society Board Cuts Pensions in Half
New York July 27. At a board meeting the equitable society decided to discontinue several pensions entirely and reduce others to fifty percent of salaries at the time of severance.
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Equitable Society Today
Market Report Close at Chicago Grain and Livestock Board
Closing quotations show September wheat at 1.74 3/4 to 1.87 1/5, September corn at 1.20 1/2, and September oats at 1.20 7/8. Cattle trade at Union Stock Yards: 8,000 head, steady. good to prime 11.39 to 11.50, mixed butcher 5.60 to 6.10, rough heavy 5.25 to 5.76, light 5.60 to 6.10. Sheep 18,000, slow at 4.00 to 4.05.
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Board of Trade
Union Stock Yards
Prine—Sa
Rumor of Mrs Matter Drowning Declared False
An urban rumor claimed Mrs L H Matter drowned at Madison lake yesterday. Testimony says she was briefly uncomfortable after being pushed from a raft and swallowing water. Local gossip intensified the tale into a drowning report, which authorities say has no truth.
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Madison
Pioneer Mary Long Celebrates Eighty-First Birthday in Freeport
A large family reunion honors Mrs Mary A Long a Stephenson County pioneer as she reaches 81. The gathering at Mr and Mrs Jacob Versteins home on Iroquois Street includes three generations and many congratulatory messages. Long born July 27 1834 in Harrisburg PA emigrated with husband Jacob Long in 1849 to Stephenson County settling on Silver Creek Township. She helped build Freeport from its rural roots to a growing city and remains active in the German Reformed Church and Ladies Aid Society.
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