Taft Indorsed by Ohio GOP Committee Amid Foraker Fight
Columbus July 31 Republican state committee votes 15 to 6 to endorse Secretary Taft for president. Foraker opposition cited as drive to oust Dick and Foraker from public use. McDonald switches to Taft on final ballot. Chairman overrules Foraker challenge. appeal sustains 12 to 7.
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Columbus
Taft
Republican State Committee
Ohio
Foraker
Ntral Committee
Committee On
A. W. McDonald
Neil House
N. F. Overturf
C. B. McCoy
Brown
McCoy
Hamilton Leountys
Ohio Republicans Back Taft Favorable Resolution Action
The Republican state committee adopted an amended resolution opposing removal of Senator Foraker and Senator Dick from public life. W. H. Phipps introduced the measure which passed 11 to 10 with Foraker and some Taft backers opposed. The final resolution passed 16 to 5 as A I Vorys touted broader party support for Taft in Ohio ahead of the national convention. Senator Drake released a prewritten statement following the vote.
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Foraker
Taft
Ohio
Ad Dick
W. H. Phipps
Gould
A. I. Vorys
Ohio Republican stance on committee action and upcoming convention
The speaker argues the committee overstepped its authority, saying it cannot bind Ohio Republicans. He asserts only the state convention can decide policy and urges members to act in line with municipal elections and forthcoming events, promising intelligent and satisfactory actions.
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Ohio
Baseball Scores From Chicago and Across Leagues
Chicago July 31 baseball scores list results from leagues in Pittsburg Cincinnati St. Louis and Chicago with extra games in American Association and Western. Notable outcomes include Pittsburg 12 over Pittsburg 2 and New York 11 St. Louis 5 in the National League and Philadelphia 2 over St. Louis 1 in the American.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Louisville
Indianapolis
Columbus
Toledo
Kansas City -Minneapolis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Western
Denver
Lincoln
Pueblo
Sioux City
Omaha
Des Moines
Revolver Dispute Ends in Death at Indianola Cafe
Berry Sars, a Danville cafe owner, shot and killed his brother Frank Sams 37 during a struggle over a revolver at the cafe. Frank died soon after from the abdomen wound. bystander Bradley Ponder was wounded in the leg. Frank left a wife and two children.
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Danville
Bradley Ponder
Frank
Indianola
Louisville
Mor ris City youth rushed for life saving operation
Evansville Indiana July 51 Thomas Porter a young Mor ris City Illinois businessman was placed on a train to Evansville with appendicitis. Doctors said he must reach Evansville within an hour for surgery and likely recovery. Porter rode the fast run and underwent an operation with probable recovery.
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Evansville
Ind
Thomas Porter
Morris City
Illinois
Porter
President Roosevelt to Visit Newport Beaulieu Stay
Gossip in Newport predicts President and Mrs. Roosevelt will visit on August 15 as guests of Commodore and Mrs. Vanderbilt at Beaulieu for several days. They would attend multiple entertainments during their stay.
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Newport
R. I
Roosevelt
Commodore
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Beaulieu
The
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Ottumwa
Man Clings to Life After Jumping Into River
Cheboygan Mich July 31 William Bellant 30 leapt from a pier and swam toward shore before his strength failed. Two men who witnessed the jump pulled him from the water and saved him. Bellant said he had been drinking and wished to end his life.
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Cheboygan
Mich
William Bellant
Bellant
Four Fires in Eight Hours Hit Whitehall Village
Four fires broke out in houses in Whitehall, four miles from Muskegon, between midnight and 8 a m. Residents are greatly excited. Burglars are suspected to have started the blazes to exploit the disturbance and burglarize other homes during the commotion.
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Muskegon
Mich
Whitehall
Pettus Funeral Held In Selma After State Leader Dies
The funeral of United States Senator Edmund W Pettus was held in Selma from his residence. Interment followed at Live Oak Cemetery, near where Senator John T Morgan was laid to rest less than two months earlier. The ceremony received the greatest honors ever paid to an Alabama citizen.
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Selma
Ala
United States
Edmund W. Pettus
Hot Springs
N. C
Live Oak Cemetery
John T. Morgan
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Goggins Appointed to Wisconsin Railway Rate Commission
Madison July 31 Bernard R Goggins was named by Governor Davidson to the state railway rate commission to succeed John Barnes who resigned after the legislature passed the 2 cent rate bill Barnes had chaired the commission and stepped down immediately.
Jacob Riis Marries Mary A Phillips Quietly in Ipswich
The noted author and settlement worker Jacob Riis wed Miss Mary A Phillips in Ipswich Massachusetts. The ceremony at Ascension Memorial Church was private conducted by Reverend Reginald Pearce with only immediate relatives present. News of the marriage emerged hours later after careful secrecy.
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Boston
Ipswich
Mass
Jacob Riis
Mary A. Phillips
Riis
Ascension Memorial Church
Reginald Pearce
Teddy bear swallowed by boy near Ann Arbor
Master John Rentschler Jr of Marshall Michigan swallowed a two inch teddy bear toy. Doctors at University hospital performed an operation after the bear lodged in the throat. The child was moved to Battle Creek and then Ann Arbor where the toy was removed and he recovered.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
John Rentschler, Jr
Marshall, Mich
Johnnie
Canfield
University Hospital
Marshall
Battle Creek
Teddy
Johhnnie
Nationalists Claim Victory in Philippine Election Returns
In a nationwide vote the Independence factions known as the Nationalists lead with 31 seats, plus 10 Progressives and 8 Independence candidates and one Catholic. Manila districts swing heavily Nationalist though contests by Justo Lakban and Dominador Gomez loom. Full results expected in 10 days to two weeks.
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Manila
Dominador Gomez
Justo Lakban
Boston hosts old home week with governor and mayor reception
A Boston audience welcomed residents to the state and city during old home week. Governor Guild and Mayor Fitzgerald led the welcome. A notable feature was a muster of veteran firemen with a display of hand tubes, after a city parade. The Fairbanks family reunion named the U S Vice President as president.
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Boston
Guild
Fitzgerald
Fairbanks
United States
Grant's Grandson Engaged to Miss Root Roo
Announcement from Washington reports the engagement of Edythe Root daughter of Elihu Root to Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant LIL son of General Frederick Dent Grant and grandson of President Grant. No wedding date has been set though early autumn is expected.
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Grant
Roo
Washington
Edythe Root
Elihu Root
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
President Grant
Titian Pictures Found in Dalmatian Church
London reports two hitherto unknown Titian paintings found in a Dalmatian village church. The works depict the Magdalen and the Descent from the Cross and are described as of great value. Parisian Milan correspondent Paradiss notes the discovery.
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London
Milan
the Tribune
Paradiss
Trieste
Titian
Traci
Dalmatia
Weather Forecast for Illinois Indiana and Nearby States
Official forecast through 8 PM shows fair skies across Illinois and Indiana with slight temperature changes. Lower Michigan expected to be fair and warmer in central and eastern portions. Wisconsin and Iowa also forecast fair conditions.
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Ilinois
Indiana—Fair
Michigan—Fair
Wisconsin
Iowa—Fair
Markets Report for Winter Wheat and Livestock Prices
The markets show cash winter wheat on a mixed basis with No 2 red 90 1/cc and No 3 red 53 53%c, while spring wheat samples hover around 96 90c. Corn and oats range with No 2 53%c and No 3 white 58%c. Livestock receipts are hogs 14,000 and cattle 2,500 with prices for good to prime heavy hogs 6.25 6.35 and steers 6.40 6.70. sheep receipts 15,000 with lambs 5.50 7.75 and ewes 4.50 5.00. East Buffalo market notes steady trade for cattle, hogs, and lambs with pigs 6.90 and best lambs at 8.00.
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Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago hog and cattle market report from July 31 1907
Opening hogs and cattle receipts and prices in Chicago markets show increases and steady shifts. Hog totals around 22000 with bulk bids $6 20 to $6 64 and heavy grades near $5 65 to $6 40. cattle receipts about 15000 with beef prices $4 40 to $7 50 and westerns $4 40 to $5 50. lambs mixed with prices from $5 10 to $7 30. Continuations note prior day totals and tomorrow estimates, with market movements five cents higher in spots.
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Texas
Chicago
Lusitania Features Veranda Cage and Regal Suites
The Cunarder Lusitania, largest ship afloat, debuts a veranda cage with sheltered aft seating for sea air and a cliffside dining feel. It offers two regal suites at 2000 dollars per trip and, per Sir William White, coal use runs about forty five tons per hour, roughly 5500 tons on a trans Atlantic voyage.
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Liverpool
Lusitania
William White
Government awards towers contract for wireless service
New York July 31 The United States government awards a contract to United States Steel Corporation for transmission towers to be used for wireless telegraph service in Alaska. A chain of towers will be erected along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and on the Gulf of Mexico. Towers will rise 176 feet high.
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New York
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Alaska
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Frisky Old Lady Pleads Guilty in Assault Case
In Terre Haute Indiana on July 31 Mrs Frances Lee aged 182 pleaded guilty to assault and battery against her neighbor Mrs Bailey after giving her a severe beating and paid a fine.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Frances Lee
Bailey
John A Babcock and North American Commission Company
Newspaper notice announces contact with John A Babcock of the North American Commission Company Chicago Illinois inviting inquiry for services and promising a square deal.
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The
North American Commission Company
Peace Palace foundation stone laid at The Hague
M Nelidoff presided as the Andrew Carnegie Peace Palace foundation stone was laid at Zorgvliet near The Hague. Delegates and officials gathered around the stone inscribed in Latin praising Carnegie whose munificence funds the project. The ceremony featured music and remarks by M A P Co Van Karnebeek, praising Carnegie and outlining donation history and plans.
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Carnegie
Peace Palace
The
Hague
the Hague
Andrew Carnegie Palace of Peace
Zorgvilet
Scheveningen
M. Nelidoff
Grand Hall of Justice
Carnegie Munificentia Dedicavit
van Karnebeak
Carnegie Foundation Committee
Andrew Carnegie
Palace of International Justice to be erected in Zorgvliet site
M Van Karnebeak urged a palace of international justice as a symbol of right over might. M Nelidoff praised Dutch land donation and peace by justice, noting Queen Wilhelmina’s absence due to a site dispute with real estate interests influencing Zorgvliet.
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M. van Karnebeak
Sword of Justice
M. Nelidoff
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
The
Hague
Zorgvliet
Immune Reporter Refuses Boreham's Assignment
A brief exchange shows one reporter declaring immunity after claiming to have told Boreham the story, as the Cleveland Leader notes. Boreham approaches with a story he plans to push, but the other reporter resists.
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Boreham
Cleveland
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