Longworth Roosevelt Wedding Brilliant White House Ceremony
Washington February 17 at the White House the marriage of Alice Lee Roosevelt to Nick Longworth drew about 1444 guests. The East Room ceremony featured a lavish floral display, Marine Band music, and a princess style gown for the bride, with Longworth and Thomas Nelson Perkins as best man. The bride wore heavy white satin with silver brocade and a long court train, and carried orange blossoms with a diamond necklace as the sole jewel.
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Washington
White House
Henry Y. Satterlee
President Roosevelt
Marine Band
Mrs. Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
Creelmans Fault Master of High Finance Shocks Chicago
Creelman the wholesale lumberman and his son pursued bold high finance in Chicago unloading paper on local banks. He seized the opportunity of the Bank of America collapse to net about 193000 dollars, per the bank’s trust officer, amid a storm of scrutiny over his methods.
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Chicago
Bank of America
PFEB
Creelman
Tan
Lawson
FP. M. Creelman
Ronen
Roosevelt Bride Receives Unprecedented Library of Presents
The article notes that Miss Roosevelt, a bride not of royal birth, received an extraordinary outpouring of gifts at the White House. For weeks, tributes and valuable presents poured in from supporters and well-wishers, overwhelming the bride and her family with the breadth and character of the tokens.
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Miss Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Edward
Foreign County
Taft Philippine Party
Longworth
Congress
New York
Ohio
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Mutual Life committee splits over information demand
Stuyvesant Fish resigns from Mutual Life self investigating committee amid dispute over producing detailed pay and emolument records. The conflict centers on a Dec 26 requisition seeking extensive information from management, signed by Truesdale, Cromwell, and Anchineless, with Fish insisting on full disclosure.
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New York
Mutual Life's Self Investigating Committee
Stuyvesant Pish
William HL. Truesdale
John W. Anchineless
Mr. Fish
Fish
Truesdale Committee
Mutual Life
Frederic Cromwell
Peabody
Cromwell
Vast Gift Display for Miss Roosevelt Includes World Leaders
The near thousand gifts received by Miss Roosevelt feature jewelry and rare bric a brac. Notable items include a Gobelin tapestry from the French government, an ostrich plume fan from Jusserand, a William I bracelet, two chased vases from Japan, a Cuban pearl necklace, a Dresden china set, a diamond dog collar, a Milanese tableau, and a Vatican mosaic.
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Miss Roosevelt
Loubet
Jusserand
William I
Germany
Japan
Republic of Cuba
Austria
China
Dresden
Great Britain
Reid
Italy
Vatican
Spain
Foil Plot to Kill Governor General Foiled
Six social revolutionists with explosives were arrested in St. Petersburg as they prepared to travel to Moscow to kill Governor General Doubashof. A seventh student discarded his bomb and escaped. Police seized eight terrorists from another group and found deadly chemicals and revolutionary proclamations at their residence.
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St. Petersburg
Doubashof
Moscow
Des Moines Chief of Detectives Faces Accusations
Des Moines police officials plan to try Chief of Detectives Eli Hardy next week on charges of insulting women who visited his office. Accusers include Mrs Minnie McGill a washerwoman and Mrs Mira Forrester wife of a contractor. Hardy denies the allegations.
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Des Moines
Eli Hardy
Minnie McGill
Mira Forrester
Hardy
Pat Crowe Free Denounces Finding In Vigorous Terms
In Omaha on February 17 the jury in the Cudahy kidnapping case found Pat Crowe not guilty after a lengthy trial. The courtroom erupted in cheers and shouting, then the judge ordered the room cleared and Crowe remanded to jail to face a Council Bluffs street car robbery charge. Crowe was taken to Pottawattamie county jail. Giacobini Comet Visible in Geneva. Comet discovered by M. Giacobini was seen at Smith's observatory after perihelion and now visible telescopically in the western sky.
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Omaha
Neb
Cudahy
Pat Crowe
Clement
Crowe
Cooneil Bluffs
Edward Cudahy
Eddie
Omata
Butte
Mont
Sutton
Council Bluffs
County, Bluffs
Pottawattomie
Giacobini
Geneva
N. Y
M. Giacobini
Nice Observatory
Prof
Brooks
Smith's Observatory
War God Rampant Consuls Restrain Port Officials
Berkeley reports a Chinese newspaper claims China ordered 1,000,000 small arms and 100 cannons from German makers for a looming war. Venezuela readies ports with ammunition arrival, consuls barred from ships without official permission, illustrating heightened tensions and international restraint.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Venezuelan
Oblon
Armen
Berkeley
Cal
Fell
John Fryer
Department of Oriental Language
The
State University
Germany
Evangelist Carradine Provokes Walkout at Hastings Revival
In Hastings Nebraska on February 17 at the First Methodist church Evangelist Carradine stirred the crowd with a hostile prayer about business and accounts prompting several prominent members to walk out in protest over what they called a lack of tolerance during the revival services.
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Hastings
Neb
First Methodist Church
Evangelist Carradine
Chicago Demands Phone Franchise
Chicago authorities move to reclaim a new franchise after a supreme court ruling voided the 1889 charter for abuse. Mayor Dunne resists immediate ouster, eyeing a municipal system within two years. Hoyne and Healy discuss redocketing the quo warranto. the company to seek a rehearing next.
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Chicago
Hoyne
John J. Healy
Supreme Court
Julian Mack
Cable Break and Earthquakes Hit Caribbean Islands
Cable messages to and from St Vincent and Barbados are delayed as no news comes from those islands. Severe earthquakes shake Dominica St Lucia and Guadeloupe with reports of damaged buildings. In China a son born to Prince Chun is expected to be heir designate with the imperial decree naming Pu.
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Cuba
St. Thomas
St. Vincent
Barbaroos
British Indies
Dominica
St. Lucia
Guadeloupe
China
Peking
Prince Chun
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Tannhauser
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Satterlee
Nicholas Longworth
Teceive
United States Senate
Congressman Nicholas Longworth
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Stuyvesant Fish
Rock Islander
Difference
Mutual
Offi
America
West Indies
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