Secret Love Match Ties Nancy Carnegie to James Hever
Pittsburg April 20. Miss Nancy Carnegie 24, niece of ironmaster, wed James Hever, her coachman, in May 1904. The ceremony abroad led to a daughter and European honeymoon. Andrew Carnegie confirmed the marriage, calling it a real love match and noting no family objections. Hever, a Dublin-born riding master, idolized Nancy, and the couple kept the union secret until their New York revelation.
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Pittsburg
Nancy Carnegie
James Hever
Europe
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Nancy
Thomas M. Carnegie
Dublin
Ireland
Dungeness
Hever
Chinese Mob Attacks Missionary Home Near Shanghai
A follower of John Alexander Dowle named Kennedy rented a native building in Tsungli, four days from Shanghai, for mission work. At midnight April 12, about 100 Chinese armed with swords, wearing blouses marked People's Volunteers, attacked the house wounding several, striking Kennedy on the head and leaving him apparently dead, then looted his goods.
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Shanghai
Iohn Alexander Dowle
Kennedy
Tsungll
People’s Volunteers
Wolfer mine strike ends. workers return to work
April 20 in Calumet Michigan reports that the Wolfer mine strike was broken after two days, with about 200 men going back to work. The brief item notes the labor action halted and labor resumed at the mine site.
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Ialumet
Mich
Woler
Skirts Hide Defects of Women's Anatomy
New York April 20 Women are far less graceful and have a poorer anatomical mechanism. Skirts are useful to hide ugly angles at the knee, says Dr BE BH Arnold director of the New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics at the American Physical Education association convention. He favors dancing for women as scientifically valuable, strengthens weak portions and opposes social etiquette that restricts running and jumping. Dr W G Anderson notes Yale interest and cites widespread gymnasium dancing statistics. He cites Murphy the Yale trainer sending men to dancing classes to improve speed and balance.
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New York
BE. BH. Arnold
New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics
American Physical Education Association
Arnold
United States
Murphy
Yale
RUSH TO THE NEW GOLD FIELDS IN WISCONSIN
Helena Manners reports from Lake Pepin that gold finds are real though not rich. The news spurs a rush to Prescott and Lake City Wisconsin. Tents dot streams feeding the Mississippi as prospectors flock to Trempealeau county where Ole Larsen of Milwaukee shows ore valued at about 75 dollars per ton.
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St. Paul
Minn
Bond
Helena
Manna
Lake Pepin
Prescott
Wis
Lake City
Mississippi
Trempeleau County
Wisconsin
Ole Larsen
Milwaukee
Poison in Candy Box Threatens Mrs Hogan
Mobile case reports an unknown person mailed a candy box to Mrs. Florence Hogan as a potential birthday present. On opening it she found fine candy with a peculiar odor and powder. A drug store tester warned of poison enough to kill fifty people. Detectives investigate. government expected to review.
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Mobile
Ala
Florence Hogan
Mount Vernon Tragedy Ends in Double Suicide over Money
Fred Jones a young railroad contractor and son of General C A Jones killed his wife Alvira W and then shot himself after a dispute over money. The couple’s dispute centered on a $1000 request from the wife against a $16 000 bequest left by B F Jones the Pittsburg steel magnate. The will allowed the wife to disburse the fund and the tragedy followed a refusal to surrender the money.
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Mount Vernon, O
Fred Jones
C. A. Jones
B. F. Jones
Pittsburg
Alvira W
Young Jones
Steel King
Jones
Results of baseball games in American and National Leagues
Detroit 0 Chicago 0. Mullins Donovan Sullivan Patterson Owen McFarlane. St. Louis 2 Cleveland 0. Batteries Sudhoff Sugden Hess Buelow. Washington 3 Boston 2. Batteries KilE Wittredge Dineen Farrell. Philadelphia 7 New York 6. Batteries Plank Powers Chesbro Kidrow. Chicago 4 Cincinnati 1. Batteries Welmer Kling Ewing Schlief. Boston 2 Brooklyn 2. Batteries Shat e and Needham Strickiett ey. Boston 1 Brooklyn 0. Batteries Harley Needham Mason Berger. Pittsboro 8 St Louis 4. Batteries Leever Pletz Ngan McFarlan. New York 6 Philadelphia 5. Batteries Amis Bresnahan Pittinger Doolin.
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Detroit
Chicago
Mullorns
Donavan and Sullivan
Patterson
Owen
McFarlane
St. Louis
Cleveland
Sudhoff
Sugden
Hess
Buelow
Washington
Boston
Kile
iWittredge
Dineen and Farrell
Philadelphia
New York
Plank
Powers
Chesbro
Kidnow
Cincinnati
Battersoa
Welmer
Kling
Ewing
Death penalty for boxcar murder in Elk River case
Elk River Minn April 20 Crawford found guilty of murdering Heino Lundeen in a boxcar last November was sentenced to be hanged. Accomplice Arthur Lozee received a thirty year prison term.
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Elk River
Minn
C. D. Crawford
Heino Lundeen
Arthur Lozee
Hope for Joe Jefferson in West Palm Beach
Joseph Jefferson is reported to be improving though still very weak and critically ill. Hopes for his recovery are entertained by some observers in West Palm Beach Florida on April 20.
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Joe Jefferson
West Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph Jefferson
Taft Plans Tokio Visit During Philippine Trip
Secretary Taft has decided to visit Tokyo in conjunction with his Philippine trip to pay respects to Japanese officials and advance diplomatic ties. The April 20 dispatch notes the planned itinerary and formal courtesy.
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Taft
Japan
Washington
Tokio
Philippine
Foreign Office
Naval Paymasters Examinations For Nine Assistant Clerk Posts
Naval Paymasters in Washington announce examinations for nine vacancies in the position of assistant clerk in the paymaster service. Applicants must meet eligibility standards and submit applications by the stated deadline.
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Naval
Washington
Dee
Ice
Kamranh Bay and Far East Naval Tensions Rise
A multi-location dispatch notes Japan pressing for neutrality assurances as Russian Pacific squadron remains near Kamranh bay. Paris dispatches show official neutrality claims while Motono presses for France to guarantee neutral conduct amid rumors of Russian fleet movements. Simultaneously, unrest at Petrograd and Moscow prompts crackdown and martial mood ahead of May Day, with student unrest and suppressive measures under consideration.
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St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Ministry of Finance
Shanghai
Rosestvensky
Straits of
Formosa
Togo
Saigon
Cochin-China
Rojestvensky
Stilim Kam
Paris
Motono
France
Delcasse
Japan
Kamranchay
Indo-China
M. Delcasse
Kamranh Bay
Russia
Dardanelles
Aegaean Sea
Conservatory of Music
Rimsky Korsakoff
Conservatory
Trepoff
Moscow Gazette
Body of Paul Jones 19 Found Identified in Paris
Paris reports the body of Paul Jones located by Ambassador Porter after a five year search in the St. Louis cemetery. A leaden coffin, preserved by alcohol, yielded a strong likeness to the admiral once more. No uniform or sword remained, all items having been removed after burial.
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Paris
Ambassador Porter
Paul Jones
Washington
Porter
St. Louis Cemetery
Ieaden
Bally Blanchard
Engineer Wels, Whe
Togo Waiting Off Nagasaki in War Talk
Paris reports Russian naval attaché Captain Yepantchine predicts Admiral Togo will wait Rojestvensky off Nagasaki to repair ships. He puts Togo at seven battle ships versus five for Rojestvensky and notes similar gun power after replacements. He calls the voyage a historic achievement.
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Paris
Yepantchine
Togo
Rojestvensky
Nagasaki
Japan
Verantchine
England Denies Iphigenia Wireless Claim Sighted Russians
London reports Foreign Secretary Lansdowne formally denies to Russia the Novoe Vremya claim that the British cruiser Iphigenia sent wireless news of passing Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron near Saigon. The denial states the Iphigenia did not sight the Russian fleet.
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London
Lansdowne
Novoe Vremya
Iphigenia
Rojestvenshky
Saigon
Kaleieff to Hang for Grand Duke Sergius Killing
Moscow April 21 Kaleieff who killed Grand Duke Sergius and was sentenced to death will be hanged next week His brother serves in a guard regiment in St Petersburg and his mother came from a Polish noble family She married a Russian police sergeant now deceased Cambridge Mass April 15 Harvard sets up a 60 inch telescope at the observatory claiming world’s largest aperture for measuring stellar light and intensity
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Sergius
Moscow
Lvan Kaleieff
St. Petersburg
Cambridge
Mass
Fingland
A. A. Common
Harvard University
Astronomical Observatory
Cold Weather Retards Crops in Major States
The weekly weather bureau bulletin reports abnormally cold conditions through April 17 hindered germination and growth nationwide. Frost extended to Alabama, Georgia, and parts of the Carolinas, with heavy rains in the South Atlantic and Gulf states, and rain needed in the Missouri valley and Pacific coast. Planting delays in cotton and corn noted. winter wheat generally good but needing rain in Kansas and Michigan. oat seeding slowed in the Dakotas and lake region. tobacco plantings underway in South Carolina and Florida. fruit damage likely in southern areas, less in northern districts.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
Rocky Mountains
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
East Gulf States
Jacksonville
South Atlantic
Central
Gulf States
Missouri Valley
Pacific Coast
Kansas
Missouri
Minois
Ohio Valley
Middle States
Michigan
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Carolinas
Florida
Mississippi River
New England
Lake
Receiver for Owosso Bank in Michigan
Detroit Trust company named receiver for M. L. Stewart & Co. of Owosso after its closure. Referee Joglyn set the bond at 25000 dollars. Citizens filed petition asking bankruptcy and seeking preservation of assets.
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Tiny City
Mich
Detroit Trust Company
M. L. Stewart & Co
Qwos- 80
Joglyn
United States
Swan
Owosso
Burglars Burn Half a Village in West Virginia
Fire destroyed half the village of Clendennin, twenty miles north of Charleston, burning all business houses after burglars robbed and set fire to Samuel Byerman's store. The April 19 report notes extensive damage and a sprawling blaze in the town.
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Charleston
W. Va
Clendennin
Samuel Byerman
First China Steel Mill Contract Secured
The New York office of a Cleveland company has secured a contract to build the first steel mill in China near Shanghai and to construct wire and rolling mills and blast furnaces near Kure, Japan.
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China
New York
Cleveland
Shanghai
Kure
Japan
Warships Sighted at Batangas Rumors of Neutrality Breach
Manila reports three warships seen off Batangas at 4 AM with unknown nationality. Two steamers anchored in Lingayan Bay north of Manila. Admiral Train orders US gunboat Quiros to Lingayan. Earlier, Russian Pacific squadron lingering at Kamranh Bay. French and Japanese officials discuss neutrality breaches regarding Cochin China coast. Legal outcomes and France’s stance remain unsettled as events unfold.
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Manila
Batangas
Lingayan Bay
Luzon
Manila Bay
Admiral Train
Quiros
London
Far East
Kamranh Bay
Singapore
Sui Sang
Hong Kong
Phu Yen
Daily Mail
Kamranhhay
France
Cochin-China
Hayashi
Baron Sugematsu
Associated Press
Japan
Japan Protests Russian Naval Actions Needing British Help
Tokyo reports Jiji Shimpo stating Russia’s Pacific squadron used Kamranh Bay violating neutrality and plan to link with the other division at Waranmh Bay. Japan warns if Kamranh Bay persists neutrality is ignored and seeks British cooperation under the Anglo Japanese alliance. Heavy snow wrecks lines near Cheyenne causing widespread outages and train disruption.
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Tokyo
Kamrant Bay
Jiji Shimpo
Madagascar
Japan
Russia
Wamranh Bay
France
Great Britain
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D. A. R. Memorial Hall
Viadivostok
Sebastopol
Lewis Nixon
Old ST. Louis Cemetery
England
Kaleieff
Cynicus
Owosso Bank
Philippines
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
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