M'CORMICK HANN A WEDDING CELEBRATED WITH MUCH POMP
A June 10 ceremony at St Pauls Episcopal in Cleveland united Ruth Hanna and Joseph Medill McCormick before a vast crowd including President Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt. Bishops and ministers officiated, with lavish white and green decorations, flowers, and candles. A wedding breakfast followed at Glenmere. gifts included Roosevelt’s coffee set and a pearl necklace from ambassadors.
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St.Paul's Episcopal Church
Cleveland
Ohio
Ruth Hanna
M. A. Hanna
Joseph ‘Medill McCormick
Chicago
United States
Russia
Joseph Medill
Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Loch
W. S. Cowles
Grunwell
Washington
St. Paul's
Rutherford McCormick
W. A. Leonard
Billings
Groton
Mass
George H. McBrew
Rey
W. H. Jones
Misa Roosevelt
Hanna
Glenmere
Mrs. McCormick
West
Samuel Allerton
Monticello
McKinley
Fourteen Year Old Prodigy Receives Bologna Violin Diploma
Albert Spalding, age fourteen and son of J Walter Spalding of New York City, earned a diploma as professor of the violin from the Bologna Conservatory. He passed May 16 after a six-member jury rated his performance. Though trained outside Bologna by Prof Chiti and Prof Buitrago in Florence, he scored 48 of 50, exceeding the required 30.
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Albert Spalding
J. Walter Spalding
New York City
Bologna Conservatory of Music
Young Spalding
Bologna
Conservatory of Music
Chiti
Buitrago
Florence
Irish hotel proprietors fleece Gordon Bennett visitors
Hotel and Tourist Association of Ireland acts against excessive charges. Reports demand excessive rates for travelers including thirty dollars per night for a room, twenty five dollars in another case, and a hundred dollars for a week’s use of a small plot of ground on the route.
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Gordon Bennett
Hotel and Tourist Association of Ireland
Kentucky Governor Beckham Replies to New York World
New York World asked young Kentucky Governor Beckham to share plans to end feuds and crime. He telegraphed back that he would try any proven plan from New York in Kentucky if it works.
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Gov. Beckham
New York World
Kentucky
New York
Wealth in Irish Bogs and the Promise of Power
Sir Richard Sankey argues in the Nineteenth Century that Irish bogs can regenerate industry by supplying peat, potentially replacing coal. He estimates 5 billion tons of coal equivalent, with 800,000 horsepower available for 412 years, and electricity could be produced cheaply, transforming Ireland's energy future.
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Richard Sankey
Ireland
Mayo
America
Sir Richard
Richard
Temptations of Boys in City Life Debate
Mr Depew argues that pampered rich boys avoid danger while country youths in cities face loneliness and temptation. He says saloons poolrooms and clubs lure them and that country boys need fortitude to resist bad influences more than wealthier youths do. The address critiques urban temptations for rural youth.
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Mr. Depew
Dr. Hillis
Morgan Meets His Match in a Wall Street Broker
Pierpont Morgan faced a broker who had failed in a shady deal leaving Morgan about $40,000 lighter. Morgan demanded payment and warned the man to stop recognizing him. The broker replied he would not for twice the sum, and since then Morgan has greeted him warmly when they meet.
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Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Soandso
Russell Sage to Move from Fifth Avenue House
Great financier Russell Sage plans to leave his 42 year home on Fifth Avenue New York complaining of neighbors. A candy store and an ice cream parlor fan cause deafening noise while a smoking parlor on the opposite side fills the air with tobacco scent. He will relocate to the former Charles Broadway Rouss mansion, with Henry Clews and D Ogden Mills as surrounding neighbors.
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Russell Sage
Lttle
Fifth Avenue
New York
Family of Literary Women Triumph in One Lineage
Three literary women in one family gain prominence, a rarity since the Brontes. Mrs G K Dyer, her daughter Alice Duer Miller, and her unmarried daughter Caroline Duer have penned novels and short pieces. cousin Mrs Clarence Mackey is also starting a literary career with a novel in progress.
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Brontes
G. K. Dyer
Muller
Alice Duer Miller
Caroline Duer
Clarence Mackey
His Acting And Talking. Veteran Lawyer Squelched His Young Colleague
In an Iowa court a young attorney imitated a veteran’s mannerisms to provoke laughter. The seasoned lawyer replied with formal pauses and a pointed line, saying the youth acted like a good lawyer but talked like a blamed fool, silencing the rival.
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Shaw
Iowa
De Wet Heads Irreconcilables In Orange River Colony
Gen De Wet leads a large political party in the Orange River colony with Livery Boer among its ranks. The group claims a white population majority, and De Wet’s uncompromising stance worries British authorities about unrest and policy directions.
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de Wet
Gen
Orange River
Livery Boer
Devastating Southern Floods Run Riot Across Three States
A scorching drought across North Carolina Georgia and South Carolina and Georgia gave way to deadly floods. Gainesville Georgia endured a deadly tornado that destroyed Gotté hill and towns along the valleys suffered. Death toll stands at thirty four with property losses exceeding three million dollars.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Peaceville
Gainesville
Epee
Gotté
Vail
Ardd
Mayor Kern on not using force to stop Belleville lynching
Belleville Illinois mayor Kern defends his choice to refrain from armed intervention after a mob lynched Wyatt. He argues using guns would have escalated violence, blamed Wyatt for armed threat and murder, cites local crime surge and agitator Thomas under equal rights act, and praises officers who protected the jail.
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Wyatt
Belleville
Ill
Kern
Thomas
Hertel
Free Trade Stance Keeps Cabinet Crisis From Deepen
In the British House of Commons a 424 to 28 vote rejected a protective tariff aim backed by Chamberlain. Premier Balfour declared as a free trader though urging party unity, and mediation by the Duke of Devonshire helped patch the cabinet rift. King Edward values the Irish visit and the Chaplin budget amendment failed by 396 votes.
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House of Commons
Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Duke of Devonshire
Edward
Ireland
Chaplin
King Leopold in Disfavor At Paris Jockey Club
La Figaro reports a serious clash planned between Jockey Club of Paris and Leopold II of Belgium during his forthcoming visit. The row stems from Leopold dining on canard aux navets in February, a chef later vanished then allegedly nabbed by the king and now at Lachen. Club members vow to press a sharp rebuke amid tensions.
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la Figaro
Paris
Jockey Club
Leopold II
Belgium
Lachen
Ose
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