Women's World Fair employment and public notices mix
The article notes more than ten thousand women candidates for World’s Fair jobs and Mrs Palmer receiving about 7,500 applications. It reports legal actions against publishers of Sunday papers in Pittsburgh and a plan to prosecute Monday paper publishers after midnight. England’s Rural District Nursing association trains five-year nurses at $250, with salaries $125 to $150 and district duties. Talks about a Wisconsin monolith for Milwaukee, halted by legislature, and cholera crusade activity in Pittsburgh with district inspections. Also mentions a high speed locomotive, a Franklin tomb care campaign, and a comparison of English and American locomotives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
England
Rural District Nursing Association
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Audubon memorial to be unveiled in New York cemetery
A lasting monument to John James Audubon will be unveiled on April 26 in Trinity Cemetery, Upper New York. The £10,000 memorial features a running cross design with an ornate shaft decorated by animals and birds to honor America’s renowned ornithologist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
APIFA
America
Audubon
Trinity Cemetery
Upper New York
Kilauea Crater Vents Lava Jets Along Edge
The report describes Kilauea crater in the Sandwich Islands as the largest active volcano with a nine mile circumference opening and a lava lake at its base. It notes fifty one conical craters around the edge emitting boiling lava jets. In Johnstown Pennsylvania a test of a new electric sticking machine welded streetcar rails by heating ends to white heat and joining them under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tse Kilauea
Sandwich Islands
Ffty
Johnstown
Johnson Ca Nal
Australian tree ferns shipped to Wee fair grounds
The Australian tree ferns on the Wee fair grounds are described as the most unique from that country. Some specimens reach sixty feet high and weigh about two tons each, with larger ones transport-impossible. These epiphytes grow on swamp forests and eventually hinder the host tree’s growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee's Fair Grounds
Australia
Adulteration test for baking powder and Chinese immigration views
A method detects alum in baking powder by its sediment in cold water, while cream of tartar powder foams more. The article notes Chinese compliance or defiance of law, urging registration and warning opponents that courts may favor some. It mentions Six Companies guiding Chinese in the U S and implies consequences of noncompliance.
Bloodshed in Belgium as riots widen and troops mobilize
In Brussels and Mons unrest over universal suffrage escalates. The government orders 45,000 militia to defend the state as strikers use dynamite and clash with police, yielding several wounded and at least four miner deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bons
Brusses
Chamber of Deputies
Britons Arrive With Great Warships in Hampton Roads Parade
The arrival of Britain’s five cruisers and accompanying warships in Hampton Roads opens a massive naval display. Forts salute as ships including the Blake and Van Speyk enter. the scene features 160 guns and flags of Britain France and the Netherlands. crowds witness a historic showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
Italy
Hampton Roads
Iahe
Australia
Belgians Win the Day Universal Suffrage Granted
Boussens April 19 The people win universal suffrage after riot and sacrifice. The Chamber of Deputies votes 119 to 13 with a provision for plural voting by property owners. King supports wide suffrage and leaders urge ending the general strike while rioting subsides.
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Linnhood
Chamber of Representatives
Boussens
Chamber “of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies
Brussels
Workingten
Spurgerbout
May and July Wheat Prices Slip on Opening Trade
May wheat fell three and a half cents per bushel in the first hour, while July slipped one cent. News was bullish overall, yet a selling clique is blamed for the downturn. Pardridge traded July but not May, with a private settlement on Saturday at seventy nine cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pardridge
Two Trains Hit. Two Killed and Several Injured Near Emery
A work train backing up on the line north of Emery collided with a passenger train, killing J M Unger of Gwosso and Isaac Rushnell of Owosso and injuring Frank Thompson of Elsie and O S Crouthers of Owosso among others. A separate incident on the Ann Arbor line nearby saw the boiler of engine No 44 explode, killing Fireman TC Wilson of Pontiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie
S. Crouthers
Owosso
James Pickering
Farwell
Ann Arbor
Emery
TC Wilson
Pontiac
Murder in Prison at Auburn VA as convict slays two
John Johnson known as the blue nigger from Clyde roams the broom shop of Auburn prison and fatally stabs Charles Peel and Paniecl Britton while wounding two others before a keeper shoots him. The attack occurs Monday morning and ends with Johnson rendered powerless.
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John Johnson
Auburn
Woapada
Clyde
Auburn Prison
Charles Peel
Westchester County
Paniecl Britton
Tornado Toll and Destruction Across Osage City Kansas
Tornado and heavy hail swept Osage City Kansas around 4 PM Tuesday destroying about forty buildings valued at $500 each and injuring many. Five deaths are reported including Mr and Mrs Andrew Waggoner. A cyclone near Foreche Valley Scott County Arkansas killed seven and damaged Roles town. Financial trouble hits Rochester New York with the failures of H H Warner and A G Yates amid $1,000,000 in papers and two large mortgages recorded in Monroe County.
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Andrew Waggoner
Latrie Rock
Ark
Foreche Valley
Scott County
Roles
A. @. Yates
Rochester
N. Y
U. HL
Bank of Monroe
H. H. Warner
East Avenue
A. G. Yates
Warner
Yates
Bell, Lewis & Yates
Buffalo
Five Men Killed in Colorado Tunnel Explosion
At the Buck-Ivanhoe tunnel on the Colorado Midland line near Leadville five men were killed and eight seriously injured when blasting powder ignited by an electric current. A tunnel worker reports a terrific blast and damage yet undetermined.
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Colorado
Leadville
Col
Buck-Ivanhoe
Colorado Midland
Here
German Warships Reach Hampton Roads in Dusk Blaze
Fortress Moxnoz Virginia reports German warships Kaiserin Augusta and Seeadhr arriving off the coast. The Augusta fired 21 guns toward the American flag, prompting a salute in return. Admiral Bancroft and Rear Admiral Gherardi observed the display as hundreds of craft gathered within a mile of the flagship amid multi-nation flags.
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Blake
Finang
Philadelphia
Jean Bart
Giovanni Bausan
Nice
John Hopkins
Holland
Anethuse
van Speyk
Bermuda
Gherardi
Hopkins
Hampton
Land's
Moxnoz
Germany
Kaiserin Augusta
Kaiserin
Buchsel
Ctuiser
Gherandi
Bancroft
Herardi
Three Killed in Tower Minnesota Blacksmith Explosion
A fatal blast tore through the Minnesota mine blacksmith shop in Tower on Tuesday. Three men died instantly and nine others were seriously hurt, with two possibly fatal. Names given include Jacob Kolharer, JB Nettie, and Charles Tolson. The blast likely stemmed from dynamite in gas pipes used to open clogged raises, ignited when the steam hammer struck.
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Tower
Minn
Minnesota
Jacob Kolharer
JB Nettie
Charles Tolson
Special Fete Days Set for State and Foreign Celebrations
Exposition authorities have approved fifty two special days for state and foreign celebrations during the fair season. The list covers numerous state days from May to October and includes foreign country representations from May to October with various societies also scheduling events.
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Citeaweo
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
Maine
Jane & Nebraska
Massachusetts
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Utah
North Carolina
New York
California
Maryland
Michigan
Kansas
New Mexico
Nevada
Colorado
Montana
Law'a
Ithode Island
Minnesota
Explosion near Lima destroys two men and shakes town
A noon blast at the High Explosive company's magazine two miles from Lima, Ohio, killed Clark Robinson whose head was torn off and fatally injured Benjamin Dowe who suffered a severe side wound. The explosion blasted 40 feet and toppled houses within a two mile radius.
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Lima
O. CoLusmus
Clark Robinson
Benjamin Dowe
Fire wipes out major Swedish sawmill in Gefle area
A large Swedish sawmill at Sotder hamn Gefle on the Gulf of Bothnia was destroyed by fire. The blaze spread rapidly to nearby whales and lighters, all burned. The loss is about 8600 000 with involvement of Swedish and several foreign insurers. In New York Thomas Bl Barr Co brokers suspended payment amid a coffee market panic. Liabilities may reach 300 000, reduced by foreign margin payments.
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O. M. Barnes
Central Michigan Savings Bank
C. F. Barnes
Barnes
State Bank
Sherwood
Lugiter Company
Iron and Engine Works
Mortager
Stockness
Tjusna Voxna
Sotderhamn
Laen
Gefle
Gulf of Bothnia
New York
Thomas Bl. Barr & Co
Front Street
Coffee Exchange
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Illinois
Law and Order Society
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Bert
Civia Guard
Tony
Vetterby
Buat Tuiards
Naefarous
Mintns
CNC
Vaons
Tate
Grammont
Charli Ro
Maes
Ger Majesty
Betdaguous
Exmpton Roads
Monnor
American
Chesapeake Bay
Admiral Gherards
THY Ul
Pri
Lansing
Atlantic
Fussard
Norwis
Denmark
Sweden
Columbua
Liberia
New South Wales
Austria
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Brazil
Costa Rica
Mexico
Catholic Keights of America
Travelers’ Protective Association
Millers
Cammerrist Travelers
Turner Bund
the Nations Union
Knights of Pythias
Independent Order of Foresters
Catholic Education
Patriotic Onler Sons of America
Italian Societes
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