Destructive Tornado Outbreak Hits Midwest and South
Reports detail a widespread tornado wave across Michigan Tennessee Mississippi Nebraska and other states. Destruction followed the storm with many killed and injured, towns wrecked including Higginsville Dover Page City Ypsilanti and Condray. Damage spanning rail lines and towns, with widespread debris, fires, and communication outages as crews work to clear wreckage and assess losses.
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London
London bank fails amid rising deposit withdrawals
The English Scottish and Australian chartered bank in London collapses with liabilities pegged at about £8 million or $40 million. Assets are undetermined but expected large. Proprietors’ reserve liability stands at £900,000. The last public balance sheet in 1892 showed nearly £6 million in deposits. The failure is attributed to sustained withdrawal of deposits over several weeks. The bank, incorporated by royal charter in 1852, claimed £900,000 paid-up capital.
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London
Busy World’s Fair prep marks record Sunday crowds
Chicago notes a bustling Sunday at the World’s Fair grounds with 11,904 paid admissions at the main gates and thousands more visiting Midway. Officials report 15,000 workers at Jackson Park and rapid construction across Manufactures Transport and Machinery buildings as May 1 opening nears.
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Horace Elliott
Midway Plaisance
iBut
Brutal Police Tax on Peasants in Russian Village Tale
A Russian captain and his lieutenant extort bribes from peasants after showing a murdered man, repeating the trick in multiple villages during a harsh winter. The piece condemns authorities who fleece communities dressed as officials and clergy.
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Ivan Ivanovitch
Disappearance of an Island off Australia
The island Expedition Island on the northwest coast of Australia vanished after sinking to about forty eight feet below the surface. Once thirteen miles long and up to two miles wide, it disappeared as observers noted lack of breakers and deep soundings across its former site. Swedish trader Laemstorm and Dutch naturalists had studied the area in 1892 and May to June last year.
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Australia
Laemstorm
Thignig
St. Louis Republic
A Young Feminine Poet Laureate at Chicago Fair
A young poet laureate admired as a society figure, Harriet Monroe, wins praise for a Shelley homage and Commemoration Hymn. The gesture of sending Shelley's volume to her favorite brother leads to a Century magazine acceptance and rising notice amid mixed critical opinion.
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Chicago
Shelley
Harriet Munroe
Laughter and a Tiny Steam Engine Highlight Oddities
The piece explains laughter as disorganized breathing triggered by intense excitement and notes how it disrupts control of breath and sound. It then describes a Tyrolese monk's miniature steam engine from the Paris Exhibition, made of 180 metal pieces, two years to build, about 0.6 inches tall and 1/9 ounce in weight.
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M. Henrion
Philadelphia
Adam
Jhudi
Henrion
M. Cozard
Rent Rise Sparks Tug of War Between Landlord and Tenant
In Washington Star commentary a landlord declares a rent increase and a tenant respondingly cites inability to pay. The piece also comments that the most disagreeable uncle is a carbuncle, signaling a biting social quip in the column.
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Washington Star
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