Senate in Extra Session Confirms Eckels as Currency Comptroller
The U S Senate in extra session confirmed James E. Eckels of Ottawa Illinois as comptroller of the currency after debate. A resolution on Joseph W Ady seat claims in Kansas was sent to committee. The session closed after six weeks with most presidential nominations approved.
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Senate
James E. Eckels
Ottawa
Joseph W. Ady
Kansas
John Martin
Ady
Sherman
Committee On
Alexander W. ‘Yrell
Texas
United States
Turkey
Roach
North Dakota
L. Q. C. Lamar
General Land Office
James T. Durette
Earlysville
Devastating Storms and Fires Across the Nation Hit Many States
A long list of cyclones and tornadoes ravaged nine states including Indiana Missouri and Michigan. Deaths occurred in several towns such as Robinsonville Jeffersonville and Rockport while property damage and injuries were widespread. Other disasters included fires in Pennsylvania New York and Illinois and the destruction of mills and lumber yards in Brooklyn.
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Tur
Hardy, Voorhis & Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Kokomo
Greencastle
Rockport
Frank
Ypsilanti
Mich
Mississippi
Robinsonville
Coudray
Missouri
Illinois
Rockford
Quincy
Galena
Alton
Vandalia
Olney
Kansas
Iowa
Tenn
Saline
Bradford
Wis
Matthew Bitson
Arthur Hearn
Somerset
Blair
Pennsylvania
Williamsburg
William Ainsworth
Holmes Oil
Buffalo
Mary Grerourrsky
Greensburg
Jerreson D. Barngerr
Eufaula
Ala
Hillsboro
Ind
Hawkins Bank
Lexington
Stanbury
Steeleville
Page
Wiliam Bono
Rockville
Margaret Cephas
United States
Thibodeaux
Frith
Henry Talcott
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Dubuque
Columbus
John E. McBride
Ohio
Patrick McBride
United Mine Workers of America
Warren County
N. C
L. M. Rumsey Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
West Michigan Lumber Company
Diamond Aeake
Deaths and political results from early 20th century items
Obituary notes record the death of John A. Burn longtime Detroit Free Press editor in Detroit. An unofficial list shows 220 Democrats 127 Republicans and a third party in the fifty third congress. Also reported are deaths of Cuariks TLONGFELLOw son of a poet in Boston Nathanian Straueun near Mitch ell Indiana Jennie Norturrn near Princeton Kentucky aged 110 Kitty ONeill Buffalo New York jig dancer and Lucy Larcom Beverly Massachusetts poetess aged 67.
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Chicago
H. N. Higinbotham
Joan Hunt
Camden
N. J
Joseph Dodson
Homestead
Terra
Highland
Deadwood
Williamm Harpin
Monticeblo
N. M
Atlanta
Department of Agriculture
Nellie Bly
Winamuce
Ind
Henry Perry
Bennettsville
8. C
JL. D. Taylor
Charles Scott
Tyler
Tex
B. H W. Curtis
Thomas H. Dupley
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Mass Brison
Hern
John Carle
Clinton
Wis
Exposition Company
Joun BupNer
Beaver Brook
Duke of
Champion
Wood's Run
Pendleton
Ivy Hodgman
Logan
Kan
Henry Horn
Fairhaven
Wash
Tur
Louisville
United States
John Johnson
Auburn
N. Y
Grover W. Sara & Sons
Buffalo
Charles Longfellow
Cambridge
Enon Station
A. G. Yates
Rochester
Cincinnati
Squay
Boston
Susan L. K. Cleveland
Charlotte W. Lyman
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury
Washington
Detroit
New London
Conn
New York
Atlantic
John Bull
John A. Burn
Detroit Free Press
House of Representatives
House
Cuariks Tlongfellow
Tom Negroes
Oklahoma Territory
Guthrie
Nathanian Straueun
Mitchell
Jennie Norturrn
Princeton
Alrrep Prrtm
Kitty O'Neill
Explosion at Sala Caladia mills kills and casualties rise
An explosion at Sala Caladia mills in Matara Spain killed several and recovered nine bodies along with the manager. Other reports note bank failures, uprisings, and political upheavals across Europe and colonies as global tensions unfold.
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Sala Caladia Company
Matara
Spain
London
Corea
Samuel Williams & Co
Liverpool
Onc Sam
Honolulu
Blount
United States
Vesseprim
Hungary
Belgrade
Alexander I
Servia
Zanzibar
Tippo Tib
Emin Pasha
Mina Arts
Harvard College Station
South America
Belgium
Brussels
Zante
Ionian Islands
Greece
Humbert
Margaret
Italy
Rome
Universal suffrage adopted by Belgian chamber of deputies
The Belgian chamber of deputies voted 119 to 12 in favor of universal suffrage. The act is seen as calming public upheaval and a looming general insurrection across the empire.
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Tur
Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Empire
Minnesota
Lyndon
Kan
Henry Hirsh
Thomas M. Barr & Co
New York City
Ijusna Voxuna
Soederhamn
Sweden
Tuievers
George Wilkinson
Mansfield
Charles R. Williams
Cleveland
Plaindealer
Osage City
Anderson Wagner
Buck-Ivanhoe
Leadville
Col
Cassville
Barry County
Boles
Ark
Duchess of Sutherland
London
Jaszladany
Hungary
Lansing
The New Bread Promises Easy Royal Baking Powder Loaves
Advert explains Royal Baking Powder makes light wholesome bread in under an hour with no yeast. Claims include anti-dyspeptic benefits, nutty flavor, and preserved nutrients. Includes a one loaf recipe, a note on sending results to Royal Baking Powder Co. and a sales pitch backed by testimonials. Also brief humor line from Harvard Lampoon.
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Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
New York
Nervous disorders and remedies cited in 19th century ads
An assortment of period notices and quack remedies tout nervousness relief. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claimed to ease dyspepsia and restore sleep while also subduing malaria and other ailments. H. H. Green & Sons offered dropsy treatment. The page also mentions social training schemes by B I Johnson & Co and a prison anecdote.
Kaiserin Augusta Salutes at Hampton Roads Show
The German flagship Kaiserin Augusta leads a naval display at Hampton Roads as guns boom from the fort and Seeadler, with Admiral Gherardi aboard the Philadelphia, watches a multi nation flotilla including United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy and Holland.
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Kaiserin Augusta
Kaiserin
Blake
Buchsel
Philadelphia
Gherardi
Kailey
Augusta
van Speyk
Bancroft Gherardi
Hampton Roads
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Italy
Holland
Explosion kills three in Minnesota mine blacksmith shop
Tower Minnesota April 19 A disastrous explosion ripped through the blacksmith shop of the Minnesota mine killing three men outright and injuring nine others severely Several more were slightly hurt with two expected to die Immediate cause traced to dynamite in gas pipes used as a makeshift system for opening clogged raises Names of the deceased and injured appear in dispatches though details remain fragmentary The blast followed a hammer strike causing pressurized gas to ignite from dynamite within the piping system
The Black Crook Comes to McVicker's Chicago
Advertisements trumpet McVicker's in Chicago with The Black Crook described as the most elaborate spectacular yet seen in the city. The page notes theater life from matrimony to divorce and includes assorted product ads for Beecham's Pills and various remedies.
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Chicago
Terrible Nitro-Glycerine Blast Near Lima Explosion
A noon explosion at the High Explosive company magazine near Lima, Ohio, killed Benjamin Dowe and tore off Clark Robinson's head. Dowe, badly injured in a prior blast, died before ambulances arrived. The blast shook houses and shattered windows two miles away.
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Lima
O. CoLumBus S
Dispatch
Clarlk Robinson
Benjamin Dowe
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U. S. Senate
Canter Harrison
Chatham
State of Ohto
Toleedo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Carnry & Co
Toledo
Haxn
Frank J. Coeney
A.D
A. W. Grason
Yall
J. Cagney & Co
Harvard Lampoon
Rule
Carpets
Philadelphia Times
B. I. Johnson & Co
Richmond
Puck
H. H. Green & Sons
Georgia
Hussard
Tower, Minn
McVicker’s
Boston Courier
Hale
Pike
B. F. Allen Co
Canal St
Beecham’s
Hood
Mount Sinai Hospital
Thomas Farrenkepf
Scott
Scott & Bowne
N.Y
Druggista
Dr. Kinmern & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Guy
L. B. Riteney
Mackey
Swirt Smprovio Co
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