Debate on women’s suffrage bill and party plans
The article describes opposition to a parliamentary reform bill with many arguing it excludes married women’s rights. It notes the Women's Franchise League’s stance against half measures, and previews a lively debate with Gladstone absent and Harcourt opposing from the Liberal side. A private Liberal conference and a Tory caucus are planned for May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cers
House of Commons
Women’s Franchise League
Boar
Gladstone
William Harcourt
London
Great Britain
May Day Parade in London Faces Tense Protests and Sectarian Tensions
Cable report from London notes large May Day demonstrations across Europe with potential clashes. Police to regulate traffic but not intervene. London march will demand an eight hour day with a separate Socialist delegation. Authorities monitor anarchist and socialist press prosecutions linked to murder rhetoric. William Morris historically supported the paper now detached as its quality declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Belgemend
Austria
Paris
London
Hyde Park
Commonreal
William Morris
Socialist Party
Morris
Arbitration and Peace Association warns on 1817 treaty
David Dudley Field writes from London that the International Arbitration and Peace Association urges Salisbury to maintain the 1817 US Britain treaty on no warships on the American lakes. The group fears armament rivalry could spark future hostilities and warns Canada faces financial strain from keeping pace with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Foreign Office
Cviject
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Always Behaved As A Lady A Noted Englishwoman Dies In Vienna
Miss Mary Pope an Englishwoman of good family died in Vienna from starvation and disease after reportedly plotting her own death. A devout Catholic she believed suicide mortal sin and may have taken her own life with help from a confidant. Once a missionary in Egypt and the Sudan she later taught English in Vienna and gained income despite her eccentricities including items carried in pockets sewn around her dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lospus
Mary Pope
Vienna
Consu
Eeyptaml the Soudan
Murrieta Pictures for Sale in Two Auctions Next Week
Messrs Christie will offer the first portion of Murrieta portraits next week as part of sales tied to South American financial troubles. The collection includes works by David Cox Foster Copler ielding Aten Odema and Cooper. A second sale will follow later in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lox Pox
Messrs
Murrieta
Chritie
David Cox
T, Foster
Copler
Ielding
Aten
Odema
Cooper
Phos Inter
Peel winnings headline in Monte Carlo returns with Langtry
April 23. Young Peel son of Sir Robert Peel returns from Monte Carlo with Mrs Langtry carrying five thousand pounds the balance of his gaming winnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Loxnex
Young Peel
Sir Robert Peel
Monte Cerlo
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Crippled by Money
In Loxpon on April 23 the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children struggles financially as it tried Mr. Montagu in justice. The agency reports a severe shortage of funds hindering its operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon
National Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Mi. Montagu
London Stock Exchange Ends Weak Year
Lospos April 23 the business year ending March 26 last was one of the worst ever experienced on the London Stock Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stock Exchange
Lospos
London Stock Exchange
Exchange members pay subs and charges amid profits
The exchange corporation, owner of the facility, paid a dividend of 50 percent on its paid capital of 240000 pounds. There are today 3, members and 1923 members clerks with entrance privileges. Only 966 members are shareholders in the corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange
England's Army Weak Says Expert in Shock Report
Dr Hambleden reports the first army corps of about 30,000 men is largely undeveloped and unfit for war. He calls for boy recruits to undergo physical training and better sanitation to reduce disease losses costing £500,000 annually. The piece questions £17,000,000 yearly army spending and warns of state danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorpon
Great Britain
England
Hambleden
Evelyn Wood
Anarchists at Mrs Mowbray Funeral in Chicago Silence Banner
Lospex April 23 The funeral of Mrs Mowbray wife of the Commonwial publisher who was jailed with editor Nichols followed the arrest. Bail was granted for Mowbray to attend the funeral amid a large anarchist protest and police presence. A procession with red banners carried messages Remember Chicago and Our silence will be heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lospex
Mowbray
Commonwial
Nichols
Whitechapel
Mowbrays
Madrid
W. Burd Grubb
Senor Dupuy
United States
Tez Cunard Line
Ateamer Pavonia
Liverpool
Boston
Queenstown
Bristol Channel
Earl of Chester
Seto
William Morris
London Post
Commonweal
Williamu Astor Cay Ler
East Africa
Hohnel
Count Telaki
Tana River
Rudolph Lake
von Vecken
Murde
Reviol
Respoli
Foerlandi
English growers urged to imitate French against weevils
The British Board of Agriculture calls apple growers to form associations and act together against the apple blossom weevil. It notes a single weevil lays about 20 eggs in each blossom bud and cites the French village model where joint action destroyed thousands of weevils, saving crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
British Board of Agriculture
England
Peer Opposed to Peer in London Lease Clash
In London this week a duel of wills arose between Earl Dudley and the Duke of Westminster over a Park Lane townhouse built on ducal ground. The Earl sought lease renewal for another year amid grand plans, but the Duke demanded a hefty ground rent and a lump sum. The result: the Earl paid around £10,000 for another year under a renewed agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Earl Dudley
Park Lane
Duke of Westminster
Erl
Barl
American Prisons as Schools of Crime in America
In a letter from Lester William Tallack of the Howard Association he argues that United States prisons, which grant free intercourse and comforts to hardened inmates, corrupt communities. He cites Massachusetts prisons as chief examples and contrasts with England where separations reduce crime, warning of rising American crime rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexpos
Lester William Tallack
Howard Association
Italy
America
Massachusetts
England
J. Tallack
Down-hearted lumbermen face log jam as streams run low
In New Brunswick rivers are at their lowest in 15 years, leaving several million feet of logs hung up. Loggers keep crews on standby awaiting higher lumber prices while markets, including the English trade, press for demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny
N. B
Cholera Near Paris Prompts City Health Alert
Anxiety rises as four probable cholera cases appear within a few miles of Paris. A man from Puteaux, seven miles west, is admitted to Beaujon Hospital with cholera. Three more men from Neuilly and Courbevoie are admitted, signaling concern for the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Puteaux
Beaujon
Neuilly
Courbevie
Anarchist Hunt Probed as Prohibition Persists Abroad
Reports describe ongoing police pursuit of anarchists in various places, while France enforces grain export bans until September. Protests mount against an international silver conference as epidemics and disasters unfold in India and the Bristol Channel collision claims a passenger steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fittal
Suaxeesreane
Stratford-on-Avon
Rattling Their Chains Divorces Filed in Baltimore Courts
Three divorce suits entered. Charles W Washington vs Clara Washington alleges desertion since May 18 1883 following a 1866 marriage. Mary S Heath vs Robert W Heath alleges desertion since Feb 6 1886 after a 1879 marriage. Albert G Deiseroth vs Mary E Deiseroth alleges separation since May 1 189L. Cruelty and desertion cited in two cases. Mary Carroll vs William Carroll and Mary Spielman vs Edward G Spielman granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
G. P. Murray
Charles W. Washington
Clara Washington
Rowand
Mary S Heath
A. ©. Wallace
Robert W. Heath
Court Order For Witness Attendance In Baltimore Terminal Case
Judge White rules in Robb and Beal petition to compel testimony in a Baltimore Terminal Company case. Commissioners may issue subpoenas. sheriff attachments may force attendance. If witnesses refuse or issues arise, court to be reported for further action.
Habeas Corpus Sought to Bring Witness in Dwyer Case
In Ellen Dwyer vs Citizens Traction Company the plaintiff obtained a writ to bring David Doughty, a material witness and current workhouse prisoner, into court. The petition was granted and Doughty will be brought in to testify on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Dwyer
Citizens’ Traction Company
David Doughty
Doughty
Krechek Sues Mangold for 1000 Damages in Eye Injury Case
Frank Krechek sues John Mangold for $1000 claiming on November 30, 1891 his premises were struck by a bullet fired by Mangold's minor son injuring Krechek in the right eye. The suit seeks compensation for permanent injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Krechek
John Mangold
Krechek
Bellevue petition seeks free status for New Brighton turnpike
J. W. Kirker files in Quarter Sessions Court a petition signed by 32 Bellevue citizens asking that the New Brighton turnpike be declared a free road because it is not kept in proper condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Kirker
Quarter Sessions Court
Bellevue
New Brighton
Greenewalds sue for $1000 over alleged illegal levy on groceries
Leonard and John L. Greenewald filed a lawsuit against A. A. Weiner seeking $1,000 in damages claiming the grocer was illegally levied on and sold groceries owned by them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
John L. Greenewald
A. A. Weiner
Crowded Common Pleas and Criminal dockets listed in Pittsburgh court notes
The page lists multiple Common Pleas Court dockets, including Nos. 1 2 and 3, with cases such as Fisher versus Schmidt and Dwyer versus Citizens Traction. A Criminal Court section cites numerous defendants by name and case numbers, alongside fragmented street and business references from Penn avenues and Woursenteances street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court No
Fisher, Jr
Schmidt
Bruening
Bovaird
Hipple & Co
Moorhead
White
Pittsburg
Allegheny Bridge Company
Lang & Co
Williams
Bogas & Buhl
Liggettetux
Shields
Hubler & Co
Harrison Va
Haymaker
Lynn
Jackson
Gumble
McDermott
Pler
Manning
Haley Et al
Shaffer Et al
National Cash Register Eens
Bragdon
Acammer
Citizens’ Insurance Company of
Pittsbuurg
Dwyer
Citizens' Traction Company
van Voorhis
Rea Bros. & Co
Eheistineg
Va Sanford
Hanigan
Duquesne Traction Company
Merriman
Netting
Whitehouse
McManstera
Feltzberger
Wilson Snyder Manufacturing Company
Stirling
Ben Karbey
William Smith
Joan Kuster
Edward Dramtle
Otto Zimmerman
Otto Engel
George Marlowe
John Fulis
Jobin Conlon
George Degater
Frank McCarthy
Daniel McKenna
Hugh Parker
Charlies Roderous
Andyth
Thomas O'Hanlon
James Tobin
Thonma Turner
Thomas Anderson
Minnie Bell
Mary Callahan
William Moran
Charles Miller
Frank Hines
George Arnold
Mararer Jones
John Jones
William Ludgata
Keo
Suroter
Duncan Sloane
Thomas J. Bickster
Mike Mannion
Peter England
Frank Sape
American School of Music Debate and Festival Plans
The article argues against a distinct American school of music, urging art to be universal rather than national while praising Gilchrist and Frick for leadership in Pittsburg. It details Mozart Club festival programs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and soloists at Old City Hall May 12–14, and discusses local club activities and notable performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
W. W. Gilchrist
Philadelphia
American Art Journal
Gilchrist
Delores
Warran
Beethoven
Rossini
Auber
H. G. Frick
Mozart Club
Robert Pitcairn
Frick
Pitcairn
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Old City Hall
Benito
Benvenuto Vellinl
Caorm
Seeeseessee Zod
Edward H. Dermitt
Menperssons
Elijah
George Henschel
Adelaide Foresman
Paul Zimmerman
Gardner Lamson
Pittsburg
Boston Orchestra
Nikisch
William H. Sherwood
Curry University Hall
Sherwood
Boston Symphony
Beacon
JW. H. Sherwood
East End
Joseph ©. Breil
Romberg
Masonic Hall
Collins Avenue
Blavatsky’s People At Theosophical Convention In Chicago
The six annual Theosophical Society gathering opens in Chicago with discussion on Madame Blavatsky's legacy and Colonel Olcott's future role. The meeting will decide on Blavatsky's ashes distribution among London Adyar and New York, with potential monument plans in New York. Olcott's duties include translating Sanskrit works and building a library. leaders consider successors, likely W Q Judge or Bertram Keightly. The movement shows a surge of activity post Blavatsky, expanding in Europe and the United States. The American branch recently purchased a $45,000 New York building to serve as a national hub. The organization promotes universal brotherhood, Aryan studies, and investigation of natural laws, opposing spiritualism and hypnotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Art
Music Hall
Museum
Art Society
Organization For Art
Pittsburg
Constance Howard
Georg Henschel
Mrs. Henschel
Ito
Palmer House
Chicago
H. 8. Olcott
Madame Blavatsky
Theosophical Society
London
Adyar
India
United States
Colonel Olcott
W. Q. Judge
Bertram Keightly
Madam Blavatsky
England
Europe
America
New York City
Phia
New Light on the Vozing Question of Ex amnations
A Pittsburg educational panel studied high school admission methods, surveying cities like Philadelphia Boston To led o and Baltimore. It reports varied systems from exams to class records, with Allegheny and Pittsburg sharing local boards and emphasis on teachers' quality. no decision yet, current plan stays for the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Central Board of Education
Etograde
W. D. Kearns
Charles Reisfar
Philadelphia
Boston
Toledo
Allegheny
Baltimore
Teachers’ Institute
New Era in Cooking Shows Electrical Heat Via Tiny Wires
A Pall Mall Badge correspondent reviews an exhibition at Crystal Palace London on electrical cooking. He notes simple, compact kettles that heat via resistive wires, unlike bulky gas stoves, and explains how cement coatings prevent corrosion while enabling safe heating. The article envisions versatile devices heating water and supplies through miniature heat elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Palace
London
Pall Mall
Musicale by Mr James A Nichols Scheduled in Allegheny
Invitations go to music lovers in two cities for a piano recital on Thursday April 23 at 157 PM. Miss Gregg, a student of Julie Rive-King, will perform with mezzo-soprano Miss Kaderley adding vocal pieces. The program includes Sonate Op and works by Massenet Chopin Liszt and Rubilnstein, showcasing technical skill and expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Nichols
Federal Street
Allegheny
Miss Gregg
Julie Rive-King
Gregg
Kaderley
Rubinstein
Great 510 Sale Brings Hundreds of Men’s Suits to Pittsburg
The Combination Clothing Company at Grant and Diamond streets promotes a two day $10 line of men’s suits for business and dress wear. Variety includes single and double breasted sacks, cutaways, Prince Albert coats, and many fabrics from plain blacks to fancy worsteds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.U.C.C
Uther's
Stercoal
Pittsburg
L. CC. CG. Cor
Grant and
Diamond Streets
Prince Albert
Pizranore Combination Clothing Company
Diamon
Bits of School Gossip From City Notes
The school month ends Thursday and payday shifts to next Monday. W Fisher enjoyed a visit to Cleveland praising Forest City schools language. Mrs Jacewax wife of Prof Jackman visits from Chicago. Miss Macore Vis Honan of Sylvan avenue school wed Mr George Allen last Tuesday. She plans to continue teaching this term. Central Board finishing touches to the teachers’ room with staff in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Fisher
Cleveland
Forest City
Jacewax
Jackman
County Cook Normal
Chicago
Miss Rice
Fourth Ward
Macore Vis Honan
Sylvan Avenue
Fourteenth Ward
George Allen
Central Board
Sivteaniectis
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Arbitration and Peace Association
Anzious
Peel Cod
Mrs. Landtry Homes
Agale
Anarchiss
Duke
SY Carter
American Schools OF Crime
New Brunswick
Benares
Caartes N. Rosmrracyn
Monte Carlo
Eussian
Senaast
Ratimore Terminal
Wales
I. Joe Dispatch
J. H. Konzert & Cor
Penn Avenues
Woursenteances Street
Mozarts
Euler
THE
Euzen D' Albert
Kiencer
Schroeder
Aude “ Hengrin
Farttt
Werner
Freischnetz
Waoyrrn
Tannhaeuser
Henschel
Pentiaatene
Rink
Crorm
Soaeee
Sremaaieem
Part
Lillian Russell
Adelina Patti
Miss Russell
Bijou
Edmund Audran
Tyan Ca
Gustav Kerker
Blavatsky’s
Convention of Theosophists
Henry & Olcott
Theosophy
Olcott
Jesus Christ
Gautama
Loraster
Krishna
Theosophi
Colonel Parker
County Cook Normal School
Worcester
Mass
Lancaster
Springfield
New Orleans
State Board of Education
St. Louis
Daily Record
Erie
Washington, D. C
rPr
Clothiers
Car
Grant
Eames
J. H. Kunze & Bao
Penn Avenue
Fourteenth
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