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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1893
Page
5
Reports note a proposal to bring a large Wisconsin stone to Milwaukee for display in a city park. The stone, claimed largest quarried, was meant for the 1893 Wisconsin exhibit but lawmakers refused to fund transport. The item reflects ongoing push to showcase regional achievement despite funding hurdles.
A series of tornadoes and cyclones hit Kokomo Indiana Green Castle and Ypsilanti causing demolished mills crushed workers and several deaths in Indiana Michigan and nearby states. Widespread damage includes blown roofs leveled houses and charred ruins with crops and livestock losses reported across the region.
April 15 Betegapk A bloodless coup installs King Alexander L Servia as ruler though born Aug 14 1876, age not yet 18. Regents and ministers arrested. Dokitch named prime minister. army supports king. potential recall of ex Queen Natalie from exile.
Forty five members of the new world’s fair board reelected the same officers that led the exposition last year. Up to April 1 expenditures reached 16 708 826 45 with total receipts 17 496 452. Orderers H B Ginenbotham Ford W Peck K A Waller H C Edmonds Anthony P Seeberger W K Alkerman W B Carlisle.
From Washington April 13 to April 15 the senate advanced nominees including Hannis Taylor minister to Spain and James Eckels comptroller of the currency. A Kansas seating dispute and a Roach investigation dominated the week as the house list showed Democrats 220 Republicans 127 third party 6. A brutal Fort Gaines murder sparked a mob fire death, while ships gather off Hampton Roads for a foreign fleet welcome and fires kill miners in South Dakota and a Louisville tragedy.
Nathaniel Straughn near 101 dies at home near Mitchell Indiana. Multiple fires and deaths reported including Mul vane Kansas destruction, Dayton Ohio barn fire killing livestock, and a Greensburg Pennsylvania infant killed by mother. Oklahoma convention forms independent party. Emin Pasha rumor and other national notices.
Commissioner Blount declares the United States protectorate at an end as the Hawaiian flag is lowered at the government building on April 1. Provisional government fears royalist attempts to restore the queen with U S Marines backing the move. Japanese interference are watched, while Washington discussions frame annexation in light of the change.
A survey notes olive oil outputs by Spain, Italy, France, and California, with European forest economies and sea life myths. It discusses airborne sky blue perception, star telegraphs across Waterloo, earth’s long timescales, and Switzerland’s agriculture plus labor-saving limits. It also describes mirage experiments in a fluorescent alcohol setup revealing light garlands in a trough.
A novel method to photograph enemy fortifications uses a rocket launched parachute camera system. The device, with an asbestos casing, unfolds a light parachute and supports a clockwork shutter for multiple timed exposures. It promises a significant advance in modern warfare technology.
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