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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1897
Page
1
Debate rages over where an asylum should be built as Minnesota lawmakers consider a repportionment bill creating new districts. Gov. Cioran’s veto of Hastings site is praised by supporters of Anoka, while single tax ideas gain traction among prominent figures. The royal option taxation bill would tax land only to fund local needs, exempting improvements.
Governor signs S. F. 163 altering personal tax delinquency procedures. Previously clerks issued citations immediately after April 1. Now delinquents have fifteen days to answer and challenge assessments in court, aiding financially burdened taxpayers.
Senator Whitney asked that H. F. 568 be referred for amendment, then moved toward passage. A compromise limits Beltrami County to a $12,000 annual tax levy for ten years and 2 percent for schools, with reduced indebtedness. Homesteaders and lumber interests align, opposition withdrawn. Walker interests back a careful, businesslike system. Senate passage expected, then reported as passed by the morning.
Contractors have been at work on the old wagon bridge since Monday, building a sturdy structure to replace the old. A decision on the bridge's cost is expected at the meeting, with a push to invest in a durable iron design that will not require frequent repairs.
Water rents for the second quarter 1897 are due April 1 and must be paid on or before the 10th of the month to avoid shut off. Minnesota Water Works Co. Office, 1st National Bank Building.
A legislative committee report lauds Minnesota for beet raising, with Crow Wing county leading in beet quality and sugar content. It notes talks of four new beet sugar factories, cites Kaiser projections on US sugar imports and state consumption, and summarizes 1890 experiments showing favorable beet yields and purity across several counties.
The W C T U parlor meeting faced light turnout due to poor walking conditions. Mrs Barnes and members shared sketches on Neal Dow and Prohibition rally figures, with several readings and tributes. A visiting member from Minnesota praised Brainerd’s effort as commendable. Rev. Williams tribute noted.
The Chicago Chronicle recounts naval captain Black Jack Percival who ferried a cargo of Spanish jacks to the United States during wartime. In New York he sailed past trimmed guns and a port lined with jack heads, refusing a salute because two crewmen were twisting every jack tail and none would bray.
A sufferer wraps a damp cloth around his injured limb and pleads for relief. He shouts Maria's name and, with despair, asks for the hammer to strike the pipe in Cincinnati. The scene unfolds in a terse moment captured by the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The text notes large Texas cattle ranches shrinking under settlement pressure, highlighting the Capital Freehold Land and Investment Company holding 8,100,000 acres. It also quotes Taine on poetry, discusses rising travel to Greece with 1,500 Americans visiting Athens last year and 7,500 Kanakas in Queensland sugar work, and ends with Italy's 1894 harvest of citrus and wine products.
Ripans Tabules are advertised as a gentle cathartic remedy for constipation. The copy emphasizes relief and regularity without clinical proof, presenting the product as a simple household aid for digestive comfort.
The article traces the schooner’s Gloucester origins with Captain Robinson’s ketch tale, notes its 1713 emergence and Cape Sable use, and tracks later rigs from Chebacco boats to pinkies and modern clipper schooners. It also recounts Maretus memory feat, where a Corsican youth memorized 36,000 words and recited them in multiple patterns.
A Philadelphian essay ponders masculine vanity and dress preoccupations, noting trousers creases and shoe fashions. The piece shifts to a grim civil service account of cannibalism among Africans, detailing sentry killings, enslaved labor, and a commandant’s handling of a cannibal chief while recalling Tippoo Tib’s lieutenant.
A Philadelphia Ledger reader argues for using disposable Chinese paper handkerchiefs to prevent disease from reusing cloth ones. The piece contrasts Chinese and missionary views, notes hygiene benefits, and suggests buying white Chinese paper squares for 20 cents. It endorses keeping disposables at home for colds.
In Boston General John B. Gordon, ex Confederate, toured sights with a prominent lawyer. They visited the Gettysburg Cyclorama. Gordon reacted to the scene with a defiant remark about Bull Run. The narrative shifts to Central Africa cannibalism reports by Sidney Langford Hinde and Miss Kingsley, noting Arab slave raids and beliefs about mutilation and heaven.
The winter soft crab differs from its summer cousin mainly in body shape being a touch narrower yet it is more succulent and finely flavored. A rock or sand crab by habit it lives apart from the mud dwelling summer crab making it rarer in normal seasons. Its elusive hiding places shedding times show instinctual wisdom and sharp eyes are needed to find it.
The will outlines a path for successors to extend the Russian empire toward Constantinople and India. Clause 9 states that whoever controls these regions becomes the true ruler of the world, guiding the expansionist aim.
The London boxing scene centers at the National Sporting Club where skilled fighters from around the world clash in a roped square. Stockbrokers and sporting figures fill the crowd before moving to Marble Halls for round by round chatter on the evening’s fights.
An English and an Irish trooper scout against the Matabele in South Africa. A band of attackers burst from rocks and chased the pair. They mounted horses and fled across rough country while the Irishman lagged behind. The Englishman urges urgency, the Irishman insists he is not throwing the race, a moment framed in Harper's Round Table style.
A quoted exchange shows an author claiming The Monthly Bugle never reads submissions, noting that stories were sent, returned unread, and prompting a reply about how the author knows they were not read. The terse dialogue underscores frustration with editorial neglect.
A Pullman tourist sleeping car operates once weekly from St. Paul to San Francisco via the Northern Pacific and Shasta route. It departs St. Paul at 7 p m each Wednesday and Staples at 11 50 p m that day, arriving in San Francisco the following Monday morning. Double berth rate from St. Paul Minneapolis and Staples is 6 00. For tickets write W D McKay Ticket Agent N P Ry Co Brainerd Minnesota.
This piece extols the Wisconsin Central system as a key factor in a vast continental commerce. It mentions 178,054 miles of roads and fast, well equipped trains from St Paul and Minneapolis to Milwaukee Chicago and beyond. It invites readers to visit ticket agents for maps and tickets. The ad notes Jan 0 Pono as General Passenger Agent in Milwaukee and announces fresh salt water fish delivered daily to Benson Gray's Fifth Street Market.
The Brainerd Co-operative Building and Loan Association files a notice of default against Harry M. Newell and Elia B. Newell on a mortgage dated January 16 1887 recorded February 3 1887 in Crow Wing County Minnesota. Amount claimed due is 49.37 dollars with no foreclosure action yet commenced.
Receivers of mortgagee announce foreclosure under a June 3 1884 mortgage held by Jane Brockway and W S Brockway. The debt of 278.50 plus costs will be sold at public auction at the County Court House Brainerd MN on April 12 1897 to satisfy the loan. The property is Lot 6 Block 4 Town of East Brainerd. G D Labar and N Nevers, receivers.
By virtue of a Minnesota District Court execution in Crow Wing County the plaintiff W S Haynes seeks to levy on an undivided half interest in real estate described as Lots 1 and 2 in Sec 8, NW quarter of the SW quarter and East Half of SW quarter in Sec 18, T45 R28. The property will be offered at the County Court House front door in Basinerd on March 15, 1897 at 10:00 a m to satisfy the judgment and costs of 240 25.
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