18 Apr 1890
Page 5
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 59 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1890
Page
5
A Brainerd Dispatch item notes a professor living in New Rochelle New York who operates a boys boarding school.
M Dvsors, the famed Van derbilt cook, has moved to San Francisco and is now the Palace hotel chef. His vast culinary reputation accompanies him as he takes charge of the hotel kitchen.
A reader editorializes that the principal function of royalty in England appears to be dead beatism and tax eating. If the English people approve, that stance is theirs to bear.
The Coaxcellor von Caprivi declined the services of detectives for protection. By contrast, Prince Bismarck always had a bodyguard of detectives following him wherever he went.
The term Sweeny has long been used in England to denote a sharp fellow who looks out for someone to cheat or with whom he may strike a sharp bargain.
The Duchess, famed for popular American novels, resides in Cork Ireland. She is a striking woman of forty, though portraits depict her as ten years younger.
A Missouri judge voids a divorce despite the wife having remarried, in a high profile dispute involving wealthy parties. The ruling annuls the second marriage and returns focus to the earlier case, highlighting ongoing legal complexities in a celebrated marital dispute.
Terezar of Russia orders all family clothing to be of Russian material and made by Russian hands. His wife protests, as her best dresses have always come from Paris. The royal dispute highlights tensions between national industry pride and court fashion.
Saccharine described as 300 times sweeter than sugar is sold in about 150 pound packages. The product is presented in lavish, ornate packaging including hoop skirts, bustles, velvet bodices, and silk gowns, underscoring extravagant expense.
One of the world’s largest forests lies on ice between the Ural Mountains and the Okhotsk Sea. A recently dug well in the region revealed rock at a depth of 116 meters that remains permanently frozen.
The will disposes of forty million dollars to be divided between his wife and two children. Reports say the duchess plans to enter a convent, potentially leaving the entire legacy to be shared by the son and daughter.
A leading medical journal features an antiseptic suit inviting physicians to visit patients with contagious diseases. The inventor is invited to assist doctors embracing the bacteria theory of disease causation.
The United States of Brazil is described as more than half the size of Europe with vast development potential. It covers about 3 250 000 square miles and borders every South American state except Chile. In 1879 its population was about 10 million, rising since due to immigration.
A lively contest among officers for the vacancy created by General Crook’s death continues, but prevailing belief favors General Miles. Miles’s wife is Senator Cameron’s sister-in-law and a niece of John Sherman and General Sherman, and their influential friends are expected to support him.
Grex notes Caprivi begins as chancellor with a plan to abandon an inspired press system. Ric states newspapers will be treated equally and no official organ will exist. This marks a novelty in Germany and across Europe, seen as fair to unfavored papers and unhelpful to the inspiring authority.
The piece argues that reports of mass English emigration to Canada for farming leading to robbery and murder are greatly exaggerated. It notes disappearances exist but suggests many cases involve young Englishmen of good family abandoning former identities and starting anew, not a broad crime trend.
The eleventh census of the United States will start June first with official figures released by August first. The New York Sun estimates a national population of 65,000,000, about 30 percent higher than 1880 and more than twice the Civil War era. The West and South are close, 23,500,000 and 22,000,900 respectively, together exceeding New England and the Middle States by large margins.
Negotiations in Washington over Beliring sea call for a close season. Alaska company with a franchise may be partially exempt. The New York Sun notes President Harrison will seek renomination in 1892. His spokesman is J N Huston U S Treasurer and Indiana state Republican leader.
Mrs. Sarah Branner widow of William Branner of Deerstown Pa loses all her property valued at 20000 due to defalcation by J Munroe Schellenberger. LE H LehmanChicago millionaire recently treated at Hot Springs Ark is being returned home violently insane with softening of the brain.
Two houses in Mayville Pennsylvania were swallowed by a cave-in from a mine under the village, with fears the cave-in will spread and cause great damage.
A long dispatch lists multiple cases: John Gregory confesses to a 20 year old murder in Wilkes Barre with an implicated local suspect. Richard Davis hanged at Crewe with George Davis spared. John Sloan dies from party stabbing in New York as others recover. Mrs Emery arrested in Marmora Ont for complicity in a September murder. Peter Davis jailed for murder. Harriet Williams dies after brutal assault in Asheville. Dispatches from Tongue River warn of Northern Cheyenne threats. troops requested. Peter Weishaupt found dead by hanging in Leedale after joining Economites. Firestes creek death of Andrew Schuster’s wife suspected suicide amid trouble. Wikoff charged with systematic robbery at Fuller & Fuller. Nicholson–Purbanks family altercation ends with gunfire. J Purbanks wounded. Nicholson likely to die. R G Tweeton abandons Fosston bank with 5000. traced to Fargo and Victoria. Kansas land fraud swindle with bogus deeds circulating. Texas land claims mixed with Kansas real estate. Eckhart murder suspect body found in an unused well. possible family involvement. Thomas Kerins arrested for embezzlement in Brazil Ind. lodge funds diverted, charter forfeited. All scenes reflect a wave of violent crime, fraud, and public disorder.
The Brazilian government pushes reforms including press freedom, freedom of association and public meetings, plus changes to judicial and criminal organization. The London Daily News Brussels special notes Belgium guaranteed a loan of 6,060,000 pounds for the Docktree state, with rumors Leopold declining a 4,000,000 dollar German loan offer.
Spotten fever has broken out in Union City Kentucky with over twenty deaths among children. The disease is fatal in every case. The Emin relief committee has contributed 10 000 marks to Emin's expedition on condition that certain named individuals are rescued after the wreck of the steamer Handyboy near Saginaw Michigan. Eleven lives were lost in the disaster. A New York City assemblyman cited a $45 000 pawn brokers contribution to Albany to defeat a proposed rate-reduction bill. Dudley Farlin of Lima Oil states the company has sold its property to Standard Oil. The New Jersey House of Assembly has ...
In sequestration proceedings by John W. Mackay, Justice Barrett of the New York supreme court names William H. Laker permanent receiver for the Commercial Telegraph company. Liabilities are estimated around 100000 dollars, with creditors already reporting about 68000. The heaviest farmer failure in Summit county history is noted as heirs of Everett Farnham file a deed of assignment.
Market quotations from Chicago and multiple Midwest cities list futures and prices for grains including wheat corn oats rye and barley as well as dairy and related commodities. Prices are given by grade and location such as Minneapolis Milwaukee and Saint Paul with values for creamery butter eggs hay and other feed items.
Four men were executed in a single day across Pennsylvania. Wm H Bartholomew at Easton resisted, cursing accusers and Mrs Dilliard, who testified against him and was later imprisoned for life. Zach Taylor and John T Clarke faced execution after links to the McCausland murder case. Alfred Andrews hanged at Bellfonte for killing Clara Price, and Charles Carter hanged at Edensburg for Matthews murder in Johnstown.
D Eh Parkham reports a strange local phenomenon in Savannah News about a knoll on the Shipp place near Thad in Chattahoochee County where a 50 by 50 foot square area has continuous wetness and dripping water while the surrounding leaves stay dry. He and G A McBryde observed no clouds overhead and recall rain droplets falling from clear skies. Skeptics visit but no explanation is offered, Parkham proposing a powerful unknown substance attracts moisture.
A fragment from Lippincott's narrates a heated scene where a stubborn animal is beaten by its master after refusing to move, collapsing to the earth as breath comes in quick pants. Johnny responds with cautious consent to the grim tale.
Special correspondence reports strong Republican momentum in Spain with plans for a bloodless revolution. Sagasta’s government is expected to fall before the July recess, to be replaced possibly by Martinez Campos amid elite military opposition and universal suffrage debates. Some believe a royal infant’s illness signals a pretender.
News of the death of Congressman Samuel J. Randall at his Washington residence on Capitol Hill. The ex speaker died quietly around 5 o clock as church bells tolled. Born in Philadelphia in 1828, he served in Philadelphia politics, the Pennsylvania Senate, and Civil War units including the Light Horse of Philadelphia. His long public career and Democratic ties framed a life of steadfast service.
The article chronicles Randall from his Civil War service as Provost Marshal of Columbia to his long tenure in the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses. It notes his committee work on appropriations and public buildings, his protective tariff advocacy, his 1885 South tour reception, and contrasts his stern political mood with his casual, black frock coat attire and relaxed study hours.
Washington special telegram reports the Senate passed a bill to apply a 5 percent donation on proceeds from Indian lands to Minnesota Oregon Kansas Nebraska Nevada Colorado North and South Dakota Montana and Washington. Minnesota alone could gain about 175000 from Chippewa lands based on 2800000 acres with more lands to follow. The act directs a general land office account between states and the United States for settlement and payment from federal funds.
After a two weeks session the insanity commission at Special Telegram, N D, lists Fulton as suffering great bodily weakness and nervous prostration with absence of vital force, followed by a change in condition. The report notes he appeared before the commission for examination.
A state board finds the Casselton postmaster mentally deteriorated after a year of symptoms and inconsistencies in office. They recommend immediate medical treatment, consider external treatment if no improvement, and foresee possible hospitalization if needed. Dr. Darrow supports confinement to an asylum. Fulton faced additional charges and was bound over to the U S court, with no bail sought. a Bismarck hearing likely next week.
A petition signed by physicians clergy and life-insurance officials asks the lord chamberlain to revoke a wax-work show's license in the provinces. The display depicts Mrs Maybrick giving poison and is alleged to demoralize and incite crime, particularly among lower-class women. A bishop denounces child insurance amid claims of cases where children were harmed for insurance money.
From Australia details arrive on the Suetta wrecked off Thurdale island in Antipodean waters. About 9 pm March 1 passengers paused an impromptu concert as engines halted and the keel grounded on a sunken rock. In under three minutes the ship sank, 201 people in the sea. One hundred and thirteen perished. whites 30 escaped of 126, and 82 of 165 Negroes survived. Captain Sanders on the bridge ordered boats out then clung to rigging as the vessel sank. He was rescued after a half hour. The rock lies on a chartless reef still in the admiralty’s twelve-fathom path.
Lyons Iowa reports the sudden death of F C Jaen the unfrocked priest who fought Bishop Hennessey of Dubuque for nearly eighteen years and died of la grippe at sixty four. His death ends a long legal battle and he is remembered as a familiar Lyons figure. The obituary notes his France birth and notable bearing. The piece also covers the funeral of Rev A Ronneberg pastor of the Lutheran church in Bussack River Fats Wisconsin with broad congregation attendance and ministers from nearby cities.
Governor William R Merriam declares Friday May 2 1890 Arbor Day for tree planting statewide. He urges suspension of business and active citizen participation in ceremonies and school led activities to engage children and promote environmental welfare.
Seven senators Hawley Squire Allison Hale Gray Gibson Manderson sent congratulatory messages to Henry M. Stanley via Col Geaurand in Paris. Four of them know Stanley personally. Stanley declined King Leopold’s Brussels invitation and is reportedly near Cannes with Dr Parke discussing Emin Pasha’s illness.
Secretary Noble refused to urge a suit to annul G. T. Dickinson's patent for section 22, township 113, range 78 in Huron district. The land sold after final proof but before patent. bad faith must outweigh testimony before government should intervene after patent issuance. He cites U S Supreme Court precedent to protect innocent third parties in land disputes.
R E H Smith, once with Corbin Banking of New York, fled with a woman to Canada. After cashing a 30000 dollar bad check in Natchez and tracing a path to Vancouver, he was captured in Vancouver by Pinkerton detective Wappenstein. He faced extradition plans but agreed to accompany the detective.
The Pan American conference adopted a report urging reciprocity treaties to cut tariffs among American republics, allow free entry of each others’ products, and unify port dues into tonnage dues based on gross tonnage with exemptions for small vessels. It also discussed establishing an international American bank to link money markets, while noting that the bank would not issue currency.
The court martial found Lieut. Steele guilty of assaulting Private Dell Wild and sentenced him to reprimand and three months confinement at the post limits. Gen. Schofield approved the findings and will formalize the reprimand. Wild, now in St Paul, claims the sentence was too lenient and plans to sue Steele for defamation in Chicago.
In Carpas Texas special court proceedings, Charles and Commodore Miller face trial for robbing a Texas and Pacific express messenger near the Santa Fe crossing a year ago. Charles testified to the heist and additional crimes. Commodore confessed after his brother’s testimony, with trial deferred to the 12th for further sensational disclosures.
April first condition of winter wheat averages 81 across the breadth with rye at 92.8. Central valleys frosts damaged growing wheat while submerged roots suffered. some recovery possible where roots remain intact. Animal condition averages show horses 97.4 cattle 94.1 sheep 93.7 swine 95.6 and farm losses to disease or exposure around 1.64.
A nationwide report shows cattle losses surpassing 1,000,000 due to exposure with even larger sheep losses. The figures cover cattle, sheep, and other livestock across the country, signaling severe animal welfare and agricultural impact.
Wichita special reports Simeon and Rose Boilen children of a Derby area farmer, found violently insane after separate trips from California to El Paso. Simeon arrived in shackles. Rose, scarred and gashed, was attacked by her brother. A posse recaptured them and they were jailed together. Simeon claims drugs caused the condition.
Special report to National Civil Service Reform league notes that congressmen spend over one third of their time on patronage. In the last congress about 10 percent of measures passed both houses, with 11,000 of 17,078 bills stuck in committees. The panel blames spoils system neglect of public business and endorses the Lodge bill to select fourth class postmasters by examination.
Five thousand people around Arkansas City Arkansas are homeless as the Mississippi flood submerges the town. Water rises two feet higher than ever, driven by the Arkansas river. Trackmen nearby report bodies of drowning fugitives found. cemetery flooded, river begins to fall easing fears.
In Des Moines an attempted burglary at George B. Grimes East side grocer’s home ended with the burglar wounded and Grimes losing an eye after a firefight in the dark. Grimes was hit in the face, the burglar escaped, later found faint with a bullet in the breast. The burglar identified as James Quinn from Minneapolis, recently freed from Fort Madison penitentiary.
Archbishop Cleary in Ont charges priests to confront rate payers who back secular schools and declare rebellion against the church. Clergy may absolve such rebels only after they sign a written declaration repenting of removing support from Catholic education and promising to back the separate schools at the first opportunity.">
The preliminary examination of Joseph Fensch, accused of murdering his wife near a Wisconsin railroad, concluded with him seeking no defense attorney. He claimed the wife committed suicide after taking his knife to peel an apple. Witnesses testified to his stabbing and escape. The court held him without bail, trial date to be fixed. he admitted past robbery of a mail coach in the old country.
Mrs Griffith and her daughter of Niles Michigan, claimed to be old Mrs Bender and Kate Hender, were freed today on habeas corpus. affidavits from Michigan penal institute matron and defendant alibi supported by state witness Mr Stewart. Judge Collins ordered release and county commissioners bought rail tickets sending them to Niles tomorrow.
Prison authorities in New York prepare for the electric chair act at Auburn. Press access is tightly restricted by law though two reporters from United Press and Associated Press will be admitted as sworn jurors. Five assistants will aid Harold Brown, the executioner, as authorities navigate publication limits.
The Senate passed the anti trust bill after remarks by Mr Sherman. Interior Secretary Raum urged two more pension agents. The House passed reservoir land restoration, aliens in naval service, and various land and railroad measures. Senate and House debated zoological park funding and naval appropriations. Additional bills covered pensions, rail clerks salaries, and Indian affairs. The river and harbor program, world’s fair planning, and election law discussions also appear, with votes on related appropriations and ratifications.
Report from Orenburg details a funeral where a coffin lid rose and the corpse allegedly attempted to rise. Fleeing villagers locked themselves in huts while the ghost pursued. The crowd later killed the corpse as a supposed ghost, then threw the body into a marsh after the priest suggested a coma theory.
A humorous note on name changes recounts Gen William Sooy Smiths son becoming Sooysmith by law and a western tale of a Mr John Plain smith who became a founder of a Plain smith family. The anecdotes highlight mixups between plain surnames and creative family names in small communities.
A lion in a cage with bears and a panther jokes that his real dread is draughts not the animals. The observer notes human folly of fearing distant dangers over present risk in a Youth's Companion anecdote.
A claim asserts the product cures diseases of the blood skin and scalp and all scrofulous afflictions with a money back guarantee if no cure is achieved. It urges abandoning unsafe medicines and trusting the advertised remedy for health outcomes.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.