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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1893
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch notes that yellow quartz or topaz matches real topaz in color only. It is softer lighter and differs in crystallization cleavage and electrical properties. Much yellow quartz is manufactured by heating amethysts.
The auditor notes that Black residents in Virginia pay taxes on real estate valued at 9,425,685 and on personal property valued at 3,542,950. This reflects the tax base by race and property type within the state.
The papal jubilee yields to the Vatican coffers an estimated profit of about 1,250,000 dollars and valuables including jewels and plate valued at roughly 1,000,000 dollars.
A wicker funnel installed in a stream beneath a waterfall catches amusing creatures as they are swept down. Water drains away leaving the enclosed prey in the receptacle for collection.
The list shows profit-sharing establishments in France 92 Austria 3 Sweden 4 Italy 4 Switzerland 16 Germany 26 Belgium 5 United States 35 Portugal 1 Spain 1 England 64 Denmark 4 Holland 5 Russia 1 summing to 255.
The Alhambra in Spain began as a fortress and grew to cover a vast extent capable of housing 40 000 men. Construction started in 1249 and concluded in 1314. Its numerous halls and courts showcase Moorish artistry at its finest.
A map shows Expedition Island, thirteen miles long and one mile wide, has disappeared from the northwest coast of Australia. The former island area now lies under an average depth of forty eight feet of water.
The old cemetery of Barcelona is described as a city of the dead with multi story niches where coffins are placed. This fashion of stacked vaults exists across Spain and in parts of Italy, creating a maze like urban burial landscape.
In a trial over ownership of a bushel of oysters, a Cape May oysterman testified he could identify his oysters anywhere. The jury disagreed, and he said he will appeal the decision.
The Diamond Plate Glass Works in Kokomo Indiana finished a monumental plate the largest ever cast in the United States. Measuring 1212 feet wide by eighteen feet long and weighing heavily it tops all previous American plates in size and finish.
The Trajan Column rises 127 feet with thirty four marble blocks and a full sculpted surface. It features 2 500 human REM RP Worsex and several military engines. A spiral staircase of 184 steps reaches the summit.
An eighty year old man named Wharton in Webster County West Virginia is reported to have hair and beard turning from white to black and is cutting a new set of teeth. Observers say his appearance suggests a man about forty years old rather than nearly ninety.
The Colosseum in Rome is the largest single structure for audience spectacle. It features an elliptical shape with a long diameter of 615 feet and short diameter 510 feet, outer wall height 164 feet, arena dimensions 281 by 170 feet, and seating for 100000 spectators.
In Sierra Leone the Mohammedan faith is rising with about one tenth of the population practicing Islam. A state aided Church of England branch operates there and nearly all Christian denominations have missionaries, while Islam gains on them.
A record fast mail voyage from New York to London by the Teutonic completed in six days twenty two hours after departure. The ship left New York for Queenstown and arrived in London with the fastest delivery time on record for American mails to England.
The British Sabbatarians protested Sunday evening Windsor Castle concerts by a military band for residents and excursionists. Officials sympathetic to the remonstrance were snubbed by the queen after the confrontation.
The article explains that the faint squeaky hand organs used by old women on curbstones are not worn from art but have notes intentionally left out to produce a mournful, quickening effect on passersby.
Observers note varied parliamentary debates worldwide with Mexico's national congress reexamining a proposed law to compel Mexicans and Indians to wear trousers as current dress is described as scant. The discussion highlights cultural and legal implications amid broader global political questions.
The origin of the name Easter is linked to the Saxon goddess Eostre or the German Oster meaning rising. If Oster is correct, Easter marks the feast of the resurrection in name and reality.
The Weekly News Digest reports Captain Alexander W Terrell of Texas nominated as minister to Turkey. Other items note a Minnesota timber investigation examiner, M Pattenotre leasing Blaine residence in Washington, and efforts to seek a Supreme Court ruling on the Chinese exclusion act.
Casualties run high as cyclones claim at least fifty lives amid storms in New York State and surrounding areas. Fires destroy business districts in Mulvane Kansas and Baltimore freight depot, while railway mishaps cause deaths and major damage.
Queen Victoria wins 447 prizes at English cattle shows for stock farm products. Josiah Quincy supports cremation as humane human death disposal. George M. Pullman spends 250000 on Chicago residence expansion. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson receives ivy sprig from Lincoln grave for planting at home. William Waldorf Astor buys Cliveden estate for 1250000 from the duke of Westminster. Sir E F du Cane notes crime decline excluding murder. Virchow studies generations of cats to breed bobtailed felines. Secretary Carlisle names Herman Van Vansenden private secretary. Charles Brigham, aged, claims Boston’s oldest postal clerk at 54 years.
A Wisconsin man killed his wife and another woman in a saloon row at Wallaceton Kentucky. The report lists multiple other violent incidents across several states including a sheriff deputy shooting a suspect and a man found dead from an apparent suicide.
Three to twelve years are in store for the murder of a Greene County man reported as the victims’ father. Miss Anna Wise of Jeffersonville Ind is badly assaulted after a man she refuses to name knocks her down and nitric acid burns her left wrist, removing her hand. A thief prowled a Windsor hotel suite in New York during dinner, stealing jewelry and cash estimated at $5,000. Mrs William H Burnet and her daughter from Chicago are named as victims in this unsettled episode.
A fire and explosion at a mill in Mataro Spain kills ten workers and injures others. Reports from Europe describe strikes, riots, and battles with gendarmes across Belgium and Brussels. World news notes Mark Twain's arrival in New York, New York officials reshuffling park commissions, and ongoing investigations into anarchists in Paris. European famine intensifies in Perm while Bulgaria court preparations grow elaborate. Earthquakes shake Servia and nearby regions causing widespread destruction and fear.
The piece reports Hull dockers rioting while Santa Fe machinists and boilermakers strike for higher pay. The Ohio State Miners association vows to abolish convict labor in the South. Peston boilermakers and iron shipbuilders seek a nine hour day with ten hours' pay. twenty-one manufacturers refuse the request.
The list notes a 25 percent price rise for overshoes, abolition of pool selling in Connecticut, an Auburn Maine shoemakers' strike ended, and a Texas panhandle state convention planned. Other items include insurance on the steamer Naronic, diphtheria outbreaks in Staunton Illinois, school closures, and strict quarantines.
A joint committee reports a widespread coal cartel controlling anthracite supplies across Minnesota and adjacent states. It cites Northwestern Fuel and others, the Minnesota Bureau of Coal Statistics led by John J. Rhodes, and alleged price fixing from Duluth to St Paul with retail penalties and perjury prosecutions.
A committee urges state action against coal wholesalers and a perceived monopoly at the Great Lakes head, calling for railroad tariff scrutiny and legal remedies. It cites rising coal prices, reduced competition, and requests governor involvement and possible federal prosecutions.
The piece lampoons a craze over Paderewski, deeming it Paderewskitis. It notes women in New York show fevered devotion, hoarding photos, transforming boudoirs into galleries, and sending fervent letters while praising the pianist's auburn locks and dramatic stage presence.
A man draws a scam by a girl who pretends to be his long lost daughter and kisses him at a London station. The ruse ends when the officer arrives, locating a diamond pin in the girl’s possession as evidence.
A brief anecdote from the Indianapolis News describes a roach scene where a desk encounter ends with one insect flipping another onto its back and a larger roach giving a decisive assist before both depart the desk edge. The exchange highlights unusual cockroach behavior observed in a gentleman’s office.
Barker jokes about going to his club while Miss Smithers confirms plans for St Peter's. Barker admits the irony of traveling in opposite directions as they greet each other and acknowledge their respective paths.
The Routine Report covers activities in both branches of the Minnesota Legislature over the past week. It notes bills considered, committee actions, and key votes affecting state policy and governance. Officials from the Senate and House provided updates on proposed statutes and budget items.
On Wednesday April 12 Senator Erickson proposed splitting Chippewa Swift and Lac qui Park into separate districts with three representatives at large. Senator Stevens called it unconstitutional and the judiciary committee will study it. Several bills passed including H F 900 on Winona county officers salaries and S F 550 on deputy sheriffs fees. The river drainage bill S F 8721-2 advanced after amendment. The appropriation bill discussion continued with house amendments, and sections granting funds to state institutions and taxed railroad land reimbursements were approved 52 to 21 for the last section and 52 to 21 overall.
The senate passed a measure to validate certificates issued under the old wolf law after a notification delay. It also moved H. F. No. 100 to discharging the judiciary committee, considered H. F. 112 oil inspection bill, and approved a liquor auctioning prevention bill 28 to 17 before sending it to the committee of the whole.
The vote to reconsider H. F. 551 regulating grain handling at terminal elevators passed 44 to 16. Substitutions were made on H. F. 473 for H. F. 796 while H. F. 374 to extend mortgage sale redemption time passed 75 to 9. Several other bills advanced or passed in the session.
The judiciary committee favors a Torrence land transfer inquiry bill. Gov. Nelson signs S F 563. Amendments to S F 271 and S F 410 pass. S FE 446 terminal railroad charges sees amendments adopted but fails. S F 646 on refunding bonds passes. S F 486 to repeal the free culture act is killed 19 to 9. S F 572 roads and bridges omnibus advances 38 to 8. S F 392 Glacier City of Blaine killed. S F 434 Barr drainage passes along with several House bills on schools reports labels trials accounting and state financial settlements.
A summary of legislative activity including H F 358 depositories for state funds H F 201 veterinarians H F 462 labor bureau H F 349 township supervisors S PF 557 Brown grain elevator bill lost Canystorp to move recon sider Monday Senator Day game and fish bill opposition and procedural moves Rhodes letter book transfer to attorney general Canby town hall bonds S F 114 inheritance tax S F 75 supreme court reporter salary increase S F 450 recognizance bonds S F 567 repealing chapter 440 S F 535 fencing of railroad lines S F 570 wolf bounties S F 550 bailiffs in courts and supplementary capital bill votes and outcomes
The Minnesota Senate set extra pay for pages and file clerks at 350 each amid a divided finance committee. Senator Sanborn won the election for president pro tempore with 25 votes to 17 for McHale and 7 for Lommen, as the House adjourned after honoring Speaker Lee with a group portrait and a gold headed cane.
The report lists grain and feed prices for Chicago Minneapolis and St Paul including wheat corn oats rye barley flax and ground feed with No 2 red wheat at 77 1 2c and corn No 2 at 40 1 4c. It also notes live stock ranges in St Paul and Chicago with steers cows and hogs priced per head or hundredweight. A separate item reports the New York Grace Church wedding of Earl Craven to Miss Cornelia Martin with lavish society attention and large invitation lists.
Scilly Passed Havel from New York. Queenstown Arrived British Princess from Philadelphia. Boston Bostonian from Liverpool Sor rento from her New York Elbe from Bremen.
The Red river is subsiding and seeding has begun on lighter soils. Farmers around Arthur in Oss County started dagging today, with seeding also starting in parts of Ransom and Dickey counties as prairie waters dry out and winds quicken the drying.
Excerpt reviews Dr. Deddee on a link between hair color and professions, noting dark hair inclines to ministry, red whiskers to sport, tall blondes to travel. It muses on color changes in humans via diet, and imagines a world with protective livery, then acknowledges limits and social folly.
The article surveys how left and right handedness shows in coat dressing, tasks like violin tuning, reins handling, spade work, and tool use. It notes variation by profession and culture, from Persians mounting from the right to Newton’s early use of his right eye, ending with a curious African heir with a left hand nail sign of high rank.
Marguerite Lindly argues in May Godey’s that rational education for girls is over discussed yet underutilized. She warns that prioritizing mental expansion without physical wellbeing exhausts brain power and leaves women ill prepared for home life and public duties.
A Washington News editorial condemns hard cider sellers for operating without licenses or stamps. It warns that hard cider endangers youth, causes delirious behavior, and leads to ruin, urging regulation to curb the dealers and reduce harm.
Five year old Justis Storck shows alternating cross eyes with days of straight vision. Bucks County physicians label it intermittent strabismus and plan referral to Medico-Chirurgical Hospital for study and treatment. The case defies easy explanation as the affected eye returns to the inner corner when the good eye is uncovered.
A humorous exchange from Indianapolis Journal notes a couple debating who will occupy the speaker’s chair. The young husband says they usually share the role, while the wife remains unsettled on who should lead.
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