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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1894
Page
2
The item notes Tiberias in Palestine hosting a meteorological observatory 682 feet below the Mediterranean level. It also mentions Breslau’s paper chimney, fifty feet high, described as the only such structure.
Mrs Cornelia Shout of Pittsburg Kansas invents statuary made from paper pulp showcasing a new art form.
The remark attributed to Sir Samuel Baker notes a perceived inability of Black people to domesticate elephants or other wild animals. The statement reflects dated racial assumptions from historical discourse and should be contextualized as commentary of its era.
Miss FE Pauline Johnson of Brantford Ontario a Mohawk poet is visiting friends in Boston where she attracts much attention.
Thin gold leaf barely two hundred and fifty thousandths of an inch thick appears green and semi transparent when held to light, revealing a delicate translucence.
Miss Kate H Pier of Milwaukee has been admitted to practice before the supreme court of the United States. Colonel C K Pier her father and her two sisters are also attorneys.
Mrs Kurtz of Philadelphia mourned a man she believed her late husband before he reappeared alive. The unexpected revival disrupted her first mourning period and reminded readers that death and life bring unforeseen twists.
Miguel Sneider invoked Louisville alderman aid to collect a $10 claim from Meyer Bans. Bans refused payment after Sneider spent three days seeking consent and signing a license application. Bans’s brother courted Sarah Annis, but she did not respond, and the alderman will not compel payment.
The court of appeals decision reported yesterday favors John Toes and others in a Taft matter. The testimony behind the lifetime severance of John Hoey from Adams Express had never been published in full. Now, after Toes is dead, the case outcome is seen as a victory for him.
The death of John Barkley, longtime trusted messenger for lending bankers, shocks Wall Street as patrons plan an imposing funeral. He carried millions between institutions and never lost a dollar, earning a reputation beyond mere riches.
The South Carolina colored Episcopalian church canonizes Mr. Collins after he donated a house of worship. The church names the building St. Collins Church in grateful recognition, marking the first instance of a living American being elevated to sainthood.
In New York four daughters of James Doris, a horse shoer, inherit and run his shop. They supervise shoeing and manage the business successfully. The accomplished quartet play the piano and speak German.
The newest admiral Joseph S Sherrett has served since TS48 totaling sixteen years at sea He recently commanded the Asiatic squadron and aided during the tense times in Chinese waters His promotion brings popularity but limits due to compulsory retirement by age and duty constraints within the navy.
Returns to parliament show a general decline in accidents per worker on Great Britain railways from 1878 to 1895 with a brief rise in 1889 1890 and 1891 and another drop in 1892. In 1892 about 1 626 workers were employed on main lines with 534 killed and 2915 injured giving ratios of 1 killed per 714 workers and 1 injured per 130. Earlier UK railways saw killed to employed ratios of 1 in 55 in 1873 1 in 427 in 1877 1 in 471 in 1881 and 1 in 600 in 1901.
Strangers in China find funeral and wedding processions on streets difficult to tell apart The same red cloth coolies and dainties appear in both events The main difference is the carriage of a coffin in funerals versus a bride in wedding processions An English writer notes no life event is more important than a Chinese funeral.
The week highlights include the president barring Peter Beutner of Winona from parole, Secretary Carlisle ordered to court over civil service removals, and Capt. EK M Shepard reprimand for a letter about Capt. Bunce. Navy attache Rafael Manilla died after a horse accident in Washington. Numerous crimes and legal actions unfold across states, with prison sentences, robberies, assaults, and political jockeying noted, ending with the Kingan Packing association consolidating operations and capital at 4 million.
Congressman Wilson visits Texas Governor Hogg. Marshall pioneer John A. Clark dies after 33 years as postmaster. Girard marshal James Torrence and Gen Torrence of Chicago die of heart disease. Gen Slocum buried in New York with 3000 in procession. ClergyRev Spryville Burford dies at 55. English attorney general Sir Charles Russell to become lord justice of appeal. Franz Kossuth stays in Hungary active in politics. Mrs Gladstone reports husband recovering from a chill. Mr Gladstone praises disestablishment sentiments in a letter. Mrs Lucy Rosetti dies in San Remo. Dowth church stone linked to John Boyle O’Reilly to be buried there. Ex-Gov Barnett Gibbs invites Wilson for Trinity river fishing. Wilson declines to heal to Washington via New Orleans. Health improving. will proceed after Wilson bill.
A string of accidents and deaths reported across the Midwest and South includes a planing mill arson and flooding damages in Michigan and Oklahoma, drownings in Iowa, boiler explosion in Ohio, cyclones in Lincoln County Oklahoma and a fire at a New York tin factory. Fatalities include a horse incident in Illinois and several railroad and streetcar accidents with numerous injuries and losses.
A muddled report notes street car robberies in San Francisco with a Wells Fargo box theft near Angel's Camp California. It mentions deaths by self harm in Boston and Indianapolis and escapes from Jackson Michigan, along with a printer arrest in Webbard Iowa and a wife’s prior suicide. It also cites a Michigan supreme court ruling on inheritance taxes and a broken job of seven Omaha street letter boxes.
The British freighter Briscoe arrived in New York from Hamburg after a 130 day voyage. Gales wrecked her cabin and forced a return to Queenstown December 18. Repairs cost $18,000. On January 31 she resumed, and she faced Newfoundland conditions forcing coal loss and burning cabin fittings and topmasts before being towed into St. John’s.
Miscellaneous items report Florence Cleveland dying of smallpox in Freeport Illinois and two Madison Indiana cases. Northern Pacific president favors wage restoration. Democrats in McIleury County Tennessee select delegates for John C Black. Gotham leaders push for state constitutional woman suffrage. West End Land Co fails in Nashville Pennsylvania with $150000 liabilities. Oklahoma silverite Robert Mc Reynolds urges western secession. Sioux City may return $500000 from saloon taxes to school fund. Coal operators eye a trust to profit from any strike. Birmingham miners strike spreads to about 9000 workers. Madeline Pollard declines offers to act, will pursue literature while ill. Massachusetts pays off bounty loan of 8.4 million by May 10, 1865. Ex-Senator Tabor gains injunction against Denver opera house foreclosure. Pings Pinney assigns Broadway debts ($350k) mostly in Europe with large New York assets. Rev. Alexander Briscoe, 78, Illinois Methodist minister and former Joliet prison chaplain, dies. Banquet mishap exposes bromic acid risk at Lawrence Iyan High School event. Thomas Nevins & Son sign Detroit street railway purchase contract, 80 miles long, price around 8 million.
The week’s quick summary reports two children drowned near St. Cloud after going missing in the woods. Other items include Theodore M. Trolinski named Duluth postmaster, A A P members projected at 20,000 statewide, farm and fish-law enforcement in Martin County, and various local incidents from Minnesotaclake to Stillwater.
Reports say all smallpox victims at St. Paul are recovering while Ek P Varney is seriously hurt in a St. Paul elevator accident. The St. Paul Builders Exchange pushes for Minnesota bidder preference on capital plans.
Benjamin Wright, a respected Grand Meadow resident, accidentally took carbolic acid thinking medicine. A log boom on the Mississippi near St. Cloud released 20,000,000 feet of logs causing dam concerns. Sumner Town of the CM St Paul railway died of heart failure at Rushford. A. M. Simmons arrested John Chapman in Dodge County for jewelry theft. Hardware store and saloon break ins at Lake Benton yielded revolvers, knives, whisky, and cigars.
Sigfrind Midboe and John Reisness escaped from Marshall jail last night and are at large. A laborer died by lightning near Madeira after driving to Helga Palmuson’s barn. Judge Williston granted divorce to Mrs. Emily L. Griebie for $5,500. The Little Falls gas plant was sold for $575. R. F. Jones clothing stock sold for $4,130. Indictments by Murray county grand jury include burglary and grand larceny. other names unnamed.
Multiple local items note financial and legal moves: N W Harris Co buys 70000 bond issue with premium 1625.14. St Cloud council refuses Osakis Milling a 5000 bonus. Col L A Hathaway sells Commercial House in Kenyon to A J Keeling and buys Capt Wilkins property in Faribault. Rum river floods the countryside. Sixth Judicial District lawyers form a bar committee at Mankato with a first meeting on May 15.
Fred Wyman of Echo is seriously hurt after being thrown from his buggy. His frightened team ran away but was stopped before causing further harm. Wyman remains conscious at intervals. Thirteen people including several children were arrested in Dundas for illegal fishing near a fishway, fined five dollars plus costs. In Mankato a Baptist church trustees meeting offered H F Waring of Rochester NY the pastorate, succeeding J Bergspon who joined the Episcopalian faith. G B Edwards of Dexter was jailed for bastardy with the unborn child of Dora Dixtry, bail set at 500 dollars. he was married last fall in Brownsdale.
Wednesday April 25 report notes Miss Catherine Comfort, assistant principal at Red Wing High School, moves to a similar role in the Fergus Falls area. The item mentions the killing of twelve wolves nearby.
A New York World note explains how three words mislead readers reeking meaning moist or smelly rather than smoking reeking. Desiccated is about thorough drying not chopped bits. Lurid is smoky dull color and not bright. examples include London fog and pale sunsets.
A humorous account from Western Maine portrays Grandfather Hilton as extremely slow in mind, speech, and action. Townspeople recall his tardy responses and a running joke about his laughter coming from jokes heard long before. Nearby summer boarders complain of cows driven to pasture at dawn, asking for the culprits.
Assistant Warden Rickard of Bellevue hospital notes a surge in insanity in the city with about 2,000 new cases yearly. He cites 1803 data showing 1,150 men and 45 women admitted, few discharged, many sent to islands and other institutions, linking impurity in whisky to rising insanity.
The narrator recalls Arthur Penrhyn Stanley’s lack of humor while recounting a joke about musician Halle’s cook who wins a lottery by fixing on the number twenty three. The cook explains a dream of seven repeated three times and three sevens equaling twenty three, prompting a wry reaction from Stanley.
The San Francisco Chronicle describes Lower California as the longest North American peninsula with an 800 mile length and 154 mile width. It notes a subtropical climate, sparse population, undeveloped communications, and roughly 1,700 miles of gulf and ocean coastline with gulf ports largely unknown to readers.
In a brief exchange between James Easydo and a friend the man laments his dwindling bread supply yet insists he will begin work the next day. The fragment hints at hardship and impending routine in Washington society.
A Minnesota strike over wage cuts disrupts Great Northern service from St Paul to Willmar and St Cloud with deputies and arrests. Debates over arbitration and possible end within days unfold as Gov. Nelson and officials press for a peaceful settlement.
Governors and railroad leaders pressed to settle the dispute quickly to avoid public business interruption. Arbitration was proposed, with Gov Nelson and company officials informing plans and awaiting full committee arrival in St Paul. Bail was posted in related cases as hearings continued and local calm remained in Breckenridge.
In Bluefield West Virginia on April 25 officials report no labor troubles. Miners worked Saturday and are at work as usual. A walking delegate named O'Brien reported assassinated is believed false, though trainmen report a small riot Saturday in the Chesapeake and Ohio territory.
In Bessemer Michigan on a Sunday night a loaded self cocking revolver discharged by Mrs John Gest fatally shot her husband. She then became violently insane and died five hours later. Both were buried to stay.
Washington reports the nomination of E C Stringer of St Paul to be United States district attorney for the district of Minnesota. In St Paul the appointment is a surprise with local politics noting Stringer's long Doran alignment and past role as a tariff reformer. Edward Stringer, from Hastings by way of St Paul, is a member of Stringer & Seymour and active in state affairs.
Autopsy found postpartum hemorrhage as the cause of death for Christine Knudson a seventeen year old servant in St. Paul. Coroner Whitcomb Dr Finnell and Dr McCann concluded no criminality or abortion involved. The funeral was held at 218 Norris street and many mourners attended. The girl had previously given birth four months early and said the man responsible planned marriage within a month.
The House debates the diplomatic and consular appropriations with focus on the Hawaiian controversy and a vote to cut the Hawaiian minister salary. A quorom issue and adjournment end day. In the Senate, Perkins condemns tariff provisions affecting California amid discussions of wool, fruits, sugar, and other items. The scene shifts to mixed votes, speeches, and procedural skirmishes through April 24.
Chicago Mayor Hopkins denied the Garfield Park race track license request. A formal letter was sent to track officials. Westside citizens' strong condemnation largely influenced the decision.
London dispatch reports St. Petersburg sources expect the government to remove about 200000 soldiers from service this summer to ease gathering the bare vert.
In Columbia the state dispensary liquor law is ruled unconstitutional by the South Carolina Supreme Court with two justices concurring and one Tillmanite justice dissenting from the opinion.
Eau ClaireWis Special reports the Chippewa river has risen to nearly twelve feet and is still climbing after recent rains. If the river continues to rise saw mills in the area may have to suspend operations temporarily to avoid damage and disruption.
Supt Hill of the free delivery system in the post office department left for Norfolk Virginia to examine overtime claims of about twenty five letter carriers. He will begin in a few days the examination of claims in Chicago. Each claim averages about two hundred dollars.
A unusually strong wind has blown through Chamberlain during the day causing minor damage to fresh buildings, roofs, and windows. In the past forty eight hours it has rained almost continuously with ongoing rough weather.
The piece notes silk sheets, pillow slips, nightgowns and robes fell out of favor after a brief vogue. It cites dubious fame for black sheets and failed silk wares, with only two garments, corsets, remaining in demand as plain linen undergarments and lighter fabrics gain popularity.
A man recalls sending a challenge to a magazine editor and learns the editor has received his manuscript. The editor promises careful examination in due course. The exchange shows tension and anticipation in a newspaper-tinged scene.
Edith warns a young man that LT cannot marry a spendthrift after noting wasteful spending on her. The exchange questions Tama spending and the message centers on financial restraint and feasible matches.
A Washington Star snippet portrays a young man lamenting that betting with a woman never pays. He complains she always pays but then leaves and hates you for life.
A heated exchange unfolds as an editor rejects manuscript content while an irregular contributor defends its right to publication. The disagreement highlights tensions between gatekeeping and free expression in the newsroom.
A traveler reports the founding of a Liberal denomination church at Great Falla Tit, linked to a world parliament of religion held in Chicago last summer. The observer says mosquitoes are encountered from Patagonia to Iceland.
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