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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1886
Page
2
Twenty eight car loads of veterans left Boston in a three section train to attend the G A R encampment in San Francisco as published by Brainerd Dispatch.
With a taxable valuation of 130 million dollars, Arkansas spent 729 168 dollars for teacher salaries and current school expenses last year. The state built more than twenty new school houses costing 3 000 to 20 000 dollars each and ended the year with 469 837 dollars remaining in the school fund.
Fishermen threaten to declare non intercourse with Canada and refuse to touch at colonial ports unless the government acts to protect them. They warn such a boycott would spur Canada to yield and end the alleged outrages.
Captain Joseph Bury of Hailey Idaho figures in a tribute recalling his service in the rebellion. He used $5 500 of his own funds to organize a regiment in Ohio, served at the front throughout the war, and was mustered out with an endorsement from his commanding officer noting he had not been absent from his command a day.
A large circulation newspaper offered multiple valuable prizes for youth stories and paid for suitable entries. About 5,500 manuscripts arrived from students as schools promote writing over manual labor, highlighting a shift in attitudes among graduates toward composition as a big achievement rather than labor.
Henry Berg a defender of animals in New York argues against vaccination calling the principle wrong and claiming the medical profession suppresses true beliefs. He contends inoculation harms humanity citing smallpox cancers tumors and other diseases and warns of future diseases being linked to vaccines.
A comparison of the last week of June in 1885 with the same week in the current year shows letter volume rose about 22 percent after the two cent letter rate. Sealed matter rose 60 percent after increasing the unit from half ounce to one ounce, and total parcel volume grew over 19 percent across all kinds.
The six leading ports report total immigration for the fiscal year ending the first of the month at 328 917 versus 349 030 the year ending June 30 1885. The figure is under 42 percent of four years ago when 788 992 entered. The boom of 1879 1880 has faded and a moderate population rise is expected until a new prosperity wave.
The summer of 1886 is described as highly remarkable meteorologically across the country. In many regions heat surpassed prior records burning crops and forcing people to seek shelter in cellars for days. Southern and Eastern areas saw hotter days but unusually cool nights with damp conditions.
The report of the commissioners of internal revenue shows 20 710 933 barrels of fermented liquors taxed for the year ending June 30. This is an increase of 1 524 980 barrels from the prior year. Using forty gallons per barrel the total equals 828 437 320 gallons of domestic fermented liquor consumed in the United States last year. With a 60 million population this yields about thirteen gallons three quarts per person and about 14 million quarts to be distributed in glasses. If only half the population drank, each consumer would have over twenty seven gallons.
The article compares U S death rate of about 18 per 1000 to France 23.6 England 20.5 German empire 26.1 Belgium 22.4 Austria 29.6 Italy 30.5 with Sweden and rural England yielding lower figures. It notes typhoid deaths reach 16.7 per 1000 in the nation’s cities and double outside cities, questioning links to severed titities and general water supplies.
Long obituary notes Gen. Robert N. McLaren of St. Paul died after a year of health decline due to heart trouble and other complications. Born in 1827 in Geneva New York, he served as state senator for Goodhue County, led Minnesota regiments in the Civil War, and later held federal posts including United States marshal of Minnesota. He left a large estate and a family of three, with wife from the McVean line.
At a Bumstead hall meeting, Dow ns listed resolutions condemning Deacon Joseph Storey for adultery and failure to prove innocence. An affidavit from a female church member alleged improper intercourse with Storey, claiming persecution by Mr Downs. she apologized, was forgiven, and the affair was cited as motive for the expulsion.
Nathaniel H. R. Dawson of Selma Alabama named by the president to succeed Eaton as commissioner of education. He is about fifty five, a lawyer, and has long been active in Alabama politics. A Confederate veteran and former state party leader, he was not a candidate but carried the largest delegation at the convention. He would resign a large law practice for the $3 000 post. He is a widower with considerable property.
The president vetoed a bill to bridge Jake Champlain, calling out a duplicated measure from two years ago. A second identical bill by Representative Sprague had already passed both houses and been signed last year, prompting fresh scrutiny this session.
Chicago postoffice inspectors arrest four men linked to a Minneapolis post office robbery. They refuse to name detainees while pursuing further arrests. A Chicago bank reported a $4000 stamps offer, tying KE L Crandal to a purchase attempt at 114 Wabash avenue.
Judge Armstrong reports the drowning of Miss Jane McArthur of Butte Montana after she heroically saved several others on the Sun River near Mentana. She swam to rescue a boy and girl, then Mrs Armstrong, before perishing with the sister. she left a ranch, cattle, horses, and $3000. Her body was sent to Bozeman for burial.
An anarchist linked to Most is arrested in Mann heim Germany. A special dispatch confirms destitution among Labrador fishermen where at least 3500 have died since June 1 from starvation and exposure as winter stores run out and wildlife attacks rise. Palmyra Wisconsin reports a large marsh hay fire spreading underground threatening thousands of tons of storage and prompting concern over regional unrest in Michigan.
A commission led by John V. Wright Charles F. Larrabee and Bishop H. Whipple under the 1886 Indian appropriation act is to negotiate with Chippewa groups in Minnesota and other tribes across Minnesota Northern Montana Dakota Washington and Idaho. The goal includes removal and consolidation of tribes cession of vacated lands to the government and purchase arrangements for portions of reservations. The panel plans immediate relief for Leech Lake and Winnebago tribes and will assess compensation funds before spending the 25000 appropriation.
A Labrador coast dispatch reports the schooner Barrett reaching St John’s with news that York harbor was blocked for two weeks by ice. Five families from Sandwich Bay arrived on sledges drawn by ponies, while 20 survivors have reached St John’s and 1,500 lumbermen have died as a severe cold and sea ice freeze the region. A White Bay note claims Hudson Bay strait iced again, a rare season occurrence.
A large crowd at the Carlton Club House in London gave Lord Salisbury a ovation after he announced he accepted the office of prime minister. He said the Conservatives offered the premiership to Lord Hartington, who declined but pledged loyal support for the new government. Liberal Unionists would back measures to redress Irish grievances and cooperate on Irish reform, while Hartington would seek reforms and local self government.
The Knights of Labor in Maine passed a resolution requiring legislative candidates to sign a declaration of principles. The pledge calls for a ten hour workday, weekly wage payments, release of withheld pay, repeal of trustee processes, child labor restrictions for under fifteen, school attendance, tax disclosure, and equal mortgage taxation.
Consul Wood from Dundee accuses English and Scottish firms of owning or leasing over seventeen million acres in the United States. The report underscores rising opposition to foreign land ownership and notes disputed details about land control in mining and stock ventures.
The report cites 1 500 famine deaths in Labrador this season and quotes Commissioner Atkins denying a census at Pine Ridge. He mentions seeking $5 000 to fund one, the House’s refusal, and Maj. Bell’s count showing 2 500 fewer residents than McGillycuddy estimated, with no changes to rations planned.
A Galveston dispatch reports Francisco Rasares, naturalized American, seized and extradited by Piedras Negras authorities on Mondragon orders. He was executed two miles outside the city after pleading U.S. citizenship and appealing to the consul. Mondragon sought vengeance over a love triangle, aided by two lieutenants. Rasares had previously escaped an attack in Eagle Pass.
A Wakefield & Haynea stage driver and two tourists near Yellowstone lake in the National Park described an enormous reptile moving on the grass with its head high and an estimated length of thirty five feet. The sighting sparked excitement at Mammoth Hot Springs and a search party formed. Days earlier a party led by Col West and Capt Barronette near a lava cave heard a hiss from the crater and saw the reptile head appear briefly before vanishing. It has not been seen since though searches continue.
Secretary Lamar considers a code governing timber cutting on government mineral lands. It would allow settlers to take timber for personal use and grant two year permits to trusted firms for open market sales, with strict book inspections and purchase statements of use.
An unnamed man recalls an eerie midnight vision after sleeping on a Sunday. He finds himself transported to a grim underground realm with a hound and a dwarf, kills dogs, confronts skulls near a well, and battles a masked assailant, all ending with a startling return home via a glowing mirror.
A fragmented quotation describes a narrator seeing a mirror image walking up 5th Street toward Race, then to 13th where a warning of foolish judgment emerges as the vision fades while the speaker dresses and steps into the street.
A fragmentary reminiscence collection recounts Lincoln riding with a cavalry escort on Vermont Avenue near L Street, noting his plain attire and somber expression. The text links brief anecdotes from Whitman, Poore, Julian, Boutwell, and Beecher, including a gunboat quip, autograph requests, and wartime grief.
A Broadway stroll near Madison Square shows four men attracting attention for past crimes and legal outcomes. Two are sport figures tied to a plan for a Sullivan Mitchell sparring bout denied by officials. They seek counsel from Ned Stokes and General Daniel Sickles as they await fates linked to self defense and marital scandal.
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