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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
10
Brainerd newspaper Brainerd Dispatch is published by Ingersoll and Wieland. Local publishers are named in the Brainerd Minnesota edition.
A collection of wry maxims pokes fun at social mores and human foibles. The writer notes it is as criminal to walk as to steal a match. A girl needs a chaperon until she finds a mate. Faith cure followers misread red drugstore lights as danger. Self absorption is likened to a ball of twine. Many delay preparations for the afterlife until an excursion is advertised.
The estrangement between the Castellane lineage and the Prince of Monaco dominates chatter as observers note the world will press on. A sense of unresolved tension colors royal circles while broader society moves forward.
A man was fined $100 and costs for insulting the flag. The remark sparked debate on penalties with supporters urging stricter punishment and potential disciplinary stripes.
It is suspected that certain congressmen would view that plan for an American Monte Carlo near Washington as a capital matter. The remark hints at political stakes and potential official interest in the project.
A sensational report claims a South Dakota showman killed an animal in a rage. The article hints the creature may have been half human, but labels the killer a brutal wretch.
Tod Sloane paid $1000 for the privilege of striking a waiter with a champagne bottle. The incident hints he may turn to cracking cold bottles in the future.
The Baltimore Women's Club rules in favor of longer skirts for women on city streets. They argue long skirts add to the sweeping appearance of the city and align with civic cleanliness efforts.
The insular commission appears to confound national and international law in declaring Puerto Rico and the Philippines not legally American territories. The decision seems shaped by convenience, aligning law to facts rather than facts to law.
The French agriculture bureau reports Spain receives about three thousand annual sunshine hours versus Italy’s several hundred fewer. The piece notes that sunshine count matters less than the influence of the people who inhabit the sunlit nations, citing England as a contrasting force.
The Choctaw man under death sentence was released on bail and appeared on time for execution as dictated by Choctaw law. In contrast a Chicago politician out on fifteen thousand dollars bail has gone missing since his case was called for trial.
Investigation of terrestrial magnetism locates the abnormal magnetization within the earth's crust and links magnetic irregularities to temperature distribution. Theoretical modeling reveals three residual north poles in Patagonia region eastward, China, and the United States, with three south poles in French Congo, Bering Sea, and near Tasmania.
A recently unveiled Franklin statue stands before the Philadelphia postoffice where he served as postmaster. The site once hosted the university he founded, near the kite-flying field and close to Independence Hall, making the statue emblematic to locals familiar with his wide-ranging contributions.
The Rennes court martial opened with Capt. Dreyfus answering questions clearly as Col. Jouaust led a rigorous examination of the bordereau. Dreyfus proclaimed his innocence amid sobs, while observers noted a tense atmosphere and a potential delay for secret dossier review.
Reports from Guayamas indicate Gen. Torres tightens siege on Yaqui stronghold Bycam as 2,000 Indians are said to be surrounded. Mexican forces totaling around 1,000 prepare for a decisive clash aided by cavalry and machine guns.
A group of traveling harvest hands near Dell Rapids in eastern South Dakota visited a river for a swim when Clyde Toory aged eighteen of Strawberry Point Iowa drowned.
Robert O'Shea forty five a porter at the Union hotel committed suicide while intoxicated by jumping into the Niagara River. He came from Mount Clemens Michigan.
Market notes from St Paul Minneapolis Chicago and Sioux City show wheat trading around 65 to 70 cents per bushel, corn near 90 1/2 cents, oats 19 to 22 cents, and rye 52 to 58 cents. Hog and cattle quotes range from 4.05 to 5.35 dollars for hogs and 2.85 to 5 for cattle, with lambs listed around 5 to 6 dollars.
London August 10 The Daily Mail Rome correspondent says the Italian government has received positive confirmation that China and Japan have concluded an alliance.
Finnish representatives about to emigrate are set to confer with Governor McCallum on the plan to settle 3,000 Finns in Newfoundland, as reported from St. John’s Newfoundland.
Two sisters, Annime Corsier aged 55 and Mary Corsier aged 58, were found dead in their Philadelphia home yesterday. The elder died of natural causes while Mary died by her own action.
Fire destroyed four business houses in Red Lake Falls Minnesota on August 10 causing an estimated loss of 30000 dollars with insured coverage of 1500 dollars. Local fire crews fought the blaze and no injuries were reported.
In Salt Lake City Utah on August 10 First Sergt John Jackson was shot and killed by Private W H Carter at Fort Douglas. Carter was then shot and killed while resisting arrest. Both victims are described as colored.
Arthur Stay aged about seventeen has been jailed in Huron charged with assaulting Mrs. Schultz of Banner. The boy came here from an eastern orphanage some months ago.
Report of a battle near San Fernando where 4000 Americans collide with 6000 Filipino forces. The Americans compel the enemy to retreat with many killed or wounded. U.S. losses are twenty killed and wounded. Alleged collaborators expelled from San Fernando.
Manila reports Gen. MacArthur's 4000 troops advanced five miles beyond San Fernando and defeated a Filipino force of 6000. The enemy fled with many dead and wounded, while American losses totaled twenty killed or wounded.
A Manila cable reports Gen. MacArthur banished natives who did not own property from San Fernando. Many were Macabebes, suspected insurgent sympathizers, driven out with women and children as arms talks failed. Rebels cut the Calamba Taguig cable.
Manila reports Napidan gunboat shelled Paete on the lake near Santa Cruz. Civilians fled as the six pounders opened fire without warning, leaving one child dead and many structures damaged. The incident follows assurances of safety for returning residents after Gen. Lawton's expedition.
Aguinaldo appeals to foreign powers for recognition of Filipino independence in a Tarlac dated document signed by Buencamino. The plea has reached Manila’s foreign consuls who will forward it to their governments. The text argues Spain ceded sovereignty only after the Philippines had already conquered it and cites 7,000 Spanish prisoners as proof of nullity of Spanish sovereignty.
Gen Otis reports Minnesota and South Dakota regiments will sail August 11. The cable notes three days of typhoon delaying work, transport Pennsylvania to Iloilo Cebu and Jolo, Sheridan with Minnesota and South Dakota troops to San Francisco by the 11th, Valencia Zealandia to coal at Nasasaki, and the need for ten days of good weather.
Bangor area coroner’s inquest concludes twenty people died by drowning due to the slip’s insufficient construction after a ferry disaster at Mount Desert ferry slip last Sunday.
Col. William Crawford 52 a native of Ireland died at a private sanitarium in Evansville Indiana. He served as a colonel in the British army and fought Zulus in South Africa about twenty years ago. Crawford left a large estate.
North Conway New Hampshire August 10 Charles Bennett shot and killed Mrs Ida Miller before dying by suicide He was intoxicated The couple had lived together but she left him due to abuse
New York reports bicycle rider Eddie Bald has retired from the track. He will sail for Europe on Wednesday aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse with jockey Tod Sloan.
Cleveland Ohio Aug 10 The last militia unit has left the city as authorities see little chance of further trouble from the street car strike. The boycott faces waning effectiveness due to merchant opposition while the Consolidated company runs all lines with non union crews and crowded cars.
In Cleveland on Wade Park avenue an electric car of the Big Consolidated line was blown up near the Euclid avenue barns at 1:30 this morning. The car was badly torn and the motorman was badly hurt. A single passenger was on board and unhurt. The trucks were blown from under the car and the perpetrator escaped.
Chicago August 10 miners face a new tack from Illinois coal operators in a meeting where an ultimatum was issued. If miners do not agree to appoint a seventh arbitrator to settle pick and machine mining differentials under the Pittsburg agreement the operators will withhold influence to settle disputes in the Pana and Virden districts. Prolonged unrest in these areas is expected to spread to other fields.
Mrs Henrikka Bratz and Elder D C Holmes two divine healers tied to Dr John Alexander Dowie were held to the grand jury by a coroner s jury in Chicago under the death of Mrs Annetta Flanders who died July 28 at St Luke s hospital after divine healing their alleged crime is criminal negligence and malpractice and they were arrested and jailed
London dispatch reports French Foreign Minister Delcasse in Moscow failed to secure stronger Franco Russian ties He aimed to align Russia's colonial policy with France on a solid basis but the effort did not succeed according to a Daily Mail correspondent.
A Winnemac special reports an explosion during gas pipe testing by the Economic Gas Co near Royal Center. Howard Herch was instantly killed as his body burned by escaping gas. William Stratton and Farmer Smith and son were seriously or painfully injured.
Havana reports Gen. Juan Isidro Jiminez says several Dominican generals back him despite his urging delay. He states the Dominican government has 3700 troops under arms and that the current executive cannot mount effective resistance due to scarce resources and few sympathizers.
The war department will supply machine guns to Gen. Otis using types currently in service and will not dispatch Sims Dudley models to the Philippines. The effort aims to have the weapons arrive in time for the dry season campaign.
Senator Hans Brough has forwarded an application to the Indian Office for a trading license at Standing Rock on behalf of Col. Robinson and Martin L. Parker of Fargo. Robinson was recently granted a license but has taken Parker as a business associate, necessitating a new license.
Strike for two dollars a day begins among common laborers at the Sandstone quarry in Minnesota. Workers had been paid 1.75 dollars. hope of harvest earnings in Dakota spurred higher demands. Officials expect the strike to be short.
In Alexandria Virginia on August 10 Ben Thompson a twenty year old African American was lynched after attempting to assault Edward Clark s eight year old daughter. Police tried to deter the mob but could not prevent the hanging.
On the arrival of the British steamer Mesaba in London it was reported that a cattleman named Diebitz jumped overboard Saturday after attempting to murder another cattleman.
A Casas Grandes dispatch says Mexican cavalry moves toward Yaqui country to press the war with the Yaqui in the Sabuaripa mountains. A body of Indians forts Baca tete. two divisions work to separate forces. American prospectors retreat from Yaqui area amid rumors of Yaqui violence. Captain Martin Ross notes few Americans remain, with an estimate under 500 in the district.
A fierce saber duel in Vienna on Aug 9 between Herr Wolff a Reichsrat radical and Herr Kreoskep a German Liberal deputy left Wolff with a head wound and loss of an artery. Despite doctors declaring him unable to continue he fought on, suffering a second head wound and being carried home in danger. The clash stemmed from Kreoskep accusing Wolff of resorting to duels against weaker opponents.
An explosion at 5 p m destroyed the Logansport and Wabash Valley Gas company acetylene plant in Wabash Indiana where calcium carbide and water produced gas. Superintendent Cour tier and assistant Duncan Edwards were present. the plant had been installed less than a year ago. Glass windows shattered in the business district and the city will be without gas until new works are built. Losses are heavy.
The San Jose from Panama brings word that Guatemala is not as warlike as reported. The government has acted firmly with political offenders, finances are strained but the situation is improving toward continued peace. There have been no political executions except for caught conspirators attempting revolutions.
Havana August 9 The Eighth Infantry will likely move to Quemados this week. Col Randall is pleased with uniting the regiment and has 900 recruits. With drill facilities and outdoor sports like baseball he aims to make the eighth one of the finest and most efficient regiments.
Small pox has broken out in Nobles County in the village of Round Lake ten miles north of Worthington. The town is quarantined by Secretary Bracken of the state board of health. A daughter of Dr Little died yesterday and the doctor has a mild form of the disease.
Aug 9 Anoka Mira reports a fire at the Anoka county poor farm destroying the main building. An inmate reportedly sparked the blaze by tossing a lighted match onto the bedroom floor.
Rain fell in several parts of Western India over the past two days as the monsoon resumes, though with modest strength. The overall situation shows slight improvement and more showers are reported in Bombay and surrounding areas.
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