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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1896
Page
2
A miscellaneous collection notes minor events and oddities including Spanish and Cuban conflicts, California athletes trudging across the country, breakfast egg tricks, a lightning strike in Florida damaging a grape yard, poet Alfred Austin praising Dr Jameson, and a linguistic quip about Li Hung Chang.
The lady's slipper symbolizes audacity in romance, a challenge from the woman to the man. It embodies the dare, equivalent to the phrase Win me if you can.
The Serra Itaraca near Salebre in Bahia holds some of the finest diamonds. The fields are among the oldest and most important, and continue to be worked.
A Ha vana organ counsels the home government to spend more money and fewer guns as Spain faces unpaid troops since February amid firm finances akin to Turkey. Li Hung Chang wore a yellow jacket and peacock feather during a call on Lord Salisbury, while milk stations appear in Chile supplying fresh milk by the cup with brandy available for milk punch.
The article notes extensive fires in Upper Michigan as proof of the need for practical forestry in wooded districts. It cites potential control and prevention through systematic action and mentions related topics from rail inspection bicycles to local civic issues and social observations.
A proposal suggests moving 40 000 unmarried women from Eastern Canada to British Columbia to meet the demand for wives. It cites a prior French program for Eastern Canadian bachelors with reportedly satisfactory results.
An elderly beekeeper in Vassar Michigan advised not to chase a neighbor’s calf at night near bee hives. The calf knocked over hives and the beekeeper was stung from head to foot, now reported near death. The piece also notes Korea’s isolation ending as Western companies plan rail networks.
A London movement seeks an international memorial to mark the birth and extension of submarine telegraphy. It honors Cyrus W Field, Sir James Anderson and Sir John Pender with American participation pledged. Field is noted as a towering figure in ocean telegraphy history.
The executive committee of the Honest Money League of Maryland will not hold a state convention nor send delegates to the Indianapolis convention. It adopts resolutions aligning with the Democratic state convention platform for a gold standard and opposing free coinage of silver. Mr. John E. Semmes will represent Maryland at the Indianapolis event.
A compact survey of major events from home and abroad highlighted by typographic Rotabile moments. The roundup captures notable political, economic, and cultural developments reported across telegraph dispatches from the past week.
Edwin R. Brown of Elmwood died at his home at Elmwood HL at age seventy one. He was editor lecturer banker and poet known as the sage of Elmwood. A poem commemorating William Cullen Bryant’s birth on the one hundredth anniversary was among his works.
A long list of fatal incidents from across the nation is reported. Drownings include Nev J W Scott of Carlyle Illinois and Charles Newberg of Moline Illinois plus others in Chicago and Philadelphia areas. Heat prostration and accidents claim many lives from Iowa to New York, with wrecks, fires, and a boat capsizing adding to the fatalities.
A string of crimes unfolds from Baltimore to California: Miss Jennie Shipley, living with Richard Lyons in Baltimore, is attacked by a heat-driven assailant. In Cherokee Nation, two men die at a National party convention. L Wofford, Taldequah police chief, and deputy Charles Proctor are shot. In Carson Navy, Harry K. Brown defaulter to a large extent. A train carrying Democratic canvassing party is fired on near Welborn to Houston. O H Winthrop captured in San Francisco abduction case. In West Newark boys arrested after policeman L O James is knocked into a creek. In San Jose Harvey Allender shoots Miss Wally Fielner and user W Crossette then tries to shoot himself. In Douglas county Anna Harris, 18, knocked senseless and house fire set to cover assault. she is in precarious condition.
Professor S Andree reports four tents found in a balloon while riots from Bois de Boulogne raids push vagrants into St Cloud forest. At the Birmingham August meeting Pierre Lorillard wins the Doddington stakes with Draco. Germany promotes Count von Rex to minister plenipotentiary in Caracas amid rising Venezuela relations. A rebellion erupts in central Formosa.
The Camphor center was attacked on June 27, with about a dozen Japanese and gendarmes feared killed and a European victim possibly D. D. Ollia. Nearby, officials and residents react as other notes report political and social events in Africa and Europe.
The London weather shows little change with high afternoon temperatures and nighttime readings above sixty. Eleven hours of bright sunshine were recorded at Westminster, with thermometers reaching near or above eighty degrees in London and Cambridge. Temperatures reached eighty six in several cities including Paris and Nice, while Scotland's outlook improves and pressure favors possible small thunderstorm activity across England and France.
A Sir Daniel Lysen reminiscence describes a private in the West Indies facing red tape over a coffin for a man deemed dead by doctors. After recovery, a payment dispute arises, ending with a compromise: the man pays to keep the coffin, which he uses as a storage unit in Grenada.
Recent statistics show males average 48 years and 2 months and females 51 years and 3 months in Norway. The figures indicate the nation has the longest living population among European countries.
The Frenchwoman favors smooth coiffures such as a pompadour or madonna with curled locks enhanced by rolls and puffs. The Englishwoman dislikes such hair dressing. When natural curls fail irons are used to create a heavy fringe and chignon, with various devices pinned in place to achieve the look.
Walter H. Glass shot and killed Carl Ramberg and wounded Detlev Jager and Michael Bunce after a wagon incident in Minneola Nebraska. Glass surrendered to the marshal and was jailed. Ramberg was 18 or 19. Iverson unharmed. Public sentiment leaned toward Glass despite Ramberg’s popularity.
The state high school board renewed terms for many schools for three years, adjusting class designations across first, second, and third class levels. It also approved $500 aid for Red Wing St Paul Worthington Hastings and Hutchinson with $400 to all current list schools, and moved several schools to higher classes. Sixty-one graded schools were awarded $200 each.
Schools will be used as quarters for visiting veterans during encampment week. The citizens' G. A. R. committee will pay all occupancy expenses, not the city. Gen Mason authorized to guarantee payment for removing furniture, supplying cots, and insuring the schools against fire.
Ground to Fragments dispatch reports Pat Manley a Great Northern section hand killed at Fridley Anoka county while trying to mount a freight car. The car jolted and he fell beneath the wheel, suffering fatal crushing injuries as the coroner took charge.
In Mercer at Montrose Minnesota Aug 19 an elderly woman named Hayes known as Black Norah was found with a fractured skull behind her house. She was last seen a year ago and the body was in advanced decomposition. She reportedly had money in the house and an inquest will be held.
Elk River Minn Aug 19 William Noot eighty five one of Minnesota's first settlers was buried today He arrived in St Paul in 1846 served in the territorial legislature in 1854 and claimed to be the eldest settler aside from Col Stevens of Minneapolis He was an old soldier and received G A R funeral honors
The body recovered from the Robert Street Bridge is John Kallen dorfer a waiter who had been suffering from consumption. He died by his own action in St Paul on August 19.
J M anderson a Swede aged about fifty who had been jailed for assaulting his wife with an ax hanged himself in the Binabik jail last night He left a large family and the incident is reported from Minnesota on August 19.
Winnipeg reports a fourteen year old boy Joseph Henry was found dead on the road to Oak River at Haniota. Police investigate the brutal murder as details remain sparse.
A Leake Shore road washout at 4 am collapses seventy feet long into a thirty foot deep culvert. Engineer James Griffin and Fireman Michael Roach are killed. passengers and other crew escape unharmed as a mail train from Chicago tumbles, with the day coach spared by the sleeper.
A four story frame Music hall in Eau Claire Wisconsin collapsed during demolition. Contractors Halvor Olsen William Dean are dead others including John Thorson James Dean Nicholas Roach injured or missing. relief and inquest follow as town loses power and transit.
In Iowa Falls, Aug 19 a preliminary clash foreshadows a wave of litigation over C L Lund forgeries. John Johnson of Emmet county loaned with a farm as security, Lund sold and later released the mortgage, now facing demands for payment again though the release was invalid. Courts ruled life insurance proceeds not liable. Many similar cases loom as authorities untangle Lunds nefarious dealings.
Milwaukee August 19 Senator Gilas and Garr Jones lawyers who volunteered for the Wisconsin Democratic suit to strike down the apportionment law filed with Chairman Peck that they are withdrawing from the case. They say the party's free silver stance ended any advantage to the party in annulling the act.
A highly credible rumor reached Regina that a mutiny or similar insurrection occurred among the mounted police at Prince Albert. No details are available, but the disfavor toward a specific officer is cited as the immediate cause.
In St. Joseph Missouri on August 19 Congress man George C Crowther was renominated by acclamation by the Republicans of the Fourth district today.
A party of three from Winnipeg led by Joseph Carter and including Alderman Alfred Williams and cyclist Thomas Cull were robbed by hoboes near Yargo on a trip to Minneapolis. The theft, valued at about $1,000, included clothing and firearms. the travelers then procured garments in Fargo before continuing.
New York City reports 64 deaths and 123 prosecutions today amid a heat wave. Health board issued 574 death certificates for 71 hours ending at noon, with 158 deaths attributed to heat. The figures surpass previous health department records.
Lewis F. Clarke Jr. was appointed receiver for S. F. Myers & Co. wholesale jewelers in New York to wind up the partnership. Assets are listed at 819000 with liabilities reported as only a portion of that amount.
St Paul to stage a bicycle parade during the G A R encampment with Dr A Van Duzee in charge. Wheelmen and clubs cooperate. parade accepted into the official programme. Tuesday evening Sept 3 set as the display date.
Abigail Dodge known as Gail Hamilton died today in Hamilton Massachusetts after a stroke at breakfast. She was born in 1830 and became a noted biographer and contributor to The National Era Our Young Folks and to James G Blaine.
Alexander Julius Pollock once of St Paul and Chicago under the alias Jacob Saxe faces charges of wife abandonment in Justice Underwood's court and a subsequent bigamy arrest. Fannie Pollock, his wife, declares the couple wed in Russia fifteen years ago before Pollock moved through Canada to Buffalo and then Chicago.
The Bryan party arrived from Irvington at Barrytown New York on August 19 with little incident. Mr Bryan gave one speech in Poughkeepsie and crowds gathered at small stations along the line. At Barrytown the Perrines welcomed the Bryans to Red Hook for a week. An onboard free transport and dinner for the party were arranged but Bryan paid his own way and meals. He dismissed talk of a southern itinerary as unfounded.
Cincinnati report says Republicans nominate D. D. Woodmansee, ex-president of the Ohio state league, as Ohio candidate for president of the National Republican League at Milwaukee meeting set for the 5th, 26th and 27th of the month. Leaders expect strong state support on first ballot.
August 19 report from Atlanta Georgia notes a citywide ice shortage. No ice is being shipped out while demand remains high. the largest local factory is down due to a breakdown and aid from neighboring cities has been requested without success. Prices have risen and keep climbing.
Telegrams from Narragansett Pier report the death yesterday of J. W. Lippincott of Lippincott Johnson & Co. in Philadelphia. He was born in Philadelphia and died at age fifty.
Madrid reports a semi official denial that Spain plans to prepare a bill of damages against the United States. The dispatch notes that the claim is not being considered and refers to official channels in Spain.
George Ritter assaulted his wife, who was seeking divorce, at North Side home of Hart Fisher. He gained entry, locked her inside, then fled after breaking the door with an axe. She suffered severe throat injuries and facial wounds. doctors said she cannot live long. Ritter later confessed to firefighters. Jealousy cited as motive.
It is feared serious trouble may come to Ashanti as Inkaranzas and allied tribes join Chief Samory to expel the British from Kumassi. The Phoebe and Magpie cruiser and gunboat, carrying Haussa troops, sail from Elmina to rush to Inkoranza and Kumassi.
An unidentified man about thirty years old shot himself in the head with a 38 caliber revolver last night near Wildwood woods south of the pavilion. He was taken to the city hospital unable to survive, and he refused to disclose his name or residence to Wildwood manager E. H. Starkey.
In Duluth and Butte a husband, 46, shot his wife’s lover, 36, twice at point blank range then surrendered. The wife and husband were jailed, Cole, once city clerk candidate, died. Bonesteele claimed evidence of trouble and drunkenness preceded the crime. The wife testified of years of hardship and poverty.
Postmaster Dayton in New York denies allegations that admission cards for the Bryan notification meeting were stolen from the mail. He seeks a concrete list of names of recipients rumored to be untreated and pledges a full inquiry and punishment of any postal workers found responsible.
In Ishpeming Michigan two workers John Meanoa and John Kumple were killed by a premature blast in the Leke Superior Section 16 mine. The incident underscores dangerous conditions at the site and prompts investigative inquiries by authorities.
Telephonic communication was established today between the Chicago and New York Republican headquarters. Chairman Hanna can preside remotely over daily executive committee meetings, while Secretaries Osborne in New York and Dick in Chicago exchange reports at stated hours to keep both headquarters informed on campaign progress.
Chicago report notes Hale Johnson, the Prohibition nominee for vice president, was formally notified of his national convention nomination in Pittsburg. Rev. Oliver W. Stewart presented the notice at Association Auditorium and Johnson replied, recalling his prior nomination for Illinois governor.
In the House of Commons Sir Matthew White Ridley announced release on license for Daly Delaney Gallagher and Whitehead four Irishmen jailed for conspiracy tied to the 1883 dynamite explosion. Gallagher and Whitehead are Americans.
A committee of gold standard Democrats led by L. M. Martin and Henry Vollmer issued a call for a state convention to meet in Des Moines on August 26. They claim that in 1896 a conspiracy aimed to ruin government credit and disrupt democracy, prompting the new gathering.
The Strand Magazine notes that Lord Charles Beresford once granted a laborer permission to name his twins Lord Charles Beresford Brown and Princess of Wales Brown, then quipped sharp responses in public life. He once said Arabs should be captured, given a fair trial, and hanged, and sent a curt dinner reply: Sorry cant come. Lie follows by post.
The Home Life Insurance Company of New York seeks an energetic local agent with good connections. Liberal contract and special territory offered. References required. Apply to Freddy Loomis, general manager, 3060 Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul.
A Detroit Tribune note records a suitor asking Miss Ariadne to marry him. She replies she will be engaged until 3 o'clock and sends her regards with regrets.
Salzer's Wall Seed Catalogue offers instructions on growing 40c wheat and promises valuable guidance for the alert farmer. Send a 4 cent stamp for the catalogue and free grain samples for fall sowing from John A. Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wis.
A fragmentary line features a character praising a woman’s appearance and another remark about the speaker’s changing view, with tense humor about homeliness and growing on someone. The context and full names or setting are not provided.
The notice invites any person helped by Dr Williams Pink Pills to write to Pink Pills P O Box 1592 Philadelphia PA for valuable information.
A witty Cincinnati Enquirer cartoon caption recalls a night of engagement proposal under a full moon. Mrs Graymare asks, and Mr Graymare confirms the moment, delivering a lighthearted romantic vignette.
An advertisement claims FITS can be stopped and permanently cured after one day’s use of Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. It offers a free 82 day trial bottle and guide, with mailing address for Dr Klinz at 9381 Arch St Philadelphia Pa.
In Elizabethan days guests at a dinner party supplied their own knife and spoon, reflecting dining customs of the period. The note highlights personal utensils as a norm in social gatherings of the era.
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