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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1896
Page
2
A miscellany of satirical quips and social jests covers politics and society. It lampoons Boston electors, presidential appeals, reformers, European royals, and local curiosities from Turney to Logansport.
A former Little Lord Fauntleroy becomes a University of New York football quarterback illustrating that early coaching can pay off. The column surveys other topics from immigration and civic leagues to naval gunnery marvels and Armenian distress reports.
A weekly review highlights major happenings from telegraph reports. Key domestic and international events attract attention, with summaries of political, economic, and social developments shaping the public agenda across nations and regions.
The Venezuelan commission is ready to report if desired. Secretary Carlisle weighs resuming gold certificates. Secretary Morton of agriculture releases his annual report. Mr. Cleveland plans to push trust busting in late administration. Consul Weisike from Managua reports land duty suspended for six months opening market for American protectors. Patent Office issues order barring disbarred individuals from access to files.
John E. Redmond arrives in America while William Windom’s Ohio birthplace is marked by a monument. Brooklyn’s Martin L. Stevens dies at sixty. Miss Kate Field’s memorial service is held in San Francisco. Northwestern Indiana’s Loren Hixon dies at seventy eight in Valparaiso from Bright’s disease. William Fitz Gerald, Roman Catholic bishop of Ross, dies in Dublin. Keane of the Catholic University leaves for Rome. Frothingham bequests fund a Paulina Iowa library and book fund. Gas incident near Pay City injures Mrs. Hiram Cone. Cardinal Satolli’s report praises Archbishop Ireland. Kansas City Chief L. E. Irwin ill. Senator Voorhees’ physician cites irreversible progressive paralysis. Mrs. Henderson near Lagrange fatally burned by gasoline explosion. Clover Leaf wreck at Decatur destroys fruit cars worth about $16,000. Gus Johnson killed at Murray iron works in Burlington Iowa.
A long column of items reports an unknown man and woman asphyxiated in a New York hotel, five Missouri children killed by fire, a boat explosion at Cairo Illinois injuring Captain Mitchell and Bryan, a Philadelphia prion suicide, thefts, arsons, trials, and curiosities from across the United States including police actions, rail labor conflicts, inventions, and local incidents. Several named individuals and places appear, with dates and locations across Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and elsewhere.
Reports state Hayes Henry and Jack fled Selma Alabama following a row whose cause is not stated. Other items note a Omaha man confessing to a Windsor hotel murder, a New York swindler remanded, a Michigan cash theft case, a Peoria indictment dropped, a Lynn Armenian meeting disruption, a Chicago bank ex president pleading guilty, an investigation into Waterbury asylum cruelty, and an Ohio prison attack on guards.
A compilation of brief items notes Russian influence in England causing unease among Conservatives and Unionists, a Genoa cable reports Gov Frazer of New Brunswick's death, and Archbishop Langevin condemns school settlement terms. Other items mention Mrs Maybrick’s potential release, Louis Levi’s arrest, the death of Mexican minister Riva Palacio, Pere Olivier succeeding Mgr d Hulst in Paris, a Monongahela miners convention rejecting operator rates, the Columbian liberty bell in a trust, Mrs A F Braun representing the WCTU at Stockholm, a Bremen warehouse strike over daily wage, a London cable on the Johnnesburg Critic staff arrest, the International League conference opening in Denver, and Lafayette college hazing sanctions.
Reports from Chippewa Falls and surrounding areas tell of a thirty foot ice gorge on the Chippewa river trapping farms under water. Evacuations and rescues unfold as the flood rises six inches hourly threatening Eau Claire, Durand, and Stevens Point with further inundation and disrupted rail service.
Severe flood conditions along the Chippewa River in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin worsen with the ice gorge rising to about twenty three feet. The business district and post office flood, stores and restaurants evacuate, and the Independent and Herald face flooded basements and possible shutdowns. Farther upriver, livestock losses reach into the thousands as farms flood and towns brace for further rise.
A early morning blaze in Mason City Iowa destroyed the post office building and Gale and Bradley's grocery store with a conservative loss estimate of twenty two thousand seven hundred dollars. Nothing was saved from either building.
Hallock Minnesota reports trains returning after a near week of stoppage. Snow drifts reached fifteen feet along lines making roads impassable and delaying service. No fatalities reported as of the night, temperature near 36 by thermometer.
Topeka Kansas December. Thomas B. Fenton a well known Leavenworth lawyer was stricken with paralysis while arguing in the supreme court. His entire left side was paralyzed. It is thought he will recover.
Ice on trees reaches three inches in Clay County with estimated damage to fruit trees at six thousand dollars. Snow falls and temperatures drop as winter weather continues.
Michael Scanlon of Menasha was sentenced to one year in the state prison for attempted criminal assault on Mrs. Katie Childs of Oshkosh, in Wisconsin.
The public debt statement dated December 3 reports cash in treasury on November 30 at 995,769,159 dollars, up 8,270,208 dollars for the month. The rise reflects increased government cash balances as the month closed.
Dispatches from Northern New York report a heavy snow storm with freezing winds settling in, affecting Syracuse and surrounding areas as December 3 records the blast.
Fire at the McIndee and Daniels block in Rhinelander Wisconsin caused an estimated loss of four thousand dollars last night. No injuries reported and investigation pending.
San Francisco December 2. Doctors check the two heavyweight contenders Fitzsimmons and Sharkey finding them in sound condition for tomorrow nights bout. Crowds gather at the Seal Rock hotel while fans pace Sausalito and Cliff House as Sharkey attracts thousands. Fitzsimmons shows a 30 inch chest, expands to 37 3 4 and inflates to 44 inches. Sharkey's chest sits at 41 inches with exhale 39 34 and inhale 44.
R W Irwin long based in Japan reports the king of Corea is under American guidance from three Americans including Minister Sill and the American missionary Underwood. He rejects Russian sovereignty over Corea and says Japan seeks only commercial and industrial progress.
In Tuskegee Alabama last Friday Henry Dawson was hanged for murder but revived fifteen minutes after the fall. A witness Reuben Rice says the coffin lid was pried off outside town and restoratives revived the supposed corpse. After an hour or two he walked. locals cite lack of a new grave as supporting the claim.
Cleveland special reports plans to form a large corporation soon that will consolidate nearly all sandstone quarry interests across the United States. The move signals a major reorganization in the stone industry and may affect pricing and supply nationwide.
From Key West December 3 reports describe Weyler’s campaign near Mariel with a path of fire and murder. Refugees allege rapine and plunder as Spaniards burn cane fields and stores and refuse provisions. A guerilla captain named Colarzo is accused of mass killings and the burning of a church with women and girls inside.
In Philadelphia on December 3 Judge Gordon reported a sensational inquiry into the Eastern penitentiary prison conditions. Experts testified that many inmates, including a life- prisoner now violent, suffer insanity and filthy cells with no dedicated insane ward. Gordon ordered the transfer of the identified patient to Norristown asylum and plans to seek legislative action.
Reported norther and sleet swept Texas with three days of cold and snow near Houston and Port Lavaca. snow depth measured in Eagle Pass. Cane fields face freeze risk and shipping halts as weather disrupts the region.
The Elsworth Corner band of Philadelphia sues Patterson Post No SS of Pennsylvania in Ramsey county district court for 125 dollars claiming breach of contract after traveling to St Paul for the G A R encampment and hiring extra players and transportation.
The comparative statement for November 1896 shows total receipts of 25 210 696 dollars and expenditures of 32 260 720 dollars. For five months the receipts total 131 650 489 dollars and expenditures 171 597 335 dollars. The monthly deficit is 8 050 024 dollars and five month deficit 39 046 846 dollars, compared with 15 869 337 for the same period last year.
Ten year old Lilia Hayford drowned while crossing Lake creek on her way to school in Rhinelander Wisconsin. Her body was recovered after an all night search near the spot where she disappeared. Her family had previously suffered a tragedy when a fire claimed another daughter two years earlier.
The Sharon Iron Company resumed operations today after several months idle. About 125 men are affected by the blast restart as the big furnace is replaced and expected to run steadily. The Alice furnace at Sharysville is also undergoing repairs and will soon resume blast.
In Ada Minnesota on December 3 Kilmer Holte a fourteen year old boy is dead following a blizzard.
A St Louis special committee appointed by the Louisiana governor asks railroads for a special corn shipping rate to relieve eleven north central parishes where crops failed. The group, led by A Millsap of Monroe, will meet Western lines including the Santa Fe and Illinois Central to secure relief.
Coroner's jury in Decatur reports Rev. Miller of Bloomington died by his own action after an inquest. The alley death is treated as a suicide, with community shock and disputed motives. Some say robbers attacked him and he defended himself with his revolver.
A comprehensive list projects the next Minnesota House composition with Republicans at about ninety seats a four-seat loss, Democrats at fourteen seats a one-seat loss, and Populists gaining as the anti ring and sound money Democrats receive Republican endorsements. The directory notes thirty seven incumbents re-elected and several with prior legislative experience, detailing member names by district and party.
Reports from Minnesota cover Patrick Kelly’s assault in St Paul, suicides, mine work resuming, Catholic church dedication at Austin, infant deaths, and local robberies. City and county updates note court rulings, railroad plans, indictments, accidents, fires, and arrests affecting Duluth to Winona.
Ed J. Johnson, shackled and hatless in twenty five below cold, leaped from a Great Northern train near Aurdale after midnight. The 19 year old ex convict fled into Otter Tail County slipping toward Arundel while deputies pursued, finding him twelve miles from town wrapped in burlaps and blankets.
In a morning collision near Valley City North Dakota on the Northern Pacific a train off a snow plow struck Hans Hanson section foreman Wheatland who was killed. Four others were seriously injured.
Stillwater Minnesota December 2 J C Hull the St Paul wife poisoner ex clergyman is working in the laundry department of the state prison.
A Cuban officer en route to New York reports the Rubi hills clash as the war’s bloodiest. He claims 2,000 Weyler troops killed in two days with many wounded. Maceo’s forces faltered, then a massive dynamite blast killed and maimed many, with Weyler's losses estimated around 700 dead and 500 in the charge, plus 1,600 wounded. The blast was triggered by John Linn, Maceo’s electrician.
The Honduras government via the Universal Postal Union announces a Central American coalition. Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Honduras declare themselves a single republic named The Greater Republic of Central America and expect Costa Rica and Guatemala to join.
A rising headed by Aparicce Saraiva is reported on the Brazilian frontier, with Montevideo special dispatches noting unrest and possible cross border tensions as authorities monitor the situation.
Geologists report vast petrified fish beds in northwestern Wyoming from ancient high waters. Hills and plains mile and a half above sea level contain millions of fossil fish across hundreds of square miles, with beds 150 to 200 feet thick.
The late Roddy Owen at Aldershot offered to blindfold a horse and ride it at a straw obstacle to prove he could clear it. The horse bounded over the straw, impressing onlookers who laughed at the challenge. When Owen returned to collect bets, the sportsmen had vanished.
A dialogue excerpt shows a couple debating early tests of affection. The exchange notes concern over kissing the mother and whether such tests are fair, reflecting social norms of courtship in a New York World brassbound style.
A proposal by officers in the service calls for establishing an army and navy club at St Augustine Florida to provide a meeting place and support for veterans. Garden walks are advised as a measure to prevent weeds from growing around the area.
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