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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1895
Page
1
A March 11 1792 deed in Nashua New Hampshire transfers a pier of land in Weare for £50. The article also surveys European affairs naval arms and a 1890s rhyme book find linked to a New York Central wreck. It notes Capua perfume manufacture and notes on torpedo boats defending harbors.
Rev. J Wesley Johnson of Brooklyn New York argues for radical Methodism changes including abolition of itinerancy and city minister time limits, the end of presiding elder ships, and replacement with a diocesan episcopacy.
Russia appears to dominate Japan as Japan evacuates the Liao Tung peninsula and signals a full shift from continental policy. Moscow is described as exerting control over Corea while press reports say Japan will yield broad latitude to Russia. England is also said to face Russian influence in the far East.
In a brief note, Fitzsimmons signs articles for another bout with Corbett, though debate about lingering old clashes lingers. The piece suggests current champion blows vanish in wind, with talk overshadowing action.
A speaker compared bad people sticking together to burrs and argued that good people stay apart, each tending to their own goodness. He noted this observation applies beyond philanthropy to many other areas.
The husband of Mrs. Poteat says she was raised with strict principles and regards smoking as wicked. He notes that if this view had been known earlier, much breath and ink could have been saved.
The American people express a humane stance on the Turkish and Armenian issue, noting the U S has no stake beyond protecting its citizens in Turkey. They argue voicing sentiment is a constructive, disinterested action even if real impact is limited.
Congressman Elijah Morse pledges to ban tobacco in the house during the coming session. Supporters argue passage would strike a stronghold of woman suffragists, noting a symposium where aff irmative speakers claimed smoking would end in legislative halls if women were admitted.
A cholera outbreak at Tangiers traced to a shipload of pilgrims was suppressed with difficulty. Hearing another pilgrim ship was approaching, the sanitary council petitioned and Consul Barclay urged shutting all pilgrim ships from Tangiers. The crowd hailed the United States for action. European powers face action to remove recurring cholera causes.
The piece condemns great power delays and mutual jealousy that prevent decisive action against Turkish crimes. It argues Russia would stop Armenian atrocities if free to act, but England and others refuse to intervene, leaving the sultan’s slaughter uncurbed.
The tel egraph reports review highlights major home and international happenings. It surveys political shifts economic updates and cultural moments that drew public attention across regions and nations during the past seven days.
Commissioner Stump of the immigration bureau urges Congress to enact radical legislation aimed at suppressing the padrone system. The report notes the push for strong federal action and potential reforms in immigration labor practices.
A collage of literary notices cites Sir Alexander Mackenzie planning a Scotch fantasy for Paderewski and Sir Walter Besant predicting dialogue form for a coming novel. It notes Pope Leo's historic will, Miss Jenness Miller's Washington DC home project, and various figures from Gladstone to Zola linked to literature, travel, and public life.
A series of fatal incidents includes A H Nichols near Lincoln Nebraska killing his daughter Winnifred Putney in Rockford HL scalding six others badly hurt when a Cambria Pa mine train axle breaks. Chicago area brakeman Martin Kraus dies in Griffith Indiana. Propector James Smith slain by a mountain lion near Boulder Colorado. St Clair Havill killed at Robinson HL and 21 year old unidentified man crushed on Big Four railway. William Hadden of New Haven dies after being struck by a Lake Shore train near South Bend Indiana. A plaster ceiling collapse during Philip Smith’s funeral in Milledgeville Ohio injures a mourner as panic spreads.
The article lists varied cases: Clint C Osborne facing murder charges in Kansas. a Mount Carmel church burglary and sacramental poisoning. Wills H Bishop located in Texas after disappearance. Dr C E Johnson's suicide attempt. William Royce's drunken killing of Nellie Patton then surrender. Bushrod Kelch's wife murder and self-inflicted wound. four murders on a Red River boat with a dog guarding a body. federal probe into ghostly details of the affair.
A jumble of brief crimes and incidents across towns includes alleged assault in Louisville two pastors deny guilt in Fort Scott, a man tarred and feathered in McArthur, a jail plot in Carrollton, Missouri, and a series of jewel and burglary cases linked to a New York swindler who traveled with gold and silver ingots.
Reports list Brazilian student protests over recognizing Cuban rebels as belligerents, a UK garden weed clearance before royal visit, name changes in Ireland, Pope Leo XIII in the Index, South African fortunes, a Mary Queen of Scots memorial, Guy's Hospital finances, Count Lippe’s Rome trip with gifts, and 1894 per head drink costs comparing England Scotland and Ireland.
The Little Jennie mine in Colorado yielded over 1.5 million dollars in dividends last year. Other items note Yale and Princeton debating Swiss referendum adoption, the Railway Conductors Life Insurance convention in Memphis, and English hunters shipping elk and deer from Wyoming to stock preserves in England.
United States Minister Terrell reports the Central Turkish mission members Dr and Mrs Fuller Rev Charles Saunders Rev A M Trowbridge Miss Ellen Price and Miss Elizabeth Trowbridge along with Miss McDonald are safe in Aintab. Turkish authorities provided full protection when Terrell demanded it. The situation remains grave and the Turkish high command contemplates foreign warships and fleet movement as the powers press for extra guards.
Constantinople reports estimate Anatolian disturbances cause up to 1000,000 dollars in losses and 40,000 sacred casualties as powers keep fleets near Turkish waters. Nine British battleships and fleets from France Italy Russia Austria Germany and the U S gather at Smyrna while diplomatic moves over Dardanelles guns stall. Massacres at Marash on Nov 9 are described as horrific with hundreds killed and schools burned.
A Beyrout dispatch confirms grave unrest in Syria and Palestine with 60 000 troops deployed between Jaffa and Jerusalem. Turkish guards are rising, and violence targets Armenians and American missions as massacres and rioting are reported near Marash.
Reports from Marash and Yemen speak of unrest and rumors of a massacre and revolts. Turkish authorities pledge order reforms while naval activity surges in the Black Sea and Dardanelles. In Aden and Mecca region, Yemen revolt grows as Turkish garrisons clash with rebels led by Sayyid amid broader European meddling.
The Gaelic arrived from Yokohama and Hong Kong with word that Japanese troops are to be recalled from Formosa Manchuria Liao Tung and Corea. Cholera in Japan had 55 611 cases and 8520 deaths through Oct 31 with cabinet shifts possible. The murder case of the Corean queen moves to a preliminary exam and acquittal is expected by popular belief. Hong Kong reports Russia plans Port Arthur linked to the trans Siberian railway as a rival to San Francisco.
After a suspension of almost six months the coal mine at Ramsey Newfoundland resumed operations under a new company. The firm has deposited $40,000 in the Fayette county bank as a guarantee of faithful conduct of the work.
PUI reports eleven Socialist clubs shuttered here amid the crackdown, including six reichstag electoral clubs and key bodies such as the Socialist press committee, local socialist society, delegates, and central committee of the German Socialist party.
A seventeen year old son of a German farmer named Sperker was killed instantly when a tree fell at Coleman’s lumber camp in Glenwood Wisconsin. The accident occurred yesterday while he was at work.
In a Duluth Minnesota special report on the Mendenhall divorce, Mrs. Mendenhall remains on the stand as the testimony continues tomorrow. She recounts affection for her husband, a breach, and an attempted ruination in a deeply moving narrative. She followed him to New York in 1891 seeking resolution, but the efforts failed, with further attempts in Duluth also yielding no result.
In St Joseph Missouri three men Ed Ware Walter Van Loon and Chas Simon were arrested for planning to rob the Anna post office south of the city. They admitted intending to seize a large money sum and Simon says he acted as a spy informing Deputy U S Marshal Smith. Smith and a constable were guarding the post office and would shoot Van Loon and Ware on signal from Simon.
Special-Messrs. Davis KeLogg and Severance filed with the clerk of the supreme court their brief in quo warranto proceedings to oust State Boiler Inspector John B. Sutton. Attorney General Childs initiated the case claiming improper appointment under section 9 article 4 of the state constitution. The matter carries vast importance as the court’s decision will settle future similar disputes.
The new congress opened with seat drawings. Reed elected speaker, but committees await naming. Senate began routine with swearing in new and re-elected members as officers lined up to notify the president.
Charles Willier, bookkeeper at Cincinnati Abattoir, killed himself to avoid arrest for misappropriating $2000. He hid with a woman in Chicago, left wife and five children, but returned home to take them away. Police closing in, he shot himself in the garret.
Springfield December 4 Milo H Gibson a Chicago representative faces trial for allegedly accepting a $300 bribe from the secretary of the Interstate Building and Loan Association. The case centers on bribery charges and unfolds in court today.
Cleveland Ohio December 4 Professor T M Smith of Case School of Applied Science died from injuries suffered during a chemistry demonstration at the river blast furnace. He was caught in the furnace elevator and crushed.
Fought a duel in Chattanooga Tennessee on December 4 between William Smith and J Bruce. Both men were wounded and authorities fear the injuries may prove fatal.
Richard Sydney Haynes, formerly Express Agent at Kindred North Dakota, was arrested yesterday and will be taken to Kansas City by inspector Charles E. Linton. He vanished from Kindred on November 6 after serving as agent for Great Northern Express, Great Northern Railway, and Western Union Telegraph. Haynes had applied for bonds with National Surety, which became liable for 500 dollars, while his accounts showed a shortfall of 1500 dollars.
A Puerto Principe dispatch reports insurgents dynamited a train engine near Nuevitas. The engine and crew were mutilated and many passengers injured including the widow of ex Gen. Yglacio Agramante. Insurgents also blew a culvert between Caibarien and Remedios destroying ten cattle cars and killing seventy head.
Norwegian farmer Ole Timrud of Averill siding burned to death last night in a neighbor’s house where he was alone and intoxicated. Rumors of quarrel and possible foul play circulate though unconfirmed. An inquest has not yet been held. He leaves a wife and two children.
New York December 3 Peter Maher is hailed as the star of the pugilistic world after defeating Steve O Donnell at Maspeth Long Island and being proclaimed world champion.
Bill Vosburg, father in law of fugitive Russell, confesses to aiding Killoran Russell and Allen in escaping Ludlow Street Jail. He supplied revolvers, money, suggested disguises, and sheltered the trio while police hunted them. Sheriff Tompson's trial on the escape charges proceeds.
James J. Corbett, long regarded as a top fighter, has improved and many believe he could defeat any opponent. He had stated he would challenge the winner if the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout occurred.
Chicago reports steady to higher price ranges across wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and hogs with varying December and May contracts. Milwaukee Minneapolis and St Paul notes show additional price ranges for flour wheat corn oats barley rye and cattle with mixed activity and demand.
The grand jury in Chicago indicted no one but voted to indict Pinkerton chief Matthew W. Pinkerton H D Deveraux and T or C Mitchell of the Pinkerton agency for conspiracy and kidnapping Walter Martin cousin of Walter F Merrill. Martin was seized by agency officers and confined in a private office, a practice denounced as illegal confinement.
Judge Sanborn of the United States circuit court of appeals affirms the Minnesota case involving 26 000 acres of land. The St Paul Minneapolis Manitoba Railway Company is found delinquent on concessions granted in 1857 and overlapped by the Hastings Dakota line controlled by Russell Sage. Sage leads by about 280 000 dollars, with costs near 100 000.
Passenger train No 8 of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western collided with a new switch at Preble and telescoped three freight cars. The locomotive was wholly wrecked and the baggage mail cars plus two coaches burned. The engineer died instantly and the fireman, badly wounded, was pulled from the wreck by passengers. The sleeping car survived. no other serious injuries reported. The freight station also burned.
Sixty two tramps raided Cumberland Wisconsin demanding food and shelter last night. A posse chased them, four ringleaders were jailed after shootings. they escaped but were recaptured. By today the group had vanished and no further trouble is feared. The four ringleaders remain jailed.
New York December 3 reports one case of smallpox aboard the Anchor Line steamer California returning from the Mediterranean. A nineteen year old woman was detained at Quarantine and later moved to the reception hospital for treatment.
In Atlanta on December 3 the exposition marked canal day with speeches by Commissioners Mangel and Villafranca arguing in favor of the Nicaragua canal.
Detroit news records Prof. Enoch an aquatic performer at Wonderland theater staying under water four minutes eight seconds claiming a new record. The feat surpassed prior marks and drew attention to a daring display in the city.
An elderly woman traveling with her ten year old grandson on a Northwestern train near Shopiere Wisconsin suddenly became violently insane. The woman leaped from a window and was found dead beside the track three miles south of Janesville. The boy was found in the car and is demented. Satchel items identified Mrs Vodre traveling from Champlain New York to Springfield Minnesota. Morphine bottles were found. The boy will be sent back to Champlain.
Columbus special reports Hon J R Lynch a Mississippi colored ex congressman said Sherman used money in the South to draw state delegations to support his Republican presidential bid. He notes he did not receive funds but knows money was used in that direction.
Rev H Dwight of the American board cables from Philipopolis Turkey to the Christian Herald urging telegraphic remittance as Harpoot missionaries face imminent starvation. The Herald notes the Harpoot mission buildings were destroyed in the massacre and the missionaries suffer hunger and cold perhaps as severely as Armenians.
William FE Green a North Sturges farmer died yesterday afternoon from drugs given with liquor. He carried several hundred dollars, found with an empty purse. Unmarried. A coroner's inquest is set for today. Several arrests expected.
Margaret Mather formerly of Chicago and known as Mrs. G G Pabst was reported to be in Chicago after a journey from Milwaukee to New York. She is admitted to St Josephs hospital.
A crowd gathered at the Empire Athletic Club arena to watch Joe Walcott the Boston colored boy fight Kid Lavigne the Saginaw lad. Lavigne was awarded the fight in the fifteenth round.
Gov. Allin has proclaimed acceptance of new codes which will become the laws of North Dakota on January 1.
The Red River Valley drainage commission in Gov Clough's office by resolution calls in contractors A C Rhinehart Colby Ennix and James Nolan for failure to complete Kennedy ditch Snake river ditch and Borup ditch by November 1. They must appear December 27 at 10 AM to show cause why work remains unfinished. No harsh penalties planned if a valid excuse is offered.
Special-F. M. Hatch arrival with wife and two children signals transition as the present minister Mr. Castle returns to Hawaii after Hatch presents credentials in a few days.
The Wisconsin Central receivers report a net deficit of 377,892 dollars for the period from September 30, 1893, to June 30, 1895. Gross receipts totaled 7,140,489 dollars in that span.
Gen Charles T Collis, an anti Platt Republican, is named commissioner of public works in New York City succeeding William Brookfield who resigned.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss, often from catarrh, and offers one hundred dollars for a cure by Hall's Catarrrh Cure with free circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
The German emperor forbids spectators during church prayers claiming it disturbs his devotion. He orders subjects to refrain from staring at him in church and notes that those who wish to view him can do so on his daily walks in the Thiergarten or during carriage rides.
Ad offers a free mailed booklet titled How to Speculate Successfully on Limited Margins in Grain and Stock Markets. Comstock, Hughes & Company, Rialto Building, Chicago, Ill.
In a St. Nicholas piece, Henry Willard French quotes Yameoud arguing foreigners misinterpret Arab responses. He notes Arabs should avoid revealing facts to strangers to prevent mislabeling them as liars and suggests foreigners mind their own affairs for better understanding.
In Texas Siftings the report says the patient, though diagnosed correctly, followed an abnormal disease course. The patient ultimately recovered, as observed by the doctors.
The questionable sobriquet dates from a parish incident where the minister, nicknamed The Fighting Parson, drew mock admiration and shrugged off the war label. The humorous exchange centers on how such a title arose and who coined it.
A fragment from London Punch offers a cryptic line about boots and a play on words. The text features quirky phrasing and probable mock dialogue, inviting interpretation of its humorous intent.
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