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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1888
Page
6
More than 60 percent of adult English women both married and unmarried are employed to meet daily subsistence needs, with the workforce growing each year. Ingersoll and Wieland note the trend and its impact on household economies.
In Means Kentucky a single Republican joined a Democratic parade making the event include every man woman and child in town.
In a Philadelphia lawsuit a court held the term libelous when used about a widow and awarded damages totaling nearly one thousand dollars. The ruling confines slang as defamatory per se and assigns legal penalties for such remarks.
The Arizona Sentinel notes Duche and his wife, described as two sturdy Yuma Indians, were weighed recently and reportedly tipped the scales at 438 pounds. The man is not over 22 and the woman is said to be 16 years old.
3 M Levy, chief proprietor of the London Daily Telegraph, died peacefully in his arm chair. He refused to go to bed, insisting on his usual hour and custom.
Slaveric, once in the Bulgarian skuptschina, became Bulgaria's chief bandit. Described as handsome highly educated and an eloquent orator, he fled two years ago after being caught boodling and retreated to the mountains.
Sir E. Cecil Guinness owner of London stout buys Ravernake, the ancestral seat of the marquis of Ailesbury, for 3.5 million dollars. The transaction marks the largest real estate deal in England in many years.
A well authenticated tale from Waterbury reports a cat killed by grief after its mistress died. The animal reportedly gasped and fell dead upon beholding the dead girl’s face, ending its remarkable affection.
The piece argues railroad wars harm public welfare and international order and urges a policy of restraint with the maxim live and let live to protect U.S. commerce.
Gerald Massey the British author arrives in the United States at age sixty to lecture. A poet philosopher and spiritualist he will first be heard in Boston in the hall of the latter.
A proverb notes the United States has vast rail mileage but Argentina aims to outdo all by laying a straight stretch from Buenos Ayres to the foot of the Andes. The 211 mile segment is highlighted as remarkably straight.
A Georgia man swears that the buckeye acorn carried in a pocket acts as a sovereign balm and cordial against rheumatism and all ills of a limping world. The belief traces back to ancient practice of carrying buckeyes for luck and health.
In Pittsburgh the bolt works switched to female labor after men showed dissatisfaction. The trial succeeded so fully that owners abandoned the male workforce and continued with women for bolts hinges nuts and barbed wire.
A Gotts Island correspondent reports the locale as free of tramps rats and mosquitoes with no rum sold no intoxicated persons seen and only one house burned in a century. Residents lock doors rarely during winds and claim there is not a dog on the island.
Clarence D Raymond challenged a Boston judge after a one year term for swindling. The judge refused life, but raised the sentence to two years and ordered clerk to revoke the previous term while the mother pleaded for mercy.
The text notes the twenty sixth presidential election and fifty first congressional election. It states four year terms for presidents and two years for Congress, marking about the first 100 years under the present constitution ratified 100 years ago last Summer. Washington assumed the presidency on April 30, 1789.
The surveying ship Egeria reports depths of 4 295 and 4 430 fathoms near 24 south and 175 west, about five miles apart. These are the deepest south of the equator, surpassed only by spots off Japan 4 655 fathoms, south of the Ladrone Islands 4 475 fathoms, and north of Porto Rico 4 561 fathoms.
A hay shed fire at Jurgens and Price in Helena Ostina burned hay and damaged store roof with total loss around 10 000. A sewer excavation collapse in Helena Montana buried two laborers injuring two with potential fatalities. Mines flooded at Roberts dale Pa trapping 150 workers for ten hours. two drownings occur in Big Stone Lake Minnesota on Thanksgiving night.
Gen W T Sherman publishes his reply to James G Blaine from 1854 urging him to accept a Republican presidential nomination if the Chicago convention offers it. Sherman states he will not entertain or accept any nomination for personal reasons. Also noted is a New York divorcee Dr Sarah B Chase marrying Judge Hookey of Ohio in a peculiarly formal matriimony.
The Godin extradition case moves from Regina to Helena with the suspect in custody at Regina barracks. Sheriff Hathaway of Helena plans to send a deputy to pursue him, noting the prisoner cannot be removed before fifteen days. Also reported are Deputy Marshals escorting Bald Knobber Col Silsby, the Pulaski body found in Richland Creek, and other crime notes across the Midwest.
Taken from his bed and jailed without trial Odell faced a fine of 35 dollars plus costs and filed a damages suit for false imprisonment. The Ely dispute deepens as Davey supposedly failed to file bonds and the marshal and Davey are now under arrest amid public uproar.
President Lucas of the First National Bank of Columbus Indiana travels to Toronto after a message from teller Schrieber who failed to meet him. A telegram from Schmeler in Windsor invites him there. Rumors say the German emperor suffers an aural tumor but semi official reports claim a severe cold from a recent hunt.
Congress plans to push the tariff bill through the senate before Christmas as Democrats signal extended debate. In Michigan Heela mines a stubborn fire causes substantial damage with detectives probing an employee-arson pattern. Army orders mandate summer field operations while the Northern Pacific gains about four million acres from indemnity lands, with Dakota but no Minnesota Indian-reservation indemnity.
The Indianapolis News reports that the G A R split is greatly exaggerated by the press. It notes few Democratic ex-soldiers support the Koontz led movement and cites Gov. Gray Col Zollinger May Mitchell and others denying political aims in the G A R post.
The Union Pacific directors report to the interior secretary that subsidy data shows the road cannot repay government loans and warn of risks should government take possession. They favor adjusting the debt per the majority commission’s March 3 1887 plan and call it fair practical and sound. Signed by Haskell Hanna Coudert McVeagh and Savage.
Whitelaw Reid notes the Sherman family has deposited Mrs Sherman’s coffin beside their son Willie at the spot chosen in 1866 and 1883. W T Saerman writes that the Ewings and families are content, asserts no one will be taxed for arrangements, and thanks correspondents while promising future reply limits.
A Northwest Baltimore child, five, joins kindergarten with remarkable composure. Asked to sing, she belts out hymns she learned at home, including Beulah Land, while her father’s verses yield a comic misstep.
President Cleveland sends a lengthy annual message to Congress noting the centennial of the republic, urging strict adherence to the Constitution, addressing labor capital tensions and fiscal policy, and warning of widening gaps between wealth and common people. He praises growth yet cautions over urban poverty and rural displacement as the nation contemplates its future.
A patriotic warning depicts growing chasm between capitalists and labor amid government favoritism. It calls corporations increasingly powerful, taxes and tariffs burdening the masses, and warns that both wealthy and poor face inequity under current policies and potential unrest.
The message warns against schemes that transfer burdens without real reform, condemns pension abuses and wasteful public building expenditures, and urges a strict constitutional balance. It cites the need to curb private claims, fix land laws, and uphold federal–local powers while advancing cleaner government.
The president reports steady foreign relations, amicable settlements, and ongoing treaty work. He cites issues with Britain over Canadian waters, China compensation to injured subjects, Japan treaty revisions, Corea diplomacy, Haiti unrest, and boundary matters with Mexico and Costa Rica Nicaragua arbitration progress.
President urges revision of naturalization and passport rules to curb spurious citizenship, create a central registration, and trim diplomatic staffing. He also proposes broader reforms for the consular service, tighter unofficial fees bans, and a centennial observance plan for 1889 in New York.
The passage discusses aligning commercial policies to favor freer exchange while keeping revenue taxation under domestic control. It notes potential cooperation with other nations, ongoing discussions on tonnage duties, and forthcoming communications to Congress addressing tariff questions and international treaties.
The secretary of war reports 2,189 officers and 24,549 enlisted in the army. Expenditures for the year ended June 30, 1888 totaled $41,165,107.07, with $9,158,516.63 for public works. The post office shows growth, with 57,376 offices and 358 free delivery by 1888, plus rail and parcel post expansions. The administration urges land policy reform, Indian education, and proper disposal of public lands to benefit settlers and national welfare.
The document reviews the Department of Justice activities for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1888, noting judgments amounting to 552 021.08 but only 132 934 collected, and fines totaling 541 808.43 with 109 618.42 paid. It discusses polygamy prosecutions in Utah and Idaho, few convictions since 1885, and government actions against the Perpetual Emigrating Fund and Latter Day Saints charities, whose forfeited property exceeds 800 000 awaiting further proceedings and U S Supreme Court appeal.
The fiscal year ended June 30 shows 60,252 new pensioners and 45,716 increased pensions, with 15,730 dropped. Total pensioners 452,557 including 806 War of 1812 survivors and 10,787 widows. 102 pension rates range from $2 to $416.66 monthly. Pensions paid $73,775,861.92. bureau expenses $3,262,574.67, total $82,038,386.57. Calls for revision of general pension laws due to 102 rates and widespread private bills.
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