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Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1894

Page

2

Mushrooms should not be rewarmed after cooking

The Brainerd Dispatch notes food safety that mushrooms once cooked should not be rewarmed as they may develop injurious properties when cold. The item also covers a Newark bridegroom's black eye from a weighty slipper, and brief remarks on Port Arthur, immigration figures, Arthur Walter’s control of the London Times, Chippewa wards, a postmaster general deficit, and Armenian relief concerns in London.

Arthur Walter The London Times John Walter

Hartford Receives Large Park Bequest and 200000

A deceased citizen’s will grants Hartford a sizable park and $200,000 for its upkeep. The trend of cities and colleges receiving large fortunes is noted as the era’s rising plutocrats. A German commentator warns England would suffer losses over 500 million yearly in two Mediterranean defeats, predicting a lengthy, costly conflict.

Hartford Mediterranean England

Stamps Sold Here by Canadian Post Office Clerks

Post offices in Canada display United States stamps for sale with no official sanction. Clerks may trade stamps for personal profit to aid Canadians sending small sums by mail, charging about ten percent profit on bulk stamps. Lord Dunraven’s new cup challenger will be built to American race rules, with differing course strategies between Britain and the United States.

United States Lord Dunraven Great Britain America Atlantic England

Myopy Rates in European Schools Rise and Fall

In French public schools 24.2 percent are short sighted while German students reach 35 percent. The highest rates appear in rhetoric and philosophy classes. Dr. Martin of France cites lack of physical exercise as key, and Giessen College saw myopia fall from 26.6 to 17 percent in five years after introducing exercise breaks.

France Germany Martin College of Giessen

Four eyed child sparked sensational tale in Lukion province

A Chinese family in Woo- Foo Lukion province faced ridicule over a four eyed newborn. A priest advised public exhibition to avert calamity, but the mother drowned the infant. The piece then notes Ohio county names derived from Indigenous words, listing Coshocton Geauga Hocking Mahoning Miami Muskingum Ottawa and Sandusky with meanings.

Woo- Foo Lukion Ohio Delaware County Coshocton Geauga Hocking Hockhocking Bottle River Mahoning Miami Clio Ottawa

World News Snapshot of Edgeups and Edits

The week’s highlights include Port Arthur reportedly fallen on the 22nd. President Cleveland bars non cabinet members from access, while Democratic leaders show discontent. A counterfeit $2 silver certificate bearing Windom’s portrait is reported. General Welch retires on partial pay after a field incident. a trial board deems him sane but nervously affected.

State Department Denby Port Arthur Cleveland United States Rosencrans Register E. H. Nebeker Windom Welch Fifteenth Infantry Col Crofton Evanston

Notable Obituaries and Personal Notices from."),

Ex Postmaster General Wanamaker may head Lehigh Valley rail line venture. Senator Hill travels to South Florida for recreation. Divorce suit filed against Delaware candidate J Edward Addicks. Oregon governor’s son dies of typhoid at Williams College. Reuben Springer heir Charles Routt dies in Jacksonville. French historian Duray dies in Paris. Mrs Wright successor candidate Sarah A Kelly of Homesdale enters race. Rutherford College founder Dr Robert Labernethy dies in Rutherfordton. Bryant centennial observed at Princeton. Mrs Ellen Seeley heir to John Herrick estate believed worth 300000 in Lincolnshire England.

Wanamaker Lehigh Alley Road David B. Hill South Florida J. Edward Addicks Delaware Horace Nathan Pennoyer Gov. Pennoyer Oregon Williams College Charles L. Routt Reuben Springer Cincinnati Jacksonville Til Jean Victor Duray Paris Sarah A. Kelly Homesdale Congressman Wright Robert Labernethy Rutherford College Rutherfordton N. C William Cullen Bryant Princeton Ellen Seeley Masssillon Ohio John Herrick Lincolnshire England

Unfortunate Events Across The Nation

A string of disaster reports from Oklahoma drought and prairie fires to fires in Lyndonville and Jersey City. Fire destroys a Lozier bicycle factory in Toledo and injures a fireman. Fatalities follow train collisions, electrocution, and a drowning after a skiff collision near Cumberland and Jeffersonville.

Drouth Oklahoma Territory St. Johnsbury Lyndonville Swayzee Ind Limassol Cyprus Jersey City N. J Lozier Bicycle Toledo Sooo St. Clair County Isaac Taylor Kidwell Cumberland Jeffersonville Erima Shipman Zanesville Ohio David McCard Odon Washington Edward Nicholson Juliet Consolidated Wire Company Harry and Eugene Sanders Mauch Chunk

Burglars Captured After Running Fight in Sagi naw Mich

A group of four burglars were captured at Sagi naw Michigan following a running confrontation with deputy sheriffs. Several unrelated incidents include killings, assaults, and legal actions across multiple states as reported.

Britain declares protectorate over Uganda

The foreign cossip reports Great Britain has declared a protectorate over Uganda. Francis Kossuth has taken the oath of allegiance to Emperor Francis Joseph. Rumors circulate about numerous charges.

Great Britain Uganda Francis Kossuth Francis Joseph

Global political tensions and colonial moves span Europe and Asia

Reports note attempts to calm crises in Hungary and Bavaria, empires pledging clemency, and Brazil ordering four Kiel built cruisers. Czar Nicholas plans a clemency manifesto for his marriage, while rail and rate reforms roll out in Russia. Port Arthur tolls and wartime losses surge as Stepniak praises Czar’s safety.

Foreign headlines from a busy midwestern paper

A roundup of varied early 20th century items includes New York policemen paying streetcar fares, Sandwich Massachusetts suppressing public gatherings due to smallpox, Indiana farmers fooled by a Chicago man, mass graves along the Sinnissippi near Brown County, Kokomo disappearance of Della Shenk, Shelley Bros. fire set by stave workers in Holgate Ohio, broom and brush industry cartel, rising divorce rates in Galesburg Illinois, a Dubuque jury ruling in favor of a widow, a Delaware Ohio street track lay attempt, Michigan short term senatorial contenders, football injury to Barney Foote near Little Falls New York, tuberculosis cattle tests protest in Auburn Massachusetts, Indiana coal miners leaving the Knights of Labor, a large Black Hills mining clean-up, Michigan teachers to seek tobacco ban on certificates, Oregon Senate re election race, property suit involving Squire near Seattle, Texarkana Fort Smith rail work near Winthrop Arkansas, wage rise at Plum and Sandy creeks coal mines tied to anti union pledge, ex-president James W. Smith dies in billiard hall, Salvini dramatizes D Artagnan and injuries a Miss State, Portland Oregon railroad passenger rate agreement, Oklahoma custody dispute over a deceased child, protest over Owens election certificate in Kentucky, new church in St Louis modeled on Los Angeles church, nonreligious creed noted, Gen Fry of the industrial army as lecturer.

New York City Sandwich Tfl Indiana Chicago Hebron Sinois River Brown County Della Shenk Kokomo Shelley Bros Holgate Ohio C. W. Blodgett Galesburg Dubuque Iowa Joseph Brunskill Delaware Michigan Olds Burrows Barney Foote Fairfield Seminary Little Falls N. Y Massachusetts Auburn State Cattle Commission Knights of Labor New Orleans Holy Terror Till City S. C Black Hills Michigan Teachers’ Association Dolphi Oregon United States Senate William C. King Minneapolis Phil Osgood John N. Goodwin Ilion Squire Washington Seattle Texarkana Fort Smith Winthrop Ark Little River New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Company Plum Sandy Creeks James W. Smith Consolidated Gas Company of New York George Slosson Mr. Smith Alexander Salvini D’artagnan St. Paul

The Cost of Batter for Vermont Farmers

A Vermont farmer tracked all expenses and butter costs finding 13 1 2 cents per pound. He argues farmers should calculate costs to see if farming pays and to fix weak points. He warns routine work traps progress and urges proactive change to adapt to shifting conditions.

Vermont

President's Message to Congress on Foreign Policy and Crises

The president outlines aims for a firm but fair foreign policy and reviews key issues. He discusses mediation efforts with Korea, the Bering Sea agreement with Britain, Alaska boundary surveys, Hawaii, the Bluefields incident in Nicaragua, Samoa, and related naval protections and diplomacy. He urges payment of $425,000 and notes ongoing negotiations and disputes with nations including France, Portugal, and the United States.

Washington Congress of the Great Britain Bering Sea North Pacific Ocean Paris Tribunal of Arbitration United States Bering Paris Tribunal France Portugal Dominion of Canada Hawaii Mosquito Indian Strip Atlantic Ocean Nicaragua Bluefields Maninga Republic Binefields Wilson Raamk Mosquito Territory Argueleo Canal Company Ans Samoa

Outlook Finances Show Deficit and Tax Details for 1894

The secretary of the treasury reports 1894 receipts from all sources at 372,802,408.2 dollars and expenditures at 442,605,758.87 dollars, yielding a deficit of 69,808,260.58 dollars. Ordinary expenses decreased by 15,052,674.66 from 1803, with customs at 131,818,530.62 and internal revenue at 147,168,449.70. Exports rose to 892,140,572 dollars, while gold exports and the sugar bounty are noted along with bullion holdings and coinage figures as the year closes.

Secretary of the Treasury United States

Mint Coinage Figures From Last Fiscal Year

The fiscal year produced 63,485,220 pieces totaling 106,216,730.06 dollars. Gold coinage reached 99,474,912.50 dollars. standard silver dollars 758 dollars. subsidiary silver coin 6,024,140.30 dollars. and minor coin 716,919.26 dollars. The July 14, 1890 act governed the trade dollar bullion.

Army Strength and Reorganization Proposals for 1894

Secretary of War reports the U S Army on January 30 1894 held 2135 officers and 25765 enlisted men with a slight year to year decline but an effective force near two regiments larger due to recruiting depots reform. He recommends three battalion regiments to match legal strength and better wartime readiness. The report notes costs and strike-related troop deployments and praises civil service efficiency in the Post Office for 1893.

Secretary of War Stah Congress

Circuit Courts of Appeals Show Progress in Federal Justice

The attorney general reports strong gains in clearing arrears and speeding federal court work, crediting circuit courts of appeals and urging Congress to add judges. Other topics include abolishing the fee system for officers, expanding U S commissioners powers, writs of error on criminal cases, and creating federal courts in Indian territory. The Pacific railroads and prison site issues are also discussed with calls for action.

Attorney General Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeals Congress United States Territories Indian Territory Arkansas Texas

Postoffice Affairs Calls for Second Class Rate Reform

The Postmaster General urges changes to second class mail rates to curb a growing deficit. Last fiscal year receipts fell short of expenditures by about eight million dollars, with current year deficits rising as revenues fail to meet costs. Abuses like pretended newspapers and seed mailings inflate costs while newspaper and magazine distribution could become free with proper law changes. The report notes 69,805 post offices on June 30, 1894, with 610 cities having free delivery and rural delivery costs increasing. Money orders rose to 14,304,041 issued, value $138,798,579.49, plus postal notes and international offices expanding.

Post Office Postoffice Department Department Postal Service Post Office Department Taper Department of Agriculture United States Ba Ae

The New Navy Progress and Requests for More Warships

The secretary of the navy reports gratifying progress in building ships for a new navy. Most vessels under construction will finish in the coming fiscal year, excluding the Iowa battleship. He urges authorization of three more battleships and ten to twelve torpedo boats to enable warlike operations.

Secretary of the Navy Iowa

Public Lands and Pensions Report Highlights Indian and Forest Policies

The interior department report outlines land sales totaling 10.4 million acres with 28 thousand acres of Indian lands, a remaining public domain near 600 million acres, and 35 thousand agricultural patents plus 100 Indian allotment patents. It calls for stronger forest protection, improved land surveys, and cautious Indian allotments, while noting pension expenditures of about 140 million dollars for the year ending June 1896.

Secretary of the Interior Public Service Congress Alaska

Secretary Morton's Annual Report Highlights Pork and Beef Exports

The secretary reviews the department's last fiscal year, notes a $600,000 saving returning to the treasury, and analyzes foreign demand for American farm goods. Britain bought large beef and pork exports, while wheat may yield less future export value with corn rising. total exports reached $628,363,088, about 72.28 percent of U.S. exports. Inspection costs reduced, with beef and pork checks proceeding. recommends make meat inspection costs paid by meat owners.

Secretary of Agriculture Treasury Great Britain United States United Kingdom United Kingdom of

Year in Review of Beef Cattle Exports and Tuberculosis Work

The year saw live beef cattle exports reach 363 535 head with costs per animal for inspection charges and car handling. The Bureau of Animal Industry advanced tuberculosis and glanders research, supplied tuberculin and mallein, published bovine tuberculosis results, and expanded milk sterilization guidance through a public leaflet. District of Columbia herds will be inspected to support scientific prosecutions and data collection.

Europe Bureau of Animal Industry Tuite District of Columbia S. F. Salmons

Reform Spirit Shapes Civil Service and Labor Policy

The President championed civil service reform and public service efficiency. He praised the Labor Commission and urged Congress to study its report on railroads labor disputes, noting bipartisan effort and the move to expand civil service rules for better governance.

President weighs tariff amendments and free list relief

The President argues for essential amendments to the tariff act while urging coal and iron onto the free list. He seeks removal of the differential duty on refined sugar and favors abolishing the one tenth of a cent per pound bounty-linked sugar tariff to aid refining and employment.

Congress

President Promises More Bonds To Replenish Treasury Reserves

The President explains that repeated bond issues will occur as needed to restore the gold reserve and maintain public faith. Congress did not authorize shorter term bonds, so the 1875 Resumption Act dictated 5 percent notes due ten years out, yet bond sales yielded a premium reducing interest to under 3 percent.

Congress

Endorsement of Secretary Car lisle plan for banking reform

President Grover Cleveland endorses Treasury Secretary's plan to reform bank laws. The proposal seeks elastic currency, state bank note issuance, a government guarantee fund, safety fund for failed banks, stockholder liability, and tax provisions to fund note production and supervision. Dec. 3, 1904. Executive Mansion.

Secretary of the Treasury United States Treasury National Congress Grover Cleveland Executive Mansion

Doings of Congress Deliberations Begin Second Session

Washington reports the second session of the Fifty-third Congress opening at noon with Vice President Stevenson presiding in the Senate and Speaker Crisp in the House. The Senate calendar is lengthy with over 200 items and no clear first-acted topic yet identified.

Washington Fifty-third Congress Stevenson Senate Crisp House

Senate Opens with Brief Session as Lodge Pushes Information Resolutions

Washington December 6 Senate leaders kept the chamber short focusing on general business. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts moved two information resolutions likely to bring the Hawaiian and Bluefields episodes before Congress for comment. House session was dull with small attendance and no notable clashes. A Chickamauga Chattanooga military park bill and a Shiloh battlefield park bill were passed. rest of day spent on printing bill debate.

Washington Senate Ray Sus Mr. Lodge Massachusetts Congress Chickamaqua and Chattanooga Military Park Shiloh

Fire destroys Exposition Hall and church in Omaha

Fire at five this morning leveled the Exposition Hall occupying three blocks on Thirteenth through Capitol avenues and also destroyed the Presbyterian church at Fifteenth and Davenport. The Fifteenth street theater within the exposition building housed Hoyt's Bunch of Keys, whose loss is stated as heavy.

Omaha, Dee Exposition Hall Thirteenth Fourteenth Capitol Avenue Presbyterian Church Fifteenth Davenport Fifteenth Street Farnam Street Hoyt

Debt Ordered Paid for Penokee Gogebic Mines

In Madison Judge Bunn granted an order for payment of indebtedness from the Penokee and Gogebic consolidated mines trust estate. Securities totaling 728000 may be called in. Receiver Morris sought leases on four of five Gogebic range mines Superior Colby Compte Palm, with Tilden already occupied by receivers. Palm mine objectors prompted deferral to December 26.

Madison Wis United States Bunn Howard Morris Penokee Gogebie Consolidated Morris Gogebic Range Superior Colby Compte Palm Tilden

Regulations for Income Tax Rules Delayed Pending Hearings

Secretary Carlisle and Commissioner Miller discussed lengthy proposed regulations guiding Income Tax collection. Rules cover anticipated admin questions but will not be promulgated for several days as requested hearings are held before final approval.

Washington Carlisle Miller Internal Revenue Bureau

Tilman Out as South Carolina Governor at Inauguration

Benjamin Ryan Tilman’s term ends as John Gary Evans succeeds him in a January 1 inauguration in Columbus South Carolina. Thousands gather in the House of Representatives as the procession moves in with the band playing Hail to the Chief and the oath of office administered by Chief Justice McIver. The ceremony features Senator Irby ex-Gov Tilman and the state supreme court justices on the rostrum.

Columbus S. C Benjamin Ryan Tilman South Carolina John Gary Evans House of Representatives Ai Oraward United States Irby Tillman Supreme Court John A. Rice Gov. Evans McIver

Discontinuation of Hypnotism at Minneapolis Dental College

At a faculty meeting in Dean Smith's office the dental college of the university decided to discontinue hypnotism in the infirmary work. Dean Sudduth, though convinced of hypnotism's merits, agreed the practice stirred more opposition than warranted. he will pursue experiments privately and treat patients desiring hypnosis.

Minneapolis Dental College of the University Dean Smith Sudduth

Masons of Winnipeg Plan Erect Temple

The Winnipeg Masonic lodge and eight members from this city announce plans to build a temple. Committees have the matter in hand.

Winnipeg

London Murder Mystery Ties Aristocrats to Kensington Case

Scotland Yard probes a sensational Kensington murder amid aristocratic links. Reginald Saunderson, 21, nephew of Col Edward Saunderson, is in custody after a young woman named Dawes was found with her throat cut on Holland Villas Road. Authorities chase motives and confirm family connections to prominent peers and Irish nobility.

London Scotland Yard Great Britain Associated Press Kensington Dawes Holland Villas Road Jack the Kipper Reginald Llewellyan Treherne Bassett Saunderson Edward Saunderson Orange North Armagh Llewellyan Traherne Bassett Saunderson Dublin Ireland Rachael Mary Scott Earl of Clonmell Reginald Saunderson Edith Caroline Monck Henry Power Charles Stanley Monck Viscount Monck Maria Henrietta Fitz-Clarence Earl of Munster William IV Saunderson Sle Hampton Wyck Belfast

Iowa Insurance Rates War Declared by Union

The Insurance Union for Iowa moves against non union firms over excess commissions. Des Moines Davenport Sioux City and Council Bluffs managers will be sent orders to set farm rates off statewide and cut dwelling fire department town rates to a uniform 20 cents for one year or 50 cents for three years with exposure add ons removed.

Chicago Commission of the Insurance Union State of Iowa Des Moines Davenport Sioux City Council Bluffs

Fifteen Year Old Willie Sears Arrested for Robbery

A 15 year old boy in Iscanaba Michigan was arrested for robbing money drawers. Police say he confessed after being caught tapping a Chinese vendor's till and threatening to shoot. A brother is in the reform school at Lansing.

Iscanaba Mich Willie Sears James Lyons Young Sears Sears Reform School Lansing

Amick Publishes New Treatise on Lung Diseases

Cincinnati publisher Amick Chemical Company distributes 100000 copies of Prof W R Amick's treatise on lung diseases to physicians. The work outlines staged diagnosis of consumption and offers indications for complications with numerous prescriptions. A large free addendum will be sent nationwide to consumptives from Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Ohio W. RR. Amick Amick Chemical Company

Swindling Draft Scheme Reported in Toledo Banks

A new and dangerous swindling game emerges in Toledo as a man using the name George H. Hendricks buys two York drafts for 12 dollars each on different dates. One draft cashed for 1200 dollars at an Altoona bank after being raised. A third draft for 12 dollars was purchased at Holcomb National Bank. Forgery method unknown and other cases are still unreported.

Toledo Ohio Ketchum National Bank George H. Hendricks New York Altoona Holcomb National Bank

Ives Defeats Schaefer Again in Bowling Match

Chicago match ends with Ives beating Schaefer in hollow fashion. Schaefer scores 206 as Ives builds 167 120 and 58. Schaefer blames poor ball condition for loss. Ives refuses to change the set.

Chicago Ives Schaefer

Bomb Explodes at Brazil Coal Mine Cause Unknown

An attempted bombing at Brazil Black Coal No 1 shaft in Brazil Indiana injures no one as workers escape from the engine room and boiler area. The blast damages the engine house and boiler rooms and a crude bomb basket is found between the boiler walls. The company offers a reward and estimates the loss at 2500 dollars.

Brazil Ind Brazil Black Coal Company

Bishop Wins in Receiver Suit Against James H Bishop

The jury returned a verdict for the defendants in the case of B F Nelson as receiver of the James H Bishop Company against James H Bishop before Judge Hicks. The receiver sought 32000 alleging Bishop’s negligence and wrongful acts as president caused losses to creditors. It was charged he founded the Minnesota Envelope company and diverted funds from the main firm. Both companies failed.

Minneapolis, Special B. F. Nelson James H. Bishop Hicks Bishop Minnesota Envelope Company

Combine Consolidates Broom Maker Firms in Amsterdam

A major consolidation occurred in Amsterdam New York today as a special assembly led to the merging of several broom manufacturers within the city forming a larger combined operation.

Amsterdam N. Y

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