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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1890
Page
2
A New York business man says that 75 to 80 percent of Brainerd’s capital stems from earnings of men who started life poor. He notes the Mediterranean is relatively shallow. A drying up of 660 feet would leave three seas and could fuse Africa with Italy.
The record notes there are 12,000,000 children in U.S. public schools with 347,299 teachers employed and annual costs around 113,000,000 dollars.
The papers of Buda Pesth appeal for a popular subscription to aid Lajos Kossuth who has lost his entire fortune in railroad speculation and is now 75 years old.
A prisoner at the New Castle Delaware jail has created a toy puzzle. He is said to have been offered ten thousand dollars by New York speculators.
Frank De Witt TaLmace, son of a renowned Brooklyn preacher, 24, lectures in the west on First Impressions. He carries a florid, crude oratory style and presents his views with dramatic flair.
IceLand fishermen now carry oil to smooth rough seas and allow work in weather that would previously make their boats untenable. The change keeps crews at sea longer and reduces risk from breaking swells, marking a practical shift in maritime routine.
An unnamed man relocates from a longtime residence in Alito Pass, Illinois, where he and his forebears dwelt for 75 years. The house, worn by age and decay, has become uninhabitable and will be abandoned.
Captain Dan M. Becker aged 56 died suddenly at St Marys Hospital. He was master of the steamer A. Everett and left a wife and grown children.
The Boston Herald reports over 20,000 women registered in 1888, more than 10,000 in 1889, and under 8,000 in 1890. The piece notes the surprising trend of many Boston women remaining stay at home.
The Rio News reports an unusually large Haiti coffee crop this year and optimistic signals from other coffee producers. Analysts expect prices to fall for the next one to two years due to ample supply and favorable market conditions.
Swan Gustafson a laborer in the Ninois Central gravel pits at Cherokee Illinois receives word a relative in Pennsylvania has died leaving an estate valued at five million dollars to be divided among six heirs Gustafson among them.
The government repeatedly offers a liberal reward for a plan to curb the vampire plague. In Matto Grosso and Enter-Rios provinces stock raising is nearly impossible as up to 20 winged blood-suckers attack a cow in one night.
Revivauists in Saint Louis secured funds to build a large flatboat for mission work on the Mississippi. They intend to start at Saint Paul and drift to New Orleans, preaching to valley inhabitants along the journey.
The state contains 20,000,000 acres of unsurveyed land, much of it nearly inaccessible due to a dense timber growth. Surveyors must cut their way through thick underbrush to advance exploration.
A woman addressing an anti tobacco society in Washington stated that under certain circumstances tobacco use could save lives. She claimed cannibals would not eat a missionary who uses tobacco, amid general consternation at the remark.
A wealthy St Petersburg resident died and ordered his will to be opened twelve months after his death. When opened it revealed another sealed packet with instructions that it not be opened for a further year. The original will had seven seals. the last seal had just been broken, though the testator died six years ago.
A cactus family shrub three feet high was found in South America. In calm weather its stem shows dead warty lumps, but a light breeze causes them to unfold large steamy white flowers that bloom briefly and close as the wind dies.
Professor T Roth reck of the University of Pennsylvania argues current forestry agitation is either a great cause or no cause. He notes early American forests from Nova Scotia to Georgia were unbroken, dense, and timber scarcity was not foreseen two centuries ago.
Mr Kyde a special agent of the census bureau and the department of justice reports that the Minneapolis census was padded by 24 000 figures. Governor Ross of Texas complained to Secretary Blaine about impudence and threats from English Consul Lyall of Galveston. Blaine told Britain's minister Lyall was no longer useful here and the papers have been sent to England.
Gen Newton of New York accepts consulting engineer role for the board overseeing the Chicago drainage canal. Director Davis of the world’s fair telegrams Ocala Florida farmers alliance session promising ample provisions for an agricultural exhibit and urges delegates to act on return home.
A Saskatchewan official was badly wounded while deer hunting in Regina district. A Pittsburg tenement fire killed a janitor and his wife with all occupants accounted for. The Elm and White streets armory in New York, once Worth’s bier site, burned for a loss of 100000 dollars. A miner in Alberta NW coal pit is trapped by a cave in, alive after eighteen feet of coal drilled, rescuers gas-limited. A Chicago Northwest line brakeman was killed when a drawbar failed. Venice O Mary of Davenport Burlesque escaped a fall in Carbondale after a box heater flue collapse and plunging toward a furnace. she survived with injuries.
A chaotic Crime Roundup reports Postmaster Ed Armstead of New Decatur Alabama vanished with about $3000 missing from post office funds. The item also details a shootout ending with a desperado mortally wounded, plus multiple embezzlements, murders, and other crimes across several states.
A collage of 19th century notes covers farm groups in Kansas joining a secret order, a fatal shooting and suicide in Wellington Ohio, tainted hospital treatment at a Baltimore university hospital, a large fire in Sandusky destroying lumber, and varied business and political items from 1889 including bids for Cherokee Strip, pneumatic tubes in Chicago, steel nickel fusion, and tobacco farmers seeking a warehouse in Louisville.
Louis Nigg was struck in the eye by a foul tip during an amateur baseball game after a dispute at the umpire scene. He wore a paper pasted over his injured eye reading A foul tip, as onlookers asked many questions about his condition.
A Washington Letter discusses a Caracas municipal law imposing income tax on unmarried men over 35, with 1 percent up to $5,000 and 2 percent above that. The article praises the measure as civic revenue and a nudge toward marriage, noting possible U S reform proposals and even Blair’s potential Senate stance.
Denver reports from Rapid City claim a cavalry engagement near Daly's ranch left two officers and fifty men dead, with Indians repulsed but heavy losses. The commanding unit is uncertain, possibly Maj. Tupper's Sixth Cavalry and three troops totaling 140 men. Our force moves to aid them tomorrow.
Special Telegram reports a clash at Standing Rock where police led by Bull Head captured Sitting Bull. In the ensuing battle, Sitting Bull was killed by Red Tomahawk. several followers died, seven police were killed, and Bull Head and Shave Head were fatally wounded. Troops pursued hostiles toward the Grand river and Pine Ridge camps.
Special Telegram from Biismarck North Dakota reports Standing Rock officials cut off by military telegraph rules. Fifteen slain in yesterday’s engagement brought to the post. Crowds view the bodies. Troops and supplies move toward a river crossing as Gen Miles expected. fear and unrest rise among settlers over Sitting Bull’s death and Sitting Bull’s followers.
Washington dispatches from Gen Miles relay two reports from St Paul dated December 15. Fechet’s cavalry reach Sitting Bull’s camp near Fort Yates, Indian police clash, Sitting Bull and several others killed, including his son Black Bird and Catch Bear. seven policemen also die. Fechet reports he has Sitting Bull's body.
Dr Oronhyatheka, a full-blood Mohawk educated in Oxford, says Sitting Bull was murdered. He criticizes officials handling of Sioux affairs and urges reform to better integrate Western Indians into Six Nations farming life, citing 3 percent annual population growth and relocation from nomadic to settled livelihoods.
General Miles orders Col Corbin to issue marching orders to every post from Sheridan on Lake Michigan to Snelling and Buard. Posts must pack marching gear and be ready to watch for war. Post Sheridan is struck by the sudden command while troops welcome the change from routine duty. Furloughs canceled as men shift to serious war preparations.
Ixpranpolis reports a push to indict W. H. H. Miller, U S attorney general, on a charge of mailing a private letter under his official frank. The letter to J F Robinson allegedly circulated as campaign material and the envelope lacked a postage stamp, violating law penalizing public officers for using official envelopes for nonofficial purposes. Grand jury ready to hear witnesses tomorrow.
Counsel General McNaught and other railroad stakeholders visit to push a settlement of the mineral lands within the Northern Pacific grant in Montana and Idaho. They aim to resolve the issue this congress and administration to avoid new explanations for a future session. Montana and Idaho delegations back a fair proposal benefiting both the public and the company.
Whitelaw Reid the American minister at Paris and Mrs. Reid toured the East and were received with marked attention in Constantinople. Reid met the sultan and attended a royal dinner. The sultan conferred on Mrs. Reid the Shefkat order, Turkey’s highest decoration for a woman. The couple leaves for Egypt.
London reports that Bolton weavers faced a strike after Lister & Co Bradford conceded a wage advance. Seven hundred plush workers had already struck over wage cuts, with 300 due to strike tomorrow and 400 more by week’s end. The wage cut is linked to the McKinley tariff bill.
The Iowa congressional delegation unanimously recommends ex Governor John H Gear for the interstate commerce commission seat upon Judge Schoonmaker of Michigan term expiration Gear, a current Iowa congressman and Ways and Means committee member, is noted for railroad and transportation expertise and is considered a solid business leader in the house. He ran with other Republican candidates on November 4.
Andrew Anderson of St Paul was killed in a runaway accident. Willie Hahn of Minneapolis died after being run over by an electric car. Minnesota river to be stocked with 10 million wall eyed pike in spring. Capt Baker’s house near Slayton burned with most furniture. Diphtheria surges in Freeborn county with several deaths. Andrew Scadith of Duluth railway killed making a flying switch. Olmstead county judge urges grand jury to watch lottery laws. Eugene Nichols of Springdale injured by pitchfork on a straw stack. Mary Maresch of St Paul dies by overdose after jilting lover. Dr H R Randall dies of diphtheria at Winona. Frank Rice pleads guilty to burglary. sentenced at Stillwater. Peter Orth suit verdict lands $15,000 for plaintiff. case to be appealed. John Schieb of Lone Tree township dies after spine injury. B C Bartlet of Hinckley displays two pure white fawns. Northern Pacific station at Clitherall robbed of $750. operator Nichols suspected. St 8 Branham of Litchfield commits suicide during fever. William O Regan killed by train near Bluffton. Jacob Frey injured by meat hook in Fergus Falls market. A quiet wedding in London unites Gertrude Archibald and Joel Heatwale of Northfield with Cannon Farrar and Bishop Whipple officiating. E E Carson escapes Rochester asylum window and falls four stories. injuries minor.
Four cases of scarlet fever reported in Biemarck with active measures to prevent further spread. The Great Northern railroad is shipping coal free of freight charges to destitute along its line. The president approves a joint resolution to issue 1000 stands of arms to each of North and South Dakota Wyoming Montana and Nebraska.
The election moved the county seat from Caledonia to Hilleboro amid a suit challenging the law as unconstitutional. The judge has reserved decision. A Sioux Falls family receiving a long delayed clothing box faces a scarlet fever outbreak linked to a four year old case in the sender’s family. President Stockbridge of the State Agricultural College announces a twelve week winter course with statewide scholarships and low board, beginning January 3.
South Dakota brief covers Sioux Falls petition to abate Salvation Army parade, a Gettysburg fire destroying Elias Holderman farm house, Deputy Sheriff Kittrell assaulted in Hill City saloon, and multiple local incidents including thefts, suicides, accidents, and minor injuries across the state.
Wisconsin report covers horse theft case against C J W Argrelius in Madison, mock marriage in Superior, World’s Fair Journal scam, Pine Valley corn yield, Lawrence University duel tale, Miss appropriation case of William Murray, bad luck with a roof accident and divorce, Walworth County robbery at granary, Ginty death funeral in Chippewa Falls, rapid growth of South Superior, Webster Manufacturing plans, Evan Coolidge bail, Pottawatomie deer hunt in Pattern Lake Florence county, and settlers’ stance on government deer hunts.
The Argonaut reports eastern Paris suffers strangler attacks led by a figure called The Biscuit. Two assailants use a leather noose while a third robs victims. A copper plated, silk wrapped cravat invention lets wearers cry for help by keeping pressure from choking, enabling breathing during struggle.
An idler asks for ideal employment and a professor proposes horticulture. He cites health benefits and meditation, noting gardening blends thought with meaningful results and unrivaled pride in work, more than any other craft, art, or profession according to Kate Field's Washington.
Prominent clergymen and doctors join citizens in praising Salvation Oil as a great Rheumatism cure priced at 25 cents a bottle sold at all druggists. Young brides celebrate spinster dinners with female friends where they discuss Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup which reportedly cures coughs colds bronchitis croup and sore throat.
Starting Saturday December 20 and continuing Saturdays for now Burlington will operate a through Pullman Sleeper from St Paul and Minneapolis to Hot Springs Arkansas. The line advertises as the only Northwest route to the Springs without car changes. For tickets reservations and info contact local agent or W J c Senta General Passenger Agent C B N R St Paul Minn.
Scammers sell trashy substitutes to those unaware of the genuine Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. The piece warns that substitutes are the opposite of the real remedy, marketed as a grand cure for malaria dyspepsia constipation rheumatism and kidney trouble.
A quote urges caution before signing any document especially contracts or legal obligations. The author notes many people, including businessmen, sign without checking contents and suffer harm. Emphasizes careful reading to avoid incurring unforeseen commitments or losses.
The New York Witness notes a merchant advertising for an experienced clerk at 12 dollars weekly receiving 200 replies from men once in good positions now grateful for any work. It highlights city life downsides, high business failures, and widespread poverty contrasted with country life where meals and clothing are steadier.
In autumn a farmer, seeing neighbors harvest potatoes, drives his cart with his boy to a back field. He inspects the rows, but finds no signs of potatoes and mutters he must have forgotten to plant them.
Fontenelle preferred asparagus with oil while Abbe Terrasson liked butter. When Terrasson dined with him Fontenelle ordered half the dish in his way and half in Terrasson's. Just before the meal Terrasson apologized, Fontenelle exclaimed to the cook All with oil All of it with oil revealing a humorous social clash in All the Year Round.
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