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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
15
Citizens are advised to place orders for storm sash with D. M. Clark & Co. for protection ahead of severe weather. The notice emphasizes timely procurement and suggests contacting the firm for specifications and pricing.
Edward A. Cudahy of Omaha paid 25000 dollars in gold to abductors for the safe return of his son Edward Cudahy Jr. The ransom was left at a designated road side by a red lantern, the boy returned about 1 am after being taken five miles south of South Omaha. No clues identify the kidnappers.
The United States navy in agreement with the Chicago juvenile court will act as a reform school for unruly Chicago boys. Probation youths will be picked up and sent directly to government training ships, extending discipline to three to five years and increasing chances of reform.
Ontario fisheries officials seized the tug Crawford in Lake Erie near Port Burwell in Canadian waters for operating without a license. The vessel, believed owned by the Empire Fish company of Buffalo, carried several hundred pounds of its ring aboard.
Timothy Healy Nationalist MP for Harbor division Dublin will sue The Freeman's Journal for libel over insinuations his Dublin corporation vote was swayed by money he demands five thousand pounds in compensation.
Archbishop Ireland of St Paul will travel to Cuba early next year on a commission from President McKinley to study church property disputes and report recommendations. Bishop McGorrick of Duluth will accompany him. A government boat will transport the archbishop for a comprehensive tour of the island.
In a Chicago era court battle Judge Lochren hears the St Paul and Manitoba Railway Company now the Great Northern versus Western Union and Northwestern Telegraphs. The case centers on ownership of telegraph lines along the Great Northern from St Paul to the Pacific coast valued at 2 to 3 million dollars. The lines were built jointly under 10 year contracts and years since expired, with the railways claiming reversion of ownership while the telegraph firms seek compensation and insist on continuing as co-owners.
Washington December 21 Senator J K Jones of Arkansas chair of the Democratic national committee dismissed reports that he plans to resign. He said he has had no correspondence or suggestion about stepping down and that the idea never entered his mind. He added no meeting of the national committee is planned or needed.
The Times reports 18,967,299 total votes with McKinley at 7,217,677 and Bryan at 6,857,853. Woolley 207,368 Barker 50,158 Debs 4,552 Maloney 33,450. McKinley’s plurality stands at 85,824 and majority 468,050 based on the figures.
Hon W J Bryan in a telegram to the Atlanta Journal says no comment is needed until Cleveland defines Democratic principles. The Democrat ranks backed Republican era votes and will voice opinions on issues as they arise. In Washington Representative Sutherland of Nebraska proposes a seven member committee to study government ownership of railways in Europe and the United States for possible action.
New York December 21 reports a seat on the Stock Exchange attracting 52000 dollars, following Tuesday’s record sale of 50000 dollars as demand for exchange membership remains very active.
Clyde shipbuilders placed orders in the United States for 160000 tons of plates at a saving of £50000 amid a downturn in Scotch steel and malleable iron trades. The Daily Chronicle notes a separate contract for 70000 tons of steel rails and fish plates for the Victorian railways with the Illinois Steel Company of Chicago.
A Reuters dispatch from Pe king reports rapidly worsening conditions across Chinese provinces and grave anxiety as winter bites. It warns a new foreign-reaction could emerge if a stable government is not established soon. Desperadoes freed by General Mei threaten border areas, burning houses and committing murders as they move toward the Chi Li-Shang Tun frontier.
Foreign ministers completed the joint note terms including British modifications. They refused to disclose details to the public, saying governments should issue particulars themselves.
Lincoln December 21 two or three men attempted to break into the state treasury at the Capitol through an outside window. Night Watchman Good fired at the robbers after they shot at him in the treasurer's office at 8 o clock. They escaped without seizing any funds, leaving bullet marks as the only evidence. Authorities combed the capitol and surrounding area.
London December 21 Aerial depressions move across Great Britain from the west with violent storms on all coasts and many minor wrecks reported. The White Star steamer Teutonic delayed at Queenstown after departing for New York with 1592 sacks of mail and passengers and had trouble clearing port amid the high seas.
The day’s brief items report Lewis A. May & Co. failing and an assignee to examine books. Netherlands not bound by the Paris award on the Britain Transvaal frontier. funeral services for J. Addison Porter in New Haven with President McKinley represented. a large fire in Columbia South Carolina destroying major buildings with substantial losses. Columbia revocation of all prize fight permits after an anti fighting ordinance.
In Antwerp on December 21 the strike estimate reaches about 15,000 workers including coal porters and sailors who have joined dock laborers. Many imported laborers have been persuaded to join the unions.
Charles E. Stone, an insurance man, was killed in his Houston room when a burglar shot him above the heart after Stone fired and missed. The thief fled after the attack.
Mrs. L. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced gall stones and yellow jaundice before Electric Bitters cured her stomach liver and kidney troubles. The ad touts Electric Bitters as a wonder drug promising relief from dyspepsia and loss of appetite priced at 40 cents with local druggists McFadden Drug Co. and H. P. Dunn & Co. carrying stock.
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