Immigration totals rise in December and year 1887
In December, 22,331 immigrants arrived in the United States, up from 21,178 in December 1883. For the year 1887 overall immigration reached 209,281, compared with 886,261 in 1886.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1888
Page
3
Poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox Credited to Inherited Talent
Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox is described as a firm believer in inherited talent. It is said she attributes her genius for poetry to her mother reading Lalla Bookh with great interest just before her daughter was born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Sparrow bounty draws crowds in Michigan counties
In several Michigan counties, sparrow bounty programs fund church causes. In Monroe County competitive hunts reward the church that bags the most birds, with one church earning 1700 sparrows for a net of $17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Monroe County
Mississippi House Passes Pension Bill With Colored Servants Clause
The Mississippi House of Representatives approved a pension bill for disabled Confederate soldiers unable to work and added a provision extending pensions to their colored servants similarly situated. The clause drew sharp attention for its inclusion in the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi House of Representatives
Public Debt Figures Released in Treasury Report
The public debt of the United States is 1 691 360 705 dollars and 60 cents. Total debt excluding cash in the treasury stands at 12 025 980 401 dollars and 99 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wave washes out Tillamook Rock lighthouse light
During a severe Pacific coast storm the Tillamook Rock light in Oregon lost its light after a wave allegedly 25 feet higher than the 134 foot beacon broke the protective glass. The keeper claims this surge exceeds any known record of wave power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
Tillamook Rock
Oregon
English Bible Revised Edition Fails to Sell
English publishers of the revised Bible complain the project is a dead failure commercially. They report losses already incurred and ongoing losses while being unable to explain the poor sales and lack of profits.
Massachusetts Dog Tax Funds Public Libraries
In Middlesex county Massachusetts a dog tax raised 472.70 but damages costs reached 2 903 28 leaving a substantial balance to support local libraries and public letters. The system refunds damages after paying claims and directs remaining funds to town libraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Middlesex County
Panama canal scheme collapses. French public ruined
The Panama canal project failure will be announced in France. The French nation subscribed nearly 200 million toward de Lesseps's effort, largely from the middle and working classes. The sunk funds in a useless ditch will ruin thousands and badly embarrass the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
M. de Lesseps
New World
Portrait Identifies Long-Serving Congressman in Capitol Lobby
In the Washington capitol lobby a long unidentified crayon portrait is recognized as John W. Taylor of New York, who served twenty consecutive terms in Congress. Taylor was speaker during the sixteenth and nineteenth Congresses, following Henry Clay’s departure to craft the Missouri Compromise. Rip Van Winkle’s quip echoes the forgotten memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Washington
John W. Taylor
New York State
Taylor
Henry Clay
Rip van Winkle
Women’s Suffrage Across States and Territories
The text notes women’s voting rights in municipal and school elections across multiple states including Colorado Indiana Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York Oregon Vermont Wisconsin and in several territories. Wyoming Territory grants equal terms to men while Arkansas and Mississippi vote on liquor sales. No clear effects from suffrage experiments are observed so far, good or bad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Colorado
Indiana
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Vermont
Wisconsin
Dakota
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Wyoming
Arkansas
Mississippi
Washington Territory women gain suffrage again
The Washington Territory legislature re enacted the suffrage law and the governor signed the bill. The 1883 measure was ruled unconstitutional by courts last year, yet the public remains determined to keep it on the statute books amid opposition and charges that it would bring less desirable female voters to the polls. The defeat of a prohibitory constitutional amendment was blamed on this issue, but the people insisted on retrying the law and the legislature agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Territory
Senate passes joint resolution to amend term dates for all officials
The United States Senate approves a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the president and Fiftieth Congress terms to April 30 1889 at noon. It would shift terms for senators representatives and the vice president, and amend the twelfth article to replace March 4 with April 30 at noon. The House is expected to adopt the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
Montana Alarm Dismissed by Stockelager on Northern Pacific
Acting commissioner Stockelager argues Montanans are not at risk over Northern Pacific interests and mineral lands. He seeks 600000 dollars for coming year surveys, citing California Washington Territory and Montana as needing work for government suits valued at about 1000000 dollars. The civil service rules were revised with President Cleveland’s approval and alteration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockelager
Montana
Northern Pacific
Senate
Minnesota State University
Nebraska
General Land Office
Stockslager
Congress
California
Washington Territory
Thoebe
House Election Committee
Carlisle
Stever
Blakely
Ward
Pierce
Cleveland
Notable Obituaries and Personnel Shifts Across Cities
The column lists deaths of notable figures including botanists, citizens, and clergy in Cambridge, Helena, Kay City, Omaha, St Paul, and more. It notes bankruptcies, political endorsements, and transfers, such as Egan becoming Manitoba general manager and Terry’s health update from St Augustine Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mase
Col. Mapleson
Major Strait
McGill
W. C. Sweet
Montana
Helena
New Hampshire
Edgar A. Cooley
Cooley
Interstate Commission
Kay City
Mich
H. M. Morrow
Sparta
Wis
C. 8. Palmer
Sioux Falls
Dakota
David Lathrop Hunn
Yale College
C. E. Hamilton
Norquay
Dr. Watson
St. Paul
John C. Dudley
Penobscot
Minneapolis
Chicago
Kansas City
The
Manitoba
Egan
Miss Terry
Gen
Terry
St. Aqustine
Fla
Towle
Hare
Myrick
Missouri
Sheridan
Sheridan. Gen. Schofield
St. Agustine
Violence and murder cases ripple across cities
Dr Jurden of Chippewa Falls assaults Editor J N Phillips from behind and Phillips fires three ineffective shots in defense. In Buffalo John Cullen, 34, kills his mother Ann Cullen with an ax and is arrested. Milwaukee suit for 10 900 damages for alleged slander by A D Gervais against A W Rich and Rosie Rich. Montana sees two inmates awaiting capital punishment: John Hart with a hang date of the 10th OP and M L Scott with a hang date the 17th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Jurden
Chippewa Falls
J. N. Phillips
Phillips
Buffalo
N. Y
John Cullen
Ann Cullen
Milwaukee
A. D. Gervais
A. W. Rich
Rosie Rich
Gervais
Rich
Montana
John Hart
Boulder
Helena
John W. Pitts
M. L. Scott
Granite
Deer Lodge
Hart
Scott
Toronto Woman Steals Bonds and Sends to U S
A Toronto woman stole bonds valued at 12000 and shipped them to the United States. The long-standing notes detail other European and English items, including a dynamite explosion near Newport harbor and a betrothal in Stockholm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
States
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Fight to a finish for $1000 a side named
Pat Killen and John P. Clow sign articles for a $1,000 a side bout. The article notes shifts in rail rates, legal cases and local crime tales including an assault in Chippewa Falls and a cell of regional happenings across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Killen
John P. Clow
Chippewa Falls
B. F. Millard
Chicago
St. Paul
Omaha
Kansas City
Callan and
Harkins
London
Minnesota & Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City
Minnesota Republican League
Minneapolis
T. E. Byrnes
Tams Bixby
Kentucky Senate
Congress
L. B. Baker
Lansing
Mich
J. Wilkes Booth
Ingalls
Senate
Select Committee of Five
Pacific Railroad
Davis
John O'Connor
H. P. Christy
Detroit
Bosworth & Reilly
Montana Central Railroad
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Clark, Dodge & Co
Supreme Court of New York
James M. Vail &Co
Milwaukee
Wiliam Ahlerhauser
Nantucket
Mass
Tuckernut Shoals
Fire devastates Radford's jewelry and Waverly's Hotel in Winnipeg
Manitoba town reports an $8,000 blaze that destroyed Radford's jewelry store and Waverly's Hotel. Fort McLeod telegrams note a mountain chinook roared in with strong winds, unroofing many buildings and lifting temperatures from zero to 60 above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Radford
Waverly
Fort McLeod
Train wrecks and fires blaze across two states report
A passenger train collision near Screven on the Savannah Florida and Western line killed Engineer Devine and injured the fireman while four sleeping cars burned. Separately, two sawmills at Port Blakeley opposite Seattle burned in a rapid fire with total loss estimated at 250000 dollars and no insurance. A Burlington and Missouri flyer wreck at Cambridge Nebraska killed hogs and damaged the engine and several cars but left no fatalities with several injured passengers and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Screven
Savannah, Florida & Western Railroad
Devine
Port Blakeley
Seattle
Wash
Ter
Puget Sound
Burlington & Missouri
Cambridge
Neb
C. F. Born
Granville
Iowa
H. G. Terrill
McCook
Fannie Bloom
Denver
K. Gallagher
Granite
Col
Odell
MclInrey
Money carrying customs of immigrants at Castle Garden
The piece describes how English immigrants keep coins in a small chain attached case, Irish use canvas bags or sewn-in money, Germans belt hides, French use brass tubes, Italians wear long tin tubes, Swedes and Norwegians rely on large pocketbooks, and Slavonians conceal funds in boots, coats linings, caps, prayer books, or stockings with stockings rarely removed until change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Garden
Minnesota Railroad Commission Report on Pass System and Rates
The Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission's annual report covers tax receipts, casualty totals, and rail traffic for 1887, and discusses passes, free transportation, and the push for state control. It highlights passenger and freight rate decisions, court challenges, and the debate over state versus federal regulation of railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Rairoad Comm
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of
Minnesota
Weer
Duluth & Iron Range
Manitoba
Northern Pacific
Commission
District Court
Lamsey County
Manitova
Iowa & Minnesota
Milwaukee Road
Earnest Appeal Drives Minnesota Ex Prisoners Toward Strong Association
The piece urges ex prisoners of war in Minnesota to join a newly organized association to secure relief and cement bonds from suffering. It notes circulars have gone to known members and asks readers to forward names to secretary George W. Grant in Minneapolis. It also reports local criminal and legal items including a bastardy charge in Winona, a murder trial in Minneapolis, and updates on town meeting election law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Wil
Commission
Minneapolis
Iowa & Minnesota
Omaha
Manitoba and
Northern Pacific
Mankato
Minnesota
Association of Exprisoners
South
Confederacy
The
Union
George W. Grant
Winona
Richard Bourne
Bourne
Evears
Peter Barrett
Tollefsen
Moses E. Clapp
C. G. Edwards
Spring Valley
Minnesota State Farmers Alliance Holds Annual Capitol Meeting
The Minnesota State Farmers Alliance met at the capitol in St Paul with President Barrett in the chair. Attendees including Wurlong Diamond Tombs and Ignatius Donnelly heard speeches on rail tariff regulation, farm interests, and education at the state university. Officers elected included E. H. Atwood as president and Erick Olson as recording secretary. Resolutions endorsed October actions and urged warehouse rights, tariff reductions, and separation of the agricultural college from the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota State Farmers Alliance
Alliance
Capitol Building
St. Paul
Barrett
Messrs
Wurlong
Diamond and Tombs
McGill
Austin
State Bar
Supreme Court
Northrop
State University
Ignatius Donnelly
Canning
Hixon
Schram
Parker
Kimmel
Furlong
Dickerman
Bernard
Diamond
Carson
Olsen
Richmond
Boen
Machbar
Shields
Powell
Hunt
Donnelly
Clapp
Minnesota
Becker
Gibbs
E. H. Atwood
St. Cloud
Charles Canning
Norman County
Erick Olson
H. E. Boen
Otter Tail County
J.J. Furlong
Mower County
W. D. Armatrong
Waseca
EB. J. Farley
Scott
J. B. Tait Washington
T .i. Toombs
Grant
Last State Alliance
Agricultural College
Supreme Court rules on Minnesota liquor licensure case
The Minnesota Supreme Court in two opinions led by Chief Justice Gilfillan found that the 1587 high license law did not require wholesale liquor dealers to hold a license for selling liquor by the keg. Justice Vanderburg upheld the high license law’s constitutionality in a separate ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Gilfillan
State of
Minnesota
John Orth
Vanderburg
Orth
Hennepin
Supreme Court
Mostor
New Trial Granted in Duluth Abduction Case
Brown of Duluth sentenced to Stillwater for abduction gets a new trial, thought to lead to acquittal. Also noted are escapes, deaths, bank consolidations, and local officials cited across Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Philomelia S. Dart
Josiah R. Dart
Company A
Sth
Minnesota Volunters
Moral Abolish the noose in favor of humane execution methods
A New York Graphic essay argues for ending hanging and adopting electric or other methods. It recalls brutal public scenes in Bridget Durgen and Cornatti cases, critiques sheriffs and hangmen, and urges a standardized trained corps to carry out the law decently and in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Marwood
California
Cornatti
Washington
New Jersey
Captain Gordon
South Street
Boston
City
Isaacs
Haman
Bridget Durgen
Elizabeth
White Plains
Jeal
Jack Robinson
Chicago
Lucifer
Garden of Eden
Ain
Abel
Isaiah Rynders
Hicks
Rynders
United States
Ellis Island
Robert Murray
Gordon
Prussian Hussars Hear Christmas Speech From Prince William
A Christmas address to Potsdam guardsmen by Prince William praises God for King and country and urges bravery, obedience, and honor. He notes changing times, prays for the Crown Prince, and recalls the army as an extended family under the emperor. Hurrah for the emperor and king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Germany
Guards
Potsdam
Hussars
Death of a Polish Revolution ist
Henry Janko died December 10 at his Galicia country estate in Austria at age 80. A veteran Polish revolutionary, he fought in 1830 31 and 1848, joined the 1863 uprising, faced capture, and later refused mercy yet was amnestied. He served long in Galicia's provincial diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Janko
Galicia
Austria
Czartoryski
Dembinski
Janko
Langiewicz
At Last Presents and a Fatal Bridegroom’s Note
A Massachusetts village wedding ends in tragedy after the groom learns of the bride’s prior entrapment. Flowers with "At Last" sign the affair, and the bridegroom is found hanged in a barn. A note on a milking stool explains heartache and accusations of cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Araminta
Joke of a Dead Clerk Tactfully Tested by Employers
A St Louis dry goods clerk who boasted the firm could not survive his death is set to be treated as dead for a year. The senior partner and co owner decide to test the store’s prospects and consider the clerk dead as a managerial experiment while he remains employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Mr Nye Reveals Quiet Literary Habits in Parodic Interview
In a New York World piece the author mocks journalistic myths by detailing a comic routine: he writes in the day, walks with a Park perambulator, reads papers, and edits his conscience with charity. He jokes about health foods, dumbbells, brass knuckles, and dress codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Mr. Nye
New York
Trick a Youthful Millionaire Played on His Mamma
The New York Sun recounts a true tale of John Jacob Astor IV as a child. While his mother hosted a party, he sneaked upstairs then slid onions into the house heating ducts, triggering a strong onion odor that sent guests and servants into an uproar. He was spanked but not truly repentant, savoring the prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
John Jacob Astor
Johnnie
John
Grant on tobacco from a long interview
In a Pittsburg Dispatch correspondent account Gen. Grant spoke of tobacco after a long interview at the Mexican International Railway Co. offices. He described his preference for a large cigar, saying he would not advise others to quit and that even if tobacco shortened his life he would not give up his “good friend” cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Grant
Mexican International Railway Company
Pittsburg
A Hunter's Horrible Death Near Broken Bow Neb
James Rankin a young farmer living eighteen miles northeast of Broken Bow Neb started out December 10 for a hunt. His double barreled gun slipped from the seat and discharged into his heart when the hammers caught. His clothes burned from the flash, leaving only the over shoes and boot feet. The sleigh lay in a woods seat with the reins still held and the horses starving at a ravine edge. the body was found days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Republican
James Rankin
Broken Bow
Neb
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Henry K. Sidle
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Charles C. Mills
Ramsey County Almshouse
Mr. Mills
Poughkeepsie
T. M. Woodruff
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Luther Mendenhall
H. A. Ware
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Lansing Village
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