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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1897
Page
7
A Brainerd Dispatch editorial reflects on envy, action over words, and self-made character. It contrasts Rockefeller as the world's richest man with Li Hung Chang, noting Rockefeller's powerful trust and limited risk from government. The piece questions virtue, gossip, and duty in public life.
June 30 1895 total railway mileage reached 180657.47 miles, up 1948.92 miles or 1.09 percent. 1894 gain was 2247.48 miles, 127 percent, the smallest annual rise in the period. Increases over 100 miles occurred in Arizona Illinois Pennsylvania Maine Texas and Montana. Total track length reached 236894.26 miles including 10639.96 miles of second track 975.25 miles of third track 733.12 miles of fourth track and 43888.46 miles of yard track and sidings.
The U S consul at Deme rara highlights British Guiana butter trade data. Less than 10,000 pounds produced. 1895-96 imports total 566,381 pounds from Great Britain valued at 103,081.08, 257,876 pounds from France valued at 50,647.54, 276,876 pounds from the United States valued at 2,952.86. Butter arrives mostly in ice vessels not ready for market. two classes exist: sealed 1–2 pound tins selling 40–48 cents per pound and bulky barrels selling about 30 cents. First grade similar to dairy firkins. New York quotes around 17 cents. Second class similar to bakers’ tubs. New York quotes about 11 cents. Export butter for tropics salted more heavily than temperate-zone butter.
A year or two ago Queen Victoria ordered her child’s dolls exhibited and photographed. In Salisbury’s close a Marie Antoinette dressed doll is shown as a relic of a mother’s love. The British Museum houses a doll found in a princess’s sarcophagus, likely the oldest doll known, tied to ancient Egypt.
In Kalamazoo Michigan last week Reverend Caroline J. Bartlett of the People's Church wed herself to Dr. A W Crane. The episode mocks the sanctity of marriage and provokes clergy to protest perceived subversion of the marriage industry.
A exhortation to continually seek and draw out the good in others. Encourages developing a mindset that recognizes strengths, nurtures positivity, and helps individuals reach their best with attentive guidance.
Over the past week four students in Colorado Springs were found to write backward and upside down. Teachers noted the behavior was not unusual and described the condition as easily curable with simple remedies.
A reflective remark on self awareness notes that when a man examines himself honestly he cannot help questioning why he stands as well as he does given all factors involved.
A reflective remark on how people misstate reality when their intuition about what should be shapes their words. It suggests truthfulness is compromised when expectations override actual conditions. The line reasons that describing things as they ought to be differs from how they are in fact.
A brief note states the queen regent of Spain smokes twelve cigarettes a day. It mentions the late Alphonse died when he did, implying a connection to contemporary commentary.
A reflective line notes that certain people value themselves highly and consistently seek or notice appreciation from others, suggesting they do not rely on external validation to feel worthy. The remark frames self-regard as a constant, almost self-contained source of affirmation.
Matt Reed of this county was arrested on a Casselton North Dakota warrant charging him with complicity in a wheat stealing case near the city last November. Officer Ballard, armed with requisition papers signed by Governor Clough, departed Little Falls for North Dakota with Reed.
Winona Minnesota special verdict found Thomas Blagik guilty of burglary in the third degree in the district court.
A compact weekly digest summarizing global important events from across regions. It presents condensed highlights in a quick, readable form for busy readers, focusing on major developments and notable outcomes.
Word reaches Secretary Herbert and Commander Brown at Norfolk navy yard that the United States vessel Alliance used as a school ship for naval apprentices went ashore at Cape Henry, Va. The commandant reports no injuries and that she was seated without assistance. Captain Zalinski, famed for his dynamite gun, aims to press military instruction in public schools and advance in patriotic education.
Obituaries report the sudden death of Sioux City architect W D McLaughlin likely by poisoning. The Earl of Kinnoull dies, aged around 78, with Lord Hay of Kinfauns as heir. Gen A J Smith laid to rest in St Louis, attended by dignitaries and a US Army battalion. Lady Henry Somerset undergoes an operation after a carriage crash. Sims Reeves, famed tenor, declared bankrupt after fortune and fame. David D Phillips, Pottsville Politician, dies of stomach cancer at 50. served in the House and as a Republican convention delegate.
Miss Catherine Springer a Berne Indiana orphanage matron faces arrest for faith cure on an inmate. Bradley’s bank Eldon Iowa robbed safe blown open funds 5000 to 5000. Francis Wolff body found in San Francisco suspected in mistress murder. Louis C Evans Springfield Ohio displays no ill effects after attempted death by own action. Charlotte Brown St Louis teacher struck by pupil unconscious for forty minutes. An embryo pugilist unidentified by victim who refused name. Taylor Missouri outlaw captured near Hanford California brought to jail. Lizzie Chapman near Homerville Georgia killed child with thrown knot after failed chase. Bank at Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania attempted bank bombing motive linked to depositor resentment. John R Breeze deputy sheriff Westchester County New York leaves St Louis with Arthur Palmer in custody for murder of family near Larchmont.
The Mark Lane Express notes surprising price declines in the United States despite solid 1806 crop returns. Scotland Yard holds out hope for a stolen jewelry reward. Canadian cattle dealers expect export gains from quarantine relief. The London emigration office warns Englishmen about South Dakota settlements tied to colonizing agents. A Cuban war feat targets Col. San Martin, with the Texan Lone Star Company hailed for abducting him.
The cruiser Philadelphia which sailed down the Southern coast to Callao on a three month cruise is now on the way back. Mrs Leland Stanford will first sell lands then personal property in her husband’s estate. Herman Oerlichs was sworn in as foreman of the February grand jury in New York City. In Lincoln Nebraska relief officials report five loaded corn cars for Chicago relief and one car at each Hastings Aurora and Wilcox. Gen Porter asks for Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians to march in Washington inaugural parade with fifty reds. Michigan University debaters named Chandler Luthers and Carmody prepare to meet Chicago on April 16. A twelve year old gray Mexican parrot defeats a large Yorkshire terrier for 500 dollars in Hawthorne New Jersey. Dayton county jail was placed
Health Officer Idldings places George Summel in quarantine after a severe varioloid diagnosis while awaiting transfer from Ohio reform atory for burglary and larceny. A San Francisco hospital reports a man claiming royal birth, Eugene de Beauharnais, died. he asserted descent from Empress Josephine and service in the Confederate navy.
The third portion of the late Hyman Montague English coin collection sold over seven days in London, achieving 43 019 dollars. Previous lots and other coins included Greek and Roman gold sales, with the Juxon medal fetching 3 850 dollars and items from Mary, Philip and Mary, Elizabeth, Cromwell, and James II drawing high prices. Notable pieces included a 1658 Cromwell crown for 760, a 5-guinea 1686 piece with elephant and castle for 125, and a 1690s James II items at elevated values, reflecting strong demand for pattern and regal coinage from the era.
Nova Scotia accounts describe a new electric harpoon system devised by Captain Hershell of Halifax. A 10,000 volt dynamo powers a insulated wire and rubber covered harpoon to strike whales from a distance of up to 10,000 feet, delivering a fatal shock as the spear contacts the whale.
The Kruppe works in Essen Germany recently produced the largest steam boiler plate. It measures 3e feet long by 11 feet wide with 114 inch thickness, 4290 square feet surface and 387600 pounds weight. A English Stockton Malleable plate is far smaller by comparison, 74 feet long 5 feet wide 3 4 inch thick, about 370 square feet surface and 125 pounds weight.
A Cincinnati Enquirer item recounts a husband who traded his wife for a pipe after disputes over smoking in the house. The tale centers on Mr Ferry and the wife, illustrating a drastic, satirical rumble of domestic life.
A brief witticism from the Indianapolis Journal scene features a colonel and a remark about drinking water. The colonel answers stiffly that it is distilled watah, reflecting period humor and social tone.
The Minnesota Senate and House clash over tax law revisions and a queue of bills. Key measures include a reform to the tax system, bonds for Fort Ridgley improvements, library funding, and penalties for larceny, with debates on railroad commissioner selection and public office eligibility shaping the week.
In St Paul on Feb 9 the senate debated S F 192 a committee substitute for S F 167 governing teacher examinations by county superintendents. A key objection centered on a provision requiring first grade certificates only for those who have taught at least one term. Committee members defended the clause as protecting school districts. The house discussed numerous bills including legalizing certain certificates and records for mortgage foreclosures, enabling village separation from town governments, forming town insurance firms, and creating municipal courts in small cities. The session opened late awaiting a quorum, with numerous petitions and minor bills considered.
In St Paul on February 10 the senate approved Senator Thorpe's bill placing the state railroad commission under civil service rules by a 7 to 0 vote. The same session saw Greer's traveling library bill pass 31 to 12. Also on the calendar were measures to amend trust and bond laws and to modify city building debt issuance, with additional committee recommendations to repeal a county receipts law from 1895 and related real actions rights.
A parliamentary session itemized measures on courts of justice, real property actions, and recordable decrees. It reported 10 day deadlines for a towns and counties bill and moved toward school district depository designations and seed grain loans while debating capital punishment and rail and telegraph regulation.
A man was found dead on the main line of the Soo railroad at Freeman Michigan after a train passed over him. Police report says he had been drinking prior to the fatal accident.
Duluth Minn Feb 9 Two indictments from the grand jury were made public P J Borgstrom register of deeds St Louis County is charged with misappropriating county funds 665 25 Another indictment targets Moses Cook Isaac Abrahamson Hermen Cohen and W M Abrahamson charged with conspiracy Finch Van Slyke Young of St Paul are named in the case
The Columbia Opera Company was roughed up by a gang of cowboys at Shelley Junction Montana on their arrival. Cowboys fired revolver shots as the troupe disembarked and for three hours continued to terrorize and taunt the performers including the women, with fighting and insults reported.
Clough and Anderson machinists of Jamestown North Carolina have invented a hand powered valve planer that can attach to most steam cylinders and plane valves without disassembling major engine parts. It features a four to twenty two inch variable stroke and aims to complete work in hours instead of days, possibly the only machine of its kind.
The Ranging Good Fort Pierre segment notes Louis LaPlant stating a rider covered 75 miles between Bad River and White River. He inspected at least 60,000 head of cattle, all in first class shape with plenty of range and no deaths found.
Five of the state’s boldest wheat thieves, named Patterson, Allen, Burns, Drysdale, Scouler, and McMannis, pleaded guilty at Wheatland. Two additional farmers near the town remain jailed awaiting trial as more grain and related cases are investigated.
Fargo physicians met to organize against Senate bill DeLendrecie or DeLendrecie osteopathy bill allowing osteopathic college graduates to practice in North Dakota without the standard examination required for other medical graduates.
The St Elizabeth mission buildings and contents west of the Missouri were destroyed by fire. Miss Francis, head of the institution aiding Indian mission work, was badly burned while attempting to save belongings.
Under Sheriff Graham Rice of Superior travels to Eau Claire with Lilly after arrest at Stevens Point. Two Lilly friends tried to rescue him at Merrillan Junction depot. Rice repelled them with a revolver and sent the prisoner aboard a train.
In Cloquet Minnesota deputy U S marshal reports wholesale arrests of alleged timber trespassers on the Chippewa reservation. Those arrested will be taken to Duluth for a hearing. This is preliminary, with more arrests expected.
In Helena Montana on February 9 a six year old boy, son of James A Mackey, was burned when a lighted lamp ignited his clothes. He ran to bed to smother the blaze but suffered fatal burns.
The Crook murder jury at Mankato Minnesota was discharged without a verdict. Eight jurors favored murder in the first or second degree while four urged acquittal. The case will be resumed at an adjourned term on March 8.
In Eden Valley Minnesota on February 9 Miss Nettie Boynton and William Dull attended church at the Jones schoolhouse each evening last week then drove to St. Cloud to marry. The elopement occurred after the girl's parents opposed the match.
Nora Springs Iowa February 9 W A Lichtenwalter a wealthy farmer living west of town committed suicide by hanging. He was a stockholder in the First City Bank and it is believed worry over bank affairs unsettled his mind.
The dead body of Mrs. Ole Ellingson was found frozen in the Lund area eight miles from Evansville Minnesota. She had been missing since Wednesday.
Jared Van Wagenen Jr notes that nonnutritive food components affect butter quality. Corn and wheat improve texture and flavor. cottonseed meal can harden butter and cause it to dodge when cut in cold weather. linseed meal buckwheat middlings soften with stickiness and poor body. malt sprouts worsen butter. effects mainly alter texture, not taste, and depend on amounts and other factors.
A tourist notes Nome streets show odd house numbers like 126 and 144 instead of 1 percent. The Berlin merchant seeks to change shop No 13 to 13B but the magistrate denies it. In Frankfurt officials allow 13 to be changed. authorities grant the change on simple application.
A reader note explains that pianos suffer from temperature swings like people. Keep pianos in a moderately warm, even 60 to 70 degrees year round, away from heat sources, closed and covered, and placed against an inside wall.
A brief humor item recalls Willie Wishington answering a question from a young woman about fancy skating methods. He states he can skate in only two ways, standing up and sitting down, illustrating a playful street scene from Washington St.
An express messenger on the west-bound Santa Fe train near Nelson Arizona shot and killed one armed robber who entered the mail car and began stealing registered sacks. The second robber fled with some packages. The dead man was taken to Peach Springs for identification. the incident occurred as the train was stopped by two masked men.
In Champaign on February 10 Undertaker Fox was called to prepare a burial for a girl at Ida Simpson's house. He noted facial movements and summoned Dr J M Bartholomew who revived the girl after hours of effort. The physician terms poisoning suspected. no arrests yet. The girl, naming herself Alice Page, says her parents live in Jewett Cumberland County.
In New York on February 10 reports indicate Great Northern has practically decided to extend its railroad from Fosston to Duluth in northern Minnesota. A surveying party has mapped nearly due east from Fosston and the line is being thoroughly surveyed, with plans to push the route through at an early date.
A Pensacola special to the Citizen reports a boiler explosion at Simpson & Bagdad gang mill, twenty miles east of Jacksonville, one of the Souths largest plants. Paul Raymond of New Orleans was killed and another man fatally scalded. The mill sustained heavy damage.
Drop in steel rail prices across Chicago and Pittsburgh signals a collapse of the steel rail pool. On February 10 steel rails fetched 18 dollars per ton in Chicago and 15.25 in Pittsburgh, after a prior drop to 26 dollars and 25 dollars respectively on Monday.
In Coudersport Pennsylvania the coroner's jury found Miaora Ellsworth guilty of wilful and deliberate murder in the drowning death of the infant child of Mr and Mrs Martin Ellsworth. The father was held as an accessory.
Indianapolis Feb 10 A man named Von Berg from Boston was arrested for obtaining goods under false pretenses He claimed to represent Deboney Co of Boston and secured diamonds clothing and furniture amounting to a large value.
Locating Deep Harbors, Washington reports the commission appointed by the president to locate a deep water harbor at Santa Monica or San Pedro California will meet here to survey and prepare estimates and report to the secretary of war after several weeks of field work.
John J. Clare was struck and killed by a Buffalo express train near North Tarrytown on February 10. Papers found on him identified him as John Clare. authorities believe he was traveling on foot from Milwaukee to New York.
Officials in Madras deny Bombay reports of plague among Hindoo devotees from Poona and southern India. Madras and the region are officially declared plague free.
Philadelphia February 10 the American line steamship Ohio, recently sailing from this port with a large party bound for semi tropical waters south of the United States, has arrived at Bermuda.
Fire in the naphtha district of Baku destroys twenty nine platforms and five depots containing a million poods of naphtha in St. Petersburg reporting.
Foreman North Dakota February 10 A severe storm halts rail operations nationwide with Soo Line failing to depart from Oakes this morning.
Fire destroyed the Burtwood Cycle company's plant in New London Wisconsin on February 10. Loss on stock and building is $12,000 with $6,000 covered by insurance. The blaze caused extensive damage to the factory and disrupted production plans for cycling parts. Authorities investigated the cause and estimated repairs would take weeks.
A riot by striking miners at J. H. Somers Fuel Co. mines in Belle Vernon Pa left Superintendent William Bates and Boss Hauler Charles Cannahan shot and likely fatally wounded.
The National Linseed Oil company filed a first mortgage bond to secure an issue of fifteen year 6 percent gold bonds worth 1.5 million dollars. The bonds are payable at the Central Trust Company's office in New York.
In St Louis a unemployed man, John Geisen, seized a lame coal dealer’s horse from boys, killed it at his hut, and began roasting the hind quarter to feed his starving wife and four children. He admitted they had eaten nothing for three days and had not eaten meat for months.
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the return of Count Muravieff solidifies belief that Russia will maintain peaceful, forward policy. Prince Lobanoff is cited as upholding the approach, aligning current czarist governance with past prosperity and continued advancement.
Special-Irrank Anderson was convicted of attempting to kiss Mrs. Hilda C. Carson by force in police court and fined $25 by Judge Twohy, a ruling that sets a high value on stolen kisses in St. Paul.
Telegrams from Key West announce that General Anaragaren has burned Guanabacoa, a suburb of Havana, in a report highlighting the action and its location.
At Linton's funeral, a professional London cyclist, his wheel draped in black followed behind the hearse as the procession proceeded, marking a solemn farewell.
Promoting Salter's farm seeds the note touts astonishing per acre outputs: 264 bushels corn, 230 oats, 173 barley, and 1600 potatoes, claiming farmers can profit at 10 cents per bushel with these varieties.
A brief New York Journal item quotes a conversation where a woman refuses, calling pity akin to love, and clarifies that in her case it is a stepmother. The exchange centers on social propriety and familial tension between the speaker and her suitor as he clings to hopeful pity.
An advertisement proposes cures for sexual weakness promising permanent results. For $11, the seller W. IL. Baker at Grand Opera House Lock, St. Paul, Minnesota claims to send recipes that will positively cure the condition from any cause.
The Sea of Azov and the Don river froze solid suddenly trapping over twelve steamers and many ships on the ice between Azov and Rostov. It is a rare event with no century record of the sea freezing solid before this year and a dramatic embrace of the frozen surface.
A compact health note likens the nervous system to strings of a musical instrument. It asserts that when balanced it harmonizes with the body, while weakness causes jangled nerves. The tonic promises digestion aid, improved secretion, regular bowel action, and prevention of malaria, rheumatic, and kidney issues.
The article notes bullfighters earn more than all but the nobles and rival colonial officials. Guerrita appeared sixty eight times, earning 306000 francs. Reverte thirty eight appearances for 143500 francs. Mazzanti 29 battles for 151000 francs. Bombita 120000 francs and Algabigue 115000. Spain spends over 5 million francs yearly on the sport. more than 1,000 bulls are slain by about twenty three top bullfighters nationwide.
Advertises purchase of a fine farm in Gowl fruit country with warm climate at 16 000 to 20 00 per acre. Seeks inquiries to W. Carpenter of Bolivar Polk Co Missouri.
An automatic tire pump attached to the bicycle saddle uses rider motion to inflate tires. With each bounce on the saddle air is forced into the tires, providing a self powered inflation mechanism.
An 1805 British notice touts Mra Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain and inflammation with a 25 cent price. A sensational anecdote claims the king of Annuam has over 100 wives and long nails cared for by five wives. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is endorsed by Mrs Mulligan of Plumstead. A Southern California El Pinal vineyard advertises the world’s largest br ankdy still, capable of turning 15,000 gallons of wine into brandy per day.
An old advertisement promotes cascars as a cure all stimulating fever kidneys and bowels without sickness weakness or griping. The copy emphasizes safety and efficacy while urging purchase at the price of 1 cent.
A Detroit Free Press quote notes Chumley acknowledging reduced expenditures after marriage, stating he has much less to spend than before. The remark highlights a shift in personal finances and domestic budgeting in a light, conversational tone.
The article prints the names of habitual drunkards in Lauven Prussian Silesia and provides a list of innkeepers. It notes that any person supplying them with intoxicants faces a heavy fine.
The Free Press reports on ostriches swallowing rocks to aid grinding food while contrasting this with a human frailty where a downtrodden man harms himself to gain sustenance and asserts ownership of his landlady.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity for catarrh a constitutional disease requiring constitutional treatment. It asserts internal use affects blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for any uncured case, and urges sending for testimonials while noting Hall's Family Pills.
The government established the National Bank of Norway and required inhabitants to subscribe to stock in five unit sums to simplify bookkeeping. The bank will also operate as a pawnshop.
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