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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1897
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch offers a wry blend of aphorisms on life honesty and effort. It notes a Florida monkey farm as a humorous explanation for unreliable Cu ban war news from that state.
It is believed that many self help clubs will form when the minimum capital required by a national bank is fixed at twenty thousand dollars.
Sioux brave Wild Hog departs the reservation for New York to study civilization, amid rumors he may have learned of the See ley dinner from boys reading.
The discussion around featuring inventors on government currency has sparked claim that McCormick did not invent his well known reaper. The piece notes many inventors fade from memory while wealthier individuals profit from others' work.
A New York man asked a magistrate for a writ to force his wife to support him. Refused, he remarked that he might as well not be married if there is no way to compel a woman to do her duty. Is this the new man?
Four thousand four hundred seventy freedmen will be paid their portion of the strip money. They are erecting a pay house and a hotel to host visitors and sightseers, promising one of the most notable gatherings ever seen in the territory.
The Shelbyville ceremony ended oddly when Charles Comlin and Daisy Johnson wed before Squire Thomas Kenton. After the kiss, Comlin assaulted the officiant and fled, leaving Kenton with a doctor bill and a $5 note unpaid.
A clergyman argues that while bricks alone cannot earn a million, honest service guarding great interests can. He cites a man paid millions for exceptional work on vast pecuniary interests, and notes that even criminals sometimes accumulate large fortunes. The point is that value lies in the work's nature, not its title.
The annual Brice Fisheries report shows 48 million shad eggs collected and 83 million fry released into Atlantic streams. Lobster fry output reached 97 million, up from 72 million last year, with mackerel egg collection at 24 million and 31 million tautog clam eggs from Buzzards Bay.
An exchange notes France is flooded with foreign copper coins especially from Greece and Argentina. This causes riots in Lyons and Marseilles. The chamber has been informed, government bans foreign copper circulation but refuses blame. Bordeaux council calls for withdrawal by paying the coins at par.
A cousin of William Waldorf Astor works as a hotel servant in Missouri. Astor lives in England claiming a gentleman cannot reside in America. The chambermaid relative has inherited a fortune and could wed a European royal blood.
In a Washington committee room last winter, Missouri Congressman Riley Hall defeated Congressman Money in a sharp exchange. The incident stained proceedings and drew attention to intra party tensions amid ongoing legislative scrutiny.
The Indiana Women’s Christian Temperance Union has launched a campaign against the deadly cigarette. Petitions are circulating in every county to be presented to the legislature asking for a law prohibiting manufacture and sale in Indiana.
An Indiana statesman advocates a state tax on whiskies while warning that any evasion scheme would be a bare faced outrage. The remark signals a firm stance on taxation and tax enforcement.
Senate adopts amendment to the Indian appropriation bill opening all Uncompahgre lands in Utah to public entry under U S land laws except lands already allotted or selected for allotment, with a four-claim limit per person on lands containing gibsonite.
A concise review of key events from telegraph reports across the week. It surveys notable domestic and international happenings that drew public attention, summarizing trends and outcomes without graphic detail.
The Nation's Capital notes the Senate's executive confirmation of Isaac H. Lienberger of Missouri to be assistant attorney general. It also lists senate confirmations for Penry and Corby in California and a Sacramento land office official, plus a Hall National Bank authorization in Illinois and a street box contract awarded to Mayberry Ellis of Detroit worth about 50 000 dollars. The Kittitas Valley National Bank in Ellensburg faces a 100 percent stock assessment of 50 000 dollars after its July failure, with most stock held in the East.
West Virginia judge declines cabinet post. Albert M. Billings dies in Chicago. City Engineer William Smith of U S N dies in Philadelphia. Joseph Walker named postmaster at Minong Wisconsin. T M Lenehan to be consecrated bishop at Dubuque Iowa. Lance Sylvester dies in Virden Man. Galesburg grand jury indicts Anson Gregory for murder. Sir Bates Thurston dies. Faure appoints Dannat and Wanamaker as Legion of Honor foreign members. John E Northrop dies in Essex Connecticut. Matthew G Upton dies in San Francisco. Captain Alexander Hamilton Gilbert dies in Chester Connecticut. John F E Northrop dies in Essex. Hinckley dies at Portland. Dr Mrs Marilla M Ricker seeks US minister to Colombia post. Mrs Ricker among first women to vote in the country.
Reports detail Henry McDonald killed by fellow miner Jesse Maverty in Indiana. A Pittsburg fire destroys Fifth Avenue property worth about $100000. A Cornish viaduct collapse in England kills twelve. Steamer Angloman ashore near Liverpool with all crew saved. City of Agra passengers rescued. Louisville Evansville & St Louis shops fire destroys equipment, 200 jobs lost. Cyrus Longnecker’s body found near Manheim after presumed drowning. Baltimore & Ohio freight collision injures crew. Louisville & Nashville crash near Montgomery kills two. Telegraph operator fled after a fatal missignal near Myers Switch.
Reports detail Joseph White shot and killed by Officer James Sawyer in Hoppertown Michigan during arrest resistance. A Clearfield Pennsylvania post office safe was blown open with $1 000 in stamps and $200 cash stolen. In Albuquerque New Mexico Mrs Samona Gutierrez is arrested for poisoning her husband. Nels Benson age 30 is murdered in Minneapolis by an unidentified man and woman witnessed by several boys. Frank E Frink a Sprague Washington farmer is tarred and feathered along with a colored courtesan. In Chicago Texas Tom known jockey Thomas Redmond shot and mortally wounded John Stewart after a dispute over a beer. Billy Young convicted of murder in Sioux City after killing gambler George Hiodt. life term recommended. In Memphis ex congressman William R Moore injured by cane assault tied to political motives. Merchants National Bank Osceola president T S McConnell charged with falsifying records and embezzling 80000.
A collage of disparate events includes alleged heavy investments in North Dakota by unnamed interests, an assault on Charles Drinkwater of the Canadian Pacific in Montreal, a rancher’s wife throwing her children into the Yellowstone, a bank cashier from Bethléhem missing with a large cash shortage, Kentucky Governor mobilizing troops over a Black case, and a Norfolk dairy worker thwarting a mass poison plot by noticing odd milk coloring.
The report notes plague reaching Afghanistan and Cretan insurgents holding ecclesiastics as hostages. CP railroad weekly earnings rose to 352000, up from 253000 last year, with a 21000 decrease. Bombay reports ships poorly managed spreading infections with nights without care. Madrid says Cuba reform pins civil military split. Pearl Harbor funding okayed. Ontario brewer appeal dismissed. Archduke Otto arrives in Berlin for ceremony. A grand ball honors President Diaz in Mexico City, praised as a landmark event for Newark readers.
A sugar price clash described as a war unfolds in Nebraska with a group called the Southern Refining company opposing a sugar trust. The report notes price battles, organization, and regional economic impact.
The Senate names its joint reapportionment committee members across districts. Bills passed include certificates of sale and village separations from town governments, mortgage foreclosures validity, and municipal court reforms. House actions cover bicycle path construction, liens and school funds, rail and telegraph company taxation, and repealing the struck jury law by a 73 to 0 vote.
In St Paul on February 12 the house voted v 14 to seat Populist Hall in Coates’s seat, rejecting the committee’s findings. The debate featured party distance, with leaders Johns and Vigen opposing the committee, and a lengthy session approving various bills and adjourning for Lincoln’s birthday.
The Minnesota Senate spent a busy day with many measures referred to committees and special orders set. The House passed eight of nine calendar bills while considering H. F. 352 on mortgages and stalling one bicycle path bill.
The Post on Fifth Avenue suffered almost total destruction with an estimated $60,000 loss, insured, while Gleason the railroad ticket taker also lost little. The Commercial Gazette faced imminent danger but was saved by firefighters. The Post and Commercial offered use of each other’s presses and offices. Electric wires are suspected in starting the blaze.
Advices from Bida Nupe territory dated Jan 29 describe Sir George Goldie's Royal Niger expedition capturing Bida after a two night battle. Deputations from Nupe towns sought permanent protection from the Fulahs as British officers occupied the emir’s palace and planted the flag atop its highest pinnacle.
Americus Georgia February 14 Sam Grant condemned for murderer George Davis was to be hanged at noon. Intercession via long distance telephone from Atlanta caused Governor Atkinson to order a temporary respite to 2 pm and then to postpone the execution until next Friday.
Chicago Alderman Thomas J. O Malley and John Santry were acquitted by a jury after a month long trial over the murder of Guy Collander, an election judge shot in a 1894 polling place raid. Gus Collander presided as judge during that local election.
In Laporte Indiana on February 15 Mrs William Swan of Elkhart is dying from a parasitic ear infestation. A prior summer a bug lodged in her ear and could not be removed. Physicians later found larvae in her head and live insects inside, and the痛 she grew deranged from pain but awaits death.
San Francisco police swept Chinatown on February 15 and arrested 500 Chinese suspects. A company of 55 officers raided gambling dens simultaneously, catching operators in full blast and disrupting the operations.
Berlin reports that Emperor Wilhelm urged strengthening the German navy during a parliamentary dinner with Minister of Finance Miguel in attendance. The newspapers in Berlin carry the note of his emphasis on naval expansion.
In Washington on February 11 Senator Morgan announces his suspension of the Nicaragua canal bill for the current session. He plans to revisit it in the coming extra session as the bankruptcy bill moves forward. The agricultural appropriation passes at 8 253 500 dollars and electoral votes are formally counted proclaiming McKinley and Hobart elected. The house passes a bill extending railroad land forfeiture compliance and the senate bill on obscene material carried by express companies heads to the president for signature.
The Senate approved the diplomatic and consular appropriation totaling 1,645,208 dollars with minor increases. It set next Wednesday at 4 p.m. for a final vote on the immigration conference report and adjourned after executive session on the arbitration treaty. The House advanced fortifications and post office appropriation bills amid a broader debate on national finance.
The senate passed a Hill of New York resolution urging Secretary Olney to aid jailed Cuba correspondent Sylvester Sco vel and assert treaty rights. Alabama's Morgan offered to abrogate the Clayton Bulwer treaty. Lincoln’s statue in the old hall was draped with flowers for his eighty eighth birthday as the house debated postal needs and approved the post office appropriation of 95 3,714.
In Washington the Senate pressed executive business with a naval aid resolution for India relief and a landmark clash over the Clayton Bulwer treaty. The House moved swiftly through sundry civil appropriation debates and a large $50,644,743 bill, while passing measures on Pass la Outre and uniformed guards. The Benoit Boatner election result was affirmed unanimously amid a diplomatic conference report and conference on agricultural spending.
Senator Chandler delivered a three hour speech in favor of bimetallism criticizing Palmer and the Indianapolis convention. He condemned silver Republicans who bolted St. Louis and highlighted a dramatic exchange with Mrs. Pettigrew. The session briefly moved to executive before resuming. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up with no action. The pension night faced quorum gaps, delaying further moves.
A bill defining United States court jurisdiction in cases involving infringement of letters patent was passed as part of private pension legislation. The measure clarifies where patent disputes may be heard and advances congressional concerns over intellectual property within the pension framework.
In ire Ohio on February 17, workers at Bodofer Bros. under American Flint Glass were told they would be discharged if they did not accept the unlimited rule. More than 100 men chose to quit, resulting in the closure of the works.
Since Thursday three feet of snow have fallen in the Cascade mountains, elevating the average snow depth along the Northern Pacific tunnel to eleven feet. The track remains passable due to rotaries clearing the lines.
West Gate Iowa Feb 17 John Naurtz a well to do farmer living two miles north attempted to end his life by shooting his act is attributed to family troubles and is being investigated by local authorities.
Athens reports four torpedo boats ready to sail to Crete and troops rushed to the frontier. Prince George leads the first flotilla amid strong provincial and city enthusiasm. London notes potential grave consequences with possible Greek Turkish clash. Times reports villages in flames and Christians fled to Sitia as massacres continue.
A severe Feb storm strikes the Northwest with heavy snow and forty mile per hour winds. Rail lines including Chicago and Northwestern Milwaukee and Great Northern are blocked. St Cloud Brainerd report record snow depths hindering lumbering operations and threatening statewide railroad disruption.
A heavy blizzard blanketed Grantsburg Wisconsin on February 15 delaying all forest work. Snow in the pineries measures about three feet on the level, halting lumber operations and snow disruption continues throughout the day.
A violent storm hit St. Vincent Minnesota on Saturday with record snowfall unseen in fifteen years. Residents near the river fear flooding and consider moving to higher ground amid rising water levels.
Ellendale North Dakota reports a fresh 6 inch snowfall during a 24 hour storm, adding to the already massive winter accumulation.
The National Dairy union opened in Chicago at the Sherman house led by ex Governor Hoard of Wisconsin. It adopted resolutions urging the Department of Agriculture to aid dairy interests against dairy substitutes and to cooperate with such interests in their fight. It also urged the upper house to act on the Great bill regulating oleomargarine sales. Officers elected: President W. D. Hoard Wisconsin, Vice President W. J. Boardman Illinois, Treasurer H. B. Garler DeKalb, Secretary Charles Y. Knight Chicago.
Hot Springs South Dakota February 15 Col Swan receiver for the Dakota Hot Springs company owning the Evans hotel and bath houses was ousted by twelve deputy sheriffs acting for another receiver. Swan had argued a mortgage stipulation gave him possession if foreclosure began but he left only after revolvers were drawn and threats of bloodshed.
Miss Al ice Hyde of Vermillion returns her first prize medal and $40 from the South Dakota oratorical contest held at Yankton amid plagiarism charges from fellow association members. Officials say no exact copying is proven though some ideas show similarity to other authors.
Bloomington Illinois February 15 grand jury indicts Capt Daniel Foster mayor on two counts for letting Ryan the Chicago pickpocket escape from the city prison on October 15 and for malfeasance. Ryan says he paid 150 and a diamond pin for his freedom and that Jay Smith arranged the escape.
Harry Davis, charged with the murder of Night Officer Joseph Baker at North Baltimore Ohio on June 21, 1806, has been arrested in Denver. He was betrayed to Denver police by his younger brother Guy, with whom he had traveled through the South and in Mexico since his escape.
New York February 15 officers of the Fourth National Bank note Merchants' National of Helena Mont has suspended but says it has always kept a balance with them and still holds such a balance now.
Northfield Minn Feb 15 The non society men of poor can have organized a new society known as the Athenan.
Reports include Park Rapids court session to issue citizens papers, Nelson votes to become a city, Rochester and Windom business moves, deaths of Mrs. Jane Vroman and James S. McCloud, a fatal fall and a string of fires, burglaries, and accidents across towns like Faribault Perham Duluth Stillwater and Mankato.
A gentleman visits an artist studio with a favorite dog. The dog barks at a painting as the guest praises the faithful depiction. The artist protests it is a cow, provoking the guest to remark that the dog’s eyes see better than his.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes Signora Cousino of South America as the world’s wealthiest woman. It reports her new mine purchase and two ranches, with monthly mine yields totaling about $185,000, plus thriving stock farms and extensive holdings, ships, and landed interests.
In a small town scandal, Mrs. Plunks smiles as news spreads that seventeen silver spoons were stolen, while the husband laments the burglary as a personal blow and gossip swirls around the household.
A local figure described as a well traveled talker contrasts his travels with a vast private collection of guide books kept in his possession. The remark highlights a surprising breadth of knowledge about places while noting the speaker has never left the state.
In the Cleveland Leader snippet a conversation shows Biddy and a mistress discussing a stamp and a letter. Biddy reveals the letter was posted without a stamp, slipping into the box un stamped.
An inventor Signor Corzette claims a spherical boat can descend to any depth and stay submerged. In Spezzia he sank with two friends to about thirty feet using 2000 cubic feet of compressed air, but could not rise for eighteen hours due to insufficient water ballast expelled by air pressure.
Exchange between a hostess and Tommy ends with a playful, cautious remark. The New York Dispatch notes the boy’s tenderness toward his mother and the hostess’s light curiosity about propriety.
A clerk asks to stipulate that the mortgage be paid in gold. The money lender replies with a wry remark about applying the gold standard to money matters.
A juror foreman comments on an acquitted man saying the lawyer cried during testimony and the judge’s mercy would have restored the stolen money if two more minutes had passed, highlighting the tense mood after the trial.
Miss Point Breeze is described as a popular girl who sleigh rides nearly every night. Mr Homewood comments on her, noting her popularity and charm in a Pittsburg Chronicle item.
The piece extols kidneys as important organs and describes how disease usually harms them gradually. It recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to forestall maladies and to aid malarial, bilious, rheumatic, nervous, bowel, and kidney troubles without overstimulation.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Warmheart asking why children go barefoot and Pat O Hoolihan replying that there is a reason in his family morning more than shoes. The sketch captures a dialect humor moment in Harper's Round Table.
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