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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
3
Brainerd Dispatch surveys a radical plan for a giant excavation as the proposed centerpiece instead of an Eiffel tower. The piece notes public skepticism about the project’s feasibility and the general mood around the fair preparations.
The president, secretary of war, and commanding general close the case by exonerating Colonel Forsythe and dismissing claims that the Wounded Knee engagement was premeditated butchery.
The article notes the vast guidance given to the public on hygiene for brain workers and quips that this may reflect a shortage of brain for hygiene workers.
A description recounts how Admiral Porter used a sham monitor built from a coal barge with pork barrel smokestacks and a mud turret to mislead Confederate gunboats. The account frames the maneuver as a notable Civil War ruse attributed to Porter.
In a sharp metropolitan tone, New York comments on Chicago’s approach to the 1893 World’s Fair, accusing the city of overreaction and petty rivalry. The piece frames the dispute as a clash of city pride and preparation tactics amid grand plans.
The New York Custom House has classified Henceforward Kocn’s lymph with a 25 percent customs duty. Officials state this protects American homes and develops domestic industries.
Micuard Eyroup, executed in France recently, left a life insurance of $10,000 but payment is refused. French companies do not honor death by execution. The incident fuels demand for a policy covering execution risks.
A New York City charity home associated with Turmatron was ejected for failure to maintain cleanliness. Critics urge charity workers to visit crowded tenement quarters to observe how cleanliness is kept for children.
A blandishing, moon-eyed man from the land of the mandarin cheated the United States government out of 30 000 by slipping past Frisco customhouse authorities. The piece notes that only a government customs official would be tricked by such diplomatic joss-worshipers.
Deed of trust transfers a generous gift to aid poor Hebrew immigrants and names New Yorkers as trustees with agents in other cities to cooperate in selecting beneficiaries. The plan enables intake of applicants from Boston and other locations.
The Supreme Court ruled that under the Thurman Act the Central Union Pacific Railway must pay 25 percent of its net earnings to the government. Expenses for improvements and repairs are not deductible from gross earnings to determine net earnings used for the percentage.
The text compares petty killings in New York and Jack the Ripper in England to argue against resuming operations at the Tewkesbury tannery where human skins were processed into leather. It argues pauper skins from Whitechapel should not compete with local products.
James O G rapy of Syracuse New York claims a reptile dwells in his stomach and emerges when he drinks port wine provoking choking sensations. He notes water intake does not trigger the creature and quips the serpent is not temperance friendly.
The article notes Mr Swanney mocks a tale that he will donate gifts from European crowned heads and admirers to Gen Booth of the Salvation Army for London's poor. It contends he will mislay or fail to realize the valuable keepsakes before delivering any lift to Booth.
Senora Gonzaes, wife of Mexico's former president, is touring the United States unescorted and unattended by a maid after twelve months away from home. She has visited major European cities, appears about 35, and is noted as a fine-looking woman with brown eyes, olive skin, and black hair. She is interested in medicine and a graduate of two medical colleges.
The article recalls the old wager of battle or trial by combat once sanctioned by courts and notes a cited claim that the least such case occurred in New Hampshire at the century’s end. It contrasts past court sanctioned combat with modern litigants who fight privately and face court penalties for belligerent conduct.
A solemn funeral in St Louis marks the farewell to a revered military commander. Gen Merritt leads a six-division procession through Pine Street to Calvary Cemetery. The body, borne by the Seventh Cavalry, rests under a Catholic rite led by Father Sherman after long, orderly rites.
An elderly pair observes a fashionably dressed woman whose skirt makes a soft rustling sound as she walks. The noise comes from a silk strip under the lower layer, a European fad cited by the men who traveled with their wives and saw similar fashion in Paris and London.
The Schliemann method praised by Bayard Taylor emphasizes reading aloud without translation, daily lessons under supervision, and learning by heart. He reportedly mastered at least two languages yearly and credited voice exercise for strong lungs and overall health.
A Chicago Herald writer recalls a fashionable woman recounting a terrifically insulting incident by a clerk who left her unattended during a purchase. The narrator notes her pride in reporting the clerk and his discharge, expressing a wish to expose her shallowness and moral blindness.
Minnesota lawmakers opened with petitions against higher employer liability and an income tax amend. Leavitt's tax plan passed 30 to 14 amid absences. Mayo favored the tax but was paired with Morse who opposed. Crandall sought school funding for Owatonna. Stockwell's and Knudson's education bills faced postponement. House pushed to avoid compulsion in English and age-based schooling, with Stockwell's amendment defeated 68 to 13. Privileges granted to Grand Army members. bills to be sent to engrossing committee.
The Minnesota senate debated election bills from Senators Dean McMillan and Leavitt. The majority backed the McMillan bill while a minority report urged referring all bills to judiciary. The senate adopted the minority report with four Alliance senators joining Republicans. A senate resolution announced Gen Henry H Sibley's death and called for joint memorial resolutions and half mast, with adjournment for funeral.
Senate discussed an offer to grant 100 acres for an experimental beet sugar station near Norcross, while McMillan's street franchise bill passed 34 to 1 after amendments. Keller sought changes, Dedon proposed licensing peddlers, and Hompe's grain warehouse bill saw key amendments on rental terms. House actions included anti corruption, woman suffrage, and a proposed single tax amendment with local option debates.
The senate adjourned at noon for Gen Sibley funeral and debated employer liability petitions including a prohibition preference. Senator Decon proposed clerk appointments for public lands and labor, paid for full days. Debates on park bonds and delegation referrals continued with votes. Bills passed include village Laverne water bonds and St Hilaire school funding requests and a Pariboul t county lake resurvey.
The house yesterday agreed to the joint senate resolution on Gen H H Sibley’s death and adjourned at noon to meet again Monday at 3 pm. Members presented petitions on mutual insurance powers and a bill to help shippers of milk while in transit, with others discussing game wardens and railroads suit rights. Bills passed include H F 258 to incorporate Chaska, H F 249 to allow Gaylord bonds, and H F 809 to annex Moritzes to Monticello.
Gen. Sibley is reported dead at dawn after a twenty week decline. The Minnesota statesman, long a leading figure, passed away quietly as the Swiss clock chimed, following a rapid deterioration starting last Friday and culminating in a stupor on Sunday morning.
The Minnesota senate met at 2 pm to defeat a motion to adjourn, while Senator Craig introduced a seven district reapportionment plan based on the 1890 census. House actions included suspending rules, memory honors, and new bills on redistricting, pawn brokering, and livery stable protections.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a scene with a woman sweeping a mansion, a whispered exclamation and hushed warning. The brief text suggests a suspenseful domestic moment without full context or clear names or dates.
The Galignani Messenger recounts chilling anecdotes of composure before execution. Beatrice Cenci reportedly ate fish the night before her death, while other condemned figures like Muller and Rush indulged in substantial meals. Tales describe calm humor and even practical mischief as hangmen and prisoners faced the scaffold.
A rambling meditation on Christian faith and character urges believers to act, warns that overbearing piety repels outsiders, and stresses that sincere virtue requires living righteously. It critiques facial expressions of faith and notes bad behavior arises from self deception, while urging openness and self awareness.
The article recalls Gen. Sibley's final days as family and close friends kept a vigil at his bedside on Woodward Avenue. He remained lucid at times but did not acknowledge the imminence of death. A four day watch ended with his passing, while condolences poured in from St. Paul and distant admirers, including a heartfelt telegram from Henry Viczwagp in New York.
The service will be held at St Paul 20 oclock Friday with Rev Wright and Bishop Gilbert leading ceremonies. Dozens of dignitaries including ex governors, judges, generals and professors will serve as pallbearers with military escort possible from Col Mason. Governor Merriam proclaims public grief and orders state offices closed and flag at half mast for thirty days.
Senator H F Stevens introduced resolutions upon the death of Gen Ibley. The senate and house adjourned in mourning. Full resolutions appear in the senate proceedings report. Loyal Order members to assemble at Ryan at 2 PM for the funeral. Acker Post and chamber of commerce join the funeral procession.
The Lake City Minnesota special reports the second annual W C T U convention in Wabasha county with consecration led by Mrs Rowell welcome by Miss Etta Kelly praise from Mrs Godfrey a mother s meeting memorials by Mrs Roundy and several addresses on temperance work Officers elected for next year include President Miss Etta Keily Secretary Miss Addie Beaty Treasurer Mrs Southworth.
Hans Hanson sues O KR Mather of Mankato in district court for 5235 in damages from injuries after a fall from the Maurin block last summer. Hanson was employed on brick work. injuries severe, he was laid up for weeks and may never be fit for active work.
The Western Traffic association commissioners continued deliberations aiming to finish by tomorrow. The rules, once adopted by the commissioners, take effect without advisory board approval. Chairman Walker and all commissioners express strong confidence in the association’s future usefulness and no fear that member roads will fail to honor the agreement.
About 1 30 this morning Casterine Co nitro glycerine magazine four miles from this city exploded a report heard for miles. By 2 o clock no particulars learned and it is not known whether any lives were lost. Hope there were no casualties.
The American Loan and Trust company closed its doors after three savings banks demanded deposits totaling 360000. The bank examiner put liabilities at about 2.825 million with an apparent 656789 deficiency. He said securities might rescue the situation, potentially reducing the deficit to 175000. Court action may be delayed if revival talks advance.
A blaze at Delmonico Place and Hopkinson avenue in Brooklyn killed a woman and her four children and left a man fatally burned. Jacob Enrich, working in the basement, caused the fire by boiling fat spilling onto woodwork. Firemen extinguished the flames after the basement and bakery were damaged.
Empress Frederick arrives in Paris with Count Seckendorf and Countess Perponcher and is met by Count Munster and staff at the German embassy. Ex-Empress Eugenie appears at the Northern station in England and is mistaken for the German empress by onlookers. Emperor William backs French artists sending works to Berlin in hopes of a cordial entente to forestall Italy and Austria from seceding from the dreibund.
In Wasurxctos Feb 19 the senate debated a substitute for the house bill on adjudicating and paying Indian depredation claims. Edmunds sought to strike a clause barring Indian testimony, Walthall proposed to base it on unsupported Indian testimony. The amendment passed but no quorum existed when a vote occurred, a recess ensued, and the senate adjourned.
F D Pease of Livingston Montana is in Washington to urge amending the Crow Indian reservation bill to let squaw men and half breeds select lands before white settlers. He supports Senator Casey's amendment to ratify Fort Berthold Indian agreements and urges payment to the Indians as justice and humanity.
Feb 10 report notes Prince Albert Victor of Wales will visit Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilson at Doncaster where a recent card scandal unfolded. The Pail Mall Gazette runs a two column account with diagrams showing the table and positions of the prince, Sir William Gordon-Cumming, Lord Somerset, the Wilsons, and others during the baccarat game.
Early today a man dying of a pistol wound was found in an upper room on Twenty eighth street. A handsome woman bent over him and, as an officer entered, the man whispered that she had “done me this time” and to keep quiet. The couple gave fictitious names. He is in the hospital. She is jailed, claiming the wound was self inflicted.
Sidney H. Andrews checked into a city hotel with another man and at midnight found his roommate had vanished with Andrews' valuables and a sizable sum of money. Police are pursuing the missing companion.
A census bulletin states the nation's center of population as of June 1, 1890 lies in Southern Indiana near Greensburg, about twenty miles east of Columbus. Ten years earlier it stood eight miles west by south of Cincinnati, reflecting gradual westward movement.
George H. Heafford of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul refines a round trip excursion ticket for Western Passenger association lines. Features include deposit of return portions with depot agents, sale on a specific train date, and passenger signature of the conductor’s receipt in the agent’s presence. Claimed to prevent scalping if followed faithfully by agents and conductors.
A dog in William Beebe’s hog pen snapped at hogs triggering hydrophobia fears. Sixteen hogs were shot after going mad and additional dogs were killed following bites. Reports note several narrow escapes but the dog’s fate remains unknown.
The Senate took up the copyright bill with the Sherman amendment allowing foreign country copyrights for tariff duties and passed the bill 36 to 14 after 86 to 24 votes. The House debated the post office appropriation bill, with O Farrell criticizing the shipping bill and praising the Democratic platform on silver. Revisions and votes continued across sessions, including Indian depredations claims, Nicara gua canal considerations, and district judge salaries, with nominations and journal disputes noted.
Gus de Jay tells Cholly he cannot attend the reception and has changed his mind about going. Jack Chington notes the habit of others in the deal often losing when dealing with him. The exchange hints at a bargaining dispute and a wager about outcomes among participants.
Champerlain South Dakota Telegram reports the government will halt Sioux Indians selling their annuity goods. Deputy U S Marshal Kelbride carries warrants for white participants and to prevent further abuses. Prosecutions expected.
James B. Laird overseer at the Red Lake subagency died after a lengthy illness. One of the few Cleveland appointees still in place after 1888 political shifts. His remains with wife and son were moved to Sydney Ohio for burial with James Meehan.
The body of servant girl Annie Johnson, who died February 11, was exhumed under Coroner Rockman in Helena Montana. Postmortem showed death from heart failure with no signs of poison, lifting suspicion from those involved.
Bishop Mackgovern of Deomore urges the diocese to shun the proposed Newry gathering denouncing it as a religious insult. He says he hoped the divorce court atmosphere with its scandalous revelations would not reach his flock and condemns the meeting as branded with a special curse.
The reader is guided to identify a name by locating its letters across upright columns, using column top letters to derive each letter. Example shows Jane spelled by summing column header positions to reach each subsequent letter.
An eminent statistician estimates Europe and America employ at least 1,300,000 Russian spies. The piece jokes that spies dog Mr. George Kennan during lectures, arguing the Kremlin fears his revelations and noting constitutional protections limit punishment for imagined spies in the United States. The tone mimics a New York Herald commentary.
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