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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1892
Page
2
Reports from Minneapolis indicate Argentina may harvest its heaviest wheat crop on record. In London fashion notes, the latest umbrella grip places the handle six inches below the ferrule with the stick held downward.
The injuring of both principals in a recent French duel is likened to football as a dangerous game, underscoring the peril in competitive sports and drawing a provocative parallel between dueling and football risk.
Agricultural labor is so scarce in midland counties that crops lie unharvested despite wages being raised by 20 percent.
Brirotu lectured in Vienna on the likely impact of the small-bore rifle. He argued that future wars will be brief because a modern rifle bullet can wound or kill through multiple soldiers in a line.
The speaker asserts that law should punish swiftly and labels capitalists as targets. He proclaims parity gains by even the attempted assassination of capitalists and vows to stamp out the vipers.
Rosracer nicknamed Styria on Two Legs at home is called the Dickens of the East. He is the son of an Albanian peasant and has produced novels and other works filling twenty volumes.
Venezuela dismisses existing reciprocity terms and awaits new measures. Officials indicate forthcoming actions may affect commerce and prosperity, signaling a potential shift in trade relations and market outlook.
An observer notes that slavery persists in the village of Kallada, with a Brahmin master over thirty-two huts where residents are treated as slaves, and a Portuguese traveler from Goa publicly discusses the estate’s enslaved labor.
About 150 NaVaAL apprentices mutinied at Newport but were forced to resume duties by bayonet. The report likens the incident to recent army discipline actions and suggests such reform could be beneficial.
The text notes Japanese dislike for Russians and Chinese, but favorable views of Americans and English. It states fear of Russian aggression in Corea and Chinese actions on islands south of Japan, yet no expectation of aggression from the United States or England.
Cor Evuiorr F Saeraro asks for 5 million dollars for the world’s fair if the show is hermetically sealed on the Lord’s day. The piece notes Chicago must compromise with the colonel, who appears the main obstacle to the appropriation.
Photographers unable to secure settlements tilt portraits of their debtors upside down in showcases before studios. The act signals disapproval to the public and reportedly hastens debtors to face neighbors in town.
Professor von Pettenkofer discusses river self purification of the Iser River flowing through Munich. He cites air oxygen dissolving in water as the real cleaning agent, noting five miles downstream shows no pollution. Observers had suggested sediment deposition as the cause.
The article describes a bamboo derived poison used in Japan and Java. It details young bamboo shoots covered with sharp silica hairs that, when ingested daily, cause ulceration of the digestive tract and malignant dysentery leading to death.
Philadelphia Record notes gas works workers frequently face coal gas exposure. A universal remedy is Seidlitz powder, given immediately to affected men. The powder supposedly generates gas in the stomach to expel inhaled coal gas, with large supplies kept on hand at works for emergencies.
The Charleston News and Courier notes Cam bridge cemetery graves for Washington Alston and other South Carolina figures are unmarked. It cites Moultrie’s forgotten burial site, Sumter with a wooden headboard, Marion’s tomb in fragments, and a cyclone scarred tree partially removed by reverent hands.
The weekly record notes a congressional stance against free coinage and announces Speaker Crp will reveal house committees. Springer is named head of Ways and Means. Rumors cite Judge Nelson may move to the circuit bench and Walter H. Sanborn as district judge. A bill to tighten passenger carriage on ships seeks safer accommodations for future foreign-bound travelers.
A string of health and death notices touches figures from St. Louis to New York. Rear Admiral Thomas Patterson dies suddenly in New Brighton at age 8. J. A. J. Cresswell, Grant's postmaster general, dies in Maryland. Gen. Nelson A. Miles remains a Chicago and San Francisco social favorite. Madame Patti and others plan a New York visit around the world’s fair season. Secretary Blaine accepts a Boston dinner invitation as Mrs. Blaine recovers from illness.
Rumors of Omaha road absorption by Chicago and Northwestern. A receiver appointed for Oregon and Washington Territory railway Hunt system. Minneapolis and St. Louis offers $7.35 holiday round trip to Waterloo and Cedar Falls Iowa. Great Northern brings a party from Minto 8 C to spend winter East. Rock Island notes Burlington passenger rate to Chicago at $9.50 and seeks relief. Joint committee meeting in New York December 29 on passenger commissioners and Allen boycott. Rio Grande Western may reach Pacific coast. Nevada subsidy offered. Tar Paducah Tennessee Alabama completes to Hollow Rock with first round trip. road to Sheffield Alabama planned in spring.
Berry Myer defeats Jimmy Carroll after a lengthy forty three round bout in New Orleans. The report notes a misprint mentioning Sullivan and fiasto and lists various baseball and bowling updates including Erreasore a Swede pitcher signing with Milwaukee and Milwaukee’s contract claim over Davies. It mentions Calvin or Wisconsin league realignments with Oshkosh Green Bay Marinette Appleton Fond du Lac and Sheboygan and praises Secretary Addis for handling league matters.
Report from Quebec says Mercier and his ministers face arrest. Across the globe, Behring Sea piracy by the steamer Hattie Gage alarms ships. Earthquakes in Salvador cause no major damage or loss of life. The Romanian chambers dissolve and elections are set for February 20.
The daughter of President Barillas married Don Louis de Ojeda, a former California resident, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Bishop Rodriguez officiated before thousands including foreign government representatives. The bride's portion is listed as 4 million dollars.
Reports describe a lynching in Arkansas, a woman fending off a robber in Anoka County, arrests of bank directors in Basle, a wife killer in Omaha who attempted suicide, a miner killed by Boss Wood on a Birmingham train, and grand jury true bills against Allegheny officials for embezzlement. Cyrus Field and BE Field face dire fates. Syracuse supervisor Welch fined and jailed for contempt. Altoona Pool bank liabilities reach 80,000 with stockholders disappeared and lynching talk of cashier Guyer.
Reports describe deaths from freezing in Italy and drowning after ice breaks on the Quinnebaug river. Fires destroy 15 buildings in Croton New York. A British steamer Cavalier lost near Fastnet with fears of drownings. Famine looms in northern Finland with 12,000 starving. An explosion aboard Continues expedition kills sixty, wounds 170 in South Africa. West Milwaukee accident injures workers at Bayview mill. Prison escape near Marshfield as Wilbur escapes jail vault. baggage theft alleged near Merrillan Junction.
A mixed dispatch lists diverse items including a new nursing school in St Louis, a coat found in the Straits of Magellan, North Dakota wheat still unthreshed, a Cherokee outlet purchase agreement, St Paul auditorium plans by architect C A Reed, and the Federation of Labor convention adjournment in Philadelphia. It covers political moves in Minnesota and Illinois, a City of Pekin smallpox shipment with silks, a succession test in Illinois, ordination of Duartes Axeres, opposition to Jervex Woon, Mexican revolution fights in Texas, a resignation for a Northern Illinois court judge, and social acts by Gen R A Alger for Detroit newsboys. Additional notes mention the Gaylord mine cave-in at Plymouth with over 30,000 in damages and 2,000 workers affected, a Fox and Wisconsin rivers suit decided by the Supreme Court after 39 years, inheritance notice for Joan Trrov in Kentucky, and various corporate consolidations and labor tariff continuations in Chicago and Joliet. The piece closes with remarks on Gov Hu, Major General John R Kenty’s death, Oliver Holmes tribute to Whittier, Kentucky track sale, Arruvre Wallack relics, and the Flo Foster house fire at Malvern with mouse-caused origin.
Minnesota news lists a $150,000 courthouse planned for St. Cloud. Other items report Mrs. C H Lang a Faribault milliner, various accidents and fires, company moves, and early to mid 19th century regional notices across Minnesota including Mankato Lansing and Winona.
Richland county farmer Charlie Olson died by his own hand in a western area, while West Superior street railway victories saw injunctions against three rival lines. Hartmann & Peffer workers faced mass layoffs after a foreman’s planned January departure. A fogbound collision on the Great Northern injured no one, but halted southbound trains. Fargo reports Vincent S. Stone’s death in California, and Great Northern promotions and honors are noted. Grand Forks assault left Fireman Isaac Ellis near death, with a thief later identified as R W Ellis. Pinney beaten in Fargo alley revived with no motive found. Healy case at Bismarck lingers as juries repeatedly fail to convict, with a written verdict rejected by the court.
Wm. Foley was struck and killed by a locomotive at Deadwood. Cornelius Sorenson of Aberdeen has been convicted in the circuit court for violations of the prohibitory law. Three boys were arrested for disturbing the Salvation meeting at Elk Point. Miller County commissioners let a contract to sink the first artesian well with county machinery. Townships will have wells as fast as possible. Hagerty and Paulbamus of Aberdeen plead not guilty to the charge of embezzlement.
The article notes bank staff accepting deposits after insolvency, a Watertown mill shipping flour to Russians, emigration plans from Hughes county, and a Supreme Court ruling banning sectarian schools from state funding. It mentions Stanley Island’s territorial status, soldiers tied to a saloon incident, rail side tracks at Yankton, Crow Creek Agency concerns over allotment land, and Indian land protection actions in Pierre.
A summary of Wisconsin items reports Choate Bartlett from Newark killed in a Minnesota railway wreck. Other notes include Rev E Rieb accepting a call at Appleton Baptist Church, August Wilkie's hand crushed, Louis Jacobs stock sold for 11200, Miss Grace Hall drowned skating, a gasoline store explosion at George Dean’s Sho peer Rock County residence, Charles Ryan sentenced to four years for burglary, William Farrand injured in a ranaway, Adelbert Craig amputating part of a crushed hand, a boiler explosion near Greenwood killing George M McConnell, Byron A Chapman’s death by morphine, Joseph Bever and brother hunting incident, Al Abraham’s ammonia accident, burglars at Judge Austin’s Milwaukee home, Chief Justice Cole declining a retirement banquet invitation, Judge Bunn sentencing James S Galloway for pension fraud.
Dr E B Plumb of Ames leaped to a third story window at the Keeley Institute in Des Moines and died later at the city hospital from his injuries.
A Clarion County resident recounts a farmer in a field attacked by a ten foot albino black snake that coiled about his waist and hypnotized him. The farmer cut the snake with a scythe and, exhausted, collapsed. The eye contained a perfect reflection of the farmer’s face. the specimen was photographed and preserved in alcohol in town.
A new beverage hops tea emerges in England blending Indian and Ceylon teas with Kentish hops. Hops are dried with pure air exposure, not brewer hops fumes, to add a malty aroma and sedative effect. Proponents claim the tonic hop reduces tea’s astringency and calms nerves.
Ex-Lieut. Gov Thomas H Armstrong died at his Albert Lea home after a years long illness mostly due to diabetes. He was about 64, served as speaker in the state house, state senator and lieutenant governor, and lived in Albert Lea since 1874 while working in banking and wheat buying. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
Word reaches Bent that gas was struck on Hon. R. B. Coddington’s farm three and a half miles northeast after four tries, at 2000 feet. The gas is already used for lighting and heating, with city plans to drill a well in the spring or pipe gas to the city for all purposes.
In Dundas Minnesota a man named A Birthh died of a lingering illness nine years ago and was buried in Dundas cemetery. During remodeling, his coffin was opened and the body appeared perfectly preserved with long facial hair and a two foot growth mistaken for hair. He was reburied quietly, without disturbance.
Items picked up around the department buildings note Senator Pettigrew visiting the Indian office about the Flandreau Indian school. Building plans are ready and ads will be issued soon for work, with commencement expected in early spring. Senator Davis and Clerk Johnson process a flood of bills during recess. Representative Castle plans to leave briefly for business and return for house bill introductions.
A telegram to U.S. Marshal Pell describes a riot on the Stockbridge reservation east of Lake Winnebago tied to religious tensions. The disturbance began during Rev. Hoag’s Christmas service with boisterous intruders. No fatalities reported though both sides suffered. arrests expected after more details.
Illinois livestock board issues bulletin summarizing testimony in the Actinomycosis case against the whisky trust members from Peoria. The board finds lumpy jaw is dangerously contagious among cattle and that affected animals are unfit for human food due to possible germs in all parts of the animal.
A committee of ministers sanctioned the temporary use of foreign ships to transport grain across the Black Sea for famine relief provinces of the empire. The action aims to alleviate shortages in the affected regions.
Moronetti D. special James Gormley Jacob Koch Fred Widmann Wise were arrested tonight on illegal intoxicants sale charge filed by detectives from the Enforcement League.
Antwerp was startled by a tremendous explosion that shook the earth. The blast, caused by dynamite on a French lugger, blew the vessel to atoms and killed two men.
During a recent visit ex Lieutenant Governor Barto told a local politician that Frank Searle of St Cloud would not seek the Republican congressional nomination next year due to private business. Observers think he may avoid harming his brother Judge D B Searle's chances.
In Washington D C Special Senator Hansbrough introduced a bill in the senate to extend free delivery to rural farming communities when practicable. The measure would allow the postmaster general to allocate portions of future appropriations for postmasters' pay and star route transport to implement the act.
A mis take in train orders caused a collision between two Hannibal and St. Joseph freight trains seven miles east of Cutuuicotuz Missouri. Four trainmen died Engineer Busbee Fireman Barry Fireman Price Brakeman Gil Brakeman Bel was fatally injured and seven other crew members were injured. Eleven cattle cars wrecked and a fire roasted the cattle. Engineer Hannan 46 suffered internal injuries and is expected to die.
A new People's party for independent political action formed in Lansixo Michigan by a federation of industrial groups including the Farmers' Alliance Patrons of Industry Knights of Labor Prohibitionists Industrial party and Patrons of Husbandry. It pledges independent action and opposes traffic in intoxicating liquors with a per diem pension plank. Eugene H. Belden chaired the new state central committee and vowed broader organization.
A number of squawmen and half breeds formed a mixed blood Indian rights association in Fort Pierre. They elected officers and an executive committee to challenge the interior department ruling removing mixed blood Indians from rations and lands. The group estimates 20 000 affected and aims to appeal to Congress and pursue a Supreme Court case. Lawman Waldron leads organizing efforts with a claim dispute nearby.
The government received word that Lord Randolph Churchill desires a diplomatic post and may be named British ambassador to St Petersburg replacing Sir R B D Morier. The St James Gazette cautions against the move citing risk and officials deny any prospect of Russia appointment.
The eighty second birthday of William Ewart Gladstone is celebrated with bells at Hawarden church and messages from residents. In Hawarden and Lon don tenants and followers sent greetings. In Biarritz municipal authorities and a British club joined in tribute as Gladstone visited the club house.
The Northwestern Traveling Men's association opened its sixteenth annual convention in Cutcaco with officers elected for the next year. George B. Reed was named president and a slate of vice presidents and directors was chosen, while a proposed life insurance and reserve fund amendments were defeated. The group agreed to meet in Chicago on December 22.
The Murray County Alliance met in Staytox Minnesota. Old officers were re-elected and B. F. Warren was chosen as delegate to the state convention. A bitter wrangle between Donnelly and anti Donnelly factions occurred before agreeing to support a single president for another term. Donnelly was billed to speak but telegraphed illness prevented attendance.
Pierssure December 30 telegrams the secretary of the navy has summoned Abbott, chairman of Carnegie Phipps & Co., to Washington regarding armor and deck plates for warships under construction. He departs this evening. A firm representative says there is nothing unusual about the contracts or rush, noting frequent dispatches and similar calls for others in the firm.
Great excitement prevails as a gang of safe blowers visited the town and forced four safes. The amount taken is not reported. The safes were blown open.
Mrs Ada Thrope Loftus, alleged to have traveled from Europe with intent to kill President Harrison, was declared sane and committed to Bloomingdale lunatic asylum. Bellevue hospital doctor compares her condition to Guiteau in appearance.
Thomas Wilson of Vinton died in a hiccoughing spell despite medical aid, the Iowa special reports.
West Superior Wisconsin special agent W 8 Rogers of the Omaha Railroad Company has been missing since Monday morning. The company auditor is in East Superior checking accounts. A searching party has been organized and it is believed the accounts are in order.
Mrs H B Stevens of Chicago died in Joutet Illinois when gas ignited while she cleaned dress fabrics in her daughter Mrs Doctor Ruline home. No fire in the room and clothing burned off except corsets before help arrived.
A fire in a south Kansas City Missouri row of frame tenements shocked the city at 1 am. A room just vacated by a north end family was wrecked by two explosions. Investigators found two dynamite bombs hidden between the walls of the building.
A dreamlike battle unfolds on a dusty plain as a craven deserts his blade and flees. The Prince's banner wavers while the wounded King's son finds a blunt weapon, lifts it, and—weaponless no more—rescues the cause with a rallying battle shout.
A Yorkshire youth named G rose in the London Post Office only to be dismissed after revealing he knew too much about political offices. His first slip involved altering a word in a letter to improve clarity. The secretary warned he knew too much, then a new role offered limited hope.
The closing installment extols General Sherman and others for judging Lincoln’s military insight and moral stature. It lauds his strategic mind and humane qualities, noting his tenderness, impartiality, patience, and reformer’s zeal as enduring ideals of the Republic.
The passage praises Abraham Lincoln as a product of diverse regional roots from New England, the Middle States, Virginia, and the West. It asserts his intellect and conduct radiate across the Union and hopes his name remains a bond uniting the country he loved with impartial devotion in life and death.
A young woman waiting at a Meridian street residence fears being locked in after an accidental trap. An elderly passerby helps by entering through the back, freeing her with a plan to avoid future confinement. The tale unfolds with embarrassment and a hopeful escape.
A country store proprietor favors a good customer with a yard of fabric at sixty eight cents after a twenty five cent negotiation with the dress pattern buyer. The clerk counters with sixty five cents claiming no man can undersell him, prompting the proprietor to confront the clever employee.
The Detroit News describes Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt's Paris woven linens for her home. The sheets surpass common tablecloths in texture, with lap ends, embroidery, fringe, and arabesque or monogram motifs. Pillow cases feature deep lace and intricate mosaic monograms, each item laundered and folded to a handkerchief size before placement with sachets of lavender.
An old woman named Bartlett in Blue Hill Bay began refining menhaden oil for hens after skimming oil from a pot. She shipped it to Boston dealers, sold it to B. E. Phillips, and by autumn earned several hundred dollars. The trade grew to about fifty thousand barrels annually, second only to whaling.
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