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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1890
Page
2
Mr Strickerice of Maryland is identified as the youngest member of the house of representatives at thirty three years old. The Brainerd Dispatch notes publisher information for Ingersoll and Wieland in Brainerd Minnesota.
The Driggs-Schroeder rapid firing gun, developed by United States naval officers, has been sold to English capitalists for 600009 dollars.
An effort to swindle the government by under declaring values on kid glove imports has been uncovered in New York. Investigators traced the scheme to misrepresented shipment values and possible evasion of duties.
Prof. Chandler Roberts estimates London fog weighs about 6000 tons and carries carbon value totaling 12 million dollars yearly. The finding highlights the environmental cost of urban haze.
The west now holds greater sway as new states enter Congress. With added votes, regional power shifts are evident as western lawmakers gain weight in deciding legislation.
The queen values livestock as a refined pursuit while her cattle from royal estates win premiums at stock shows and command elevated prices thereafter.
The practice of firing buckshot at charivari parties has declined as courts have effectively sanctioned the custom, reducing the perceived social enforcement of these events.
Admiral Albini envisions future battleships with two propellers and a helm at both ends to avoid turning time, and unarmored sides for streamlined action.
Potatoes are being shipped from Minnesota to Boston in lots of a dozen car loads. The novelty is that stoves are kept burning in the cars to keep Jack Frost at bay and maintain the produce.
An old maid in Connecticut adopted a boy and named him Moses Da vid Absolom Daniel Mark White. Now of age he sues her for 25000 dollars damages claiming the lengthy name weighed on him and seeks relief from the court.
Washington Post argues the practice of half masting the American flag on official buildings for deaths of former officials should stop. It says the practice is national and should be lowered for no one.
Boston Transcript notes S. J. Seavey, the final driver on the Lancaster New Hampshire to Portland Maine route, remains hale and hearty as he ends a historic era of stagecoaches.
Dr. P. P. Nicnots, a longtime Coldwater resident, reportedly fled the city with debts near 30,000. Creditors include numerous widows and old soldiers who allege he swindled them in real estate transactions.
A former India House clerk, who worked with Charles Lamb and John Stuart Mill, died in Ventnor England. He had enjoyed a handsome pension for fifty four years after retiring in 1835 due to broken health.
Over 15 million dollars has been spent in Australia over fifteen years in efforts to exterminate rabbits. Late estimates show the rabbit population has also doubled during this period, as the creature clings to any opportunity it finds.
Representative William Martin of Texas, famed for his joking reception in Congress, is described as the heaviest smoker in official life at Washington. He is constantly smoking cigars, unconcerned with brand or price, as long as the cigar draws well.
Italian press discusses restoring death sentences amid rising murders. Current law bans capital punishment with hard labor for life as the maximum. many influential papers advocate a return to executions to curb crime.
It is believed O Sullivan, one of Cronin’s convicted murderers, is weakening and may reveal the real conspirators. The trial shows the defendants were mere instruments in the conspiracy and the true guilt lies with those in the background.
In Knoxville Frederick County Maryland Samuel Garber aged resident suffered apo plexy and died after a second stroke. An undertaker prepared the body and the funeral arrangements began. The supposed corpse later showed signs of life and Mr Garber regained consciousness and was reported improved.
Washington briefs report the secretary of the interior requires the Winona and St Peter Railroad to give up more than 12 000 acres of land to the United States. In other news Mrs Halford wife of the presidents private secretary is seriously ill with consumption and plans to spend eight months annually in Florida for her health.
J F Fountain of United Cattle Co Des Moines was found dead in his Coleman house room in New York after seeking medical attendance. Robert Garret is in very poor health and often low in spirits, at his country home Uplands near Catonsville Maryland. Friends report concern from physicians about his prolonged illness and poor condition.
A fog on the Clyde sinks the steam er Ovington after a collision with Queen Victoria, drowning five. Destructive winds level oil derricks in Mc Kean and Allegheny fields, and London’s Charter House square burns a block of warehouses. Mining disasters in Angels California bury 19 men, with seven teen bodies found later. Bodies wash up near Sandy Hook from bark Germania wreck. Kansas storms cause extreme suffering and fuel shortages. A Hurontown Michigan fire destroys a Gross family dwelling, killing all eleven inside.
A crowded page reports a prize ring near East New York where Joe Murphy and Dick Carroll clash. Carroll suffers a broken jaw in round three. Other items include suicides on a Jersey City ferry, a Missouri man found unconscious in Kansas City, a traveling actor stabbed in Rock Island, and a fatal stabbing in New York. Additional notes cover arson, robberies, and various police actions across Illinois, Wisconsin, Arkansas, South Dakota, and Georgia.
George Tyke ran a bath house claiming cures. patron John Clark died in Tyke's bath with skin peeled and body boiled after neglectful care. Tyke jailed awaiting coroner's inquest. In Chicago a bold burglary at 83 Sixteenth street left a servant gagged and robbed of $20 cash and jewelry worth about $100 before the thief fled.
Telegrams from San Salvador say revolutionists in Cas Catian are retreating before government troops and the uprising is of little consequence. In Lisbon the ex Empress of Brazil grows gravely ill. doctors forbid a France journey as Dom Pedro visits a museum before rushing to the hotel. The Empress's condition becomes critical as Dom Pedro arrives.
North Dakota lawmakers arrive in Helena for a political and sightseeing visit on a special Northern Pacific car. Montana officials and locals welcomed them at the depot and during a rapid tour through Spokane Falls, Tacoma, Victoria, Seattle, and Portland. They plan to return for the Bismarck legislature reconvening on January 7.
Pionner Press reports Juror Culver repeatedly voted not guilty during Cronin murder trial ballots while eleven jurors pressed for guilt. He prayed aloud, accused colleagues, and finally consented to sentences of twenty five years for Burke O Sullivan and Coughlin despite believing in their innocence.
New York prices list wheat at mixed cent marks with No 1 hard at 96 4 96 %c and corn around 42 44c. Chicago quotes show flour steady, spring wheat near 77 68%c, corn 33c, oats 20 21c, lard 5 87 4 per 100 lbs, butter varied, eggs at 20 21c. Minneapolis and St Paul add regional spreads for wheat, corn, oats, barley and feeds with several bid and asked figures.
Attorney General Clapp finds the Merrill contract valid. He explains the 1880 vote did not defeat the 1877 act, since a majority of votes cast favored continued law, not the question-specific majority. The contract remains binding on state officers.
An elderly Black man visits Mayor Creigier in a Democratic office dispute. He complains of being asked to pay 50 cents to learn which offices might be given to him, suspects a Republican misdirection, and ends by saying he’s done with politics and will charge the 50 cents to someone at the next election.
A Detroit News excerpt quotes a speaker deriding white and black relations, insisting whites respect black voices only at a distance. He claims educated Black people outpace whites and mocks white politicking while calling Black people niggas and arguing permanence of racial roles.
Farmer Begosh stands at the corner studying a letter box and asks a passing person about the device. He wonders what to drop into the slot and what the invention is supposed to do, noting confusion and curiosity.
A digest of Minnesota and nearby incidents includes St Paul spending 9 667 753 on building in 1889, Fergus Falls attacked by winter cholera, a Stillwater peniten tiary broom factory to employ fifty prisoners, arson cases in Anoka, a Rose Creek missing man found, and various accidents, executions, fires, and local politics across towns from Breckenridge to Pipestone.
A Grand Forks masked ball raised funds for sufferers. Legislation seeks to ban cigarette sales to minors. Plymouth church rebuilt and reopened in Grand Forks. Gov Mellette and Sen Moody served in the Ninth Indiana during the war. Grand Forks chamber aims to move Manitoba road division HQ from Crookston and Larimore. Traill County liquor cases: Judge McConnell delays ruling. finds penalties under old law apply. twenty eight whisky sellers fined about 3400 plus costs. Frank Hegin jailed in Fargo for fraud related to war injury. Towner County political battle over district expansion fails as opposition blocks petition and old board resigns amid public uproar.
The Grant County sheriff suspects a prisoner is Cooney the fox, one of the Cronin murderers. An Acorn festival banquet occurred in Aberdeen with broad connections drawn to that cereal. A 174 head cattle slaughter occurred at Lower Bridge agency for Indian supplies in winter, with 200 more to be killed when weather cools. Ole Olson Jr of Sioux Falls claims to be the first white child born in present South Dakota on March 2 1860 near Vermillion. Alderman Jim Crowe and wife of Yankton were chased by prairie wolves to the city. A Galena boy escaped a mountain lion attack only with help of wood haulers. The daughter of T F Diefendorf of Montrose burned by boiling water in a kettle incident.
The LeMars Sentinel released a twelve page holiday edition with outside pages printed in three colors. A parade of local incidents follows including injuries from waltzing on stilts, a fatal head injury from a runaway horse near Mason City, and legal actions such as a $447 fine for a Muscatine saloonkeeper and a murder case plea in Elkader.
George Wylie lies ill with pneumonia in Leeds. A debate on Eden planned by Rev W D Cornell and L S Truesdell. Diphtheria rages in Delton with ten cases and one death. Pat Devine shot by Dell Cooper in Ashland. La Crosse bond approved for a Mississippi bridge at 852,000. Marinette population listed at 14 000 Menominee 11 700 Peshtigo 2 160. Dr Bartlett cremation remains placed in casket at Forest Home. Depere floods claim one drowning William Staubb. two saved. John Ziller missing in Sheboygan amid delusions. Patrick Snee killed by cars near Waukegan. Gov Hoard asked for Antoine Moiner whereabouts. Racine man David Janes survives lawn-water accident. Schultz family of La Crosse poisoned by candy. Milwaukee underwriters warn against underground oil pipelines and street volcano fears.
W F Poole presents a revised view of the May 1780 Spanish post raid at St Louis by Sioux and northern tribes aided by English and Canadian traders. Clark and his men hurried from the Falls of the Ohio, aiding the Spanish in thwarting Germain’s broader projected conquest of the West, with Galvez defeating English posts and Pensacola, preserving the Mississippi basin for the United States.
The railway coach No. 540 that carried Abraham Lincoln to Washington for his oath is deteriorating. Owned by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, the car now runs on the Fall Brook between Wellsboro and Antrim as a smoking car and rests on a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western side track in Elmira. Built at West Albany about thirty years ago, it shows worn exterior, stiff iron seats, crude ventilation, and gaudy panel decorations depicting landscapes and portraits of Washington and Lincoln.
Lord Houghton recalls Carlyle's sharp rebuke to a grandfather of Fryston who lamented a fire view being blocked by a tall factory chimney. Milnes hoped guests would agree yet Carlyle said the work was useful to mankind, a reply seen as mildly discouraging to polite conversation.
A bystander at Ninth and Brown streets argued that the middle cars are the safest in a railroad wreck. He claimed they avoid front and rear collisions, stay in place if the engine leaves the track, and rarely snap off except when a coupling or running gear fails.
A young U S Army officer in inland California narrates a foggy encounter with a grizzly while returning from a duck shoot. The bear stalks him and, after a tense stand, traps him in a dry ditch, leaving him stunned among his game.
An English magistrate famed for abstinence and harshness toward drunks rides a heavy tricycle up a stiff hill amid a brisk wind. Bystanders joke that his turn has come as he ascends, while a medical student quips about the heart lifting weight, and the couple shares a lighthearted exchange about love.
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