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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1896
Page
2
Advices from Yokohama confirm that China offers Chan-Somba y to Russia for a winter station. Reports in Vladivostok claim a secret Russo Chinese treaty is in place and a survey of a Siberia to Manchuria railway is ordered.
A Philadelphia reporter reveals penny dreadfuls fueled by ruf fans caused a New York Central train wreck killing two and injuring several. The piece notes penny dreadfuls cost 1 cent per pound to mail and eight cents per pound to mail for the privilege, highlighting lucrative profits. The reporter also documents a New Jersey asylum case where punishment of a patient led to two keepers being imprisoned for fourteen years after evidence gathered.
A Boston paper lauds a Sunday sermon highlighted by a soprano in a powerful finale while urging equal voice from the choir. Iron ore shipments from Lake Superior set a record at 10,237,662 tons after 7,748,000 tons a year earlier as lake freights surge and forty four new ships worth 7.8 million dollars near completion by August. Divorce rates rise faster than population in most states, inviting questions about marriage and changing roles of women. The Parisian chocolate maker’s Anticosti domain of 3600 square miles at 140 miles long remains under French control after 1763 with brief English ownership bouts. Weather and business conditions show improving signals overall. stock markets project sustained strength amid cautious optimism.
The Supreme Court holds that when insanity is pleaded the prosecution must prove sanity beyond reasonable doubt. If all evidence including the presumption of sanity fails to exclude insanity, the defendant must be acquitted of the charged offense. The decision may complicate justice and raise concerns about conviction difficulty.
The writer condemns England as barbarous and bullyish toward weaker nations, citing Nicaragua and Venezuela. They insist a Yankee example at Yorktown and New Orleans taught respect, warning that the United States should not tolerate further affronts on the water.
Washington senator Squire introduces a bill to raise the usefulness of naval reserve vessels by making engineers on American-flag ocean steamers full citizens and official officers. The measure follows a treasury decision allowing foreign engineers to serve if they declare intent to naturalize.
A local athlete rescued a stranger who jumped into a Turkish bath pool without checking depth. The man, unable to swim, clung to the athlete as he towed him to safety. Upon revival the rescued man blurted the single word statement, noting his bald head as luck.
The Tel graph Review surveys major events at home and abroad from the past week. It highlights notable happenings, political shifts, economic developments, and cultural moments with emphasis on significance and context.
The piece notes stronger southern coast defenses and a 20 percent dividend for State National Bank of Knoxville creditors. It reports Merchants and Manufacturers Bank of Columbus authorized to begin with capital of 350000 dollars. It lists Senate Democrats assigning Walthall and Daniel to finance and judiciary committees, and Maine Senator Hale introducing a resolution to accept the ram Katahdin into the U S Navy, potentially overturning objections.
A cache of brief items notes diverse figures including King of Portugal as an avid ornithologist, Rockefeller’s daily income estimate of 27000, and Whitelaw Reid wintering in Phoenix. Also reports deaths of Maj. Buck, Capt. Luke, and Kirk Buffham, with Higginson’s slow recovery and Dewar’s liquid air breakthrough. Col Williams handles Cass Crow Wing probe.
A string of disasters reports fatal and severe injuries: Joel Davis and his wife die from poisoned canned tomatoes. eight gas workers burned at Schochlberger’s mill in Pittsburgh with one death. A Cincinnati lawyer dies after an elevator fall. a rolling mill blast in Dayton injures workers. a train strike near Carlisle kills Edward Buran Jr. and Emma Max. Markets burn in McLeansboro and Burlington with heavy losses.
Reports from Kentucky Ohio Indiana Missouri Iowa and Michigan detail killings in Berea Elkton Chillicothe Georgetown and St Joseph, plus a delayed execution in St Louis. Other items include manslaughter conviction of Adam Arnold, a bridge arson, a decapitation by train, a widow beaten by her son, a bank president’s suicide, and a false imprisonment judgment in Galesburg.
A man fires four shots and a widow in Lafayette Indiana is found murdered with her bank book in hand. Coroner Parka halts services for David Darling in Tacoma after blood poisoning linked to medical beliefs. Englishman Newton is jailed in New York for forged letter fraud seeking Henry Irving. Judge Peck survives a wave of whitecap threats from Hanan letters, while Hanan flees to Mobile.
Dispatches from Havana confirm the Cuban insurgent Mirabel was killed while leading the assault on the village of Vueltas held by Spanish troops. Also noted are British Guiana’s new governor Sir Augustus Hemming and a Germanic manuscript miscrediting the discovery of the Rio de la Plata to two Portuguese navigators in 1514.
A Montanan dramatist accuses David Belasco of plagiarism while a 1793 Washington letter relevant to the Monroe Doctrine surfaces. Brooklyn's J D Bennett named Rockaway Electric Light receiver with $100000 liabilities and $19000 assets. Coke firms grant 10 percent wage raises for 20000 workers in Connellsville region. Episcopal Texas diocese elects Garrett and adjourns its convention. Lincoln County stock leader offers 5000 cavalry horses to the government. Grand Army of the Republic backs a Stoughton memorial in Michigan. Cherokee Strip seeks free homes for settlers amid vast lands. Trail Creek miners report earnings up to 20000 on claims selling for 500 to 1500. Astor tests a Victoria-pattern horseless carriage guided by a woman along Fifth Avenue. Reorganization of Hudson River Tunnel project advances with $1.0 million to finish shore approach. Thurston, former chief of Szebene Order telegraphers, found destitute with rheumatism at Clinton police HQ. A P A mobilizes against Col Coppinger promotion due to Catholic faith and naturalization status. Bismarck recalls Tom Ochiltree condolence message over Lasker, noting disagreement. Cambridge Press nears Septuagint edition with full manuscript readings and cross-textual evidence.
In the royal Berlin palace, Prince Bismarck joined a barrel organ dance with the Crown Prince and princes. Kaiser Wilhelm reportedly watched with a mock scolding remark about the heir apparent dancing to Bismarck’s music.
In Johannesburg on December 31, the Transvaal's foreigners press for equal political privileges amid mounting fear of armed miners and wartime preparations. General Joubert is recalled from Nata to Pretoria as tensions rise over the Beer Republic concept and foreign discontent with Boer rule.
The Times reports from Cape Town Paris and Berlin on the Transvaal issue noting European papers warn against British actions and fear French and German interests. Uitlanders demand equal representation taxation language law and administration accountability while preserving republican institutions.
Deputy Marshal Clement and Inspector James Howard captured a man calling himself Harry H. Welsh wanted on federal charges for robbing the mails. He is confined at the central police station and to be taken to Fargo, North Dakota for trial. The suspect worked as a mail driver near Belmont and Buxton, North Carolina, and authorities note possible tampering with mail bags. The minimum sentence cited is fifteen years.
Negotiations among the American Bimetallic League National Bimetallic Union and national silver committee have produced a near complete consolidation. The unified body will be the American bimetallic union with headquarters in Chicago and branch offices in Washington and San Francisco. A January conference in Washington will outline action with significant political implications for the coming year.
Miss Irene Foeckler formerly Frances E Willards private secretary married John K Hallowell a mining expert with an office in the Masonic temple Chicago in Janesville Wisconsin at night on December 31.
Elkins of Cedar Springs Michigan was riding toward St Paul when he fell from a passenger train east of Rio Wisconsin last night. He is seriously and probably fatally injured.
A surprise storm hit New York with a gale reaching sixty miles per hour by 11. The heavy rain and falling barometer disrupted telegraph and telephone lines, delaying reports from suburbs and outlying areas. Signals were shown along the coast to aid ships. several accidents occurred in the city.
A 12 30 PM blaze roared through the four story Pullman block at Fifty fifth and Madison in Chicago. The building housed stores on the first floor and flats above, with occupants fleeing amid wild alarm. Damage is estimated at not less than 125000 dollars.
The Salt Lake Mining and Stock Exchange was formally opened today in Salt Lake City Utah with about 500 businessmen in attendance. Enthusiasm at the ceremony signals strong prospects for the new exchange's future success.
The Porter Brothers company, leading Pacific coast dried fruits dealers, announced they cannot meet payments and have asked creditors for additional time.
State census reports enumerate legal voters and registration in 1894 95. Of 426 437 legal voters 865 813 registered in 1894 and 291 932 voted leaving 134 505 who did not vote by June 1 1895. County tallies list participation including Wright and St Louis Scott and others. Romeau noted as part of Kittson in 1804.
Philadelphia reports a renewed street railway dispute on Girard avenue with the interruption of service. A mob of up to 10,000 men stoned cars and blocked tracks as old workers protested new non union motormen. police dispersed the crowd and made several arrests. At 2 am a fire destroyed the stables of Union Traction president John L Welch in Germantown, causing £20,000 in losses. Welch suspects accident, police investigate.
The body of Harry Hayward, accused murderer of Catherine Ging, was cremated at Graceland Cemetery Chicago. Dr Thadeus Maynard, E Goodsell, N F Warner, and reporters attended as the pine coffin was wheeled from Canal and Adams street to the furnace, leaving only ashes behind.
The body of Harry Hayward arrives from Minneapolis and is moved through Chicago to Graceland Cemetery. Undertaker N F Warner oversees transfer and cremation with Dr Thaddeus Hayward and Goodsell present. the ashes are returned to Minneapolis in an urn.
Washington December 27 Great interest spread through official circles as the Washington Post reported that Russia once offered to lend up to 400 million in gold to the United States to bolster its credit. The statement says the tender was two years old and not tied to current Anglo American tensions or the Venezuelan issue.
William F Thorne, aged 73, died in Cincinnati early this morning. He had long been a leading businessman and prominent citizen.
Special dispatch from Constantinople details the fall of Zeitoun to Turkish forces after heavy fighting. Armenian losses are pegged at about 2,500 killed with 250 Turkish casualties. The Zeitoun pass is reported crowded with civilians as ambassadors seek to halt the massacre, but hope remains slim.
A St. Petersburg dispatch to Tageblatt says Washington has sounded Moscow over the England trouble and may have Russia's backing amid current financial strains. The report notes Cleveland’s stance on ware and hints at possible Russian support for U S positions.
The treasury reports a daily loss of gold totaling 2 418 000 reducing the reserve to 68 868 320. Heavy withdrawals and signs of continued drains suggest another bond issue soon. Administration opposes the bond bill then before the house.
Chattanooga Tenn December 29 four of the six entombed Nelson mine miners at Dayton were recovered today Cyrus Alexander Lloyd Jewell Robert Jewell and Robert Hamilton were found with faces to the bottom of the shaft suggesting they died while seeking fresh air.
Mabel Harris aged twenty and Sasie Baptist aged sixteen died when they drowned while skating in Milwaukee.
Ashland Wisconsin special report describes the Sutherland Lumber Company saw mill and planing mill fire at 5 o'clock that destroyed the mill for a total loss valued at 15000 with 6000 insured. Firemen rescued a severely burned tramp found in the boiler room and later recovered two more bodies beneath the debris. A survivor remains hopelessly burned with one arm lost.
An eight to ten member caucus met at the Ebbitt House to mature plans for opposition. Forty members from twenty three states attended. Western states show strongest opposition while Peetsee members and others express concern that the bill may be defeated unless modified.
Chicago and Minneapolis receipts show grain prices with December and May figures for wheat corn oats and a range of live stock prices for hogs and cattle. Milwaukee notes firmer wheat and steady provisions while St Paul records firm cattle and hogs with limited supply.
The Red Lake and White Earth reservations are set to open around June 1. Officials indicated access and settlement will proceed on the summer schedule with attention to local arrangements and procedures.
Grand Junction Colorado reports arrangements with Dunkard communities across Iowa Dakota Nebraska and Kansas to settle a large body of families in the Grand River valley near the city during the coming spring. Over a hundred families, all well to do, will come to the area.
In Cairo Illinois today the Wolverine Lumber company plant burned down with losses over 100000 dollars and insurance coverage around 79000 dollars. The blaze caused extensive damage to the facility and halted operations.
The Red River valley drainage commission will meet in the governor's office at the state capitol to audit final accounts and read the engineer's report. Contractors A C Rhinehart Kennedy ditch Colby Ennex Snake river ditch and James Nolan Borup ditch are summoned to show cause why work on their ditches was not completed by November 1, 1895.
Manitoba declines to consider any plan to establish Roman Catholic separate schools amid ongoing debate on the separate school question.
A collision between two freight trains on the Georgia Pacific division of the Southern railway killed a brakeman and another crewman, with a second engineer possibly fatally injured and three tramp passengers sustaining injuries.
George Moore of Fanwood New Jersey unearthed a curious vessel on his land. The jar resembles a watch case with a small neck and dark gray stone color. Its thin vitreous surface shows ridges possibly made in a sea shell, and the exact origin remains unsolved.
A French invention uses a rubber tube under the keyboard and a rubber drum to graphically record finger pressure on a moving paper roll. The system yields peak heights showing unevenness and can display a smooth even touch, aiding students and even great artists in musical tuition.
Wealthy British and American millionaires reportedly spend vast sums on cigars in London. Some claim annual totals exceed $2,500 with one individual allegedly at $10,000. An English nobleman married to an American with money is noted for his costly habit paying about $500 monthly to a single dealer.
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