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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1895
Page
3
A collection of brief notes from Brainerd Minnesota including trivia about the Niagara River the moon’s inhabitants the Selenites drone bee hatching times police wages pickle shipments to Boston Berlin's cosmopolis and Greenland superstition about burying a live dog with a child the paradox of declining child deaths yet rising faults and nineteenth century progress.
An analysis warns that Madagascar faces internal strife which could invite French attack. It suggests that fragile tribal factions might unite against the invader, much like quarrelling spouses who turn on a would be peacemaker.
In Washington a push to cap apartment heights at seven stories faces exceptions and debates. The Manchester disaster underscores that railroad workers are not infallible. Boston greets a 95 year old voter who has never missed a vote since suffrage for school trustees. Conan Doyle notes tipping as a larger American evil than in Europe. Beadle the dime novel pioneer is described as once widely read, with the dime novel idea viewed as more mixed in value.
The Turkish minister of public works plans to rebuild the Solomon era aqueduct. A 3750 meter tunnel will supply Jerusalem with 2500 cubic meters daily, 1000 of which will be given free to the poor. Estimated cost is 2,000,000 francs.
Manchester aimed to build an $80 million canal to seize Liverpool trade but Liverpool and rail freight cuts undercut profits. The canal now earns only about half a percent of cost, highlighting the rule that profitable canals must link two navigable waterways with few exceptions.
Newfoundland endures a crisis as two chartered banks suspend operations and the notes they issue lose value. Workers cannot be paid, advances on fish stocks are unavailable, and external help could ease the situation but may hasten the crisis’s end.
Woldford Grogan, an inmate of St Louis elite hospital, recovered from throat cancer and relied on gastronomy tubes for nourishment. He later accessed a funnel end containing brandy and achieved intoxication, demonstrating a novel method to ingest alcohol through the feeding tube.
Washington reports arrangements to pay the Nez Perces six hundred thousand dollars for their lands in Idaho. Delays continue on the torpedo boat Ericsson as another trial is postponed by an accident. Castings for the new cruisers intended to replace losses from the last trial show defects and require rework, delaying completion by several weeks.
Dr Parkhurst urges Lex ow committee hearing for Supt Byrnes. Mrs Pitcher dies in Washington. Henry B Evans dies after Christmas meal in Rockford. Ex Gov Gear of Iowa struck by apoplexy with no immediate danger. Dennison Wheelock wed Louise La Chapelle at Carlisle. Capt H Cocks dies near Brighton Colorado. Queen Victoria aged in autumn photos at seventy six. Beatrice Harraden rents California ranch and comments on American women.
Reports describe a series of fatal incidents including a fast express train collision in Vineland New Jersey killing three, a Chelford excursion wreck with thirteen dead and many injured, and numerous other disasters. Also noted are shipwrecks, a gasoline of lumber loss in Burlington, a widow breaking her neck in Terre Haute, a teen's self inflicted fatality in Illinois, and various criminal and legal actions.
Henry Kinnett loses three thousand dollars to a tin box scheme near Preble Ohio. Maggard gang members arrested in Colorado. Albert Gordon of Rockford Alabama jailed then commits suicide in custody. Yerkes, nephew of a street railway magnate, jailed in New York after a night of revelry. Casey of Covington Kentucky charged with taking funds from the mails. Fear of a Cook gang raid on Muskogee Indian Territory. Legal maneuvers over Morganfield train robber from Cincinnati to Roanoke. Alderson Indiana murder incident ends with two shot victims. Colored parties identified as T A. Bogus lumber company checks in Ishpeming Michigan. Er. Rowsey killed by Town Marshal Ellis in Kentucky. Mob law at M nardsville Tennessee witnesses hangings. Phoenix county jail escapees remain at large. Micajah Rowsey noted for fatal confrontation. Filth-laden boat crime scene at Potomac Street St. Louis. Lizzie Martin dying, husband missing. Temple shoots O Day in Columbus penitentiary. Decker repeatedly arrested in Chicago for bad checks and deemed deranged.
The porte permits foreign delegates to examine witnesses before the Armenian commission. Ten thousand Chinese defending Han Cheng were defeated by Japanese forces after a four hour battle. Peru plans to impose an additional steps to meet financial needs.
Tax on all tobacco and sugar imports. Hohenlohe faces backlash in the Reichstag and plans a retreat. Madagascar campaign opens with Fort Tamatave captured. Ivandros burned. Count Schouvaloff appointed Warsaw military governor after Gourke’s resignation. Turfan and Keshgar Muslims rebel against China under Russian suzerainty. Paris Figaro backs an Atlantic steamship ban near Newfoundland to prevent fishing collisions. Argentina pledges 15000 gold for Atlanta exposition display. Oyama’s forces suffer heavy casualties near New Chiang. Mexican counterfeit rings exposed in Mexico City. Tonghak movement strengthens in Korea as Lai Ju falls. Portugal plans a 120600 pound yearly navy fund for 20 years. NY and Chicago capitalists form to secure Soto La Marina jetty concession.
A range of short items reports on a Indianapolis grave robber leaving his body to Indiana Medical College, calls to abolish Osage tribal government and allot lands, a sermon illustrating three card monte in Winchester Ohio, and a Catholic ban on secret societies. Other notes include a $2,400 loss from Mrs Kelher burning letters, a farmer found dead near Toulon Illinois, a million-dollar Oregon Pacific sale at $100, a corpse stolen from Greenwood Indiana, a Cincinnati boy returning home for Christmas, Joliet jury valuing land for a canal project, gasping warnings about Grand Trunk rail losses, two miners killed in Idaho, a Dallas dry goods firm’s liabilities, Oklahoma reservation Messiah dance, H S Grant named as Michigan Senate candidate and possibly insane, Ida Ross winning $16,000 in Huntsville Alabama for failed telegram delivery, San Francisco fire department buying a water tower battery, and the Boughen Engineering Company of Cincinnati assigning assets and bonds.
The piece argues that servants and clerks differ less in character than their social station. conduct toward them shapes their behavior. It offers a practical recipe: be uniformly kind, temperate, respectable, and considerate, and treat every servant as a friend to foster mutual respect and loyalty.
The record notes a playful exchange about schooling where a young learner jokes about progress in French history, stating they are only at Adam and Eve, reflecting a humorous miscue from Le Masque de Fer.
State Auditor Biermann presents biannual findings urging bonds for examiners, detailed inspections of timber tracts, and sworn affidavits. He calls for tighter log marking, faster penalties, and annual reporting deadlines. He analyzes swamp land losses, mineral leases, and mineral royalties, with tax projections and recommendations for a state tax commission and broader investment powers. The university fund totals rise to about 1.03 million with expected growth.
E B Williams of the state dairy and food department seized 1500 pounds of filled cheese in Minneapolis. The spurious article had come from Chicago to C E Marvin, a dairy dealer, who refused to sell it. The state dairy commissioner warns dealers to guard against these so called filled cheese and protect customers seeking pure dairy products.
Indianapolis December meeting of state college presidents voted to forbid intercollegiate football. An immediate order will go into effect prohibiting athletic sports with athletic associations or semi professional groups, though exhibition games will be permitted.
Denver reports Mrs Riette Pike admits burglary at the home of Mrs James Rives sister of Mayor Booth. She entered via window then key and carried valuables to the home of Bertha Shaw where she packed items for depot shipment. She cites poverty as motive. Shaw denies knowledge. previous arson charge dismissed for lack of proof.
The Delavan House in Albany burned last night destroying the 110 by 450 foot hotel. The blaze killed Mrs. H. A. Foakes and B. F. Heilman and left many guests and staff missing or injured. Firefighters failed to save the building, with losses estimated at 500000 and insured for 200000.
The Populist conference adjourned in St Louis after issuing an address praising growing vote totals and calling for free coinage at 16 to 1. It denounces gold power and strikes at banking, bonds, and rail pooling while urging unity and an educational campaign.
Davenport Jan 1 Fritz Baehl a bachelor with four thousand dollars in savings bank committed death by his own hand by strangling himself with a few strands of cord tied to a bedpost not over five feet high Police believe the act was intentional and the cord broke before the bedpost.
Fort Dodge Iowa January 1 A clerical ballot error led to Mrs L E Castle of Callender being sworn in as justice of the peace. The intention had been to nominate her husband but his wife's initials caused the mix up and she was elected.
G Dunn & Co. reports 1894 commercial failures total 14 292 with liabilities 163 238 404, down from 15 242 and 316 779 839 last year. Manufacturing failures 2756 liabilities 64 491 287. trading failures 11314 liabilities 87 899 057. Declines seen across regions, notably in middle northern states and the West.
Western Nebraska reports describe severe destitution across Perkins, Chase, Dun dy, Lincoln, Hayes, Hitchcock and Frontier counties. Dozens have died from hunger and cold while hundreds of families lack coal and food. Coal is scarce, stock has fled, and newborn twins face peril after a mother’s death. Local relief leaders push aid as rails move supplies.
Severe weather hammers Great Britain with a heavy gale, hail and snow. The British bark Osseo sinks on the Holyhead breakwater with all 24 hands lost. The Norwegian Frey is dismasted. one drowned, fifteen survive. Other vessels suffer damage or separation. Sarnia towed, search efforts planned as weather delays rescue. Snow and telegraph outages disrupt Scotland rail and lines.
In Chicago on New Year night a four man robbery gang raided two North Side saloons. Bartender Nelse Beck was fatally shot at Kinzie Street 29. In a second clash at Huron Street 57 Austin McGrail opened fire, killing a robber and wounding others as the gang fled. Police hunt suspects.
Sunbury Virginia January 1 fire gutted the Van Islen Nail mill at Northumberland twenty five miles south origin in the engine room. Four thousand kegs of nails burned and the loss is about 100000 dollars with about half insured. The mill employed 200 men and boys.
Constantinople January 1. United States Minister Alexander W. Terrell had an audience with the sultan yesterday.
A blaze in a five story Stucky Brent & Co. building on Sixth Street near Main and Water spread rapidly between 12 and 1 am. Three alarms brought the entire fire department, with the flames consuming the targeted store and bursting into the adjacent J H Quast Co boots and shoes and Bareford Lawson Co millinery premises, both gutted.
A Boston letter from Western Turkey claims about 15 000 Armenians were killed in a Kurdish Turkish mass slaughter. It describes no mercy, women abused, churches set on fire, villages burned, and soldiers boasting of killings including pregnant women.
Rt. Rev. David Buell Knickerbocker D D bishop of the Indiana diocese died last evening of pneumonia in Indianapolis. Born February 24 1833 in Schaghticoke N Y he was the youngest son of Hermon Knickerbocker Prince Knickerbocker. He studied at Trinity College Hartford and the General Theological Seminary New York City. He was ordained deacon in 1856 and priest in 1857 at Gethsemane Minneapolis where he began missionary work accompanied by early struggles in a city of about 200 people.
Six masked men attacked a northbound Cotton Belt train near Camden, aiming for the express money. A Winchester to the porter and a forced water stop led to the baggage car being grabbed by mistake. the gang fled after realizing their error, vowing not to return.
In Butte Montana on January 8 Harvey Curry shot and killed Pike Sawflusky a famed early prospector and discoverer of the Gold Bug mines of the Little Rockies. Enmities between the men dated back years with Sandusky reportedly firing first but missing before Curry killed him. Sawflusky was about fifty and widely known in western mining camps.
Daniel D. Trombley a 28 year old lumber inspector murdered his wife and child in Bay City Michigan and then set fire to the house before escaping. Firemen found Mrs Trombley with a cut throat and burned body. the child smothered with no marks. Trombley had run on an independent ticket for county clerk in the recent county canvass and gave wild political speeches.
The Midway district marked the year end with the dedication of a new Odd Fellows hall at St Anthony Park on New Year’s Eve. Wildey lodge No 3 hosted the event under state grand officers and notable members of the order.
A massive blaze in Buffalo New York destroyed a three story block at Fillmore Avenue and Broadway owned by John Kennedy of Binghamton. It spread to adjacent buildings along Broadway and across to Gibson Street, destroying Eckhardt & Co Oswald Tinkler Charles Weissman and several shops. Loss estimated at 200000 with hydrants frozen delaying water access by thirty minutes.
The Minnesota bureau of labor completes a 175 page section of its report focusing on apprentices. It investigates labor union attitudes toward apprentices and trade schools and the causes behind them. It recommends forming a state board of conciliation.
Under the Maich Law Eagle Grove Iowa special The Fred Miller Brewing company has secured city council consent and will establish a wholesale liquor house. They will operate wholesale liquor only and plan to erect a substantial building next year.
The Memphis Ninth Century club with about 4000 members passed a resolution to boycott Congressman W P C Breckinridge when he lectures in the city next week. The action reflects local opposition to the speaker.
Washington January 3 The New Year reception at the White House draws the diplomatic corps and official figures. Mrs Cleveland and the cabinet welcome visitors in the blue room while Sir Julian Pauncefote leads the diplomatic display. The Chinese ambassadors and Austrian member Henglemuller stand out in rich attire as the crowd mingles in the East room.
Jan 3 O Neill Nebraska report that Holt county treasurer Barrett Scott, accused of defaulting, was seized near midnight by masked men. Shot in the neck, Scott died after the carriage horses were killed. others were wounded or released. Farmers believed responsible.
At Livingston Alabama two masked robbers boarded a south bound express on the Alabama Great Southern railway at 3 30 p m and robbed the express car of valuables securing several thousand dollars.
Susan Fenimore Cooper, daughter of James Fenimore Cooper, died today in Cooperstown New York from apoplexy in her eighty second year.
The Pioneer Fuel company uncovered about a dozen forged checks bearing its name and EB F Elliott, Minneapolis retail manager. The forgeries totaled 7.50 to 13.50 dollars each and were accepted by several grocers including Mr Neubels on University Avenue.
A rumor spreads in Robeline Louisiana Special district of Vernon parish that three women were murdered on Christmas Day in a dark corner of Vernon parish.
In Cincinnati, twenty five bakers have cut the price of bread from five to three cents per loaf as part of a local cheap bread crusade in the city special.
The president has approved an act to establish a national military park at the Shiloh battlefield in Washington DC. The move designates preservation of the site as a historic park and memorial area for public education and remembrance.
Gov. Oates of Alabama appointed Gen. Joseph Wheeler chairman to cooperate with the national commission in locating Alabama troops at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. Only one state remains unrepresented among the positions.
The Times reports the death at Frant Sussex of Mary wife of General Palmer of Colorado Springs Colorado.
The Payne county court house at Stillwater was burned last night destroying all county records. It is believed the Dalton gang set the fire to save Arkansas Tom who is under indictment. Criminal records related to Tom’s case were destroyed in the blaze. Loss estimated at $20,000 with no insurance.
Fire devastated the Big Four railroad passenger station in Anderson Indiana. The new union depot served two divisions and was noted as the finest station owned exclusively by the Big Four.
Peekskill New York report states James E Robertson brother of a State Senator was found dead last night in Westchester County. He suffered heart trouble and it is believed the attack led to his freezing death. He was a prominent citizen.
Weather in Dallas Texas reached record levels with daylight temperature at five degrees above zero. Officials note the coldest December morning in twenty years, marking an unprecedented winter chill for the area.
Phailias the celebrated stallion of J I Case died last night in Racine Wisconsin. The horse held a notable record of 2 14 5 -4.
In Madison special session the receivers of the Penoke and Gegeben consolidated mines were ordered in U.S. court to surrender their leases on the Superior Amat and Colby mines. A master in chancery was appointed to adjust claims.
Akron Ohio report notes a project to unite the nation’s larger printing houses. If approved the deal would involve many millions of dollars and reshape the industry landscape.
Two Anacortes youths, Baron and Gerrish, reportedly struck a rich gold mine near Slate Creek at the United Whatcom and Okanogan county line in the Cascades. Hidden ledges yield rock rich with gold. over $12,000 washed in a single season as the men work high in the Methow valley above Nevaltree with snow soon sealing ingress.
Prof Pieter presented on trigotheraapeutics at the Academy of Medicine. He tested cold exposure on himself and dogs, noting increased hunger after refrigeration and stating his own dyspepsia cured after ten descents.
A correspondent reports Lord Randolph Churchill inherited a large estate and country seat from Miss Charlotte Rose Kones an eccentric admirer who never met him. The will also designates thirteen cats as sole other beneficiaries with sixty dollars per cat annually. kittens are excluded from heirs rights.
The New York Medical Journal confronts the public on blood sports and vivisection. It cites widespread hunting and fishing cruelty, contrasting it with rare humane lab practices on animals. The piece challenges anti vivisectionists to apply consistent ethics across sport and science.
An experienced morgue keeper notes that natural faces are recognized by intimate friends, while distorted features are more quickly identified by casual acquaintances who notice distinctive facial features. He says long familiarity blurs exact features but preserves personality landmarks.
In Canada an experiment with ball bearings pulled a street car several hundred feet using three sewing threads. A carriage maker fitted ball bearings to coach axles, a trained dog pulled the coach around a yard, and pneumatic tires plus ball bearings could ease horse strain for heavy vehicle drawing.
Madam Bridges from Ladies' Home Journal praises a literary magazine bought aboard a train. She notes it covers diamonds and dyes with pictures, discusses inventions, and serves as more than a shopping guide in a compact, readable format.
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