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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1892
Page
2
In Brainerd rumors say the Comte de Paris plans to abandon politics after the forthcoming general election. A woman may be excused if she avoids blunt phrases while discussing the issue.
A remark suggests the man best known for dramatic life is thought to have been a stage driver.
A cryptic statement questions a group’s response and hints at growing frustration among friends about perceived indignation. The fragmentary text suggests social tension without concrete events or clear actors.
A reflective line notes the irritant of encountering people with no curiosity when one guards a personal secret. The observation hints at social dynamics and the strain of hidden truths within everyday interaction.
The subject stands out in London society with corkscrew curl wig and a notably sharp tongue signifying her prominence in social circles.
A note announces the engagement of Rupyarp Kipnixe to an American woman and wishes them happiness. The item adds a joking aside about shaping his views on Americans, attributed to Private Mulvany as a quip.
The speaker criticizes the term fellow as the harshest insult for a man in Japan and argues that Japan must borrow U.S. political vocabulary to engage in politics.
A Paris lieutenant murdered his benefactor Baroness Deslard to pay debts and avoid dishonor. Despite his intent, the court sentenced him to the guillotine in France.
Captain Joan W. Pamir has been chosen to command the armored cruiser New York. At the start of the current year she held seventeen years and nine months of sea service.
The Yale College treasurer reports gifts received during the year totaled 343395 dollars, ranging from one hundred dollars up to fifty thousand dollars.
The Smith Slusher feud erupts again in Flat Lick Kentucky with deadly violence as the Slusher faction allegedly targets the Smith family. Authorities report a fatal outcome amid ongoing quarrel fueled by longstanding animosity between the two groups.
Wyat, believed to be the largest steel planer in the country, was recently shipped from Plainfield New Jersey to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The machine bed weighs three tons the table twenty six tons the cross rails twenty two tons the arch four and a half tons and the driving gear four tons.
A French scientist compares ancient provincial product outputs with modern ones to deduce Europe is certainly growing colder. Yet a political outlook suggests conditions will heat up over there in the coming months.
A man sues a Minneapolis theatre claiming his view of the stage was blocked by two oversized hats worn by women seated in front. The piece notes the fad is spreading and the suit reflects a growing trend.
A Berlin press dispatch reports the emperor and royal family dined alone on Christmas Day. The writer warns such sensational news should be handled gently for American readers to avoid supernervous hysteria and possible fatal results.
The text argues Latin races show a trait of attempting to separate church from state but cannot leave religion alone. It contrasts with Anglo-Saxon tolerance, suggesting the latter allows religion to stand free without state coercion.
George Dunnaway of Lebanon Tennessee received two life terms in the penitentiary along with eight and ten year terms for good measure. The court sentenced him after a series of offenses, ending a long legal process.
Dr Brormen Warxins reports a white bristled grip microbe that acts on blood rather than mucous membranes and causes pain by rapid motion. He notes a drug to end its pernicious activity remains elusive compared with eradicating the germ itself.
A new coal mine near the Straits of Magellan may supply steam coal for ships passing the straits, possibly reducing reliance on Welsh coal. The find is described as good quality but in limited quantity, affecting Cardiff miners and commercial needs alike.
A concise World events digest highlighting key foreign and domestic happenings. The column compiles the week’s notable developments in rapid reading form, emphasizing significant occurrences shaping global history.
Washington reports the annual conventions opening in the capital. Government tax revenues for December totaled 28.5 million dollars, 2.5 million less than expenditures, reducing the treasury cash balance to 30,405,749 dollars. The month’s main outlay was 13,125,000 dollars for pensions.
Groner Dustix dies in Mora Minnesota at over 100. Gen Sherman’s daughter Miss Racnet Suermayx marries Dr Paul Thorndyke of Boston. Ex-Colrss Man Bisworp W Perrys named U S senator from Kansas. Roswett P Fiower becomes New York governor as David B Hill retires. Victoria of Hawaii to attend Wellesley College near Boston. George W Waxtree dies in Keyport while long-time NYPD head. Thomas Aprate of Adrian Michigan Times dies suddenly. J F Corie elected president of Western Commercial Travelers association in St Louis. John H Bidleman named sixth vice president. Circus pioneer Joan J Norsay dies in New York at about seventy six. He had partnered with Barnum and other showmen over decades.
The New York Ontario & Western withdrew from the Chicago & Alton boycott. W H Buss, former general counsel of the St Paul & Duluth, becomes associate counsel at Northern Pacific. Dr W D Middleton named surgeon in chief for Rock Island with Davenport Iowa as headquarters. A postponed joint committee meeting of Trank Line and Central Traffic Association eyed for next Wednesday January 6 with Vice Chairman Donald awaiting call.
A flood of reports includes a Stillwater Minnesota rail accident injuring several, a man linked to Cornelius Vanderbilt deemed insane, and multiple other calamities. Notable deaths occur from drowning at Grand Rapids and Gateshead theater panic, with fires in Jeannette Pennsylvania and a steelworks accident in St. Louis.
A Swiss memo mentions a secret league planning to assassinate the czar. reports from Europe note Italy indemnity talks with the United States and various European political tensions. Spain and Britain see shifting aid efforts. Dublin unrest and a tragic Vienna incident are also reported.
A report notes a hereditary insanity concern linked to a family. It details M De Brazza leading an expedition of 1200, with 600 Senegalese troops and 6 Europeans, from Libreville to Lake Chad on November 7, seeking inland advance, amid provisions and firearms. Also mentions influenza in Belgium and Vienna, repression in Russian Poland, Warsaw arrests, and Spanish tariff changes affecting free trade.
A roundup of varied incidents from across states including a mob in Chicago, a $10,000 bond robbery in Phillips county, a Missouri suicide, confirmed robberies by the Adams Express, and a Michigan ex-secretary inquiry. Also reports of a fatal wounding in Cincinnati, Paris murder confession, a New Jersey publisher fined, a child whipping in Arkansas, and a Boston-linked bigamy case with an ill wife.
Jack Barnett tired of John L. Sullivan at Sacramento and closed all accounts with the big slagger and quit. Barnett ascribed his desertion of Sullivan tail usage, but it is suspected the champion no longer draws crowds since returning from Australia.
In South Wales 75000 miners remain locked out while some speed adjustments occur. Calu met and Hecla Smelting Co at South Lake Linden, Michigan closed three furnaces and 30 workers were laid off. Berlin and Leipsic strikers signal willingness to return unconditionally. San Antonio and Arkansas Pass railroad strike halts all operations after a conductor was discharged for alleged orders violation.
New Exchange capitalists invest five hundred thousand dollars in St Paul realty. Curtecaco and Aurora Illinois linked by electric railway. A large tin plate factory planned for Pritapetpata. An extensive Chicago flax manufacturer is formed by Eastern capital. Gex Graham reports Maxim Nordeweldt plans US factories.
In Umatilla Oregon a professor named Hurley stole skulls from an Indian graveyard to illustrate lectures. After returning home he faced anger from the Umatilla tribe and fled by boat, then boarded a train toward the next settlement. The incident ended with his escape as villagers pursued potential retaliation.
Across Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas this item list notes incidents and updates. A Hastings girl burns from kerosene accident. J E Kenedy replaced by Arthur Dampier as Northfield postmaster. Union school outbreak of black diathera. Man kato man insane from business troubles. St Paul deserter O'Brien surrenders after twenty years service. Grand Rapids plans new bank with E J Hastings of Minneapolis as president.
The Fargo area reports a residence burned destroying the home of Michael Garrity with his wife and infant escaping. A man named Robert Lowe was found dead from probable coal gas in a Forest River shanty. A northbound train wreck between Minnewatkan and New Rockford injured one engineer as three freight cars derailed.
A dispatch from Sioux Falls reports Stanley Island in South Dakota under military rule. An artesian well was struck on Col. C. J. Pontus’s Troy Township farm in Sully County at a depth of 1,456 feet.
A St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance case ends in a thirty minute jury verdict for the plaintiff. Reports from Aberdeen note state cases against Hagerty and Paul Hamas. legal defense by Gordon, Crofoot and Huse. Coddington gas strike north of Blunt at 2000 feet to heat and light the city. Divorce granted to Louis Bernard of Mayence, Germany, from wife due to desertion. he plans to return to Germany. Great Northern officials inspect St. Paul to Huron line for upgrades and potential extension to Chamberlain and crossing the Missouri River with Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul line.
A roundup of obituaries and accidents: Mrs. Washington dies of pneumonia at Ba raboo. Mrs. L. Chase dies after surgery in Prairie du Chien. La Crosse home destroyed by fire with $1,000 loss. Mrs. George B. Smith dies at 36 of Watertown, leaving husband and four children. Frank Tindell, 79, of Waterford dies. Two youths, Gotfried Zinskie and William Schalla, 16, arrested for drunkenness in Waukesha. Foot injury at Appleton. hand crushed in La Crosse railway work. Peter Dalstrom assigns to Peter B. Hanson for $400. A. D. Waterman pleads guilty to forged note. sentenced to 1.5 years. Artesian well contract for Racine County Asylum awarded to O'Connor Well Co. Franchise bid from Hyde & Jackson for water works in Kaukauna. Bjorklund’s robbed check from Minneapolis now safe. Mrs. Morse of Whitewater dies after paralysis. 68. Mrs. Mills undergoes cataract removal. 70. Forged checks by Albert Ansem. plans to plead guilty Jan 4. Shotgun accident near Bara Boo injures 16-year-old. one eye lost. Horse runaway injures Phil and Frank Parsons of Fond du Lac. Frank loses an ear.
Reports show the Dubuque firm in operation 11 years has made an assignment with assets and liabilities about equal. Other items note Elisha Hannawalt of Dumont Ill. killed after a gun discharged while handling a weapon near Lyons. Pliny Harlan, a Marion post office clerk, arrested on selling cancelled stamps and stealing mail items. A Des Moines man wounded Ada Lewis after a brief visit. her condition is grave. Shriners and Knights Templars held Kaaba Temple ceremonies in Ottumwa with large delegations and a Ballingall banquet. The New York capitalist eyed Dubuque bonds at 4 percent for 20 years. Estherville approved a two-year electric franchise. Peterson & Co. of Burlington assigned with substantial liabilities and unknown assets.
The eminent court physician Dr. Graefe treated the theologian Schleiermacher who sent four louis d or s as thanks. Graefe returned the money and Schleiermacher replied with a sharp taunt about the doctor curing the poor for free and charging the wealthy at the tariff.
In Coursus Ohio on January 6 special telegram reports a tense senatorial fight between Sherman and Foraker. Sherman leads with about 48 or 49 votes to Foraker’s 42, and McKinley allies lean Sher man. Names mentioned include Gov. McKinley and aides, with party maneuvering over delegates and a gerrymander bill seen as payback for Sherman promises.
Jan. 6 report says Secretary Blaine and Chilean minister Montt met at Blaine's home with rumors Montt had a fiscal report on the Baltimore incident and may have shared it with Blaine. A second report claims Santiago instructed Montt to seek a full apology, unverified. The Baltimore cruiser arrived San Francisco with Captain Schley denying new statements.
Levi Holgreen aged thirty of Water town Minnesota was killed when a tree fell at Miller Bros camp at Hill Lake yesterday. The accident occurred at the camp site and left authorities to investigate the cause of the fatal incident.
Governor of Kansas appoints W. Perkins to succeed the late Senator Plumb. Perkins takes oath with Peffer present and sits at the extreme left of the vice president. Senator Vance also sworn in for a new term and assigned to several committees including contingent expenses finance privileges and elections and District of Columbia and chairs the woman suffrage committee.
Discussion on English divorce law centers on Capt Osborne's right to divorce his wife. Prof Francis Newman argues he is legally empowered to divorce, while Mr Robert insists only the husband can help an errant wife. No one has spoken for him as Capt Osborne has not abandoned her.
John Studier and Anthony Gleitz fought on South Street. Studier struck Gleitz with a stone, fracturing his skull. Gleitz died minutes later. Studier is jailed awaiting further action.
Otto Stilow a German immigrant known as Crazy Dutch Otto or Flying Dutchman was killed near the Chicago & Northwestern line in Marshalltown Iowa yesterday. He started home drunk and wandered onto the Northwestern track about 100 yards from the depot. An incoming passenger train struck him and his body was cut in two above the hips.
Uprising against President Diaz gathers steam as sources say a church party mobilizes within four weeks to back Catarino Garza. Amed from Mexico City talks suggest clerics fund the campaign while Garza contemplates retreat to Mexico after scattered revolts in Texas.
A double headed stock train crashed through a burning bridge near Sentinel Butte. Fireman Bert Clough was killed and Fireman G W Poor injured while the engineers escaped. The bridge, a five span structure, is thirty feet high above a dry run and a new bridge was expected within eighteen hours. Both firemen lived locally.
Senator Pettigrew introduces a bill to claim all lake meander lands for South Dakota and another to allow entry of lands valuable for building stone under placer mining rules. Senator Kyle seeks 3 000 000 dollars to drill artesian wells in arid lands. A Pierre public building project at 100 000 dollars is also proposed.
North Dakota Representative Johnson introduced multiple measures in the house. A joint resolution seeks direct popular vote for president and vice president, along with bills on Red River survey and improvement, funding, railroad rights of way through Devils Lake Indian Reservation, restoring Captain Thomas Mr. Carpenter to retired rolls, and a Grand Forks memorial on Red River lands claimed by the Manitoba railroad.
Mrs. Dixon wife of the Montanan representative hosted a pink luncheon in her Shorelam dining room. A company of ladies discussed a bright spread as the rooms glowed with tuk roses. Centerpieces featured La France roses and covers bore rose scarlet name cards. Guests included Mrs. Gov Toole, Mrs. Gen. Miles, Mrs. Scholler, Mrs. Thomas Vincent, and Miss Rusevary.
On the Murphy branch thirty miles from Asheville the west bound freight engine derailed on a heavy grade at Dike Ridge trestle and plunged into Dotte Creek gorge over 100 feet below. Killed were engineer Sam Francis of Asheville fireman Sam Arthur and Ruus Hemphill along with a colored man named Land.
Special Telegram reports patents granted to Northwestern inventors such as Boden Albert of New Ulm Minnesota and R Nix with edestick sid quein. The list names George C Fuoler of Minneapolis and M Gelart administrator of a deceased inventor. Other items include self helping brake designs by Hursen Heskett and a combined horseshorts tool by Michael Mengier with gear mechanisms for setting gauging and pitting saws. An elevated street railway cage and truck concept by Howe Paige of Minneapolis is noted along with various other entries from La Crease Eau Claire and Madison regions.
The board of ordnance and fortification sent its 1888 to 1891 report to Congress. It details gun production and notes that with four more years of similar activity the United States cannot be said to be adequately defended against foreign powers.
The blow off wave at the electric light plant burst yesterday with a terrific explosion destroying one end of the building. Engineer Fisherkiller narrowly escaped being blown to atoms. Others inside the building escaped injury.
Washington notes Senator Davis introduced a bill to repeal the last general land act section to prevent reserving one seventh of Minnesota for National Forestry association aims. The move aims to curb forestry land reservations by the administration and forestalling a large state land grab.
In a windy Yale Record tale Brutus tells of a single handed slaughter of eleven barbarians. Cesar responds with mock admiration and a dig at Brutus, while Brutus ponders fate and the Ides of March after the exchange.
Charles H. Moore of Galveston plans an unprecedented raft project to ship a massive log raft from Galveston to London in three lashed sections. He argues transatlantic rafting faces less risk than recent attempts from St Johns to New York and cites seasoned captains as endorsing feasibility. The raft uses yellow pine for construction and aims at profitable returns if venture succeeds.
John Brooks of Buena Vista Quechua county Arkansas shot Fayette Robinson his father in law firing two bullets into the head. The shooting occurred a week ago and Robinson yet lives his doctors hopeful of recovery. Brooks is jailed awaiting outcome of the case.
A Brooklyn woman's ten word will is challenged by her mother, a scenario echoing a common pattern where wives' last wishes face disputes across the country.
The report describes a plot to kill a Kansas judge, resulting in the deaths of two officers. Governor Merriam receives a cable from Charles Emery Smith confirming widespread suffering in Russia and urging relief. Minnesota and the Northwest contemplate breadstuffs donations, with Smith confirming that such contributions will be gratefully accepted.
In Liserat Kansas on January 6 a mob linked to the Citizen's Alliance ambushed lawmen while escorting Judge Botkin of Seward County to Springfield. Sheriff Dunn and Sheriff-elect Ray Guyman were killed. one deputy is missing. Judge Botkin fled to Arkalon. Gov. Humphrey sought troops to restore peace.
In Wasuixotox Jan 6 Representative John son of North Dakota presented a resolution on silver coinage. It proposes restoring silver to legal tender status and invites foreign governments to join a conference to adopt a common gold to silver ratio for metallic money and stable value.
St Olaf and Carleton in Norrurizto reopen for a three month winter term. About 350 students are enrolled across collegiate, preparatory, English academy, music, and art divisions with 110 music pupils and 21 in art. Most students returned from holidays as special cars carried them in. Both schools anticipate a successful year.
Mitchell University opened today with nearly two hundred students under the new president Dr Merica. The prospects for the institution were never brighter.
James A. Williams issued a call for a Columbus gathering on January 18 to form a new baseball league. Delegates invited from Milwaukee Indianapolis Toledo Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Albany and Toronto are expected to attend.
Washington January 6 The senate accepted Mr West's December 10 resolution asking the president to seek British action through the state department to abrogate or modify rules forcing U S cattle to be slaughtered at entry ports and prohibiting live shipment inland. The measure was explained and advocated by Mr West before adoption.
The report lists wheat corn oats rye barley flax and mill feeds with varied No. 1 hard and No. 2 Northern quotes in Minneapolis and surrounding markets. It notes Chicago-based flax pricing and feeds including bolted and unbolted meals, bran, shorts, middlings, and hay price ranges for multiple grade levels.
A collection of cheeky captions and quips on fashion and society items. The items mention a costly Italian dress, a two pound baby in Danbury, and various claims about women, wealth, and virtue.
Hollister Sage recounts a mare with a strong appetite failing to eat until a sunlit inspection reveals a wooden board lodged between teeth. A lever pried out the 2 by 6 inch board, ending a long fast and prompting reflection on neglected simple maladies in animals and the fate of doomed patients.
A Paris dinner with viceroy Lord Lytton, Duc Decazes, and ambassadors unfolds as Comte Chaudordy is defended. A sarcastic remark about Chaudordy prompts a sharp quip from Lytton about a warmer ropster and cooler discussion, ending the meal in laughter.
The Duke of Orleans seeks entry into the Russian army but is refused by Tsar Alexander II. He has already faced a curt denial and was expelled from the St Petersburg opera for misconduct with Mme Melba. Earlier rebuffs include an offer to serve under the Danish king, with potential later talks of Persian service.
Empress Frepgarex offers her new chateau in Hesse Nassau as a honeymoon retreat for her nephew Prince Albert Victor after his marriage to Princess Victoria Mary of Eck. The arrangement reflects royal family hospitality and alters travel plans within European nobility.
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