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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1897
Page
2
A Brainerd Dispatch item notes the Armenian patriarch refuses to join in whitewashing the sultan. The piece predicts his removal may occur but vows he will gain in honor. The page also mentions a suspected irregularity in Sing Sing prison accounts.
A reflecting remark questions Weyler's success by linking his military actions to civilian casualties. It asserts that if his slaughter of insurgents matched his killings of peaceful citizens, Cuba would be conquered already.
A Dunkard colony to be founded in Indiana plans no jail or courthouse fearing the presence of a court would require a jail. The settlers argue that avoiding courts eliminates the need for jails and reflects their commitment to simple communal life.
A reader asks why a girl curling an arm around a sofa cushion after sleeping on the sofa is a common habit. The inquiry seeks social or psychological explanations behind the behavior observed by a bachelor.
The piece suggests skipping the usual morning meal as a cure for dyspepsia. It notes some cases may benefit but questions applicability for individuals not accustomed to eating breakfast.
The famed Italian faster Lucci reportedly pushed fasting to a breaking point, with warnings that extreme feasting and fasting can yield similar outcomes. His condition suggests severe mental strain from prolonged self-imposed hunger.
Sandow plans to revise his approach to building muscle after testing a new eighteen pound weight during multiple nights on the showroom floor.
The sultan of Turkey rejects a nerve tonic and proposes the Armenian patriarch sign a statement blaming Armenians for recent slaughters. The move is told to be the year’s most impudent proposition in reporting.
The vast mahogany forests of Nicaragua are almost wholly controlled by Boston firms by contract with the Nicaraguan government. The export trade in the expensive wood has become very extensive, reaching 6,000,000 feet in 1893.
At the Scottish Burial Reform and Cremation Society annual meeting in Glasgow it was reported that only eight bodies were cremated in the past year.
The Lagong bridge spans an arm of the China sea, five miles long with 200 stone arches. It rises seventy feet high and seventy feet wide, with each pillar bearing a marble lion twenty one feet long. The construction cost remains unknown.
The rumored elopement of Signor Crispi's daughter Princess Lingua-Glossa with a hired servant stirs reflections on social equalization, recalling Bulwer's line that love, like death, levels all ranks and places a shepherd's crook beside the scepter.
The text warns that rubber might run short in years due to high bicycle demand. It argues the same conservation principles apply as with other staples, urging economy and systematic cultivation to avert shortages.
The noted lawyer Samuel J. Til den could not make his own will sound due to a legal defect. His final bequests to New York and to smaller towns revert to his heirs, highlighting the irony that professionals cannot always govern their own legacies.
Weston, aged fifty eight, cries as he notes he walked 103 miles in twenty four hours, down from 112 miles at thirty, seeing a possible limit by seventy. Premier Canavay opposes a Greater New York charter that ends perpetual franchises and returns corporate privileges to the city.
The passage argues that despite sensational marine claims of the island’s destruction Juan Fernandez remains alive in children’s memory through Robinson Crusoe and Friday. It asserts literature preserves the island in young readers despite sea tales and real-world events.
The Leadville Colorado miners strike, ongoing since June 19, has caused destruction of mill property, rioting and fatalities. Four men killed, state militia guarding the disturbance, soldiers camped at the scene, with losses near two and a half million dollars and rising. Colorado deems the strike a monument to folly and futility.
A French inventor develops a novel paper that can be written on with any metal point. By embedding chosen oxides or carbonates such as zinc oxide or lead carbonate into the paper, scribes need not sharpen pencils or dip pens. The article notes potential industry impact as work proceeds.
A brief survey of notable events from the past week at home and abroad. Highlights attention grabbing developments across politics, society, and international affairs as reported by telegraph news letters and correspondents.
In New York Cuban sympathizers have sent a formal appeal to Secretary Olney asking the state department to use its influence for Dr. Gaspardo Betanicourt who was arrested in Havana on suspicion of acting as an agent of the Cuban junta in New York.
John Bigelow ex minister to France injured in a railway accident at Highland Falls New York. Jesse Scott pioneer of Iowa died at his Campetine home after arriving in 1842 with a settler party in Wapello County. Edward Avery jurist and lawyer died in Boston survived by wife and three children born Marblehead March 12 1828 with revolutionary war stock. Col Mapleson opera impresario and participants in his benefit cited in Boston for violating Sunday concert law. audience members affected.
The note details several incidents including the steamship Volo a total loss off Sweden with all aboard saved, a landslide at Ratsmore England burying a family, the New Brunswick ferry burned in New York worth about 120000 dollars, a soda fountain explosion in Miami injuring Alonzo Johnson and killing F M Johnson, a fatal house fire in Johnston Rhode Island, a self inflicted death of Charles Pfeffer near Ligonier PA, the destruction of Santa Ana de Pélaxi Italy by a land slip, a 12 to 14 degree fire displacement in New York City displacing 44 families, the Julius Lansbury furniture fire in Washington and New York, and Poe's Burr mansion spared by proximity to the blaze.
A patchwork of sensational crimes floods news from North Carolina to South Dakota and beyond. Train wreckers blamed for wrecks and fires. arson convictions in New York. killings in Tennessee Missouri and Illinois. a vigilante atmosphere feared in Osceola Iowa. a Tacoma police shooting. a Chicago saloon murder. brutal assaults in Michigan and South Dakota.
Floods sweep the Lavidia district of Greece with reports of fatalities. In Rio de Janeiro the Brazilian cruiser Friadentes caught fire but the crew quenched it before major damage. one officer injured. A Cuban Spanish court convicts Julio Sanguilly, an American, of conspiracy, sentencing him to eight years. In Bulgaria two murder defendants receive short terms and one is acquitted. Ex Queen Lilivokalani of Hawaii has...
In Madrid the Epoca notes American Cuba policy as logical on material interests. The Russian armored cruiser has been refloated after being grounded on a sand bank near Cronstadt. A Mansion House meeting protests Irish taxation of 2 750 000 annually. Cuban gurrillas massacre near Pinar del Rio leaves twenty dead and two young women among the victims.
Reports from U S and abroad mention a Mexico discovered honey and water cure for smallpox, a Nebraska senator courting war with Spain, and Georgetown Massachusetts strike that puts 150 men out of work while six shoe factories may close. Other items note leprosy guidance from New York doctors, a Sandusky man named receiver for Columbus and Hocking Coal, and boxing champion Kid McCoy defeating Billy Doherty in Johannesburg.
Jared Van Wagenen Jr notes that non nutritive food components alter butter quality. Cabbage garlic and turnip aromas have long been known. corn and wheat improve texture and flavor. cotton seed meal can make butter hard and unspreadable. linseed meal buckwheat middlings malt sprouts alter texture and taste. Effects mainly affect texture, not just flavor, and vary with amounts.
John Garrahan argues celery is the most profitable specialty vegetable when grown right. A single worker can manage three acres, and well-prepared celery in flat bunches sells strongly, with an acre yielding about a thousand dollars. Beginners should study and stay updated to succeed.
This piece describes rheumatism in cows from sudden weather changes and cold rain after heat. It advises treating with tincture of aconite, dosing, warm fomentation, soap liniment rubbing, epsom salts, and dry woolen rubbing to restore mobility.
A fragmented Washington Times item centers on a humorous exchange between a horse and a car, with one speaking about being at work and a reference to food and driving.
Thomas McGrath, a prominent local businessman and Catholic church member, was found frozen to death about a mile from Barnesville after leaving his farm about 11 o clock. He had lived in the area seventeen years and leaves a wife, several children, and a brother.
In Fargo North Dakota two Petit children perish from freezing during Sunday's blizzard. Their father John Petit has been in town three days with few details available as authorities review the fatal weather event.
A Key West dispatch reports the Dauntless has landed its expedition in Cuba. The cargo includes 400,000 cartridges 1,040 rifles dynamite a Hotchkiss gun and medicine. The venture follows the Three Friends attempt to land near No Name Key before being chased by a Spanish gunboat.
In St Paul on January 7 the bank failures episode cooled with calmer mood across lending houses. Savings banks faced minor run activity, while First and Second National banks saw crowds lining up to open new deposits, with three clerks serving customers.
James Anderson, ex under sheriff of Alcona county and a prominent farmer, was shot and killed today by Mrs. Robert Dobson of Haynes township. After arrest, Mrs. Dobson declined to speak. Her husband says Anderson had slandered her and she was enraged by his refusals to retract.
London report in Westminster Gazette states Queen Victoria plans to abdicate to mark her long reign, transferring the throne to the Prince of Wales. The note anchors historic change and potential succession onset for Britain.
Cleveland reports Cornelius N Bliss of New York has been offered and accepted as secretary of the navy under the new administration. The arrangement was said to be completed on Monday.
Ole Delia a farmer six miles south of Babcock Wisconsin lost his house to a blaze today. Three children aged five and younger perished in the fire as neighbors worked to save the home and others. The tragedy occurred on January 7 as cold winds swept the area.
Chicago Special. The Dime Savings bank was saved by stockholders who paid a 50 percent assessment. Auditor Gere found a large deficiency, but directors kept the bank open. The cash reserve rose to over 23 percent of deposits, above the 15 percent legal reserve. A directors meeting set no date to withdraw depositor notice. Sale to a stronger bank is expected.
Special Mrs James Hackney of Indianapolis doubts Walter Jackson and Linus Walling caused Pearl Bryan's death. She recalls Bryan renting a room last September and allegedly naming others as responsible. She would protest to Kentucky Governor if it could help commute the sentences.
Oscar Jeyne sixteen son of a prominent New Hope farmer hanged himself near his father's Plainfield area farm in a tragic incident.
Gerald, guarding the beleaguered pastor, was arrested for firing the shot. Mrs Jo seph Torskowski was shot in the leg as stones clubs and missiles flew. The mob pounded two guards. Over 100 bottles of wine were shared among rioters. The nine month dispute started over church books contested by factions and Bishop Richter denied a Bret request.
Secretary Herbert reports to Congress that armor plate cost runs about 198.70 per ton for material and labor, with plant maintenance and nickel charges plus 50 percent profit pushing net government cost to around 400 per ton, accusing manufacturers of price fixing.
Reports from January seventh indicate a possible murder at a northern lumber camp. Billy Taylor was found with a fractured head and buried by Indian relatives without an inquest. Investigations are hindered by conflicting stories and a tendency to hush up the incident.
President-elect McKinley hosted Senor F. G. Pierra of the Cuban junta at M. A. Hanna's home in Cleveland. The discussion covered Cuban affairs and possible actions in a future message to Congress. McKinley declined to disclose planned use of the information.
Gen Francis A Walker president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and noted political economist died after a stroke at his Boston residence early today. In Harrisburg the Republican caucus nominated A B Penrose for U S senator on the first ballot with 133 votes to Wanamaker 75 Cameron 1 Robinson 1 Rice 1 and four absent or not voting.
A Bombay dispatch to the Daily Mail reports that leading journals describe the famine as the most widespread of the present century. The general opinion holds the viceroy errs in refusing English aid.
St Paul reports the Minnesota State Poultry association decided to hold the annual poultry show in St Paul on February 6 1897. The event schedule and exhibition plans were confirmed at the meeting yesterday.
Topeka dispatch reports 32 year old Al Williams and 21 year old Mrs Jane Mayes arrested on charges of assaulting 12 year old Belle Williams whose body was found near Eudora. Authorities say the girl was strangled and the pair plotted to take her to Kansas City for placement on a poor farm. Mayes claims a strange man aided them. Both suspects jailed as investigators pursue a deliberate kidnapping and murder plot.
Frank 8 Black of Rengslaer County was inaugurated as governor of New York today. The ceremony occurred in the assembly chamber of the capitol with a large crowd in attendance.
London officials of the foreign office denied that the marquis of Be disapproved of features in the proposed arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain as reported from New York.
A fragmented report claims General Maceo remains alive amid rumors of his fate. The piece hints at continued resistance and regional tensions without detailing sources or dates.
The Senate passes a House measure to limit capital punishment applying to federal crimes, retaining some death penalty options and replacing most with hard labor for life. Also covers congressional debates on the Loud second class mail bill and calls for information on Havana prisoner Sanguilly and a national monetary commission.
Washington January 7 The Ways and Means Committee heard from a broad mix of industries on the agricultural schedule of the tariff law. Mexican cattlemen clashed with Congressman Curtis over Wilson rate effects on U S beef. Granges from Pennsylvania and Virginia urged farm product protections. Massachusetts fishermen New York fish dealers galt importers and California fruit growers argued for protections. Bermuda potato importers sought concessions as rice growers and macaroni makers pressed for higher duties. Tomorrow focuses on wool.
At the central criminal court in London the trial of Lady Selina Scott is pursued. George Santayana a Harvard moral philosophy professor testified he met Earl Russell in 1886 at Harvard and travelled with him on a Rhine voyage in 1888 aboard Russell’s yacht claiming no impropriety or familiarity with the crew. He said he was not asked to testify but would in September.
A F Duclos, government teacher at Lower Brule Indian agency, has mysteriously disappeared after leaving for Mitchell a week ago. His wife is distraught and foul play is suspected as he took several hundred dollars to pay a mortgage. Possible destinations include Sioux City Chicago Omaha or the Twin Cities. He is about five eight with a black mustache.
Pittsburg report states Christ Schauer Jr, treasurer of the Nation's Bank for Savings, was found dead by hanging in the Allegheny gymnasium closet. He had been morose for a year, though the bank says accounts are in order and audit for last year completed.
Waverly Ohio January 7 George Legg former Pike County treasurer pleaded guilty to embezzling about 17000 and was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine double the defalcation amount.
Washington Jan 7 Mrs Heatwole wife of Congressman Heatwole has been named to the board of lady managers of Garfield hospital District of Columbia.
In Pepin Wisconsin special report Capt I A Fuller commanded the Tempest and Commo dore R M Anderson steered the Lorna on Lake Pepin. The Tempest rushed in at a mile a minute and the Lorna was landing when they collided at sharp angles. Glen Murray was knocked unconscious with a head wound and George Murray sustained facial cuts and a knee injury. Both ice boats wrecked. said to be the worst accident in town history.
Word comes from Sully near Newton that robbers looted the state bank last night. The bank, incorporated in 1891, was entered and blown open. an unknown amount of cash, estimated from 2000 to 5000 dollars, is missing. No clues at this time.
The piece notes multiple local items including funeral services for Kerr in St Paul, annual meetings of veterans and guards associations, a cancelled ice carnival due to warm weather, and various incidents from Red Wing to Duluth such as a farm accident, fires, drownings, and crime cases. It also covers legislative moves for a Faribault postoffice, railroad and telegraph pole sharing in Bemidji, and the creation of Red Lake county with appointed officials.
The guide advises keeping knives sharp and bright to avoid splattering. It instructs placing the fork in the breast, removing the wing, loosening the thigh, then slicing the breast into thin pieces. It notes severing the thigh after the breast and suggests the poultr y dealer pull sinew from the legs to ease cutting and improve tenderness.
The Walter Baker company of Dorchester Massachusetts advertises their cocoa and chocolate products. They claim unique processing preserves purity, palatability and nutrients with machinery and methods proven by doctors nurses and housekeepers. The piece emphasizes widespread recognition and household use for cocoa and chocolate.
An exchange from the Detroit Free Press features Grundy declaring he is too old to marry while his partner argues against letting age dictate life choices. He cites years of hard work and desires to enjoy the remaining years, highlighting a clash between personal fulfillment and commitment.
Scanlon asks about the largest pork shipment in history while Kavanagh urges surrender. Scanlon mentions Noah sending Tam to Africa, implying a misaligned or allegorical reference in a fragmented dialogue.
A brief club scene shows only three men smoking as Cholly and Chappie comment that things have grown stupid and dull at the gathering.
A brief line from Harper's Bazar quotes Willie blaming lack of weight gain on cheating. He says he hasn’t gained an ounce in a month despite taking iron, sparking a humorous exchange about weight and health.
A sleeping car porter and a bald man exchange sharp repartee about a hole in a quahtal and a blanket from last night, revealing tension and humor in a confined setting.
Practical tip advises dipping potted plants in cold water to immerse leaves without breaking them. After thawing, move to a warm room away from fire and water lightly with artificial manure. The method is not vouched for but suggested as worth a trial. In Florida New St Augustine mayor as magistrate accepted five hogs from a Black defendant as security for a fine. Gull shooting grows popular in Eastport Maine for feathers at forty cents a pound.
A compact passage notes an Indian tracking foe or animal with deep understanding of nature. The text praises his unerring perception, saying nothing escapes his keen eye for changed ground or signs in the landscape.
Advertisement touts Kickapoo Indian Sagwa as the greatest remedy that exterminates disease germs in the blood and restores health. Sold by druggists everywhere. One bottle costs 1, six bottles 5 dollars.
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