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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
9
The Brainerd Dispatch quotes a mix of reform rhetoric and political commentary. It notes alarm clock timing as an eye opener, jokes about poverty, model women selling cloaks, hunger influencing choices, and critiques of local government born from political machine wreckage. It also references General Lawton and a new bankruptcy law prompting unexpected reactions.
A reader notes an odd claim of 95 dollars per person for the US and mocks the surge of railway rumors from one enterprising newspaper report er, suggesting it outpaces what magnates can deny in a week.
In rational quarters there is a strong suspicion that Boer belligerency requires no special recognition. The cautious observer doubts his standing in society unless his nose instinctively turns up at the term people in trade.
Phillips Brooks argues in his Thanksgiving sermon that history shows humans share a common bond with their brethren and nations. He says motives may be restrained by greed envy and hate, yet such restraint offers hope for individuals and governments.
Inspector General Breckinridge reports to Secretary Root that officers recently returned from foreign service should be employed as military science professors at colleges. He argues peace may be distant and urges youth instruction in drill and discipline. A defensive force is seen as necessary and the plan would fit veterans.
The Countess Schimmelmann’s father, wealthy in Denmark, promotes evangelism in this country. The countess has sold hundreds of family jewels to fund charities for the hungry and needy. General Gordon once said his medals aided benevolence, donating a prized Chinese gold medal to the Widow’s Relief Fund after erasing the inscription.
The passage applauds aged scholars like Theodor Mommsen for continued contribution beyond eighty, noting his new roman criminal law work. It discusses how persistent labor preserves achievement and imagines if Mommsen had stopped at seventy.
The charity report notes that higher wages enable the industrial classes to live more liberally and help relatives and acquaintances in need. It states benefits of widespread prosperity filter down to the lowest conditions of humanity and suggests unseen relief flows from the poor to the very poor.
The brief fragment hints at a triumphant moment honoring a group of men marked as bastions of strength. No names, places, or events are readable to verify specifics.
Reports from across North America reveal fires destroying Joseph Pulitzer's New York residence with two servants perishing, and Wisconsin machine shop damage totaling $5,000. Ohio shoe stores burned, a child died from a bonfire accident, and numerous prominent figures including Gov. Shaw, Thomas Linton, and Rev. Benaith Whiteman are noted for deaths or career moves.
Reports from Michigan to Florida describe arrests and crimes including rank Ledge’s forging scam in Benton Harbor and embezzlement by I A Newton in Buffalo. Suicides by Dr L J Forney of Cherokee Kane and Harrisburg manager James Calhoun are noted, alongside a fatal ambush in Pensacola linked to labor tensions. Kentucky senators file contempt information over bribery attempts involving Whallen and Ryan with possible penalties including jail and voter disfranchisement.
Britain releases Amer ican flour seized. Crete troops withdrawn. French and Russian forces pull back from Crete. French and Spanish/Government talks advance on fisheries and commerce. Volga fires devastate villages. Australian gold rise to 4 402 488 ounces. Brazil to destroy 2 million banknotes weekly for 25 weeks. Influenza spreads across Germany and Europe. Lady Alice Montague dies in Switzerland. Paris to host American institute for 1 franc yearly site. France seeks 100000 dollars from Santo Domingo. possible French warship to Puerto Plata.
The agricultural department plans a model farm near Washington. Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard John A. Kasson on the French reciprocity treaty. The Navy Observatory says the twentieth century begins January 1 1901. Congress and cabinet doubt tariff powers for new possessions. During the Spanish American War 1227 wounded 288 killed 4015 died of disease. The president issued an order on quarantine at Philippine ports to curb plague. The Dewey fund received 44000 subscribers via binder. Capt Garrard orders no further Philippine enlistments until home regiments fill. International Peace Society asks McKinley to intervene to end the Boer War. Internal Revenue Bureau rules transfer company receipts for special delivery baggage are not taxable.
Reports from Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas say heavy artillery was heard in the Natal front. It is believed Gen Buller is contesting the Tugela passage with Boer forces while British troops push toward Ladysmith and Frere.
A masked lone bandit robbed Lewis 1210 Walnut and Robert McClintock’s eateries in central Kansas City at about 6 am taking $146 from the second register. He warned witnesses, forced patrons to hold up, and fled down a nearby alley within minutes.
Reports from Natal and Modder River detail no decisive blows in the war with both sides refraining from loud declarations. A new South African conciliation committee emerges led by Leonard Courtney advocating peaceful settlement and information sharing. Free Staters allegedly weary of the conflict are cited, while claims of contraband arms arriving at Pretoria surface from Delagoa Bay under British naval noses.
A delegation of Puerto Rican merchants and citizens arrived in New York aboard the Philadelphia en route to Washington to meet President McKinley and present island needs to Congress. They advocate making Puerto Rico a U S territory and seek tariff reform and other changes.
Manila reports Gen. Wheeler will return to the United States this week with a stop at Guam en route. Three more bubonic plague cases are confirmed in the area.
Congressman Meyer telegraphed that Admiral Dewey and his wife will visit New Orleans for the carnival in January. Bathurst, the lord high chamberlain to Rex, conveyed the notice on behalf of the guests.
William J. Bryan was banquetted by the Democrats of the Kentucky legislature in Frankfort during a celebratory event recognizing the election of Lena Blackburn. The gathering honored Bryan and Blackburn as part of the assembly’s political festivities.
Three men named Joseph Lydon Joseph Norton and Patrick Nones were arrested by Police Sergeant Fred Henke in Evansville Indiana after the Owensville Gibson county bank robbery. Officers found a burglars kit over $110 in money and nitro glycerine in the room. The suspects attempted to escape and did not talk.
Petersburg Indiana January 16 Frank Percell and two companions jailed here face imminent lynching threats after Percell shot William Riss of Arthur in the eye early yesterday killing him. Riss was returning home from a party with two youths when Percell fired. Police hurried the trio to safety to avert mob violence.
In East St Louis on January 16 Mrs Christina Harth awoke during embalming when a slight eyelid movement revealed she was alive. The astonishing revival startled the undertaker who believed she was dying or dead.
Prisoners at the St. Clair county jail in Belleville mutinied and overpowered turnkey Fred B. Phillips, handcuffed him, and seized his revolver and keys. Sheriff Barckel was shot in the arm, Ed Revely was shot twice and is dying.
Col. William J. Bryan addressed over 1,000 at the university chapel in Columbus Missouri on January 16 denying a Boston report that he authored a letter supporting a protective tariff on wool.
The Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men's Anti-Trust league board of managers met in New York on January 16. Letters of acceptance were received from Missouri ex-Governor William Stone, vice chairman of the Democratic national committee, and John R. McLean joining the group.
Frank Conrick secretary of the builders and trades' exchange shot himself in Chicago after being bitten by a dog a week earlier. The dread of hydrophobia is thought to have unsettled his mind.
Edward Hanes shot his wife twice in the face and head in Salem Illinois. She cannot live, following a separation and her refusal to continue living with him.
Ex President Cleveland Commodore Benedict and Capt Bob Evans arrived at Murphy's Island Gun clubhouse Fairfax from South Island where shooting was not good yesterday.
The Hon. Walter Rothschild eldest son of Lord Rothschild was rejected for Yeomanry service due to weight about 200 pounds in London on January 16.
The Proctorknott grocery safe was looted for 300 dollars with no clues. Weber Bros. in Sleepy Eye reported 4000 dollars stock and 500 building loss by fire. Bond issue vote on West Duluth water plant proposed, not submitted. Thomas Glory dies at Hastings aged 77, pioneer farmer near Lake City. Sioux Falls opera house manager leases Mankato theater with C. Griebel as resident manager. Railroad man Chris Uhlig killed in Sanborn yards. switch engine severed legs. Frank Korthols, 21, charged with assault in Wadena. Spurious coins found in Winona. Stillwater Manufacturing adds to factory for rising business. Flour production at head of the lakes down 30 percent from 1898. Bank of Waterville directors elected Slocum, Quirk, Hermsmeyer, Kane. Patrick Cain fined for liquor without license in new Minnesota towns. Southern Minnesota Fair officers elected in Rochester. Nels Nelson breaks both legs in clay pits at Red Wing. Emil Wandersee suffers malignant smallpox. John H. O’Brien, Chicago Great Western conductor, dies in Kenyon. C Luzinger of Montrose possibly organizer of Modern Brotherhood. police seek him. Several arrests for illegal liquor sales in Willmar. Earle Mitchell fatally injured on a frozen merry-go-round near Clearwater. Emory wheel injury at Owatonna injures eye. State Auditor orders actions against T. B. Walker over pine land taxes in Beltrami County.
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