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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1892
Page
3
The Brainerd Dispatch notes Strepuen E. Exvxrxss, newly appointed Secretary of War, abstains from smoking and drinking except wine at table and maintains frugal living for a man of his means.
The speaker argues that Russia suffers from smallpox typhoid influenza famine and a harsh government and that no edict should be needed to push people to flee such a country. The remark frames Russia as perilous and oppressive and implies migration as a remedy.
The article asserts widespread famine in Russia and accuses a few czarist subjects of denying the crisis. Their public statements, the piece argues, will hinder relief efforts reaching those in need.
Germany unveils a new bursting powder claimed to split shells and scatter splinters over a 900 foot circle, with the inventor of this greatest killing power in high demand amid excitement about modern European civilization.
An underground theatre concept surfaces in Chicago amid concerns that high rise real estate may dampen enthusiasm for such ventures. The notion argues against extending basement levels in 28 story towers, warning of feasibility challenges.
A Washington newspaper puzzle questions why reporters do not reveal the identity of a prominent politician whose remarks about Mr. Blaine would be widely trusted if named. The query highlights press restraint and the enduring intrigue around undisclosed sources.
Alexandria Kiilgelland, the Norwegian poet novelist, becomes a mayoral candidate in Stavanger. His ridiculing of local institutions and culture surprised many, and initial belief suggested he was not serious about politics.
The London countess and the Russian actress who filed for divorce to attack their husbands and win public sympathy both failed. In today’s climate the underdog often prevails but these cases show occasional exceptions.
A Central American paper claims a Brazil resident over one hundred years old is renewing his youth. It reports he has grown a full set of teeth and his hair darkens again while he continues his business career and notes three prior marriages.
A firm on Long Island faces exposure after inspectors from the Bureau of Animal Industry found canned beef labeled as dressed beef contained horse meat and degraded diseased horse parts. The incident prompts calls to widen park and meat inspections nationwide.
Joan P Ricuardsox of East Carroll Louisiana died. He ran a large cotton operation with fifteen plantations and eight stores and was Rex in the last Mardi Gras in New Orleans. His brother James was once reported to be engaged to Miss Winnie Davis.
Rear Admiral Tomas Patrison of the U.S. Navy died at New Brighton in his seventies. Born in Troy New York he became a midshipman on March 2 1839 and served in the Mexican War as Passed Midshipman and Sailing Master. He rose to Lieutenant in 1854 and served in the East India Squadron 1857–1860. As Executive Officer of the brig Perry he helped capture the Confederate privateer Savannah in June 1861. He retired February 8 1884.
The Land Court is reducing rents on estates brought before it, drawing sympathy from Scorca landowners who compare their plight with Irish landlords. The piece argues that while the court may not be biased, excessive rents have long been unjust and needed legal relief, though the mechanism arrived tardily.
Japan's initial parliamentary experience has been troubled as opposition obstructs government measures, prompting a new lower house election. Citizens are learning representative governance, though setbacks show a steep learning curve.
The passage notes a surge of violent incidents targeting Rev. Dr. Halli Russell Sage George W. Childs and Cornelius Van derbilt as part of a crank craze. It argues that an abnormal urge to crime spreads from a single offender to imitators, revealing many unbalanced minds and the power of a spark to ignite dangerous action.
An unconfirmed report says Chili may apologize for the Baltimore outrage. Gen Kavtz is retired. A government agent enumerates Indians on the Sioux reservation. Arizona and New Mexico statehood moves advance in Congress. Sen Peffer proposes a 100 million loan for Indiana mortgagees. Rep Blanchard says river and harbor bill ready by March 1. Gen Nettietox recovers and plans return to work. Interior finds no sustained fraud by Palmer and clerk but plans removal for incompetency. Effort to repeal liability pension in favor of per diem service pension. Postmaster General Warren investigates Confederate flag at Baird Texas. Blaine notifies diplomats about March 15 reciprocity deadline. Proclamation of retaliation against noncooperating nations to be issued soon. Senor Burvana asserts he can avert Chile-US war to protect South American republican order.
Carter Harrison dies on a train near Franklin Texas as a consumptive. Joaquin Garcia, Juarez’s right hand, dies in Mexico City in poverty. Rear Admiral Melaneton Smith is gravely ill with grip. Geo Ross McKenzie, former Singer president, dies in Jersey City at seventy-one. Actor McKee Ranxix seeks divorce in San Francisco court on desertion grounds. Ex Chief Bushy Head rumor debunked. he is in good health. Judge William C. Hazentiye, Atlantic & Pacific solicitor general, dies in Albuquerque of pneumonia. he led the New Mexican Bar Association and was a Mason.
A cyclone in Georgia costs lives and devastates Converse College main building in Spartinburg D C with losses around 50000. Wanser Sewing Machine Co in Hamilton Ontario suffers 100000 in damage. U S life saving stations along New Jersey coast crippled by grip epidemic. Substitutes for sick workers are hard to find. A Desjardins farmer, his daughter and a 13 year old Roy drown after breaking through ice at Lux Assumption. A Murphy branch wreck on the Western North Carolina railroad near Asheville sees a westbound freight engine detach and plunge into Scott's creek. Killed are Sam Francis engineer Sam Arthur fireman Rufus Heaphill and a colored hand.
A broad sweep of crime and legal cases from Ishpeming Michigan to Perry Florida and Philadelphia includes a paymaster robbed and murdered, a street fight in Perry leaving two dead and another fatally hurt, a jealous shooting in Philadelphia, stage robbery in Montana, executions and habeas corpus moves in several states, and other arrests and confessions across Chicago Denver St Louis and New York with varied outcomes including suicides, trials, and prison sentences.
Foreign flashes report seventeen British warships made useless by a colonial blunder. In England three alleged dynamiters are arrested. A mine disaster in Krebs Indiana, deaths feared to reach 150. Salvation Army members abused in England. Tehran riot deaths. France and Sweden settle new trade relations in Paris. Astronomer Sir George Brope Ayrey dead. Trenton injury in a revolving fly wheel accident. Devonshire duke named Cambridge chancellor. Libel suit against Dublin Independent. Ontario official Grimors dies. Russian frontier military movements contradicted as ceased report emerges.
The blockade is raised and Joan Pratt is named assistant tie inspector for Milwaukee and southern states. Chicago and Alton sets a one fare round trip to St. Louis for the People's convention opening Feb 22 with Finley authorized to approve the rate. Jupee Barrett has granted Robert K. Dow an injunction banning disposal of 1000 common shares and 100 preferred Iowa Central stock under a bondholders agreement.
Chicago meeting of baseball figures moves to establish the Central league with eight clubs including St Paul and Minneapolis. Bitty Meyer declines Austin Gibbon’s fight challenge, saying the Eastern man ignored a prior challenge from Streator.
A distorted Texarkana report claimed three operators were killed en route to replace strikers in Arkansas. Chicago labor leaders faced open hostility at a recent meeting. Carnegie Steel’s Homestead dispute with 14 discharged shearers neared settlement. Southern express messengers on several lines went on strike. London braces for large demonstrations on public meetings and the eight hour issue, signaling potential grave trouble.
The Minnesota Farmers' Alliance held its annual convention in Minneapolis with about 600 delegates. Donnelly won a near unanimous presidency after debates over lecturer duties and party criticism, with committees named for resolutions and constitution and a lengthy platform aligning with earlier St Louis, Ocala, and Omaha positions on money, rail regulation, and reforms.
The Minnesota State Farmers Alliance calls for a united reform effort in 1892, backing government ownership of communications and transport, direct election of president and senators, and endless measures to aid farmers and workers. It urges union with reform groups, opposition to corporate monopolies, and constitutional changes to tax land and limit railroads.
In a downtown Atlanta courtroom a judge sentences a woman to thirty days for begging while praising her claim of supporting a large family. The husband steps forward to plead leniency but is ruled a vagrant himself and jailed for six months. He mutters about the irony as he exits.
Cuarenco January 13 Judge Walter Q Gresham recounted an encounter with a deranged man claiming anarchists hunted him. The man, Martin McConaby, demanded five thousand dollars supposedly paid by Jay Gould. After deputies and police arrived, the lunatic was subdued and taken to an asylum.
A riot in Macoroxay Florida ends with Henry Hinton killed by a mob after a dispute at a public square. Hinton returns with a pistol shooting W Jefferson Chitty who dies instantly. A subsequent exchange of pistol fire leaves John Jones dead. Hinton is captured, then lynched by the mob.
In Dewixno New Mexico a report says revolutionists seized Casas Grande near Ascension after a heavy fight with casualties, led by a Mexican named Sais linked to 1871 Messina riots. Government forces in Chi huahua expected to move toward Ascension, stoking fears of large-scale conflict. Two telegrams from military heads report armed bands sighted near Santa Maria and pending arrests by Captain Hardie, with Garza’s forces reportedly active near Ontico Blanco.
Gov. G. W. Peck appointed W. R. Maxwell as district attorney of Burnett county to fill the vacancy from I. Gretting’s removal to Tower. The action was announced in a special from Svecial, Wisconsin, dated January 14.
Elizabeth Tucker died at St. Joseph's hospital a month ago from the crip. The body was sold by the county coroner to the University of the Northwest medical department in Sioux City and dissected. Investigations probe undertakers who buy empty coffins and sell county poor bodies to medical schools. A former undertaker employee claims wrongdoing and an inquiry will be held.
London observers express concern over Prince Abbas heir to the khedive ruling bias toward England. The outlook suggests tensions with British bondholders and status-quo interests until Abbas is tempered by England’s established methods. Tewfik’s death prompted little European reaction except in France, where fears of renewed French and Russian intrigue at Constantinople grow.
Henry Ladd of Grartox North Dakota was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for an attempted killing of his employer Gallagher. In court Judge Templeton questioned Ladd, who delivered a long defense lecture on man, then knelt and prayed aloud, shocking many present.
Special Telegram reports the death of Dr. D. M. J. Hagar in Los Angeles California. An early pioneer and former Indian agent he had planned to sell his land interests and move to California, but died after a period of declining health.
Parisians report the cab drivers achieved their demands with employers yielding in a modified form. In a separate note, the Minatonomah trial concluded successfully with eleven guns fired. The Presbyterian revision committee met in New York last night and began organizing work to continue through the week.
The Senate committee on public buildings and grounds reported a batch of bills favorably. Included are Fergus Falls Minnesota 50000 Deadwood South Dakota 200000 and Stillwater Minnesota 100000 with plans to advance these and other earlier authorized projects before House action. The move aims to speed passage of previously approved public building bills from last Congress.
Washnitox January 13. Secretary Rusk comments on Representative Strauss' resolution to create a special committee to probe the Department of Agriculture. He welcomes scrutiny for the department's sake and urges better understanding by Congress and citizens. He denies sending statistical information to boards of trades before farmers.
The Great Northern Railway announces free freight on shipments along its line in this state for the Russian relief fund. Addressed to W. C. Edgar in Minneapolis, the arrangement lasts until February 6. Large quantities of flour and related goods will be sent from several points on the Great Northern in South Dakota.
An explosion wrecked the hoisting Plant engine house and wine office at the Ixoxwoop mine. John Hughes, a drum major, died instantly. Two others were seriously injured. a budule was buried in the ruins. John Carvey, a pump man, fell to the bottom of the shaft. Damage to the mine is not yet estimable. In Maykaro, a separate fire destroyed the passenger station and freight depot of the Minnecorlis & St Louis road, with two cars and a caboose lost. T=0
Republican primaries tonight produced fifty five of fifty six delegates to the state convention with instruction for James G. Blaine for president. The convention will choose delegates to the national gathering.
A fierce blaze at the bigseed house of Hram cibly on Main Street destroyed the structure and seriously damaged the adjacent block. Firemen narrowly escaped injury as the warehouse burned like timber. Total loss estimated at 150000 dollars.
Knute Evenson of Menomonie Wisconsin, age thirty five, single, was killed at Hansons camp seventeen miles north of Rice Lake by a falling tree. He had no relatives in the county.
Pelican Rapids train derailed due to a broken rail, throwing the carriages from the track for the second time. Damage lighter than yesterday when four cars were damaged.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train derailed a few miles from Muscopa Wisconsin due to a broken rail. Two coaches were demolished but no injuries were reported.
A blaze nearly destroyed the residence of City Attorney J. R. Matthews in Mexomonig Wis special Jan 14. The house suffered extensive damage though firemen saved parts of the structure and prevented total destruction.
F. X. Schmull who underwent an operation to amputate a leg last week died last night at his home in Magnate. The special report from Jan. 13 notes the fatal outcome following the surgical procedure.
A large Battery D crowd watched several boxing bouts. Peter Jackson defeated John Dalton in a brief four round affair with decisive punches in the fourth, while Jack King drew with Don Riordan and Henry Baker fought to a draw. Dalton failed to answer the bell for the final round.
A boiler at Caldwell Miller Fowers saw mill in Bolling Alabama exploded injuring several workers and killing Engineer Cooper along with four other employees. The mill was destroyed and investigators cite a defective boiler as the cause.
Ex-soldier from Boston sends a pension corps with a note he relinquishes his pension and does not desire further government assistance. Special Secretary Noble reports receipt of the letter.
Four men died and two were injured when the Special-Five boiler explosion tore through the War ren Springer manufacturing building on Canal street. Victims Arthur Hall Add Busch John Lee Patrick Rogers were firemen and helpers in the engine room. Injured James Higgins will recover Henry Oswald will die. Damage totaled 15000 dollars, fully insured. Cause of the blast is unknown.
A London admiralty official in an interview notes that the Army and Navy Gazette endorsed the idea of returning the U S warship President captured in 1814 but officials say the ship no longer exists after being broken up.
A lamp explosion severely damaged the premises of W. Senkchel W. J. Young & Co. Bower & Co. J. S. Lottan and H. E. Henderson in Braxpox Manitoba. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. Fire reported tonight.
In Notes and Queries the debate over Andrea Ferara blades traces a century of misattribution and export. Baron de Cossan notes most blades bearing Ferara’s name are 17th century or later, likely forged or misattributed.
Colonel Malleson weighs General Boulanger against Antony and Cleopatra noting a recurring pattern of dominate female influence. He argues the hero's decline mirrors historic figures and ties Boulanger to a literary tragedy before shifting to Canada’s bumper harvests. Ontario grain output soars with record wheat oat prairie yields and larger root crops.
The narrative centers on Madame Bonnemain as the decisive influence in a man’s life. He yielded his soul and honor to her and became a slave to her schemes. She steered him from Clermont-Ferrand to Paris and Brussels providing funds and urging action while withholding it when danger loomed.
The Bulgarians threaten to proclaim independence if the Porte yields to France in the Chadou ine contention. A strong counterblow would soon follow, expected to significantly weaken Bulgaria for a prolonged period.
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