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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1890
Page
4
The Brainerd Dispatch notes the new Portuguese king is not physically strong and employs nine physicians to aid him, reflecting a fragile health profile amid royal affairs.
The sole remaining member of the 1828 West Point class that included Jefferson Davis has risen to Brevet Brigadier General Robert Clary.
A Atlanta pair shows a puzzling weight twist with the husband 130 pounds and the wife 300 pounds at present, while at marriage they weighed 150 and 120 respectively. The unlikely balance raises questions about lifestyle changes and health.
Over the past year, 8 562 753 dollars were embezzled from corporations private individuals and the U S government. The largest portion of the stolen funds appears to have flowed to Canada.
Goldsborough Jones aged 24 married Mary Simpers aged 80 at Greenwood Delaware. Officials halted the ceremony until lights were dimmed because the bride was described as timid.
The question arises whether any man in the United States today actually holds wealth of 50 million dollars though many are reputed to exceed that amount.
Representative farmers in Summit County Ohio consider a bill to make wandering sportsmen a penitentiary offense for shooting domestic fowls when wild game is scarce. The practice is growing in the region.
In Farmington Maine municipal court a Temple resident was fined fifty dollars and costs for violating the liquor law. He sold young men sweet cider as it ran from the press, an act now prohibited by statute.
Accordive to Consul Pettus, strikes never occur in China, and labor unions would have a sickly development, as no laborer is permitted to seek employment outside his own district. Carpenters worry along on twenty two cents a day, and black smiths on five dollars a month.
Mr Keely claims the motor runs poorly because it is not properly graduated. The statement addresses a topic that skeptics had questioned about the machine.
King Humpert shows signs of age with white hair and bronchial trouble. Queen Margaret endures tooth-ache while the prince of Naples, heir apparent, is described as in mental and physical collapse, signaling distress within the royal family.
The 12 year old Blarchford Kavena ugh sang at Patti’s hotel on invitation. The diva praised his voice calling him marvelous and expressed a wish he were hers as she kissed him.
A Chinese company has sentenced Mok Lem to death for testifying in an American court that convicted Lee Sing of murder. They argue a Chinaman should not give evidence in an American court to convict another Chinaman.
A letter to The Atlanta Constitution quotes a Georgia native Evan as the father and Welsh origin of a famed American figure, noting lost records and only memory of facts regarding the family tree.
Cuausxcey M. Depew frames a New Year message urging a closer political and commercial union for America and ballot reform for good government. He prays for peace and prosperity, health in homes, and the divinely commanded love thy neighbor as thyself.
In Beverly Massachusetts Mrs Albert Whitney found her two year old daughter unconscious with a cat on the child's chest near the mouth after a milk feeding. A physician blamed suffocation by the cat while skeptical of the breath sucking belief.
Washington report says the senate committee on public buildings will recommend a bill to buy two squares in the capital for a United States Supreme Court facility. The senate also passed a bill raising pensions to 72 dollars monthly for totally helpless veterans.
Rev J J Chase, Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, hosts revival meetings in Sioux Falls for the Christian congregation. Gen T C Gordon, noted Confederate soldier, dies of heart disease on his Gainesville Texas ranch after years of solitary life. Ex President Cleveland denies involvement in Ohio senatorship contest in a written letter. Mrs Southworth, who killed Stephen Pettus in Brooklyn, dies in the Tombs with her mother and brothers present. funeral to be held at William B Martins residence. body to rest temporarily in Greenwood vault before moving to Louisville.
A rundown of recent calamities reports the Long Island City wall collapse that killed three workers at the Long Island depot yard, a mine cave in near Trinidad burying five men, a Chicago railroad collision killing stock, a factory blast injuring several, and a church construction collapse in New York that buried a family with one fatality.
The cl er k W H Bidgood in Chicago is released on bail as a witness. Mrs J Lobin, once a St Louis belle, is murdered in Denver. Fred O Connor and Mrs Colin Campbell face adultery charges in Massachusetts after Ottawa elopement. Havana treasury defalcation rises to 700000 with officials implicated. In West Virginia a man is killed by relatives during an attempted restraint. A 12 year old pleads guilty to parricide and life imprisonment. A Mississippi planter shoots his mistress and mother in law. he escapes. A San Francisco boy commits suicide in a hallway. Green goods fraud hits two farmers and a bogus shipment. Big Mac is shot dead in Spokane when guarding a gambling house. Emma Pearson vanishes near Horton Iowa. A Chicago stabbing kills John Baines. Prendergast captured. Regulators in Hookstown punish Johnston Calhoun for alleged brutality. The closing line notes a troubled, jealous husband-wife dynamic.
A British vessel Nye Shaw wrecks off the China coast with Mate Briggs and six men aboard reported missing. Henry M. Stanley accepts a banquet in his honor in London but cannot fix a date. A Winnipeg dispatch notes Northern Pacific Engineer George Shaw of Brainerd ill with la grippe and a Spanish Republican band cuts a railroad at Venta Cardenas.
The text notes the German steamer Duburzy foundered in a typhoon after departing Singapore with 400 Chinese passengers. Gen Louis La Doe dies near Chenoa Illinois. Durham miners strike for 15 percent wage rise amid rising coal prices. Grip of influenza widens in Winnipeg and schools report high absences. Madrid fevers over rumors of young king's death as Spain faces political tension with Republicans under suspicion.
Reports say Governor Larrabee of Iowa will ignore the petition seeking Muncrath’s pardon for participation in the conspiracy linked to the murder of Rev. Haddock in Sioux City. Delaware capitalists form a $1,250,000 industrial city company at Piedmont Alabama with Preston Lea president. $200,000 in town lots sold quickly. J Walfied named receiver of Taylor’s Falls land office. noted as Swedish Republican and former town clerk. F Johnson to be customs collector at Duluth. Senate confirms G Wright at Rosebud and W McCusick at Sisseton Indian agencies in SD.
New York market reports show wheat varying by grade with No 2 red around 8 5 7 percent and No 1 Northern near 98 percent while corn and barley prices mix across grades. Chicago Minneapolis and St Paul quotations list flour, rye, oats, flaxseed, butter and cheese rates with steady or unchanged tones and regional deliveries factored.
The text argues that many invertebrates including shellfish worms insects and crustaceans have simple nervous systems and show remarkable tolerance to injury. It cites severed worms regrowing parts crushed wasps cockroaches and beetles continuing feeding or moving and moths circling lights to suggest a very low sense of pain in these species.
A doctor recalls attending a man who attempted suicide by laudanum. Two friends kept the would be dead man moving for over an hour and a half to prolong life before the doctor concluded the man had been dead for an hour and departed.
A deadly cyclone strikes Clinton Kentucky demolishing fifty five houses and killing eleven people with fifty six wounded. The storm wrecks include the Illinois Central house collapse of John Rhodes family and Roberts Johnson residence. The path also hits Wickliffe and Moscow Kentucky with property damage and injuries. The St Louis cyclone reports add several injured and debris fatalities.
A ferocious storm swept the West and Midwest last night with winds up to ninety mph. Destruction reported in Detroit Rochester Syracuse and Niagara Falls with downed wires, collapsed walls, and injuries. Mrs Nicholson killed in Illinois as tornado leveled homes and barns. Widespread damage across Indiana Illinois and New York despite no confirmed deaths at press time.
Baltimore report describes Elevator No. 3 on the north side of the Patapsco river belonging to the Baltimore Elevator company, destroyed by a blaze. The incident involved a steamship and caused significant damage to facilities along the river.
A large fire tonight destroyed the Northern Central Railroad elevator and the British steamship Sacrobosco, with losses estimated at 700 000 to 800 000 dollars for the elevator and 150 000 for the Sacrobosco. Three Sacrobosco employees, including the chief engineer Roby, were burned or killed, and several others aboard were injured. The blaze forced crews to abandon ships as flames spread rapidly around 500 000 bushels of wheat and corn. Firemen were unable to save the vessels as North Erin and Rhio also suffered mast damage.
The Old Ministry resigns after protests over English demands and a national boycott threat surfaces. Senor Pimental named to form a cabinet. Gomes expresses regrets to British minister Glynn Petre. Rioting students march and cheer national symbols while legations are visited with praise for France Spain and Austria.
A morning paper reports a December telegram suggesting acquittal for juror Culver amid the Cronin murder case. P H Gibbons of Minneapolis explains the dispatch as rumor driven and says he favored the prosecution. The court adjourns as defense counsel seeks delay.
News items from Minnesota counties report natural gas found on John C. Christie’s farm near Windom, snow aiding lumber camps, and Duluth postal gains. The balance of local incidents include drownings suspicion, fires, legal actions, train accident injuries, disappearances, court outcomes, and public policy debates on saloon licensing and school land compensation.
A senate committee on territories heard two hours of remarks on the proposed Idaho state constitution. Bishop William Budge ex governor Stevenson and John Shoup attended along with all committee members. J H Wilson opposed the constitution arguing it disenfranchises Mormons and would leave the territory underpopulated. Delegate Dubois defended disenfranchisement as a step to curb Mormon political power with references to church history and Idaho court rulings.
Washington report states Mr. Cummings of New York introduced a resolution to appropriate 50000 dollars from the U S treasury for a bronze statue of the late Samuel J Tilden to be placed in the Capitol rotunda The base inscriptions would note birth election and death dates with a right side date panel and a left panel showing a snake in talons and the line about supervising officials The wording would be engraved on the rear base and a copy of the resolution with dignitaries names and titles would be added The question arose whether inscriptions would be a cipher and further details were discussed
Senator Washburn introduced two memorials from Minnesota groups urging canal completion funding and price fixing prohibitions on boards of trade and bucket shops. Senator Mitchell submitted a Portland trades group memorial opposing non enforcement of the eight hour law and urging alien labor law enforcement. North Dakota requests Fort Abraham Lincoln remain a military reservation. Senator Casey presented petitions on stabilizing farm product prices and a National G. 4. R. Pension recommendation.
Secretary Noble asks Duluth land officer changes with Sheldon N. Frazier as a likely new appointment. The general land office commissioner seeks a businesslike, fully equipped team, pointing to iron land case settlements as a key factor.
C C Deffenback, from Tacoma Washington, fled after raising about 300 dollars through bogus checks and borrowed money on fake credentials. He has been in Pierre for six months and is known as a swindler across the West.
Real estate transfers in Fargo last year reached 1328 with 1701 mortgages recorded. North Dakota considers usury limits, a Fargo agricultural college funding debate, and a state census appointment for Senator D S Dodds. Legislative session curbs on deficits and debt limits, plus plans for a new hotel in Grand Forks and a large Cheyenne river settlement expansion, are noted.
Wisconsin items report Charles Anderson crushed by a rolling log at Rib Lake and a fatal shooting in Mosinee. Arson charges against John Hoobler, escape and recapture news, a fire disaster at Cashton believed incendiary, and various local incidents including injuries at Appleton and a fatal shooting in Mt. Sterling. Also notes pensions, jail terms, missing youths found snowbound, and dairy association meetings in Columbus.
Iowa legislators include veterans and the governor earns talk on salary increase. Dubuque lumber firms stock 36 million feet for spring trade. Burlington orders gambling houses closed. Insane hospital counts list Mt Pleasant 807 Ind 801 Clarinda 250. Fort Dodge prowler raids noted with six break ins in a week. Davenport holds robber suspect from Muscatine for identification. Rail collision near Alton Orange City damaged rolling stock. Sumner farmer Nathan Bent dies of self inflicted wounds. Kansas murder of Winsor Boler linked to Corning exile. Wilton area hunter Brooks gravely wounded. Leavenworth party warned at Justice Brewer banquet. liquor served none. Iowa governor salary debate grows louder. Dubuque iron works sold to Diamond to Steamboat, 150+ workers to gain steady jobs. Buchanan County elder Edward Dusenberry born 1800. Missing Pleasant Valley man Wm Jenkins feared foul play. Wm Lehman stabbed by farm superintendent Kehne over broken pickle jar. Clinton engineer Stenson found guilty in Hastings Neb crash case. Gov Larrabee talks with death row Kennedy. fate uncertain. Missouri Valley Times editor H Harris treated for drink habit. Local granger overpays attorney rent. penny enclosed for settlement.
An Atlanta young woman orchestrated a pre wedding scheme in jewelry crockery music and book stores. She warned clerks to ensure any gift selected by friends matched her taste and was purchasable. On her wedding night she received mostly pleased with choices.
Practical guidance on monthly cleansing for upholstered pieces and woodwork. It covers brushing plush fabrics, light switching for hair-cloth, damp cloth wipe downs, dent removal with blotting paper and warm iron, drying and oiling with linseed oil, and removing white spots with alcohol. A kerosene damp cloth helps neutralize odors after oiling.
Frank D. Lesclide was arrested in Philadelphia on charges of swindling Pittsfield merchants by selling subscriptions to a purported debt collecting agency claimed to be incorporated in Pennsylvania as a branch of Dun and Co.'s agency. Chicago advices name him a defaulter to Sprague Bad Debt Collecting in that city. He is held for Gov. Brackett's requisition.
Mrs German leaped from an upper story during a Montreal blaze and died of injuries. Her sixteen year old daughter and four year old son, who fell from a ladder while trying to escape, succumbed to their injuries.
A New York Sun account recalls a trapper’s ruse in the Black Hills where four Sioux pursue a white man. The trapper feigns death using a Colt revolver to lure the attackers, killing three and wounding another while tacking a dramatic edge to the frontier fight.
The author debates the phrase laws of chance and the idea of luck. Webster and Clark are cited on chance as ignorance of real causes, urging analysis of underlying causes before using chance or luck terms.
Twelve years after Pope Pius's death his nephew sues the current pope in London claiming a large bank deposit titled in the name of Pius was his uncle's private property and should be recovered.
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