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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
6
A collage of opinions and anecdotes from the Brainerd Dispatch touching on temperance, politics, military policy, charity, and personal sacrifice. It cites General Lawton, a proposed use of retired officers as military instructors, and anecdotes about Medals and benevolence.
The text highlights Theodor Mommsen as a notable elderly figure whose productive energy endures beyond eighty. It notes his new work on Roman criminal law, supplementing his established authority on Roman law, and reflects that continued work can extend life and influence.
A leading charity notes that higher general wages lift the industrial classes, enabling broader spending and greater support to relatives and needy acquaintances. Prosperity filters down to the lowest conditions, though the total aid from poor to very poor is unknowable.
A fragmentary line hints at a moment of triumph for a group or event involving men and fusion themes. The text suggests anticipation of success and perhaps a public celebration or announcement. The source lacks clear names, places, dates, or concrete details.
A series of disasters and deaths reported in one column includes the destruction of Joseph Pulitzer's New York home with two servants killed, a $5,000 blaze at the University of Wisconsin machine shop, a $50,000 shoe store fire in Canton Ohio, and the deaths of Ethel Williams in Illinois and several other notable figures across the country. Also noted are political and clerical resignations and a governor's legislative address.
A Pietermaritzburg dispatch reports heavy firing as Boers contest Gen Buller s passage of the Tugela. Descriptions say the artillery action is the heaviest heard in Natal with reports of Springfield Frere and a possible British force near Ladysmith. Rumors of discontent in Free State focus on war weariness.
A masked gunman robbed Lewis 1210 Walnut street and the adjacent McClintock dining spot within five minutes. He took $146 from both registers, forced customers and staff to surrender, then fled into an alley. No injuries reported.
Reports from Benton Harbor, Harrisburg, Cherokee, Seymour, Pensacola, and Kentucky outline arrests and deaths tied to embezzlement, suicide, stabbing, ambush shootings, and labor clashes. Notable figures include Frank Ledge and F A Newton, with investigations into bribery attempts involving Senators Thomas and Crenshaw and officials Whallen and Ryan.
Britain releases American flour seized. Crete sees troop withdrawals by Russia and France. French and British fisheries talks loom. Volga fires destroy villages. Australian gold yield rose to 4,462,488 ounces with 915,400 more. Brazil to destroy 2 million banknotes weekly for 25 weeks. Influenza spreads across Germany and Europe.
Washington reports that an agricultural department project will establish a model farm near Washington. Other notes cover Kasson’s testimony on a French reciprocity treaty, the 1901 start of the new century per naval observatory, tariff doubts for possessions, war casualties and disease totals, quarantine orders for Philippine ports, the Dewey fund donor roll, enlistment halts for Philippine service, Boer War appeal from Berne, and transfer company delivery receipts tax ruling.
A diverse set of items includes a Philadelphia religious census on February 22, Prince Albert of Prussia buying Wilhelm vineyard at 5 500 dollars per acre, and John D Rockefeller donating 1 million dollars to Colombia University for a psychology chair. Also noted are wage hikes for Wilkes-Barre lace workers, a Kentucky distillery transferred to a trust for 106 000 dollars, New York City's bonded debt at 252 676 035 dollars, and Great Western Zinc Company forming in Dover Delaware with 300 000 dollars capital. Additional items report a St Louis court upholding a butter substitute ban, a 1 500 000 plant for Rocky Ford Colorado to produce refined sugar, a Racine Wisconsin plant shutdown due to molders strike, and Governor Pingree offering Fred Shubel Lansing a quartermaster post who declined. Cincinnati furniture firm Sexto assigns to Kenton Crane, Globe National Bank of Boston wind up appointment, Mrs. Elizabeth Meharry’s added 10 000 dollars to a college fund, Cocoanut Island Hawaii seized by squatters, Kneass Monument Association plans for Nelson Kneass grave, Andrew Carnegie offering 25 000 dollars for a Chillicothe Missouri library with 3 000 dollars yearly maintenance, currency dividends to insolvent banks, Admiral Dewey’s letter about Spanish shore batteries, L H Severance’s 60 000 dollar Oberlin College gift for a lab, and Harry Daugherty entering Ohio GOP delegate race against Grosvenor.
London reports say rumors ceased to move from Natal as military observers see no decisive blow. A South African conciliation committee forms to seek peaceful settlement with leaders including Lord Coleridge and Stephen Gladstone. Pairings of war weariness and hopes for truce surface amid shell exchanges at Modder River.
Three men named Joseph Lydon Joseph Norton and Patrick Nones were arrested by Police Sergeant Fred Henke in Evansville Indiana. They resisted arrest drawing guns and had a burglar kit over $110 in cash in a room along with red wrapped flammable powder and a stick of nitro glycerine. The suspects came from Evansville the morning after the Owensville Gibson county robbery and have remained silent.
Frank Percell and two companions jailed in Petersburg Indiana are under immediate danger of lynching after Percell shot and killed William Riss as he returned home from a party. Riss died from a shot to the eye around 2 a.m. after Percell asked if the party was over and opened fire. Police rushed the suspects to safety to prevent mob action.
East St. Louis story reports Mrs. Christina Harth waking while being embalmed, upsetting the undertaker. A twitch of the eyelid saved her from burial or death by the hands of the funeral crew.
In Belleville prisoners overpowered the turnkey Fred B. Phillips, cuffed him, and seized his revolver and keys. Sheriff Barckel was shot in the arm, and Ed Revely was fatally wounded by the sheriff who fired twice at him. The jailbreak failed.
A Puerto Rican merchant and citizen delegation arrived on the steamer Philadelphia from Ponce and San Juan en route to Washington. They plan to meet President McKinley and present island needs to Congress, advocating territory status and tariff reform.
Col William J. Bryan told more than 1,000 at the university chapel in Columbus that he did not write a letter supporting a protective tariff on wool. He rejected a Boston report claiming the letter existed and urged the audience to judge by his record.
The board of managers of the Commercial Travelers and Hotel Men’s Anti-Trust league met in New York on January 16. They received letters from ex-Gov William Stone of Missouri, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and John R. McLean accepting membership.
Manila reports Gen. Wheeler will return to the United States this week with a stop at Guam en route. Three additional cases of bubonic plague have been reported.
Frank Conrick secretary of the builders and trades exchange shot himself in his head after being bitten by a dog a week earlier. Authorities say the dread of hydrophobia unsettled his mind.
Bathurst announced by Congressman Meyer that Admiral Dewey and his wife will attend the New Orleans carnival. The trip is set to occur during the carnival season with Dewey visiting the city.
In Frenkfort Kentucky on January 18 Willia Bryan was banqueted by the operators of the Kentucky legislature. The event also marked the celebration of Blackburn and Sennen’s election.
Edward Hanes shot his wife twice in the face and head at Salem Illinois and it is believed she cannot live. The couple had been separated for weeks and she refused to continue living with Hanes.
Georgetown reports ex president Cleveland Commodore Benedict and Captain Bob Evans arrived at Murphy's Island Gun Club Fairfax from South Island where the shooting was not good yesterday.
London January 16 The Hon. Walter Rothschild eldest son of Lord Rothschild has been rejected for service in the Yeomanry due to weight about 200 pounds.
A break in at W A Riddle’s Proctor store netted $300 with no clues. Weber Bros clothing fire at Sleepy Eye caused $4000 stock and $500 building loss, insured. West Duluth water bond issue not going to voters. Hastings pioneer Thomas Glory dies at 77. Sioux Falls manager leases Mankato theater with C H Griebel as resident manager. Northwestern yards in Sanborn kill railroad man Chris Uhlig. German-born Frank Korthols faces assault charge in Wadena. Spurious coin circulates in Winona. some counterfeit half dollars found. Stillwater Factory adds two stories for rising business. 1899 flour production drops 30 percent from 1898. Bank of Waterville directors elected Slocum, Quirk, Hermsmeyer, Kane. Westline man Patrick Cain arrested for liquor without license. Southern Minnesota Fair elects officers. Clay Bank worker Nelson breaks both legs in fall. Smallpox case at Montrose Wandersee family. Kenyon freight conductor John H O’Brien killed in accident. Luzinger of Montrose linked to Modern Brotherhood and owes hotel bill. Willmar arrests for illegal liquor sale. Earle Mitchell fatally injured on ice merry-go-round. Owatonna worker Walter Ricker injured by broken emery wheel. State Auditor orders Pine tax enforcement against nonpaying T B Walker. public outcry in Beltrami County.
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