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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1897
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch quotes a series of maxims about speaking, honesty, and self awareness. It contrasts aging women claiming youth with broader notes on social conduct and the surge of women into public offices, including superintendent roles and city positions.
In Cleveland on November 5 1894 Humphrey Johnson shot his wife Nellie at their Collinwood home and then died. The administrator for Nellie Johnson’s children sued the husband’s administrator for $10000 damages. The jury awarded $3000.
In the heart of San Francisco the principal cemetery houses famous graves and grand mausoleums of mining and railroad fortunes. A movement to bisect the site with a new street has sparked strong opposition, though relocation of the entire cemetery to a cheaper quarter is considered possible.
Tacoma reports from China state the Russian government has secured permission to extend the Siberian railroad through Northern Manchuria and to retain a warm water post on Chinese territory in wartime. The articles of agreement claim these concessions honor Russia’s friendship and help settle the China Japan war by preventing Japan from seizing Manchuria.
Daniel Mayer argues America is the only country besides England where great money is made by musicians. In Europe admission fees are low and big halls scarce so artists earn less. A £50 fee abroad is seen as very high. Many top musicians teach pupils while at peak, and fame can fade quickly.
Paris Journal des Transports reports rapid growth in European electric tramways over the past year. The number of operating lines grew from 70 to 111 and total line length from 437 to 564 miles. Germany leads with 255 miles and 857 vehicles, followed by France and England, while Bulgaria and Denmark lack any electric lines. Of the 111 lines, 79 use overhead wires, 9 are central rail, 1 uses accumulators, and 3 run underground current.
Elizabeth Wood eight year old daughter of a well known Edenton merchant perished after rushing to save her playmate from a blaze. She re entered the room to help the other child whose skirt was on fire, saved her friend but herself caught fire and died within hours.
Marguerite Evelyn Yost a 14 month old girl from Reading Pennsylvania enjoys the unusual distinction of having four living great grandmothers. One grandma wears spectacles and all reside nearby within a short distance of her home.
After a long yawn a Westwood Michigan man could not close his mouth his jaw was dislocated. He was so frightened that since it was set he does not dare to smile broadly.
The Atlanta Constitution prints a photo of the two room log cabin where Alexander Stephens Clay, Georgia’s new United States Senator, was born. The article notes the road from the cabin to Washington cannot be deemed not a thoroughfare by locals.
Report notes a shift in the military stance as Weyler plans to enclose insurgents more tightly, signaling a tightening grip and potential escalation of operations.
Springfield special dispatch reports Gov Tanner granted the requisition extraditing Dr Frank C Rhodes alias Count de Juster. He is held in Chicago and sought in Denver and Brooklyn for embezzlement bigamy and forgery.
New York lawyer T. B. Steele was arraigned in the central police court for passing a worthless check. The case also accuses him of betraying Clara Aene, a typewriter once employed in his office, during the incident.
A concise review of the week’s key events at home and abroad drawn from telegraph reports. Major happenings include political developments, economic shifts, cultural notes, and notable incidents that attracted public attention.
The spanian legation reports no Cuba reforms information while Consul General Lee protests Congressman Money remarks. The Laclede Gaslight case is sent for reargument in the next term. C H Springer named receiver of Merchants National Bank Devils Lake. A civil service retirement age bill is introduced by Representative Gillett. Sierra Madre bridge project advances El Paso. Shipyard work halted for plate tests. hundreds laid off. Behring Sea commission delays in San Francisco. Harris reports Victoria attendance. Halifax towboats needed. Healeyite meeting opposes Dillon. Empress Dowager Asako dies. born 1834 in Tokyo. Russian budget 1897 expected deficit due to rail expansion. American Cigarette Co directors arrested for conspiracy. Wallaceburg Ontario Queen's Hotel burned. Cleveland man presumed dead. Lord Mayor’s famine fund exceeds 175,000 with Astor giving 10,000. Mazatlan harbor contract awarded. three years to complete. Viceroy of India promotes private famine relief. French papers note US-UK arbitration treaty impact. US minister to Constantinople secures orders to remove Turkish guard at American college. Montreal bishop to issue mandate against La Patrie and Manitoba school supporters.
John T. Dowdall of St. Louis the oldest Odd Fellow in Missouri and second oldest in the U S dies. David J. Hennessy’s will filed at Dubuque leaves St Paul real estate to Archbishop Hennessy with small bequests to siblings. David P. Plumb father of late Senator H B Plumb dies of pneumonia near Emporia Kansas. born 1812 in Ohio. an early Kansas settler since 1856. Dennis B. Cashman, Irish cause co laborer with John Boyle O’Reilly, dies in Boston after escape from Australia in the 1860s. he later worked with O’Reilly’s newspaper.
A 13 year old boy, John Gordon, drowned skating on Lake Winnebago near Fond du Lac Wisconsin. Mrs Esther Poole aged 60 and her son Charley J Poole 34 of Chicago suffocated by coal gas from a stove. George A Abel chief grain inspector for the San Francisco Produce Exchange died asphyxiated by gas. Crather and Haverhill's warehouses in Montreal were destroyed by fire with $300000 stock value and about $200000 insured. In Ward Colorado at the Adit Mining tunnel an explosion killed John W Glover Harry Glover T A Edgermo and John W Schreiver.
Ex governor Davis of Maine and other officials are linked to suicides or charges. A Janesville man killed his wife and son then himself. Robberies, forgeries, extraditions, and jail escapes fill headlines. Indictments against Louis Thornburg, moral cases, and political moves mark a wide crime and legal scene across states.
Jan 15 senate roll call shows few absentees as lawmakers introduce resolutions for clerks and major bills. A House committee probes state land deal with Mountain Iron Mining valued at $20 million while Senate debates eleven bills and several resolutions in rapid sequence.
The Minnesota senate adopted Senator Ringdal’s resolution for a labor bureau investigation by a committee of five senators. President Gibbs named Sheehan Young Larson Peterson and Ringdal to the panel. House adjourned after one day with plans to reconvene at 10 a.m. the next day.
In St Paul the Minnesota House opened with a resolution by Judge Hicks scheduling Thursday at 11 for the Dingman Lellman contest hearing under 189 of the 1894 General Statutes. The body debated and approved a proposal to have the elections committee report on justifications for upcoming contests and then introduced several notable bills.
The Minnesota senate met with an executive session on governor appointments and introduced twelve bills including anti trust measures travel libraries a corrupt practices repeal grain weighing and election law reforms. A special committee was named to craft anti tramp legislation and proposals covered city debt limits depository creation and licensing itinerant vendors.
Paris dispatch reports a tribunal ruling that Baihuat De Lesseps and Blondin are responsible for a 91000 franc fine. Baihuat remains imprisoned while De Lesseps and Blondin face possible jail upon returning to France.
In Washington the house debated a bill to subject oleomargarine and similar dairy imitations to state laws as they move between states. A Cannon maneuver delayed further consideration while the senate's open session was shortened by an executive meeting. Mr Bacon spoke on Congress recognizing new governments. A vote on the free homestead bill was set for tomorrow.
Washington action on January 16 opens all public lands acquired from Indians to settlement with minimal government fees. Senate also debated canal bill and inquiries into railroad bonds and lake vessel rate cases. House discussion focused on oleomargarine and dairy product labeling under state laws.
In Washington the house convened for private bill day with all action limited to bills favorably acted upon in committee of the whole before the holiday recess. The widow of Maj. John Gibbon receives $100 a month and the widow of Bvt. Maj. Gen. W A Nichols $75 a month. The free homestead bill with senate amendments was referred to the committee on public lands.
Washington January 19. The House spent most of the day paying tributes to the late Speaker Charles F Crisp of Georgia. Democratic and Republican leaders spoke as mostly Georgia members delivered moving eulogies drawing strong attendance and galleries were filled. The Columbia and Red Mountain Railroad received a bridge approval bill across the Columbia river in Stevens county, while a Santa Fe Fort Marcy land grant to Boston's American Invalid Aid Society failed.
The Press reports via private channel that Gen. Maximo Gomez stormed Santa Clara on January 9 and with 18,000 men moves toward Havana. Cavalry leader Quintin Banderas is mortally wounded and Gen. Luque of Spain is wounded.
London dispatch reports France and Italy enacting strict measures against England and India due to cholera outbreaks aboard the British steamship Nubia, which recently reached Plymouth with cases of the disease onboard.
Banécroft Nebraska August Zuhlke a wealthy German farmer shot himself in the leg while hunting. He was too weak to stand amputation and died. He leaves a wife and two children.
The Senate voted to take up the Nicaragua canal bill, aiming to resolve whether American control of the canal or Monroe Doctrine concerns would be settled by arbitration. Senator Morgan pressed for action before a new Anglo American arbitration treaty. Chandler introduced a caucus bill for an international monetary conference, to be called up tomorrow. The House passed three public bills including liquor sale prohibition to Indians, patent law revisions, and a naval patent compensation measure.
Sacramento notes Gov Rudd declared today a legal holiday to celebrate the defeat of the funding bill in the House of Representatives.
Washington reports a New York reorganizers plan a government guarantee to back its claim against the railroads in exchange for joining the pending suit. With funding failure, officials may now join if a fair bid is offered at foreclosure.
In Washington on January 20 the senate session ended without incident as Senator Turpie opposed the Nicaraguan canal bill and the appropriation bill moved forward except for library provisions. The House, dominated by old soldiers, devoted the day to private pension bills with 52 of 900 on the calendar acted on, including pensions for Maj. Gen. Julius B. Stanel, the widow of Maj. Gen. Erastus B. Tyler, Hannah E. Rodgers, and the widow of Gen. Matthew M. Trumbull at Iowa various monthly rates.
Legal circles affirm Fiscal Joaquin Vidal and Magistrate Ricardo Maya, who presided over the Sanguilly and Someillan case, will be promoted to be president of the supreme court at Havana and fiscal of her majesty respectively.
United States vice consul general at Havana Mr Springer is in Washington on leave. He reports to Secretary Olney the Havana conditions during Gen Lee's absence and details of events at his departure from Cuba.
Des Moines special report states Dr E C Spivney sues John McHugh of Cresco for 530000 dollars alleging slander and libel. The action seeks compensation for damages and outlines grounds in the court filing.
Paris reports the death of M. Alfred Hary a noted Frenchman famed for rescuing the Comte de Paris from a mob in the chamber of deputies in 1848 His act earned him lasting recognition among contemporaries and Parisian circles.
Wheat and corn prices listed for Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul and South St Paul with bids for No 2 red No 3 red No 2 spring and hard winter plus hog cattle and grain figures. Hogs show market activity and ranges while cattle remain steady to quiet. Prices include dates January 21 and city names as reported.
Strong sales at 2508.25 dollars with demand for feed cattle cows and stockers. Prices listed include bulls at 2.50 and oxen at 2.95 while stockers reach 3.25.
Decorah Iowa January 21 The controller of the currency has called upon the stockholders of the First National Bank to meet the full limit of their liability of seventy five thousand dollars. News emerges that the bank has been insolvent for more than three years.
The steamer Elsa sailing from New Orleans with a party of gentlemen bound for Del Toro Colombo was wrecked on Cuban reefs January 9. All crew and passengers were saved and landed in Havana.
St. John New Brunswick January 21. Trainmen on the Atlantic division of the Canadian Pacific railroad have demanded a material wage increase to take effect April 1 when the current agreement expires.
Springfield Illinois January 21 Ex Congress William E Mason was nominated for the United States senate at a Republican joint caucus after a bitterly fought battle in Illinois party history.
The New York board of health adopts a sanitary code amendment declaring pulmonary tuberculosis an infectious and communicable disease dangerous to public health. The change formalizes the disease's risk to community health and informs sanitary practices.
Columbus Ohio January 21 The executive board of the United Mine Workers of America issues a circular thanking craft members for past loyalty and asking continued support by contributing to the defense fund as provided by the late national convention.
A couple in Shamrock welcomed the smallest child ever known in the area. Born November 13, the infant measured nine inches long and weighed two and a quarter pounds. The birth was reported from Black River Falls Wisconsin on January 21.
A heavy sleet and snow storm sweeps western Texas on January 21. The first such storm in three years threatens unprotected range cattle with potential injury as reports come from scattered areas across the state.
The Yale News reports plans for an intercollegiate baseball league involving Yale Harvard Princeton Columbia Pennsylvania Dartmouth Bucknell Amherst Brown Carlisle and Swarthmore, aiming to organize a league among major eastern colleges.
Emil and Jacob Blumer architects and builders of Zurich Switzerland were arraigned before a United States commissioner and remanded to Ludlow street jail. Swiss consul charges they defrauded Zurich firms of about 47000 francs.
George E. Ross, who embezzled 1500 dollars while acting as money clerk for the Pacific Express company, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Kansas City to two years in the penitentiary.
Theodore Nine, a pioneer lumberman, filed mortgages totaling 47461 dollars on January 21. The financial squeeze stems from the Mosher and Son lumber company failure of 1905. Creditors include banks in Bay City Detroit Port Huron and Saginaw.
Secretary Olney failed to win senate reconsideration of extradition treaties with the Orange Free State and the Argentine Republic. The senate stood by its original decision to reject the treaties without amendments. Olney had urged withdrawal of amendments making extradition optional for the United States and its citizens.
Masked assailants went to William Rowland's Adams station house two miles below Macon and demanded money. Rowland fired in defense, a shot wounded Mrs Rowland who later died. Bloodhounds were sought in Macon and a posse pursues the killers.
Supporters fear the free homestead bill is dead for this Congress after Speaker Reed sent it to the House Public Lands Committee to review Senate amendments. The committee shows little enthusiasm for the plan.
Odessa dispatch reports the Russian government imposing strict southern measures to prevent the plague. Authorities enforce quarantines and travel restrictions as part of public health efforts.
The St Clair Madison and St Louis Belt Railroad passed to a receiver by decree of the U S court at St Louis. John E May a director and local manager announced the action today.
Jamestown jury after forty hours returns verdict for defendant Rankin in Tullis versus Rankin. Tullis sought $10,000 damages over alleged improper amputation of his leg.
Special-Agent G. E. Wing Price, who arrived December 25 with credentials from Secretary of War Carlos Roloff to aid Cuban insurgents, was found unconscious in his Victoria hotel room from an overdose of chloroform.
Bonny dispatch reports an English civilian, believed to be Mr Powis who accompanied the British Benin expedition, has been captured and brought to Benin with his fate still unknown.
Prescott special reports a continuing storm that blocks traffic across the area. All Atlantic & Pacific trains are snailblocked and a California orange train was ditched near Ashford yesterday. If rain follows, extensive damage is feared.
Minnesota items report several fatal and damaging incidents across the state. Fires destroy properties in Belle Plaine Hokah and Rochester while bridges and depots suffer arson-like losses. Deaths include Brainerd citizen Mike Hagberg Edward Flynn Bay Town and local coroner cases.
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