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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1895
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch notes stray items from Ingersoll and Wieland. A Philadelphia judge calls bicycles biby carriages and wheel barrows in a curious ruling. References to Mr and Mrs Charles T Yerkes and Gotham hints appear amid miscellany. Sacrificial knives found at Mexican pyramids are described as flint butcher-knife shapes.
The article notes Babylon yields more than 40 diamonds, many uncut or only lightly polished. It mentions glass Etruscan tomb ornaments with interior objects, and asks how they were made. It also reports a decapitated snail regrowing a new head when kept moist.
In Pompeii archaeologists uncovered a Street of Dried Fruits and found large stocks of figs raisins plums and other fruits in nearby shops. The discovery highlights daily life and trade in the ancient city.
W A Clarke, a Montana mine owner with an estimated fortune between 20 and 40 million, plans a million-dollar New York palace. Once a Montana arrival with a pick, his rise spans thirty years, while editorials critique war myths and urge more English anti violence action despite condemning U S lynching.
The Turkish government demands that Britain disavow Gladstone's recent speech condemning Armenian massacres. The so called Unspeakable Turk mocks the situation, and experts doubt London will yield to the demand.
A sixteenth century English edict forbade street hawkers from selling plums and apples to curb temptations for servants and apprentices. The rule aimed to prevent theft of employers’ money sparked by the sight of the pricey fruits.
The Omaha city council faced charges of blackmailing but held a special meeting, moved to committee of the whole, audited itself, and returned a verdict of exoneration. The gag about the comic opera librettist hints at missing a good opportunity regarding the Omahogs.
Joseph Bertrand, noted French mathematician, reportedly saved his wife from a fatal Paris to Versailles rail accident in 1544. The incident involved Admiral D Urville, killed in the crash, an admiral famed for bringing the Venus de Milo to France and for three circumnavigations of the globe.
Capt. Schmittberger of the New York police force was promised immunity to testify against others by Senator Lexow, Mr. Goff, and the assistant district attorney, yet faces indictment instigated by Dr Parkhurst. The doctor may struggle to obtain future witnesses if this tactic continues.
The English Boilermakers union, Britain’s second largest labor group, severs ties with the Trade Union Congress citing John Burns' socialistic influence. The remark notes a prophet honored elsewhere but not at home or in Chicago.
M Barthon emerges as the group’s pivotal figure with France’s destinies in his hands His humble ironmonger father ran a shop in Oloron near the Pyrenees where the statesman was born less than forty years ago He still runs the Pau iron shop on Rue de la Prefecture where visitors see the sign Barthon Quipcaller over the window
German traveler Dr Ewen Hedin attempted Mustagh Ata in April and was forced back by snow. In July he climbed four times, nearing the 23 000 foot summit and returned with extensive scientific observations and photographs.
A prominent physician prescribes a popular remedy for cold in the head. He explains the ailment stems from excess blood pressure in the head causing nasal swelling and throat dryness. The recommended regimen includes hot foot baths, hot drinks, Dover's powder, and quinine with red pepper every two hours for a day.
A compact summary of top world news from Telegraph and Press Association dispatches. Highlights cover political developments, economic updates, and major events shaping global affairs with concise agency reporting.
Canada removes duty on US shingles and wood pulp under reciprocal terms. San Francisco Postmaster McCoppin faces civil service rule charges. Senate hearing examines five civilized tribes of Italians and their stance on Indian affairs. Knights of Protection adopt principles to defend American industry via tariff and immigration limits.
Summary of various notices including deaths of Prof. Arndt and Prof. Haushauser, Rev. Richard Randle, Col. Ulysses G. Scheller Debul, and Col. A. K. McClure. Includes Gov. Hogg's plan for a daily Dallas paper, George Lovell the turf figure, D V Tallent’s long mail route, estate bequest to Edward Conser, and Mrs. Upham’s charitable work. Also notes Benjamin Van Tye’s 114th birthday and his early life as a slave in New York.
A gale sinks the dredge Mount Waldo in the Gulf of Mexico with nine drowned. Boiler explosion kills two at Homestead Steel Works. two injured. Baltimore grand stand burns. M W Wilson livery barn in Iowa burns with eight horses. A Champaign, IL farmer killed by a falling tree. a Welsh mountains hermit and brother of Testmaster General Bissell. Coppee nearly frozen in a Centralia barn. a three year old dies from burns in Steubenville area. A Baltimore parrot awakens a family to escape a burning home. Paragon mill workers Nilan and Neff injured in a gas explosion. Nilan may lose an arm. Italian Mezzopiso rockfall destroys homes after villagers warned. William Nees, 17, killed at Hickox mine near Springfield NL. Mrs. Mary Harkins of Kalamazoo burned. saved by snow roll. her son injured. Patrick Boyle breaks shoulder from a fall. Two families near South Charleston Ohio nearly frozen while seeking South Carolina.
A list of crime items reports Sophie Lyons jailed in St Louis for pickpocket activity. The roundup details mob attempts, robberies, murders, and arrests across multiple states with various individuals named.
W Johnson the treasurer and partner faces embezzlement charges over 14000 dollars of company property. Mrs Henrietta F E Pike of Denver is believed to have jumped bond and fled to Canada or Mexico. A married woman Moore drowned with her 15 month old child in the River St Francis at Windsor Mill Ontario. In Charleston South Carolina the McCrea family was poisoned by rough on rats in corn meal bread. Maggie Boroughs implicated in jealousy killings. two dead.
The pope suffers a light chill while Archduke Albrecht, uncle of Emperor Francis Joseph, lies dying. Dervishes attack Egyptian outposts west of Wadyhalfa with casualties among Egyptians. Snow and landslides block Northern Italian railways and Swiss routes. The French cabinet resigns after a clash over rights of deputies and courts. A French torpedo boat loosens and risks breaking apart. Emperor William plans talks with King Humbert to adjust the triple alliance. Panama canal labor force of five hundred discharged amid pay disputes. A battle in Uruguay near San Francisco de la Borka ends with government forces repelling rebels. Swiss firms contract to supply watches for Japanese soldiers at $1.50 each.
A roundup of midweek items notes Methodist ministers criticizing Chauncey Depew for halving rate privileges for ministers. Other highlights include New York socialite Anna Whitney urging Supt. Byrnes to stay, and various regional political and legal developments across Ohio Illinois New Hampshire Massachusetts and Louisiana.
A discussion on the diverse roles women play from housekeeper to journalist. The piece highlights a female special correspondent who defied censorship by sending a telegram signaling the czar’s death and the exact hour of expiration.
Dialogue shows Reggy pressing for the couple to move in with the mother. The fiancé questions how much more they must do. Reggy insists they should relocate the household including the mother to live together.
A review of Senate and House actions shows bills to create a state forest commissioner and fire wardens, regulate rail right of way clearing, and appoint game and fish commissioners. Other measures set banking examination duties, cap interest at 6 percent, and offer a bounty on state produced sugar beets and cane products.
In St Paul on January 20 Henry Feig pushed a five member committee inquiry into state financial institutions through the house by unanimous vote despite a substitute and expense objections. He then moved to reconsider and table the motion, also approved, effectively burning the bridge and preventing future reconsideration this session. The synopsis lists several new bills including homestead definitions, a five member game and fish board, township tax changes, and railroad land forfeiture provisions, with Senator Masterman proposing a state depository designation board duplicating a two year old bill not signed by the governor.
In St Paul on January 22 the senate, prayer by Rabbi E L Hess in Forbes absence, received a bouquet from senate pages. Ringdahl urged a freight rate reduction. Keller pushed a railroads short haul investigation. Day sought Stevens as rail road clerk. bills introduced include abolishing days of grace on notes and road and bridge funding amendments.
In the Minnesota House a bill by Mr. Robbins would bar state officials and appointees from active senatorial campaign work or lobbying for any candidate. Dr. Robilliard proposed criminal penalties for exchanging money or office for political support, with imprisonment from six months to five years and added tenure restrictions.
The article lists several house bills including statutes revision and mineral land sales. It notes J M Smith and Zier bills on corporate extensions and patent medicines. In the senate H F 68 to legalize city bonds passes on final passage after a rules suspension request by Senator Wing of Red Wing.
Delegates from fourteen states meet in Chicago to form the Millers Association of the United States with one member per state. They say an import tariff harms export industries and name officers and signatories including M. H. Davis, Augustine Gallagher, and others from Ohio, Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, New York.
In Minneapolis on January 21 inspectors arrested Peter McCallum and H. Henry for larceny after attempting to leave the poultry show with two Plymouth Rock chickens valued at ten dollars. They claimed purchase but were fined fifteen dollars or fifteen days in municipal court for theft.
The Butte inquest into the Kenyon-Cornell explosion deaths proceeds with testimony suggesting two blasts caused the fatalities. A warehouse blast released far more explosive than admitted, with 58 known dead and 26 injured, while several more bodies may remain in the ruins.
News from Mexico City reports President Diaz refusing Guatemala's demands after a stormy cabinet meeting. Central American reps allegedly back Guatemala while Mexican troops flood the border with about 412000 officers ordered to report. Students march in support shouting Viva Mexico and On to Guatemala.
In Green Bay on January 24 Sheriff Delaney and Register of Deeds Bernidson visited the cell of John Dazowski held for the alleged murder of his wife and pressed for a confession. Bishop Messmer denounces the action as sacrilegious deceit and blasphemy demanding public denouncement and apology.
In Washington January 24 the Altamonte bill battles bitterness as Wisconsin Representative Grifin seeks to mobilize his state legislature to memorialize Congress against the bill. Baldwin and allies fear defeat if it reaches consideration, though renewed efforts to bring it up again are planned soon.
The interior department calls for bids to furnish a sheet metal ceiling and new copper roof for the pension bureau building. Bids will open February 28. The present appropriation is 28000 dollars, with a request for additional funds before work proceeds.
Albany January 24 a bill prohibiting the display of foreign flags on public property has passed the assembly by a vote of eighty three to unknown.
The Senate debated an emergency currency bill by Sherman and Pugh and passed a pension measure at 141 million with amendments. Army and Indian appropriation bills moved, including a 1.66 million payout to the Cherokee Nation. Filibuster marked Indian school contracts and a Senate debate over the Nicaraguan canal and a high level of attention to Hawaii and a proposed U S warship presence in Honolulu.
The Senate again considers Hawaii amid the president sending a warship to Honolulu. Lodge introduces another Hawaiian resolution urging annexation while opposing British occupation. Frye presses for action on his resolution about restoring the queen, sparking sharp debate with Gray. The day also funds fortifications and income tax provisions and advances seven public building bills.
Washington reporters noted a crowded gallery as the senate debated administration policy toward Hawaii. Senators Gray and George defended the administration while Lodge and Hawley delivered critical speeches on British Pacific aggression and Queen Liliuokalani's envoys after U S recognition of the Hawaiian republic. The session moved to the Nicaraguan papal bill and the house adjourned with the Indian appropriation bill advancing, including a 1 666 000 amendment for Cherokee outlet payments and other minor changes. Chairman Wilson separately reported a bill to end a one tenth cent per pound sugar bounty discrimination Oregon.
Rioters clash with police and militia as 8th day of electric street railway strike turns deadly. Militia fire volleys, police shoot, and injuries mount among officers, soldiers, and civilians amid fog and chaos on Brooklyn routes from Ridgewood to Halsey Street. Kate Carney captured. Ennis wounded. multiple arrests and scattered reports of four dead.
In an early morning encounter at Halsey street station a militia volley fatally wounds Henry Ahrens of New York City and injures a man named Williams. The unrest widens as 8,000 state troops and 1,500 police occupy Brooklyn while traffic suffers amid fears of continued disorder.
Washington January 23 Senator Jones Arkansas introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors to any Indian whose land has been allotted. The measure aims to curb alcohol access among federally recognized allottee communities.
Boise Idaho January 24 The ballot for United States senator resulted in no change.
The judiciary committee after a long session voted 7 to 5 to reopen the case against Judge Ricks inviting him and his witnesses to appear, with the other side also invited. Supporters of Mr Bailey see the vote as a setback for immediate action.
In St Paul on January 24 Senator Washburn released his supporters from further efforts for his behalf after a long meeting. A committee was formed to explore a coalition with McCleary and Comstock to block Nelson. John Lind declined to run after consulting with his friends. Balloting in the Legislature showed shifts among McCleary, Nelson, Comstock, Donnelly and McHale with both houses reporting changes in votes and affiliations.
The Controller Eckles released the December 19 1894 abstracts of four South Dakota national banks. Loans and discounts total 3 551 300 dollars with reserves in banks and on hand 1 062 494 dollars and total resources 7 163 625 dollars. Deposits amount to 3 526 178 dollars and the average reserve is 31 30 percent.
Paris dispatch to The Times says the income tax, favored by M. V Neutral, cannot be introduced in the 1895 budget. The report notes the measure as a pet project of the minister and cites budgetary obstacles delaying its adoption.
New York jury in the Laidlaw Sage case failed to reach a verdict, standing 9 to 3 in favor of the defendant. The panel deliberated without concluding a unanimous decision.
Ashland Wisconsin January 24 T J Pools suit for fifty thousand dollars in insurance was commenced in the circuit court. Pool is represented by Col Gabe Bouck and William L Windom with the insurance companies defended by Attorney General Mylrea.
Jefferson City Missouri January 24 The house committee on criminal jurisdiction recommended passage of Speaker Russell's bill for train robbery punishable by oath.
William K Randall Cremer of the British House of Commons presented President Cleveland with a memorial bearing 354 signers from the Commons. The document proposes submitting any US Britain differences to arbitration. Signatories include 232 Liberals 71 Nationalists 30 Unionists and 21 Conservatives. first Nationalist-backed petition of its kind.
The former home of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase and late owner Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague was sold at auction to Washington Loan and Trust Company for 44000 dollars. The land lies north of Eckington and spans 31 acres, with the bid reportedly covering only the estate’s encumbrance.
Oscar Hoffman editor of the Volksfreund a German paper in Sioux City Iowa is sentenced to confinement in the state insane hospital for years of vile language attacking city leaders and suppression as indecent.
Washington report notes Hamburg authorities forbid cattle and swine imports from England and Ireland. The move threatens American cattle interests as most livestock entering Germany passes via England, worsening the nation's trade with continental Europe.
Bradstreet's report notes limited gains in commercial, financial, and industrial activity with continued improvement in most areas. Print cloths have dropped to a record low price, signaling deflation in the textiles market.
Special Lizard Freres lift gold shipments by 400000 and Heideback Eckelheimer Co raise theirs by 150000, pushing total shipments for tomorrow to 4450000 in the New York market.
Athens dispatch denies any rebellion in Greece and states the country is everywhere perfectly calm.
The article praises Hostetter’s Stomach Beers as a highly sanctioned and widely known cure for dyspepsia lack of stamina liver complaints constipation nervousness incipient rheumatism and kidney inactivity. It claims no imitation or underhand competition has affected sales.
A man muses on being a mark as he recalls sending 50 cents to a self styled money making adviser. The reply advised sending 5 cents by express to San Francisco, illustrating a bunco style scheme.
The ad touts Syrup of Figs as a permanent solution for constipation, arguing that other laxatives only offer temporary relief and can harm the system, urging buyers to choose the lasting remedy.
Professor Pictet presented fungotherapeutics to the French Academy of Medicine. He tested on dogs by plunging them into cold baths and on himself in a subzero refrigerating tank, finding increased hunger after exposure and noting his dyspepsia improved after repeated descents.
The ad touts Salzer oats as top among 300 varieties per USDA with test yields around 200 bushels per acre. It claims Salter as the world’s largest farm seed grower and mentions potatoes at 2.50 a barrel and a $1 post paid offer for 35 packages of early vegetables. Send 10 cents to LaCrosse, Wisconsin for a free mammoth catalogue and a $200 prize oats package.
The dirt-eater of Tatagonia speaks of a plan and teases a surprise for his wife. She claims LT wanted to delight him with a corner lot that is high and dry and only three minutes from the postoffice.
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