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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch comments touch on John L Sullivan organizing a Lost a Million Club and notes political reform themes. It critiques Chicago machine politics and questions governance in Cuba while praising individual responsibility and Harper’s Weekly empire stance.
Europe reacts with alarm as the ezar issues a rescript demanding further naval disarmament after the Hague conference. The move signals renewed tensions and skepticism about lasting peace in the region.
The piece contrasts Nathan Hale who mourned a single life for country with a Chicago employee discharged to cut costs who wishes to hold two jobs to avoid losing either. The tone questions duty and sacrifice in public service.
Paris has provided a fine site in the American quarter near the Trocadero and the Arch of Triumph for an equestrian statue of Washington. The statue is to be unveiled July 3 on the anniversary of Washingtons accept anced ef as a general. The event will likely be used to showcase friendship between France and America by our true European ally.
The text notes that William Armstrong charged with bribery in a Chicago railroad case is defended in Washington by a leading western railroad lawyer, and wonders who is funding the expensive attorney for the ex bartender with limited capital.
The Zappo Zap tribe, deployed as revenue officers, burned fourteen villages and killed eighty people in a rubber ivory and slave tribute expedition. Five prisoners were eaten, signaling brutal enforcement of colonial revenue policies.
A Worcester County farmer on eight acres near Paxton reports 7500 bushels of potatoes 25000 cucumbers 800 barrels of cabbages 700 bushels of tomatoes 350 barrels of carrots 600 bushels of parsnips 1100 bushels of turnips 400 bushels of beets and 1100 heads of cauliflower plus squashes and other truck. Profitable marketing helps reclaim abandoned farms across New England.
A proposal calls for ending postage stamps and making mail free. The originator suggests funding the cost by taxing luxuries such as whisky beer tobacco. The plan is expected to face strong opposition if brought to Congress.
A description notes some people appear to enjoy themselves while riding to a funeral, suggesting a complex mix of emotion and social dynamics surrounding the event.
Washington reports indicate an understanding with England to press the Nicaraguan canal despite a conflicting treaty. House committees approve pension and election reform measures, fund a Sheridan post and Port Leavenworth hospital, and pursue a direct Senate election by voters. Missouri seeks an injunction over drainage work. suffrage hearing set for Feb. 15 amid national convention.
Hector Jackson of Seattle wins a seven round bout in Stockton against Tom Tracey of Australia after Tracey hurls him to the ropes. The match reports focus on the dramatic finish and the rough incident in the seventh round.
Dispatches from London and Durban report a Pietermaritzburg source noting Lord Dundonald's flying column entering Ladysmith with 1,600 men. Buller reportedly resting after two hard days of fighting, while Boers fiercely contest ground and artillery supports pound their positions on the Natal front.
In the Philippines campaign Maj. Johnson with Forty-sixth infantry and Maj. Muir with Thirty-eighth infantry defeat about 800 insurgents at Taal Batangas. The U S gunboat Marietta shells the town as 14 plague cases and 11 deaths are reported.
In Frankfort Kentucky on January 24 police Capt Krakel Treut Wickham Wright and Lt Ridge defended themselves against Republican charges of election interference. They testified orders against interference were given before the vote and followed in good faith. They said militia presence detered voters though could not name those deterred. A bribery sensation involving a Goebel man and Taylor was discussed before a grand jury with no indictments issued. W A Clark of New York was subpoenaed as a confidential man of Richard Croker.
In Macon Georgia on January 23 two Black men were killed and two White men wounded as police tried to arrest J B Butler a Black suspect. Butler died after being shot during the confrontation on Fourth Street. He had fled from authorities and reportedly had a prior killing in Fort Gaines.
Reports from London and Ladysmith detail Gen Buller’s plan to seize Spionkop as Warren holds ridges facing the Boers. British artillery duels with creusore and field guns are described as the turning movement stalls. Dispatches note possible night assault and rising tension as Boer defenses tighten in Transvaal theaters.
Multiple brief items note a woman in New Harmony Indiana who killed herself by cutting her throat amid a separation from her husband. In Pittsburg a man named William Newman, described as a negro, was hanged for murder after killing his mistress Alice Warner. A Kansas City robbery netted over 200 dollars at two restaurants during morning hours. A Chicago hotel room yielded two unknown men found dead amid gas leakage, suspected self-inflicted. Milwaukee business operator John A Wilson, alias C Nelson, arrested for large frauds tied to peddlers supplies. alleged to have operated in Chicago.
Fire destroys Lee Di Klee dry goods in Tampa with losses around 50000 dollars and 23000 insured. A Lima Indiana flour mill boiler explosion fatally injures engineer Edward Lamppears. Anna Monroe dies minutes before marriage to Charles Hume in Shelbyville. Pawnee coal mine bookkeeper Paul H Himrod killed as skull crushed between coal cars near Danville. Thirteen year old Daniel R Welch dies from lockjaw after foot injury boarding a train in Springfield. Christina Harth awakens during embalming in East St Louis. Nearly hundred guests at Morris Pollock and Annie Schmett wedding in Chicago fall sick from copper kettle chicken. no deaths. Lexing-ton steamer sinks after collision with Argand near Leary. passengers rescued.
Obituaries and notices recount deaths of Theodore A. Zellers Ottawa Ontario glassmaker. Mrs. Odell Wilmington. Coaster's Harbor naval inspector Charles A. Siegfried. A T Wheeler Clinton County alderman. J Q A Hoyt prominent transatlantic promoter. Charles Townsend Athens Ohio ex-secretary of state. other civic leaders. Reports include politics Iowa, rail projects New York, and industrial shifts Standard Oil maneuvers. smallpox cases in Illinois. lawsuits over wills. German slaughterhouse diseases. naval transfers. labor wage increases. Philippines cotton note. and Milwaukee electrical association.
Henry Lyons of Chicago defeated Joe Cain of Brooklyn by knockout in the final round of a twenty five round catch weight bout at the Hercules Athletic club in Brooklyn last night. Lyons proved a revelation with clever moves that surprised observers.
Durban dispatch reports the German bark Marie captured early January by the British cruiser Fearless has been unconditionally released. The ship carried sulphur and sailed from Berlin on January 24.
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