Fourth of July casualties fade in Brainerd report
The Brainerd Dispatch notes a smaller casualty list than usual from the recent Fourth of July observances with only a few incidents reported.
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Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1886
Page
3
Gettysburg dedication marks Reynolds fall site
A ceremonial on the Ist inst at Gettysburg marked the dedication of a Pennsylvania supplied monument to honor General Reynolds who fell on July 1, 1863 at the battlefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
State of
Pennsylvania
Reynolds
Conservative victory likely as Gladstone defeated
The defeat of Gladstone is now beyond question with the Tories poised for about a seventy seat majority in the House of Commons. Salisbury is expected to form a strong Conservative cabinet as Gladstone goes out of power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
House of Commons
Salisbury
U S Pension Outlays Compared With Germany 1885 86
The United States appropriates about as much each year for pensions as Germany spends on its standing army and pensions. Germany’s pension fund for 1885 to 1886 was $5,137,000 while its army appropriation stood at $83,000,000.
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United States
German Empire
Pension Fund
Germany
Fire losses in June exceed long term average in US and Canada
The Commercial Bulletin estimates June fire losses at 9.75 million dollars, about 50 percent above the long term average. Twenty one large fires reported losses between 100 thousand and 600 thousand dollars, making June exceptional for that month.
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The
Commercial Bulletin
United States
Canada
Ex Gov Andrew Curtin to decline renomination to Congress
Former Pennsylvania governor Andrew G Curtin plans to refuse another bid for Congress citing advancing age and political weariness. He says the duties of office have become too burdensome and he seeks rest and relief from public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew G. Curtin
Congress
England Debates on Marriage with a Deceased Wife
The passage notes that even after Home Rule questions fade in England the married with a deceased wife sister issue will provoke debate. It contrasts English and local views, describing opposition as conceited and claiming the practice causes crime and social decay.
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England
Dow estate leaves funds to institutions and widow
The will of Moses A. Dow of Boston leaves 60000 to Dow academy in Franconia New Hampshire as a permanent fund and 10000 to Winchester Home for Aged Women in Charlestown. Private bequests total 350000 with the balance in trust for his widow. The Waverly house lot is to be sold for at least 300000 and the Waverly Magazine property sold to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses A. Dow
Boston
Dow Academy
Franconia
N. H
Winchester Home
Charlestown
Waverly House
Waverly Magazine
Winter and Spring Wheat Crops Reported Favorable Overall
From over 4000 crop reports the Rural New Yorker estimates a strong winter wheat crop with a probable yield of 295 million bushels, more than 212 million last year, and slightly higher acreage. Spring wheat suffers from brewth and blights with an expected 140 million bushels versus 145 million last year. Total wheat likely 435 million bushels, up from 357 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Legislature Defeats Biennial Session Amendment
The Massachusetts Legislature, now adjourned, defeated the constitutional amendment for biennial sessions yet boosted the movement. Six months were spent on a change that could have taken three, leaving the public more disgusted with yearly long sessions and renewing popular support for biennial reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Dun and Co Report Sees Surprising Prosperity Despite Strain
R G Dun and Co reports a marked decrease in business failures and a surprisingly strong trade outlook. The six month downturn in failures suggests national commerce remains resilient despite widespread labor unrest and shaken confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Vanderbilt Plans Free Employer Building in New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt plans a large stone building in New York for the free use of Central and Hudson River railroad employees. The eightieth foot front structure will include a basement with bathrooms gymnasium and bowling alleys reading room library game rooms and offices on the first floor a large hall on the second floor and upper rooms for janitors and sleeping quarters for men detained in the city overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Central and
Hudson River Railroad
From humble origins to wealth and fame in America
The passage lists famous founders of wealth and power who started with little. It cites Benjamin Franklin Thurlow Weed Horace Greeley Thomas Edison and others, noting early hardships such as sticking type, forges and hods. It emphasizes perseverance from poverty to influence and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Thurlow Weed
Horace Greeley
Thomas A. Edison
Jay Gould
Abraham Lincoln
Ruth Hatch
Gov. Stannard
George Law
Dry Weather Worsens Wheat Crop Across Minnesota Dakota
Condensed notes from the Pioneer Press detail wheat crop conditions across Iowa Wisconsin Nebraska and many Minnesota Dakota counties. May and June droughts plus scant rain since seeding leave crops thin with short straw and heightened damage from recent hot weather.
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Pioneer Press
Minnesota
Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Red River Valley
Wahpeton
Grand Forks
Pacific
Brainerd
Bismarck
Wild Evangelist Meeting Draws Marion Crowd
A Marion special reports Mrs Mary Mershon of Pendleton leads a trance evangelism appeal with Mrs Woodworth influence. She is about 60, medium height with neutral bearing and a heroic theology. Attendees rise with dramatic, unsettling responses, including visions of hell and fiery wonders as meetings run for at least two more weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Mary Mershon
Pendleton
Woodworth
Hell
President Nominates Capt Theodore Schwan for Major General Role
The President names Capt Theodore Schwan of the Eleventh Infantry as major and assistant adjutant general replacing Col Benjamin. Lieut Greely was a favored candidate. Congress may revive a bill to authorize an additional assistant adjutant general. Schwan, born in Germany, enlisted in 1857 and served through the war with a long regular service record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Theodore Schwan
Eleventh Infantry
Col
Benjamin
Hamilton Fish
Lieut. Greely
Congress
Schwan
Germany
Tl West
Army officers promoted as new vacancies arise in cavalry units
Maj. Thomas B. Dewees dies at his Philadelphia home. Capt. James F. Randielle becomes major in the Ninth cavalry. Edward A. Godwin promoted to captain. Generals order Eighth Infantry strength increase and transfers from First Infantry to California Nevada.
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Thomas B. Dewees
Ninth Cavalry
Philadelphia
James F. Randlelle
Fighth Cavalry
Edward A. Godwin
Sheridan
Eighth Infantry
Arizona
First Infantry
California
Nevada
Maj
L. A. Burke
Ipswich
Dak
Washington City
Aberdeen Land Office
Maj. Burke
Indiana
Congress
Dakota
Cuba
Senate
Utah
Gov
Murray
United States Treasury
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Secretary of War
Army
Missouri Valley
Bismarck
Fort Sully
St. Paul
Duluth
New Orleans
Lord Salisbury
The
Quarterly Review
Mr. Gladstone
Cornwall Lewis
Gladstone
Liberal Party
Chamberlain
New York Parliamentary Fund Association
Pennsylvania
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Spirit Lake and Dakota
Denver
P. F. Hughes
Academy of Music
Rocky Mountain News
Knights of Labor
Timberline
Mont
Kinney
Milwaukee
Adak
Foolhardy American Swims Niagara Whirlpool for Glory
D. Graham a Philadelphia cooper, 33, loaded a 7 foot long iron-hooped cask and swam the Niagara Whirlpool rapids above Lewiston, emerging with only a bruise. The risk taker, aided by friends, aimed to reach Horseshoe Falls and plans to repeat the feat for glory despite warnings about danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burraxo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Webb
D. Graham
Graham
Lewiston
Philadelphia
Destructive New Zealand Volcanic Eruption Across 120 Mile Range
Reports from Aus tralia describe a massive volcanic eruption in New Zealand. Mount Tarewera and the Pasaeroa range produced lava and ash over 120 miles by 20, with villages destroyed and 120 known dead. A steamship carried further details from Auckland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Alameda
Australia
New Zealand
Lauraguary
Oakland Lake District
Tarewera
Pasaeroa
Europeaba
Wairea
Rathomanaha
Auckland Lake District
Ratorna
Almeda
Auckland
Storms cause widespread crop damage across Minnesota
Heavy thunderstorms swept across about 150 miles of Minnesota from Stevens to Brown counties, destroying 7000 acres near Benson and ruining 200 to 300 acre blocks in several areas. While total losses may be limited, individual farmers face serious harm as wheat and oats were blown down or wiped out across Sleepy Eye Milbank and surrounding counties. Hot and muggy weather since the storms threatens rust and blight, though northern regions along the railway and Manitoba corridor show decent prospects for a fair yield.
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Minnesota
Sleepy Eye
Brown County
Milbank
Big Stone
Benson
Renville
Stevens
Swift
Chippewa
Lac Qui Parle
Redwood
Brown
Dakota
Manitoba
Grand Forks
Minneapolis
State Department Replies on Canadian Interference With US Fisheries
Representative Boutelle of Maine asked the state department to address reports that Mexican boats were driven from St Andrew's by a dominion cruiser Middleton. The department urged full sworn statements and affidavits to establish facts before pursuing a British minister and noted prior representations about similar threats to US canning fish imports. Boutelle has telegraphed Eastport requesting prompt, accurate statements be sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasxindon
Boutelle
Maine
State Department
Eastport
St. Andrew's
N. B
Dominion
Middleton
Hale
Canada
United States
T. F. Bayarp
Department of State
Stamp Dept Safe at Minneapolis Post Office Broken Open
Early Friday morning the stamp department safe at the Minneapolis post office was found broken open. A large quantity of postage stamps and currency was stolen from the safe between 12:30 and 5 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Stamp room heist nets 120 pounds of stamps and cash
Robbers entered through a main door and broke into the stamp room 80. They drilled the safe door and removed 120 pounds of stamps plus currency and loose stamps valued at about 15 356.87. They used a horse and wagon from a nearby stable to flee toward Fourth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickey, Middlemist & Taylor
Fourth Street
Stillman
Clark House
Laraway
Stamp Department
Post Office Department
Chicago
Mr. Laraway
W. D. Washburn
J. H. Thompson
Joel B. Bassett
Henry F. Brown
J. K. Sidle
Ankeny
Reduction In Manitoba Rail Rates Reported By Minnesota Board
Minnesota railroad commissioners publish an elaborate report on complaints of excessive freight rates for the St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba line. The summary shows earnings fell by 821 108.68 dollars in the current year while expenses rose, prompting a new schedule for wheat and other commodities and a large concession across long hauls. The board calls the rate reduction substantial and reasonable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Commissions of
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minneapolis & Manitoba
Manitoba Road
Seto
Panorama recalls Atlanta and Civil War memories in Edgewood
Veterans recount battles from Dalton to Atlanta and the march to the sea through a live panorama. Generals Logan Ruger and Johnson praise the display as a grand tribute while Col. Hottalling and others share vivid battlefield recollections and heroism.
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Gettysburg
R. W. Johnson
14Th Army
Thos. Ruger
Red Star Div
Hooker
20Th Corps
Rea
Kennesaw Mt
Burnt Hickory
Oostanaula Resaca
Rocky Faced Ridge
Dalton
Chicamauga
Chattanooga
Nashville
Atlanta
Logan
Army of the Tennessee
15Th Army Corps
Geo. F. French
Hotaling
Logans
Minneapolia
Col. Goodnow
Indiana
Georgia
Frank DeGress
Frant
Frank
Wyman
Johnnie’s
2D Div
Mersey
Dodge
16Th Corps
Wood
Savannah
Capitol
Columbia
D. C
Sheepian
Devil's Lake Eye witness on Turtle Mountain sun dance cruelty
Alex Robinson, formerly of St John and now in this city, witnessed a barbarous sun dance by Turtle Mountain Indians. A young buck perforated his chest with a pointed stick and dragged a horse, and another forced a stick through his arm with raw meat tied to it. The acts were described as personal safety rites to kere the devil away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hottalling
Colonel Hottalling
Morgan L. Smith
Dearborn Artillery Militia Company
Chicago
Grant
Belmont
Peter Wood
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Mission Ridge
Howell
Smyth
Dutch
Atlanta
Col. Mercey
Morgan L
Lightburn
Army of the Tennessee
Sweenie
Robb
Sam. Jones
Sam. Small
Col. Hottalling
Altho
Edgewood
Stone Mountain
Rosville
Decatur
Jersey
Wisconsin
Ohio
Illinois
Sprague
Wheeler
Cloddocks
Sucoaes
Devil's Lake
Inter Ocean
Alex Robinson
St John
Turtle Mountain
Keer
Uncle Sam
Beecher Preaches Unity of Love in London
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher spoke at Union chapel Islington using John 17 20 22 23 to urge spiritual unity and broader humanity. He noted friendly relations with Catholic priests and defended jokes in the pulpit as he drew suppressed laughter with his quips. The crowded chapel reflected strong interest.
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Madagascar
Paul Hamilton Haynes
South
Georgia
Marsh
Marsh of
Mr. Gladstone
Christ
Satan
Nicolini
Patti
Wales
Duc de Moray
Beecher
London
Henry Ward Beecher
Union Chapel
Islington
Three Young Ladies Drowned at Norris Lake
At Norris Lake near St. Francis Anoka County Minn three young women Ella Gaslin seventeen Nettie Gaslin fifteen daughters of Joseph L Gaslin and Jennie Joy seventeen daughter of H Joy North Minneapolis and Miss Nutter adopted daughter of Mr Joy bathed in the lake Nettie and Jennie waded out three rods from shore and disappeared after stepping into a hole Ella rushed to help and was swept to the sink hole all three perished before aid could arrive their bodies were recovered about an hour later by Mr Gaslin
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Norris Lake
St. Francis
Anoka County
Minn
Ella Gaslin
Nettie Gaslin
Joseph L. Gaslin
Jennie Joy
H. Joy
Minneapolis
Miss Nutter
Joy
Goslin’s
Nettie
Jennie
Ella
Mr. Gaslin
Banquet honors Admiral Franklin and Kearsage officers
Fifty invited guests attend a grand sultan’s banquet with Admiral Franklin, officers of the American steamer Kearsage, Minister Cox and wife, plus twenty petty officers and sailors. Hassan Pascha presides. Papal Abregate O Brien sails from Liverpool for Montreal bearing pallia for two Canadian archbishops. Father Curtis appointed bishop of Wilmington. Charles Marsh dies aged fifty six. partner of Jordan Marsh Co. worth over 10 million with life policy. Petro printer reports Camp Bros & Co. assigns to D C Porter. New York fire underwriters plan uniform ratings, brokers’ commissions down to 10 percent. Halifax raft of logs to depart for New York. 3.5 million feet, value 35000. Cincinnati Enquirer reportedly earns 100000 yearly. Minneapolis post office burglarized for 15000.
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Franklin
Kearsage
Cox and Wife
Hassan Pascha
O’ Brien
Liverpool
Montreal
Cardinal Tashhereau
Father Curtis
Wilmington
Charles Marsh
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Boston
Cohasset
Mass
D.C. Porter
Chicago
St. Paul
Springfield
Ohio
New York
Brooklyn
Halifax
N. F
Cincinnati Enquirer
Minneapolis
Lee at Rokonoke A Virginia Farmstead Story
Virginia correspondent details R E Lee Jr at his Rokonoke estate five miles from West Point. The plantation, inherited from Curtis, uses his own labor with a loyal servant, after the war. The cottage sits on Pamunky York bend with Mount Vernon relics, porcelain and silverware, a Lee sword from Appomattox, and a calm bachelor retreat amid neglected surroundings.
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Baltimore
West Point
Rokonoke
R. E. Lee, Jr
Gettysburg
George Washington Parke Curtis
Europe
York
Mount Vernon
Lee
Appomattox Court House
Granti
Yale Seniors: Demographics and Future Plans Revealed
Nearly half of Yale’s 140 seniors belong to churches. Ages range from 19 to 59. heights from 5 feet to 6 feet 5 inches. Forty three fathers were college graduates, including 17 Yale Alumni. Average annual college cost was 760 dollars. one spends 3500, another 150. Twenty three funded their own support. After graduation 57 study law, 11 medicine, 6 ministry, 5 engineering, 14 teach, 5 instruct, 27 enter business, 2 pursue journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Young Texan Oscar H Cooper Named State Superintendent
Oscar H Cooper is chosen as Texas state superintendent of public instruction at age twenty eight. Yale graduate and noted for ability, he assumes office as Texas maintains the nation’s largest state school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar H. Cooper
Texas
Yale College
Sarah Bernhardt Answers Favorite Animal Question
A curious correspondent sent printed questions to Sarah Bernhardt. When asked for her favorite animal she replied and stated that her preferred animal is man.
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Sarah Bernhardt
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