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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1894
Page
3
The narrator grapples with Steinhardt and Pauline Lacroix's disappearance while seeking proof of Lacroix's fate. He follows Steinhardt, pursues Louise's address, and confides in Birley who senses a plot involving Manuel. Birley proposes a late night plan to trap Paul and expose Jacques.
Four officers of the American Railway Union Eugene V Debs George W Howard L W Rogers and Silvester Kelcher were committed to jail by Judge Seaman after refusing 3000 bail each The case hinges on alleged violations of injunctions and contempt charges tied to the Chicago labor unrest.
A humorous exchange recounts a couple's kitchen table debate. The husband claims to have the last word, noting his wife admitted it in the morning. He attributes his win to talking in his sleep.
July reports from St. Paul Sacramento and New York describe resumed passenger and freight service on the Northern division of the Omaha and continued disruptions on other lines. Martial law declared in Sacramento after deadly clashes between strikers and regulars. Pullman Company defends its stance against arbitrary arbitration, citing losses. In Duluth a former railway worker faces contempt charges, while Great Western employés confront mail interference charges. indictments against many strikers loom as grand jury sessions continue.
Omana resumes passenger trains on the Northern division in St Paul. Milwaukee plans to restore H and D trains to complete service on Chicago roads. Freight is mostly normal with few refusals, but Great Northern declines to accept at Minnesota transfer. Northern Pacific aims to resume full service today as Soo Line faces a potential nationwide strike.
Late last night a rain left for the west on the Southern Pacific bearing four companies of the Sixteenth Infantry under Col Poland. The train’s destination is unknown. Mail and passenger trains will be sent out this warning. One company to be stationed at Truckee Wadsworth Reno and Carlin until the trouble is settled.
The Federation of Labor in Chicago rejects a general strike across affiliated trades while endorsing the A R U strike and pledging 1000 dollars for Debs defense. Debs' proposal is rejected by general managers who inform the mayor no negotiations will be received. The strike continues until surrender by one side.
In Chicago on July 14 Debs called a directors meeting at the Revere House to discuss strike terms. J B Sovereign said papers called for arbitration and return of noncriminal workers, claiming a great labor victory as Debs proposed at city hall.
Milwaukee officials report five switch engines active in the morning and freight moving on all lines, though no night switching occurs. Supt. Williams says few switchmen have returned to work and only some firemen, while yards see more activity as mills load products into cars earlier in the day.
Chicago reports say Debs Howard and Kelcher may be arrested for contempt of court and kept in jail until trial with bail denied. Pullman strike outlook worsens as workers fear mass replacement if operations resume tomorrow. Strikers shift from confidence to concern as events unfold.
Chicago July 16 The American Railway Union plans a renewed push to restore its prestige as a major strike nears end. Executive board launches revivalists to key Western sections with six already dispatched and more to follow. Debs cites fear of arrest for reporters. Directors Kern Hogan and Goodwin prepare mobilization on St Louis Northern Pacific and Northwestern lines.
President Debs presided at Ulrich's hall on North Clark Street delivering a forceful talk. He hailed the strike's vitality, predicted universal victory, and criticized Arthur as a traitor to organized labor. Debs cited planned walkouts by Rock Island, Lake Shore, Eastern Horis, Grand Trunk, and Western Indiana workers.
In St Paul on July 16 the Great Northern handled freight from other roads and welcomed all offers. Five cars of beer moved from Omaha to the West, with many smaller consignments also transferred. The Great Western plans to grant permanent positions to new men who prove satisfactory. Omaha will not set a return limit for the men, who may return individually. Other roads report reinstatement and seniority progress, and service on all lines except the Northern Pacific has returned to normal with trains on schedule. The Soo line did not miss its unskilled labor, which had struck at 8 p m Friday.
A clash at Pratt’s No 3 mine between striking miners and deputies leaves six killed and nearly twenty wounded as crews scour the area for bodies and officials rush troops to the scene. A mass meeting vowed to take the law into their own hands amid rifle fire and attacks on a train carrying workers from Mine No 4. Local authorities mobilize and close saloons while searches continue for the dead and injured.
Democratic members of the tariff conference committee adjourned with no agreement and a likely report of general disagreement to the senate and house. Republican members may be called in later. conferences were more divided than before and each side awaited instructions from their houses before yielding.
Lieutenant Willey commanding the revenue cutter Me Lane reports from Tampa that six Havana schooners were seized July 7 for quarantine and navigation violations. Small wine quantities found aboard each vessel. they were sent to the Tampa quarantine station. Vessels named Cuba Don Jenita Senardin Carnie Juar Capidebon Adalante.
Advices from the posse of deputy United States marshals pursuing the Longview bank robbers on the Trinity river country report a pursuit today. In a battle after an attempt to arrest the bandits three were killed and the fourth captured. The gang, it is said, was bound for Detroit to rob another bank.
Dublin July 17 election for city marshal produces a win for Mr. Clancy, son of Sub-Sheriff Clancy. Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, whose candidacy drew attention, receives only three votes.
Des Moines reports Hon. Thomas Mitchell the oldest Polk county settler died at his Mitchellville home last evening. He had served as sheriff county commissioner and state senator. He was eighty eight years old.
The German steam er Edward Bohlen has been stranded for several days at the mouth of the Corgo river on the west coast of Africa. Her engines have been disabled since the steamer went aground.
Senate passes river and harbor bill and a bridge construction measure for Dubuque Iowa. Ams bill places dining and sleeping car companies under interstate commerce law. Amendments expand funding for several harbors and rivers. House plans limited debate on tariff and treaty, aiming to allow leading members to present positions before the nation. Washington notes ongoing appropriation consideration and anticipated conference report timing.
Washington reports the senate cleared two more appropriation bills the legislative executive and the District of Columbia as well as considered the ve ricultural appropriation with amendments pending. The Indian sundry civil and deficiency bills remain and the anti option measure was sent to the agriculture and forestry committee. The military academy conference report was agreed to. The house endorsed by 125 to 27 president and administration action to suppress strike related lawlessness under suspension of rules. The Bailey bankruptcy bill progress halted as quorum failed. final passage expected tomorrow.
In Washington the senate debated a West introduced resolution accusing exhibitors at the Chicago world’s fair of favoritism and fraud and directing an investigation. House bills authorizing a Dubuque Mississippi bridge and resurveying Grant and Slocker counties were passed. An amendment for 1 million dollars to destroy Russian thistle was adopted. The daily voluntary bankruptcy bill passed 127 to 61. Two judiciary measures cleared the house: an additional circuit judge for the Eighth district and a measure about railroad corporate citizenship across states.
Sioux Falls July 18 a brake man named Smith fell from a moving train near Edgemont striking his head. He sustained severe injuries but the attending physician hopes for recovery.
Charles Grubb, about twenty, drowned while bathing in the Red river near Quincy Sunday morning. He worked on a farm for Andrew Nicholl.
Farmers three miles north of Marshfield report a myriads of worms invading fields after last fall's forest fires. The brown inch long worms resemble cabbage worms and strip grass and growing crops in two days. They feed mainly at night and cover ground in large numbers.
A switch misplacement at Momence caused a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train to derail into freights. The engine was demolished and Engineer Frank Folsom died. Passengers escaped injury.
Wilhelm Albrecht was brought before Judge Finlay on rape charges involving a 15 year old girl, Elizabeth Klein. He was held to the grand jury under $1,000 bail after a venue change to Judge Tiffany.
Special dispatch notes 143 new cholera cases and 54 deaths in St Petersburg yesterday, signaling a serious outbreak in the city.
An east bound Northern Pacific train was wrecked two miles east of Missoula Montana by a dynamite cartridge on the track. The blast shattered the pilot and right cylinder and piston rod and broke cab and mail car windows. Eight coaches carried troops and passengers, shouts of sympathy for strikers followed. A 100 foot trestle west of Missoula and a 150 foot trestle on the Coeur d Alene branch were burned last night.
Washington reports the first formal tariff conference with both parties present lasting about an hour. Democrats seek to enlighten Republicans on points of disagreement while avoiding publicizing individual amendments. Republicans plan to report disagreement within days, with no exact plan yet for how to proceed.
The Young Men's Republican League of North Dakota organized in Grand Forks with broad county representation. Officers elected include John Kneuf as president and H. E. Ingwaldson as recording secretary. Resolutions back the McKinley tariff and immigration safeguards, condemn anarchic acts, and endorse Republican pension policy. The state convention meets tomorrow.
John Ivan, charged with murder in the first degree for Policeman Albert Jacobson’s death, pleaded not guilty and was committed to the next district term. Judge Crosby convened a grand jury for August 9 to return the trial. Accomplice John Peranis, detained on burglary charges in Newport and Durand stores, was moved to Stillwater on the warrant. Both suspects are Russian Poles.
A Mequinez dispatch reports Hejameat the grand vizier and his brother, once minister of war, along with two other ex-officials, imprisoned on charges of plotting to hire assassins to kill the new sultan and the grand vizier as they travel to Mesqic. Many others believed connected. arrests expected.
At Moorhead Minnesota on July 18 H E K Boen was unanimously renominated for congress. The resolutions endorsed the Omaha platform as the state convention’s stance. The platform calls for graduated income tax national ownership of railroads free and unlimited coinage of silver and asserts labor should not be blamed for late acts of violence.
Rome reports the senate approved the anti anarchist bills. The move marks a sharp policy stance amid growing unrest as government seeks to curb radical activity.
In Fontanet near Terre Haute a mob of miners derailed and wrecked a train, killing engineer Charles Mohrman and fireman Charles Fleick. The No. 7 St Louis division wreck occurred after an open switch was struck at speed, with three cars left in the ditch. Deputies and Sheriff Stout responded as five Big Four freights were halted in sympathy for strikers. No passengers were seriously hurt. The unrest followed a battle Creek Michigan strike by Cincinnati Jackson Mackinaw line workers.
Police in Kirpitsch arrested a Polish student suspected of nihilist sympathy and found an English-made bomb. A second student and the latter's sister were also seized, revealing incendiary documents. The trio’s case points to an extensive plot against the czar.
A column notes a shift toward egg consumption as a luncheon staple for women. It describes women at soda counters breaking eggs into wine glasses and drinking them in a single swallow, with salt and pepper available, avoiding any mixed drinks.
A police officer recalls a Broadway and Second Street incident where a well dressed man watched an empty house as a woman checked a door knob. The officer later reports a housebreaking at that location and suspects the handsome stranger aided the theft.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a congregant praising a sermon by Dr Kourthly but disputing his view of heaven as several distinct heavens stacked like a South Side flat. The exchange invites biblical backing and humorous comparison.
An old newspaper ad touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as a blood purifier for complexion clarity and constipation relief, Kranson's Magic Corn Salve promising cure with money-back guarantee, priced 16 cents.
Hegeman’s Camphorice with Glycerine from G. Clark Co New Haven promises to cure chapped hands and face tender or sore feet chilblains piles and related ailments. This early medicinal ad cites a broad range of skin and ailment relief claimed for the product.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs for travel use boosting kidney and liver function and easing bowels to prevent fevers headaches and illnesses. Sold in one dollar bottles by druggists and manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. The world is full of beggars who do not beg for money.
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a gentle laxative and restorative for Joyspepsia malaria rheumatism weakness and kidney trouble. It claims the tonic relieves bowels without abruptness and is recommended by physicians. A fair trial is urged.
Reports from over 2,000 farmers show winter wheat yielding 50 to 70 bushels per acre and winter rye exceeding 60 bushels per acre. Prospects promise 100 bushels, with samples and a fall catalogue available from John A. Salter Seed Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin for 4c postage.
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