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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1886
Page
2
Assessors report California wheat yields total a fraction over 70 000 000 bushels, leaving nearly 60 000 000 bushels for export. The latest returns confirm earlier estimates that this year’s harvest will be the largest on record.
Gen Gordon claims 19S of 350 delegates to the Georgia State Convention to meet in Atlanta on the 28th, securing a strong path to the governorship. A heated contest with Major Bacon led to Gordon's clear victory by a comfortable margin.
The report notes total distribution reaching 592 060 000 copies with regional counts of 34 000 and 19 000 in Europe and North America respectively, plus 775 in Asia and 809 in South America. It also lists language shares 16 500 English, 7 800 German, 3 850 French and 1 000 Spanish.
A Pittsburgh artisan’s new rolling process for window glass, if fully tested as planned, could transform the local glass industry by reducing the need for skilled labor and cutting production costs significantly.
Late advices from the United Kingdom, India, France and Russia signal poor prospects for this year’s wheat. U.S. crop reports are also less favorable than hoped, underpinning the recent rise in wheat prices.
Prince Bismarck spoke at the Lauenberg estate to Ratze burg Gymnasium boys. He warned that not all could become chancellor of the Empire. He also told them deputies to the Reichstag should avoid excessive criticism of current rulers.
The late Massachusetts legislature considered many labor measures but enacted a general law requiring all manufacturers, mining or quarrying, mercantile, railroad, street railway, telegraph, telephone, municipal corporations, and every incorporated express and water company to pay workers weekly starting July 1. Railroads objected but have yielded with good grace.
Washington papers urge a one million dollar hotel in the city modeled after Minneapolis and St Paul, with white marble, an interior courtyard, flowers and fountains, and a presidential suite for inaugurations. It notes Washington lags behind St Paul Minneapolis Chicago in hotel capacity.
The military commission headed by Gen. Sheridan, appointed to assess Chicago area site options for a new U S post, favors the Highwood lake blue tract of about 600 acres, 25 miles north of the city. The president has endorsed the plan to Congress for action. Wealthy Chicago gentlemen offer to fund the purchase via voluntary contributions and donate the land to the government if accepted. Congress must act to proceed.
Congressman Findlay of Maryland in a Fourth of July talk in Baltimore stressed preserving ballot integrity. He urged enforcing the right to vote as chosen and ensuring ballots are counted correctly, calling the ballot a central plank in restoring public confidence for workers and capital alike.
Commissioner Ulrich responds to fears of foreign immigration dangers by detailing five year and a half arrivals at Castle Garden. He cites over 2,000,000 immigrants arriving, about 5,000 returning, and large sums spent on transportation and duties, arguing immigration propelled national wealth and growth.
In Kawkawlin Charles Wixom's wife, a vivacious brunette, becomes the focus of gossip after her husband leaves town. More than 100 women gather at dusk to confront her, smashing windows, hurling eggs, and causing a public scene. The next day Wixom swears out warrants against six accusers, who are fined and released as further arrests loom. Mrs Wixom remains in serious condition.
Two St Paul girls Misa Edith Bend and Nettie McKey died while rescuing Mamie Horn at Lake Pepin in Frontenac Minnesota. Edith Bend and Nettie McKey drowned trying to save Horn as the water shelves and deepens quickly near shore. Horn survived after being pulled from the water by a bath house witness Mrs Hall.
The New York Tribune prints the full text of the London signed convention by Minister Phelps and Earl Roseberry expanding the 1842 extradition treaty. It adds man slaughter burglary embezzlement or mer ceny involving specified sums and malicious property injuries as extraditable crimes. The pact extends Article 10 to those convicted or charged and clarifies non retroactivity and political offense protections while awaiting Senate referral.
Frank Hirth Anton Palm and Carl Simons were sentenced to nine months in the house of correction for conspiracy to burn the city courthouse and inciting violence. Judge Sloan noted threats to officials, refused clemency, and said the prisoners would serve hard labor.
In New York a talk by O Donovan Rossa addresses an alleged plan to sign a new extradition treaty between England and the United States to extradite dynamiters. He accuses England of using past schemes via agents like Phelan of Kansas City and vows Irish Americans will aid in Ireland’s fight, while honoring U S law.
The Northwest crop report notes timely rains in many areas ending drought, but persistent drought in others. Winter wheat harvests well, hay and pastures below average, corn in good condition yet needing rain, spring wheat declining with chinch bugs rust threats. Overall harvest may fall near 50 percent of average.
At a cabinet meeting Gladstone urged immediate resignation with Spencer and Morley backing him. Harcourt Childers Campbell-Bannerman Herschel favored challenging a Commons vote on Irish Home Rule. After dinner Gladstone announced inflexible resignation plans, Harcourt and Childers concurred, while Hartington and James declined to join a coalition. Salis offered to make the Duke of Argyle.
The U S marshal for Idaho term ends soon. Attorney General Garland sent President four candidates from Kentucky West Virginia Missouri and Idaho after a lengthy list of applicants. Delegate Hailey recommended them all equally endorsed.
The Minnesota Editorial Association met in St Paul with President H A Castle presiding. Papers on politics press freedom and journalistic education were read by editors from Farmington Thorne Northfield News Anoka Herald Rochester Post St Paul Globe Caledonia Argus and Sauk Center Tribune. A resolution urged ending postal printed envelopes as unfair to printers and lawmakers were asked to back the change. The next meeting was ordered outside St Paul and Minneapolis. Nearly 100 members and guests visited Fergus Falls and the Atlanta exhibit in Minneapolis.
Inquiry into the bankruptcy bill and extending Union Pacific debt payments finds no chance this session. Government receipts lag expenditures with pensions driving spending. Northwestern railways plan to restore cut rates by July 20. Bid results for public institution coats, and a series of local incidents follow, including disappearances, shootings, drownings, fires, arrests, and accidents across Minnesota towns.
In Wyandotte Kansas six men George H Hamilton Robert Gears Mike Leary Fred Newport C J Lloyd and William Vossen are jailed on charges linked to wrecking a Missouri Pacific freight train on April 26 during a major regional strike. The incident killed fireman Ben Horton and brakeman George Carlisle. Accused wreckers are identified as Knights of Labor. Delegates press for timber-management relief in Montana with new government inspection rules for lumber records and resident attestations.
Lottie, a nursery governess, shelters an aged, hungry grandmother in her tidy top floor room after a snowstorm. The visitor turns out to be Robert's grandmother, who reveals Lottie's worth and Robert's true admiration. She blesses their union and urges them to be worthy of each other.
Rev Thomas Needham a Baptist evangelist attracts attention among Baptists after sharing his remarkable life tale The Irish preacher describes being bound to a mast at ten on a ship to South America then abandoned and captured by Patagonian Indians who spared him after seeing a cross tattoo His nine years among the tribe ended when he returned to civilization and devoted himself to religion Now in Washington DC he preaches at Fifth Baptist Church and is regarded by Baptist clergy as a vigorous speaker with a global preaching record
A Pittsburgh Chronicle note discusses the king business as unfulfilling and dangerous. It cites a statistician who tallies 2 550 kings or emperors with 300 overthrown, 64 abdications, 28 self-inflicted deaths, 23 madness, 100 killed, 133 captured, 25 tortured, 151 assassinated, and 108 executed, arguing American parents should not encourage monarchic ambitions.
A dramatic recounting of the 1862 ironclad clash at Hampton Roads from 1861 to 1862. The Merrimac battles Cumberland and Congress while Monitor pursues. Describes battles, heroism aboard the Cumberland, and the turning moment when the Monitor confronts the ironclad in a pivotal, drawn engagement.
A candid piece on marital tensions and gender dynamics from a New York Star reader. It recalls conjugal conversations and a tale of a wife who trains her husband, leading to later insight and a renewed balance. The letter weighs the costs and rewards of domestic happiness, including the value of a baby.
The article argues seating in the middle of a railroad car is smoother than above trucks. It compares car motion to ship motion, noting that midship areas and lower berths experience less motion, due to track irregularities affecting wheels and the coach body.
A New York Journal interview with physicians and parents discusses preferred sleep poses. It notes the risks of constant right side, left side, or back sleeping and various child habits. It cites Paris military school and West Point practices requiring right-side rest.
A New York World piece recounts a demonstration of magnetism and self loosening. A man and a young woman perform a cane test to show how pressure and relaxation affect balance, contrasting apparent magnetism with simple physics and instruction.
The New York Graphic notes dramatic growth at Princeton under Dr. McCosh with over 3 million dollars in new buildings and endowments. A single old maid’s will blocks a key lot for a memorial hall, forbidding sale to the college for three lives, despite local progress and the laundry’s move to Trenton.
The Providence Dairy Company of Rhode Island admitted to manufacturing about 1,750,000 pounds of counterfeit butter during the previous year, drawing regulatory scrutiny and potential penalties for food fraud.
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