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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1888
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch notes a census in China from several years ago indicating four individuals aged 100 or more among a population of about 369 million. The statistic is presented as a historical data point from the publishers Stainerd Dispatch and Ingersoll & Wieland in Minnesota.
Turlington New Jersey earns notice as a champion town for widows with a unique sheltering flock that houses 31 of these perilous yet alluring creatures.
Jersey farmers plan bug days a coordinated campaign to exterminate insects now wrecking fruit and vegetable crops. The program aims to curb pest damage and protect harvests with targeted treatments and outreach.
John Toole of New Haven, long mourned as one of the unidentified victims of the Ashta bula Railroad disaster, appeared recently with friends in California alive and well, ending months of sorrow for his family.
A curious note from Washington reports two men with swapped titles. Messenger is appointed a navy gunner while Gunner becomes a naval department messenger. Both names mirror their new roles, highlighting a rare coincidence in government appointments.
A group named the Bureau of Justice is formed in Chicago to seek justice for impoverished individuals who have valid complaints but cannot afford legal representation or lack knowledge of the law to obtain it through normal channels.
In Paducah Kentucky Joseph He bate a wealthy German seeks relief for a wound from the Franco Prussian campaign. He finds the druggist who treats him is not only a fellow German but the same surgeon who attended him earlier in the Fatherland.
An inquirer notes that June hosts more marriages than any other period, and the fees from these weddings help ministers finance their long vacations abroad during the summer.
The piece argues straw and felt hats fail against extreme summer heat. It notes sunstroke is rare in Eastern natives, while turbans and umbrellas offer effective protection, a practice American city dwellers overlook.
In Hutchinson Kansas a meeting drew a full hall and after doors were secured participants pledged 224000 dollars in just one hour and fifteen minutes, aimed at financing local business ventures amid competition from larger cities.
Senor Antonio Flores, now in New York, has been nominated and elected president of Ecuador while over a thousand miles from the scene. He is proud of the election and notes he has not been in Ecuador for four years, a fact that underscores the unusual circumstances.
An English boy sentenced to one week for theft swapped identities with another inmate in a Liverpool jail cell crowded with youths whose terms ended that evening. The ruse led to his release but the other boy revealed his real identity and faced discharge. Police later recaptured the schemer the next day.
The Maxim gun is described as the most destructive modern engine of war. Once started it loads and fires itself, needing only occasional fresh cartridge ribbons. The Austrian War Office tested it, reporting remarkable performance up to a mile, about 600 rounds per minute from a single barrel, and after over 6,000 shots it still produced an excellent diagram at 656 yards.
Near Lewiston Maine a pet mink is raised by a cat and her kitten litter. A philosopher sees in the scene a proof of the brotherhood of all creatures. The dog brought the newborn mink to the house. the cat, having just given birth, accepts and nurses the newcomer. The young animals play together, and it is hard to tell which is happier. The cat shows care for the mink as for her own kittens.
News from Washington reports the president vetoed four private pension bills including a pension for the widow of John Herbst. Herbst enlisted in 1862 and was captured in 1864. He later joined Confederate forces, was recaptured by the Union, deserted to avoid prison hardships, and was mustered out on October 10, 1865.
The steamship Erin from London reports a murderer among its passengers. Patrick Kelly, a seaman, stabbed John Parry and John Chapman to death and was taken ashore under arrest. Other items include robberies in Minnesota, an abduction in Iowa, a lynching in Jersey City, a despondent death in Red Wing, and a grand jury charge on race tensions in Arkansas.
Canadian authorities pursue George H Stayner and Henry S Ives linked to serious New York charges. A Mak mats eruption in Japan kills 400 and injures 1000. Littlefield of Jacksonville Tallahassee NY charged over a worthless $50 check. he was discharged. Sioux Falls sheriff seizes H Lathrop creamery. he vanished amid dairy pay scandal. A Rush City death pits carpenter Alexander Bixby to self inflicted gunshot amid recent heavy drinking. Helena jailbreak frees George Godas and two burglars by tunneling from cell to yard.
German vice consul in New York entertained Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimer and Baron R K. F. Nordhoff at the Oriental hotel in Coney Island. After dinner, Nordhoff, with several gentlemen, was halted near the Manhattan hotel entrance by a policeman who ordered him to move on. The baron, who spoke little English, resisted and was briefly jailed before hotel manager Mec Kinnie interceded, leading to his release. His friends say the arrest was unwarranted.
Report from Winnipeg states the school of mounted infantry has orders to march to British Columbia at once to aid in quelling the Indian uprising along the Skeena River. In Paris an interview with explorer Burton suggests Emin Bey may be the white pasha, not Henry M. Stanley, and he believes Emin Bey is moving northward while Stanley’s force may be too weak to assault Khartoum.
Worm damage cuts fields in Port, Manitoba, affecting Finlay McArthur and a neighboring wheat yard. Chicago reports two hydrophobia deaths, Elsie Kelly aged three and laborer Daniel Moriarity, with severe suffering. Ship Magnolia quarantined at Ship Island after yellow fever deaths of captain and four crew. A wedding at Otter Tail county is disrupted momentarily by a revolver-wielding rejected lover before proceeding. U S and Canadian authorities quarrel over fugitive Ives Staynor and Woodruff. Albany and governor weigh requisitions. Belgian move eyed by Macbeth & Co chimney glass makers. Hazelton reports possible murder of a Midson Bay company constable. rumors in British Columbia stir local fear.
The story reports severe Indian threats against white settlers in the region, with troops advancing only by canoe, an estimated three weeks to reach the site ninety miles away due to many ports hindering packing. The Indians are described as large, armed, and influential on the coast, causing wide unease for whites in the disaffected district. Also noted is a Prohibitionist congressional convention in Fergus Falls for Minnesota Fifth District, nominating Scott for congress, with Rev. Sanderson presiding and delegates from eight counties.
The weekly weather report for the week ending July 14, 1888, from the signal office records favorable conditions across corn, wheat, tobacco, cotton, and rice regions. Rain aided growth in the Central Northwest and Southern states, while New England saw below normal rainfall reducing hay yield. some localized damage due to storms occurred in Tennessee and Arkansas.
Bangor Maine dispatch reveals a sensational perjury case. Young Stain allegedly fabricated a cash robbery confession resembling a prior Dexter case. Bank records show the Winthrop bank loss of over 80000 in negotiable paper, with officials doubting the claim.
Dr A R Thompson displays a well preserved skull of Darius Van Auken, killed by Harriet Van Auken in Sandy Creek years ago. The skull bears bullet marks and hatchet wounds from the crime, which led to her life sentence in a Syracuse penitentiary.
The Forum discusses English and American linguistic habits revealing coarse phrasing and slang that crosses the Atlantic. It notes Americans resist certain terms while London writers use them, with examples from Froude and Mrs. Ewing, and reflects on how refined speech vs blunt terms shapes social perception.
The Gentleman's Magazine notes how veteran orators like Daniel Webster Erskine Burke Selwyn faced humiliations quando rival voices or hostile audiences dampened their efforts. Chatham's interrupted retort and a rough country member's quip exposed fragility, leaving Burke and Erskine distraught and briefly silenced.
A reporter visits flood zones from Elm Grove to West Alexandria and Triadelphia, detailing wrecked rail lines, destroyed bridges, and a rising death toll. Four men and three boys confirmed dead on the bridge, with numerous other fatalities and extensive property loss across Wheeling, Elm Grove, and Triadelphia.
Melville W. Fuller won confirmation as chief justice of the U S Supreme Court. The vote on the nomination stood 41 ayes to 21 noes after a three hour executive session. Five senators spoke, including Edmunds Evarts and Stewart, with Cullem and Farwell supporting. No Democratic senator spoke. Opponents cited War of the Rebellion views and questions on legal ability and wartime record as reasons against confirmation.
The 1887 year results show gold production at 33 million dollars and silver at 53.26 million dollars from the mints. World calendar year coinage totals 124.998 million gold and 157.2 million silver. Global gold and silver production for 1887 reach 95.76 million gold and 126.46 million silver.
The German Emperor William with Prince Henry and entourage sail from Cronstadt to Peterhof, discuss aboard Alexandria, then tour Kronoe-Selo camp by carriage. They attend prayers, music, and rocket discharges before wreath laying at Peter and Paul tombs with wreaths inscribed William and Henry. Decorated embassies and crowds along the route express German spectacle.
A year and a half long pursuit of Neviska in Duluth culminates as Russian government officials linked to a Kostrona district murder are exposed. Neviska, a minor witness, was intercepted, detained briefly, and plans to return to Russia with his family after travel from New York to sea. He is described as medium in size, well dressed, and highly intelligent.
In Cincinnati three boys under twelve were arrested near the exposition after confessing to pocket picking. They form part of a street gang led by Bundy Wayne Wright with Linsey Murphy Walter Harris Willie Madders and others aged eleven to eighteen. They admit plundering stores and tills across the city including Clark and Baymiller streets and a Freeman area grocer.
The gang roamed Baymiller and Liberty streets taking small amounts from stores and planning a Second National Bank heist at Ninth and Main. A sham fight, climbing an iron railing, and missed opportunities due to nearby blue coats marked their two attempts. Waynewright Murphy Madders and Harris fled to Nashville. Authorities hail the break up as ending a period of petty theft.
After a bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio line collapsed into Wheeling Creek, twenty to thirty people atop the span were drenched by floodwaters. Eight were rescued a mile away, with ten to twenty feared dead. Four dwellings were swept away at Caldwell's Run, eleven drowned, including Homan and members of Howley and Stensil families. A Leatherwood Elm Grove bridge washed out, losses to the city pegged at fifty thousand dollars. crops suffer heavy toll. Keltz swept away by Bogg's Run with horse. Ringrove losses total four lives five miles east of Wheeling.
Frank Chleboun, linked with John Hronek and Frank Chepak, confessed to an attempted murder plot against Chicago judges and an inspector. He described Hronek's plan and a small dynamite bomb, admitting possession of two bombs and dynamite. He claims no definite murder scheme, seeking immunity while Hronek and Chepak remain at large.
An elderly man Laverdure is found dead after two vehicles deliver his body to a door in Rawdon near Montreal. A local inquest is underway as witnesses recall the scene and an Irish suspect who boasted of the killing remains missing.
Irregularities and unfair dealing at Devils Lake Agency Dakota lead Acting Indian Commissioner Upshaw to state that the trader's license expires on the 24th and will not be renewed A suitable replacement will be licensed in his stead Also notes New York Legislature extra session abolishes machinery use in penal institutions and that convicts will do hand labor in the prison system
A Texas Siftings note recalls a bank job applicant shown a civil service cross examination. When asked how to count twenty one dollar bills, a handler suggested lifting bills with wet fingers. The applicant explains he’d stop at the twentieth to avoid exposing an extra bill, a response the bank official accepts as proof of competence.
Chaplain T DeWitt Talmage delivers a sermon on the uses of stratagem from Joshua chapter eight to the 13th New York State National Guard at Peekskill. He draws parallels between ambush tactics, steadfast faith, and victorious retreat, urging Christians to seize opportunities for evangelism while warning against spiritual complacency.
A preacher declares a year of mercy and judgment for the nation. If mercy is rejected, divine judgments will follow with crop failures floods market crashes fires and earthquakes. The sermon urges choosing Joshua’s side and accepting Christ for happiness and safety.
The Philadelphia Record quotes a stout undertaker and Ardmore’s Squire Pearce delivering satire on funeral customs. Pearce mocks health boards over burial permits and secure transport while urging a law to govern undertakers qualifications.
The article traces abolitionist origins in east Tennessee from 1814 1815 with Charles Osborn in Washington County and 1820 Elihu Embree in Jonesboro founding the Emancipator later renamed Genius of Universal Emancipation under Lundy and then Garrison in Baltimore. It notes Tennessee’s early free male suffrage before 1834 when free negroes lost the vote.
Mrs Bancroft recounts a 1865 wedding where Maj Thomas Y Brent CSAs wife found a blood spot on her dress and later felt heart pain. Two days later she learned Brent died at a Federal fort on July 4, 1863, shot by a Minie ball. The event occurred at the birthplace of her husband and the two ladies were called war widows by Mr Thomas Bright.
In Mixteca Mexico a plant known as the herb of prophecy allegedly induces a hypnotic sleep. While under its influence the person appears insensible yet gains prophetic insight and obeys commands, even to self harm, and later remembers nothing after effects wear off.
In a brief exchange reported by Evening Sun a nurse compliments the newborn triplets as perfect little gems. The father replies with a preference for solitary children over multiples, reflecting a common parental sentiment of the era.
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