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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1893
Page
2
A French minister reports that 148,808 families in France have claimed exemption from a tax recently approved by Parliament due to having seven or more children.
The Mayors of Liverpool and Manchester were conferred the titles of Lord Mayor by the queen. Only four cities in Europe hold such designation, with London and York as the other two.
The text notes hair as a highly profitable crop with five tons imported annually by London merchants and Parisians harvesting over 200000 pounds, valued at about £80000 each year. This highlights the substantial trade in human hair across London and Paris markets.
The Australian failures have cut carriage use in London as fashionables switch to twin buses operating on fixed routes across England. Carriage demand drops and urban transport shifts reflect economic and social adjustment during the period.
A dated observation contrasts Chinese practices with Western norms noting hair shaving finger nails tea wine drinking as warm and mourning attire white and a pupil turning away from a teacher during recitation, reflecting cultural differences.
In the Spanish province of Gerona a fairly pure type of the dwarf race of Morocco and the Atlas has been traced. These people average about three and a half feet in height, and are otherwise characterized by a yellow skin, broad, square faces, Mongolian eyes and red hair of a woolly texture.
The wild oranges of the Society Islands became a key export, tracing origins to Captain Cook who carried slips from Brazil to London and to early Australian missionaries who introduced another variety.
Mexican farmers drive oxen of one color in the morning and a different color in the afternoon. They offer no practical reason beyond tradition, asserting their forefathers did it and it must be proper.
A new order in Siam elevates young men into top positions from the king downward with ministers largely under forty, many much younger, signaling a dramatic shift in governance and influence among the nation’s leadership.
Italy leads Europe in wine production and makes one and a half times as much as France. Spain ranks second, then Austro-Hungary, Germany, and Switzerland in that order. Algeria outside Europe is the next largest producer after these.
A historic note praises the Llano Estacado as perhaps the finest arid spot east of the Rockies with scarce rainfall. It explains the origin of the Staked Plains name from posts used to guide travelers or possibly from yucca stalks growing on the plains.
An anticuarian keeps a 1717 bill of sale for an Indian woman described as a squaw, sold for 15 shillings. Old slave sale papers are common. this item is a rare example from slavery days.
The great calamity of the 10th leads to a thorough inspection of World’s Fair buildings. Several defects are found and removed, aiming to make all grounds structures as fire safe as possible.
A lizard found on the edge of Death Valley in California resembles the Gila monster but is more agile. The Coahuila Indians call it the chuckawalla and are said to be fond of its flesh. The meat is very white and tastes like chicken with no reported adverse reactions from American eaters.
The director of the post administration states that residents seeking work or aid may seal a posal card to have their needs advertised in every grand duchy post office. A historical note recalls England under Henry VIII where 71,400 people were executed, mostly for misdemeanors, with 300 starving beggars hanged in one year for begging.
Dr Vercoutre of the French army Medical corps examined tattoo marks on Tunisian natives and found that when thoroughly done they reproduce human figures with outstretched arms. These resemble the type seen on ancient Phoenician and Carthaginian monuments and symbolize the Punic Trinity.
The article explains that Penn's charter defined Delaware as bounded by a circle twelve miles from New Castle and Lewes, yielding a circular northern boundary. It notes this intriguing description has puzzled students and created a geographical conundrum.
A compact digest of major events from home and abroad. Highlights include political developments, economic shifts, and notable cultural moments, summarized for quick reader access and broad interest.
The new cruiser Detroit will be placed in commission July 20 and be ready for service as soon as possible. A note reports 91 fourth class postmasters appointed yesterday, 28 to vacancies from resignation or death. Secretary Smith received a letter from Chief Jones opposing interference in condemned Choctaws’ execution. Exports of gold for the year ending July 30, 1805 totaled 105,680,844 while imports reached 21,174,381, leaving an excess of exports at 87,596,453. The Star’s Guthrie Oklahoma special notes a land office ruling granting stead ownership to all on the Cherokee Strip since its opening, promising contest and trouble for thousands of claims.
A compilation notes the deaths of Bishop Racine in Sherbrooke Quebec and opera singer Patti Stone in St. Louis, with details on other figures including Gen Edward Jardine in New York, Maj George H Stone, and Baroness Breckenridge. It also mentions conductor Emil Paur, Dr Noah Brooks resigning Newark Daily Advertiser editorship, and Henry F Spaulding of New York dying at seventy five.
A roundup lists drownings in Wayland Massachusetts and Mt. Vernon Indiana, fatal lightning strikes in Elizabethtown and a wheat field death in St Johns. Fireworks explosions in Chicago kill or injure. Mount Washington house fire causes large loss. Other incidents include a copperhead bite in Bolivar and a waterspout in Natrona Pa. A boy and three others die in various accidents. several missing or dead after fishing trips near Galveston Bay.
Reports of suicides and violent incidents include Andreas Olt in Alton Illinois who killed himself, and confrontations in Donaldsonville Indiana with Robert Howard and George Jackson wounded. Sidney G Sherwood faces fraud charges after leaving Buffalo. Montana miners terrorize towns amid robberies.
Reports from Michigan, Nebraska, and Indiana describe shootings and arrests including Conductor Charlies Foster in Decatur, a bank failure tie to John Lombard in Philadelphia, embezzlement charges against John West, and a sheriff in Texas killing a suspect. International items note a pool match in England and anti Jewish unrest in Yalta with troops deployed.
The Reichstag approves the army bill by a 16 vote majority and closes. Persecuted Jews in Crimea face abuse and killings amid clerical incitement. Chancellor Caprivi’s illness is reported as serious. Mercier of Quebec voices Canada’s path to independence. The prince of Wales’s hansom collides with a heavier carriage. the prince unharmed. Peace in Paris seen as temporary as unrest looms. Four French warships head to the Meriam due to Siam tensions. Emperor William and Empress sail from Kiel aboard the Hohenzollern and plan visits to Bornholm Gothenburg and Stockholm.
Reports claim Populists in Kansas stole jetters from Chief Justice Horton's office. Article notes a broad set of unrests including militia disbandment, arming strikers, and looming bloodshed amid political tensions.
Denver firm attached for 25000 and forced to assign. Assets estimated at 200000 with 125000 liabilities. Failure linked to People National bank suspension. Banking runs have ceased and no further failures are anticipated.
A wheat loaded car ran away west of Jonesboro injuring the engineer and fireman and killing brakeman J. W. Marshall. The engine was wrecked and several cars derailed with the wheat car demolished spreading grain over acres.
A letter from a Choctaw prisoner at Wilburton states Judge Holden has suspended one condemned man’s sentence until September 1. The note likely results from a July 14 conference at Caddo among Goy Jones and Inspector Faison.
A compact recap of notable Minnesota events from the week. Highlights cover political notes, community happenings, cultural occurrences, and regional developments across various cities and institutions.
On July 10 notices report H E B Swan named disbursing agent in Mankato. John Anderson drowns near St Cloud. Mrs Charlies Baker of St Paul fatally burned by gasoline explosion. Charles Langsford’s body found in St Paul. Deputy Sheriff arrests Peter Rodon for horse theft. Mike Johnson and Charles Brown linked to Rob Wolstrom theft at Lake City. Fergus woolen mills proprietor H S Cole assigns with assets under 20 000. Daley also assigned. Stillwater prison factory binding twine sales exceed 300 000 pounds. W S Williams residence in Pipestone broken into with loss of money and valuables. Hinckley German elopes with Gustave Breton’s wife, husband pursuing suit.
William Gross fifteen years old drowned at Shakopee while bathing. body recovered. George Seiler near Montevideo died from a cow kick days earlier. A telephone line connected from Renville to Beaver Falls. Bank of Le Sueur assignee reports liabilities of 240000 with 235000 assets, 50000 worthless. president personal paper 43000. James Conley, asleep on a Lake City warehouse platform, rolled off and remained unconscious. C H Greer wanted in Detroit for criminal assault captured near Osage. to be taken to Detroit for trial. In Erin station near Faribault, Fred Struck and Herman Zabel struck by a Chicago line switching train. both killed. train at one mile per minute. crossing deemed dangerous. bodies taken to Faribault.
Friday July 2 notices report Father Connolly indicted in Duluth for abducting and assaulting a girl. A Minneapolis professor, John Allison, dies from injuries after a street car crash. A Dodge Center farmer Henry Gardner loses his house to fire with no insurance. much clothing and furniture saved.
Saturday notes report a bank order affecting country merchants, a boy’s eye lost to an air gun accident, a teen dies from a brain rupture after a fall, and a large boy’s thumb torn by a cow while handling rope. A Minneapolis man pleads not guilty to grand larceny in Mankato, with bond set at 500 dollars and case moved to December term. Anoka incident leaves a man seriously hurt while stealing a train ride, with relocation planned for his return home.
Sunday events note the First Minnesota Company B reunion at the Sawyer house in Stillwater with eleven members present. M. J. Dowling of the Renville Star was arrested for not paying poll tax, while a possible heavy damage suit looms. Fire destroys the Robert Workman residence in Dundas with $1,500 loss and unknown cause. Lake City water works expansion proceeds as 100 laborers dig mains and install pipes over several blocks.
The report notes a system completion by October. Fred Millett, a tramp, was struck by a Great Northern freight near Avon. he survived surgery including leg amputation and serious injuries. Arthur Albrecht, Moorhead painter, returns home to find his wife missing clothing and light belongings, having fled married life. Harvesting begins around Mazeppa with ripe barley, chinch bugs damage some wheat, rye and corn show strong yields, promising a solid crop.
Monday brings word that veterans of the Sixth Minnesota will organize a new association. In West Superior nearly 3,100 Red River Valley farmers have contributed enough stock to fund a 1,000,000 bushel storage elevator. A Duluth resident, Mrs Ninzia Solimeno, was shot in the groin by former boarder Angello Difabio and is expected to recover. An explosion damages a farm well near Northfield with dynamite. no injuries reported. Stillwater log shipments stay strong with 14 rafts totaling 12,000,000 feet sent to downriver cities. Duncan Brwer Co Duluth sawmill plant burned, losses about 100,000 dollars with 40,000 insurance. rebuild planned after fire started in the lath mill.
Tuesday July 25 reports Joseph Dunfreene arrested on larceny. Richard C Ackley seriously injured in a railroad accident. Capt D Cavanaugh and Messrs MH Kelley E Kaul H Fleckenstein and P Hoffranz named to curate a reception committee for Mgr Satelli upon his arrival in St Paul from the Pacific coast.
A poor New York woman gave the first earned dollar to fund an infirmary started by Rev. Muhlenberg. That single coin, from the 1850s era, grew into a vast charitable effort aiding the St. Luke's hospital project. The cornerstone was laid between Morning Side and Amsterdam avenues as Bishop Littlejohn recalled the genesis.
A family leaves an old man to care for their house and a large dog while they travel in Europe. The dog naps in an arm chair, and the old man uses a cat mew ruse to reclaim the chair. One day the dog asserts control, and when the man fears an intruder he leaves the chair, only for the dog to seize it again, with no one in the yard.
A Fourth Avenue piano dealer showed a supposed fly trap using a newspaper with sweet peas. He reported and demonstrated that flies landing on the flowers died quickly, with dead flies seen on the paper and around the blooms. The scene drew witnesses as insects collapsed after contacting the sweet scented lure.
The excerpt depicts wary brokers and betting on a cue of rain or wealth. Miss Lippitt is referenced as a figure in a witty exchange about signs on the tape. A character named Toasey plans to borrow for a rainstorm picnic, while Lacy’s floor-tramp Roaring cash is noted in the dialogue.
A passenger asks the motorman if he fears electricity. The conductor replies that the fare collector fears it, while he does not. The exchange ends with the crowd noting the conductor’s quip about his job.
Britain imports and uses substantial fertilizer amounts with 290000 tons of meal phosphates 110000 tons of phosphates or pon es and 8600 tons of other fertilizers annually.
Paris and Bangkok report that France will impose a coastal blockade of Siam to secure guarantees. A ministers conference will decide further measures. French gunboats may shell Pakham forts and bombard the Bangkok palace before retreating to positions. Minister Parte leaves Bangkok aboard the Inconstante with pilot requests. French subjects in Bangkok gain Dutch protection.
Buzzard's Bay Mass July 25 Joseph Jefferson was seen at his villa and denied a dispatch claiming he is dying from a throat cancer. He laughed at the report and said he is in good health and spirits having recovered from a recent indisposition.
Managua Nicaragua July 25 revolutionists bombarded the city for four hours firing thirty shells. Public buildings and homes suffered damage and two persons were killed. Minister Baker and his daughters were nearby when a shell exploded and he protested to revolution leaders against barbarism.
David Lasor, a drummer, entered Levinson Fridham and Co on Main Street and shot Ben Levinson Jr. to death. Lasor claims the killing stemmed from alleged improper advances by Levinson toward his sister, Mrs. Leo Thaelheimer of New York visiting in the city.
Rio Grande do Sul via Montevideo reports an important battle with insurgents at Jaguarao resulting in the complete overthrow of government troops. The government general Soares was killed in action.
Vienna reports the death of Ferdinand Freiherr von Bauer Austro Hungarian minister of war at age 102? He was born in Lemberg in 1823 and entered the army in 1841 later becoming minister of war for the entire monarchy in 1888. He held the ranks of field marshal and privy councillor.
A severe squall wreaked havoc in Salem Massachusetts as a sloop capsized in the harbor resulting in the drowning of three men. Local authorities reported damaged trees and electric lines amid the storm.
A runaway Southern Pacific engine left the yards without crew and crashed into a rear freight train seven miles east of Houston Texas. The collision killed Conductor Harrison and Brake Man Watson, scattering wreckage across thirty cars.
In Providence R I at 1 01 this morning the Boston to New York mail train derailed near Dodgeville station after a freight car was left on the track. Engine demolished. Mail clerk Miller killed and clerk Murphy seriously injured. Other passengers hurt.
A yacht owned by T. W. Joonson was struck by a squall off Fearn bay bar near Deer Island. Three youths, John W. Johnson aged thirteen Robert E. Scott and John E. Murphy, were washed away and drowned.
Seven outbuildings on a farm near Brn Fails Wisconsin were destroyed in a blaze yesterday. The fire cost about $2,500, consuming farm implements and some livestock. The loss was partly insured.
In West Superior Wisconsin the body of an infant with a stone tied to its neck was found in a water barrel in a secluded part of South Superior. Detectives are investigating the case and examining possible leads.
New details show Bomberger, the Condo murderer, spent last fall in Sargent county. He worked for farmer A Walker and with Stewart's threshing crew, gaining a quarrelsome reputation and being discharged due to threats. He then moved to Cando and likely joined Krieder.
The West Superior in junction against the city dissolved this morning. Capt. Barker had sought $75,000 from the sinking fund to cover void bonds, but the order failed. He then presented his void bonds to the city treasurer and received the money.
A case of Red River fever arrived in Buffalo from Enderlin with other serious cases reported nearby. A physician warns Enderlin residents of an imminent fever run amid reports of poor sanitary conditions.
Tacoma Washington special agent Dusin berre cashier of the Bank of Puyallup faced a second embezzlement charge after his initial $41 000 theft arrest and bail release. He was held on $15 000 bail and jailed when unable to post it.
Matthew Rooney fell from the Washington Bridge into the Harlem River today after a header and multiple gomer saults. He was rescued from the 135 foot fall and reportedly said he wanted to die.
Bangkok reports M Pavie sails the Inconstante with Lutin and Comete as calm prevails in the city. Paris notes a cabinet council under President Carnot focusing on Siamese demands and France prepares measures to safeguard dignity after rejecting premature blockade notices. A further conference with Lord Dufferin and M Develle is planned.
Chicago prices show cattle and hogs with varied ranges and soft grain futures. Wheat, corn, and oats quotes move with July openings and August and September futures across Chicago and Minneapolis markets.
A West Pennsylvania passenger train with engine and three coaches crashed into a freight train near Pine Creek, three miles from Pittsburgh. Fireman Strip leaped free and was badly bruised while engineer Alfred Bissell suffered severe injuries but is expected to recover. Samuel Murphy contractor and Flem ing baggage master were badly hurt, and Richard Armstrong passenger was cut after being thrown through a window.
New York reports F H Leonard chief clerk of the immigration bureau and Dr Senner immigration commissioner will visit Montreal next week to review border methods. Dr Senner says the Canadian border offers an easy entrance for cholera and will push treasury plans for stricter immigration and quarantine rules.
The first section of the Boston to New York mail train was wrecked opposite Dodgeville station. Old Colony engine 147 was demolished. Mail clerk Moller of New York was killed instantly and another clerk Murphy was severely hurt. Several passengers injured.
A noted Wisconsin horse thief, Sherman, was captured in Epworth after arriving with a fine team he had hired in Delhi the day before. The Delaware county sheriff intercepted a telegraph alert and took him into custody. he has long stolen horses in Wisconsin but this is his first arrest.
A passenger train on the Umelia road struck an unidentified man two miles west of Hamnond, killing him instantly. The body was mangled and left at Roberts station. a hook found with the victim was taken by the conductor.
Oscar Bherer, the grand larceny suspect who escaped officers here, was captured yesterday near Milwaukee and returned. He rode in a team claimed to belong to George Athern of Oshkosh and is now confined in irons in Fond du Lac.
Toledo July 26 The G B Hodgeman Manufacturing company one of Sandusky's largest concerns is placed in receivership. Clark Rude of Sandusky is appointed receiver by the court.
Burglars entered the United States Express company office in Perryville Ohio last night and escaped with about 2500 dollars in express funds. Police report no injuries and an investigation is underway.
In Chicago on July 26 Thomas Jordan John Olsen and Frank Pranski were aboard a sail boat when a sudden gust capsized it. Olsen and Jordan drowned while Pranski survived.
Tacoma Wash July 26 depositors rush to withdraw funds as banks open the day. A steady run appeared at most prominent banks but institutions remained solvent. No further details provided.
Special Treasury Agent Marcus Hanlon ordered seizures of Sumatra tobacco at Philadelphia customs. The product invoiced as fillers paid 35 cents per pound instead of 2 dollars per pound for best wrappers. Losses in Philadelphia alone estimated at not less than 1500 dollars.
A major storm hit Hartford Connecticut yesterday afternoon. Two brick houses lost roofs and others were damaged. Families evacuated as roofs collapsed onto neighboring buildings. Large trees felled blocking streets while hailstones the size of chestnuts fell. No injuries reported.
Montivideo Minnesota special ceremony saw A C Sherdah and Mrs Cora B French marry at the Congregational church by Rev John W Todd. The couple left on the noon train for the world’s fair to begin their honeymoon amid travel plans.
In Eau Claire Wisconsin the city council passed an ordinance prohibiting bicycle use on all sidewalks. Bicyclists say they will challenge the ban in court as opponents argue over safety and access.
A Baltimore and Ohio excursion train derailed one mile east of Munroe Falls Indiana spreading of the rails caused the wreck. Five coaches tumbled down a ten foot embankment injuring about thirty passengers with several serious. Dozens were taken to Akron City Hospital for treatment. Names of the injured from Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Coatesville Lafayette Camdens appear in the hospital list.
Mitchell South Dakota July 26 A 19 year old ringling peanut peddler Harry Pinkerton left the circus and took a livery rig with teen girl Bessie Moore aged fourteen. They were last seen near Spencer twenty miles away after detailing a farm stay where they claimed to be siblings from Aberdeen. The couple has not been heard from since Friday morning.
Weir City Kansas reports arrival of Alabama negro miners and a guard detachment at the depot. A sheriff escorted a committee to the company stockade for a parley, but manager Perry ordered the party to leave.
Chicago July 26 Col J W and J Clair world’s fair commissioner from West Virginia and council member fought a gatekeeper and three Columbian guards. Both sides were seriously battered and bloodied when separated. Fault remains disputed and unclear.
A north bound freight of eighteen cars on the St. Louis Chicago and St. Paul line plunged through a trestle near Reid's station at 7 this morning. Conductor W. E. Burrell of Springfield was killed instantly. Brakeman Charles Johnson W A Clements of Alton and Walter Manning of Springfield were fatally injured. The trestle was new and the cause of collapse is unknown.
West Union Iowa July 26 a six month old baby died while in the care of a hired girl the couple Fred Engle and his wife were away from home the girl left the child asleep on a bed and forgot to return the parents found the baby dead under a pillow on the bed after their return
In Clarence Creek Russell county, lightning hit the house of J B Landry today killing his two daughters aged eighteen and ten. The event occurred near Ottawa Ontario sending shock through the local community.
Hong Kong dispatches describe a devastating June 24 blast at Canton government powder magazine killing many and wounding over 300. The blast wrecked about three hundred houses and caused widespread damage.
Carl Herried fifteen year old son of BR Herried of Whitehall Wisconsin drowned while bathing in the mill pond at Pigeon Falls yesterday afternoon.
A Norway Michigan report to the Peninsula Bureau notes the Norway mine will close. The Pennsylvania Iron company plans a ten percent wage reduction for all employees on August 1. The Cleveland Cliff company will cut wages as well, with further reductions expected in the district’s working iron mines.
In Wahpeton North Dakota D E Rice sold a 200 acre farm south of the city for 43 dollars per acre despite a expected wheat shortage and low prices. Many nearby farms have recently sold to newcomers at favorable prices.
A boy fell from the baggage car of a Northern Pacific westbound passenger at Anoka Minnesota this morning. He avoided the wheels and, upon regaining consciousness, gave the name Henry Ottinger and said he was bound for Itck County to visit his uncle Mn Denny. He is not badly hurt.
Brazil Ind special Washington Salisbury prominent local figure found dead on Clay City street this morning with mysterious cause. Coroner notified by telegraph and investigation ongoing.
A fire last night consumed the Eighteenth Street central telephone station and several nearby businesses in New York. The total loss is estimated at $100,000.
In Weir City Kansas at shaft No 47 guards repelled a mob of strikers after the mob fired into the shaft. Deputy Sheriff Grant led the defense and guards exchanged gunfire with the attackers. Over a hundred shots were fired with no deputies hurt and the mob fleeing. It is unclear if any assailants were shot.
William Schumacher, coachman for Chicagoan William H. Thompson, was killed when Thompson struck him under the ear during an altercation with another employee at the Thompson stable in Oconomowoc Wisconsin. The victim, Schumacher, died instantly from the blow. Thompson, son of the late wealthy William A. Thompson, with a summer residence at Islandale on Belle Lake, faced the incident arising from the dispute with his workers.
Morris Rett en, 43, escaped from Sing Sing prison yesterday afternoon. He weighs about 200 pounds and is five feet nine inches tall. Sentenced in September 1891 to five years for assault in the second degree, Rett en was working on Hunter Street with about forty other convicts. This is his second escape from the road gang, last seen about two miles east of the prison pursued by guards.
Washington July 25 The grand jury returns a true bill against Col Frederic C Ainsworth president of the records and pensions department of the war department contractor George C Dant who built the excavation for the electric light plant William C Evert and Francis Sasse for the Ford's theater disaster of June last which killed twenty three persons and injured many others
In St Louis on July 25 John Stadmiller aged 23 was stabbed and fatally injured by his brother Frank 30 during a dispute over an alleged board bill. Both men were intoxicated and Frank demanded the money when they met.
Gottfreid Mast, the would be robber who attacked Mr and Mrs Kasbrick during a home search for hidden money last week, hanged himself in his Hillsboro jail cell with a towel. He left a letter whose meaning neither confirms nor denies his guilt.
Capitalists owning timber tracts along the Hoquiam river in Chehalis county Washington fear a worm invasion damage to fir spruce and hemlock forests. Reports indicate a myriads of larvae attacking the woods raising concern over potential substantial losses for timber owners in the region.
Waupaea Wis July 25 William Hanscomb who has been under arrest as an accessory to the Mead murder since last March and released on a $2 000 bond last Saturday has been rearrested on the charge of perjury the perjury charge being preferred by District Attorney Benjamin A Goldberg
Word arrives that the Donaldson line steamer Alcides, 3500 tons, running from Montreal to Glasgow, ashore six miles east of Heated Point Anticest. Passengers have been landed at Heated Rock and authorities fear a total loss.
Ohio July 25 report states ex-marshal Myers, a guard at the world’s fair grounds, has not been heard from since the fire. He drew his pay on the day of the blaze. some friends fear he perished in the flames. He leaves a wife and three children in the city.
A July 25 burglary at Ole Odegard’s Buxton hardware store netted over 209 dollars in revolvers knives and silverware. Police have no arrests or clues as yet.
A blaze at 98 Laurel Street, Meijer Bros shoe store, gutted the building due to delayed fire response. Loss estimated at 50 000 dollars. Fireman McDonald died from smoke suffocation.
Detroit marked the 200th anniversary of its founding yesterday in honor of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac the French explorer who first settled the city. Cadillac day will be observed annually in memory of Detroit’s birth.
Munich reports the king of Bavaria grows weaker daily as paralysis increases across his system. Doctors and officials fear his final end may be near.
Ashland's city assessment roll is completed showing 5.5 million in assessed value, not counting national banks and mortgages. Including those items the total is expected to reach 7.5 million, up from 4.5 million a year ago.
Grand Forks investors F. R. Fulton & Co. purchased East Grand Forks school bonds issued to finance an immediate, large brick school building. The transaction occurred in East Grand Forks with Grand Forks firm involvement.
Miss Carrie Swasey of Oshkosh Wisconsin sues the Northern Pacific Railway for twenty thousand dollars damages from a spring grade crossing accident when a Wisconsin Central train struck a street car, injuring her foot and leading to amputation. The street car company also sues for the street car's value. Trials likely at the September term.
The Clay county teachers institute will convene in Vermillion on August 2 and run to September 2. Prof. George M. Smith of the state university Greek chair will conduct with several assistants in place. The two year old course of study will be followed as the first class completes the program.
In San Francisco a sale of the late Senator Hearst’s horses concluded yesterday. Among the lot King Thomas, once purchased by Hearst for 38000 as a yearling, fetched 750 at the auction.
In Chicago today, Special-t stated that the bank er Herman Schaffner's assets would not cover more than 12 percent of liabilities, a surprise to some though it was anticipated that only a fraction would be realized.
Two expert architects report Fort Howard high school in Green Bay to be unsafe after a thorough building inspection. The structure was recently erected at a cost of about $25,000.
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