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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1887
Page
2
Ex Governor Rufus Bullock of Georgia argues that Southern people are only now realizing railroads must be pioneers of development, a lesson the West learned twenty five years ago.
The national treasury department states there is nothing in the contract labor law prohibiting American citizens who may live in Canada from engaging in labor inside the United States.
Early in the year weather prophets forecast a nice cool summer. They were off in their calculations and lost public respect. They may be reinstated by vowing a nice, cold winter.
Official returns for June indicate imports drastically higher than June 1586, while the value of exports has fallen notably.
In Philadelphia a ground parcel with 16 feet frontage on Chestnut and 34 feet on Fourth sold at 156 dollars per square foot, equating to 6.8 million dollars per acre. In New York a similar parcel fetched 145 dollars per square foot. Both parcels were needed to complete a building.
Within the last year the nation exported 15 789 136 bushels of wheat including flour. This total was about one third of the recent wheat crop and 63 percent higher than the preceding year, exceeding exports of every year since the year ending June 30, 1881.
The exploit of laying over seven miles of railroad track in a single day on the Manitoba extension west of Minot is said to be unparalleled. Contractors Shepard and Winston of St. Paul oversee the work as plans call for seven hundred miles of route completion this season, an equally unparalleled railroad-building feat.
The full text of the agreement between builders and Chicago workers has not been released. The controversy, which cost labor two and a half million dollars, is for now ended and building department business will continue. Future time and wage questions will be settled by arbitration.
Gov Hill of New York and the governors of Massachusetts Vermont Connecticut and Pennsylvania issue a circular inviting each state to send representatives to a conference in New York on August 23 to seek uniform regulations for interstate extraditions amid widespread confusion over the subject.
It is announced that Congressman Holman of Indiana, the watch dog of the treasury for 25 years, will retire at end of his term after serving through fourteen congresses. After Judge Kelly, he will have logged more years in Congress than any other member.
A Washington special reports Argenticman stating the President and his wife will visit the west in autumn with a planned stop in St Louis on October 2. If public business allows, he will proceed to circuit several western states as previously planned.
Herr Krupp of Essen, renowned German steel maker, dies. His works there were the world’s largest industrial establishment employing about twenty thousand workers. He was famed for steel cannons and produced a wide range of iron and steel products and led as a great captain of industry.
For some time past France has been passing through a series of demonstrations in honor of General Bou langer. It matters not whether the general is in Paris or in the provinces, nor what the occasion may be, the opening night of an opera, or the celebration of the fall of the Bastile, the enthusiastic Frenchmen manage to turn everything into a Bou langer ovation, but the administration remains firm and a vast majority of the best classes give it solid support.
After a negro funeral at Mount Pleasant Tennessee about sixty miles south of Nashville nine mourners were killed by a single stroke of lightning. As they fled into trees a massive storm struck the area and an immense oak they sheltered beneath was struck, causing all nine to die instantly.
The general term of the New York Supreme Court rules that hotel keepers may furnish wine to guests with meals. The 1857 prohibition barred liquor on Sundays or election days, but dining rooms are not covered by the term beverage. The decision upholds a long dormant law and treats the prohibition as a revived, strict enforcement.
The Ohio Democratic State convention in Cleveland nominated Thomas E. Powell for governor after a two ballot process. Powell led on the second ballot with 250 to Campbell 221 and Foran 56, with 21 remaining for other names. The ticket includes D. C. Coleman for lieutenant governor and several statewide posts. Powell, 43, born in Delaware County, Ohio, studied at Ohio Wesleyan, joined a law partnership, and has long been active in politics since backing Greeley in 1872. The platform endorses President Cleveland’s administration, calls for tariff reform, land for settlers, restrained corporate power, stronger ballot safeguards, anti-riot and anti-foreign labor importation measures, and liquor regulation. The party condemns Ireland sympathy comments and attacks on the Republican administration.
The great water ways convention at Sault Ste. Marie ends its sessions in a day with Senator Stalmer of Michigan named permanent president and Mr Phelps of Duluth as secretary. Delegates read letters from Senators Evarts Sherman Sabin Cullam Sawyer and others and a memorial urged Congress to complete new locks and improve the channel via Hay Lake into Lake Huron. The memorial cites Dakota wheat exports and 65 vessels passing through the locks in a single day, urging immediate funding for a larger lock. The current 1881 lock handles vessels drawing 17 feet, but commerce has risen and a new lock handling 20 feet is expected within years.
Virginia statesman Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter dies at Fount Hill in Essex County. Born in 1800s, he served multiple terms in the U.S. House and was Speaker in 1839, later a U.S. senator and chair of the Senate Finance Committee until the Civil War. He held Confederate positions and participated in the Hampton Roads peace talks before later serving Virginia as treasurer.
A circus in Clinton Town had performers shoot four audience members by mistake. Amid extreme heat cities Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati rail against ice as cause of deaths. A canals finance dispute arises over Portage Lake while Sault Ste Marie urges locks completion. Multiple deaths and incidents reported nationwide include Hattie Seymour murder tax seizure and fire losses.
The division over Dakota’s admission unfolds as a political issue, while other items note Lipscomb’s rise in the patent office, retirements in the army, pension claim policies, counterfeiting cases, Niagara power bids, Chicago harbor purge plans, and various local incidents from Kentucky to Montana and beyond.
The British Jubilee Naval Review at Spithead attracted global visitors led by the Queen and family. Vessels totaled 128 ships with ironclads, cruisers, torpedo boats and troop ships arranged in four lines. The royal procession, escorted by warships and supported by private craft, elicited thunderous salutes as the Queen reviewed the fleet from Osborne and the royal yachts.
David Hoffman Missouri Pacific train wrecker hanged in Nebraska City Nebraska after a fatal wreck near Dunbar on January 12 1887. He faced a long final night and morning before a 1030 scaffold descent with Sheriff McCollum and Rev Pierson attending. The sentence followed James Bell turning state's evidence and Hoffmans confession. Hoffman twenty four and from Decatur county Kansas.
Sir Alfred Gooch reports from New York on a July 1 mass meeting in Hawaii where king and opium bribe issues were debated. He describes armed Hawaiians, a barricaded palace, and cabinet turmoil, noting Gibson’s alleged wealth and a $170,000 sum. He cautions that sugar duty changes could collapse the island’s economy.
R G Dun and Co reports improving business nationwide with crop prospects excellent and production high while Wall Street fades on a delayed dream. Wheat prices fall to 81 cents for No. 2 red winter July, reflecting massive farmer selloffs. Exports up for three weeks, treasury surplus rising, and import growth steady amid ongoing business resilience despite a wave of failures.
The Interstate Commerce Commission released opinions in four cases, including Louis Larrizon vs Grand Trunk and Michigan Central vs Grand Trunk. It rules mileage and other railroad tickets must be priced equitably, denying lower rates for commercial travelers and condemning unpublished rates, with Commissioner Morrison authoring the opinion.
The Northern Pacific directors met in New York on the 25th. The annual report showed a favorable balance despite higher fixed charges from Cascade division and branch lines. Over $1,000,000 of extended scrip will run twenty years in denominations of $500 and $1,000 with semiannual coupons, expected to be extended before the next Jan. 1. Scrip now sells at par, with books to close for the September meeting on Aug. 6. Traffic agreements persist with the Walla Walla wheat valley branch at Pendleton and with the Rock Fork Coal line west of Billings.
A Duluth to Omaha passenger train ditched at Cumberland by an open switch last Monday at 2 o clock, killing engineer John Donahue of Hudson and fireman George Webster of Altoona. Baggageman Charles Murphy and several others injured. no others known hurt. The north bound engine and caboose left unclosed the switch after being side tracked. Wrecked engine, express, and baggage car removed by wrecking crew. The incident delayed trains twelve hours on the Northern Wisconsin division. Webster had worked St Paul street lines earlier and both victims were single.
In Dell Rapids, Elmer E. Bishop a young carpenter was instantly killed by lightning while working on a house four miles north of town. Also noted: a fistic match in Pittsburg ended with Steve Brodie knocked out in the seventh round by Joe Ridge. Fire in Los Angeles destroyed twenty five Chinatown buildings.
Minnesota items report Mrs Elizabeth Blood of Lake City killed in a runaway crash, and S M Onstine injured by a fall from a window. Other notes cover rail line planning by John Williams, Duluth steamers boosting wheat, county fair dates, fires, burglaries, promotions, and deaths across Minneapolis, St Paul, Winona, and surrounding counties.
From the Hartford Courant, a report on Albert Nolan, a deaf, dumb, and blind boy at the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. His education began with raised letters and evolved to direct finger spelling, signs, and written words. He now knows over 300 words, spells rapidly, and demonstrates clear comprehension and communication.
Burdette recalls a woman lecturing her husband on a train about inviting her to coffee and meals. She contrasts his polite offers to others with how he treats her, urging men to invite wives warmly and join them for shared meals to find happier companionship at home.
A Chicago newspaper roundup mocks wheat corner schemers by quoting biblical verses about corners and judgments. The piece uses varied scripture to illustrate moral condemnation of profiteering in grain markets.
A veteran Broadway optician discusses who needs spectacles, risks of poor reading habits, andChoosing proper lenses. He warns against buying from peddlers, explains eye care and fit, notes advances in lens tech from pebble and glass, and recalls seeing people regain sight with timely glasses.
Judge W P Sloan of Golconda Illinois was scything weeds when a decapitated rattlesnake flew at him and wrapped around his neck. Terrified he sought help from a farm hand and was escorted to the house. The snake's head was severed by the scythe and the body flew aloft as a keepsake.
The article explains two key membranes mucous and serous and their roles in secreting fluids to reduce friction. It lists organs and conditions such as coryza pharyngitis laryngitis bronchitis pleurisy pericarditis endocarditis and cerebraspinal meningitis with brief definitions and examples.
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