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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1891
Page
2
The profile that adorns the silver dollar features Miss Anna W Williams a Philadelphia school teacher described as the most perfect woman in Philadelphia. Reports claim Sing Sing deaths were painless and no one disputes them regarding potential use of execution for suicide if cheaper methods existed.
An American call for strong action against leprosy importation in New York City reflects rising anti Chinese sentiment. The piece argues public demand for removal and an immediate protest to curb the importation.
A Calliporsta paper muses that Eden lay in Lapland due to unchanged dress patterns over a millennium. It then questions Central Africa, noting confusion about Lapland’s link to Paradise.
Lord Saiseury declares home rule for Ireland dead while Earl Spencer claims it is stronger than ever. The issue is criticized as being as freely lied about as some of our invalid statesmen.
An indigent Russian immigrant bound for the West was stopped at the New York Barge Office to avoid becoming a public charge after officers found a satchel containing $17,000.
At the time of the estate settlement valued at $200000 the late Secretary Windom left only about $100 in clothes and ornaments. The modest bequest suggests he did not prize worldly show.
A Paris laundryman reportedly abandons soaps soda and bleaching powders. He relies on abundant water and boiled potatoes to cleanse even heavily soiled linens cottons and woolens without any alkali.
The Andalusia Pa convent of Miss Catharine Drexel will be lit by the Edison electric system. The move is presented as a public demonstration that the convent will let its light shine for all to see good works by Catholics and non Catholics alike.
Recruiting officers prioritize farmers and laborers in rural areas, finding lonely farm life more appealing to soldiers and better suited to their routine than urban life, with pleasing results from the initiative.
A Frenchman M Maxim claims a rapidly firing cannon and is building a flying machine. He states if he crosses the channel and drops nitroglycerine on an English city it would end it. The remark is deemed dangerous and best left unlearned.
In France a delay in the execution of the Murderess Berland and her accomplice Dore allows the wedding of the executioner’s son and a provincial executioner’s daughter. The piece notes such amenities could keep executions from becoming extinct.
The Governor of Madras hosted a fancy dress ball where men wore devil costumes including Lord Wenlock and other officials while women dressed as angels. The affair has prompted Mr Samuel Smith MP to interpellate the Under Secretary of State for India.
Loxp Sarisbury argues the Conservative outlook is good and that electoral reform should include redistributing parliamentary seats. He claims Ireland Scotland and Wales are overrepresented and suggests a redistribution would favor the Conservatives.
A young man faces confinement in an asylum after offering Jay Gould guidance on gambling in railway stocks. He could have lectured editors on newspaper management without harm, yet the press is called a mighty power in the land.
A New York merchant who trades mainly with Africa states Liberia offers no inducements for the movement of African Americans. He argues the land is less productive than initial reports suggested and that Liberia’s people are no better off than those in the United States. Exports do not cover imports, and the country cannot support a larger population than it currently has.
Count Loret Proroni son of Princess Bonaparte and a chief among Italian Bonapartists gains fame as an amateur photographer. He captured a Pope from the tribune of the Roman nobble during a Vatican ceremony provoking amusement from the Holy Father.
Comptroller appoints Henry C. Russell receiver of Central Nebraska National Bank. Michigan population on June 1 1890 tallies 2 093 889 up 27.92 percent since 1880. River General River orders vigorous trust prosecutions in Missouri. Post Office Department reports 54 391 U S post offices as of June 30 1891 up 2 000 in the year. Revenue cutter Woodbury instructed to cooperate on Eastport seizure of seven U S fishing vessels under dominion laws.
Thomas Wixson a leading Minneapolis banker is dead. Miss Rena Baxet heiress in Elizabeth New Jersey eloped with Constable William M Bray and wed at Trenton. Don Pedro ex emperor of Brazil seriously ill but improving. A gangrene threat in his injured foot ceased. West Point has one foreign cadet, 20 year old son of General Isidore Urtecho. Senator Quay hints at probable resignation as GOP chair. Mrs Knotson’s eldest daughter excels on piano in Germany. Senator Harris Tennessee praised as top parliamentarian and likely to remain in senate long. Sebastian Bruno famed German humorist and journalist enemies over church freedom, now poor and retired in Wein aus hospital.
A rash of violent incidents and legal cases fills regional news. Reports include two septuagenarians dying by their own actions near Lanesboro Minnesota, a Clay City Illinois family murder, Nat K Jones dying from gunshot wounds in Arkansas, and Lorine Loomis captured for embezzling from a Chicago firm. Other items mention a French Russian expo plan, Goethe letters for sale, a Kentucky shooting, a Tennessee real estate firm suicide, a London Wesleyan conference election, and a mob lynching threat in Shelbyville.
A yacht capsizing off Victoria BC drowns six. A Butler Pa gas tank explosion kills two. A cyclone in Md injures several and destroys property. An explosion at Art Chillicothe Mo kills a mill owner’s son and injures two. A Reitenden Moravia wedding festival was struck by lightning killing two and injuring about eighty. Endymion missing after crank failure July 13. Mrs Wallace of New Haven dies from lockjaw after a carriage accident. A Va railway collision kills three and injures four. Lee’s Mill Nineveh NY boiler explosion kills three men and obliterates the building. An eight year old boy in Hudson Bay is attacked by a train.
Howard Cunxinouam of Knoxville Iowa sold the eight year old trotting stallion Advance to Nuttall of Michigan for 25000 dollars. Advance’s record is 2244.
Railroad leaders announce the Sioux Falls and Mitchell branch extension, with Omaha expansion into Charles Mix county expected this fall. Cumberland Maryland secures three division terminals and shop repairs, funded by bond interest. The Southwestern Railway and Steamship association reconvenes in Chicago after revisions. Ex-Senator Thomas Cannan links Southern Pacific to Standard Oil, claiming Rockefeller controls Stanford holdings.
In Hanover many arrests occur as the duke of Cumberland is accused of fomenting treason. The report notes a broad crackdown and calls into question royal involvement.
Reports claim end of labor strike in Vicksburg and a possible new walkout among Wilkesbarre anthracite miners. Denials arise over De Queene steel plant closure while Carnegie Duquesne and Allegheny works face ongoing, escalating labor actions. Tennessee militia surrender to miners. state mobilization reported to quell unrest. Amalgamated Association seeks recognition as stalemate persists. Police and militia actions accompany union negotiations in Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Ohio. Officers elected for the American Flint and Glass Manufacturers include D C Ripley and James Gilner.
Reports include a nicu gold find near Ellensburg Washington and a Stonewall Jackson statue unveiled in Lexington Virginia. A move to shift donations from Villard backers to Jay Gould is alleged while Erin Erwry of St Paul rejects office. Southern parties sue for a 99 year lease in New York. A claim in Philadelphia seeks 100000 for a broker commission. Northwestern Natural Gas buys Marion Natural Gas assets, consolidating most northwestern Ohio gas control under Standard Oil, excluding Findlay and Toledo.
A milkman in a country town trains a boy to stop and wait for trains until they pass. The boy, interpreting literally, spends hours at a railroad track due to a crooked track. When questioned, he explains he must wait until a train goes by before crossing, then he hurries on to collect milk.
Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa North and South Dakota brief items cover regional happenings across the upper Midwest. Local developments include civic meetings weather updates and community notices with concise summaries of events and notable occurrences from state capitals to small towns.
A roundup of local happenings includes birth of triplets in Adolpho, Freeborn County property values with most in Albert Lea, Fergus Falls fire destroying Humphrey Lord's feed and sale stable, and Citizens Bank of Annandale opening with officers listed. Robbery at Lac qui Parle post office yields little clue. Love's Dramatic Company disabled by empty houses in Austin amid creditor issues. Joe Thomason captured in Carlton County for assault on Ida Nelson. Water works pipe laid at Albert Lea, Wright County resident Joseph Armstrong committed to St Peter hospital. Lake Ada drowning of Louis Edner, Jimmy Murray's arrest in Duluth, Sioux monument plans at New Ulm with speakers named. Brainard murder case preliminary exams. Livonia fence shooting of John Tiebel. Henry Ross injured aboard stock train near Sauk Center.
Eugene Brugiur received one year eight months for horse stealing in Medora. Reports estimate hailstorm damage near Wheatland at 400000 bushels, and 151000 bushels destroyed near Oriska and Tower City. Sheriff actions target T J Saunders and Gideon Wallace faces embezzlement and Prohibition charges. Grand Forks university attacks deemed groundless as authorities crack down on saloon fixtures at Jamestown and Cowan absconds.
The body of Katy Chanp, a drowned domestic in Yankton, was found in the Missouri near the presumed leap site. A 4 inch well contract in Redfield involved Swan & Co. and J. F. Hall for $20 per foot, with Bird Moore KRawbottom of Melette securing a similar deal. A Republican editors convention is eyed for Mitchell in September to boost campaign organization. University trustees in Vermillion closed a session with a completed faculty for next year and an undecided presidency favoring Prof. Breda. J W Kinney, a brakeman, survived a fall in Andover after being dragged. he was treated in Aberdeen. An overdose of morphine in Gary may prove fatal for Charles Hanson, later moved to Canby. Harvest excursion trains from Milwaukee and Northwestern expected to run to South Dakota by Aug 10, Mitchell as western terminal, driven by good crops.
In Wisconsin, Judge Bundy decided against the town of Pepin in the Milli ren v Pepin road dispute. Burglars took 17 dollars from summer boarders at a Waukesha house. Orlando Cuver of Waukesha, a long time dealer in farming implements, made an assignment in favor of Van C. Bugbee. Cyril Hill, a farmer near Hammond, was killed by lightning. two horses and a son were injured and the son is expected to die. Waukesha considers a second water pipe company for Chicago. first company franchise delayed seven weeks. Koch lymph cure for consumption announced at Madison hospital. Mary Gasson of Ithica Ireland county, 52, discharged as well.
Two freight trains on the Rice Lake division of the Omaha collided destroying a locomotive, caboose, and a box car with several others damaged. The engineer and fireman escaped by leaping clear. Estimated loss stands at $10,000.
Reports from across Iowa describe several tragedies and incidents. A child died after strangling while drinking water near Gentilly. Cholera is reported among hogs near Center Point. A Cedar Rapids woman was severely burned by a gas stove flare. A Duluth contractor begins work on a government building after securing the contract. A Mt. Vernon man drowned in the Cedar River at Palisade. An insane ruling sends Mrs. Ballard and her brother to the asylum in Sioux City. A possible murder in Milton after a knife attack over stake money. A 20 year old Davenport son died from a fatal impalement after a grain stack fall. A land-contest case from Le Mars references free claim provisions and Des Moines review. Corwith reports barns burning and stock losses in a storm. Duluth county finances show record apportionments and a planned St Louis River bridge near New Duluth awaiting government inspection. The iron bridge is expected to be completed within 90 days after approval.
Swedish sailor Joseph Jorgenson fights a cougar in British Columbia territory after harrowing encounter near his Washington land claim. He wards off jaws kicks and blows with a spade thrust, delivering a fatal stab when the cougar seizes his thigh. Bloodied and scarred, he recovers weeks later and returns to sea, claiming less fear of sharks than of the Big Kitties.
The author portrays Finnish honesty as proverbial and heroic under pressure. He recounts experiences in Helsingfors and a countryside ride where a merchant refrains from honest advice and a peasant returns excess fare, both demonstrating dignified integrity.
Treasury Bureau of Statistics reports total commerce at 1 729 330 896 for the year ended June 30 1891 surpassing 1800 records by 82 191 808. Imports reach 344 905 491 exports 354 45 405 with a 39 519 914 export surplus and record gold exports 86 964 622. Immigration climbs to 555 400 arrivals, up 104 277 from 1890.
Atestix Nevada suffered a cloud burst that flooded Main street tearing down rail lines and uprooting water mains with three foot depth mud in shops. Council Bluffs Iowa faced another cloud burst five miles northeast flooding streets and driving residents from homes with damage over two dollars.
Curcaco July 29 The world’s fair directors secure a 50 foot wide right of way into the exposition grounds linking Sixty seventh Street to the Baltimore & Ohio at Seventy first Street. Third National Bank Irvin Pearce and Dr Willoughby own the strip and lease it to the exposition for three years. Four tracks will join with the B&O enabling other railroads to use the line at standard mileage charges, bypassing the Illinois Central extra five dollar switching fee.
W S McAllister, acting within the Southern Anti Subtreasury league, issued a call from Jackson to hold a state convention in Fort Worth on October 19 to elect delegates to the Alliance men national convention opposing the subtreasury scheme and a third party. The call invites all opposed to machination and corruption and denounces politicians trying to divert the order from its course.
In Pargesquitz Ohio a man named William Wood was shot on his Mentor Marsh area farm. Herman, a German worker who sought Agnes Schwind but was rejected, was found with bloodied clothing and arrested. Wood died later at night after being found alive in an oat field.
The Brightwood Beach assembly at Minn on Aug 5 for a week features the Masonic quartet of Minneapolis and elocutionist Miss Jennings. The programme includes vocal and instrumental music and recitations. Lecturers include Dr. Robert Christie of St Paul and Rev W S Sample of Minneapolis.
Dr William Beck of Suett Lake Wisconsin was arrested on a charge of criminally producing a miscarriage on a young woman with whom he had been intimate He was held in 200 dollars bond by the justice court awaiting examination set for the 31st Beck had resided there about a year and came from Delphi Indiana
The Dakota county personal property valuation, as returned by assessors, is 1 404 938 dollars and 1 467 591 dollars after equalization by the county board, up 62 653. Hastings city valuation is 308 230 dollars. 1890 equalized valuation was 359 635.
William J. Elliott former Sunday Capital proprietor editor and his brother J P Elliott were found guilty of second degree murder for the High street shooting in Columbus on February 23 1891. The trial began May 1 with a life sentence awaiting if the motion for a new trial fails and a hearing was set for next Saturday.
Washington reports treasury officials plan to discreetly curb Supt Owens of the immigration bureau. A letter to Mr Neideringhaus will deny Owens’s stated rights to import Welsh tin plate laborers and say a formal opinion from the secretary is forthcoming. Owens had clashed with Gen Nettleton and the secretary over authority and the immigration law.
Washington July 29 The war department records claim a major battle on Aug 2 during Porter's order to advance, contradicting Grant's assertion of no battle. The new official material, drawn from officers at all ranks, asserts 10 000 were killed and challenges prior testimony. The findings affect historical view though not Porter's restored rank.
In St. Louis the Cahensly memorial dispute continues as Father Phelan resigns from the Archbishop Kenrick jubilee committee after German priests threaten to withdraw. The German clergy boycott the Western Watchman and persuade subscribers to quit the paper.
A circulating report claims Secretary Noble will be appointed to a judgeship in the Eighth circuit with Attorney General Miller slated for the district of Indiana. George H. Shields, Missouri candidate and Noble ally, is named as a top contender alongside Walter H. Sanborn of St. Paul, though some Noble friends doubt he would accept.
Senator Davis toured the Mille Lacs reservation interior department to review settlers interests. Railroads have appealed a General Land Office decision favoring settlers. case now before the Secretary of the Interior and the law department awaiting a ruling. He did not pursue the register of the Duluth land office matter, opting to await developments.
Tacoma reports 82 to 85 degrees at 2 PM rising to 90 by 4 PM, hotter than any remembered by old settlers. Portland hits 102 in the shade, highest in state history. Today the temperature reaches 89 as a cold wave looms.
Special Secretary Blaine rode today in an open carriage with Emmons Blaine along country roads for about ninety minutes returning to Stanwood at noon. A Blaine family member said rumors of serious illness and retirement are unfounded. Blaine plans to stay in Bar Harbor briefly and then go to Washington to resume duties.
An arrest in railroad circles occurs as B F Bushnell clerk and superintendent of the Chesapeake and Ohio road is jailed on a defalcation charge. Warrant sworn by railroad officials. bail not posted. Officials deem the defalcation amount substantial though exact figures are not released.
The coroner's jury in the prize fight killing ruled Meford died from a fist blow by Harry Boyd who is in custody. Evidence suggests no jealousy over a girl but a test of strength rather than motive.
Quotations show flour steady. wheat No 3 spring and No 2 red around 90 to 93 cents. Corn No 2 64 cents, oats No 2 34 to 39 cents, rye around 71 to 62 cents, barley weak. In Minneapolis mixed prices for wheat and bran mild, corn 59 to 61 cents, oats 36 to 39 cents, rye 61 to 62 cents, barley 40 to 41 cents. St Paul figures list wheat No 1 hard at 1 dollar, No 1 northern 98 cents, corn No 4 58 to 60 cents, oats 37 to 40 cents, rye 63 to 66 cents, ground feed 22 to 23 dollars, potatoes new 40 to 40 cents per bushel.
The New York Herald notes goldenrod as state flower chosen by school children. It calls goldenrod a weed that impoverishes soil, contrasts urban and country attitudes, and argues children lack full knowledge. It cites city children as main support and questions suitability of a child driven choice.
A Brooklyn horse named Tatters sulks when his owner feeds another horse, Phil, after delaying Tatters' apple. The scene in a fashionable New York stable ends with Tatters refusing his treat, ears drooped, and a sulk like a child, before recovering by the next day.
The lichen is remarkable for age with grounds suggesting lifespans up to a century. Growth is extremely slow requiring little nourishment and can suspend during dry spells then resume with rain. They only grow in dust and smoke free air, signaling pure air and absent from cities.
The dialogue shows a father advising his son after graduation. He states the plan to send him to Greece so he can learn about the country, claiming Greek is the only study in which the son earned first place.
A reader’s travelogue urges visiting Alaska’s vast wilderness with endless scenery. It frames ice fields mountains forests and maritime passages as a panorama of nature from tranquil lakes to archipelagoes and sea life, ending with icy peaks and snow-clad summits. The prose from Lippincott's Magazine venerates isolation and grandeur.
The article laments loss of Schliemann treasures dug at Troy as Asia Minor inhabitants steal stones for huts. A guard hired after his death had his salary cut, leaving ruins unguarded. The Stamboul calls on scientific societies to end iconoclasm and continue Schliemann’s work.
A western town establishes an electric rail express service that gathers outward bound packages at the depot for delivery along the route for a small fee. The system relieves marketers shoppers and families and may prove profitable by saving stores from using their own wagons for tiny deliveries.
Winks dismisses Hardhead while Mink notes he believes he knows it all and proves it. The dialogue plays on comic rivalry in the Good News panel.
The growing demand for Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder stems from strict quality control and safety. Manufacturers test every ingredient for purity and strength, ensuring uniform caps and consistent raising power while distinguishing itself from rivals containing ammonia or alum.
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