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Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1896

Page

2

Various 19th Century Highlights From Global Notes

Summary of disparate items: Queen's household costs and size in England. Venezuela forest wealth with ebony and mahogany. comparative private soldier pay in England and Germany. strychnine distributed to farmers to combat pests. Paris census shows 2,511,455 population with a rise of 87,250. French doctor reports milk-based burn dressings. Weyler face dueling risk if returning to Spain. photographers for coronation must file with Russia. hereditary gray hair linked to familial patterns across generations.

Paris

Ox yoke shipped from Waterville to Africa bound for Yates

An ox yoke was sent from Waterville Maine to Mr. Alexander A. Yates who is serving in Africa. The shipment will travel about 2000 miles to reach its destination.

Waterville Alexander A. Yates Africa

Attention Mc Carthy! Portland Woman Denies Marriage Rumor

A Portland woman declares through the Telegram columns that reports of her intention to marry McCarthy are false. She asks the public to disregard the circulating rumor and confirms no such engagement.

McCarthy Portland

Greater New York Population Tops Paris and London

An 1890s note projects Greater New York at about 3.2 million, predicting it would surpass Paris by 1897 and rank second to London. A separate item describes a 120 pound guillotine blade dropping from nine feet in 0.75 seconds, cutting flesh and bone easily, alongside a Nashua NH inventor’s duplex electric car adaptable to open or closed form. Another snippet cites observations on eye color, brown-eyed women outnumbering brown-eyed men and children's eye color stabilizing at age ten.

Greater New York Paris London Nashua

Salvation Army Expands in South America to Twelve Towns

The Salvation Army opens in twelve towns in South America with forty six officers at work. It operates two night refuges for the homeless and destitute and two officers are securing employment for the unemployed.

Salvation Army South America

Idaho Forests to Be Logged by Large Lumber Syndicate

Forty thousand acres of virgin forest in Northern Idaho will be handed to a major lumber syndicate. The venture is expected to produce more than 400 million feet of white and yellow pine red and white fir cedar and tamarack timber.

Idaho

Land Prices in London 18586 Show Vast Per Foot Value

In Cannon street London in 18586 zero square feet of land sold for building sites at 14 500. This equates to 7 10s a square foot or 330 000 pounds an acre. In Gracechurch street the same year building sites sold at 18 18s per square foot or 820 000 pounds per acre.

Cannon Street London Gracechurch Street

Ti Hung Chang to Study Western Institutions Abroad

Ti Hung Chang plans visits to England and America after leaving Moscow to study Western institutions. The journey from China to Russia to England and then America marks a deliberate progression in his study of political and social sciences.

Ti Hung Chang England America Moscow China Russia

Bavarian Town Lines Up 300th Suit Anniversary

In a Bavarian village, a long legal feud over forest ownership reaches its 300th anniversary as barons weigh claims on oak and beech stands. Villagers are set to gain full possession next month after preserving the property, boosting its value to 500000 dollars, a example of managing a forest without harming its productivity.

Bavaria

Li Hung Chang Survives Moscow Parade Fire

While Li Hung Chang stood on a Moscow balcony watching a parade a fire broke out in the building. He, despite his age, was among the first to reach safety and he carries his coffin with him as a precaution though he hopes never to need it.

Li Hung Chang Moscow

English Railroads and Bicycles Stir Trade Concerns

The piece notes English railroads cost per mile higher than American and show no clear advantage aside from fewer grade crossings. English bicycles weigh about seven pounds more and offer no superiority. The London Chronicle warns that Britain may flood the home market with bicycles. It also reports electric lighting being introduced to Hindu temples in India, starting with Kochicaddie shrine near Mutwal in Ceylon, with plans to illuminate Natukotta and other holy sites, enabling instant lighting at a press of a button.

London Chronicle India Siva Kochicaddie Mutwal Ceylon

Notable Events at Home and Abroad Featured in This Week

A concise resume of the week’s major happenings from the Telegraph repertory. It highlights key developments at home and overseas that drew public attention, shaping opinions and sparking discussion across communities.

A&a Telegraph

River and harbor bill sent to president for veto

The river and harbor bill has moved to the president, who is expected to veto it. The Ninth Alabama district contest favored T. H. Aldrich, the Republican Populist candidate, by a house committee decision. Postmaster general issues lottery orders against the New Orleans Debenture Redemption Co. and A. C. Pickins of Mobile for bond investment schemes. Mr. Linton of Michigan presents a 321-signature petition to rules for railway mail clerks reclassification consideration.

Alabama House Committee T. H. Aldrich New Orleans Debenture Redemption Company A. C. Pickins Mobile Ala Linton Rep Mich Committee On Rules

Notable People Mentioned In An Eccentric Roundup

A compilation notes varied facts from Mrs Ann Fox of Central Falls the heaviest woman in Rhode Island who died recently to international figures and events. It mentions Shah accession anniversary at Tehran May 6 Czar gifts Krupp battery Kruger invited to lecture in America Mrs Ann Whitman Marlboro dies at 94 present at Bunker Hill cornerstone Brahms receiving Austrian medal Taine's daughter marriage to M Dubois Berlioz performed at Leipsic Ged wandhaus Ni kissh season M Lamoureux to conduct in London with 120 musicians Dukes of Russia and Bermuda governor Barker’s long service and age.

Rhode Island Ann Fox Central Falls Teheran Kruger Transvaal Republic America Ann B. Whitman Marlboro Mass Bunker Hill John Brahms Berlioz Faust Leipsic Gewandhaus M. Dubois Beaux Arts Mile Taine Princess Edward of Saxe- Weismar Children’s Hospital London Paris Caarewitch Russia France

Wind storm, fire blaze in Indianapolis area causes heavy losses

Early morning wind storm in Indianapolis drenched the city with two inches of rain. A fire at C Ott's gun store in Dallas Texas burned two other firms and the American Express office, with losses around 100000 dollars. Firefighters Cunningham and Daley were badly burned at Westerly Granite works in Lima Ohio, with about 10000 dollars damage. A Kalamazoo woman bitten by a tarantula from bananas became a danger but shows signs of recovery. A Norwegian bark wrecked near St Pauls island with five drowned. Society ladies Rickett and Cassidy drowned in Lacynge Kansas after a boating accident. Grand Beach Maine forest fires threaten Speaker Reed cottage. 100 men sent to fight flames. A Webb Prairie Illinois poisoning at a meeting. William Mace, George Lumsford linked to death after candy. Indianapolis Gas burst in Indianapolia injuring Alfred Somerville, a noted athlete.

Indianapolia C. Ott Dallas Tex American Express Lima Ohio Edward Cunningham Timothy Daley J. C. Crogin Kalamazoo Mich Bredence Avonmouth Miramicha St. Paul's Island George Rickett Bird Cassady Lacynge Kan Grand Beach Speaker Reed Old Orchard Mr. Reed Webb & Prairie Ill William Mace George Lumsford St. Louis Associated Press Tower Grove Lafayette Palk Forest Park Lafayette Big Eads Bridge J. J. Odell Illinois Packet Company Morgan Street George Townsend Jack Morrissey Pat Milan Moore

Series of violent crimes across states darken early 1900s news

Reports detail a Missouri family murder, an ex postmaster’s embezzlement arrest in Montana, a boy skull fracture after a baseball dispute in Indiana, a Cleveland double murder by a husband and attempted suicide, a freight train murder in Ohio, a bank teller’s fraud conviction in Boston, a written confession in Ava Missouri, and various other indictments and killings, including a pastor’s fatal shooting in Kansas and alleged swindlers held in New York.

Iowa Missouri Bozeman Mont Winslow Ind William Thursman Bowera Cleveland August Guenther Minnie Frank Hupman Chicago Lake Shore Huron Frank Tierney Chester W. Cross Palmer National Bank United States Boston Pittfield Ed. W. Perry Raw Gov. Bradley Kentucky Hannibal Crockett Ragsdale First National Bank of St. Louis

Fatal Barge Excursion Shootings In New York Bay

During a Sunday excursion down the bay from Perth Amboy two men were killed in a barges row. Joe Harmon and Solisky, identified as a Chicago list, quarreled leading to Harmon shooting Solisky in the abdomen and Solisky fatally shooting Harmon in return. Both are reported to die.

Zeelig T Ownes Devinsey Greenwich Street New York Joe Harmon Chicago Solisky Perth Amboy Harmon

Notable Deaths and Oddities Across Europe and England

Edward Armitage dies in London and Marquis de Val Dora passes in Chambery aged 87. Matterhorn inscribed warning about bicycles. Paris to St Petersburg train runs in 48 hours with one car change. Hannis Taylor sails Madrid to Havre to bid farewell to family. Roentgen ray use grows with Archives of Clinical Skiography begun in Lon Paulus dies near Hyeres. Keiser Wilhelm elevates Berlin’s chief tiedrum player to royal chamber musician after 50 years. England eyes Sunday law reform led by the lord chancellor and archbishop. Burglars steal from Paris barracks and confiscate $25,000 plus the colonel’s private valuables. Bishop of Lichfield fined for unmuzzled dog. Other clergy and a town councillor involved. Lady Ulrica Duncombs enters Newham College alongside famed beauties of the Leinster and Netherby line.

Edward Armitage London Louis Frederick Manabrea Marquis de Val Dora Chambery Matterhorn Paris St. Petersburg United States Spain Hannis Taylor Madrid Havre England Canterbury 120Th Rue de Babylone Litchfield Ulrica Duncombs Earl of

Various 19th Century Nods to World Affairs and Society

A chaotic digest notes beef inquiry in Yakima County, tax exemptions for benevolent and educational institutions, Formosan rebellion near Kian Wan, Sir Henry Deering in San Francisco, Gen John Echols’ death in Virginia, a railroad receivership case in Omaha, and the Sherman statue commission choosing Carl Rohl Smith's design. Mentions French prize awards to Hanotaux and Daudet, Gen John Coffey’s Alabama death, Cripple Creek mail handling critique, and Spanish claimant Jaime de Bourbon’s permission for a venture. includes details on royalty, nobility, and military figures across continents.

Yakima Kentucky Court of Appeals Formosa Kian Wan Sir Henry Deering Mexican Republic San Francisco Mexico John Echols Louisville Staunton C. P. Huntington Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad American Congregational Association Boston D. M. Steele St. Joe Federal Court Dudley Smith Jeele-Smith Grocery Company Omaha 8. C. Woodson Sherman Statue Commission Carl Rohl Smith Chicago M. Hanotaux French Academy Cardinal Richelieu Mechen Rose Cripple Cree Washington Jaime de Bourbon Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid Spain Lubienski van Louis Bela Jerome Mathilde Demidoff

Reflections on Emperor William and German censorship

A Condensed excerpt from the New York Evening Post discusses a Contemporary Review by Ebule Evans on Germany after 1870. It cites strict penalties for lese majeste, trials in prison dress, and police action against open criticism of the Kaiser.

William Ebule Evans Germany Cologne Danzig Bonn Kaiser Herr Mueller Louis XIV France William the Wise New York Evening Post

Tornado Devastates St Louis and River Towns

Across St Louis and East St Louis the twister wrought vast destruction. Officials report hundreds killed or missing, with thousands injured and extensive property loss estimated between 7 and 50 million dollars. River traffic collapsed as steamers sank and bridges damaged, while schools churches and hospitals suffered heavy damage and relief efforts mobilized nationwide.

Halsey Martel House Durant House Illinois Board of Education South End Chateau Avenue Arsenal Streets Clinton Clinton Branch Peabody Charles Hodgen Festalozsi Grant New Shepard Lokverture Arcebel Lafayette Longfellow Madison Compton Marquette Chateau Garfield

Destruction Reaches Peak in St Louis Tornado Fallout

Desolation across East St Louis and St Louis after a devastating tornado. Rescue crews dig for victims as more than 130 dead and over 400 injured are reported. Property losses may total 50 million dollars in St Louis and several millions in East St Louis. The city braces as 600 families homeless on the Island. The First Missouri regiment and police rush to patrol duties.

St. Louis East St. Louis St. Luke's North American First Missouri Regiment

Storm Visitors Pack St Louis Ruined District

Railroads ran excursion trains into storm wreckage areas of St Louis drawing scores of thousands of visitors. On Thursday and Friday crowds filled two streets of the ruined district to view the devastation wrought by the Wednesday storm. Local observers describe widespread ruin and distress across the exposed neighborhoods.

St. Louis

Strike May Spread From Milwaukee to Other Cities

Local street railway strikers warn that an unresolved dispute could expand to Indianapolis Philadelphia Brooklyn St Paul Minneapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Columbus and Cleveland with a potential general shutdown of all lines. Amalgamated Association chief W D Mahon and AFL President Samuel Gompers consider ordering a nationwide strike.

Milwaukee Street W. D. Mahon Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Samuel Gompers American Federation of Labor Indianapolis Philadelphia Brooklyn St. Paul Minneapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Columbus Cleveland

Lamoreux Starts Tour of Surveyors General Offices

Special-Land Commissioner Lamoreux began a tour of inspection visiting the surveyors general offices. He will travel from his Wisconsin home to St. Paul to advise Mr. Kerwin on office management, skip Duluth for time, then proceed west toward the Pacific coast and return to Washington on July 15.

Washington Lamoreux Surveyors General Wisconsin St. Paul Kerwin Duluth Register Taylor Pacific Coast Washingt

Carter confesses to killing at Missoula saloon scene

Charlies Carter admitted killing Richard Scott a soldier in a low Missoula dive near the fort. A coroner's jury charged County Attorney Dixon with responsibility. Carter said he fired to frighten a crowd, not to hit anyone, claiming the window shade hid occupants.

Missoula Mont Charlies Carter Richard Scott Dixon Scott Carter

Presbyterians adopt seminary control substitute in assembly

Saratoga New York special report notes the Presbyterian general assembly today approved a substitute for the committee on seminary control. Commissioners voiced hope for an era of peace as the committee is dismissed and seminaries regulate the issues themselves, marking the first step toward that goal.

Presbyterians Marmonicus Saratoga N. Y Presbyterian General Assembly

Appraisal Put at 876502 for Peck and Bros Co

New Haven special report shows appraisers Mersy and Brown valuing the wholesale plumbers Peck and Bros Co at 876502 with liabilities around the same order. The firm had branch stores in New York Chicago and Boston and went into receivership last February under Judge Prentice.

New Haven

Vessel Plundered in Hong Kong Waters

The American bark John Paisley captained by Shepherd from Singapore on April 20 bound for Hong Kong ran ashore on Montana island. Local natives began plundering the vessel as rescue and salvage efforts are uncertain.

Hong Kong John Paisley Shepherd Singapore Montana Island

Kreck Convicted in Smuggling Diamonds Case

Hermann A. Kreck of Kreck Coeterman & Co a Cincinnati diamond importer was found guilty in federal court of attempting to smuggle diamonds He admitted sending a package containing 7000 worth of stones to F von Beith 21 West Fourth Street Cincinnati Counsel moved for a new trial.

Ug Sling Diamonds Philadelphia Hermann A. Kreck Kreck, Coeterman & Co Cincinnati United States District Court Rhynil F. von Beith West Fourth Street Kreck

Madrid loan conditions tied to railway concessions until 1980

Paris and Madrid bankers with stakes in Spanish railways demand government backing for Cuban campaign loans. London dispatch notes the bill for railway concessions to extend to 1980 as part of the maneuver.

Spain London Special Madrid The Standard

New Trial Denied in Pearl Bryan Murder Case

Judge Helm overruled Scott Jackson’s motion for a new trial and sentenced him to be hanged on June 30. A sixty day stay of execution was granted to allow an appeal to the court of appeals.

Newport Helm Scott Jackson Pearl Bryan Jackson Court of Appeals

Notable U S Senate Secretary Francis E. Fores Dies

Francis E. Fores, former secretary of the United States Senate, died at his Salisbury North Carolina home today. Funeral arrangements pending. Fores served in a key congressional post and was noted for long public service.

Jx-Cengre Salisbury N. C Francis E Fane Foresorty Congresses United States Senate

Portugal Offers Mediation in Trinidad Dispute

Lisbon reports Portugal has offered to mediate between Great Britain and Brazil in the dispute over the Trinidad matter.

Lisbon Special Portugal Great Britain Brasil Trinidad

Cholera Death Toll Rises in Egypt During Midweek

In Alexandria 20 deaths, Cairo 53, and 66 more deaths elsewhere in Egypt were reported on Wednesday and Thursday, marking a regional surge in mortality from cholera.

Alexandria Special Tel Cairo Egypt

Two Men Die In Rail Collision Near Tower

A railroad collision near Tower leaves two men dead. The incident follows a string of local accidents and crimes reported across Minnesota, including a counterfeiter arrest in Mankato and a fatality from a runaway wagon in Vasa.

Tower Long Prairie Mankato

Weekly Crop Bulletin from Minneapolis Minnesota May 30

The week brought normal temperatures with cool nights and light frosts, wheat improving while fields grow weedy. Excess topsoil moisture hinders corn and slows seeding in the Red River Valley, where flooding remains. Corn looks sickly in central districts, while southern areas report better planting progress and first cultivation. Fruit outlook is poor due to blight though apples and strawberries fare fairly. clover blooms and June hay begins. Southeast reports insect issues with no major damage. cutworms force replanting timothy and barley fields.

Minneapolis Minn Red River Valley

Heirs of K. A. Gray Face Surprising Claim

In Duluth on May 30, Kathryn Weston now of Duluth claims to be the widow of K. A. Gray who died in Boston. She seeks a dower right in the estate and is a sister in law of attorney John C. Bullitt Jr. Readied details say she and Gray were intimate in St. Paul and may have married in Hudson Wisconsin six years ago.

Duluth K. A. Gray Boston Kathryn Weston St. Paul Miss Weston Gray John C. Bullitt, Jr Hudson Wis

Drowned Boys Ed and Ben Postal in Cloquet River

In Duluth on June 3 word reached the city that Ed Postal aged eleven and his brother Ben eighteen drowned Saturday after their small boat upset in rapids along the Cloquet river about twenty miles from Duluth. Ben attempted to save Ed and both boys died.

Duluth Ben Postal Cloquet River Edward Ben

Old Settlers of Minnesota Choose New Officers

The Minnesota Old Settlers met at the state historical society rooms in St. Paul on June 3. A. H. Cavender was elected president, replacing J. G. Terry, with P. K. Johnson and H. N. Setzer re-elected first and second vice presidents. A. L. Larpenteur, J. B. Chaney, and Capt. Russell Blakeley were re-elected in their respective posts.

Old Settlers of Minnesota St. Paul State Historical Society A. H. Cavender J. GC. Terry P. K. Johnson H. N. Setzer A. L. Larpenteur J. B. Chaney Capt Russell Blakeley Col. Monfort

Boy Bitten by Dog Nears Death in Minneapolis

Victor Johnson, living with his son at 2031 Twenty-third Avenue South, remains near death after a dog bite last Wednesday. The dog belonged to Loveland of 2017 Twenty-fourth Avenue South, and the wound has developed blood poisoning with surrounding tissue turning black. Dr. Norris attends the victim.

Minneapolis Victor Johnson Twenty-third Avenue South Loveland Twenty-fourth Avenue South Mr. Johnson Norris

Libel Suit Filed Against Five Citizens Over School Charge

Gilbert of the public schools sues five prominent citizens for libel after a self styled committee leveled charges that the school board found untrue. The superintendent seeks 25000 from each defendant.

St. Paul Gilbert Public Schools

False Draft Convict Sentenced In Wabasha Case

Max Dom yer of Red Wing was found guilty of obtaining money from August Marsh and Julius Schmidt by a false draft. Judge Gould sentenced him to Stillwater on the reformatory plan in the district court.

Wabasha Minn Max Domyer Red Wing August Marsh Julius Schmidt Gould Stillwater

Peet Heads St Paul Chamber as New Officers Elected

The St. Paul chamber of commerce elected officers this morning with E. W. Peet as president, C. P. Noyes as first vice president, W. H. Lightner as second vice president, A. B. Tallmadge as secretary, and John A. Stees as treasurer.

St Paul Man Kills Himself Amid Melancholia

Otto C. Macklett a fifty seven year old St. Paul businessman shot himself amid melancholia. A longtime carpet and wallpaper dealer on Seventh street he retired nine years ago after building a fortune and was once quite well off.

St. Paul Otto C. Macklett Macklett Seventh Street

Sad Recollections

Dialog from San Francisco Examiner sketches Mrs McGuire pondering fortunes and a new bicycle wheel in Irish American kitchen banter. Mrs Flaherty recalls old days, referencing neighbors peering over a fence and a washing tub.

Trouble Barely Averted

A clipped exchange between Hogan Grogan features a mock dispute over a name. The Indianapolis Journal records the humorous dialogue with phonetic dialect highlighting a misheard acronym and a tense moment defused by humor.

Hogan Grogan Indianapolis Journal

Visit St Louis During Conventions Says Burlington Route

A promotional note recommends visiting St Louis as a prime destination during the Republican convention in June or the People's party convention in July. It touts the Burlington Route as the best line and directs readers to their home ticket agent to inquire and purchase tickets via the Burlington line.

St. Louis People’s Party Burlington Burelington

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