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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1894
Page
1
Report notes Bavaria’s King Otto smoking heavily as a sign of strain while his health and diet deteriorate amid political tensions. The article portrays the monarch’s daily habit as a reflection of personal and national stress.
The cruiser Columbia proves her engines capable of making ordinary steamers “get up and dust” to stay out of reach of her guns, signaling speed and performance under trial conditions.
The quote notes the guillotine’s efficiency in France against anarchists and contrasts it with American delays, mentioning the Prendergasts as an example. It reflects a sensational, propagandistic tone about capital punishment and anti anarchist sentiment.
Miss Olive Schreiner keeps her name after marriage now calling herself Mrs Olive Schreiner. Her husband adopts a merged identity adding his maiden name becoming Mr Crouwright Schreiner.
Mrs Mary A Livermore asserts that the average young woman is better than the average young man The remark provokes a sharp reply with boys declaring they will not agree and will not admit it.
A Madridull event last Sunday left one man and five horses dead. The average crowd would be satisfied, but a prize fight audience would call the spectacle too brutal.
The cry long live the Commune echoes in the chamber but France has moved beyond alarm. It was political maneuvering rather than socialist aims that led to the ministry's defeat.
The excerpt notes librarian Spofford of the Library of Congress earns $4,000 annually while a member of Congress receives $5,000. It contrasts knowledge and money, calling the world sordid.
Albert Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, reportedly drew 500000 dollars as last year’s share of profits from a notorious gambling house in his realm. He also earned dividends on the gambling company’s stock, which, despite a bad year, rose over forty percent.
Miss Olive Kchreiner has joined the iar tied minority and on April 25 became Mrs. Cranwright. Her husband is a clever strong willed young colonist about thirty with firm views on South African politics.
The Hitest Ocean Greyhounds take Qady over for nine voyages and claim a new record by sailing roughly nine soda fourth nautical miles in bowen. Their average flow stands around twenty and a third buoets per hour and they vow to beat the trotting record before the century ends.
Bismarck claims he stayed ten years longer than planned and would not return to power, a sentiment likely shared by Gladstone. Yet history shows how a dominion crisis can compel former statesmen to resume public life despite reluctance.
Argentina remains a surprising factor in world wheat markets with Europe receiving 81,464,000 bushels last year and 60,000,000 this year through four months. Analysts who thought they understood the market are reevaluating the supply outlook as export trends shift.
Sir George Williams, newly knighted president of the Y M C A of Magland, says the honor was conferred by Lord Rosebery in recognition of the growing influence of the Y M C A in all civilized countries. Williams was among the original leaders in the movement a half a century ago.
A former Barvard Annex pupil, Miss James Smith, has been named dean of Barnard College, Columbia's annex, effectively its president. At 30 she will lead nineteen professors, all but one of whom are women, as the instructors for the college.
The operation on Gladstone's eye succeeded and within weeks his health should be strong again. His faculties remain sharp despite advanced age and he is eager to continue work. He cannot refrain from work and plans to carry on as long as possible.
A San Francisco police squad will test bicycles as department gear, with officers patrolling alongside their wheels. Charley Mitchell questions Cyrus Teed’s Florida choice for a new heaven, suggesting Florida could suit another biblical site better, based on his experiences there.
The Brazilian government, praising the United States for its conduct during the recent rebellion, resolves to celebrate the national holiday with pomp and circumstance to strengthen cordial ties between the two republics in the Western Hemisphere.
Despite six months residence required before filing for divorce in South Dakota, the divorce colony remains larger, with most members from New York. The Halamtin works near Swansea, Wales recently produced an ultra thin iron sheet measuring fifty five square inches and weighing under twenty grains, needing 1,800 sheets for an inch thick layer.
A compact digest of major happenings from continents and seas. Leaders meet in diplomacy efforts. Markets and weather shifts affect regions from Europe to Asia. Cultural highlights and scientific advances also feature, with brief notes on notable figures and events.
The letter from Postmaster General Bissell argues against federal control of the telegraph system. Treasury conditions cause administration unease as Senate actions loom. Senators Voorhees Jones and Harris foresee passage of the tariff bill in about three weeks. Carlisle testifies before the sugar trust committee and denies charges. The sugar trust inquiry supports jailing and other measures. The Supreme Court upholds taxing railroad property by the Indian state board. A Senate resolution asserts no US interference in Hawaiian affairs. A House inquiry may press action on a Philadelphia Hebrew ecclesiastic denied entry to Russia.
Mary Anderson plans to publish forthcoming memoirs explaining why she left the stage abruptly. The piece mentions various figures including Yale graduate Yung Kwai, and notes on Tolstoi’s described appearance and mood, with other biographical snippets about judges, professors, and actors.
A summary of deadly accidents and disasters from Kokomo Indiana to Phoenixville Pennsylvania. Incidents include drownings from boat capsizes, lightning strike deaths, saw mill and train accidents, a clothing store fire in Omaha, a cyclone in Kansas, a slave of collisions in Chicago harbor, and jockey fatalities at Phoenixville with horses stumbling over a hurdle.
Injuries and deaths reported from Hazleton Va and multiple states amid a broad sweep of disorder including robberies, suicides, shootings, and strikes. Notable incidents involve Bernardine Hoff in New York, James Arvin in Iowa, and Dora Welsh in Indiana, with legal actions, political nominations, and industrial disputes shaping the unrest.
A man fled into the woods pursued by an officer and two citizens who killed Early. In a Lima saloon Frank Polser fired on companions, wounding Pat Lyon fatally and Tim Connair gravely, before Polser escaped. Separately, three men just sentenced in Cleveland for burglary escaped by sawing iron bars and sliding down from the county jail roof.
Brazil accepts England as mediator in the dispute with Portugal. Other items note yellow fever decline in Rio de Janeiro, a farewell service in Ottawa for Miss Francis Willard, and various international incidents including mine explosions in Belgium and attacks on Rome ministries.
A compact weekly roundup highlights notable Minnesota happenings day by day. The list covers political, social, cultural, and community events across the state, detailing key moments and quick outcomes.
F. Eliott is building a new steam boat at Thief River Falls to ply the Red Lake and Thief rivers. The Medford Creamery of Faribault hires L. B. Fargo & Co. of St. Paul to furnish its plant for 1970 dollars. The forty-ninth Republican legislative convention is exiled to meet at Wheaton on August 7. The district includes Big Stone Stevens Grant and Traverse counties. L Delmars a deaf mute was struck by a Great Northern passenger train at St Michael and taken to Clear Lake with possible recovery. The depot of the Minneapolis and St Louis railway at Jordan was broken into likely by tramps with 24 in cuoney and some express stolen. A harness set was taken from a livery stable. No clue.
A burglary at Fair Haven roller mills in Pair Haven saw flour and feed stolen. In Albert Lea, Mrs. Hannah Colby died at eighty eight. Mapleton worker Peter Thomas died after being struck by a sweep on a ditching machine. North Branch soil is dry, corn and potato planting underway. Houston County Sunday School officers named with Money Creek hosting next convention. Decoration Day events in St Paul saw multiple burglaries and robberies. Tracy businessmen plan an old fashioned Fourth of July with $1200 pledged for races and festivities.
Nine teen John Kidder of Vriberg died from stump puller recoil. Editor John A. Johnson and Nora Preston wed in a quiet St Peter ceremony. Amond, a Norwegian near McIntosh, killed himself. cause unknown. Mrs. John Strong of Duluth ill after accidental poisoning. carbolic acid mistaken for medicine. Sev enth district Populist convention set for Moor head on July 1 with county at large and Donnelly vote basis. Fred Benstrup shot in the breast by stepson Lewis Barberling. self defense claim. Benstrup unlikely to recover. Barberling jailed awaiting trial. Mike O Keefe and John Veitch, linked to an attempted lynching at Tower, granted grand jury hearing. further arrests expected.
An Adrian man is thought to have been murdered for his money. Albert Zeilsdorf was jailed for twenty five days for stealing timber. Matt Grantoff died instantly after a hunting accident near Elwin Lake leaving a wife and three children.
John Smith cheated by highwaymen near the round house on 1st Avenue North. Mrs. S Ham, 60, living with Ald Bashaw’s wife in Mankato, vanished from home May S and has not been heard from. Delano school house worth 14009 burned with contents. insurance 12000 on building and 1200 on contents. District court at Glencoe sentenced J H Rieger to two years for selling stored wheat. appeal to supreme court. Reiver’s St Cloud second hand store burglarized. $50 in goods taken. Olson and Thompson arrested with most property on their persons. Burglars attempted entry but retreated after shots. Dover business men A K Bush and F Cady injured in runaway caused by harness failure.
Michael Miller, 40, longtime section boss in the River division between Hastings and Sitter, died after a brief illness leaving a family.
Judge Russell sustains the indictment against W. B. Streeter of the Guaranty Loan Company in Minneapolis, allowing his embezzlement trial to proceed. Otter Tail County sells $200,000 bonds.
A sale of five per cent bonds running ten years to N W Harris & Co brought $3,300 premium. The bonds will replace some 6 per cent issues. The auction was described as a very successful sale. A house four miles from Wadena in Otter Tail County burned, with $400 Hartford insurance on the dwelling. Nehemiah Martin and M C Ahern of Hastings win a $25,000 river improvement contract supplying brush and rock from Nininger quarry. FL Stevens named lay reader at St Pauls Episcopal church Winona, a former Congregational minister, prompted by study in German universities to pursue Episcopal orders. He is son of O L Stevens, a longtime Wiropa resident.
A Washington Post cited conversation among Dixie gentlemen praising slave fidelity. Major George Griffin recalls Dan, a favored enslaved worker on his father’s Georgia plantation, who walked to see his twin in South Carolina, returning after six weeks with stories of kin and a contented life.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch critique describes a real estate blackmail pattern in New York where large owners demand inflated prices to block new business blocks. The practice, tied to ground rents and foreign estates, uses threats to build a stable or obstruct growth, forcing above market payments or stalled development.
The article explains how alcohol initially raises circulation and mood, then harms the brain when drunk. A sudden shock can counteract drunkenness by triggering nerve activity that constricts vessels and expels alcohol from brain cells, restoring sobriety, though the mental mechanism remains unclear.
A. J. Corcoran erected a remarkable windmill on a 190 foot tower at Prescott Hall Butler, St James L I. The tower exceeds previous structures and the mill, 22% feet wide, pumps water through 6000 feet of pipe to 425 feet, filling a 65,000 gallon reservoir in two days. Construction used 20 barrels concrete 40 barrels cement 20000 bricks 42000 feet Georgia pine and over six tons of belts washers and iron plates.
Springfield June 1 The Illinois miners and coal operators meet led by C C Brown and Paul Morton but fail to reach accord. Smaller operators fear larger ones and the session adjourns with no compromise. Danville reports families starving and hospitals without coal as miners halt trains and inspect box cars for coal.
Scotdale Pa June 1 The coke region remains quiet as strike leaders say the governors proclamation was not meant to suppress meetings or deputies. Strikers will keep meetings. Two carloads of negro workers were brought in for the Frick Standard plant and forty two Austrians were run into the Meyer works of the Rainey company.
In Birmingham the mass meeting committee failed to sway operators who maintain a 20 percent wage cut. Miners stand firm as talks end without agreement. In Cripple Creek rumors of a deputy advance threaten Bull Hill and Bettle Mountain with miners holding about fifty alleged prisoners.
In Oskaloosa Iowa June 1 striking workers initially disheartened by military presence at Evans. They regrouped and marched to the city for a mass public square meeting. The speaker disavowed violence and condemned calling out troops, claiming the action was a labor suspension until demands are met elsewhere.
A June 1 march by a delegation of strikers from Centerville reached Deania and halted work at a private mine serving the Keokuk & Western railroad. The railroad, short of fuel, has reduced local freight trains to two per diary each week.
A telegraph from Montgomery reports that as Powellton miners were leaving the mines last night several shots were fired from nearby timber. Four men were killed and the shooters not yet discovered. The Powellton mine owner notified the governor and asked for sheriff protection.
In Cripple Creek Colorado 300 new workers join the strike from Pueblo as families flee Victor and Altman. Miners stack dynamite loaded kegs on hills near Globe Hill and Battle Mountain. In Denver Gov Waite asks aides for opinion on duties, while officers seek troops to disarm strikers. Arbitration talks reportedly possible.
Telegram from Williamson County sheriff to Gov. Altgeld says 1000 armed laborers compel withdrawal of forces at Carterville. Governor asks for deputy counts and violence details after sending 30 guns with ammo. In Iowa, Oswalt miners order a work stoppage, plan to drive workers from Otley. Reports from Farmersburg say militia fired on strikers killing four. Bridges burned behind a coal train as miners pursue operators Merbert and Sam Wolsey. In Denver Cripple Creek strike appears settled with terms paying 33 dollars for eight hours and open to both union and non union workers.
In Melkseesport Pennsylvania on June 6 a mob of thousands attacked strikebreakers at the National Tube works. Police were present but powerless. The plant is held by the mob. Sheriff Richards plans to deploy 200 deputies to clear the site amid threats to kill them.
Alexander McIntosh state organizer for the miners union read the arbitration agreement to the Bull Hill miners. All workers laid down arms, pickets were recalled, fortifications abandoned, flags hung in Cripple Creek, and a general rejoicing followed the strike's settlement.
John Louden, a Jamestown hospital patient recently released, fled to his sister’s home and burned his barn after attempting to avoid return. He died in the blaze with his bones found in the ashes. arsenic was found on the table, suggesting prior poisoning.
Minneapolis reports a likely sale tomorrow of the forty eight Red River Valley Elevator company elevators in Minnesota and North Dakota. Creditors may be paid in full without stockholder demand while liabilities at failure stood at 440000 pounds with 175000 realized assets leaving 265000 unpaid.
In Idaho June 6 Judge Beatty passed sentence on those arrested for capturing trains at Montpelier and Nampa. A mass of men received thirty days in a new prison near the Oregon line in Washington county, ten miles from Huntington. Gen. Sccetiler got six months. Montpelier citizens Williams Lowe and Westfall received six months and three months respectively. Mercy petitions possible. transport offered if men return home.
Paducah Kentucky reports a tragic love feud. Storey and Cochran, both vying for Miss Kelley daughter of ex deputy sheriff Ielley, were involved after Storey wed Kelley last Sunday. Cochran shot Storey in the mouth, killing him, then fired at Kelley, wounding him. Cochran fled and remains at large.
Carl Knaack, jailed in Wausau on beating eight month old child, hanged himself with suspenders in his cell. He had earlier been beaten by police during arrest. doctors said the child would not recover. Knaack, about thirty, was German, with a mentally unstable wife.
Carl Knack, jailed in Wausau awaiting examination on a murderous assault charge involving his sixteen month old step child, hanged himself with suspenders in his cell last night. The assault occurred about two weeks prior, ending with several injuries including a broken arm.
The Ackley town well, once a $10,000 effort to obtain a flowing water supply and then unused for years, has begun to deliver an inexhaustible supply of cold slightly soft water. City officials plan steps to utilize the water for municipal use.
John T. Heck of Winona, recently removed as foreman of the interior department branch at the Government Printing Office, was honored by former associates who visited his home in a formal gathering and presented him a gold-headed cane amid speeches and hospitality.
The monthly debt statement reports a net treasury balance of 117 854 000 with 78 693 267 in gold. Overnight shipments and engagements reduce true May 31 gold to 77 293 267 and to 75 043 267 by day end. Interest bearing debt stands at 635 041 540, up 460 for the month.
Special-Vice Chancellor Greene nulled the Hoffman House corporation charter on petition from Weed Stokes after a partnership dispute with Edward S. and Weed Stokes. Receivers A Oakey Hall and E W Ward Hall were directed to wind up the hotel business and affairs immediately.
In London the international jubilee and convention of the Y M C A opened with a crowded Westminster Abbey service. The bishop of London preached and George Williams, founder of the association, attended and received a hearty reception.
In Middlesboro Kentucky special report frost last night caused immense damage to gardens and growing corn. The wheat crop is also injured.
The Senate approved the sugar schedule with a 40 percent ad valorem duty on raw and refined sugar and a 1 cent per pound differential above 16 Dutch standard. The measure preserves the Hawaiian treaty and adds 2 cents per gallon on molasses over 40 degrees. The decision sets Jan 1, 1895 as the start date and positions the bill for early passage.
The United States cruiser Minneapolis began a builder's trial trip from Cramp's yard in rain. After compass adjustments the ship will pass Delaware capes and likely run north to south along the coast. Thursday will bring sea tests and a nine knot trial between the Northwest and Southeast light ships off Cape May.
Des Moines reports three weeks with little rain causing severe damage to oats and grasses. Early crops will be light and central and southern oats damage is near irreparable. If weather improves, corn yield may return to historic levels. Pastures are short and cattle receive extra fodder.
The farm of M. Altmann near West Newton five miles north of New Ulm hosted a record crowd for the marriage of Joseph Altmann and Mary Reinhart. Over 1,000 guests attended from New Ulm and surrounding areas, with celebrations spanning into the next day.
Clint J. Brainard of Cripple Creek counsel for the miners union was arrested and held two days in the deputies camp at Divide before transfer to Colorado Springs jail. He says he will sue El Paso county for 20000 dollars, alleging gross indignities and threats of hanging by deputies.
The Northern Pacific short line trains between Duluth and Superior will be taken off June 9, leaving four daily services on the St. Paul & Duluth line. The reader notes a drop from 10,000 12,000 daily riders to about 2,500, as the electric street railway gains nearly all the business.
Robert J. Gamble declared himself a Republican candidate for congress after a statewide conference. He will accept no other nomination.
A daytime fire in Red Wing Minnesota destroyed a barn rear to the Rinkins Bros livery. Firemen saved much of the adjacent business property but the blaze threatened heavy damage before being controlled.
The Chicago Tribune reports that Price's Cream Baking Powder received the highest award at the world’s fair for leavening power purity and general excellence. Every entry underwent exhaustive testing with first prizes or diplomas for Price's powder. The jury’s verdict was supported by Dr I W Wiley chief chemist of the US Department of Agriculture in Washington DC.
A fiacre and a washerwoman’s wagon blocked a Paris street when the horse bolted toward the opera. The driver was crushed, a passerby injured, a fifth story window girl fell to her death, and two policemen were knocked down. The horse was halted after collisions with wagons of Bon Marche and others.
A fisherman named George Sirus hauled a seventeen pound lobster over twenty inches long in Newport. The creature, entangled at the pot entrance, surfaced after becoming lodged in the lobster pot frame. An old salt estimated the lobster to be at least four score years old as the rare catch drew attention from locals.
The Coraline factory in Bridgeport Connecticut claims the Seaside Institute offers free access to all its 1600 workers. It provides a night school with college courses, choral work, domestic arts, business methods and physical development. The auditorium seats 500 and hosts lectures concerts and entertainments. A reading room, six marble baths and a cafe at cost support workers who learn corset steering corset making and coraline garment work.
The Bank of England uses finely balanced outer doors operable by a desk knob and special reentry, while the bullion department is submerged in water by machinery. Some banks connect bullion storage to the manager's sleeping area so an alarm sounds near the head, exposing any pilfering by a dishonest official.
A St James Gazette report explains that Victoria’s full name is Alexandrina Victoria. It cites a letter from her father, the Duke of Kent, written after her christening, noting Alexandrina Victoria as her principal name used at home and Alexandrina named after her mother’s name and her godfather.
Rumor says Prin cess Emimeh mother of the khedive intends to settle her son for life by visiting Constantinople to negotiate with Abdul Hamid II for a marriage to one of his daughters. The only suitable match mentioned is Sultana Naime born 1876.
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