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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1890
Page
6
Brainerd Dispatch notes James Berry, the public executioner of England, plans to publish a memoir titled The Men and Women I Have Executed, promising a candid and controversial glimpse into his career and the people he sentenced.
Prof Huxsey suffers increasing deafness and voice fatigue when attempting extended speech, becoming tired and losing control of his voice during longer talks.
A San Francisco physician testified in court that he could not distinguish between a cracked skull and an inflamed lung, claiming he had regard for his oath and ethics in giving medical opinions under examination.
Csrenco debates a free fight all round over the fair site as each side seeks to furnish it. Chicago faces continued squabbling and may lose the chance to be the fair host if disagreements persist.
Miss Be e Smrra has been named resident physician at the women's prison in Sherborn Massachusetts at age 23. She has practiced medicine for two years.
Sixteen black members of the Louisiana legislature are described as forming a solid bloc in favor of the lottery franchise, aiming to set a precedent in the state’s political record.
A sheep in southern California reached enormous size with a San Bernardino county mountain kill reported. The animal reportedly dressed 410 pounds of good mutton, highlighting unusual livestock in the region.
During the summer holidays each year the immensely wealthy Duke of Westminster takes in about 5,008 in sixpenses and shillings paid by sight-seers for admission to his country seat Waton Hall.
Dr. C. T. Parken of Chicago earned a $25,000 fee for less than a month’s work on a patient, requiring travel to California to collect. The item notes that no one in Chicago could spend that much on doctors.
The Chicago News notes the city administration and its 2,000 officers will not suppress public gambling in Chicago's open hells, highlighting a failure of law enforcement and governance.
Two young farmers in Cornwall were bound over to keep the peace after an old woman accused them of threatening to kill her. They believed she had bewitched their cattle and one man testified he actually believed in witchcraft.
An elderly man named Zimmerman was discovered living alone in a log shack near Ottawa Canada. He reportedly has resided there for 36 years, living stark naked and moving about at twilight in a wild manner to breathe the air.
Tur farmers of this country last year, in addition to their own consumption, sold over $600,000,000 worth of butter, eggs, milk and cheese. This is more than twice the value of the cotton crop, and more than the value of any other crop except corn.
A muffled Jay Gov. in a heavy overcoat walks Forty-seventh Street in the early hours while rumors persist that Mr. Gould's operations influence others to walk. The piece notes fatigue and sleepiness as the motive pattern surrounding the activity.
Sin Rosert Baw, the astronomer royal for Ireland, states the stars known to exist number 100 million. He adds that even with a few more zeros, the total remains plausible as vast gaseous bodies millions of miles across gradually cool and may become worlds in time.
Pup D Armour of Chicago, a wealthy pork-packer valued at fifty million dollars, grows richer yearly yet stays modest and at his desk before seven each morning. His heir apparent, John Ogden Armour, aged twenty six, is handsome, well dressed and a member of many clubs.
Victoria Alexandrina Violet is named as the duke of Portland's infant, who receives a seed pearl necklace with a diamond locket and a grandmotherly kiss as royal favors.
Surcron T. H. Parke, alongside Stanley on the last African expedition, vaccinated 40 native bearers. An outbreak of smallpox saw 38 remain unscathed, while the unvaccinated perished rapidly. the two with imperfect marks suffered mild illness and recovered.
Mrs. Jennie Wagoner, a Kansas City boarding house keeper, found a man rummaging in her open trunk on the second floor. She surprised him with a swift grasp, forcing him to the floor until help arrived and the thief was turned over to police.
Gen Schofield acting as secretary of war reports from Gen Roger that Rosebud trouble with settlers and Cheyennes subsided and prisoners to be surrendered. Census superintendent bans supervisors and enumerators from publicizing information from duties. Mr Porter intends to prosecute all law violations reported, including enumerators and those who refuse to answer census questions.
Mrs E J Phinney, president of the anti political W C T U, organized a New York City branch. Rev J Romrain Berry, new president of the Reformed Church general synod, preached June 8 in Asbury Park NJ. George M Pullman offers 5 million dollars of world's fair bonds if a Pullman site near the fair city is allowed. Col William A Stone of Pittsburgh, opposed by Republicans over Col Baynes district nomination, calls for a new nomination. Miss Sarah Elkins and Maj A C Oliphant wed in New York with gifts from President Harrison Mrs Blaine Windom and Andrew Carnegie.
A string of tragedies across regions reports a colored man killed in Washington by a scare shot, a major fire in Veedersburg Indiana causing 100000 in losses, and 6000 bushels of wheat in Nixon’s warehouse destroyed. Four Lake George Ontario residents die from wild parsnip poisoning, with three others ill. A Diagonal freight derailment near Debuque injures a fireman and brakeman after washouts. In Gorlitz Prussia three men fall from scaffolding. all suffer severe injuries. Bradshaw Nebraska is leveled by a tornado, town ruins and depopulation, with Bradshaw fatalities and York alarm. Nine killed in a nearby Russian settlement, with twelve dead reported by relief trains from Lincoln.
A wide array of incidents unfolds from Pittsburg to Mississippi, Albany to Chicago. Embezzlement, escapes, assaults, burglaries, a staged jail ruse, stage robbery, and a family feud end with indictments, arrests, or escapes. Notable cases involve ex state treasurer Hemingway, ex recorder Gould, Father Hennessy, and the Handley murder.
James 8 Ferguson's ranche were found departing with beef. Ferguson and forty men pursued recovered meat. Days later Ferguson and six men were ambushed at night. Ferguson died instantly from a heart shot. One man died next day from a groin wound. two others were seriously wounded. Indians now armed. settlers alarmed and abandoning homes.
Britain’s House of Lords rejects a bill allowing women to serve as county councillors. Reports from London note German political intrigue surrounding Kaiser Wilhelm and Prince Bismarck, while British pressure and Times commentary hint at a cautious naval posture toward Behring Sea. Famine in Upper Egypt worsens as crops fail and starvation rises amid conflict and expeditionary strain.
The report lists varied events including Louisiana Lottery funding to influence North Dakota politics, the Eagle hotel in Pittston being closed by sheriff orders totaling about $54,000 in judgments, and the U S government investigating California filibusters per the Official Gazette in Mexico City. It covers U M W A efforts for a Columbus wage strike, Sunday streetcar shutdowns in Columbus, and a mayoral order for public safety. A Montana expedition heads toward Fort Assiniboine on a secret wintering plan in the Peace River region. In Waterloo Iowa several dozen residents fall ill with a suspected tyrotoxicon poisoning from decomposed milk after hot weather. A14 year old Thomas Sutton, paralyzed after a fall, dies after ninety six days of fasting and limited nourishment including wine and soda water.
Western markets report varied quotations for grains and staples. Minneapolis oats and barley range from 26 to 29 1/2 cents, corn around 33 1/2 cents, and flax near 1.39 to 1.40 dollars per bushel, with ground feed about 13 25 to 13 50. Milwauk ee wheat bids reach 88 1/2 to 95 cents, corn 33 cents, oats 28 cents, rye about 43 1/2 cents, and barley 47 1/2 cents. Prices reflect mild fluctuations across St Paul, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee markets in early period listings.
North Dakota farmers at Jamestown reject independent action, vow to seek representation through political parties or convene for nominations. Executive session favors working within parties. Women’s suffrage urged. Australian ballot and temperance enforcement backed. Loyalty to Gov Miller praised for lottery stance and seed wheat commission. Prison labor reforms and prison labor profits debated. Subtreasury and Butterworth bills favored. calls to curb liquor imports to prohibition states.
A northwestern eastbound train was halted two miles west of New Salem by two masked men who forced the engine to stop and then targeted the mail and express cars. Mail matter was rifled, one registered letter taken, and $600 hidden by the express messenger. Passengers were untouched. A posse and cavalry scouts pursued. two robbers are suspected to be heading toward the Black Hills. A tramp in Mandan jail claims potential recognition if caught.
In Montreal a pistol shot on St. Catherine street wounded Eugene H. Cowles of Cleveland, wife of Cowles and C. H. Hale his brother‑in‑law were involved. Hale surrendered to police. Cowles in hospital with a non fatal neck wound. The episode centers on adultery accusations and a custody dispute over Cowles’s daughter Florence.
Charles Shepard alias Ambrose Christian, once discharged from the Tenth U S infantry in South Carolina, has been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Shiras at Fort Doper Iowa. He pleaded guilty to attempting to draw a pension under the name Ambrose Christian after decades of living under the stolen discharge and marriage in that identity. The tale traces his theft of Christian’s clothes, long deception, church leadership, and a marriage he later abandoned as relatives of the real Ambrose Christian sought justice.
Detectives tracked a man named Shepard after a stolen item case. He confessed when confronted and pleaded mercy for his family. The real Ambrose Christian attended the trial, living in Michigan on a government pension.
Intense excitement in Chamberlain and Brule county as D W Spalding reports a new coal find near Chamberlain on the reservation. Samples exhibit coal of superior quality, rivaling eastern shipments. Mining may wait for land filings, but the discovery confirms a large vein and promises relief from high eastern coal costs.
An order from the war department directs two companies of the First Cavalry to the Little Big Horn area after a Cheyenne massacre killed four white men. Messages claim Christ will arrive with gifts of horses and firewater. A band of braves killed and scalped one man, and two more settlers were shot near Tongue River valley. In Wisconsin, Keshena agents report calm as the McCord and Sawyer pine sales bills pass Congress and quiet returns after a storm.
A Duluth hotel project. multiple accidents. first Minnesota soldier's monument unveiled. drownings and injuries across cities. a female lawyer in Minnesota. saloon licenses. farm injuries. suicides. court sentences. rail and elevator news. public notices on assembly plans. anti monopoly meetings. prison transfers. frontier incidents near camps and rivers. legislative shifts on elevator licensing and rail shipping facilities.
Seven Inman line employees including City of New York officers Hart Hughes and Baker were arrested on smuggling charges. Two more, Edward Baxter and John Fort, were released on bail. Lathin and Merdock aboard City of Chicago evaded duties on May 13. Four Inman steamers face related inquiries.
G H Brock of the Eighth Iowa Cavalry found in county records that on December 7 1863 the board of supervisors granted a bounty of 150 to every man enlisting after that date and another 50 with annual 6 percent interest to those who enlisted earlier. Brock filed a claim seeking 125 plus interest, noting over 27 years and more than 60 000 total owed to all county soldiers. Officials expect exciting developments over government debts to defenders and potential statute of limitations issues.
Fire last night gutted the basement of McNie & Co in the post office block. Firemen endured heavy smoke and many collapsed from fumes but revived. Loss estimated at 1000 dollars with insurance. Gas left burning behind the store and a turned out gas line suggest possible entry and arson. McNie plans a full investigation.
Waterloo embroiled in a social sensation as Oscar Sherman, son of ex Governor Aaron Sherman, is found visiting Miss Griffin at her boarding house after escorting her home from an event. Mr Cutler, a relative, discovers them in her room and ejects both. they flee to the Chicago St Paul Kansas City depot for parts unknown. Ex Governor Sherman is reported prostrated.
James Barton and William Johnson, cattle men active against thieves, were ambushed by George McDonald and an accomplice named Snis eum in CuEveMeE Wyoming. Barton was killed in the opening volley, Johnson escaped unharmed, and the pair of leaders of the thieves fled as a posse pursues them.
A roundup of Midwest news notes includes the Lisbon band chosen as state regimental band, Farmers alliances growing to 72,000 members, and the North and South Dakota alliances debating ticket plans. Other items cover court cases, a possible coal and millers sale, crop prospects, a Jamestown prize fight, the Rosebud steamer’s historic role, and local accidents and thefts across North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, with several political and social developments noted.
A roundup of recent events across Aberdeen Siuox Falls and surrounding towns reports one prohibition arrest, a horse kick injuring Tom Brown near Onida, two captive baby antelope near Spearfish, fatal crushed injuries to miner Oscar Tislemany at Terra mine near Lead City, and Frank Exton acquitted of robbery in Sioux Falls. Fires burn homes near Roanoke and Alexandia, bodies exhumed from Fort Sisseton to Fort Custer, Mennonite mill in Milltown to be rebuilt, a one pound baby born in Yale, Ipswich man William Conley found dead from exposure, and a Yale family celebrating a thriving infant.
Fli Weathers an Osceola carpenter who has been totally blind for seven years underwent surgery that completely restored his sight. Other items report a Tama County woman attempting suicide, an elderly jail inmate dying in Council Bluffs, a Buckingham man ordered to pay 400 dollars for breaking a betrothal, the first woman Census enumerator in Perry township, a Waterloo theft of cake and milk with water lilies left in place, a grandson injuring a captain with a revolver, a Cedar Falls widow bequeathing 2000 dollars to a local library, and a Burlington child’s needle incident resurfacing from knee to hip.
A Brooklyn Tabernacle baptism day features Dr. Talmage’s sermon All Troubles Past. He uses Noah’s ark and a rainbow as symbols of heaven, urging worshippers to enter the Ark, endure trials, and seek the rainbow’s eternal promise. He praises heaven’s colors and foundation stones, contrasts earthly war with heavenly peace, and envisions a treasure chest of crosswood at the rainbow’s foot.
Ex-Assistant Postmaster-General Stevenson recalls a dinner party joke about a supposed duel with Senator Blackburn. Stevenson says Blackburn lectured on the code for hours from dawn to after sundown, leaving the duel unfinished as darkness fell.
Josiah Miller sought a policy for a vessel bound from the West Indies to New York with a rich cargo. Delays and excuses followed as premium was paid. A rider reported a wreck at Montauk Point, but the president produced the signed policy saying it had been waiting. Miller pointed out the ink was not dry, then declared the ship a total loss.
A minister kept a private member record and lost it revealing a code word erob. A finder spent months deciphering the mark then learned the pastor’s private list exposed a sworn enmity. The tale warns against memoranda of personal memory.
Wyoming tribes express disappointment as the promised Messiah, foretold by local medicine men, fails to appear. The absence raises questions about belief, leadership, and the tribes’ future plans amid ongoing cultural and regional tensions.
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