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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1894
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch notes Zola, the French novelist, grows more famous for being refused election to the Academy than all the elected members combined. It also reports on the Immigration Congress at Augusta, which produced many practical suggestions that could boost the South with prosperous farmers, invite manufacturing, and increase abundance.
The press notes Belva Lockwood has just celebrated her sixty third birthday as another presidential campaign looms, underscoring the ongoing cycle of political contest.
The article notes Suez Canal net profits of eight million dollars last year and counters beliefs that building the Nicaragua Canal would harm national finances or bankrupt American capitalists.
The article notes Ealison predicting welding will be done by electricity and the Vulcan’s trade may vanish. He imagines a plan where hearts are welded by occult force, potentially replacing ministers and notaries with new power.
The New Jersey supreme court refused to hear a woman’s application for a license to practice before it, ruling that women have no rights as attorneys at the bar. The state stands alone in denying women the privilege of practicing in its courts.
The writer condemns English ministerial bodies for labeling Africans as barbarians, arguing Ida Wells represents similar exposure of brutal conditions as George Kennan did for Siberian convicts. The piece criticizes foreign officials for denying atrocity while asserting the truth.
Wives planning to give husbands paper lamp shades as birthday presents are warned that several insurance firms may place the item on a prohibited list due to its history of causing fires.
Milwaukee officials say a special grand jury will investigate boodling with enough evidence to convict several members of the old board of supervisors. Prosecutions to the full extent of the law are anticipated as the city follows a nationwide wave of corruption cases.
A man in Richmond, New York, cut off his sweetheart’s nose after she refused marriage. He is jailed and faces punishment, while the injured woman recovers and may seek another lover once healed, scarred though.
It is said that the seventeen year old focus is due this summer, its last visit having been made in 1977. Its visitations align with years of maximum business disturbance and riot, recalling the railroad riots that left a vivid impression and are not forgotten yet.
Steam and electricity crowd out horses while a new desert steed arrives in Russia. The camel, valued at $25 per head in the East, proves cheaper for rough farm labor and, with freight, costs circus managers far more.
A Standish Michigan barber sold a plasterer the refuse from hair clippings. When told the wall resembled an unshaven man, the barber offered to shave it for five cents a square guard. The remark suggests the barber should consider a different livelihood.
European powers monitor Bulgaria as fears rise of a possible Russian intervention. A semi official note says the czar cannot allow the current situation to persist, while observers note the new Bulgarian cabinet comprises responsible figures unlikely to trigger foreign complications.
The most pernicious habit now afflicting young children is the dress habit. Before they know their letters they want to be dressed in expensive finery and are fussier about shoes and hats than school lessons. A judicious treatment of good serviceable patched garments on weekdays and an occasional willow switch can check the spread of this mischievous disease.
Two Chicago women and others in the country are noted for horseback riding in man fashion. The piece asserts many women long before Chicago rode astride and mentions Southern fields and New England farms where women ride gracefully and fearlessly.
A columnist notes that in New York and Boston yesterday readers faced six columns of beauty advice from various authorities. The advice clashes, leaving women to try many methods, risking ruined looks and tempo as they chase youth and allure.
A concise weekly digest covering notable developments from home and abroad. Highlights include political shifts, economic updates, cultural milestones, and notable incidents shaping global affairs.
The Minneapolis cruiser proves swift on its first cruise. Senator Morgan proposes a bill to ban trusts in imported goods. The sugar trust is investigated as members are subpoenaed. Congressman Kiefer seeks a national arbitration board for wage disputes. All senators will be summoned to probe the sugar trust. Representative Houk proposes compensation for Civil War veterans or heirs based on gold versus paper currency value.
William Walter Phelps suffers a serious medical issue in New York. Max Muller receives the Medjidieh Order from the sultan of Turkey. Senator Patrieck Walsh from Georgia is the busiest letter writer in Congress. Pat Carter of Council Bluffs claims invention of a flying machine. The khedive of Egypt plans a move on France via Marseilles on June 20. An English war scare looms. Austria’s emperor travels to Budapest. Julia Ward Howe earned $5 for Battle Hymn of the Republic, first printed in Atlantic Monthly. The princess of Wales and Miss Annie Patterson of Dublin are honorary medical doctors in the UK. Lieutenant Waethe plans a peculiar South Sea colony. A rule requires all members to eat meat and wear no clothes. G. W. Wilson, Chicago capital ist, dies in San Jose, inventor of the Wilson sewing machine. Maj. von Wissmann arrives in Naples in poor health, may skip America. Paul Bourget, elected to the French academy, spent four months in the U.S. Rodman M. Price of New Jersey dies at Oakdale, Bergen County. He aided the Sloat landings in 1846 and served at Monterey in 1849, former U S navy officer.
A roundup of deadly accidents and fires: Mrs. Samuel Smith dies from a fall in Peru Indiana. Rachel Fossner 15 killed leaping from a burning New York tenement. Frank Schroder age 2 dies in Lyons Iowa fire. Laconia NH car works fire causes $100,000 loss. many buildings affected. Walter Ralston snake charmer nearly killed by python in Galesburg Illinois, snake killed. John Schroeder's 2-year-old dies in Clinton Lawn from matches. Crenshaw, contractor Robert McConnell and a laborer killed in a premature dynamite blast on Springs railroad lot in Arkansas. A work train wreck near Alton Illinois kills Engineer Lynch and injures seven. Tug A J Hoole sunk in New York harbor after collision with steamer Manor. a fireman drowns. John Louden dies in barn fire at Ransom South Dakota after setting blaze while insane from grippe. Fires burn several St Johns New Brunswick business houses with two hundred British warship Blake crew aiding firefighting. losses around 230,000. ROR Howell & Co Minneapolis plant gutted by fire. loss 130,000 with small insurance. Bertha Thornton of Missouri dragged to death after horse mishap near St Joseph while riding.
A wide sweep of cases across states reports kidnappings, murders, robberies, and political trials. Notable items include H R Woods kidnapped by strikers in Cripple Creek, Leonard Marsh shooting his wife and daughter in Kansas City, and an elderly Chicago man robbed on the eve of his marriage. Also listed are jail sentences for liquor violations, mining raids, a mayoral murder case in Chicago, and various bank, railroad, and court actions along with international currency talk and a police raid on gambling properties.
Perry Cox shot William Goodnight in a Tipton Indiana courtroom injuring him amid a slander case involving Cox’s daughter. East St. Louis authorities arrest Richard Nagle for derailing a Mobile and Ohio train near Fish Lake Alabama killing Fireman Collins and fatally injuring Engineer Ryan. Maurice Flaherty 13 hanged himself near Bozeman Montana after his mother’s death. Marie Klappenberg a Springfield Illinois beauty took her life after grief. William Rubendale bound over in Richmond Indiana on attempted murder and burglary charges tied to his estranged wife. Edward Daniels killed three men at Perry Landing Texas over a dispute about a whipping of his brother. D W Brown and James C Wiggin sentenced in Wooster Ohio for shooting William A Mackey to suppress his testimony in a divorce suit and to secure life insurance payoff.
Prince Bismarck suffers neuralgia yet rides daily. Austrian Reichsrat backs commercial treaty with Russia. Gladstone’s eyesight improves with glasses. Corean insurgents threaten Seoul amid gains. French schooner Jacmel burned. Donau rescues crew. Montreal firms Frechon & Co and Liabilities total 64,000. Esterhazy to buy Matchbox for imperial stud. Vancouver rail service halted by floods. passengers ferried via Yale Westminster. Banco Provincial’s Marenco faces 2,000,000 deficit. death by own action alleged. Marenco’s suicide confirmed amid irregularities. Salvador revolution triumph and Ezeta prepares to flee La Libertad. president’s brother has been dead three weeks in secrecy.
A compact weekly resume outlining important Minnesota occurrences. Highlights cover notable events, actions, and ongoing developments across cities and institutions, presented for quick reading.
A Saturday roundup reports accidents and deaths including John Kidder of Friberg killed by stump puller recoil. Amond a Norwegian man commits suicide near McIntosh. Mrs. John Strong of Duluth critically ill from accidental poisoning by carbolic acid. Also notes a Moorhead Seventh district Populist convention July 1 and legal cases including Louise Thomas’s diphtheria death and Andreas Tauer’s suicide.
Matt Grantoff of Elwin Lake died instantly after his Winchester firearm discharged while he stood on a stump. The shot pierced his wrist and body. he leaves a wife and three children.
A report covers a street robbery near the round house in At. Cloud where John Smith concealed a roll of bills and escaped empty handed. A missing 69 year old woman, Mrs S Ham, last seen in Mankato, remains unfound. Delano suffers a $14 000 schoolhouse fire with $8 000 building and $1 200 contents insured. District court in Glencoe sentences J H Rieger for selling stored wheat to two years in state prison on appeal to the supreme court. Charles Revier’s St Cloud second hand store burglary yields about 50 dollars in goods seized with Olson and Thompson arrested. A Dover harness runaway injures A K Bush and C F Cady seriously.
Michael Miller aged about forty, section boss in the River division between Hlastings and Sitter for six years, died after a brief illness leaving a family.
In Minneapolis Judge Russell sustains the indictment against W. B. Streeter of the Guaranty Loan Company, with his embezzlement trial to proceed. Otter Tail county sells 200000 dollar bonds at 5 percent for ten years to N. W. Harris & Co. at a 3300 premium. Fire destroys Hugh Buckley’s dwelling near Wadena, partly insured. Nehemiah Martin and M. C. Ahern win a 25000 government contract to furnish brush and rock for river improvements. Stevens in Winona names a lay reader at St. Paul’s Church who seeks Episcopal orders after earlier Congregational service.
James Nugent of Buffalo has been sentenced to life in state prison for the murder of his young daughter. Other notes report Kasper Bros cigarmakers at Faribault on strike for higher wages after cuts last winter. Burglars hit G O Miller’s post office and store at White Rock, taking about 100 dollars in stamps and money.
Johnson, one of Dakota county’s oldest residents, died at Lakeville. Fire damaged G. R. Sterling’s Red Wing residence causing about $500 in losses. James Nugent, who shot his daughter last February, was brought before the Buffalo court and pled.
A June 9 roundup reports Minnesota events including land losses from interior decisions, Bingham Bros selling to Fullerton Lumber of Sioux City, and over thirty yards controlled by Fullerton. Drowning near Fergus Falls involved a 15 year old boy, and Red Wing High School granted 15 diplomas. County treasurers, burglaries in Anoka and Park Rapids, a fire at Tibbits hotel barn in Preston, and a new Degree of Honor lodge in Mapleton are recorded. A jail escape by a Finnish immigrant occurs in Virginia, and a seduction case at Fergus Falls shocks the town.
A Washington Post retold anecdote describes a 19th century hotel discussion among Southern gentlemen about slavery. A slave named Dan is praised for loyalty and productivity, including a trip on foot to visit his twin in Soul Caling before returning home after six weeks.
The article explains alcohol first raises circulation and mood, then when excess causes drunkenness as brain vessels become engorged. A sudden shock may restore sobriety by reflex vessel contraction, while a moral factor may also aid recovery beyond the physical mechanism.
A. J. Corcoran erected a windmill on a 190 foot tower at Prescott Hall Butler, St James, L. I. The tower surpasses prior versions and places the wheel above tidal ground. The build used 20 barrels concrete 40 barrels cement 20000 bricks 42000 feet pine and six tons belts and iron plates. The 22½ foot diameter mill pumps water via 6000 feet of pipe to 223 feet delivering to a 65000 gallon reservoir in two days.
Washington reports a Senate debate on schedules G H I J under a five minute rule then a Quay objection ends the truce as debate continues. The finance bill oat meal rate 15 per cent was adopted then reciprocity paragraphs were defeated along party lines. House Indian appropriation features attack on Catholic schools and debate over New York versus Chicago sites for an Indian supply warehouse. A Treasury inquiry on immigration enforcement and a visit to Ellis Island were authorized.
Washington lawmakers debated the agricultural schedule as the five minute rule was applied for the remainder. A 25 percent duty on barley and 35 percent on barley malt were set, with alternative McKinley rate proposals discussed. The finance committee amendment passed. dairy rate restorations failed amid floor antics and remarks about ventilation and the capitol architect.
Washington June 11 The senate session featured sharp debate under the five minute rule over time claimed by Mr West. Republicans pressed paragraphs and amendments while Democrats condemned the conduct. The agricultural schedule was settled and schedule H on spirits and liquors began. The Jones compromise amendments were withdrawn in many cases leaving house provisions intact. Woolen schedule expected to be debated this week with free wool likely to trigger strong Republican speeches. The house handled District of Columbia business.
Washington June 12 The senate moved the tariff bill forward as three schedules from paragraph 237 to 277 were disposed of including spirits and wines cotton flax jute and hemp. The cotton schedule finished in thirty minutes with Republicans noting reduced but scientific rates. Burlap bags and linen items were placed on the free list while the collar and cuff paragraph drew debate. Tomorrow the woolen schedule faces action as Mr Quay plans to resume his speech, but today the house showed languor and quorum issues limited progress.
The senate approved three Northwestern measures including relief for ex Indian agent Ex Douglass with a sum near $600, and correction of Elisha Bassett’s military record. Hansbrough advanced a North Dakota court term schedule with meetings in Bismarck Fargo Grand Forks and Devils Lake. The house debated a $100,000 appropriation for a national home for aged colored veterans. the Indian appropriation bill was not finished before adjournment.
Westbound express derails at Mattawa River crossing when a burned trestle collapses. Engine and four cars plunge into the river and burn. two confirmed dead and multiple injuries. Mrs. Barker drowned. Murt Brown missing. Fireman Whitehead and Engineer Elmes among the injured. other passengers identified. Mail and express matter detained.
A fire sparked by locomotive sparks engulfed Lesure's lumber yard and adjacent yards in Dubuque on June 11. The blaze swept from Sixth to Eleventh streets, destroying Lesure's mill and yard, Knapp-Stout yards, and Standard Lumber facilities with 25 million feet of lumber lost and total damages around 475000. Insurance covered most losses. Fire crews sent telegrams for aid to Freeport, Galena, and Clinton.
The June 1 Agricultural Department report shows winter wheat sowing down 9 percent from last year with a 1 percent drop in harvest. Spring wheat conditions vary by state with national averages around 85 to 90 percent. Oats average nearly 99.1 percent. the peach crop is a commercial failure, apples modestly better, with fruit scarce in Piedmont Ohio Valley and Missouri, brighter prospects in mountain and Pacific states.
Pueblo Colorado reports Tom Smith alias Charles Oreal was captured in this county after fleeing the murder of Ben Biddle at Allene on March 10. Biddle’s brother, depleted by the search, arranged the arrest, and the suspect was brought to Texarkana county for trial.
Menomonie Wisconsin June 11 The extensive stock yards and buildings connected with the packing department of Knapp Stout Co were entirely destroyed by fire. Strong winds prevented the fire department from controlling the blaze and the loss will reach several thousand dollars with partial insurance.
Miss Hope Goddard daughter of Col William Goddard and heir to 20 million dollars married E Oliver Iselin son of the late New York banker. Nearly 300 guests attended the ceremony in Providence.
Topeka Kansas June 11 Rumors say Mrs Lease will be nominated by the Prohibitionists for congressman at large from Kansas. It is expected the Populists will endorse this nomination.
Quotations from Chicago Minneapolis and St Paul show July wheat at 59 cents and 60 in Minneapolis on June 11. Corn at 40 1 2 and oats 38 to 29 1 2 cents with track on No 1 hard Gilte and Northern prices. Cattle and hogs range from prime to common grades in Chicago and St Paul with steers about 3.25 to 5.10 and hogs around 4.25 to 4.85 in differing yards.
A general alarm sounded from Thirteenth and Hickory as a fire consumed the Keystone Investment building and spread to the Buford and George Manufacturing works. The blaze destroyed both structures and their stock, with walls collapsing on nearby homes injuring Jasper Pope and others. total loss about 300000 dollars.
Four of six youths drowned when a rowboat capsized on the Aliry Foster reservoir near Brewsters New York on June 10. Kate McClusker clung to the overturned craft while Patrice Aspen and Thomas Donohue nearby rescued her. Patrick Marooney, a swimmer, was later found by Thomas Lynch, but the others remained missing as rescuers searched the water.
Brize at Hayward Wisconsin June 11 fire sweeps the barn of the Commercial hotel with a strong south wind. The blaze destroys George McEvoy's photograph gallery and damages John Bros saloon and the hotel. An adjacent windward barn also burns, suspected incendiary origin. Estimated loss about $5,000, partially insured.
At Delmar Junction Iowa a west bound Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger crashed into a freight train on a sidetrack. A tramp was killed and the line blocked for hours. No other fatalities or serious injuries reported.
M Morset woke to find his wife dead on the kitchen floor in Eau Claire Wisconsin. The woman rose to prepare breakfast around five oclock and suffered heart disease. She leaves two children.
Ten people are injured after a motor car with a trailer carrying about 125 passengers overturned at West Fortieth and Twenty second streets. The car, speeding, jumped the track and was overthrown by its momentum and the trailer, tossing seventy five riders into a chaotic heap.
Judge Tuthill appoints J. Wilson as receiver for the Switchmen Mutual Aid association in Chicago after George Rutter files an unsatisfied judgment of 1050 dollars against the society. The bond for the receiver is set at 5000 dollars.
A morning blaze in Staples Minnesota destroyed the St. Paul laundry building causing about 2000 dollars in losses. Investigators say careless handling of gasoline sparked the fire.
A dispatch from Asuncion says a coup d etat in Paraguay has elected Senor Marinigo as president. No disorder was reported.
Market report from Chicago on June 11 shows wheat with July at 59 3/4 to 61 1/2 cents, oats at 58 to 62 cents, and feeder prices for track cattle and hogs. Prime steers range around 4.80 to 5.10 dollars, Texans at 3.50, and assorted cattle and veal figures listed.
A general alarm was struck in Kansas City as a fire damaged the Keystone building and adjacent structures. The blaze affected Nos. 1311 and 1815, with estimated losses around $300,000. Firefighters and responders contained the flames quickly.
In Brewsters June 10 four people including Bessie and Maggie Blainey Kate and Patrick Aspen were aboard when the boat overturned tossing all occupants into the water. Rescue teams saved the group and prevented further harm.
A blaze in Hayward destroyed George Meckpey s photograph gallery and damaged John Bros saloon after the first alarm. Officials estimate losses will be substantial and investigations are underway.
Delmar Junction June 11 reports a fatal railway accident near cago where a Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train collision halted traffic for several hours. Police and investigators reported one fatality and caused service delays across the line.
Officials of the world’s Columbian exposition sent to stockholders the 10 percent dividend declared last May totaling 790000 dollars. The city received about 250000 dollars of the sum.
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