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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
1
A cargo vessel carrying beer is believed to have run aground after drifting in Philippine waters. The mishap occurred near a coastal bar, with crew reporting the vessel scraping the seabed and taking on water. Rescue and salvage teams are assessing the wreck and salvage options.
In Paraguay a gentleman is bound by social norms to kiss every lady he is introduced to, reflecting strict etiquette of courtship and propriety in local social mores.
In historical practice some Japanese women reportedly darkened their teeth not for adornment but to appear ugly and avert temptation.
Chicago detectives puzzled as Bertillon measures taken years ago when the man was a boy do not fit him now as a man. The case hinges on evolving identity and doubt about prior classification.
Mr. McNeally notes his Long Island chicken rivaling a Rhode Island hen that lays a dozen eggs daily. Prosperity seems to have spread through the hen coops as birds outperform expectations.
Besides water and gas works two ferries a street-car line an abattoir and a factory for making municipal uniforms Amster dam also operates its local telephone system. Municipal operation began in 1896 at the expiration of a sixteen years' franchise granted by the city to the Bell interests and the long distance lines were assumed about the same time by the general government.
The text laments mosquitoes as a petty natural foe that science cannot defeat. It notes how country life loses joy and suburban dwellers fear winter pests and the miseries they bring, despite scientific progress.
The German American Historical Society of Illinois plans a new effort to collect information on early German ancestry settlers. Officials say starting soon will preserve valuable material and illuminate the pioneers who helped build the middle west.
The Division of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture will study the Rock River watershed to identify why the river’s flow has diminished. Officials suspect forest denudation and excessive drainage near headwaters. G F Schwartz, field assistant, will lead an Illinois visit following a citizen-led push and Representative Hitt's request.
A Revue Socialiste writer argues that women trap themselves by yielding to men. She claims girls sacrifice for brothers, become carers, and learn to defer to husbands and his family. The piece portrays wifehood as constant obedience and masking pain.
The article argues the South African war is in its final phase with an inevitable Boer surrender. It notes occasional Boer successes do not alter the outcome and condemn prolonged bloodshed as fruitless. It mentions foreign sympathy waning and Kruger’s stubborn stance against peace.
The article traces the rise of the Belgian hare fad from Kansas City where it began to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Clubs formed and breeding turned profitable as hares sold for 2 to 4 dollars, fueling a growing business.
The Philippine commission arrives in Manila as letters can be recalled by senders. June 1 pension certificate filed. McKinley vindicated by the Coeur d’Alene report. Congress’ first session records appropriations surpassing prior totals, with three battleships ordered for service. McKinley nominates many officers for Porto Rico, largely natives. Army in the Philippines lists 62,000 with half volunteers to be mustered out next year. Joseph Wheeler confirmed brigadier general and to retire soon due to age. Renz widow in poverty as daughter dies while pursuing murder-indignity claim. McKinley cables congratulations to Prince Albert of Belgium on engagement. Major acts include financial and Porto Rican Hawaii bills. appropriations exceed $700,000,000. Moscow circulated: Russian admiralty measures to boost fleet efficiency across several seas. S: S: Clark of Missouri Pacific dies in Asheville. Capt. D. A. Miner dies at 68 in Mexico, Mo. Miner piloted steamer Tigress during Grant’s Shiloh campaign.
A former Minneapolis woman died in Chicago by burning. Rufus Creiger died in Omaha Illinois after drinking lemon extract. Henry Corns, aged fourteen, drowned in Rock River at Moline. A freight-train collision in Weldon North Carolina killed two and injured three. George Sandquist of West Superior was killed by a falling coal bucket. A Burlington rear end collision near Alliance Nebraska killed an engineer. Albert Denseill, twenty, drowned near Mishawaka Indiana, resident of Scotts Ohio. The Rev W W Harris of Omaha died after a fall from a train in Wirkwood Missouri. Lightning struck a tree at Blue Mound injuring four sheltering beneath it. Charles Phillips of Sacramento and Jennie Vanderpool of Plymouth drowned fishing in the Columness River. Mount Holly Inn in Walbrook near Baltimore burned, loss 850,000 with 860,000 insured. At Rochester New York a chemical explosion at Eastman Kodak works killed Foreman Tracey and wounded several others.
A montage of incidents reports Worth Holmes dying after mor phine use in Seymour Indiana a Cuban battlefield engagement near Santiago de Cuba involving John Gonzales and companions a murder in Atchison Kansas and a pistol duel near Tot Springs Arkansas. A highwayman robs 32 near Raymond California a counterfeiting outfit linked to H H Massey a train robbery thwarted by brave railroad workers a $200 reward for Syd Hall in Mattoon Illinois. Missing funds of ex City Chamberlain Frank E Bundy in Auburn prison a Savannah financier shooting City Councilman John Bradford in Tallahassee and the arrest of L P Thompson after a fatal quarrel near Grant Indian Territory.
J P Margqn and a New York banker, Robert A Perkins of Rutland Vermont, Rev Dr Richard Salter Storrs of New York, the Earl of Radnor, and Rev E P Cleveland in Chicago are all reported dead. John R Hutchinson, 60, found dead at Mitchellsville. T Hubbard of New York elected president of the Cotton Exchange. S H Clark, former president of Union Pac ifo, buried at Omaha. Charles Stucken, Musical Times editor and noted baritone, died in Chicago of appendicitis after arriving from New York.
Reports note no clear outcome from Archbishop Corrigan’s Vatican visit while Americans report skirmishes in the Philippines. Other items include Dutch Commonwealths to join Britain, Canadian ministers resigning for private life, an arbitrator named for the US and Chile, forts near Metz named for the German crown prince, Turkish contracts to renovate boats for an Italian company, and guards at the Paris exposition accused of flirting with American girls.
American exports to the Islands total 45 million for the fiscal year. Cripple Creek mines pay 13.8 million in dividends since 1898. The Raddatz submarine boat sailed two miles under water near Milwaukee. A Kansas City man built an electrical chicken picker. an Iowa boy touts a gun firing 8640 bullets per minute. Extra wheat harvest aid planned for Kansas. Rockefeller orders twenty whalebacks idle to lift iron ore freights. Elm of Poston blown down and relic hunters remove it. The Porto Rican Expedition society forms under Gen Miles. Georgia honors Jefferson Davis. Columbia U. gets a 100000 gift for a Y M C A hall. New York and St Paul businessmen seal a deal by telephone in an hour for 120. Roosevelt calls Paris show a sham. 1500 francs to see fakes. Kilpatrick reconstruction costs 408000. serves San Francisco to the Philippines. Rochambeau statue unveiled at Vendome. In Youngstown, Irving Johnson wounds Ida Welcome and her son. Johnson wounds self. Naval court finds Capt McGowan guilty. two years half-pay and reprimand, clemency urged. Western rails may set 1 cent per mile for G A R encampment.
Sixteen British marines reconnoitering ahead of the international column to Peking engage 2,000 Boxers near Lang Fang, killing twenty to thirty. Boxers flee as Europeans advance, two villages cleared, total Boxer losses about forty. British casualties none.
A bulldog killed a six year old boy Hans Mitzenberger in Chicago yesterday as police tried to shoot the animal. Several bystanders including John Williams Charles Gallagher and Nicholas Williams were badly bitten while attempting to rescue the boy. The dog sprang into a group of children and seized the victim in its jaws dragging him down the street in a savage attack. The boy suffered severe lacerations and is not expected to survive.
The Hygienic Ice Company plant on Twenty first street at Coney Island was destroyed by flames. Loss from ice and machinery totals $100,000. Fire officials reported the blaze as a major incident in New York.
London June 14 Lord Curzon reports a good rain in Southern India with scattered showers elsewhere and a forecast of a late monsoon. Hot weather persists and the famine relief situation remains unchanged with about 5,802,000 people receiving aid.
A deadly blaze at the Paul Weidman cooperage on North Eleventh Street and Weide Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn left three men dead and eight severely burned or maimed. The four story building housed over 100 workers. many leaped or were rescued, but several perished or were unidentified. Property loss is estimated at 150000 to 250000 dollars.
Across St Paul and Chicago markets on June 14 oats and corn held firm with strong demand. Wheat and flax saw varied bids with Minneapolis Duluth and Milwaukee reporting firmer or higher prices. Cattle hogs and sheep trading ranges listed for Sioux City Chicago and South St Paul, highlighting firming grain links and livestock activity.
George W. Bennett, an escaped lunatic, attacked Judge Fremont Alford and Prosecutor Edwin B. Pugh in an Indianapolis courthouse. Aided by a police officer and four men, Bennett was restrained after a gun hammer struck a thumb. he had earlier killed two men in Lafayette in 1889 and had been confined to an insane asylum.
Calumet Michigan dispatch reports the Calumet and Hecla mine fire extinguished after shafts were uncovered. Fire out and gas nearly depleted, with thousands of workers returning to the mine.
Henry Frederick of Chicago was arrested by telegraphic request from Chicago police. He is said to be wanted for arson in the May 16 Hotel Helen fire in New York that claimed three lives.
Cable from Admiral Kempff reports serious situation at Peking with Tengku’s note saying joint action may be taken if China cannot communicate with foreign powers. Secretary Long orders Solace to carry one company of marines and awaits reinforcements from Manila within a week as further naval forces may be tapped.
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