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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1893
Page
6
Warren Hansford of Carthage Missouri received a letter from Mrs Hansford of Springfield claiming his rightful share of their estate. She notes that under slavery days he should have his portion by June 1, the full part due a son.
The total wealth held by United States citizens and foreigners owning property within territorial limits in 1890 was estimated at about 63 billion dollars.
The passage asserts that the ability to wag the ear is common among West Indian half breeds and Maya and other Mexican and Central American derivatives, and that many whites possess the power yet do not realize it.
In the Northern hemisphere storms rotate clockwise and in the Southern hemisphere counterclockwise. Cyclonic storms do not form closer to the equator than the third parallel of latitude.
A peculiar atmospheric condition near Sea Ise City created a mirage where three large three masted schooners appeared inverted and suspended high above the ocean’s surface.
By dropping a penny into a slot on Newark rail lines, passengers obtain a copy of a daily newspaper published in the city. Publishers report nearly 5,000 papers are sold this way each day.
The capital Madrid leads Spain as the largest city with about 472000 residents. Barcelona Valencia Seville and Malaga follow, with twenty more cities trailing, populations ranging from 400 to a third of Madrid's size.
United States Commissioner Harris analyzes seventeen states to test claims education reduces crime. The study concludes illiterate criminals are eight times more numerous, proportionally, than those with education, challenging common assumptions about crime and schooling.
Excavation notes describe fluted stone axes in Uruguay closely resembling Wisconsin and Eastern U S forms. Incised pottery and chipped implements are nearly identical, while star shaped macanas and bollas remain notable exceptions.
Report from the Grand Summit mine on Palmer mountains in Washington describes a nearly solid gold body at 200 feet depth. A seven pound ore sample assayed to seven pounds yielding two pounds of pure gold, equivalent to about $175,000 per ton.
The report lists annual costs for Yale graduates by year with figures: Freshman 939 dollars Sophomore 1041 dollars Junior 1115 dollars Senior 1215 dollars. One man lived on about 200 dollars per year while another cleared 4700 dollars. The frugal graduate is deemed more likely to influence the world.
The Romans copied Greek and Etruscan goldsmith work while using ornaments from ancient tombs. Much ancient goldworking art was lost until early in the present century when Signor Castellani recovered Etruscan methods. The craft remains in use by workers in a remote Apennine village.
The passage notes that the first American reaping machine was the French and Hawkins reaper patented in 1803. Before, eight evencoaster machines had been tested in the United States, none fully meeting needs until the McCormick Bell and Hussey reapers emerged between 1832 and 1850.
A historical note explains bankrupt derives from two Italian words meaning a broken bench. In Venice and Florence moneylenders, often Hebrews, were mobbed by crowds in markets, who overturned benches to signify a money changer with no funds.
A list of traditional Japanese observances with dates and customs. New Year lasts three days. God Fox day is February 2. Doll Feast for girls on March 3. Boy Feast on May 6. Ablution mass in June. Tanabata on July 7. Chrysanthemum day and Inoke festival in fall. Festive foods include red boiled beans with rice on February 24 and oak leaf wrapped rice cakes on May 7. Sake linked to occasions with peach blossoms on March 3 and chrysanthemum blossoms on Chrysanthemum day.
A feature recalls how famed figures from Napoleon to Pitt showcased superstition in daily habits. Johnson touched lamp posts, Swift avoided inside out clothes, Byron fled after salt spilled, Beaconsfield entered with the right foot, Parnell shunned rooms with three candles, and Peel made the sign of the evil eye under certain circumstances.
The column collects key events from home and abroad into a concise scene by scene forecast. It surveys political shifts economic notes and social moments with brisk brisk prose aimed at rapid reading. It highlights multiple nations leaders and turnings of public interest in a compact digest.
Washington reports Charles W. Dayton a Tammanyite has been named New York postmaster. Gen Bussey faced pension approval for coin possession. Cleveland plans a special congressional session by September 15. Cherokee payments delayed awaiting Carlisle return. State department denies British demand for reparations over a New Orleans arrest. Russia may elevate its mission to embassy status and possibly appoint an older diplomat as ambassador.
A cyclone devastates northwest Wayne County Indiana while a Leghorn theater panic follows a boy’s fall. Wind destroys buildings in Ohio and Missouri wrecks injure eighteen on the Iron Mountain road. Fatalities include Mrs. Mary Smith and P J McGough. Powder explosion in Kirr Roenish Trusaia kills two. A three year old drowns in Lebanon Indiana and Henry Van Patton dies swimming in Cairo Illinois. Farther losses tally in Webster County Iowa Fort Dodge and a tenement fire in New York City claims multiple lives. George Walters and daughter Nelie die near Charleston while escaping a train. Four Omaha firemen perish in Shiverick Furniture blaze. Total property loss about 250000 dollars.
Dr Edward McGlynn resides in a Kentucky Trappist monastery for penance. Lieut Gov Wolcott likely the Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial nominee. Henry Vidder, Civil War veteran, dies at his niece’s New Jersey wedding. Lexicographer Worcester’s large family. youngest of six who remain dies aged eighty five. Dwight L Moody may deliver sermons in Chicago fair buildings. Gen Schuyler Hamilton, 73, NY resident and veteran of three wars, remains in strong health despite injuries.
A sweep of incidents ranges from a Stevens Point stabbing on three men to a Lyons post office stamp theft. Reports include lynching investigation in Decatur, Ind., a Jeffersonville treasurer hush money shortfall, Canadian robbery and killings, smuggling rings, and a Bentonville bank robbery linked to the Starr gang. Also noted are suicides, forgery arrests, arson injuries, and a Pittsburg grand jury conspiracy case at Westinghouse.
A Moscow church reports a huge loss of plate and money with priests under suspicion of complicity. The Western Mail office in Cardiff was burned. Other items note German Reichstag candidates in Metz and nearby towns, Siamese withdrawal from Northern Anam posts, Suez directory move from Paris to London, Victoria birthday dinner in Mexico City, and a $30,000 Rome Naples trip cost for the German emperor.
Reports from several cities in Asiatic Turkey describe rapid cholera spread. Along the lower Tigris and the Nhat El Arab river populations are dying in the thousands. In other news, a billiards challenge heads for a 6000 to 12000 point contest, and a ship explosion near Borneo leaves five dead. Germany considers raising tariffs on U.S. goods, while U.S. lawmakers weigh McKinley tariff modifications.
The report lists diverse events: Briggs case cost $50,000. a Mussulman mosque planned in New York. electric roads proposed for Indiana gas field. Bank of Spokane suspends. coal miners strike in Kansas may spread. National Bank of Deposit assets and deeds. revival meetings in Leadville at Loeb’s dance house. smallpox on steamer Umbria to New York. U S Skewers’ association convention in Chicago. attempted destruction of $75,000 painting The Fall of Babylon in New York. clearing house agreement among Chicago terminal lines. Standard Oil strike in Whit ing Indiana. Sanger Moody & Steel Stone Co of Joliet assigns. Cincinnati furniture makers shut for nine-hour day. Bishop Joyce involved in color line tensions in Tennessee. American Bell Telephone Co injuncts McKeesport Telephone Co. Briggs case affects Rev Dr Ecob’s Presbyterian church. Rhode Island governor’s message contested. Western Passenger Association revised agreement deadline. Catholic Knights of America win $1702.90 against Fidelity and Casualty. Maj. Carl Brandt dies. Austrian training ship Fruandsberg in New York. Wilde divorce testimony claims intoxication. Joseph Rathbone & Co lumber firm assigns with assets around 8500 00. inability to realize on commercial paper cited.
A reminiscence from the New York Sun recites a friend struck by a two week spree. He awoke half dressed in a room littered with bottles and tobacco. A grinning monkey sat on the bed foot while a loaded revolver lay nearby. He aimed and fired at the simian declaring a monkey in a fix. He missed and spent ten days recovering his wits.
Express Messenger Robert Wolf badly injured in a Vandalia wreck on the Chicago and Alton Railway twenty five miles east of Mexico Missouri. Three passenger coaches demolished and engine overturned. Collision caused by a cow on the track.
The International Navigation company was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey with capital stock of 15 000 600. The incorporators include Clement A Griscomb William Henry Barnes A J Cassatt Henry Houston John D Potter all of Philadelphia Benjamin Brewster of New York and ex Senator Sewell of Camden.
Last evening the opening meeting of the national conference of charities and correction was held with President Hart of St. Paul presiding. Mrs. J. M. Flower of Chicago gave the welcome, followed by responses from Alexander Johnson of Indiana and William Howard Neff of Ohio.
West Superior Wisconsin reports the first through train to the Pacific on the Great Northern line. Five large cars, richly decorated, departed for Everett Washington from the head of the lakes.
Creton Iowa Special Maj Robert H Hanna a prominent Republican politician of Southern Iowa was married to Mrs Ed Thurber in a private ceremony. The union links a noted state political figure to a local household amid regional interest. The couple’s exact wedding date and further details were not disclosed in the fragment.
The Freeborn County Agricultural Society schedules a September fair for September 5 to 7 and aims for record attendance. A game warden arrests M J Kohler and William Jacobson for netting fish near Fergus Falls. both are bound over to the grand jury. A Waconia duel leaves Joseph Bruckschlegal with a severe head wound. John Linge in critical condition. St Cloud saw saw mill owner H J Anderson fined ten dollars for fast driving on the Mississippi river bridge amid police tension. Sheriff Quinn of Benton County seeks missing farmer Mat Heltesmes, last seen unsettled over debts. no trace found.
Mrs. Charles Dietz of St Paul narrowly escapes chloroform fumes. Bradstreet Thurber Co Minneapolis building and stock damaged over 200000 by fire. Little Falls postmaster contest decided: Frederick G Taylor 79 votes Phil A Kaufer 48 August Herard 40. Edward Cates of Long Prairie ingested carbolic acid by mistake. antidotes given and a physician summoned with hopes of saving his life.
William Allen suffered a broken collarbone when a bull gored him at Fergus Falls during a ring handling incident, with timely aid. Henry Kane, a river driver, died after being struck by a train near Stillwater while asleep beside a whisky bottle. An unknown man was killed near Rutledge by a St. Paul and Duluth train while intoxicated, with body mangled and interred at Willow River. J. C. Donken was found dead in N Kraemer's saloon in St. Cloud, an habitual drunkard discovered after noon death. Mrs. Dan Young, owner of the Eagle Hotel in Winona, severely burned while tending a lamp. clothes ignited, flames extinguished, three children present.
A Palmer barn in Mankato burned with probable insurance coverage. Burglars looted Chatfield’s post office and Fairbanks Williams meat market. Ned Wing hosts a bond election for a wagon bridge at Red Wing. Red Wing reform school plans a greenhouse and water reservoir. Osborne and McMillan elevator and Atlantic Elevator complex burned at Maple Lake, destroying wheat and flour stocks. fire, aided by wind, remained confined and is thought incendiary.
A sequence of deadly weather incidents reports a bolt killing five horses at Ellsborough, Murry county, and lightning killing 14 year old Elmer Moss near Hastings while injuring Kenny, a two year old. A 98 year old man, Jonathan Coble, dies near St. Cloud. a barn fire at Park Rapids destroys five buildings. a horse and buggy are stolen during the Wintermute show in Kenyon. two horses die in the Baumgardner saloon rear fire. several lightning deaths and injuries are noted elsewhere including three horses killed near Ravenna and missing details regarding Hast ings fatalities.
Lake Benton accepts A C Mathews bid to float 13 000 in bonds for water works at 6 percent interest. Hibbing on Mesaba range hits the market with rapid main street sales and strong demand for business lots. A repairman struck by a wagon near Worthington dies. coroner’s jury attributes death to his own carelessness, age about fifty five. Lester River hatchery chief Dr R O Sweeney acquitted on Washington inquiry findings. Maria J Blaisdell, known in the Northwest as Minne
A Minnesota woman named Blizzard was examined in St Paul Rapids before Judge Burbank on insanity charges. After about 25 to 30 witnesses testified, the judge ordered commitment to the third hospital for the insane at Fergus Falls.
Tuesday jury after seven hours returns a guilty verdict in the Annie Murphy case at St. Cloud. Other items report a tramp killed at Glencoe, a Stillwater prison worker burned by molten iron, a discovery of free stone near Winona, a stolen rig traced near Faribault, and a tramp stealing a drill in Sanborn with swift arrest and confinement.
A Montana exhibit will feature a monte deck carved from human skin. The 40 cards, lacking jokers and several low cards, were found with Captain Ayres’s troopers as they tracked Apaches and later passed to Professor O. C. Marston, who presented them at the Grand Union Hotel in Fort Benton.
Gov. Porter recounts Col Dick Wintersmith a famed Washington figure and Kentuckian. Wintersmith hosted Maj. Cluskey after war. their marriage visit led to a witty exchange that left Wintersmith floored only at that moment. The story also mentions Senator Joe Blackburn and Cluskey’s Confederate Congress service.
A Sacramento News report describes a cruel joke by railroad shop workers on a Third Ward man. A fish purchased by a peddler was placed in a trough with a foot long lead pipe hidden inside. The man later cut open the fish to find the metal, prompting astonishment and laughter from coworkers and neighbors as the tale of the odd stunt spread.
A vast pageant in St Paul showcased Northwest progress with six divisions, hundreds of floats and horses, moving along a two mile line in under two hours. The event celebrated industry, invention and human nobility, drawing thousands who filled streets and crowded sidewalks.
James J Hill anchors a grand procession through Third Street with two thousand grandstand seats filled. Mounted police, fire engines, and military units pass in review as cheering spectators line the blocks. A second division showcases historical floats including a log chapel and Fort Totten Indian band.
Spectators admired a long procession through St. Paul with floats from Minnesota and neighboring states. Notable displays included early voyageurs, prairie schooners, and Mr. A. L. Larpenteur’s family amid a replica post office from 1846. Mamie Schwartz, abducted a year earlier, rode in an open carriage labeled for her.
Description of elaborate floats from Wisconsin Dakotas Montana and Washington with figures like the Mistress of Plenty and Commerce. Northwest cities floats showcase industry and commerce led by St Paul ship and progress guardian angel. Minneapolis Carnival float opens the sequence highlighting local business and civic pride.
Minnesota’s Float showcases a large Greek galley with a female figure, torch of progress, god of commerce, Mercury at the helm, drawn by twelve horses, escorted by Greek-soldier guards. Duluth features a lake steamship model signaling lake traffic, mining and manufacturing. Grand Forks presents three floats including the steamer Selkirk and a Great Northern depot, with a giant bread basket of grain. St. Cloud shows a stone yard with granite blocks. Crookston displays nine angelic maidens in gold attire over yellow grain. Moorhead’s float depicts the Moorhead State Normal School amid a wheat and grass landscape, with a Keystone arch and a Hill portrait. Everett Washington appears with three floats: the whale back Everett under construction, an industry temple, and a vast map of the Great Northern route to Puget Sound, plus a shingle and pulley factory.
The article lauds James J. Hill and the Great Northern Railway, noting a vast dome float with labor symbolism, and praising Hill’s rail line construction that minimizes grades to boost tonnage with the same locomotives. It highlights the low capitalization of 4,253 miles of lines, and credits Hill with continuous success, no dividends missed, and public benefit from northwest development.
Fragmentary OCR shows mentions of material progress and prosperity across seven or eight states of the union, including the Dakotas. Limited readable text points to a broader discussion of development and unity in the United States.
The census shows over 3,000,000 unmarried men over thirty in the United States. Analysts discuss whether some stay single by choice or necessity, noting shifts in employment, rising female participation, and income factors that complicate marriage prospects. The piece weighs historical coercion toward marriage against modern economic realities.
The piece lauds Mr. Hill for building about 4,000 miles of the Great Northern in fourteen years, reaching 4,253 miles total. The system spans from Lake Superior to Puget Sound with branches to Helena and Butte, extending into Southern Dakota, largely built without land grants. It notes lakes steamship expansion, a growing fleet, and plans to connect to China and Japan via a Pacific terminus.
Frank A. Burr reflects with Jefferson Davis on writing history and the limits of contemporaries interpreting their era. Davis contends business and political figures rarely capture full truth, arguing history must be written after generations have passed to avoid bias and misjudgment.
A Santa Fe table valued at 3000 dollars drew praise from a looker-on at the world’s fair. The piece blends Santa Fe metals with gold, silver, garnets, and turquoise. It features the Mexican coat of arms, historical engravings, and a design of the governor’s palace as well as a nod to Ben Hur.
At the Ford's Theatre accident inquest in Washington on June 13 a well dressed man shouted You murdered my brother and you shan't sit there intimidating these witnesses. Charles Barnes identified as a brother of a victim protested Col Ainsworth and bureau chief. Clerks rose and demanded action shouting Hang him while police failed to quell the mob until juror Warner restored order and the deputy adjourned.
A throng of 3000 attended the Columbia Athletic club inauguration in Roby Indiana. A ten round bout featured Joe Goddard of Australia and Willis Kennedy of St. Louis for a 1200 purse. Costelo and Billy Woods fought fifty seven rounds ending in a draw. Goddard won the second round by a chopping block knockdown of Kennedy who stayed down.
The French Catholic church at St. Anne in Kankakee was struck by lightning causing about 50,000 in damage. The church, built twelve years ago, drew national attention and thousands from across the United States reportedly visited the shrine, famed for a relic finger bone of the Virgin Mary and its reputed healing powers.
Two hundred fifty delegates from German Knights of Pythias lodges meet in Indianapolis to discuss ritual language. The supreme lodge orders English ritual printing, prompting German members around 25,000 to seek reinstatement of German ritual.
A mound near Cumberland Wisconsin yielded the skeleton of a man seated in posture. Bones indicate a very large man and several pine trees grow atop the mound. The find suggests the remains are at least 350 years old, whether mound builder or Indian.
Peoria Illinois June 13 Rumors rise over the whisky trust as Attorney General Maloney quietly collects affidavits from distillers at home and elsewhere. The affidavits form the basis for additional charges served on President Greenhut during his Chicago visit. Greenhut confirms but declines to discuss their nature.
Cedar Rapids reports Simon Ranch, son of a prosperous farmer near Toudville and cashier at Golden Eagle Clothing, hanged himself in his room last night using a satin drape. Authorities cite ill health, with all accounts found straight.
Bayard the American ambassador to Great Britain arrived in England Saturday and had an interview today with the Earl of Rosebery the secretary for foreign affairs.
Salt Lake City June 13 bank suspended and assigned to Edward Kimball with liabilities of 130.00 and assets equal. The assignee states depositors will be paid 50 cents on the dollar and the bank expects to resume shortly.
The Nyack steamship, reported lost, reached Cleveland after seeking refuge in Erie Harbor during the gale. The vessel had sailed from Buffalo when the storm struck and forced shelter.
Stillwater reports gambling houses operating openly for some time until Mayor Staples issued a strict prohibition. All rooms have closed, and the enforcement surprised many who expected milder action from the city leadership.
A boiler at the Peru basket factory exploded killing M. B. Pratt and his eight year old son. The accident occurred tonight and both victims died instantly.
Pittsburg reports a Special A prize bout from shooting grounds opposite East Liverpool Ohio at 6:30 this morning. Davis of Cleveland faced Haddock of Buffalo on the steamer Ollie Neville which carried many locals. Haddock was knocked out in the eighth round.
In Chamberlain South Dakota the state Grand Army and the state Knights of Pythias began a three day gathering today. Leaders from both organizations will discuss local posts, events and governance during the convention in Chamberlain.
Ishpeming Michigan special dispatch from Escanaba reports Thomas Knee bone, escapee from Marquette prison last Tuesday night, rearrested in the railroad yards this morning after coming in from the woods for food. Laugh lin, his companion, remains at large and is likely to be captured soon.
Mrs Ed Atherton of Mason City Iowa, described as a prominent local woman, slipped from her home while her husband slept and fell head first into a rain barrel, dying from the act amid temporary mental disturbance caused by illness.
In Columbus, Ohio, William McKinley was renominated by acclamation for governor. He delivered a lengthy speech reviewing the political situation and accepted the ticket, which included A. L. Harris for lieutenant governor W. T. Cope for treasurer J. K. Richards for attorney general J. P. Bradbury for supreme court judge F. J. McCulloch for public works and Mr. McNeill for food and dairy commissioner.
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