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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1891
Page
2
A New York company announces plans to search for the buried treasure of Capt. Kidd in Brainerd Minnesota this summer. The Grant monument committee has responded, hoping for success. President Hippolyte of Haiti is noted for ordering wholesale executions of insurgents, a stark display of harsh but effective action.
A remark claims that young married women now disparage their husbands and suggests young men should marry their mothers in reaction. The comment reflects social tensions and gender dynamics of the era.
Two Illinois ministers were sent to the penitentiary last week for passing counterfeit money. The writer notes many ministers have had bad money passed through church contribution boxes, yet none had been imprisoned before.
The port of Kinngchow has traded since 1876 but no foreign trader or Consul has bought land to build on though ample waste land exists. The note highlights foreign access restrictions affecting investment and development.
The Pope remains mentally sharp and physically vigorous in his eighty first year. His memory is described as unusually accurate, with no sign of decline in intellectual faculties.
Director Hennessy denies price hikes for the whisky trust amid fears citizens would have to cut bread and meat this summer. The assurance aims to dispel public anxiety and maintain consumer purchasing.
Census bulletin reports an inmate count in insane asylums rising seventy three percent over eight years. A mathematician warns at this pace it would take about one hundred twenty years for the entire population to reside in such facilities.
The French government reportedly seized part of the Lib erian coast and the African republic plans to appeal to the United States for protection. The climate alone, not armies or fleets, is blamed for the deadly threat to white settlers.
Coal results from the mineralization of vegetable matter with at least 294 plant species described in British coal. Most plants thrived in marshy swamps and peat, later transformed by geological processes into coal.
An inventor explores an attachment for fishing rods to register pulling strength and estimate the weight of elusive fish. The setup uses the bottle of bait as the tension point, a playful nod to the bigger fish stories.
Mrs. Robinson, aged 73, owns and runs the TwexeE mine in Jefferson county Montana. She has carried ore waste on her back, developing the property herself for two years, aided by a mountain incline shaft that makes ascent easier.
A thirteen year old sovereign, QuuEEN WiLweLmina of Holland, made her first public appearance in Amsterdam. She attended multiple functions in a white frock and broad black sash, moving with composed decorum as if bred in court ceremonies from birth.
The census returns list London at 5 211 056 and Paris near 2 500 000 including suburbs. The item notes New York and its suburbs would outcount Paris and, in a decade, approach London in size if counted similarly.
The text contrasts Russian railway practices with American ones where forged or scalped tickets circulate. It notes officials may issue genuine tickets to scalpers at reduced rates while warning the public that scalper tickets are invalid. The comparison emphasizes paying and taking chances in both systems.
Juces Rocuaro estimates direct and indirect costs of alcohol in France totaling 128,298,384 francs for consumption, 1,360,174,500 francs in labor, medical care and stoppage, 2,652,912 francs for insane maintenance, 1,922,000 francs for accidents, 8,894,500 francs for crime repression, totaling 311,151,459 dollars. England’s corresponding loss is 584,426,015 dollars.
Secretary Noriris returns to desk healthier as policy for a closed season is reviewed. Gov. Patrison vetoes a compulsory education bill. Secretaries Foster and Proctor travel to Ohio and Vermont respectively. Haut named chief clerk of immigration bureau. Fales named U S marshal at Amery China. Grosvenor resigns from immigration commission to tour Europe. Duartes Grosvenor appointed treasury agent for Europe trip. Site for Kansas City public buildings chosen. price $450,000. Naval exhibit contracts awarded to Herr for foundation $8,900 and Gindle for superstructure $57,609.
A scrambled collection notes Cartes Fisner’s death, Bisser Wateree’s New York arrival, and James B Covente’s $1,000,000 gift to Colgate. Also reports Forses’s insanity, McKaytey’s GOP governor bid, BrLeR’s Butler presidency, Stroxe’s Yellowstone sighting, Ingalls possibly Washington University chancellor, Humpert’s knighting Verdi, Rossert’s sister in San Francisco, and the Prince of Wales born in 1841 and long awaited milestones.
Reports describe a tornado damaging New Murdock Kansas and widespread flood and fire destruction from Texas to New Brunswick. Fort Madison Opera House burned, Casselman sawmills wrecked, and coal/hemp plants losses reach tens of thousands. Fatalities occur in Kansas City capsized boat and mine accidents. Community upheaval follows with hundreds homeless in Long Branch fire.
A sprawling report cites Marsh the fugitive bank president believed in Brazil, a Virginia clergyman killing his son and taking his own life, two Minneapolis women stabbed by an unknown assailant, and a Charleston hanged youth case. Other items include a Manitoban murder, a 17 year old confession, a romance’s insult murder in Edgar, and detectives tracking Marsh.
Interior department ruling hits Manitoba and Minnesota losses as the case moves in Omaha. Minnesota Transfer Co meets at its Omaha HQ with old officers re elected. Fisxvey writes General Passenger Agent Cherleton about Alton rate cuts to 20 and 13, breach urged to withdraw, unlikely to comply. Buffalo lines discuss stopping coupon ticket scalping from Buffalo to St Louis via Chicago with Western lines.
The Magic Athletic Club of Omaha offered a purse of 25001 dollars for a scheduled fight between two local boxers, creating anticipation for a major amateur boxing event in the city.
Reports note yellow fever in Vera Cruz, strong earthquakes in Italy, and Basle deaths rising to 150. Parnell faces £3500 costs, Irish land bill passes, and France plans a world fair exhibit funding. Russia Germany talks fail, Empress Eugene rumored to depart Paris, and Bismarck sufers rheumatism.
The three thousand architectural metal workers strike in Chicago while allied unions merge. The Order of Railway Telegraphers and Brotherhood unite. railway telegraphers in session in St Louis abolish anti strike clause. Russian Hebrew tailors in Philadelphia strike against imported sweaters. New York house smiths end five week eight hour day fight and return to work. F A Huxtley of Minneapolis and J M Grant of Brainerd elected to yardmasters executive committee in Toledo. Chicago architectural ironworkers threaten strike for eight hours and 30 to 20 cents pay. St Louis meeting of railway telegraphers reports delayed. London omnibus chiefs warn further concessions could bankrupt the company. Federated Railway employees hold supreme council in Chicago. switchmen’s reps attend after a special committee. Kansas eight hour law may close charitable institutions unless legislature reconvenes before September.
A mix of brief items reports assets and liabilities at 1000 dollars for a Chicago wire goods firm and a Confederate monument unveiled in Pensacola Florida. Missouri wheat crop expected near three quarters. Michigan House defeats a bill to cut telegraph tolls to 20 cents. Sioux City Iowa plans a public building site at Douglas and Sixth. Whisky trust opposes by forming huge distillery. Chicago Gas trust seeks relief from legal actions. Engineering headquarters favored in Chicago for 1893 science congress. New York life company examination ordered by insurance supervisor. Philadelphia bank failures prompt receivership litigation. Detroit hosts a national G A R encampment funding. Raymond elected president of life insurers association. next meeting in New York. Peterson Iowa First National Bank seeks national banking authority. Tax injunction against LaClede gas and municipal power merger dismissed. Tobacco license changes raise complaints about raw leaf sales to grocers. Levitte Schofield of Manayunk Pa assigns assets for creditors. Large utilities, nearly one million, likely to be settled. Allegheny Reformed Presbyterian church in Pittsburg withdraws from Reformed Rabpeitan church to join United Presbyterian.
John Bardsley, ex city treasurer, who pleaded guilty to embezzling public funds, had sentence suspended indefinitely after his lengthy courtroom confession. He disputed links to other officials, blamed Bank Examiner Drew, and asserted he acted without criminal intent while acknowledging misdeeds with Keystone bank funds.
Washington reports officials dismiss the rumor of a missing imperial messenger with dispatches from Japan en route from San Francisco to New York. Prince George of Greece arrived in New York from Yokohama aboard the Gaelic and will sail to London then to St. Petersburg.
Amelia Heinemann of Fall River Columbia county was shot by a new lover Seymour Turner a farm hand on Rockefeller's farm near Fall River. Turner then shot himself in the breast and is believed to recover. Heinemann was struck by bullets in the lungs and stomach.
Held in Eau Claire Wisconsin Special Telegram May Templeton the woman charged with abducting Jennie Bradshaw to Minneapolis for immoral purposes waived elimination today and was bound over for trial bonds fixed at 5000 dollars. She is seeking bail.
Yesterday while inspecting the tower of the new stone courthouse at Liberty a wall or front portion collapsed crushing a person’s front. The collapse is linked to a dynamite explosion causing property loss. Several citizens fled the scene amid tensions over the courthouse project.
Special agents Charles Burke and John Clark seized near Seno two valises of opium worth 700 dollars. The men, allegedly linked to a large smugglers’ ring, operate along railroads steamers and other craft between British Columbia and the United States.
A Newburg girl held on horse stealing charges faces additional accusations of arson and murder. Reports allege she married an elderly farmer within three months, burned his house mill and barn, killed his mentally vulnerable son in a fire, and then absconded with a livery team and survey equipment, exchanging them for other horses and a wagon.
Mrs. E. D. Edgerton filed suit in Helena Montana for fifty thousand dollars claiming cruel treatment and infidelity by her husband, the president of Second National Bank. She alleges threats and coercion, a 1889 Billings divorce, and that he offered neither support nor care for their son while living as her spouse.
Vancouver and Victoria sealers face losses as a closed season is confirmed by Britain and the United States. English permits allow killing in Bedring sea, raising damage claims. American ships risk no such claim. Captains are ordered to quit the sea on cruiser signals, and many vessels may fly different flags to fish.
Word reaches West Sorenson of a likely homicide involving Stewart a South Superior real estate dealer and a well dressed woman. They walked into the woods hearing a pistol shot then Stewart later left for Duluth. a blood stained coat and ground struggle marks raise suspicion and a posse will search the area tomorrow. Stewart is missing from his boarding house and described as tall fair with a sandy moustache.
Mrs John Larson of Troy township near Hepcox Wisconsin drowned her three little children in Lake St Croix during a fit of insanity. Her husband found two bodies on the shore and a third missing. She was taken to an asylum today.
Irwin Fowler of Viola Richland county confesses involvement in the May 1888 murder of Reuben Drake his wife and two grandchildren. He implicates Jeff Bowker and Frank and Elijah Carey, who were under suspicion. Great local excitement follows the confession and risk of further violence looms.
Gov Merriam and staff were welcomed by the Second Regiment at Camp Lakeview Minnesota. A cool southeasterly breeze kept the heat from becoming oppressive as the morning ballation drill impressed commanding officers. The line formed in two movements from column of fours and from column of companies.
Chief of Police Hennesey tonight arrested five suspects in Grand Forks who robbed a Wyoming jewelry store several days ago. The trio carried $2,000 in diamonds and jewelry and will be taken to Winnipeg for trial.
Special Telegram report says Sheriff Cross battles to keep Cole, accused seducer, in Detroit custody as Cole's friends push to stop his return. The clash centers on Cole and the claimed offense against a young woman.
President Untermeyer of New York and Harney Peak Consolidated Tin Co directors left by special train for the East to begin a tin concentrating plant of 2,500 tons capacity at the city. The mill contract will be let in Chicago on June 22, marking the first tin mill in the United States.
Letts fourteen year old son of George L Letts was instantly killed today when the team he was driving ran away. His head struck a rock and crushed the skull causing death within minutes.
Washington reported a treasury statement with a June 17 hearing date showing a deficit of 787 108 dollars. When excluding deposits with national banks and fractional silver the available balance is about 2 812 000 dollars with a projected monthly surplus of at least 7 000 000 dollars by July 1, and officials say the government can meet all obligations.
Rumors in financial circles allege tensions between Mr. Marietta head of Marietta & Co now a limited liability firm and the trustees of the new entity. The liabilities were said to exceed those represented to trustees and new liabilities reportedly required about 175000 dollars in fresh subscriptions to avert disaster.
Minnesota tabloids report the death of Adolph Hermel’s one year old child in Waterville. The dispatch notes fatal incidents near Warren and Atwater, drownings, fires, burglaries, and a range of local accidents and legal matters across the state.
Wool marketing expands with daily shipments of 25 000 fleeces from Minot. Grand Forks awards Anderson and Kissner a 5970 contract to build two Central School wings due September 1 1891. Grand Forks plans a grand Fourth of July program with Judge Templeton and Father County. Bis marck district Methodist conference led by Presiding Elder Sheckler reports strong attendance. Ellen dale notes Sheriff Cross bringing Herbert S Cole from Detroit on seduction charges after eluding officers since October. Fargo hosts North Dakota firemen three day session. Capt. Dan Yorkey elected president with next year in Grand Forks. Steele school election sees high turnout and a tied treasurer race. Minot search party seeks John Bailey missing two weeks. his horse found at Russell Lake. Fargo Newbery mail train robbery verdict sets 5–10 year term. Mandan youth Ed Walden cut off Sitting Bull’s horse tail for a relic. horse to New York for shipment to Germany, Walden to be prosecuted.
At a Richland dance eleven miles east of Vermillion a young man named John Cassidy was shot and killed by an unknown assailant amid jealousy. In Carthage a Mrs. J H Windedahl has been declared insane and ordered to Yankton state asylum after repeated failed suicide attempts. A farmer named Lighthouse obtained a verdict.
Ex Governor Harrison Ludington dies in Milwaukee at seventy eight. Eau Claire lender C G Glaver assigns to Adolph Bergh. Mandoria suffers a major fire destroying 11 business blocks with losses around 10000 dollars. Ashland names Joe Kennedy chief of police after departmental reforms. Body of Alex Jorgensen found at Shell Lake and buried after coroner’s inquest avoided. Eau Claire man Langdon jailed after reverses. Ellen Keller arrested for cruelty to an adopted child. Waupun life term given to W G French for murder at Ashland. John Die bound over for grand larceny. Earley firms of Chippewa Falls dissolve partnerships. Lumber firms plan fire tug for Chequamegon bay protection. Burglars Graham and McDonald resentenced to ten years at Waupun. Wisconsin World’s Fair commissioners organize and pick site in Chicago.
Royal Milton dies at Ottumwa after stud career valued at $6000 in Kentucky. Cedar Rapids hosts a sheriff’s association meeting with about fifty members. A gas well near Spencer hits water on Wilson Hartman’s farm. A Cedar Rapids dry goods firm uncovers a suspected bomb that caught fire. Mason City forms an oat meal company with a $30000 capital. Rock Falls plans a modern four story mill. Eleven Iowa Illinois Central conductors are fired for dishonesty after long service. A Dubuque house mover damages the city fire alarm system, causing $1200 loss. Cedar Rapids temperance raids target saloons with numerous pending cases. Prof. I. H. Bunn’s body found near Shell Rock. death by self action suspected. Mt. Pleasant notes 80th birthday of Theodore Schreiner, noted Masonic leader. Ottumwa police arrest burglars amid safe cracking. other suspects linked to Grand Rapids safe blow.
The actor spends a summer in Minnesota with an old friend, performing for a miller in a remote village. His aim is to test his acting abilities without scenery or company, resulting in an emotionally charged reading that moves the audience to tears.
Mrs Desporte cites a movement toward reform after a recent fight where boxers discarded large gloves and fought with kid gloves, sparking debate on the future of prize fighting. The humorous Harvard Lampoon excerpt notes this as a satirical take on reform.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune shows a boy claiming his team Leather-Bangers will win 4 to 1 if he handles the stick in the ball game this afternoon, while his mother assigns him to stay home and handle the carpet instead.
The text portrays Octavia Hill buying and improving London slum dwellings and renting them to chosen tenants as her practical reform. It contrasts this with indiscriminate giving, leaving the question of right or wrong to the reader.
James Russell Lowell argues that Browning’s lasting worth lies in his steadfast presence. He contrasts Browning with fashions and fleeting Whims, noting the poet transcends a single life period.
Fragmentary dialogue shows two characters debating life and personal rights in a reflective exchange, highlighting differing views on the value of life and personal agency. The tone suggests a literary or dramatic moment rather than a news event.
A side street in Atlanta features a sign reading Going out to do whitewashing done here. The quirky message suggests locals are undertaking a communal or practical task reflected in a simple urban scene.
The Emperor of China is eager to travel to the United States, but he is reportedly delaying on the advice of the Chinese Minister in Washington who urges him to wait until the world’s fair underway.
Market notes show mixed grain prices with wheat and flour varying across Minneapolis and Milwaukee. No. 2 spring wheat around 93 to 97 cents, corn near 58 to 64 cents, oats in mid 30s, and rye around 70 to 80 cents, with bundles for ground feed and hay also listed.
A West Ninety-first Street boy shows notable business prowess by collecting used novels from stationery stores to cover with manilla paper. He canvasses Columbus and Amsterdam avenues for 50 cent ads from local merchants, binds books with bold titles, and sells the service, financing his clothes and a bicycle. The scheme circulates through neighborhood ladies via a library loan plan.
A Hartford Times excerpt tells of a milkman who found his horse and cart missing after visiting a Rockville homeowner. They were later found four miles away at the church shed. The note ponders how the horse would know Sunday, mentioning animal counting limits and jackdaws unable to count past three.
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