Manchuria Dog Farming Reaches High Numbers
In Manchuria dogs are raised to their skins. A fairly prosperous Manchurian dog farmer will own 1,000 or more dogs.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1893
Page
2
In Manchuria dogs are raised to their skins. A fairly prosperous Manchurian dog farmer will own 1,000 or more dogs.
A London society organizes to recruit day servants who will work inside homes by day and return to their own houses each night, establishing a new servant adoption arrangement.
A military organization named the Baby Ruth Guards is formed in Washington and consists of about forty young boys under ten years old.
The marriage rate in Germany climbed by 10 percent in the year after the Franco-Prussian War. A similar rise occurred after the French war ending in 1815, indicating a common postwar demographic pattern.
A Boston paper notes that among ships at the late naval parade the Americans were the only vessels where liquor was not regularly served to sailors, highlighting disciplined customs aboard the local fleet.
Nalknehoff of Geneva estimates 11 000 blind persons in Europe mostly from fevers. He argues that 75 percent could have preserved sight with proper treatment.
The craft process involves seventy different artisans who handle the knife from blade forging to final finishing and wrapping for sale. This chain covers each stage before the instrument reaches the market.
Edward Atkinson urges Southern farmers to plant more peas and beans citing profitability and soil renewal. He argues these crops improve land fertility while offering solid returns for growers and planters.
A group known as the walking leaf makes its living by resembling a leaf on a tree. When a fly lands within reach it is captured and crushed in an instant, illustrating a clever deceit of nature.
The pan sy has been described with several epithets across times and places, including Herb trinity from its three colors, Love-and-idle, Kiss-me-ere-Irise, Jump-up-and-kiss-me, and Three faces-under-a-hood, illustrating a colorful folkloric naming tradition.
The main wheel makes 1 460 revolutions yearly, the center wheel 8 760, the third wheel 70 080, the fourth wheel 525 600, and the escapement wheel 4 731 860. Total beats or vibrations number 141 912 000 in a year.
Skat is a profound German card game known mainly among German-speaking people. Like whist, it has inspired extensive writings and treatises, reflecting its complexity and rich intellectual tradition.
In Bellavista Portici a small colony counts over twenty residents all above ninety, led by a 105 year old farmer who still tills fields. The natives live largely on plant foods with little meat and rely on rainwater from a cistern for drinking.
The plan calls for a fountain representing Montana to be built by state women. A design will be chosen by open competition with a base of native minerals, a bowl of silver, and a cup of gold.
A cyclist stopping in Cleveland reports excellent roads on the New York to San Francisco route. He notes the pleasant change from common comments and urges a map to guide future tourist travelers.
A French savant describes a death test using a candle to blister the hand or foot of a body. If the blister yields fluid when opened, life remains. if it yields only steam, the vital spark has left.
The Baltimore American notes about 400000 immigrants arrived in the past year with 4155 settling in the South while the rest went to the West. It argues Southern states fail to attract newcomers because they do not advertise for it.
In Japan a saying among doctors proclaims that charging poor patients is akin to robbery, arguing that poverty and illness invade a home and any fee taken is theft. The proverb frames medical aid as a duty rather than a charge.
The stage raving is general in New York with theater offices swamped by anxious women while agencies fill all day. The once despised occupation has become overcrowded, and no engagements are considered.
A florist cites a law of flower coloring claiming blue roses are impossible. The rule states red, blue, and yellow never all appear in one species. any two may exist, but never the third, with examples across roses verbenas violas and gladioli.
Ira J. Chase of Indiana, once school teacher and Revolutionary War private, long served as clergyman, G A R department commander, lieutenant governor, and governor. Now under indictment for embezzlement in the Zimri Dwiggings bank failures, though public opinion doubts the extent of guilt.
A concise weekly digest surveying major happenings from home and abroad. Highlights political shifts economic developments and notable incidents across regions, summarized for quick reading.
President Cleveland assigns army officers as Indian agents and acts as arbitrator in the Brazil Argentina boundary dispute. Adams at Honolulu may go to Samoa. Kavanagh named foreman of U S government buildings at the world’s fair. No naval vessel yet chosen for Samoa. Pacific fleet considered inadequate.
A summary of varied reports indicates Sen Sanford of California died of apoplexy while Senator Blatchford of the U S Supreme Court is gravely ill. Others include Joseph Jefferson recovering, Richard M Hunt earning a queen's medal in London, and Lieut Romanoff visiting Chicago incognito.
A mixed train collided with a wild engine in Norwalk Connecticut injuring two train men. W J Orr of Maquoketa Iowa drowned while bathing in the Cedar Rapids river. Several fatal accidents and fires are reported across Illinois Michigan Indiana and New Jersey with multiple drownings burnings and a devastating town fire in Myers Falls Washington state.
Miss Louise Estling committed suicide in Sedalia Missouri by hanging. William Rapply shot himself near St Louis after a woman jilted him and may die. Henry Mattson was found dead at Opechee Michigan with head wounds indicating murder. James Morrison and William Henson, convicts in Jackson Michigan, escaped by scaling walls. William Winkle, patient at German Hospital Kansas City, near amputation led to death by self-harm. Frank Sulek, Bohemian politician of Iowa City, became insane over finances and killed himself by jumping from a ...
Frederick Love of Minneapolis is charged with stealing $5000 worth of goods from T. M. Roberts. Will Boyer shot his sister in law in Yates City, Illinois, with likely fatal wounds. he shows a month of insanity. Alfred Packer case affirmed for cumulative sentences by Colorado Supreme Court after killing and eating five men. Frank Davis jailed for 25 burglaries in Tenderloin precinct and sentenced to 24 years on two indictments. Jeffersonville brewery manager C P D Meyer is mobbed after liquor denial. Miller P Long dies from stab wound by his 16 year old son Napoleon, who was arrested. father had scolded son for not working. Leechburg bank robber Charles Spaythe convicted of murder in second degree. Revenue officers versus moonshiners in Pea Ridge, Clay County Tennessee ends with 25 shots fired. no injuries. David Bryant street car driver beaten by Sergeant Francis McCarton, intoxicated in civvies. police intervene to save Bryant as crowds hear screams resonating in the court building.
Police killed fourteen rioters and wounded forty in Berne during a riot. Clemenceau challenged two Boulangist deputies to fight, but they refused. Germany plans cross party rebullotings with Social Democrats and Richter radicals. Historic visits to Prince Bismarck drew 3500 Mecklenburgers and 5000 Hamburgers. Earthquakes threaten Greece with Thebes in ruin. The French senate moves to suspend barley oats and maize duties amid drought. Cardinal Vanneutelli resigns over papal differences. The Thebes crisis and other events fill a day of global tension.
A collision between the Victoria and Camperdown sends the Victoria toward the shore where it capsizes and sinks quickly. Officers and crew remain disciplined as divers, lifeboats, and rescue efforts unfold amid chaotic scenes and fatalities. Commodore Jellico and others are swept into the sea.
An Evening World extra reports the sinking of the flagship Victoria after a collision with the Camperdown near El Mina Teipoli Syria. The ramming blow breached armor, sending Victoria to the depths while Camperdown backed clear. both fleets attempted a dangerous maneuver in shoal waters.
Report of the collision between Victoria and Camperdown describes a deadly whirlpool of water and screws drawing sailors to their deaths. Exploding boilers, scalding waves, and shark threats amplify the horror as survivors recount heroism and the loss of marines and crew aboard the doomed vessel. Admiral Tryon orders self-preservation as the ship sinks.
London June 26. In the house of commons it was stated that the Victoria disaster losses total 360, including 22 officers and 328 men. The number saved stands at 287, comprising 26 officers and 261 men.
Maj General Drayson of the English army extols rapid inhalation of clean air as a cure for headaches toothaches and sleeplessness and claims air is more vital than food He recommends forty to fifty breaths per minute with nose filtration and exhalation through the mouth to improve blood oxidation and health
A satire about royal favors in France follows M. Bignon, a scarcely educated man named royal librarian by Louis XV. His uncle M. Y'Argenson quips that the post offers a fine chance to learn to read. The tale critiques patronage and unfitness in appointments.
A noted Frenchman once joked about the Academy and the forty Immortals. He refused to run for candidacy, saying he preferred being asked why he was not in it to being asked why he was there.
A Chicago Record joke notes a man buying a bicycle to avoid crowded cars. He mentions riding home in an ambulance the previous night, humorously highlighting his new wheels and the unlikely comparison.
At Folsom California June 28 a gang headed by George Sontag attempted to escape with two Winchesters and a revolver. During a half hour gunfight guards and reserves killed Williams Wilson and Dalton while Sontag was mortally wounded. No guards were hurt and none of the convicts escaped.
A Saturday night blaze in a two story wooden building at 127 North Jefferson, Saginaw, claimed three children Tilda Neumann 20 Lena Neumann 15 Frank Neumann 12 and left widow Catherine Neumann fatally burned. Alma 17 escaped. The fire gutted the structure and damaged two adjoining buildings with losses under 5000 dollars.
In St Louis a drunken police officer, Christopher J. Verdon, argued with Hugh McGuire over religion. Verdon struck McGuire in a saloon, knocked him senseless, and handcuffed him tightly cutting off circulation. A mob threatened lynching but the pair were brought to the police station.
The Moore family of Turkey Hill, St Louis, were poisoned during Sunday dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Moore recovered enough to move about, but their eight year old son died this morning. The two remaining children are in critical danger. Authorities suspect cabbage as the poison source.
The Union Pacific fast mail train wrecked about six miles from Portland this morning after colliding with a cow on a curve. One passenger C. C. Chase was killed and two others were injured.
In Portsmouth yesterday afternoon William Foreman, a Black man released from the penitentiary three months ago, stabbed and killed Carrie Harrington. Foreman fled to the countryside but returned to his home and was arrested.
Two Italians Antonio Dejedeo and Antonio Lucianio were arrested in Winnipeg for the murder of a Jewish peddler near Greentfell. The victim’s body was found beside railway tracks, badly mutilated and hidden under ties and brush.
Fire at Hobbs Glass Works in Wheeling West Virginia owned by United States Glass Company destroyed several factory buildings. Estimated loss listed at fifteen thousand dollars with insurance coverage.
A hotel and eleven other buildings in Lexington Oklahoma were wiped out by a blaze on June 28. Two men are confirmed dead in the Homes and authorities fear additional fatalities may be present.
A Singapore dispatch reports southern Anam natives rising against French forces. Reinforcements have been dispatched to aid French troops in the area.
In St Louis a man named John McKibbon aged 55 died at St Luke's hospital after a possible poisoning at a family dinner last Thursday. His two daughters aged 28 and 25 are seriously ill. a younger daughter had tried to buy arsenic days earlier, prompting a coroner's investigation.
Sixteen Japanese travelers aboard the Empress of India sought entry via Port Townsend but eight under contract were refused admission and disappeared. They are unlikely to return to Japan, possibly settling in Canada or pursuing other U S entry routes. Canadian officials did not object to their landing as none were ill.
Washington official action directs the Treasury to anticipate the July interest on the 4 percent United States bonds and Pacific railroad bonds. Checks will be mailed Saturday and subtreasuries nationwide instructed to cash on presentation. Total interest sums to 7 534 000 dollars, 1 900 000 for Pacific railroad bonds and 5 634 000 for the 4 percent bonds. Aimed to ease liquidity in money centers.
John Berry on his chestnut Poison arrives at the Buffalo Bill grounds at 9:30 a m claiming victory in the Chadron to Chicago race. Emmet Albright arrives at 11:15 a m disputing Berry and citing route access. Joe Gillespie follows at 1:35 p m with claims to true victory while Smith trails.
Chicago market notes show cattle selling up to 5.40 to 5.50 per hundredweight and hog prices mixed, with heavy hogs 6.20 to 6.45. Wheat futures mix with No. 2 cash at 65 1/4, July 65 1/2, Sept 65 1/4. Minneapolis wheat ranges from 58 1/2 to 61 3/4 with No. 1 hard at 61, No. 1 Northern at 50, No. 2 Northern at 56 to 57 1/? cents.
A lone horseman rode to Harvey's eating house near Coolidge New Mexico and forced Manager Perkins to open the cash box. He took 180 dollars plus 20 from private funds and fled with two companions toward the woods. Navajo and local trackers were sent out to pursue the robbers who are believed to be in the area.
An incoming milk train on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad struck a bogey carrying a mother and three children at Millard Avenue. Two children Fred Soklwen six years old and Gracie Sebolsen five months died. The mother Mrs Flora Seholsen and thirteen year old Maggie Slavin were injured. Gatekeeper James Webster was arrested as responsible.
A fierce storm near Oakley Kansas felled farm buildings and a school, with a tornado-like blowdown of several structures. Mrs Beak was killed when lightning struck near Oakley along with two Oakley homes. Record rainfall marked the event as of a season high.
A jury in Madison Wisconsin found Kosinee and Money penny two Chippewa Indians from the Bad River reservation near Ashland guilty of murder in the first degree. They were charged with killing Boneash an other Indian and his sqmaw in September last. They will be sentenced tomorrow.
Middleton New York residents George W. Ritter and William Anderson died this morning at Roaring Brook near Crook s Falls. Both men were wrecking cow workers on the Chicago express derailed on the Ontario and Western railroad.
Near Dadeville a mob killed Ernest Murphy, a Black man, after he fled from a criminal assault on Miss Dupree near Agricola. He was tracked by a posse and lynched following his capture.
Balaton Minnesota June 28 Henry Nelson suffered severe injuries while blasting logs at S W Larson’s property near the village He is in critical condition Uplifting accident report from the local scene notes a dangerous logging operation resulting in a serious injury.
In Luebeck district the first of the second ballots elected Herr Goertz of the Radical Unionists by a majority of 150 over Johannan Schwartz of the Social Democrats. Schwartz, last deputy for Luebeck, losses reflect on the SDs and opponents of the army bill.
In Dubique Iowa Special The fifteenth annual convention of the Iowa Catholic Mutual Protective society opened with 200 delegates. The principal object is to provide a reserve fund. Last year the society paid out 48813 for deceased members, leaving 1249 in the treasury.
In Stara Wisconsin a miscount on the normal school appropriation left the result a tie. A special meeting was held and another session is planned where the appropriation is expected to pass.
Vermilion Ss D Special James Ginn, chief of police, shot Abel Bruyer and killed him while trying to stop riders making noise. Ginn claims he fired to ground. horsemen resisted, revolver fired a second time hitting Bruyer in the heart. Ginn is jailed.
A compact digest presents notable North Star State happenings from the week, arranged for easy reading. Includes brief summaries of events across politics, society, and daily life with period journal tone.
Alex Swanson brakeman on the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota line was accidentally killed while coupling cars in Brainerd. A separate item notes a boy of six killed when thrown from a wagon near Greenvale while returning from Northfield with lumber.
Reports list multiple disasters including four deaths from a Duluth fire and a lightning strike that killed a fifteen year old Ada boy. A Lake City blaze damaged a barn and granary, while Patrick Grogan’s horse was lost. Minnesota Iron Co cuts 800 workers amid weak ore market. Insurance partially covers losses. A Willmar Exchange hotel barn fire injures horses. suspected arson by cramps noted.
The Norman Cook farmhouse ten miles from Sleepy Eye burned with all contents. Loss over 2000 dollars, insured for 1000. Origin of fire unknown. A Bassout of Ottawa assigned to H E Gibbon, closing hardware and grocery. assets and liabilities similar. Frank Flannigan of Mankato to sue city for 1000 after wagon accident. D E Rices residence near Wahpeton robbed during Sells' circus. Items stolen include a gold watch 40 dollars cash and silverware. Police pursuing. Lewis Hallet of Buffalo found guilty of highway robbery. accomplice Riggs acquitted.
News item reports P. and Griebler former mayor of St. Cloud died from consumption. Also noted is William Saak of Faribault who died after leg injuries led to amputation. The text covers a train thief caught at Frazee and a tailor H H Myrum wounded in a kitchen window incident with EF F Searing's hired girl, with no arrest yet.
A Waseca post office burglary totaling about 15 dollars saw cash taken while stamps remained untouched. No clues were found. A separate railway disaster on the Eastern Minnesota line killed the engineer and brakeman and possibly two tramps, with the fireman fatally scalded. Ed Everett, about 25, and a 14 year old named Peters drowned at Big Lake near Monticello after their horse apparently fell in. A man using the name A E Hall claimed to be a Rochester nurseryman and hired a team from Liverman Hughes of Waseca. a warrant is out for his arrest and there has been no word on his whereabouts.
On Tuesday June 27 John Smoke drowned while bathing in a mill pond at Jackson. Nels Elliot slipped on Van Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis and broke his leg. A derailment on the Great Northern at Minneapolis injured switchman Tim Valin with a compound leg fracture. Jacob Fisher of the Todd County Bank at Long Prairie assigned, owing county about 10 000 to 15 000. expected payment around 75 cents on the dollar.
On Wednesday June 28, three fatal railroad accidents occur as Brakeman Albert Milligan dies after a head injury from a moving train at Albany Stearns County. Five year old Phinch Weilandt of Winona is fatally struck by a switched car. Chris Olson drowns at Lewis ton dam after being swept beyond his depth. Lizzie Baumel, six, of Richmond Stearns County, dies from severe scalding after falling into a tub of hot water in her kitchen.
A missing Chinaman, Lee Chump, was found dead near Brainerd Minnesota. He was stabbed to death with a diamond ring on his finger and his money and watch gone. Two Chinamen jailed on strong evidence for his murder, with examination postponed to Thursday. A farmer saw four Chinamen go to the thicket the day of the killing. The sheriff guards the prisoners as public anger rises.
A fire at Bidwell & Co.'s slaughter house in Springlake near Minneapolis caused about 40000 in damage. It spread to Hastings stone saw mill Clayton Plow works and J B Bassett planing mill. Sparks also destroyed two barns on Mount Curve avenue. a youth named Curtis suffered serious burns removing carriages from Merage's barn.
In Yaris Kentucky B B Hazen craft a wealthy commission merchant shot and killed his brother in law Dan Stuart of Marston. Stuart had threatened Hutchcraft and struck him with a loaded cane before Hazen fired three shots. Stuart's wife had died by her own hand last July after writing letters alleging cruelty.
Rome reports that Milan Naples Florence and Turin barracks seized anarchist newspapers leaflets and books over five days. Military authorities suspect smuggling with NCOs aiding circulation and several NCOs have been arrested while some officers have been reduced in rank for negligence.
A deadly explosion at Bohing's Iron Works in Magdeburg Saxony kills six workers and severely burns seven others while they cast a heavy ingot. The blast is blamed on damp sand in the mold sending molten iron in all directions.
Mrs. P. T. Harris and her ten year old daughter drowned when the wagon was backed into the Rio Grand river six miles west of Del Norte after the horses balked. Harris and a young man named Tinker escaped by swimming to shore. Harris's wife and child perished.
Mrs Jennie Johrson a boarder at the Lennox hotel corner of Euclid avenue and Erie street leaped from a fourth floor window and died two hours later. She had been melancholy for some time believed to be the cause of her act.
Ledgerwood North Dakota June 27 reports John Heley a farmer seven miles northeast buries another child from diphtheria. This makes three children buried within a week aged eighteen months seven and thirteen. Several other children and Mr Heley are down with the disease.
Charles Foster, conductor on the Michigan Central, was fatally wounded when tramps shot him in the back at Dowagia after he put them off a Cannon Ball freight. He was brought to Jeskson, Michigan, where he died.
William Ryan, a respected Flint Creek resident of Philipsburg Minnesota, was kicked by his horse while turning it loose in the pasture. He died six hours later from injuries sustained in the incident.
A Mecca dispatch states 455 deaths from cholera occurred yesterday in the holy city. The report notes the outbreak intensifying, with authorities rushing aid and seeking to contain the spread among pilgrims and residents.
A powder explosion at Remedios yesterday in the City of Mexico left one man dead and several others seriously wounded. Local authorities investigated the incident and safety measures are being reviewed to prevent further accidents.
Cleveland report from Celina Ohio says C E Craig a balloonist tried a parachute jump. The chute failed and Craig plunged 300 feet remaining unconscious with probable death.
Telegrams from Calcutta report the Indian government has stopped coinage of silks for private account at the India mints. The development comes as London markets note the suspension announced by authorities and bank channels.
Special formal charges against Paymaster John Sullivan of the United States Navy for irregularities in official conduct are prepared at the navy department. He was suspended following Pay Inspector Lyons' report, a move now shown to precede Lyons' findings.
Denver attorneys for Dr. T Thatcher Graves awaiting a rehearing on the charge of poisoning Mrs. Barnaby of Providence apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus seeking his immediate release. The motion claims two terms of court have passed since his imprisonment without trial.
Faribault Minnesota special George W Baxter was discharged after an arrest for the assault on Miss Henry though she insisted he was the man.
In Buffalo Minnesota the jury convicted Lewis Fister in the case State versus Fister for highway robbery in the first degree after a short deliberation. The crime involved an older man near Monticello last fall and the man Riggs, accused with Fister, had his trial last December and was acquitted.
Black River Falls Wisconsin reports that Morris Ellison a St Paul merchant wed Ella Stevens a popular young woman in a North Bend ceremony.
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