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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1888
Page
2
Brainerd notes Mexico has long spent more than revenues with last year showing a $400,090 surplus. Penobscot Bay in Maine is frozen over for the first time in over ten years, a rare winter event for the era.
The Chicago divorce market showed 2 140 applications and 654 grants last year, surpassing Indiana which previously led the nation. The shift marks Chicago as the new center of divorce activity in the region.
Insurance firms in Hartford own 70 million in Western farm mortgages while Boston loan companies hold 76 million more. The combined figure across the two cities reaches 146 million in farm mortgages and loan investments.
The Pressburg Journal celebrated its 125th anniversary on January 1. The Hungarian city, where German and Hungarian are spoken in roughly equal numbers, marked the occasion by exact reprinting the paper’s first German issue.
Bradstreet's notes shorter lines developing contiguous territory and parallel routes will gain attention this year while other authorities foresee several lines extending hundreds of miles toward the Pacific coast.
In Battle Creek Michigan the Adventists prepare for the end times by liquidating farms and personal goods to fund their missionary work. A recent meeting raised 3000 dollars in cash and 2000 dollars in jewelry to be used for spreading their beliefs.
Observers note a decline in marriages among natives in recent years. With leap year, young women are urged to influence the trend toward matrimony, though the extent of their impact is not specified.
The article notes NYC’s growth in the past decade outpaces its first two centuries and a quarter, with over 30 000 buildings and a value not less than 420 million dollars. It mentions forecasts of population surpassing London if the trend continues.
In Parliament Mr Chap in the minister of agriculture warned of a persistent low mood in agriculture and the government must address it soon. Estimated 1885 loss from deficient agricultural values stood at £42.8 million, likely rising above £50 million. Re liable estimates indicated 700,000 idle due to agriculture paralysis while others faced reduced wages.
The text claims Dr John Hall of New York earned at least 30000 since last September from marriage fees with one groom paying 5000. It asserts Hall is worth 1 million and total income above 100000. His church is described as the wealthiest in the city and supposedly displays 400 million in offerings each Sunday. It alleges brides seek him for fashionable weddings.
Town hydrants now spill water that looks milky and bubbly, sparking concern among residents. A chemical test showed high levels of carbonic acid gas, but experts say the water is harmless and possibly beneficial to health rather than dangerous.
The passage compares wartime manpower across nations. Russia holds 780,000 in regular forces, Germany would reach 1,145,000 after a 700,000 increase, France totals 3,753,000 on a war footing, and the United States with state militias approaches 3,000,000.
Justice Lamar appears for the first time in a major Supreme Court ruling as a dissenting voice with Justices Harlan and Pield. The issue: whether the San Francisco district court acted lawfully in admitting Jung ah Lung who had lost his prior residence certificate but proved identity. The Supreme Court upholds the circuit court and affirms the district court’s action as authorized by law.
President Cleveland and his wife left Washington for a Florida visit. Rev J C Price president of Livingston College Salisbury N C named minister resident and consul general to Liberia. Senate sentiment fears ratification of the fishery treaty and a two thirds vote may fail. Washington Special: tariff bill to fall committee, free list expanded for wool lumber salt and many chemicals, steel rails and pig iron duties cut. Government printing office inquiry finds reduced force boosts work. no politically driven firings.
President and Mrs. Cleveland entertain in Jacksonville. Miss Jennie Chamberlain, the Ohio beauty, leads a quiet life in Cleveland. Rev Knowlton helps St Pauls Winona clear its debt. Gov Gordon of Georgia allegedly faces financial collapse amid failed ventures. Miss Van Wart, Marshal Roberts’ granddaughter, may be America’s wealthiest young woman with near 3 million dollars. Josef Hofmann ends stage career citing health. he welcomes relief. Frederick Platz dies in Racine, Wisconsin, once a German immigrant admiring liberty. Abel Willard of Neenah, 88, shows new upper teeth. Mrs Senator Davis marks Washington’s Birthday with horseback ride and opera attendance. Senator Blackburn arranging horse from his stables. Davis resumes vigor.
Reports detail Gustave Winkler killing his wife and then himself in Milwaukee. Other items describe a Chicago murder suspect arrested in Missouri, a Montana shooting near Elliston, a Canada hotel arrest for attempted murder, Marion County embezzlement charges in Ohio, a fatal shooting by a son in Chicago, elopement arrests in Alliance Ohio, a lynching talk after a Guthrie County shooting, an Omaha procurer arrest, a tax collector robbed near Appelle Station, a prairie bound assault, a New York teenage illness linked to a Mongolian crime ring, and arrests related to the alleged abuse of a girl by Chinese men in a laundry.
The Governor General opens parliament promising bills to improve affairs in the Canadian Northwest. The Times notes the treaty's fate hinges on Canadian reception while Daily News cites apathy toward the issue. Parnell's bill aims to ease arrears for tenants under the 1887 act and extend restitution periods. The bill, submitted to Morley, is expected to pass the Gladstonian agenda.
Near Manhattan Kansas a railroad accident killed fireman Foster and fatally injured Engineer Boyle. Albert Lornes wounds himself with a shotgun. Kingsworth Buxton livery stable burns totally, about $25 000 loss insured. H C Sinclair and wife return from travel. he vanishes on the Northern Pacific train near Brainerd after complaining of a headache.
A wife, believing her husband had stopped at a station and was left behind, sent a search via telegram. She later learned his body was found near Royaltown mangled as if he had fallen between the cars.
The senate confirmed Knute C Harris in Fergus Falls Minnesota as a public money official. Minnesota railroads report earnings rising by over a million dollars. Shenandoah miners end their strike and return to work. Democratic committee sets St Louis as convention city and June 5 as the date.
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued an opinion in the George Rice suit from Marietta Ohio against Louisville and Nashville and other railroads. It held railroads must publish rate information, treat tank cars like barrels, and end unjust discrimination by standardizing tank and barrel rates and ceasing mixed tank rates based on capacity.
Captain O M Sawyer reports admissions through Feb 13 totaling 63 applications with 47 admitted and 2 approved. States represented include Minnesota 18 and Wisconsin 8 with other entries. Expenditures from site and support funds total 1 560.19 and 6 535.13. Temporary relief applications number 280 114 from Minnesota soldiers and others with widows orphans and pensioners noted.
The National Democratic Committee met in Washington and voted to hold the convention on June 5 in St Louis. A seven member committee was to be appointed to arrange the convention and canvass until then. Death notices were issued for Edmund Wilson of Maine and Herbert O. Thompson of New York. The committee will reconvene in St Louis on June 4, 1888. Willliam H. Barnum chaired. Frederick C. Prince was secretary.
Col. Thomas C. Sullivan announces awards from proposals opened on the 14th in the Department of Dakota. Read: large quantities of issue flour at various prices to Valley City James Russell, Bismarck James Hillyer, and others, family flour to Eli Zeidler, Mandan Charles Hood, hard bread to Clifton Lewis, laundry soap to Arthur Rice, and numerous cigars to Henry Doerr, Adam Fetach, G R Montfort, and GN Rubles at assorted per thousand rates.
The Minnesota Department G A R held its eighth annual encampment in Minneapolis on the 23rd and 24th with about 500 in attendance. James H. Ege won on the second ballot to become commander, amid reports of post growth and a treasury near four thousand dollars while officers and delegates were chosen for the next national encampment.
DalHE Eee James H. Ege born March 20 1844 at Pine Grove Furnace Cumberland County Pa. He enlisted 1862 in Ninety third Illinois infantry and served as corporal until 1865. He fought at Jackson Champion Hills Altoona Pass and Sherman’s march to the sea then settled in Minneapolis as deputy sheriff and rose to commander of George N. Morgan post in 1884. He has a wife and three children.
An American traveler in Havana writes from Cuba dated February 16 describing growing panics and foraging difficulties amid worsening conditions. The report conveys concern over shortages and social disruption observed in the capital during the visit.
W W Corcoran a leading Washington financier and philanthropist dies after a long illness. He amassed an estimated 3.5 million dollars and endowed hundreds of thousands to education religion and the poor. Born 1798 in Georgetown he built a vast public gift program including Corcoran Gallery Louise Home and endowments to University of Virginia and other institutions.
The Washington Capitol reports an impending reshuffle in the army high command. Maj. Gen. Alfred H. Terry may retire after a four month leave. President Cleveland will appoint a major general and a brigadier general. Brig. Gen. George Crook is favored for the major generalship. A rival contest for brigadier general includes Col. Brooke and Col. Otis among several candidates.
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Strike by engineers and firemen began on the 27th and continues. Several thousand quit, crippling service as freight traffic is suspended and passenger travel becomes difficult.
A major blaze in Buffalo New York caused property losses estimated at one million dollars. The hardest hit include James E Curtiss glove and mitten works at Exchange Street numbers 47 and 49 Bickford and Francis leather merchants the Michigan Central railway ticket office the Eastern freight agent offices the Express newspaper Mathews and North rup printing and lithographic works the Empire fast freight line the Buffalo Upholstering company office the Richard H Thompson paper ware rooms and the Queen City Shirt Manufacturing Company.
The Northwestern Roader reports ongoing freight war losses with no change in late war conditions for the Northwest. It cites $51,200 lost in the past seven days on St Paul and Minneapolis business, and $65,000 for the prior thirteen days, totaling about $149,200 in three weeks.
The notice announces the forthcoming marriage of Misa Bell Fellows of Washington and Chaska at the Cheyenne agency. It also reports a Minneapolis girl lured by false promises into an Eau Claire house of ill fame, escaped, then recaptured. Postmasters commissioned and appointed in Dakota and Wisconsin are listed with names and locations.
A reader outlines a winter laying hens regimen using eight Brahmas ten Plymouth Rocks and ten cross Brown Leghorn Brahma pullets aged six months to two years. Details cover stock, feeding, housing, outdoor run, general care, and results noting low disease losses and early laying with nine to twelve eggs daily in December and January.
Thomas Roe sues the event stakeholders to recover eight thousand dollars lost in the Minneapolis bicycle race. A new railway company, the St. Paul New Ulm & Southwestern, is formed at St. Paul to build an independent line from Hopkins to Chaska and Carver, then toward Omaha via New Ulm.
James G. Blaine insists he will not allow his name to be used for any future nomination. He argues a defeated candidate should not seek re nomination and cites fatigue and duty to party as reasons. Mrs. Blaine approves his withdrawal as definitive and he remains abroad until June after the Republican convention.
The reply to questions shows Blaine emphatically refuses to be a candidate again. He cites deliberate prior letter and exhaustion from a second presidential race as reasons to withdraw. Crawford reports Blaine plans to be in New York by June after travel in London and Florence and hopes to avoid canvassing turmoil upon return.
J F Jones of Alabama names Democratic congressional campaign committee executives from Tennessee Illinois Pennsylvania South Carolina New York Michigan Virginia Minnesota Nebraska and New Hampshire. Senate appointees include Senators Kenna Hearst and Jones. Also noted are railroad strike acquittal reports fatalities and various congressional actions on tariffs civil service reform and public land bills with overseas and state implications.
The Senate considered a dependent pension bill with amendments on incapacity and self support. Debate centered on whether eliminating the word totally would broaden eligibility. Majors from the Grand Army of the Republic argued the bill should reflect current public sentiment while preserving core principles. In the same session, the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua bill advanced with related amendments and a final 38 vote. Other actions included South Dakota admission, railroad land forfeiture proposals, and a Wyoming statehood push.
Vice President W. P. Clough stated there is no foundation to the rumor that the Manitoba was negotiating to buy the Minneapolis and Pacific. Blaine’s declination letter, reportedly written months ago, was made public over friends’ objections.
A collection of quotes on piety faith and life followed by a brief sketch noting Col. Richard M. Johnson, aged 65, a prominent Georgia lawyer before the war and now rising in the southern literary circle.
A British chemist’s estimate outlines the outputs from a ton of coal. It yields coke, ammonia water, and coal tar which distills into pitch creosote heavy oils naphtha yellow and other chemicals including phenol aniline toluidine toluene and saccharine noted as exceptionally sweet.
A Washington correspondent reports that fashionable White House visitors claim a superstition follows visits to the capital. The source notes several guests married after returning home and others engaged, with the belief surpassing luck from a four leaf clover.
The quote reflects Rev. Peter 8. Menzies observing history shows time and Christian era bring a growing share of good men and rising standards of virtue. It frames moral improvement as an enduring trend across ages and eras.
Rail traffic shows the Minnesota railroads earned 26 162 086 66 in 1887 vs 25 102 319 34 in 1886. Freight receipts rose 853 456 48 though tonnage grew 24 percent while earnings grew 46 percent. Passenger totals dropped from 8 141 163 in 1877 to 6 323 188 in 1886 with lower per mile rates.
Moses D. Kenyon a longtime deputy state auditor was appointed public examiner to fill the vacancy left by Henry M. Knox. The governor cites Kenyon's honesty, ability, and deep knowledge of state, county, and institutional accounts gained in the auditor's office. The appointment follows broad consultation with party leaders and business figures.
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