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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1890
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch reports a 4 500 foot well with a six inch diameter pumping 4 000 gallons per minute. It notes wells in the region reach 3 000 feet. A Painesville Ohio businessman suffers a peculiar paralysis where his legs fail by day and return by night.
After 122 years of litigation heirs to a northern Hungarian estate win their claim. The heirs, expanding from the bishop of Neutra’s family to more than 2,000 individuals, will receive about five dollars each.
A New York World reporter fell from a ferry intending to be rescued by the crew. They had no time, but a Word tug stood nearby and the reporter was fished out before life was extinct.
Iris notes the most valuable book is a Hebrew Bible housed in the Vatican Library in Rome. An offer worth about 102000 dollars for its weight in gold was refused.
National bank circulation continues to fall with a $34,596,383 drop year over year. On February 1 the total stood at $198,403,572, reflecting the ongoing contraction before new note issuance by the U S treasurer.
Berlin scores a great success with the moving post offices. The system supplements forty seven post offices and 750 letter boxes as mail carts operate in eleven directions delivering local letters and sorting for country and abroad while en route to the next post office.
William Holvano a German farm hand near Finley station Cumberland County New Jersey suffered a year long dull ear pain until a Sunday moment when he removed a small black bug about pinhead size from his ear. The insect had lodged in the canal for a year and caused constant trouble.
In San Francisco rich families employ a phonograph as a companion for the sick with a black helper turning the crank as it sings talks and plays. Undertakers consider using it for brief prayers and sermons at burials of the friendless poor.
Dom Pepro visited Cannes to inspect fortifications. A sentinel initially refused entry but opened gates after learning his identity. The commanding officer punished the sentinel for allowing an ex emperor near French forts, asserting the republic rejects monarchs prowling the defenses.
An English militia captain who faced a requested resignation because of age responded that if authorities sent twelve of their strongest men he would walk them forty miles and lead them to the highest hill. The officials declined the challenge and did not press for resignation.
W. K. Moornean of the Smithsonian spent last summer surveying Fort Ancient in Warren County Ohio with assistants and plans an illustrated volume on his discoveries. He reports evidence of two distinct aboriginal races and the uncovering of a large village site in the Miami River bottoms five feet below the surface.
The journals of Ceylon report the death of Dello a well known island elephant seen by several generations of English. Belonging to the last king of Kandy he was one of one hundred elephants taken by the English in 1815 when the Kandyan dynasty fell. If correct he was about fifteen then, dying naturally at eighty nine.
Among the Piutes, the father in law causes trouble while mothers in law are welcomed with smiles. A visiting mother in law is sent to town with a wife to sell fuel and return money for poker. The father in law proves useless at gathering wood or seeds.
Secretary Proctor issues directive for the national flag used by the army and navy after July 4 1890 to display forty two white stars arranged in six rows of seven in the blue field.
In Washington Hon. Charles H. Tupper Canada minister of marine and fisheries is instructed to limit work to the Behrings sea fisheries question in U S Canada relations. Ex Governor James Edward English dies in New Haven at seventy eight after pneumonia. He leaves a widow and one son.
Reports from Northern Texas describe hundreds of range cattle frozen to death during the cold spell with more losses possible if conditions do not improve. In Wisconsin Emil Christianson died after a fall from his horse near Hartland en route to Ellsworth. A Sioux Falls fire gutted two-story frame buildings injuring Jack Toohy and a child who jumped to escape. In Pennsylvania, a Wilkesbarre gas explosion trapped eight men in a shaft, filled with smoke and gas, hindering rescue attempts.
Reports detail a wide arc of violence and crime from Missouri to New Jersey, including shootings over business disputes near Ogden Utah, a murder trial in Camden, a fatal schoolhouse row in Missouri, and a string of robberies, hangings, and assaults across cities like Baltimore, Chicago, and Winnipeg.
The report recounts George Clark's hanging for the murder of William McClausland, amid indictments of eight others and a new trial for James Neff who was acquitted. It also covers the suicide of Frank W. Sitterly after a domestic quarrel, the Silcott arrest in Washington, and the Birmingham mob killing of Dick Hawes after he confessed to murdering his wife and two children May and Irene.
A fierce southern England snow storm with high winds causes shipwrecks. The Quetta survivors number 158 after the steamer lost from Cooktown to London. Manitoban brings 37 Nautique crewmen from Havre. An editorials in St Petersburg Novosti accuses Austria of military buildup and aiding Bulgaria, triggering a rouble drop.
Savannah reports first snow in years while a Southern Colorado border war threat grows. New England sees 12 to 18 inches of snow as East storms ease. New York plasterers strike for eight hours at 50 cents, May 1 start. Atlantic squadron ships reach Genoa Spezzia. Ohio River rises to 55 feet 2 1 2 inches. Four large raccoons killed in Hastings Minnesota vault by two men. Mississippi rail case over white and colored cars upheld by U S Supreme Court after Mississippi ruling.
Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and Milwaukee price listings show corn oats barley flax and wheat futures and cash prices. Butter butter fat dairy and cheese quotes appear with assorted regional grades and deliveries.
August Garth a German cooper at Northwestern brewery killed his wife and then killed himself with a razor. The couple allegedly agreed to die after jealousy and alleged infidelity accusations. Four children witnessed the scene as neighbors gathered. Both bodies were found in the small room with a bloodstained bed and weapon. They had lived in Stillwater about three years.
A long list of acts passed by both house and senate includes creating an inspector of mines, preserving the Big Sioux waters, defining public nuisances, issuing bonds for boundary counties, and authorizing state boards, health measures, and medical practice rules. New bills cover county warrants, city incorporation, printing of prohibition copies, and amending law sections. Senate actions include bond interest funding, equalization board, toll regulation, education on alcohol and narcotics, stock rules, and sale of Sioux Falls real estate for penitentiary needs.
A man fitting the bank robber’s description of a $4,000 Valley Falls raid registered at a Kansas hotel. Police confronted him at midnight, ordered surrender, and he drew at officers. Two rifle shots killed him. $1,000 in greenbacks found on him. Identified as Robertson. officers exonerated.
Delegates discuss final adjournment likely by April first as committees complete reports. Arbitration favors settling differences by arbitration with details undecided. Two monetary coin reports planned: common silver dollar for cross border trade and certificates against bullion deposited by Central and South American states. Railways committee reports pending.
The conference has adopted communication and sanitary regulations and weights and measures. Reports from the committee on patents and trade marks and on international law are set as regular orders for consideration tomorrow.
A man detained in Chehalis is believed by the sheriff to be Silcott, though he has used multiple names. Agents plan to send for a description and photo while the prisoner, anxious to be released, hints at a possible confession within a day.
Washington report says the Ways and Means subcommittee will present its agricultural tariff revision to the full committee within days. It calls for higher duties on cereals and hay, peas, potatoes, barley, and straw, while eggs remain free. Legislation stems from Representative Hansbrough’s push for relief for American farmers.
Washington telegram reports a nine member senate privileges committee met behind closed doors to review the Montana election case. No action was taken yet but the panel’s remarks imply five Republicans may back seating Sanders and Power with possible Democratic support. The panel seeks no new testimony as both sides closed their arguments.
Speaker Reed refuses an invitation from the Blue Grass club citing a letter from Jay F Durham who allegedly vowed to kill him in Kentucky. Reed says such an event would be too common there and prefers to die later elsewhere, highlighting political tensions at the capitol.
The regular monthly debt statement shows a decrease of 6,150,486 in the past month, with seven months of the fiscal year totaling 42,090,001. Cash held by the treasury stands at 52,756,584, about 1,000,000 higher than last month, while national depositories hold 35,178,304, down nearly 5,000,000. The gold fund is 157,988,48 and the silver fund 18,481,773, up about 1,000,000 from Feb 1. Receipts for February total 30,866,216 versus 30,153,150 a year prior. eight months of pension payments total 77,116,483 against 73,788,887 previously.
Trempealeau county circuit court opens with Hans Olson lynchers on the calendar. Friends seek to move the charge from murder to manslaughter in the second degree, pressuring jurors and officials. Principal prisoner Charles Johnson weighs a guilty plea amid petition drive.
An express train bound for Helena was delayed eight hours due to a freight wreck about ninety miles east of Glasgow Montana. Engineer Lovelace was crushed by the engine and died instantly. fireman Upham and brakeman Stroup escaped with minor injuries. Lovelace's wife lives in Barnesville Minnesota.
Ross Carter from Cincinnati, a telegraph operator, is jailed in Burrato N Y on charges of absconding with 7966 from his fiancée Miss Anna Allen. All but 100 were found in his valise. Carter promised to return funds and left for Cincinnati with two detectives. wedding plans were in place.
Charles A. Nordstrom was jailed today accused of killing James Gilson after a dispute over a drink ended with Gilson tossed to the floor and later dying from alleged internal injuries. Gilson, 21, had worked in the railway shops until recently. Additional notes mention Indian committee members Wilson and Du Bois asserting doubt about opening Coeur d Alene Reservation in Idaho.
Duluth halts glove contests and slugging exhibitions. Minneapolis and St Paul unions boycotting non union cigars. St Cloud chamber offers land for a government building with $100000 needed from Congress. Fire destroys Champ insan flour mill and elevator. losses $20000 with $10000 insured. Ten person wagon spill near Rochester injures several. Mrs Madden and Miss Grady seriously.
Reports from Devil's Lake to Grand Forks detail a German man Jake Walker killed by a horse, a hospital risk from a stabbing in Mandan, a teen suicide in Jamestown, a store fire in East Grand Forks, and legislative moves in Congress. Also noted are embezzlement charges against ex-postmaster Fulton, a Winnipeg wife search, tribal aid distribution, a new Locomotive Firemen lodge, a sheriff pursuit near Rutland, church mission work, and U S marshal appointment for Capt Price. Police in Winnipeg arrest two English youths for forgery on a Northern Pacific train, connected to a Winnipeg troupe.
In four days one hundred houses rose in Sherman within the Nebraska strip as German settlers occupy newly available land. The Last Chance steamer is being refitted as a ferry between Chamberlain and Sherman. Chamberlain land district lists 3,000,000 acres open to entry and a new land office is under construction. An Yankton agency Indian crossed the Missouri on the ice near the mouth.
A Racine cigarmaker died after a lung hemorrhage. A Chicago artist impersonator swindled $9 at Watertown and was later arrested in Madison. Emma Webner remains missing from Appleton causing anxiety. A Racine donor left $20,000 to endow a chair at Racine College. Ex Sheriff Len Johnson sues James McLaughlin for $3,000. A fatal dance fight occurred in Jordan with multiple injuries. Two Vienna boys burned by molten lead, one severely. Hudson suit orders $21,000 in damages for neglect. Archbishop Heiss ill in La Crosse with trip postponed. Lawrance buys log drivers’ claims, plans to sue for $3,000. An eleven-year-old Vienna boy fractured skull after a tree fall. Grafton youth J E Jegera a 14 charged with rifling an express package. Eau Claire man confesses to office robbery, aids in locating goods. Clintonville accounts reveal $1,300 shortage. Fulton given 30 days to fix. Dahman family of Eau Claire to inherit 104 million marks from Germany. Crow Eagle confronts a reservation trespasser, destroys the shack built on Crow Eagle’s land.
A Tipton district court grants a divorce and the wife immediately files for a marriage license. A separate satire notes an Iowa man seeking a government office after his wife bears triplets. Other items include a boy’s broken arm from calf riding near Jefferson and a possible coal find near Sac City.
Obituary notes Mrs daughter of an officer in the war of 1812 dies at 95 in Carson. A farmhand shoots his wife in Jasper County and faces a probable fatal wound. Sixty tombs unearthed at Thompson's mill Dubuque County thought to be an ancient Indian burial ground. A Mrs Mareha of Dubuque recounts a jaw breaking laugh spell. Ida County Watch disputes jack rabbit identity. Dr. J F Kennedy reports health bulletin shows few contagious diseases. Sund deserts wife and five children at Davenport. Mrs Henry Usher injured in Linn Junction runaway. Newton Taylor convicted of forgery in Osceola. Keokuk barber's wife seeks divorce after visiting Jacksonville.
Curated anecdotes recall Elm City Press owner J B Noyes and other editors who revealed how misprints and misreadings sparked humorous, sometimes costly, editorial slips. Tales span J B Noyes rivalries doubling meanings to Horace Greeley’s illegible copy and printers’ pratfalls.
The article notes the Megascolides Australis a six foot worm found along riverbanks or in open country. It moves rapidly inflates its ends to brace against slimy tunnel walls and can only be removed by breaking its length once attached.
The text notes a husband who died first and a wife who waited forty years to mark him with an epitaph. The lines read I am anxiously awaiting youn A. D.1827 and Here Sam A. D. 1867, reflecting a quaint, flowing phrasing from Parisian gravesites.
The Boston Herald reviews Gen. Cheng Mi Tong's translation of stories from the Book of Laughter a large Chinese anecdotes collection. Jests range from a nervous man convincing blacksmiths to move rooms to a grandson beating his grandfather later and a miser with three sons in law including a thief-son in law plotting grand robberies.
A New York Ledger anecdote recalls a wife who hires a male correspondent for a busy desk while debating whether men or women are better suited to typewriting. Her husband approves in theory but hints at a different sentiment.
The San Francisco Bulletin questions how many grown persons would complete the sample task sent to school principals as an evening assignment for a thirteen year old. It lists eight studies including original composition memorization math reasoning grammar rhetoric art design and manual skill with a demand that the child maintain sound sleep and steady nerves.
Geologists argue the strata beneath London could host coal at practical depths. A development of mines there could yield substantial savings in coal costs.
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