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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1891
Page
3
A Pelican Rapids mother, Mrs. QO. C. Hansen, hanged herself and her one year old child. Ole Hansen, her husband, is described as crazed by grief and held by several men after the grim discovery.
Memphis Tenn March 12 David H Poston a leading Memphis lawyer was shot and mortally wounded this morning by Col H Clay King a noted Memphis citizen and lawyer The shooting on May street opposite Court square drew a large crowd Col King a Civil War veteran and author of Kings Digest was arrested Poston remains in precarious condition with physicians saying he cannot recover
A British navy officer in Montreal predicts potential war with the United States over the Behring Sea dispute. He cites Lord Wolseley’s Canada visit and Pacific coast inspection, plus navy yard activity, arguing Britain must be ready and that war could erupt before year’s end unless diplomacy prevails.
A Brooklyn medium reports Captain F L Norton died of starvation eighty days into a voyage to Europe aboard a small steamer named Norton. His wife and niece reportedly left him, a cyclone struck the ship, and the wreck now lies about 3000 miles east of Brazil with Engineer Coulson as the sole survivor.
In Little Rock on March 12 a clash occurred during a debate on a constitutional convention as E. C. Mitchell and H. C. Head hurled ink stands spittoons and related items. No injuries occurred though ink and tobacco juice stained several members. order was restored after apologies.
A March 12 blaze in Buffalo, New York, destroyed the Henry W. Burt five story brick and iron building and damaged the Tucker building. The Dental company's building was completely ruined. Six horses in a rear barn perished. Total loss estimated at about $225,000, nearly insured.
The Hennessy case heard character testimony today as the defense closed for Polietz. The grand jury investigated alleged attempts to bribe talesman jurors in the Hennessy case and returned three indictments against unnamed parties not yet arrested.
Secretary Blaine received a cable from Tokio announcing the death tonight of American Minister John F. Smith. The notice confirms the loss of the diplomat while he served in Japan, signaling an official acknowledgment from Washington.
Washington reports an Indian bill amendment to allow taking Indians off the reservation was defeated. Buffalo Bill Cody secured authorization to take 100 Sioux from the Great Sioux Reservation in South Dakota for his show. Commissioner Morgan protested the plan, but sentiment shifted and Indians will go with Col. Cody.
Edward Tonkin city ticket agent for the Northern Pacific in Seattle was arrested on embezzlement charges. He is believed to be $5,000 short, alleged to have lost the amount gambling in the past two months. Gamblers lured him to ruin, and the railroad plans to recover the funds. He had a strong reputation for honesty prior to these charges.
Special City Smoke Inspector Young reports clear proof of smoke nuisance abatement on entering the city. Thirteen railroad lines have equipped engines with smoke killing devices. Prosecuting lines that failed to comply with the anti smoke ordinance will begin.
Shakespeare Reeves a colored man was hanged here today for felonious assault on Grace Clark an eleven year old white girl near Newcastle on Sunday September 28 Reeves a barn worker for the girl's father lured the victim maltreated her leaving her condition critical for several days
March 12 report details a fierce South England blizzard with high tides, wrecked fishing boats, drowned coast guards, and widespread railway delays. Thames banks inundated, Covent Garden markets snowbound, and London suffers cold as supplies grow scarce.
In Torreka Kansas on March 12 Speaker Elder of the Kansas House erupted after a discussion on a report. He charged the Farmers Alliance with running the house and demanded galleries cleared. Hissings and groans followed as the chamber nearly devolved into a riot before order was restored.
Asany New York March 12 Senate remains in session since 2 30 pm under a call of the senate led by Fassett to bar Lieut Gov Jones from naming a presiding officer for two days during his absence. Democrats are present but three absent Republicans would tilt the majority to change the rules. Senators idle in the clerk's room at midnight as the stalemate continues.
Nicholas Eaton, wealthy Kansas City businessman with Texas Panhandle ranch and Joplin district mines, was shot near his home. The coroner suspects murder by robbers who fled without taking valuables. Estate valued around $500,000. The cause remains under investigation as to whether the death was self-inflicted or murder.
In PLigsworth Wisconsin a house burned after a lamp overturned. Theodore Ecker, ill and unable to escape, and his three year old son died. His two daughters aged six and eight escaped with serious burns.
March 12 report from Lonnox describes Mr. Jackson holding his abducted wife in his home. A mob of about a hundred friends and relatives attempted a rescue but were repelled by a large police force. Jackson claims his wife is calm and an amicable settlement is possible. Police plan forcible entry tomorrow. The wife has telegrammed the authorities saying she is content to stay and the siege may end.
A passenger coach on the Milwaukee road Viroqua branch was derailed by a broken rail this morning. Twenty four passengers rode in the car but no one was seriously injured. The broken rail caused the accident.
In Statue Washington on March 12 a rumor that the steamer Buckeye was lost near Edmonds with twenty five passengers aboard was disproved by the confirmation of the vessel s safe arrival.
Mr Longman welcomed the act as recognition of literary property, predicting most publishers will stay neutral and those with American houses may gain. He noted English and paper makers will be hurt while publishers with U.S. establishments can have books set in type there.
The preliminary dispute in Beaver Dam focuses on whether the state can compel ex-State Treasurer E C McFetridge to submit to an examination. The state seeks to uncover facts about alleged interest received on deposits of public funds during his tenure.
Special report from London states Robert Lindsay Antrobus, second son of Sir Edmund Antrobus, a junior partner at Coutts & Co., was found dead in bed with a pistol nearby. He was born in 1857 and unmarried. The cause of death by his own action remains unknown.
A report to the Secolo claims Special-Lieut. Livraghi chief of Massowah police conspired to murder 800 natives for plunder. The public demands a stringent inquiry as outrage grows over the alleged orders from exalted figures.
In a Detroit Free Press piece Mrs Bowser narrates a domestic farce where her husband feigns illness to spare her from real pain. She details his dramatic headaches and her tireless care with camphor, towels, and coaxing a doctor, contrasting his theatrics with her own genuine strain.
In a tense exchange from Street & Smith's Good News a rival plots to send a fatal paper to Stere's father. A messenger boy is dispatched with the document. A quick setup shows a plan, a coin given to the boy, and a narrow chance at salvation.
A column urges daily kindness and polite greetings in busy life. It reflects on small acts that brighten others days, notes travel wraps and knitting bags as they relate to home life, and emphasizes shared humanity across social divisions.
A housewife shares a quick frosting method mixing boiling water with powdered sugar and orange or lemon juice or rose water. She notes vanilla as an alternative and suggests chocolate frosting by melting chocolate into vanilla flavored frosting, praising the recipe as the easiest and best.
The article outlines light tan and gray tweeds or solid color Cheviots for spring journeys. Outfits include a fitted coat with plain skirt, a cape for warmth, and shirt waists as warm weather options. Accessories feature an English turban or toque with dark velvet, a black hat, sheer grenadine veil, and light shaded heavy kid gloves. New bolsters are described below.
An old household guide explains washing with lukewarm water containing ammonia or borax to keep skin clear. Oatmeal in the water whitens hands, while glycerine at night may irritate some skins. White of egg with alum or Roman paste offer alternatives, but oatmeal and lemon cut stains effectively.
Instructions for making a shopping or knitting bag describe satin foundation seven eighths of a yard wide twenty inches, a canvas center piece, lining options, and decorative embroidery. It then shifts to praise of a bright woman noted for pleasing others, with observations on her charm wit and peacemaking nature.
Capes and coats vie for popularity as spring wraps with options between loose flowing silhouettes and close fitted cuts. Fabrics include Meltons lightweight diagonals ribbed cloths in mastic gray tan reseda with white and red accents. Black goods suit both elaborate and simple, economical garments. Elaborate and simple mantles mix figured cloths with wav ed lines bows blocks and spots against plain fabrics.
Harper's Bazaar describes a range of cape designs from simple circular capes with center neck openings and short slits to elaborate fur trimmed capes with ostrich feather yokes. Fabrics include Melton gray or tan, reseda green, pale Parma violet, black cloth, and red English serge with black lining.
A curio of household tips and simple recipes including baking powder dry mixing, cleaning hints with whiting or ammonia, odor control with salt on stoves, liniment for joints, Devonshire Junket, mustard mix, stewed tomatoes, mead or honey wine, spice sausage, cockroach kill mix, pudding without eggs, carrot soup, parsnip wine, and instructions framed as practical domestic guidance.
A meditation on fashion trends and the social pressure to conform. The piece questions who designs style and why personal taste cedes to collective norms, comparing fashion shifts to alchemy in their swift, almost magical transformation.
A humorous exchange from Youth's Companion recounts a wife ordering a pie plant after a nursery visit. Her husband returns home to find her in high spirits and she imagines picking fresh pie for dinner once the plant is established by next summer.
In a school government, strict orders govern conduct. A teacher questions Thomas about laughing in class and warns him to stop thinking during school hours, illustrating enforced classroom discipline according to Youth's Companion.
A world weary stranger enters a Chicago hotel and offers to rid the house of rats in exchange for a dinner. After a long meal he asks for a spade, sits confident and proclaims to begin. A sudden rush of revelry opens the door and a strange mass lands on the pavement as the crowd reacts.
A hotel rules card on liquor charges is ignored by guests including Congressmen. A Southern M C keeps liquor in his room but thieves strike. He dosed the remaining whisky with ipecac to catch a thief, provoking sick maids instead of a porter. A comic cascade ends with four churchgoers seeking a priest.
The article advises plain nourishing food and regular life for good singing. It urges artists to live for their art, expose themselves to fine singing and art, study notes and words, persevere, and understand human nature to touch listeners. Sadie's Home Journal.
A bald headed railway director travels with strangers and faces repeated rudeness from porters at three stations. A porter ignores him, teases about reading the name board, and warns the director to keep his head inside. The incident sparks anger and leads to consequences the next day.
The rector J C Davis of St James Episcopal Church Eufaula Alabama testifies that his son recovered from a fearsome cough after using two bottles of Boschee German Syrup. He recommends it widely. Other letters from Montevideo Minnesota and Woodbury New Jersey praise its effectiveness for colds on the lungs.
A Chicago Herald reporter observes a ring of detectives hired by cash register firms to police clerks. A clerk accepts money then neglects to ring it up while a hidden watcher notes the slip. The practice is framed as protection against theft and a common business tactic.
An old newspaper snippet touts Castoria for infants and children, Johnson's Anodyne Liniment for coughs, and GARFIELD TEA promising long-standing constipation relief. It also features a general axiom about manners and a definition of a gentleman highlighting tenderness and courage.
The passage argues that modern judgment values substance over form yet final judgment favors form. It notes many popular historic works seem dull to later readers, while highly regarded formal merit rarely perishes. Form’s perfection appears more attainable than substance, and neglecting form risks losing attractiveness and inviting eccentricity. It contends rhyme rhythm cadence purity and melody may be essential to poetry or at least enhance its artistic quality.
The article notes rising prices for Burns first editions and Halliwell Phillips Shakespeare folio, with 1887 and last season price comparisons. It highlights scarce 150 copy editions and forecasts continued strong demand amid collectors. It also catalogues various advertisements and health remedies from period publications.
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