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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1896
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch notes a mock request to move Kuras for Gen Weyler among persecuted innocents. It adds that ninety percent of ships in the Suez Canal are British, and comments on England possibly withdrawing from Egypt. It also mentions Australians facing 130 degree heat and hints at mysteries of X ray light.
The author Frank I Smedley used the pseudonym Frank Farleigh for his work Louis Arundel choosing the name for alliteration. He stated the first name was his own and the second was selected to create a memorable pairing.
A space near Sochi in Pussia is cleared for a palace to honor the war. The planned edifice will overlook the T deck sea and construction starts in spring. Senator Allison’s Dubuque library overflows its house with many volumes stored in the cellar. The library’s value is said to exceed the house.
Italian army officers are wretchedly paid with a sub-lieutenant earning 1809 lire yearly. After taxes and official expenses, including uniform costs, the officer has about $17 monthly for board and lodging.
The Item notes ongoing discussion about Thomas Jefferson’s religious beliefs though his death makes the issue moot. It mentions Corbet reclaiming a belt and vowing a shot at Witzsimmons, promising a punch that will fade from memory like Maher’s punch did. Charles Quimby and his wife of Sandwich aged 92 and 1 years died within hours of each other after a 70 year marriage. seven children survive.
In Trehind they make buttons of potatoes the tuber is first petrified with acids. This suggests a revived idea that petrified potatoes could cure rheumatism by turning the tuber into a solid form through the processing.
Italian actress Mine Tease supplements her genius with wood taste and refuses soft music in impressive passages. The habit prompts reflections that other stage heroes and heroines would do well to imitate. It criticizes lingering maudlin mood among audience and performers.
A Chanecer Canterbury Tales edition fetched five thousand dollars in London recently. The writer notes centuries may turn curios into valuable literary investments and that poets may gain esteem again.
A Chicago alderman spent a few moments in jail after an incident described as drunken conduct while attempting to govern the city. The event drew attention to issues of authority and accountability, with constituents noting the alderman's past service and the significance of the night’s lapse.
Susan B. Anthony heads to California to organize a suffrage campaign while noting Iowa legislature’s backward step presents a field for reform work.
In a moment of heightened Cuban tension and a busy political race, local papers show renewed interest in Hayward fairy tales while multiple bicycle shows captivate town readers.
A Berlin paper asserts a European nation may use any means to crush a colony uprising. It notes no clear claim for colonists under civilized warfare laws and predicts two differing opinions if Americans are involved.
An electrical paper argues for using radiographs rather than shadow graphs for X ray pictures. It notes radiographs is euphonious and easy to spell and speak, derives from radios a ray and graphein to write, and contrasts with the less exact shadow graph term gaining some use.
Cuban agents are said to enlist men in the St Louis area, sending forty to fifty weekly to join Gomez. Thousands of Americans eager for action may respond, and recent congressional gesturing is likely to boost the enthusiasm.
England leads all nations in Central Africa trade with possessions totaling 2,000, four square miles and annual trade of 347,500,000. France ranks second with 1,000,000 square miles yielding 12,500,000 in annual trade, much of which goes to British merchants. England has not expanded into America but dominates Africa’s trade share as an established fact.
The article notes that Dr. Ransom, an American in Berlin under Dr. Behring, perfected the anti-toxin process slightly before Katisato, who is credited by many. It argues both men deserve equal distinction and deplores underfunding of American bacteriological labs hindering such discoveries.
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A dispatch to the Indian affairs commissioner reports the death of Paul F Faison at Shawnee Oklahoma. Faison was one of five inspectors in the bureau. The article also notes actions by the currency controller and pension decisions affecting Belva Lockwood and the widow of ex Secretary Gresham.
A collection of brief notices: Mr Uhl debuts as German ambassador pronouncing his name Yule. Miss Braddon, once an actress, now a public reciter. Mrs Langtry commands high fees for evenings. Capt Harry Boyd dies at 34 in Reading. Noah Hooper, oldest NH Baptist minister, dies in 90s. Benjamin Buckman farms 550 named apple varieties. Martimony hints topple Whitney from race. William Moffatt Reilly dies 74. Civil War volunteer. Webb predicts electric trains to major centers. Nordau praises Alfred Austin as a prime Anglo-Saxonist. Gladstone, an early riser, enjoys tea and backgammon. Wolcott, accused of Civil War service questions, served with One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Ohblo volunteers. At sixteen he volunteered for 100 days in response to the president's call.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Caldwell Kansas with no damage. Fire losses include Long Island City at about 100000, with bagging factory of Peter Young hit hardest. Cincinnati Highland candy factory burned for 50000, insured 25000. Utica Genesee apartment burned. Casualties: Mrs. David Hughes died from a fall, Mrs. John Wood missing. In Marion Indiana old cigarmaker Mateer died in Xenia Ohio while with his children. Miss Pauline Clarke, Miss Mary Greeves of Westmoreland Pa and Richard Garland killed by freight train.
A series of incidents includes Harry Matlock's shooting death of Mrs. Anna Strong at Cheviot Ohio, embezzlement charges against a Memphis stamp clerk, P Rhoades on trial for murder in Kentucky, a coroner's ruling of justifiable homicide in St. Louis, and other cases. Also noted are a Japanese student’s suicide near Mount Vernon, Maj. Conover robbed, a schooner incident near Long Beach Illinois, and dynamite found at New Haven Connecticut. Domestic killings, robberies, and embezzlement dominate the roundup with numerous arrests and trials across states.
Gaines dispatch notes wounds to insurgent leaders Maceo and Castillo. London Chronicle sources claim Kruger likely to travel to Pugland. A Berlin To kalouzeiger dispatch says Russia plans to expel English and American missionaries from Asia Minor.
France will spend 200000 for a fitting representation at the czar’s coronation on May 12. Gen de Boisdeffre will lead the extraordinary mission as chief of staff of the French army. The London Telegraph notes William II plans no Cowes visit this year, suggesting no regatta participation.
The Ohio House approved a measure making Lincoln's Birthday a legal holiday. Other items include a New York florist paying 10000 pounds for the Minetta carnation and bond votes in Dickinson County Michigan by a 1000 vote margin.
A Monson slate quarry accident nearly fatal shows a derrick worker gripping a glove button as a hoist hook slipped. He swung over a 175 foot drop, his life hinging on the glove’s fasten and the boom’s return, narrowly surviving in winter cold.
Demonstrations at Madrid University lead to arrests as students burn an American flag. The cabinet orders temporary university closures and a special naval armaments budget while Spain reports success against insurgents with Bernal's brigade killing 30 and capturing supplies. four Spaniards die and eight wounded.
In Valencia on March 7 a fresh outbreak of anti American demonstrations occurred as crowds gathered at the United States consulate. The building was stoned and its windows smashed as stones were hurled by the infuriated mob before police intervened.
Washington on March 7 reports the Valencia outbreak is not seen as serious and the Spanish government is expected to apologize. The claim that Musted De Lome has assurances President Cleveland will not recognize the insurgents is deemed untrue.
Madrid states no official notice of U S actions has been received on Cuban affairs. It vows to enforce respect for Spanish legations and suppress disturbances, warns against outside mediation, and seeks to avoid alienating friendly ties with the United States while Cuba remains unsettled.
Valencia reports a mob moving toward the American consulate clashed with police and gendarmes, leaving several injured. The rioters broke into the Plaza de Toros, entered the arena, and a state of siege was declared to quell the disturbance.
Madrid reports several foreign military officers including Englishmen offering services to the Spanish war minister Senor Marcelo de Azcarraga in event of war with America. Public reaction includes patriotic demonstrations and wealthy Spaniards pledging funds while towns offer goods and lives. Seville shipowners volunteer fifty steamers. Basque province opens subscription for a warship. Madrid remains calm after university closure.
About 12 000 people joined a Sunday rally in Bilbao marching toward the United States consulate. Police, armed with swords, confronted the mob as rioters hurled stones and fired pistols. Several arrests were made as authorities dispersed the crowd after clashes.
In Bilbao a mob defied authorities and attacked the American consulate area, prompting gendarmes to guard barracks. A violent clash injured about twenty protesters and nine gendarmes before the crowd retreated. Elsewhere in Spain the situation calmed.
Fire at Union Warehouse No. 3 on Magnolia Ave destroyed a building filled with cotton tobacco lumber hay and farming implements. Loss estimated around 250000 with building value about 30000 and insured for 20000. Adjacent warehouses 1 2 and 4 held goods worth several million and were protected by fire walls.
Rome dispatch reports The Tribune denies King Humbert plans to abdicate after misread remark about his son negotiating with the Negues. The paper also runs an anti French piece titled Indecency and Insolence denouncing French interference and France's Italian hatreds.
A Traer Iowa creamery burned after flames spread before discovery. Loss around 3000 dollars with little insurance. Local suspicion points to a nearby resident who reportedly believed the building had harmed him. The motive remains unverified.
London papers report the house of commons approving by 216 votes the motion for additional men for the navy, thereby ratifying the government naval programme.
Washington on March 11 reports the groundbreaking of the Hall of History, the first building for the new American university. A large crowd witnessed the ceremony.
In Porto Iowa March 11 Ike Cohen a jailed merchant sick and dangerously ill in custody. State contends Cohen brothers sought to suggest many firebugs were in La Porte to blame the blaze that devastated the city.
Washington March 11 Senator Five introduced a bill to create a department of government named the department of commerce and manufactures. The head of the new department would be a member of the president’s cabinet.
The Guetzkow Brothers, sash door and blind makers in Milwaukee, filed an assignment today with the assignee bond set at 50000 dollars.
Jury drawn after three days in the La mont murder case. State witness McDermott testifies to finding the body near Dedham, coatless and shoeless with a bullet wound. Ground shows possible skirmish. trial could last two weeks with about thirty state witnesses and three for the defense.
Undergraduates at Princeton staged a protest today marching through the main street, dragging the Spanish flag and tearing it to pieces as several hundred joined the demonstration in special noon activities.
Sault Ste Marie Michigan special report states F W Brown tax collector at the Soo Ontario shot himself in his office yesterday afternoon. He was believed to be short in his accounts and his death is considered self inflicted.
Attorneys for Western bondholders of the Butte and Boston Copper and Silver Mining company filed an attachment on the firm's property for 415000. Seven hundred men are thrown out of employment.
The Nebraska Republicans plan a Omaha demonstration in support of Gen Manderson for president after his return from Washington. He states that Reed and McKinley are unlikely to be nominated and a Western man will likely win, with Allison Davis and himself as contenders.
Victor Hudson is the site for a new asylum as the county board on the fourteenth ballot chose the John Randall farm two miles from New Richmond. Final tally New Richmond 18 Baldwin 12 Hudson 4. Architects Burthnesr and Jacobsen of St Paul plans adopted. Building committee elected: W F McNally New Richmond H J Baldwin Glenwood Dr E L Boothby Hammond.
Special-Rev. C. O. R Brown testified on his own behalf in San Francisco saying reporters on the council had suppressed favorable testimony and misquoted him. He denied all charges and claimed prejudice against him in coverage.
The Columbian cruiser Cordova, recently fitted out at Perth Amboy, N J, ran aground in Princess Bay while returning from a trial trip.
Frankfort March 11 The death of Senator Rosel Weissinger of Louisville unsettles a Kentucky senatorial contest as Republicans and Democrats risk losing their slim majorities. With Dunlap Kaufman and Boyle looming, quorum rules and joint sessions threaten to stall any election. A formal ballot was held with one vote for each party and the session adjourned.
Mrs. Cummings IDs the man found in a barrel as her husband, an impoverished inmate of the poor house for two years. Police drop murder theory, suspect medical students removed body. Infant's body donated to hospital by unknown man. later ruled natural death, man released.
Paducah Kentucky March 11 Mayor Yeiser shipped to the city marshal at Fulton 200 Winches ters used during the negro riot three years ago in response to a private telegram. Fears of an uprising in Fulton persist if it has not already occurred as a white police officer tried to arrest a negro and had to club him. Tension between whites and blacks remains extremely bitter.
New York March 11 Justice Smythe resentenced Carl Feigelbaum to be electrocuted in the week of April 27 for the murder of Mrs Hoffman on August 31, 1804. The case went to the court of appeals, which denied a new trial.
The death warrant was read today by Sheriff Clement. Holmes remained calm and expressed willingness to die, while the sheriff showed more apparent concern during the proceedings in Philadelphia.
In Strainerd Minnesota on March 11 Charles Dahl pled guilty to second degree manslaughter at the opening of court and received a two year prison sentence.
Manitoba Liberal James Dale urges a mutual concessions plan with a meeting of Roman Catholic and Protestant residents. One representative and a trustee from each district would discuss terms to inform government action. Premier Greenway says no Ottawa invitation has been received and would consider any such offer.
The steamer John L Harbrouck, running between New York and Poughkeepsie, struck the New Hamburg reef today and sank. Passengers were rescued and heeled vessel lies in a perilous position likely to break up.
Special dispatch reports General John B. Woodward died at his Brooklyn home at midnight. He was stricken with a chill in his New York office on Tuesday and pneumonia quickly followed at home.
At Chattanooga Tennessee the handsome high school building costing over seventy five thousand dollars has been destroyed by fire.
March 10 Brockville Ontario reports a maniac from a train attack shoots eight men. Peter Moore is dead and Chief of Police Rose is fatally wounded. Lapointe, the shooter, is captured after a fierce exchange. several others including Policeman Tinsley and Dave Rough are wounded.
San Francisco reports Theodore Durrant yet to face final action after his November murder conviction of Blanche Lamont. Appeals delay possible until supreme court review, with no decision expected for months. Durrant remains in county jail awaiting fate, few visitors, spends time reading and writing, including a life story and study of law.
Chicago markets show wheat prices for March to July ranges and hogs with steady to higher tone. Cattle and hogs varied with dull to steady moves. Minneapolis and Milwaukee quotes cover wheat oats corn and flour markets with on track and No 1 grades listed. Provisions rise with May and July options noted. St Paul reports hogs and cattle steady to quiet.
Stanley Clay comb is on trial in Omaha after recent Des Moines arrest over two bodies alleged stolen from local cemeteries. Testimony links Dr. McCarthy of Drake Medical College to negotiating to obtain the bodies. Des Moines baggage man W. W. Weaver testified he met Claycomb at McCarthy office where payment for transferring the bodies from the depot was arranged.
The body of William Etlinger, who killed Constable John Barner to evade arrest and died in a house fire sparked by the sheriff, was stolen from his grave in Bellefonte Pennsylvania last night. Police believe students removed the body.
A Panama cable to the Herald says the government has asked Great Britain to recall Minister Jenner, branding him persona non grata. The British consul has not received any official word.
Holyoke March 11 The Albion Paper company of this city failed today for half a million dollars with assets probably not over $200,000.
Commissioner Lamoreux of the general land office signs a decision denying Minnesota's claim to swamp lands shown by the Red Lake and White Earth reservation surveys. The ruling, issued as a letter to the secretary of the interior, follows Gov. Clough's demand and is expected to be endorsed by Secretary Smith.
Special report from St Paul about Frank Haskell a 45 year old widower who fell down an elevator shaft at the Globe building. Janitor Peter Jensen found his body at seven. Haskell a Globe printer. the cause of the accident is not known.
A cold blooded murder occurred last evening at a farm house four miles southeast of Fond du Lac. Fred Messner, about forty, prominent in Fond du Lac and Winnebago counties, was found dead in the barn with a crushed skull. Tramps are suspected.
Strong and Miller's elevator in Olivia burned last night destroying 5,000 bushels of wheat and 1,000 bushels of flax. Bird Island special report notes the blaze as a major loss for the local grain trade.
Lewiston prominent citizen August Dorn dies of heart disease. Winona County deaths include Martin Schneider and Peter Roselle. Olivera elevator fire totals loss. St Paul fatal elevator shaft accident. Duluth man dies of apoplexy. Slate quarry explosion injures Benjamin Deetz. Court sessions in Brainerd and St Peter with indictments. White Earth chiefs discuss funds. Moorhead chamber promotes industry. Faribault fire loss at Nutting building. Becket county anniversary observed. Rockefeller option on Roucleau property lapse noted. Markets note Duluth wheat receipts. Winona finds loss of farm owner Peters. Wahl returns to Winona after elopement.
George Wilson of Park County Montana owned the Paris mine and showed visitors from England a pan of ore that looked like gold. An expert declared it iron, but Wilson coolly warned him not to reveal the find to the Denver mint, joking he had been selling it as gold.
The Chicago Tribune notes Mr. How James of Boston visiting friends in our village for two or three weeks. A Weekly Bugle item reports he is recovering from a severe grippe and suffers a relapse at once.
A Minnesota firm Osborn Crosby and UO Kasota Building Minneapolis promotes a $100 investment system claiming daily $2 profit over months. It invites questions about particulars and references to persuade potential investors.
A young writer accuses a man of stealing ideas. The medical friend defines the thief as a kleptomaniac, insisting the person takes items of any value. The Washington Star quotes the exchange as a study in motive and compulsion.
A tense exchange shows a living picture resisting questions about a scope while a man asserts control, revealing power dynamics in a stalled moment. The fragment hints at a confrontation tied to a crucial object within a scene in Deto't Tribune.
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