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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1886
Page
1
General Sheridan rejects claims that Von Moltke mocked American Civil War leaders. He cites an auto-letter translation dated June 19, 1876 from Count Mourke, addressed to Gen. Sheridan, noting Moltke’s desire to meet prominent Union generals and offer respect amid their wartime deeds.
In Ottawa the Landry motion in the Dominion House dragged on to near midnight. Hon. Lauvier of Quebec delivered a powerful reply in English with French passion. He condemned the government as responsible for rebellion, lauding U S clemency toward rebels and depicting a history of blood and ruin under those in power. Louis Riel’s life was framed as a sacrifice to vindictive policy.
Congress is urged to spend 1 7 900 on two sorghum sugar machines while 3 of 7000 bills in this Congress have become laws. Reports note diverse topics from postmaster appointments in several states to a Washington illness death and remarks on Gen. Crook and Gen. Sheridan. Aimed at maintaining federal operations, the piece lists appointments, resignations, and a recovery case of $100 bounty due to heirs.
Dr J T Rothrock of the University of Pennsylvania botany department is dying. Dr B Oakley Vanderpoel, Albany physician and former New York health officer, is dead. Henry B Courtney, head of the Diamond Watch Co, died in Willmington Delaware. He began in 1853 with $50 and left a fortune over $5 million.
A Chicago furniture factory fire at Dement's results in a $45000 loss, insured. In Ohio near Clinton a collision with a Cleveland, Akron & Columbus train kills Mrs Yochen and fatally wounds her husband. In Indiana Terre Haute a girl of fourteen dies in a house fire while saving belongings. her father burned and mother critically ill. In Boston a thirteen year old boy dies after printing letters on his hand with red ink.
Bonnat earns about 100000 yearly from painting. Germany seeks seven year renewal of military estimates. Swedish poet Edward Backstrom dies in Stockholm born Oct 27 1841. Willenbacher the Vienna hangman dies after twenty four years in office. Louise Michel plans a US tour and faces mob action in France. Britain to build an arsenal at Halifax becoming a major naval station. Gen Warren leaves Suakim for London to lead metropolitan police. Gen Dixon takes command of British troops at Suakim. Montreal judge rules a Protestant minister can marry Catholics and Protestants.
Reports from London describe intensified editorial debate over Gladstone's Irish program as observers note resignations looming. A concerted push for home rule faces strong opposition while church dignitaries are set to be honored at a consistory in Paris and other cities.
A compilation of crime notes mentions Hop Sing in Yakima pocketing about $3000 in deposits, Mike Humphreys linked to a Rock Island road express car robbery, Anna C. Coolidge pleading guilty in Baltimore conspiracy to murder, and a jacketed terror scare in Huntington. Other items cover Sam Treadwell’s arrest in Kingsland, a Dakota man swindled in Manhattan hotel, Renton Duffy’s prison injury, Prof. Lesquereaux posing as Ulrich in Galesville, and Harry Estee’s Pinkerton arrest for a double murder in Illinois. Leading efforts focus on locating Humphreys, suspected killer of express messenger Nicholas, with clues tying him to train boarding and a handcuff-etched hair color.
The Milwaukee and St Paul contract for building toward Kansas City appears amid a stream of notices: a Macon preacher claims 4000 conversions in five months, the Bahama islands join New York diocese, and Tennessee financier Robert Buchanan faces large liabilities. Also noted are labor cuts in New England mills, political lordship shifts, a Springfield anniversary, Canton influenza, hops shipments, a wealthy Atlanta daughter’s elopement, a tiny Beaver Falls birth, a G A R inspection plan, Rhode Island political nominations, a Minturn bond disappearance, Knights of Labor activity, and assorted regional events.
A Chicago Rock Island and Pacific west bound express between Joliet and Morris was robbed after masked men boarded at the Joliet coal chute. The messenger died from blows with an iron poker. robbers stole the safe contents estimated at 25 000 to 100 000 dollars and left checks and valuables scattered. Messenger Nichols, 40, with twenty years service, and a Chicago resident, was killed. Police and witnesses recall no solid lead on the gang's boarding point.
The president nominates William M. Trenholm of South Carolina and John H. Oberly of Illinois as civil service commissioners. Charles Lyman of Connecticut is named chief examiner and civil service commissioner, replacing Eaton. Trenholm, once a Charleston merchant, is 50 and known for silver speeches. Lyman and Oberly have prior government service and political roles.
Report from London discusses anonymous criticism in a religious paper alleging kissing games at Sunday school soirees. Telegraph correspondence shows teachers and church members split, some defending harmless attraction while others warn of dire moral effects. The debate echoes practices in temperance groups Band of Hope and Good Templar meetings.
George I D Williams a clerk at the Sumpter house in Hot Springs shot and killed Mrs Norris a guest and then wounded himself. He and Norris had a troubling intimate relation over weeks while Norris’s supposed husband, M H Norris a sporting man, exposed their affair. Williams fired twice two bullets one to Norris's heart the other into his head, the latter not fatal. Williams is imprisoned. Norris and Mrs Norris had boarded since November. Norris had earlier stopped a plan to shoot Williams and Norris. Norris had been defrauded of 600 dollars by Norris and given the money to Williams to flee to Mexico, but Col Sumpter intervened.
The secretary of the interior decided in the ex-parte case of James Brittin of Devil's Lake Oak that the 1885 ruling restricting a second pre-emption right was incorrect. He agrees the law allows those who exercised a pre-emption to also obtain the homestead benefit, making the decision highly important to land office officials.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports Gov. Ramsey has resigned as Utah commissioner after serving since President Cleveland took office. He tendered resignation upon arrival in the east three weeks ago, and urged by the president, stayed until then. Ramsey, known as a war governor of Minnesota, is praised as a gracious, enchanting man whose absence leaves desolation among the commission.
Madge Heathcote, jilted by Guy Travers after a summer vow in Glenmore, endures heartache and ruin as her mother dies and she becomes an orphan. In New York she seeks a living through music, aided by Signor de Lanza, while Travers seeks fame with Viola de Lanza. The twist arrives when Travers discovers Madge’s revenge: a wedding card and a letter announcing her forged fate as Viola de Lanza, ending his reign of vanity.
Gen George A Sheridan, famed American orator, lectured in Melbourne on Abraham Lincoln. At the close, the audience tested him with a vote of thanks, and he delivered a polished extempore reply praising Lincoln as a grand representative of the era and the Anglo-Saxon race.
An old elephant in an Indian fight serves as standard bearer after its Mahout falls. The creature refuses to move, keeping the royal ensign aloft as the Mahrattas rally. Three days pass while the field lies in ruins, until villagers bring the master’s young son to commands the animal to depart.
From the Musical Herald a plea for singing in English with clear pronunciation. It argues many choose German or Italian styles, obscuring words. It claims English can be sung well with practice on closed vowels and endings, contrasting with German gutturals and French nasals.
A five year veteran artist’s model with yearning eyes is described as she calmly contemplates trimming a winter sacque. Different painters caption her with Faith Hopeless Love or other titles, while she earns $1.75 an hour and adapts to the painter’s fashion cues.
The Rochester Post Express reproduces a table of governor salaries from the American Almanac. States range from 1,000 to 10,000 dollars, with New York at 10,000 and California at 6,000. The average salary shown is below 3,900 dollars per year.
An unpublished reminiscence recounts Herr Driesbach’s lion taming theatrics in Baltimore and New York with Edwin Forrest, including a dangerous doorway prank. It details a staged scare in Broadway cages, a fake gore ruse, and a later river voyage prank with tiger Colonel Alexander. He later becomes an unlikely banker aboard a riverboat, earning trust and starting a Drexel influenced fortune, tied to a wartime banking legacy and a fatal railway accident of his founder.
An anecdote from Gen. Hancock recalls his insistence on dignity during Grant's transport. He ordered the rear militia officers to stop smoking best carried out by switching to a side track if needed. The conductors reported the cigars vanished within minutes.
A fragment recounts Drexel founder's early life as a portrait painter in Pennsylvania's largest village. With no means, he earned by art, moved to South America in hopes of fortune, spent years in Rio de Janeiro painting Brazilians, and returned with $10,000 in profits.
Boston area floods spur amateur photographers to seek dramatic shots. An eager photographer offered a silver dollar to a dirty faced boy to dive into a river of dirty water for a photo. The child hesitated, then agreed, swam to shore after a dramatic overboard plunge.
In Berlin Minister Pendleton hosts a brilliant reception with generous champagne flowing. The event draws many American guests including a noted New York heiress who previously caused a scandal for her exuberant toast to the Emperor. She remains at the center of attention, admired and unabashed in her social debut.
Amidon from New York writes of fashionable women ridiculed for whims, a banjo fad sweeping Broadway. An ex Negro minstrel, once ruined, now prospers as banjo instructor with seventeen pupils charging five dollars an hour. He notes rich belles adore the banjo and he hopes to marry one of them.
Gen D M Frost at a Southern Historical and Benevolent Society meeting described a proposed unified Confederate western command. He claimed Gen Price’s 1861 Lexington retreat showed why union of McCullough Hardee and Pillow could have yielded 100000 Missouri troops. Gen Johnston reportedly rejected this as risking peace talks. St Louis Republican.
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