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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1888
Page
7
Brainerd Dispatch reports that Russia appears poised for military action. The czar is marshaling forces and awaits the end of the current obsequies before launching operations.
Two surface railroads in New York report successful experiments with electric motors and anticipate replacing animal power in the near future.
All good people rejoice that Sullivan the slugger has met with a back set. He will boast less and it is hoped there will be less heard of him for a while.
Robert Collyer extols the dignity of the workingman noting he himself once worked but left the trade as soon as possible. He frames labor as noble yet chooses a different path.
Eastern papers accused of mis describing the Northwest weather and exaggerating the storm. The blizzard disrupted the Atlantic seaboard, leaving chaos in its wake and sparking a debate over press accuracy.
A Philadelphia gossip notes that several celebrated runaway marriages among fashionable people have not concluded well. The observer counts on fingers the names and outcomes, underscoring a pattern of unhappy results.
Ex Governor Palmer of Illinois plans marriage on April 18 to Mrs Hannah Kimball. Palmer has been a widower for four years and Kimball for a quarter century. Both are described as mature and certain in their decision.
The Plainfield New Jersey Board of Education begins an effort to deter youths from smoking by ordering local tobacco dealers to cease selling cigarettes to boys.
Baron de Hirsch donates 10.5 million dollars to establish and support 1000 Jewish schools in Russia. The gift is described as broad liberal and utilitarian philanthropy, the noblest of the century.
The article notes Emperor William leaving a personal fortune of 75 million dollars and compares him to Napoleon the Third who saved several millions for a rainy day, illustrating thrift among monarchs after the Sedan surrender.
The magazine warns it risks losing young readers by criticizing Mother Goose and urging removal of classics. A clergyman joins the call to reform juvenile literature, but readers hope enduring works like Robinson Crusoe and the Swiss Family Robinson remain available until interest wanes.
A Chicago paper reports Ignatius Donnelly lecturing on his Shakespearean cipher and quips that he was a army colonel, awkward at bowing, and that speaking wore him. The tone suggests Donnelly was not in his best mood during the engagement with Chicago audiences.
The negotiators of the 1783 US Great Britain Fisheries Treaty cited restoring good correspondence and friendship as the motive. The passage notes similar reasons now exist for a new treaty to be mutually satisfactory.
The elderly Kaiser Wilhelm I ruled Prussia as Regent in 1857 8 during his brother’s disability. He became King in 1861 and German Emperor in 1871. Despite his age he achieved all within about thirty years. Queen Victoria, younger in years, is his senior sovereign by over twenty.
The piece extols Ohio as having the world’s model penitentiary system, recognizing varying moral guilt, promoting reform, and rewarding good conduct prisoners with distinct dress to encourage virtuous behavior within the prison. It argues the system is no longer an experiment and deserves consideration by reformers in other states.
Mormon missionaries conduct quiet outreach in Georgia with about six elders active. Converts travel to Utah under elder supervision. a notable case involved a woman leaving husband and children to join the faith. A larger group of twenty five recruits is expected to depart soon.
The government requires new or altered theatres to have frontage doors opening to the street and at least two outside doors to staircases serving the boxes. Prohibits more than three tiers above ground floor. allows one gallery with restrictions.
The column reports the Chinese treaty signing with no Chinese laborers allowed entry without consul certificates. It notes congressional plans for Mississippi funding above Des Moines Rapids, rail regulation bills, North Dakota statehood, and arbitration for interstate railroads. Also covered are treasury notes totals, court actions on timber patents, and several rail and train accidents with fatalities.
James L. Ayres of Huron Dakota died suddenly in Los Angeles California. Miss Ella Keats Peay, kin of poet John Keats, died in Louisville. Maj. J. B. Pond, famed lecture manager, married Miss May Glass in Jersey City. Mrs. A. N. Gowar of Minneapolis died at age seventy-one. T. J. Potter offered Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad presidency on his own terms but declined.
Edward Olson a 19 year old from Madeira Minnesota died by self harm after mental illness. James W Sikes convicted in Chicago of fraudulently obtaining 15000 dollars loan on warehouse receipts and sentenced to three years. George M Cox pension examiner in Springfield Missouri disfigured a young woman with vitriol. William Pitman and Blaine in Springville Arizona quarrel over cardsey. Pitman killed and Blaine died two hours later. J J Borden Sons bank in Sparta Illinois burglarized. 2500 dollars stolen. Thomas Newton found guilty of murder in Winnipeg for killing John Inge with mercy recommendation. McCune child Leslie abducted first in Ironton Ohio then in New York City. mother Mrs Libbie Culbertson McCune appeals to police to recover child.
Foreign briefs report Mr. McClellan named to replace Lieut. Gov. Ritchie of Nova Scotia as postmaster general. The Sullivan-Mitchell bout near Chantilly, France ends in a draw after thirty nine rounds. Cork grand jury urges action on rent reductions harming landlords. A lifeboat capsizes near the Isle of Wight. several drown. Chamberlain sees fisheries treaty favored by Canadian parliament but doubtful in the U S Senate. Fred Whitehead of Manitoba moves to Minnesota. Dawes bill on opening Sioux reservation expected this session. US land office to old Fort Pierre. Two drafts found on a Sioux City laborer’s day’s haul. Boulanger supporters plan massive Paris meeting. he likely leaves the army but pursues politics in the chamber of deputies.
Eighteen injured in a wreck near Binghampton New York. Delaware breakwater damage runs into millions. F W Fulkerton home at Zumbrota Minnesota destroyed by fire. Congregational church at Glen Allen Dakota burned with 1500 dollars loss insured for 1000. Grand Detour plow works Dixon Illinois burned with 100000 to 200000 loss. Electric light works building Helena Montana destroyed by fire with loss 25000 and 2000 insured. Atlantic coast snowbound with hundreds frozen and starved. Freight train on the Chicago Northwestern near Snell Station encountered a disruptive incident.
Local Knights of Labor at Chamokin Pa surrender their charter amid alleged ill treatment from headquarters. Bruce Brothers of Pittsburg sue a trade assembly for 10000 dollars over a boycott order. Mayor Hewitt of New York thanks Bismarck for storm relief but declines aid and says the Irish flag will not be hung on City Hall on St Patrick's Day. Northern Pacific reports large March gains. Hogan Shelstadt of Sioux Falls deemed insane over religious delusions of sacrifice. Reports from 300 counties across Kansas Missouri and Arkansas show fields in prime condition. Blizzard deaths rise as New York thaw continues. Chicago & Northwestern caisson for third Missouri River pier lowered. A misadventure in poker leaves a Grand Forks man owing hundreds. Mexican National rail accident kills six and injures twenty. Detroit hosts oil schemes tied to Standard Oil and European patents. Indian agent Gregory defended by David Dobie against alleged favoritism.
Henry Bergh founder and president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals died in New York on December 12 1888. Born 1823 in New York City he influenced animal welfare through the 1865 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals later SPCA. He never took a salary and helped build a network of similar societies across states and abroad.
News from Los Angeles reports H. C. Leavitt convicted of fatally shooting a cowboy in Dodge City Kansas and sentenced to hang on April 30. Leavitt had ties to the Rev. Haddock murder case in Sioux City two years prior, with alleged involvement and past escapes from custody.
Kentucky is rocked as State Treasurer Richard W. Tate faces defalcation charges. Shortage cited at $150,000 with some reports claiming up to $400,000 amid an 11 year pattern. Tate has fled the state. Governor Buckner orders immediate investigation, with Auditor Hewitt and Attorney General Hardin overseeing.
The Supreme Court decides on Bowman et al v Chicago and Northwestern Railroad over Iowa statute barring liquor import without a county auditor issued certificate proving consignee authority to sell. Bowman Bros offered 5,000 barrels of beer to be transported to Marshalltown in May 1886. railroad refused without certificate. The case proceeds to suit.
The court sustained a claim for transmitting audible speech by electricity and declared Bell Telephone Company holds the absolute monopoly over this principle, forcing American ingenuity to seek other channels for improvements during the remaining fifteen years of the original patent.
Adam Badeau asserts his claim to a share of the profits and recounts his extensive editorial work on Gen. Grant's memoirs. He says he wrote and rearranged material with Grant's sanction, correcting and shaping the language and structure, while not composing the original thoughts. He insists no dishonor occurred and that he acted loyally, compelled to testify by his accusers.
Emperor Frederick issues a formal proclamation stating succession and continuation of the empire after William's death. He asserts the imperial dignity and laws devolved to him and declares to reunite German territories with the fatherland after a long interlude.
The column reports on a house presentation to Mrs. Hancock planned for April 1, a committee including Stilson Hutchins Gen H oe Gen Albert Ordway and A A Ison. It notes a senate bill to sell land to the Minneapolis Sault Ste. Marie Atlantic RR and a land grant to Oregon for wagon roads. It mentions W M Baker elected president of Jefferson Medical College class and a fatal mob lynching near Blue Creek Alabama. It covers a ghostly Duluth haunting, a murder-suicide discovery at McCormick Lake, a Loyd murder scene, and Oscar J Carlin’s Chicago murder alibi bid while jailed in Stillwater.
The case discusses an Iowa act of April 5 1586 regulating intoxicating liquors and suppressing illegal sale and transportation. The court rules the statute constitutional as a state commerce regulation, limits federal control over intrastate matters, and reverses a lower court judgment. Justice Mathews authors the opinion with dissent by Justices Haslan and Gray.
The U S Supreme Court sustained the Bell Telephone Company patent by a narrow four to three majority with two justices absent. Gray recused due to stock ties. Lamar did not participate. The decision preserves the broad fifth claim as the basis of the patent, leaving little chance for a later reversal. The company reportedly owns many inventions not yet in use and could gain leverage when the main patent expires.
A proclamatory statement from Charlottenburg dated March 15 vows to cultivate German sentiment and protect rights, promising impartial justice and benevolent government. It asserts reintegration of Alsace and Lorraine with renewed union, guided by firm but circumspect administration.
Winnipeg Free Press laments Manitoba delegates returning from Ottawa empty handed and warns of possible humiliation by the dominion government. The piece argues for peaceful settlement despite insults and predicts a forthcoming railway project as Manitoba seeks a calm resolution to escalating provincial grievances.
Dominion and Canadian Pacific officials in Ottawa have drafted a settlement to end Manitoba confrontation. The agreement centers on a large annual subsidy to the Canadian Pacific railway and Atlantic Steamship line, aiming to end the Manitoba and Northwest Territory monopoly.
James France a Montana banker was arrested on a warrant for intent to defraud by taking deposits after arranging assignment. He received a preliminary hearing and was bound over in 2000 to appear at the May term of district court. Friends of Gen Hancock have raised money to buy a Washington house for Mrs Hancock, a three story brown and white stone structure.
A Kentucky representative introduced a house resolution to form a special committee to verify continuous civil service act observance and assess its public service benefits. The report includes other varied items from Chatauqua in Alexandria Minnesota to prison escape attempts and noted social and political developments.
New York report asserts Gen Badeau seeks shares and monthly pay for Grant memoirs. Badeau was hired as amanuensis in 1884. Grant rejects authorship claims and refuses to sign a contract. Correspondence shows Grant insisting only he can bear the memoir’s credit and expressing intent to secure proper ownership and publicity. The dispute centers on authorship and profits from the work.
Extracts from early New York papers describe chaotic scenes as the blizzard stalled public transit and sent drivers and pedestrians into peril. Teachers, students, and cabbies endured drifted streets, freezing air, and tangled wires while seeking shelter or a way home.
A fast mail train from New York to Jacksonville derailed after a broken rail near Hurricane River Georgia. Nineteen people were killed outright and 30 to 40 injured, ten of whom were expected to die. President Wilbur of the Lehigh Valley railroad and his party survived in a private car. Rescue efforts followed with physicians and nurses aiding the wounded as about 460 feet of trestle was destroyed.
The secretary of the interior approves William A. Thompson's final proof for a homestead entry, overturning a prior rejection. Thompson declares settlement began April 26, 1883, with multiple seasonal absences spent earning funds to improve the land, including building a house, and contributing earnings toward paying for the land.
The lower house bill would open over 37 million acres in the Northwest for settlement. Agreements with Montana Indians unlock 17.5 million acres, with potential relocation of Bloods Blackfeet and Piegans to Flathead agency. The Great Sioux bill opens 12 million acres in Dakota. Nelson’s bill adds 3.5 million acres, consolidating Chippewa bands except Red Lake, and freeing small reservations hindering rail expansion. Listed reservations include Bois Port Deer Creek Fon du Lac Grand Portage Leech Lake Mille Lacs Vermillion White Earth Winnebagoshish.
In high German circles the debate centers on how long the emperor will live to reveal any policy rather than changing Bismarck’s government. He continues to work against doctors advice, saying his time does not belong to him. The Reichenzeiger notes no fever or complications, and the royal message says he will take the oath when health allows. Vienna reports Emperor Frederick assuring Francis Joseph of his support for the triple alliance.
The New York blizzard caused severe losses on land and sea with 100 to 200 vessels ashore or sunk and 12 to 30 deaths. Oyster boats, mainly sloops and schooners, flooded Maryland Delaware and Virginia lands, with some crews stranded in attics, others rescued after 48 hours in rigging. one survivor died.
Thomas L. Kimball becomes vice president of Union Pacific after Potter's death. Lawmakers consider amendatory steps to the interstate commerce act to curb Canadian Pacific and allied lines, with railroad presidents submitting views. A Santa Fe engineer strike ends, but unrest persists among engineers in the Midwest. Baltimore judge Martin J. Clark and fellow judge Hezekiah Best are sentenced to two years for fraud.
The Berlin state funeral for Emperor William featured a somber military procession from the cathedral to the mausoleum. Crowds along Unter den Linden filled the route as Prince William and foreign royalty attended, while absence of Emperor Frederick, Moltke, and Bismarck was noted.
Mrs. Garfield announces Mollie Garfield engagement to J Stanley Brown despite rumors of a planned elopement. Mrs. Garfield defends Brown’s character and confirms the formal announcement, noting disappointment at the gossip and Brown’s silence on the sensational tale.
Los Angeles reports President Hill of Manitoba pursuing expansion into Southern California with A A White, who controls Manitoba townsites, arranging favorable land deals. Route discussed would run Montana Central to Helena then Utah and Northern toward Los Angeles, with a potential extension to San Diego.
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