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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1894
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispaten notes a firm with several city stores adopts placing saleswomen in the boys clothing department. The Pollard Breckinridge result divides honors with congress. Washington shows racy amusement this season. London plans a university to rival Oxford Cambridge. Italian railroads adopt twenty four hour numbering for all timetables.
The item notes that on resigning as prime minister Gladstone completed an English translation of the Odes of Thorace and renews his strength by changing work. It hints at Boss McKane’s alleged theft of about 500000 from Gravesend and jests about his talents. John Redmond expresses doubt toward Lord Rosebery, joking about dredging confidence.
The state moves to make hazing a criminal offense, calling it a blow to Cornell's popularity and curriculum. The change follows the death of a student during a party where a group of freshmen clashed with seniors.
A medieval ruler on a small Greek island styled himself as The Protector of Religion whose Fame is Infinite who Exceeds the Sun the Moon the Unexpected Buds the Stars the Jewels whose Feet are as Fragrant to the Noses of Other Kings as Flowers to Bees the most Noble Patron the God by Custom.
In round figures total world life insurance writing amounts to five trillion dollars, with about two and a half trillion written in the United States between 1880 and 1890, while the British Empire added one trillion.
An extract from King James II's manuscript diary preserved in Paris quotes his claim that retreat from the Boyne battle was to preserve his work for future greatness and not born of fear. The remark frames his intent to continue influence rather than concede defeat.
Philip D. Armour funds a San Francisco manual training school modeled on his Chicago program. He states his goal is to make the world better by his life.
Middleboro town treasurer reports a $500000 discrepancy in the treasury that cannot be accounted for. Investors note the loss would be a shortage if the money were missing, but the situation requires a novel term for the ongoing anomaly.
Theatrical talent in New York earns $15 a week this season, down from $50 last season. The note laments the deterioration of drama in the city yet acknowledges business realities, remarking that even so low a wage remains substantial for some performers.
Florists claim cyclamen plants grown from seed produce finer blossoms, with the winged flowers seeming to hover. Amateur growers often buy bulbs, and a single bulb can cost nearly as much as a small blooming plant.
A study lists cubic foot weights for common woods. White pine 34, willow 36, red pine 37, yellow pine 38, pitch pine 43, poplar 46, hickory 52, logwood 57, mahogany 66, live oak 67, lignum vitae 13 pounds per cubic foot. Lignum vitae sinks when placed in water like a stone.
Reports from Roncador Reef indicate only the hull of the wrecked Kearsarge remains. The wrecking force aims to recover sentiment rather than salvage, leaving stem, keel, stern post deadwood and parts of frames as the last fragments of the Kearsarge.
An attached one horsepower electric motor, weighing just over fifty pounds, is mounted on the breech of the Gatling gun. It pledges to more than double the weapon’s destructive power and push firing rates from 1,200 to over 5,000 shots per minute, claiming broader efficiency gains for machine guns.
Government reports 115 million bushels of wheat in farmers hands. Maj. Gen. Howard may run for Congress after leaving the army. Russian thistle infests 40 000 acres in Northwestern states. Minister Thompson confirms surrender of Brazilian insurgents. Congress may seek to abolish coast and geodetic survey. Frank Barret resigning as supervising inspector for steam vessels at St. Louis. Secretary Herbert explains authority over naval forces under Blount in Hawaii. Government deficit expected to run ten to twenty million below 78 million.
A string of brief notices reports deaths and alliances. Patrick Pord of Rockford Illinois dies at four. W W Raytrend, aged seventy nine, dies at Skipanon Oregon. Fred Gebhardt and Lily Langtry associate. Richard Croker to buy Texas ranch. Senator Hill may wed Miss Letty Scott. Bohemian poet Ludwig August Prankl dies in Vienna at fourteen. Judge Horatio M Vandeveer dies in Taylorsville Illinois. Harriet Potter to wed Hawaiian minister Thurston. Gladstone recovers enough to leave house. Miss Hope Goddard’s engagement rumor denied. Hancock monument commission selects Ellicott design for Hancock statue. How ard to accept Legion of Honor decoration. James Theobald dies from injuries on train. Intimate friends doubt Miss Goddard engagement to Oliver Iselin. Teheran post move among British ministers noted.
The Casualty Record lists several fatal or serious incidents. W Evans of Grinnell Iowa fell from a wagon breaking his neck. John Peters and Rudolph Junkins killed at Pina Mills Cal by a snowlide. George Endriss of Galena TL thrown from carriage and killed. Gygnet Ohio struck by fire destroying block of business houses. Lansing Lumber Company loss at Dodge Mich estimated 170000. Tobias Bossert killed after buggy accident near Omaha. Atchison Kan Missouri River aids endangering 1500000 property. Joseph Brunk injured in flour mill. At Elwood Ind a 3 year old daughter of Dr Coxe lost both legs by electric car. Dresden Ont boiler explosion kills Engineer Cornell and three children. A Hawkins Brazil Ind buried under blasting rock. 2 year old son of E B Shepherd Columbus Ohio harmed by ingesting lye. Antone Turk Joliet Tl asphyxiated after gas explosion. Isaac Brown Rockton Ill intoxicated sets fire to mattress rescued. Mrs Coffey Brazil Ind injured in runaway carriage. Capt Swain Texas fire fatal for his daughter and himself.
A string of violent incidents and crimes across the Midwest and West includes Fred Author losing money and dying by self harm in Indianapolis, Speddy selling influence in Cleveland, A RB Beal attempting murder in Dubuque, J A Gunn fatally wounded in a Calera duel, West Boothe shot in Long Oven, Patoka post office burglary netting cash and stamps, John H. Hiler jailed for bigamy, Walter Bhaw on trial in Louisville for civil service violation, John Carroll captured after a daylight street hold up in Indianapolis, Andrew Saur charged with embezzling 37000, Edward Sturgis suicide in Spokane, fires destroying barns near Fort Dodge, a Marfa freight train boarded by thirty trespassers, Frank Williams killed at Newkirk, and ex Coroner William Daninburg's suicide attempt in Rochester.
A group of unemployed San Antonio men seized a Southern Pacific freight train, fled to California, leaving behind charity-sustained existence. Randall Smith of Chicago faces $50 fine in Carrollton for impersonating an officer while selling atlases. Ernst Woyt killed himself in Kansas City by poison, leaving a note to his wife and daughter. John Rodgers is alleged to have robbed a neighbor and was shot by the Mulberry Detective Association near Frankfort Indiana. Henry Harding, a wealthy lawyer from Tunkhannock Illinois, vanished during a Grand Army encampment in Philadelphia with foul play feared.
Reports note Da Gama’s offer to surrender under protection, false claims about Natal ie yacht Natalie coast guard shootings debunked, English forces seize Bluefields with native troops retreating, and naval collisions. Spain reshuffles cabinet with Salvador replacing Gamazo, while caprivi proposes new coinage amid silver shortfall. A slander suit pits Miquel and Caprivi against Plack Dewald Schweinhagen over alleged Romanian loan crimes.
Miscellaneous items note that the woman suffrage bill failed in the Ohio House while both houses passed a biennial session resolution. The report covers varied incidents from across the country including political, labor, and social news.
A fragment shows a pair in a parlor during a lodge night discussing a past issue. The man notes their bond while the woman hints at worry about measles from him, adding uncertainty about the illness.
A roundup of day by day happenings includes Thomas Moran's arrest in Red Wing for assault on Agnes Boyle of Pelle Creek, a $100 burglary at John Birch's Litchfield clothing store, Aug Froelich’s attempted self harm at Midvale station, the Glenwood Bottling Works sale to George W. Thacker and J. L. Crump with plans to expand, Floy C Willis eloping with Ed A Moore from St. Cloud to Eau Claire, Faribault business disruption from the discontinued Iowa and Minnesota division train, and the Faribault rail line effect on local commerce.
In Minneapolis a legal dispute looms that could free the Floyd brothers. Dunn and Marcia's Roch Creek mill has begun sawing, with 5,000,000 feet planned this season. The Southern Minnesota Fair Association sets Sept 3 as dates for the fall fair and A T Stebbins is elected president. The Redwood Falls Commercial house is leased by A A Van Winkle of Faribault, former Brunswick Faribault proprietor. Trial of John Weller for Albert Kosanke is postponed to April 24 due to witness Ben Lezart's disappearance. A mass meeting in Litchfield debated the local license question ahead of April 2 city election as a hotly contested issue.
Fred Weiso of Redwood Falls faces bigamy charges. The National Prison Reform association holds plans in St Paul. The Hammer Prohibition paper debuts at Wilboar with Prof Hillebee as editor and an affidavit listing drinkers. Hastings Republican club elects President E A Whiteford Secretary J A Jelly Treasurer P F E B Estergreen and a slate of delegates.
A Bohemian farmer John Barnz commits suicide near Rush Creek fifteen miles from Winona amid domestic troubles. Sheriff Maher reports capture of a burglar at Litchfield via John Birch. Birch identified clothes in Buffalo Wright County. Construction on Little Falls river bridge to start. Pine Tree Lumber handles work. Royalton votes reform, opposes license, elects business leaders. Rev James Chamberlain of Owatonna declines Paribault pastorate to stay in Owatonna. Judge Searle adjourns Little Falls court to April 24 for Welter trial. witnesses scarce. New Citizens bank planned at St James to start private then become state or national. Winnebago City Superba house block collapses causing no injuries. value $16,000. south portion to be repaired and tenants moved.
Active work started on the new Duluth board of trade building to be placed on First street and Third avenue west.
Mrs. Mary Louise Quinn, one of Minnesota’s oldest residents, dies at ninety five in St Paul. B F Collins grocery in St Peter sold to A R Davis and A Lundeen. Amboy lodge wins degree contest against Blue Earth City at Winnebago City. A Kuckenbecker of Kuckenbecker Bion butchers leaves Owatonna, warns wife and children farewell, business troubled. A O U W treasurer’s accounts short. officials alert. Minneapolis man Bower searches St Cloud for wife missing since visiting her mother.
In Great Falls a woman found in St. Cloud in a house of prostitution is located with help from an officer and returned home. A fast stock train on the Chicago Great Western at Tapin was interfered with by two tramps who fired at conductor Mike Koop. he was wounded in the rib. The suspects J. S. Miller of Pittsburg and P. F. O'Brien of St. Paul were captured by citizens and trainmen and jailed in Austin after Sheriff Millison retrieved them.
T G Brown of Sioux Falls Co operative Savings and Loan travels to Echo to set up a branch. A Bavarian named John Fisher, accused of attempting to assault Miss Alma Johnson at Aitkin, was found asleep by two sheriff's posse near Kimberly. authorities hope lynching danger is averted.
A country couple visiting Paris were lured to invest in a Luxembourg district hotel by courteous hosts and feigned occupancy. They paid part cash, then the swindlers vanished, leaving a water filled wine cellar and no lodgers. Police arrested the scammers.
The article notes metallurgy now yields major manure through basic slag and ammonia recovery from furnace gases. It contrasts British farmers ignoring slag’s value with German agrarians who favor slag for potato land, citing contracts for 10,000 tons and favorable freight rates to move the material.
Mrs Cumso praises a dentist for not charging much after a quick exam. The husband retorts the low price shows laziness, not honesty, highlighting a humorous contrast in values. The exchange frames a comic moral about work ethic versus fair pricing.
An irate judge, battered by sharp barbed criticisms from a junior counsel, orders a $50 contempt fine. The attorney retorts that the amount barely covers the offense. Towp Topics reports the courtroom clash with sharp exchange.
A short Life cartoon caption shows a husband telling his wife of an appointment with his tailor to collect a bill. The wife responds with exasperation as the gag hinges on a spent joke about fashion and household finance.
M Prinz of Ucelae Belgium notes that the mean annual trunk core temperature equals air temperature, while the monthly readings sometimes differ by 2 to 3 degrees Celsius in trees.
Chicago butchers sold horse meat as prime beef. several were arrested but faces only misdemeanor penalties as no law bans selling or eating horseflesh. The sole applicable statute is selling one article as another, with nominal punishment.
Trinece Colonna, husband of Millionaire Mackay's daughter, sought to challenge an American editor exposing his conduct toward his wife. A confidant, who knew editors well, persuaded him to drop the act, averting a possible tragedy that could have left the princess a widow.
The article asserts whales may reach 400 years. It explains age is determined by counting laminae in whalebone, with each lamina forming yearly like tree growth rings.
Washington reports outline the stigmorage bill vote in the Senate with Allison’s motion defeated 45 to 48 and expect passage next day. The House advances the sundry civil bill, reports $414 000 for the geological survey, and schedules contested election cases amid routine Senate business. A later alert notes anti Italian violence in Philadelphia over a railway project, with authorities attempting to quell the mob.
The Michigan Supreme Court sustains Gov. Rich in removing Secretary of State Joachim State Treasurer Hambitzer and Land Commissioner Serry for gross negligence in failing to canvass the 1893 amendment election returns. Ouster entered. canvassers’ Col. Atkinson plans U S Supreme Court appeal. Chief Justice McGrath denies stay. Indictments include officials and clerks for fraud.
A mob of about 300 men and boys gathered at the edge of Altoona Pennsylvania and attacked Italian laborers. The incident unfolded after reports of unrest and followed tensions in the city. Police intervened to separate groups and restore order.
The Wilson tariff bill as amended is reported to the Senate by Chairman Voorhees. It will be called up on April 2. Revisions remove the Hawaiian reciprocity clause, restore concrete rates on glycerine licorice and other items, and retie the McKinley act with targeted repeals. The measure also clarifies who is a manufacturer or dealer in tobacco and preserves the Hawaiian treaty.
Redwood Falls Minn March 21 John March a wealthy farmer near the city died this morning of heart disease He was 71 and born in Canada He leaves a wife and two grown children
Maj O F Hayes a survivor of the 1st Minnesota regiment died in Hastings Minnesota from diabetes age 66 He belonged to Dakota Lodge No 7 A F A M
Providence March 21 The Democratic state convention nominated the same ticket as 1892 with David Baker for governor Dalton E Young for lieutenant governor John J Offerman for secretary of state James A Ulrich for attorney general and John M Penny for general treasurer The platform calls for repeal of the Sherman coinage pending tariff legislation repeal of the federal election law and conviction of Boss McKane.
Glenwood Wisconsin March 21 a wholesale raid nabbed Ed Tuttle John Schuster and Fred Auener charged with selling liquor without a license. They posted bail for appearance March 22 amid rising tension between liquor and no license factions.
Miss Madeline Pollard testifies of a long affair with Congressman Breckinridge of Kentucky and says he promised marriage and fathered four children. Cross questions reveal letters seeking money and details of the alleged relations as the trial, described as sensational, continues in Washington.
Frederick South Dakota March 21 Mrs J Eygabroad east of town who took poison on Friday with the intent of taking her life will recover.
The Washington special reports the census on manufacturers with 1890 totals: 555,401 establishments, capital 6 124 475 305 dollars, wages 2 282 873 265 dollars, materials 5 158 868 353 dollars, products 10 370 107 624 dollars. Northwestern states list varied counts and capital including Iowa 7 440 establishments 77 513 007 dollars and Wisconsin 10 417 establishments 246 515 404 dollars.
Special provincial election underway across Nova Scotia as the legislature expired. The last general election was in 1890. Premier W. S. Fielding’s party, successful in the previous two elections, is expected to win again.
Special Report notes burglars broke into the Freeport post office near Decorah Iowa last night and escaped with 700 dollars. Snyder Bros proprietors tracked suspects from the general store to Water street Bridge but lost the trail. They offered 200 dollars for the capture of the parties.
The steamship Lahn arrived this morning in New York carrying 225000 francs in gold consigned to the city. The cargo underscores the heavy gold movements shaping the port’s fortunes and trade.
Turin reports the death of Louis Kossuth at age 81 after a twenty five year Turin residence while completing his biography. The Hungarian patriot born 1802 in Monok led the 1848 uprising, served as provisional governor, fled to Turkey, then to the United States and England before traveling to Italy. The note also mentions William Waigh, his former private secretary, and Waigh’s son’s involvement with the Pioneer Press.
Heavy rain feeds the Ouachita flood crests in Hot Springs with the river nine feet higher than in forty years. Rail service halted as water covers tracks eight feet deep near the river. Gaines farm at Lawrence Station flooded, residence inundated after fifty years. Ferryboats swept away and bottomland farms lose fencing and crops.
Francis L Box and Jerry Datomen lost their claim to Jessie M Sinclair who settled on a water reserve land near Pepin county. The land is valued around 4500 dollars with pine. Sinclair who taught at Durand is to wed soon. the decision by Secretary Hoke Smith is final.
Jacob Mello a midstate farmer on the Whitewater river middle branch reveals title to several thousand acres known as the pines. He reports free gold and a vast vein of gold bearing quartz on the property. An experienced forty miner, after full exploration, judges the prospect equal to California days. Improvement operations will start immediately.
Miss Alice Hicks of Napoleon Ripley county Indiana reportedly becomes heir to a $100000 fortune from her Texas aunt. In Berlin the Russo German commercial treaty ratifications were exchanged at the foreign office between Baron von Bieberstein and Count Schouvaloff.
Minneapolis report says Clint Nickells was arrested at 22nd Street and Aldrich Avenue South on adultery charges brought by Willis H. Graham. Inspectors Morrissey and Courtney served the warrant after a sensational parting with Mrs Maud Davenport Graham.
New York special dispatch says Admiral Mello was spotted in Montevideo streets after deserting followers. Insurgent sailors may be pardoned while officers face court martial in the ensuing naval crisis.
Scarlet fever has been prevalent in Winnebago City and surrounding towns for some time, prompting closures of schools and churches.
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