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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
4
Senators Teller and Turner argued whether acquired U S territory is part of the constitution. The House debated the District of Columbia appropriation and Porto Rican relief with mixed votes on amendments and open questions on the open door policy.
Washington reports a heated senate session as Senator Gallinger and Senator Penrose clash over speaking rights linked to the Quay case. The Porto Rico appropriation of 2 085 000 dominates debate while talks of postponing executive business continue and a free trade proposal surfaces.
The house approved a $6,608,378 appropriation bill and also a measure transferring the abandoned Fort Hayes military reservation to Kansas for use as an experimental station and normal school.
After two days of debate the senate approved a 2,005,000 appropriation for Puerto Rico. The funds may finance education works and other governmental needs there. An amendment asserting constitutional reach over Puerto Rico failed 36 to 17. Other proposed amendments fell short. An order set Quay’s case for two weeks hence, while not delaying unfinished business.
Yesterday marked the first private bill day under new rules as two hours were spent debating a bill to pay Representative Swanson 1769 for extra expenses in his contest in the last congress, but the measure was abandoned. Six minor bills were approved.
Washington report notes two measures of national importance and many smaller actions advanced by Congress on March 20. The session highlighted key policy moves while addressing a stream of routine items.
The House debated the Loud bill to limit publications eligible for pound-rate second class mail. Supporters included H C Smith of Michigan and Little of Arkansas, Bell of Colorado, Henry of Mississippi, Stokes of South Carolina, and Brown of Ohio. Suther of New York denounced admin actions. the War Department info request was deemed secret. The Senate resumed Porto Rico governance talks with Morgan arguing treaty Paris binds US on Porto Rico and the Philippines.
St Paul and Minneapolis reports show wheat prices for No. 1 Northern and hard varieties ranging from about 63 to 68 cents, corn around 34 to 36 cents, oats near 23 to 25 cents, and flax near 1.62 dollars. Chicago and Sioux City bid ranges for cattle and hogs run broadly from four to six dollars, with calves and feeders, sheep and lambs listed at similar levels.
Federal officials Bar nett and Sapp of Louisville and J K Hampton of Kentucky visited the president yesterday. They said the visit was social and they carried no appeal from Governor Taylor for gubernatorial campaign aid. They stayed only a few minutes.
Nora Cocker sixteen and Paul Weybecker eleven, residents of a Paterson children's home, ran away together. Their recent unusually friendly behavior drew little notice until the elopement was discovered.
Gov. Tanner of Illinois shows steady improvement in Palm Beach Florida on March 22 his early recovery aided by mild climate and lack of political activity.
Chicago March 21 likely thousands of unemployed mechanics due to a building trades strike may soon be paid as U S Navy workers Capt Blecki recruiting station head has secured authority to enlist machinists for battleships under construction An official from Norfolk navy yard travels to Chicago to assess applicants Machinists receive 40 to 70 dollars per month including rations.
The new electric railway plan aims to connect St Paul with White Bear and extend north to Taylors Falls and south to Red Wing. The system would unite St Paul with every town within a seventy mile radius as traffic allows.
Alfred Kuba, jailed in Cedar Rapids for placing dynamite at St Pauls Methodist Church, allegedly confesses to placing an explosive near Attorney L Crow's home. Co-defendant Charles Mette arrested in Monroe Michigan. Kuba held to grand jury in $5,000 bonds. others remain jailed on unlawful assemblage charges.
A special despatch from Ashland reports Chicago firms won a contract to grade and lay ballast for seventy two miles of the proposed Oregon Midland railroad. The deal includes five locomotives. The line would run from Klamath Falls along the Klamath River to a point between Klamathon and Hornbrook on the Southern Pacific, tapping the region.
Herman Taubeneck, former chairman of the Populist National Committee, died in Seattle after two months of ill health. He had moved from the East, rest quietly at his brother's home, and his body will be shipped to his old home in Illinois.
Frank Schad and wife were found dead at their Manitowoc home eighteen miles from here with bullet wounds. Authorities say Schad killed his wife and then fatally shot himself after domestic trouble and a planned separation. A coroner's inquest will be held as investigations continue.
Anoka Minnesota March 16 100 chronic insane patients were brought from St Peter to Anoka asylum and will likely live there for life the hospital now buzzes with activity and life
Fire at Red Lodge Montana destroyed Potter's hardware store Hall and Larkins saloon the Pick et printing office and other nearby properties A man serving as a juryman in a career trial was killed when walls collapsed in the blaze The blaze occurred March 22 and caused extensive property damage in Billings area reports
Charles Young aged twenty three was killed instantly at the new Junction mill when his head was struck by a raising shaft during oiling and stoppage He lived in Oakdale and the accident occurred March 21 in Stevens Point Wisconsin.
At a school land sale the Dell Rapids tract topped the state, selling for 387.50 dollars. A second tract twenty five miles away brought 23 dollars per acre and another 25.25 per acre. Only a small amount of school land remains unsold in the county.
Aribault Minnesota March 21 The county commissioners elected 8 R Wilson as county superintendent of schools to fill the unexpired term of the late G R Simpson Wilson previously held the position for several years over eight years ago
A man was shot and killed on a well lighted business street in central Seattle last night. Police say it was self inflicted but surrounding circumstances create an air of mystery about the tragedy.
Fire swept through the residence of E. H. McCormick, a Northern Pacific engineer at Grand Forks North Carolina. Mrs. McCormick awakened to flames and, with her child, escaped by leaping through a window. She suffered cuts from the glass as the home sustained about 2500 dollars in losses.
Clark and Company reports twelve carloads of stock household goods and farming implements arrived from Sibley Iowa. There is no vacant house in Clark and county prospects look bright for the future.
Aberdeen district report of March 22d notes young farmer Will iams seriously injured at a feed mill gear. He suffered a double arm fracture and severe head cuts, left unconscious on the ground for hours before his wife found him.
Stevens Point Wisconsin March 21 fire destroyed the Central house owned by Matt Adams. Loss put at 4000 with 1500 insurance and 1200 loss on furniture. Insurance covered 300. Fire attributed to a defective flue.
In Newberry bids were opened for two new cottages for the Upper Peninsula hospital for the insane. Lipsett and Gregg of Sault Ste. Marie won the general contract and W A Powers & Co of Milwaukee secured the heating and ventilating contract.
Seattle March 21 John Wesley van Brocklin, a pioneer, died from shock and a complication of diseases after attempting death by cutting his throat. He endured great pain prior to death.
In Mason City Iowa on March 21 Charles Brandon was thrown from a buggy and killed. Two others in the party were injured while the horse also fell and broke its neck.
Winnipeg dispatch reports Gavin Ross a well known Emerson district farmer and politician killed instantly when his team ran away. Ross had run as a candidate for parliamentary honors in 1896 and was again nominated to oppose Dr. McFadden the new provincial secretary in this year’s election.
Saloon owned by Spirek and Cochran in Fort Dodge Iowa was robbed of 100 cash and checks on March 21. Thieves entered through the basement but no suspects or clues have been found.
Central Iowa endures a smallpox siege with strict quarantine in Story City Hubbard Radcliffe and Hampton. Public schools in one or two areas have closed as officials take precautions to stop the disease spread.
The transit Warren, just released from quarantine in San Francisco, begins discharging stores. Authorities contend fumigation ruined almost all the flour aboard.
A young son of Christopher Myers living seven miles northeast of Montrose died after ingesting a quantity of butter coloring left in reach. The substance had been considered harmless. The incident occurred in Sioux Falls, dated March 16, with the report noting the accidental nature of the death.
Activity in Rhinelander Wisconsin centers on moving the Lake Shore Lumber sawmill to the city and rebuilding it. The Monroe mill, idle for years, will be repaired and operated again.
A blaze at the Le land hotel in Ashland causes about 3000 dollars in damage, fully insured. The hotel, run by M Gillis, suffers 2000 dollars in losses. Owner William H Irish of Necedah Wisconsin is named in connection with the property.
Sioux Falls March 22. By blowing out the arch pipe of a Great Northern engine pulling a north bound freight engineer Osmundson and fireman Netha way, both from Willmar, were seriously scalded by escaping steam. The injured men were brought here.
Mitchell, March 22. City council sold $40,000 refunding water bonds to O. L. Branson of the First National Bank of Mitchell at par and 4 1/2 percent interest, redeemable in twenty years. The transaction is described as highly satisfactory.
The Duluth normal school receives its lowest bid of 68 200 from MacLeod and Smith of Duluth. The normal board building committee backs acceptance and the board is expected to approve the proposal.
The body of Ernest Schlapp was found in Carthage Lake by searchers in Burlington Iowa on March 22. He was soon to wed Miss Gertrude Cotsworth of Chicago.
The march twenty two report says Admiral Dewey fell ill with indigestion aboard the revenue cutter Hamilton. A public reception at the De Soto hotel for Admiral and Mrs. Dewey drew 5500 attendees before the function was canceled. General Miles is due this afternoon.
Captain Stone and twenty six men of the British ship City of Florence were rescued by the tug Alert after striking a reef ten miles south of Point Pedro. The nitrate laden vessel sailed from Iquique for San Francisco March 5 with 1800 tons on board and is a total loss.
Frank W. Elliott editor of the Troy Times a Democratic weekly newspaper was shot at eight to ten feet from a freight car as he exited a Grand Island passenger train in Troy Kansas. Elliott a fusionist and former executive clerk under Gov. Leedy faced bitter local political warfare.
The will of P. D. Armour Jr. was proved in Chicago on March 22. Executors May Armour J Ogden Armour and P Anderson Valentine granted bonds of 16 million dollars each, with double the estate value required. The estate is estimated at 8 million dollars and trustees may sell real estate.
Bishop Hurst who led the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal conference at Millville said he was misquoted when reports said he announced President McKinley had accepted the chair of international law at the American University in Washington. He expressed regret and sent a denial by telegraph to the president.
In Little Rock on March 22 the Republican state convention adjourned after electing delegates to the national convention and declaring for McKinley’s renomination Gen Powell Clayton was named permanent chairman and contrasted silver standard Mexico with the U S gold standard The platform endorsed President McKinley’s administration.
Paris dispatch reports dramatist M. Rostard ill with congestion of the lungs. He is run down from supervising rehearsals of LT Aigion produced the previous evening at Mme Bernbarat's theater.
St Louis on March 22 Jessaline Sweet aged nineteen who had a minor role in a production of Rapho attempted suicide by carbolic acid after being heckled by audience members. Her sister found her and a physician arrived in time to save her life.
Yokohama reports that the Japanese navy will begin brief maneuvers by the end of March. The move fuels rumors of an imminent war with Russia and reflects heightened military tension in the region.
Thomas Tate of Duhamel Alberta writes a cheerful update on a winter journey to Wetaskiwin, buying a pony and saddle, hiring a three seated rig, and returning home to work. He notes weather, two feet of frost, snow, and the family building a log house and stables with ten cows and horses, sending regards to Mr. Hutchison.
A New Orleans lawyer recalls a woman who made at least twenty five wills to stir cupidity among distant relatives. She moved among kin and friends, leaving a last will to a niece who had shown little attention, provoking envy and bitter quarrels. The tale, though extreme, reflects a pattern some lawyers know well.
A woman sued for the value of bread daily supplied. She claimed the bread was stale and thus overpriced. In court she revealed a loaf under her shawl and exclaimed that it was proof of staleness, but the judge ruled for the defendant after learning the loaf had been kept nine months.
Miss Matilda Snowflake performs a comic piano song All I Wants Is Ma Chicken in Baltimore as Mr Zeke Darkleigh, who visited the papa’s hen roost, shifts uneasily in his seat during the performance.
A playful note compares the moon’s face creation to a slow painter at work. It uses humorous imagery to suggest the Moon’s features appear gradually as night progresses.
The Indianapolis Sun reports a quarrel between Mrs Smooth John and Mr Smooth about drinking and a claim of another woman. The dialogue suggests marital tension and possible jealousy over alcohol and suspicions of infidelity.
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