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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1891
Page
2
A ten year old Camden witness testified she cannot read has never seen a bible and never entered a church. The piece argues it is the evident duty of the West to send missionaries to New Jersey.
Emperor William ends planned retaliation for alleged slights to his mother during a Paris visit. The decision allows the wife of the French minister to ride through Berlin streets without being mobbed.
Survivors of the Servia endure days of rough seas and a violent Channel crossing amid the season’s fiercest storm.
Boston weighs the broad social economy issue of homes for the destitute aged and orphans. The view grows that letting more people fend for themselves aids the overall system, guiding policy away from blanket aid toward independent self-reliance.
Morton becomes the first sitting vice-president to be honored with a bust in the Senate chamber. The counterfeit marble statue will remain in its niche for all time, marking a new practice as busts were traditionally sculpted after retirement from office.
A raid against indecent posters is spreading, with public sentiment turning strongly against the leg business in theatrical performances. Leading newspapers urge managers to discourage it and end the practice.
The Mormons in Utah continue to attract new members from around the world. They uphold their religion as closely as federal limits allow and plan to increase missionary work rather than move to Mexico. They anticipate several large parties from the south this spring.
General Boorn proposes a program to regenerate Darkest England in America offering supper bed and breakfast to a tramp for eight cents with the expectation of eight cents worth of work in return. He expects no trouble providing breakfast but securing eight cents of work may be challenging.
The article claims Chinese people, barred from the United States, have been fleeing to Manila in the Philippine Islands in large numbers. It asserts that local residents respond to surges by massacring hundreds or thousands of Chinese, then continuing with daily life, while the influx persists.
A Berlin dispatch reports Minister Phelps being honored by rival German political factions. Guests express warm regards for him, noting his reputation as a capable and diligent representative of the United States government and as an agreeable, popular gentleman.
East Nashville resident, once a poultry seller, had no stock or funds. He killed a forty year old gray eagle and sold it as turkey. The buyer, who cooked and tried to eat the bird, arrested him in a case of mistaken identity.
A Paris Academy des Sciences professor reports experiments showing rabbits tolerate deep cold better than dogs and other livestock. He found a rabbit in a block of ice overnight and said the animal appeared unaware of its unusual state, with rabbits surpassing sheep goats and pigs in cold endurance.
The Tur Fort Sheridan Indians head to Europe to join Buffalo Bill in his Wild West show. A year under Colonel Cody’s guidance is believed to curb rebellion by teaching circus tricks as safer than war. Some fear divine retribution and a generation of showmen may reclaim lands from white settlers.
A concise weekly digest reports on Washington foreign affairs and notable incidents. It covers diplomatic developments, accident summaries, personal notices, and criminal cases, highlighting key dates, places, and involved entities.
A compiled briefing covers $162 650 44 per cents redeemed and a new total of $12 526 650. The Spanish minister reports no signs of Cuban revolution. Assistant Secretary Bussey finds no provision in the 1890 act or related measures to revive pine timber cutting at La Pointe Minnesota. Canada’s bid for a reciprocity treaty with British Guiana was rejected, as Guiana prefers US talks for broader reciprocity.
Johnny Mackey lies seriously ill with pneumonia in Cincinnati. Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont's remains are interred in Nyack New Jersey. Jupee Joux R. Brapy of the New York supreme court is dead after paralysis. Texxyson accepts an honorary Worlds Auxiliary membership but won’t promise to write a song for the fair opening. Rep Strixcer of Hlinvis ill in Washington from nervous prostration and grippe. Mrs Hess, wife of theatrical manager C D Hess, gains divorce in Milwaukee on desertion grounds after 32 years of marriage. Col James Ropy Sherp dies at his son Percival Sneed’s home from pneumonia. a noted figure in national politics, he was postmaster of the Senate from 1882 to 1885 and fourth auditor in Cleveland’s presidency.
The report details multiple calamities including a Knickerbocker Brewing plant fire in New York causing 50 000 dollars in damage, the wreck of the Norwegian bark Imperator with twelve crew drowned east of Boavista, a fatal explosion at Crescent Steel in Pittsburgh killing Frederick Bonnhant and injuring others, a total loss fire at Kennard Grocery stock in St Joseph with 75 000 dollars of stock lost, a Lookout Mountain rock blast near Chattanooga dislodging 100 000 tons of rock, a destructive blaze at Fowlerville Michigan destroying key buildings with losses around 100 000 pounds, the British steamer Curlew sinking at East River piers, and a fatal house fire in Rockford Illinois with two elderly residents burned.
A summary of disparate criminal cases: broker Hamilton Younes jailed for forging $7,000 in New York. Exsas Yous linked to a Lieutenant Robinson murder in August in Wilkes-Barre. Lingo convicted of first degree murder in Camden for the murder of Mrs. Miller. Sentences include three Navassa murder defendants to hang in Baltimore. Resignations and arrests follow misconduct and alleged property secrecy in St Albans and Katskill. A Wichita second degree murder verdict triggers regional protests. deadly quarrel in El Reno. a Barbourville woman found burned. Additional incidents include jailhouse murder accusations in Houston, a Coshocton attempted double murder, and a domestic tragedy in Springfield.
CEEN LILIOKALANI appoints TH A P Carter as minister to the United States. News notes drownings from Danube overflow at Duna Feldvar Austria. France sees heavy rains and Rhine river rise. Hawaii’s Princess Karetani in England told she will succeed Queen Liliuokalani. Canadian Manitoba bills on schools and dual languages face no veto. Empress of India steamer arrives Penang then sails to Singapore for two days of visits. Rome London correspondent reports developments.
Cardinal Mermillod told Princess Clotilda he granted absolution to Prince Napoleon after a one hour conversation. Also notes Berlin papers on Wissmann setting fortified stations at Moshi and Masinde with two chiefs under strict surveillance.
Jaxe Kirears and trainer William Muldoon arrive in Chicago then head east. Kilrain shows strong form as Mike Kelly quits ball, seeks NY business and Florida stay. Corxey Tell and Clark freed after Crawfordsville prize fight. Indiana law not banning prize fights there. Dixon McCarthy fight eyed between Albany and Schenectady unless blocked. Troy Cribb club bans it. Kelly opts to play next year, captaining Cincinnati club after contract with Boston’s Prince.
The United Framers of New York threaten a May 1 strike for shorter hours and higher wages. Huddersfield cotton mills in England settle a five week strike affecting 1000 workers. Chicago JourneyMeN plasterers plan an April 1 strike if wage demands are not met. A General strike by cloth and cap makers in New York leaves about 800 out of work as shops shut after refusals to take back strikers.
The Personal Rights League of Chicago tendered its nomination for mayor to Carter Harrison, who has accepted the honor.
The Pittsburg and Western railroad transfers control to the Baltimore and Ohio. Ontario and Western denies reports of pending negotiations with New York Central. Tue Soo filed earnings with Auditor Biermann showing 1800 gross of 566710.33 and 9601.43 tax at 2 percent. A St Paul railroad men survey says outlook for freight and passenger business is very good. A joint through tariff on wagons in carloads of 25 cents per hundred pounds will begin March 20 from West Superior to Peoria. Omaha Northwestern and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific participate in the tariff.
Reports say an English syndicate is poised to take control of Westinghouse interests while Panter and McLeax, wholesale leather dealers, face debts estimated at two hundred thousand dollars. In public affairs Tur Connecticut passes Judson bill to settle election discord. Tur Nebraska approves fifty thousand dollars for the World’s Fair. Tur Wisconsin moves to tax telephone companies two percent of gross earnings. In Baltimore Parnell envoys are not invited until leadership is settled. Myron A. Clark to Brazil to found Y M C A international in that republic. La Ortpre continues ravages in Chicago with no abatement. county hospital admits forty four cases, some with cement complications, after two consecutive days.
Andrew Lang argues in Harper's Magazine that female jealousy in modern society lacks the dignity of tragedy or the humor of comedy. He contrasts it with male jealousy in Restoration comedy and notes men write most plays, while women’s jealousy remains bitter and tormented.
A sensational Kalamazoo report claims patients in the local insane asylum have teeth pulled to stop biting attendants. The tale seems dubious, and a committee is investigating to uncover the truth and end the speculation.
Gen Joseph E Johnston died at his Connecticut avenue home after a three week heart illness aggravated by a cold caught after attending Gen Sherman’s funeral in New York. Gov McLane announced the decline as the end approached amid calm dignity. Johnston, once a Confederate Confederate general, later led rail and insurance ventures and served in Congress and railroad commissions. His sister Mrs Mitchell survived him and his funeral and burial plans remained to be fixed and Greenmount cemetery in Baltimore is noted.
Joseph E Johnston, born 1807 in Prince Edward County Virginia, graduates West Point 1829 and serves in Seminole and Mexican wars. He becomes quartermaster general then major general in the Confederacy, fights at Bull Run, Fair Oaks, and Vicksburg rear, later commands in Georgia Carolinas. He surrenders at Bentonville April 1865 and is praised by Sherman as an able general.
Gen Joseph E Johnston's funeral will be at St Johns Episcopal Church Washington Tuesday at 11 am conducted by Dr Douglass. Burial follows at Greenmount Baltimore with simple services per the deceaseds wishes. Honorary pallbearers include Morgan Daniel Curry Parker Field Heth Rodgers Temple Wright Bryce Anderson Harris Bancroft Davis Watmaugh. Active pallbearers drawn from the ex Confederate association. Messages of condolence arrive from Generals Schofield Rosecrans Admiral Rodgers and others.
London reports reveal deep outrage over alleged abuse of Grand Duchess Elizabeth, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, by Grand Duke Sergius of Russia. The czar's brother is said to have used governance of Moscow to isolate her from foreign society, pressuring her to abandon her birth religion and culture.
A Logan County West Virginia reader letter proclaims a general amnesty in the Hatfield and McCoy feud ending decades of border warfare. It notes peace prospects, a lifelong arms focus, and references a similar message in Kentucky. The feud traces to 1873 over a sow and pig and has claimed many lives.
At Saigo a heated scene unfolded as priests faced political duties and Parnell hinting at resignation to Cork voters. A Queens town federation meeting addressed by Maurice Healy and others touched on recent challenges. Parnell delayed amid alleged Brighton consultations as priestly denouncements and a boycott marked Drogheda's afternoon gathering.
Fred Hundley, seventeen, was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for killing his father, Zack T. Handley, editor and Democratic leader, last June. The verdict follows a fatal carpet incident and carries a minimum four year sentence, likely up to eight.
Prrrepune Pennsylvania March 24. Fitzsimmons alias Andrews a known burglar who killed Chief Detective Gilkinson and wounded two others last night at Peters Run was captured in Braddock at 9 pm. He hid in a rear out house after a possible visit to Mrs Clark’s Four and Ann streets. A satchel of jewelry and cash were found. more jewelry was recovered near the murder scene with a will naming his wealthy father Frederick Carrolton Fitzsimmons and a $6000 bequest and real estate.
In Franklin Pennsylvania at 5 o clock this morning N P Tobin's residence burned and his body found among the ruins. Authorities suspect burglars killed him and set the fire to hide evidence. Tobin once fought in the oil region then converted at a prayer meeting and led a tailoring business. He leaves a family visiting in New Castle and had a daughter Mary Tobin later found drowned in New York harbor in May 1589.
Berlin dispatch reports strong German military disgust at Prince Reuss's refusal to face M Vacaresco. A leading general says Reuss is unfit to command Prussian cavalry. The Kaiser has not spoken but is considering the matter.
In the Minnesota Senate Gen. Sanborn moves to adjourn to hear Butterworth and Handy on an 1893 Chicago world’s fair appropriation. House discussions feature liquor license bills and a proposal to make licenses saleable. a joint committee may study printing and distributing the current laws.
The senate forms a committee of the whole with Senator Alle in chair. Discussions include Mr. Stockwell’s bill against foreign detectives, grain warehouse regulation by Senator March, and Furlong’s return to private status. Senator Mayo’s mileage discount bill is indefinitely postponed. McAllister proposes tax relief for certain corporations on capital stock.
Senator Crandall introduced a resolution for redrawing Minnesota judicial districts to consolidate and reduce the total number of districts, reporting a bill within a week. Senate members debated, with Crandall noting the state has more judges than the English government, and the measure passed unanimously.
Friday's session saw debate on a Minneapolis charter submission and the minority report vote defeated 14 to 0. Morning meet time set at 9:30, agriculture college inquiry authorized, and multiple bills touched on weights and measures wolf bounty mining taxes and plumber licensing.
The senate held a three and a half hour session voting down Senator Donnelly's bill to repeal the newspaper libel law of 1887 and defeating Senator Tawney's mortgage taxation proposal. Several routine measures passed while others were postponed for more members.
Senator Tawney seeks 350 dollars to purchase overcoats for regular militia members in the state. Senator Donnelly introduces a bill setting factory job age minimum at thirteen. Senator Probstfield files a measure on the fact of an ac
The Minnesota Senate passed the Bell charter for St Paul and repealed the office of the city fire warden by party line vote. The chamber adjourned for ventilation work and debated railroad property taxation and other bills. House action set April 20 as adjournment deadline with March 27 last day for new measures.
Tolstoy tells of a king who offers half his realm for health. Wise men search for a happy man with a shirt to cure him, yet none can find true happiness. The king’s son discovers a contented cottage dweller whose lack of a shirt thwarts the cure.
Burlington Hawkeye recounts a firm head quizzing a former clerk who seeks fewer hours not shorter days. The clerk clarifies he wants fewer hours within the current daily period, preserving the existing sequence of time.
A Scientific American summary warns that many baking powders use starch filler and contain ammonia or alum. Ammonia is described as a drug, not a food, and long-term use may harm digestion and tissue. England, France, Germany ban alum powders. Minnesota requires labeling. A compiled list of ammonia and alum powders from five official reports names brands and groups powders by safety concerns.
A Philadelphia pair freshly graduated from the University of Pennsylvania travel Europe with funds to tour Berlin. They enter a lavish private beer garden, miscommunicate in German, and are ejected after a brief misunderstanding. The piece then pivots to a lesson: the farmer of the future must be educated and scientifically knowledgeable, capable of understanding fertilizers and feed.
Bill Nye argues that alcohol and gambling do not create genius or legal prowess. He contrasts Washington Poe Prentice and other past figures, warning against copying vices. The piece mocks poets who drink and lawyers who rely on luck rather than skill, asserting genuine talent comes from discipline.
A New York Sun report quotes a friend of Thomas A. Edison stating he follows a vegetarian diet. It notes his fruit and grain intake, emphasis on sunshine, and belief that diet influences mind, health, and vigor.
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