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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1891
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch reports Bex Butler warning of another conflict and signaling willingness to volunteer again as a major general amid ongoing war rumors. Ben faces questions over resource shortages and public concern.
Lydia Trompson notes Americans favor tights on stage while authorities intervene in street wear. The piece contrasts stage freedom with police disruption in public spaces.
A Yankee has devised a nitro glycerine shell that can be fired ten miles from a cannon with ordinary powder. The invention is said to promise a conservative effect on the current violent Italian belligerency.
A Senate bid to govern canal probes could lessen momentum for measures that would seize Battery and City Hall Parks for corporate use. The action is framed as a partisan investigation with potential to derail parkland privatization efforts.
An absurd ad from a West coast paper in good humor offers a furnished house "shootable for legations or any other man." It adds if it does not shoot the legation, it can shoot himself elsewhere, inviting applications.
Americans shocked by occasional public wickedness in their country find relief in reading dis graceful stories about the royal and official household of Great Britain. The piece contrasts American sensibilities with England and deems England unspeakably wicked.
The passage argues that women may oppose men smoking in their presence and suggests they are largely at fault for discomfort if they do not complain. It asserts that a gentleman should seek a lady's permission before using tobacco.
A Lansing man imprisoned 33 years for murder is released after pardon proves his innocence. The State grants clemency but refuses ongoing support, citing lost records as the reason.
A Berlin group forming a corn ring faces potential expulsion from the bourse as authorities reveal the business is not as strong as in America. The notice signals strict scrutiny of price fixing and market manipulation amid tense trade relations.
Mrs White of Mount Holly New Jersey dies following more than thirty years of illness. Her physician had visited her 10 950 times, highlighting the extraordinary dedication of a physician in a long term patient relationship.
Uncle Sam reads bushels of letters addressed to the war department offering writers in case of war with Italy. He feels a thrill of honest pride in his boys, old and young. Patriotism is a strong sentiment in the United States despite a prevailing commercial spirit.
The British government informs Balmaceda it does not intend to close Chilean nitrate ports abruptly. Nitre from these beds fuels powder production and prolonged closure would threaten supply for militarized nations.
Greaves W. Williams, described as a colored orator, visits Africa and levels a serious charge against Mr Stanley. Williams alleges Stanley used an electric battery to make natives believe white men were gods, warning that further accusations of using medical skill to outdo native doctors may follow.
A Seymour Indiana butcher reports a cow stomach containing a silver half dollar bones needles pins and iron nails. In St Louis a restaurant servant found a gold ring inscribed S. S. to R. 8 in a clam opened from New York sourced ocean bed near Fire Island.
French explorer M Paci CrampeI reports the Bagayas a pigmy people north of Ogowe linked to the Wambuttis from Stanley's expedition. They live among the M fangs and hunt ivory for them in exchange for manioc and bananas. M fangs stand 5 to 9 inches to 6 feet high while Bagayas are 4 to 7 inches.
Prof C A L Torrey of Yale has completed computations based on biblical truths and stakes his reputation on the prophecy that the second coming will occur before 1896. He says the world will not end within a million years, and that the coming of the Messiah will merely improve the world as his previous advent did, though reception may be cool if he challenges current theological systems.
Treasury warrants 596760 to pay the Illinois direct tax refund. A court martial in New York will try Lieut Command er George A. Bicknell for negligence over the Galena and Nina strandings off Massachusetts. Grance F. Ormssy sues ex Secretary Whitney for 50000 damages for false arrest. Secretary Norie and Commissioner Carter open boundary bids for the Dakotas survey. seven South Dakota bidders. decision pending secretary’s return.
Puarur L. Marx a Worcester millionaire barb wire maker dies at home from paralysis. Gustave CoguLry, brother of actor Coquelin, to wed Marian Boyd of New York. Farther Serax declines Sherman biography. private papers to appear in Century. Mrs Mary E Goven widow of John B Gough dies at Hillside Farm aged 71. Earl Granville’s death prompts Gladstone stumble. statesman briefly confined. Sister Mary Dixyx Josephine McLaughlin dies at Sinsinawa Mound Wisconsin. Joan Mouireux claimed 100 years old and oldest Grand Army veteran dies at Mechanicsville New York. served in NY Volunteers 115th.
A Canadian Pacific Lance workshop in Hochelaga burned, losses over 90 thousand dollars insured, patterns lost. A Chicago factory fire caused about 10 dollars in damage. Willard state hospital patient Savacool killed another patient Orrow. German immigrant Reidman’s children died in prairie fire. Five drowned crossing Laurel creek near Addison. Marion Indiana hit by a heavy wind storm unroofing buildings. Hudson river area rain storm disrupted Western Union wires. A trotting horse died in a rail accident near Rockdale. Movers en route to Texas poisoned by cen tipede contaminated coffee. mother and two children died.
The report catalogs executions in Virginia and Louisiana, lynch threats in Tennessee, child theft and poisoning cases in New York, Ohio, and Chicago style robberies across multiple states. It notes trials, disappearances, and sensational crimes involving colored and white suspects, with details on victims and locations.
The report lists several world events including German ambassador Count von Hatzreit ill with influenza, treaties alleged with Italy and others, a Bombay banking failure, and British casualties among Maanipuris. It notes various political shifts, court actions, and international concerns from Simla to Paris and Berlin, with labor unrest in Newfoundland and a looming political crisis in Portugal.
Joe Grraaxpr signs with Man se Ugema of Louisville to play second, while Wewxtz and Reeder are released. Taylor becomes captain replacing rd Prrcner Werube of the Athletic club arrested in Brooklyn for destroying a valuable picture while intoxicated. Amalgamation meeting restores seventeen racing men suspended for accepting expenses in training, including many noted bicyclists.
A Chicago marble cutters strike has closed almost all yards, affecting over four hundred workers. Evriert & Co., of Haverhill, Mass., laid off amid labor agitation. Newark thread mill spinners strike. Pittsburg builders threaten eight hour day with a master lockout. Italian stone masons at Port Chester walk out over eight hours. clashes with strike supporters lead to police arrests and seized weapons.
Ten days of west and south trains will run over the Philadelphia Harrisburg and Pittsburg line after completion. Great Northern will resume Pacific coast track laying on April 25, with eastern extension work starting at Catbanks, Montana. Milwaukee announces E S Keely as assistant general freight agent effective May 1, succeeding J L Kellogg who resigns for other service. Grand Trunk to boycott Chicago and Alton traffic between Chicago and Buffalo. Alton states it does not affect them as they have not been routing traffic over that line recently.
Governor Routt signs a $100000 appropriation for Colorado's display at the world's fair. Kee becomes Milwaukee soldiers' home governor. A receiver is appointed for the Baltimore and Eastern Shore railroad amid $1,660,000 debts. Immigrant landings in New York reach 9,164 in three days, a record. The Curlew from Rio arrives at Pensacola with yellow fever cases, quarantine ordered. A Cleveland hospital reports a child starved to death. A tobacco firm in Winchester, Kentucky, faces $150,000 liabilities and $1,000,000 assets after an assignment. Shreveport seeks debt relief for N Gregg & Sons. A district judge in Guthrie rules women may hold public office where not prohibited. A German immigrant claims authorities paid his passage here.
Wall Street reports a defalcation of about $400000 at the Ninth National Bank of New York. Former president John T Hill, who died in March, is linked to the misappropriation over several years. Bank solvency remains intact per examiner Hepburn and clearing house panel findings.
Providence April 30. The body of Mrs J A Barnaby arrived from Denver under guard of Col Henry Wirship and Mrs Conrad of Montana. Dr Thatcher Graves, Mrs Barnaby’s medical adviser, retained Daniel Ballou as counsel. He believes blackmail drove the murder, claiming repeated threats and extortion led to deadly retaliation. Family silent. funeral plans kept secret. Also Mrs Edward Worrell, Denver poisoning survivor, arrived in Philadelphia and is recovering body.
The Cincinnati express from Washington at 3:30 p m crashed into a freight train at a curve near Warrings, Baltimore & Ohio Metropolitans branch. Engineer Elliott and Fireman Murphy of the freight and Postal Clerk Bur dette died. Postal Clerk Heacock and Fireman Miller of the express were seriously hurt. None of the passengers were seriously injured. The crash caused cars to derail and a fire burned the postal and baggage cars and another express coach. All the killed and injured resided in Baltimore.
A large scale meeting at the Sherman house in Chicago led to the formation of the United States Granite Producers Association. Representatives from over thirty firms across the West, North and South attended. D H Freeman of St Cloud was named president and D E Swan of Chicago secretary, with articles of agreement discussed in executive session.
A laborer at the Arcade township artesian well, five miles south, fell from the derrick today and sustained fatal injuries. He cannot live but a few hours.
Baton Rouge La April 30 Gen Will A Strong ex secretary of state surrendered this morning. He had been indicted years ago for embezzling over 4000 of state money received for an election ticket paper. While on trial in 1888 he walked out and the jury returned a guilty verdict in his absence. Strong says he has lived in Mexico since and faced a hard struggle before deciding to return and serve the sentence.
Short of ready money in Sioux Falls, the Sioux Falls Granite Company is embarrassed by slow collections and delays in paying blocks and building stone under contracts. H. L. Greene is appointed temporary receiver to adjust liabilities. The assets total 465000 dollars while liabilities outside bonded debt are 63000 dollars, much due to officers. The firm is solvent and will settle its affairs soon, freeing the plant and business from the financial strain.
Capt Edmund H Verney Liberal MP faces continued hearing on charges tied to securing a governess Nellie Beckett for immoral purposes. Witnesses described repairs to a house for a man called Wilson with Mme Rouillier identified as the procurer. After further questioning on whether Verney is the man known as Wilson, the trial was adjourned until Thursday, with Verney again held on bail.
Kate D Edgerton now of Minneapolis sues Erastus D Edgerton president of the Second National Bank of Helena county commissioner and church member for divorce and alimony alleging extreme cruelty abandonment and fraudulent divorce in Yellowstone county. She seeks 50000 likely one fifth of his present possessions in this state.
Washington April 30 Chinese government notified the United States that it will not receive Henry W Blair as minister to China. Secretary Blaine declined to comment. Blair’s son said his father unaware of the move. The objection relates to Blair’s outspoken China views. IN BLISSFUL IGNORANCE Senator Blair seen at Purspore depot noting California trip before China position was known. He anticipated a respectful reception as an American citizen when he sails for China.
Funeral services were held in the general staff building for Field Marshal Count von Moltke with Emperor William and several German royals in attendance. The ceremony lasted 45 minutes before the casket was taken to a railroad car amid wreaths from across Germany and Europe, followed by a message of condolence from Prince Bismarck.
April 3 report from Berte Montana claims the Anaconda mines were sold to a Rothschild syndicate. William Keyser of Baltimore Copper would sail May 6 from New York to finalize transfer. Price touted at 25 million dollars. Hearst factions deny knowledge. Irwin Stumpf unavailable. New York press has no confirmation.
Corumeus Ohio April 3 The national executive board of the United Mine Workers of America concluded a several day session and adjourned after hearing state miners presidents reports on the May 1 eight hour strike. They favored continuing the coke strike with renewed vigor and deferring the eight hour movement for the time being.
Denver authorities confirm Annie Armstrong died of arsenic poisoning after viscera analysis. Her employer’s wife, Mrs Hansen, shows similar symptoms while four Hansen men remain unaffected. Officials search for the murderers as a Hartung family murder-suicide is noted as a related case.
In Curiaco on April 30 Hon J B Foraker responded to Cincinnati remarks about slighting President Harrison. He said he would have worded any comment with careful qualifications if he had known how liberal Harrison supporters would react. He denied coming to Cincinnati with plans to boost Blaine.
In Wisconsin, L Lindauer loses a horse when a sleigh slides off a hill as team and driver fail to guard. Alexander Hintz admits he lied about witnessing the crash. Jury reopens, finds for the plaintiff. Hintz faces perjury charges.
Special from Burrawo New York reports C J Hamlin retires Mambrino King from public service after a storied career. The renowned stallion, famed as the handsomest in the world, dominated show rings from the Atlantic to the Mississippi and sired champions like Prince Regent 2 16 Mocking Bird 2 163 Henrietta 2 14 among others in the 2 30 class.
London special arrangements completed for an international Congregational council. About 120 delegates from the United States will attend. Notables include Quint Yee and Clark of Boston, Prof. Fish and Dr. E P Goodwin of Chicago, and Drs Rose W Gladden A Little and B Fullerton. The group will pilgrimage to Scrooby and Leyden to unveil the Robinson memorial funded by American churches.
Minnesota notes report Duluth merchants organize a robbers union amid bold jailbreaks by John Flood and Louis Miller from Pine City lockup. It also notes layoffs, county transfers, school appointments, and a fatal self destructive act in Red Wing.
In Rome April 25 a Vatican explosion left several injured dying from wounds. Reports warn of further damage to priceless art in churches monasteries and palaces, requiring on site inspection to tell the full disaster story. The pope, just finishing low mass, staggered but was steadied by a servant who caught him.
Foreigners arriving in this city often hire American language teachers to master local idioms and slang. The demand is steady as specialists who cover localisms, mannerisms, and current expressions command good pay and constant work. Even the bishop of the Russian church employs a young lady to teach him American usage.
A Cincinnati Times-Star account recalls a veteran jockey and judge dispute over a race outcome. The jockey protested a judge’s error that left a horse unplaced despite clear victory by two lengths. A steward’s inquiry was halted by respected turf figures, and the second-place money was later paid quietly.
A Rocky Mountain News anecdote recounts how a prospector named Sehifin, warned by locals he would be buried in a tombstone, struck rich and inspired the town’s name after finding a $2,750 float. The tale portrays him as a plain miner with red flannel shirt and broad hat.
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