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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1887
Page
3
The piece cites 1582 immigration figures of about 800000 and projects that continuing the tide for thirty years could yield 24000000 foreigners arriving at American shores. Brainerd Dispatch notes the large potential impacts on national demographics.
The picturesque loafer of the Mexican border asks the Secretary of State to collect 5000 from Mexico for affronts he endured. It is believed he may settle for only a few hundred, and likely will receive nothing.
The Chiricahua group led by Geronimo will be relocated from Florida to Alabama. The band has endured the climate and confinement better than expected, and rapid harm is unlikely in Alabama.
Export values show 1853 at 189 million dollars rising to 215 million in 1854 then 192 million in 1855. For year ending July 1869 exports reached 275.0006 million dollars, July 1870 total 376.5 million, and the following year 428 million.
A steam heated passenger train now runs between St. Albans and White River Junction in Vermont over the bridge known for last winter’s White River disaster caused by car stoves. The article suggests the safety of steam heating could have prevented most deaths in that wreck.
California farmers faced drought fears through March and early April with hopes fading for wheat and pasture. Rain began after April 8 and fell across the state, bringing heavy precipitation in some areas, but an average crop is still unlikely.
The New York Herald notes Victoria's jubilee will be a historic milestone. Celebrations already begin in India with Protestants Catholics Parsees and Brahmins Hindus and Muslims all taking part. Religious services and prayers for the queen are held across communities.
The government holds about 1,616,101 square miles or 1,084,350,842 acres, according to best records. If one acre can subsist one person, the public domain could support a population twelve times larger than the current U.S. population.
A Canadian pamphlet reveals the cost to ship a 1600 pound steer from Toronto to Liverpool is 20 dollars. Rail to Quebec 2.50, feed 2.50, attendance 0.75, insurance 1.75, steamer freight 12.50. Cost per pound live weight about 0.14 dollars.
Reported gossip says the Crown Prince of Germany may have tongue cancer and swift steps are being taken to treat it. The illness would alarm Germany and interest the world as Kaiser Wilhelm II nears ninety, with the heir the uncertain to ascend if tragedy strikes.
The market reports a rise in silver bullion to 97c, about ten percent above the low point. Analysts debate the cause with no link yet made to the inter-state commerce law, while a reduced silver to gold production ratio emerges as a plausible factor.
Judge Barclay in St. Louis holds a sleeping-car company liable for portable property lost by patrons both in their berths and while using the wash facilities. The ruling reflects a growing pattern of judicial insistence that paying travelers receive full value and security for extra comforts.
In a dinner with Labor MPs Gladstone rejects charges against Irish leaders. He recalls a 1882 May letter from Parnell after Cavendish Burke murders and notes Parnell offered to resign if advised by him. Gladstone mentions Times forgery claims and a historic juried action suggestion by Wreshfield was rejected.
Commander-in-Chief Fairchild of Wisconsin issues a proclamation adopted by the G A R executive committee in Chicago. Posts are directed not to seek opinions without national headquarters approval. He urges united action on posts and notes possible future post expressions on pension legislation at the next encampment.
The Mormon leadership claims they can bypass new anti polygamy laws to dominate town elections. George T. Curtis, the resident attorney, says Mormons will act under the law to secure voting influence. Officials who administered the oath faced initial restrictions on questions, then oath-taking by Mormons became widespread.
The text reports on royal gifts and engagements including Emperor William gifting a diamond bracelet to a Jewish woman at Gastein and inviting yearly visits. It also covers political exchanges in Britain and Prussia, church matters in Paris and Richmond, and various financial and legal notices across Chicago Peoria San Francisco New York and Providence noting insolvencies and corporate moves.
Across reports, figures show post office resignations, new appointments in the General Land Office, a major Brooklyn factory fire with $200,000 in losses, financial strains in London markets, and political shifts in Ottawa and Washington. Notable items include Beechers tribute schedule changes, a Russian loan surge, Wisconsin prosecutorial reforms, and a Milwaukee funeral setting a city record.
The President sends to Secretary Lamar a letter urging a fair resolution of the Guilford Miller settler case against the Northern Pacific Railroad over public lands in Washington Territory. It argues withdrawal and indemnity policies have unjustly blocked settlement, calls for equitable action, and cites sections 245 and 241. The letter urges using indemnity lands for Miller or rebalancing selections to avoid harming settlers while preserving railroad rights.
At the American Club of Pittsburg sixty-fifth anniversary tribute to General Grant an ex Senator Conkling letter regrets his absence due to abstinence from public occasions. He urges reverence for Grant and hints at Republican revival while praising Grant’s memory and lessons for the nation.
F B Kline sold land in Windom to Matthias Mechenich of Wisconsin for 6800 dollars. Capt Towler shot and fatally wounded in Grenada Mississippi. Stivers claims Towler justified and desires no punishment. James G Blaine returns home weakened by western trips. Charles Atkinson founder of Moline Illinois dies at 79. Trial of Frank Mead ends not guilty. Confidence man H Mckenzie arrested in Moorhead fined 50 dollars and jailed. Calhoun statue unveiled in Charleston. Detroits beat St Paul 6 to 5 in ten innings.
Rome issues a papal brief to Bishop John Ireland of St. Paul praising the Catholic Total Abstinence Union and urging clergy to lead by example in opposing drink intemperance. The document, dated March 27, 1887, calls intoxication a mortal threat to faith and morals and entrusts blessings on Ireland and his associates.
A west bound Northern Pacific passenger train derailed four miles east of Sterling Dakota on Saturday the 30th alt. Caused by overheated rails the crash killed William Otis Breed of Faribault Minnesota who leaped from the second emigrant car rear platform. About twenty five injured, three seriously. Soldiers aboard two emigrant cars escaped harm as a platform incident left them unscathed. Breed left a grieving family planning to move to Washington Territory but died on impact. The incident prompted Eastbound recovery trips for families back to Faribault.
B K Miller of Finches Lynde Miller Milwaukee filed a petition for probate of the will of Alexander Mitchell. John L Mitchell named testator and residuary legatee with Martha Mitchell widow receiving $50 000 per year for life and $200 000 cash plus estate realty. Grandchild David F Mitchell $100 000 niece Isabelle Mackey $25 000 son John L Mitchell rest. Wealth estimated at 15 to 20 million. Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance Company bank equally divided among John L Mitchell John Johnston nephew and D Ferguson friend. John L Mitchell elected president of the bank. David Ferguson named vice president. John Johnston cashier. capital increased to 500 000.
In Madison Wisconsin a U S district court case concluded that Kellogg Co a Chicago firm is liable for credit fraud after selling 500 worth of goods to Powers of Finnemore Wisconsin based on Powers false agency statement. The judge said furnishing to mercantile agencies is a communication to creditors and false statements incur liability to injured parties. Verdict for the plaintiff and judgment entered.
Sir Charles Dilke’s fifth Fortnightly Review article surveys European powers with focus on Italy. He cites Sicily and the South as major backward areas yet argues Italy shows faster overall progress than most powers aside from Russia, noting declines in brigandage and advances in education and industry over sixteen years.
Prof. Goldwin Smith argues that England cannot form a confederation with Ireland without altering the British constitution and abolishing parliamentary sovereignty. He warns federal union would require powerful states and could pit Ireland Scotland and Wales against England, casting the nation toward democracy and crisis.
The agriculture commissioner warns in a forthcoming bulletin about dangerous oleomargarine. He recounts carcass reuse in manufacture and maggoty, fly-blown meat seen in a St. Louis butcher shop used for dogs. Counterfeit butter makers mix impure material to hide odor and taste.
Cardinal Manning argues that denying labor rights undermines liberty to organize and protect workers. He notes late nineteenth century free contract eroded employer employee relations, creating perpetual conflict. He says capital’s power dominates, hunger compels toil, and mutual defense groups like Knights of Labor and British trades unions defend labor rights, while contract freedom fades.
A London cable to the Brooklyn Citizen says Mr. Parnell’s Ireland trip is misinterpreted as he simply fishes. A reporter from the Free man's Journal searched for him, finding him returning from a placid pastime with a rod and basket, unaware of England’s uproar over his name.
Foster's opera house in Des Moines burned Friday evening the 2th alt. leaving only side walls and front offices. The blaze started near the stage and forces in the third story to escape via windows with ladders. Stenographer Mixes Hattie Duke was nearly suffocated and saved by fireman Patrick Lynch who risked his life. Loss about $35,000 with $25,000 insured. Origin of the fire remains a mystery. building slated for rebuilding and enlargement.
Pensions awarded in Minnesota and Dakota regions reveal names like J Roselack F8 Sawyer J M Stevens Reiseule W Whitford and J D Winters. A US grand jury in St Louis indicts officials for election fraud including F H Ketchum James Carrol Conner John Chamberlin Robert E Lee Peter Morrissey and others.
The three unmarried Drexel sisters arrive in Philadelphia after touring Europe. They entertain by Roman nobility, meet the Pope, and fund a Boys and Girls Home near the city. Each sister controls a vast fortune and directs ongoing charity while living simple, field and river loving lives with horses and dogs.
The piece recalls silver and gold recoveries from historic wrecks including the Lutine from October 1799, the 1687 Spanish bullion retrieval, a 1767 Dutch East India wreck near Texel, the 1588 Armada losses, and the Royal Charter treasure ship with massive sums aboard and later recoveries noted by Dickens.
A traveler asks about a newspaper photo and is surprised by his spouse's reaction. She cries and confesses she would not have married him if she had known what he looked like.
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