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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1886
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch notes analysts believe Congress will not adjourn before August due to potential early summer heat signals. If May and June bring hot weather, the political situation could shift quickly.
Reports from spring wheat sections show very favorable conditions, especially in Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska Minnesota and Dakota. Indications point to slightly decreased acreage in Wisconsin and Minnesota and a notable increase in Dakota. Winter wheat states show uncertain to unfavourable conditions.
The annual emigration from Germany fell sharply in 1885 with Hamburg Bremen and Stettin recording just over half the departures compared to 1882. The long term downward trend continues as fewer Germans leave the country through the three principal ports.
The Philadelphia delegation stands out for five members all born in the city and serving longer than any other group. Their combined service will reach ninety six years at this Congress's end, averaging nineteen and one fifth years per member.
Michigan Governor Alger argues that safe governance comes from leaders with moderate ability and the capacity to apply their talents across any station. He cautions against relying on highly gifted or brilliant leaders for executive power.
For months the socialistic faction in Milwaukee pushed to stand out but failed to gain broad support. The Knights of Labor rejected any alliance, yet the group persisted and is said to have purchased about two thousand muskets and a large quantity of ammunition, causing alarm among the timid.
General Shaler, a New York militia officer, was indicted for taking a $9000 bribe to select a building site for an armory. After a second trial ended in a hung jury, a discharge-like result followed, and his supporters express disappointment, fearing no further prosecution.
Scribner's Statistical Atlas edited by Fletcher W Hewes notes real estate at 77.13 percent and personal property at 22.87 percent of total. He comments that low personal property valuations reflect tax escape, with real and personal property nearly equal in proportion nationwide.
The U S consul in Stuttgart reports friendly government and people toward the United States but distrust toward naturalized Americans avoiding military duty. Bismarck is seen as ruler, the emperor adored, while American manufacturers face limited demand due to small farms and female hand labor. German farms rely on cows over horses and oxen.
The Signal service has pursued a long term study of cyclones to forecast when a storm will bring damaging winds. Lt Finley led data collection on United States tornadoes since 1794, recording about six hundred storms before 1881 and nearly seven hundred in the last five years, noting most occur west of the Ohio river and especially in the Mississippi Valley. He predicts future prognostications may become scientific.
Milwaukee dispatch reports a large Polish mob marching to Bay View with clubs and flags. Militia and police dispersed crowds with gunfire and clubs, injuring and arresting rioters, while warnings and proclamations urged citizens to disperse and avoid further clashes.
A meeting of merchants and leading businessmen at the Academy of Music lauded Gov. Rusk for ordering the militia to safeguard lives and property. Attendees including George W. Allen and J G Jenkins approved measures to protect labor rights and lawful employment, pledging cooperation with city, county, and state authorities.
On Thursday Chicago police enjoyed a quiet day as business leaders and the public funded a wives and families benefit for officers shot Tuesday night. The board of trade led the effort with a full subscription. rail and steamship firms augmented the total with donors from across the city. Detectives arrested August Spies and companions at the Arbeiter Zeitung offices on Fifth Avenue, where the editor and associates faced interrogation.
Chicago on May 1 saw sharp labor strife as a 1 hour system began and 6 000 to 8 000 workers joined idled ranks. Railroads faced a full Chicago sweep except Baltimore & Ohio with 25 lines affected amid 3 000 freight handlers out. unions of lumber furniture and iron industries formed to battle labor. Many factories idle, paralyzing trade. parade plans canceled.
A mob of Polish and Bohemian laborers attacks Milwaukee workers at the North Chicago Rolling Mill site in Bay View. Militants fire a volley after militia arrive. several rioters are wounded but none killed.
Eight varnish firms, major marble shops, eight piano makers, and all but six cabinet shops concede an eight hour workday in New York. Fire at Omaha paint shops in Hudson causes $25,000 loss and a faithful employee A. McDonald dies in the blaze.
Rome correspondence describes Victor Emmanuel as a prodigious eater who favored privacy at meals. Tales include meals served all at once with servants sent away and the king eating with elbows on the table, plus a bet about his five day no wash rule observed by Signor J.
Jefferson Davis visits Montgomery and receives a fervent welcome as crowds wave flags and cannon thunder. He recalls Alabama’s war sacrifice, honors fallen “seed corn” youth, and praises the Spirit of Southern Liberty while avoiding a speech.
Mr Springer introduces a bill to admit Dakota as a state without division. It sets a November election for a constitutional convention and capital location, with counties consolidated if under three thousand. The measure aims for rapid federal action before March 4, 1887, planning fifty-one delegate districts and leaving courts to the convention.
Col Abner Tibbitts president of the El Paso St. Louis & Chicago railway was found dead in his berth on a southbound train to the City of Mexico. He had lived in Minnesota, served in the state legislature, and later worked in land office and mining before moving to New Mexico. Ex-Secretary Windom accompanied the body to Mexico for the Topolovampo Pacific project.
Gen. Crook arrives from Arizona to assume the department of the Platte at Omaha. He plans an active drive against the Apaches led by Geronimo with a large but limited cavalry force. He argues pursuit across mountains and plains is difficult and opposes further reservations or new treaties. Miles will continue the campaign from his end.
The third annual meeting gathered at Columbian University in Washington. President George Bancroft delivered the welcome address. Leopold von Ranke replied with gratitude to Bancroft for honorary membership, expressing unity of studies and shared aims across nations.
A letter from Leopold Von Ranke dated February 14 1886 in Berlin expresses deep respect and reverential friendship. He extends friendly greetings and honors the recipient with heartfelt sentiments of esteem and honor.
A Kansas posse hanged Fritz Rupin after he killed Jacob Freimuth’s wife and outraged her. He was tracked to a ravine near Cinnamon River where a horse with a lariat killed him by strangulation as gunfire rang out. The body lay unattended on the prairie.
Cheng Tsao Jr the retiring Chinese minister and Secretary Bayard called at the White House and presented his recall letter. President Cleveland praised his efforts to ease race jealousy and labor rivalries and to foster friendly Sino American relations and mutual trade.
Local authorities mobilize armories for a possible call out. The Forty-seventh Brooklyn regiment was under arms at Green Point, Earle's battery on duty around the clock, and the Gatling gun moved to the state arsenal at Seventh Avenue and Thirty-fifth Street. Officials aim to keep the situation quiet.
George Graham, accused of murdering his wife, was seized by a mob in Springfield Missouri. After overpowering the sheriff the prisoners cell door was opened and Graham was strangled by hanging at dawn. He reportedly maintained his innocence regarding two alleged accomplices.
The page reports on a diverse set of items including a five member committee for Voorhe’s lobby investigation, ex members working for railroads, a law firm representing Union Pacific, Archbishop Taschereau to be installed as cardinal, Lorenzo Snow polygamous case before the federal supreme court, and European political shifts. It also notes Meissonier drawing sale, German embassy language focus, papal relations with Prussia, and patent issuances across Northwestern states. Additional items cover Gladstone on home rule, a new dictionary, California visitors, Boston Herald staff, New York figures, Detroit art institute, Dakota land district bills, and a fire at Emerson depot.
A wide sweep of Minnesota items notes frost in the north, Danish settlement plans near Danielson, and local fires and burglaries. Notables include Col Abner Tibbits’s death on the Mexico Central line, Kramer Brothers mill fire at Preston, and Mrs Sandsmark’s granary loss. Also covered are court appointments, a fatal shooting in Traverse county, a Stillwater girl found in Lake St Croix, and cyclone relief efforts across Spring Valley and Albert Lea.
The eight hour rule faces resistance as box manufacturers secure a ten percent wage advance for ten hours. Nelson pushes a Little Falls Water Power dam bill toward passage, with Senate support likely. Minnesota port bills are mixed. Fox receives seventy five thousand while Wisconsin receives nothing. Helena flooddevastated two drown. A Milwaukee anarchist agitator inflames fears claiming thousands in training. he practices marksmanship to threaten with a head shot.
A stewardess recalls a 25 year voyage and a past romance with Captain Harris later revealed as Capt. Harris a woman posing as a captain to raise her son. She disguises as captain to sail and protect the boy while Mr Wood, the mate, becomes the boy’s guardian.
The Rev J Ben son Hamilton new Cornell Memorial Methodist Episcopal pastor preached his first sermon titled How to Fill Empty Churches in a full church. A hidden crimson screen revealed bright color pictures during the talk and a placard outlined the topics. Hamilton from Rhode Island aims to use illustrated sermons to prove churches can be filled through personal effort.
The account highlights Major Greely's leadership during three harsh Arctic years. He weekly led Psalms on Sundays, allowed hunting breaks for morale, and celebrated birthdays and major holidays with modest luxuries. Thanksgiving amid quarter rations became a turning morale point, with Psalm reading and a spirit of unity sustaining the group.
Thurlow Weed recalls a Albany childhood anecdote about Joseph Henry then apprentice silversmith. Henry faced a choice between stage work and an offered free education from Dr. Beck. The decisive push came from the silversmith Doty who allowed release for study or required compensation if Henry stayed in the arts. Henry later led the Smithsonian Institution as its president.
An officer orders the hanging of a Jew smuggler after a sentinel reports him. The captain, absorbed in ecards, forgets the execution and the Jew is found alive. The emperor commutes punishment: the soldier is made corporal, the officer sent to Siberia, and the officer’s pay goes to the Jew’s family.
A tale from the Government Printing Office recalls a messenger seeking proofs for Taney. The boy asks to see Taney, who denies being him until the Chief Justice admits his identity. The incident ends with the boy realizing the proofs were not for the man he met.
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