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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
2
The item mixes scattered quotes and flippant remarks about discipline, tobacco, curling irons, Rivera, and Cuba. It presents a mosaic of opinions and sensational phrases without a clear single news conclusion.
Despondent creditors fear losing leverage as the sultan carries heavy debt. Analysts note that if the sultan were solvent, rivals would press to depose him, signaling the fragile balance of power and financial strain amid court politics.
T D Burns of Park View New Mexico shipped eighteen carloads of fat cattle to Kansas City earning more than ten thousand dollars. He says rustlers are so active on his range he must rail road his stock to market.
The quote recalls President Lincoln advising that a leader must accept the duty of appearing ungrateful and the wisdom of rejecting smart combinations with un congenial elements, a counsel cited by Mr. McKinley regarding office seekers.
Theodore Roosevelt visits Ellis Island and is made honorary president of a new immigration inquiry board. He reviews a case in which a Scotchman arrives with a young woman described as his common law wife. Roosevelt insists on immediate marriage, and the couple wed.
The Washington May meeting of the International Postal Congress may consider a single uniform stamp for all Postal Union members. The stamp would ease small-ordered goods payments and boost exchanges, though collectors warn the hobby could bias the decision against adoption.
By order of Congress and the President the Secretary of the Navy assigns a warship to the Christian Herald Bible House in New York to transport corn donated by generous farmers for starving Indians in India. Ten thousand die daily. communities urged to send carloads of wheat and other nonperishables. Committees should write to the Christian Herald.
A Dayton suburb association aims to beautify streets and public grounds through planting and garden education. It offers prizes for best grounds and gardens, with photos and a pamphlet sharing planting advice and curb appeal ideas.
A young Indian who trained at Hampton returns to North Dakota and shares skills learned there. He washes, irons, bakes bread, and teaches relatives, then buys a dress for his mother and asks a missionary to cut it out. He hopes to teach dressmaking to the Indian women using a sample.
A Royal Geographical Society talk by Nansen lasted over an hour with no excess adjectives used. The speaker emphasized moderation in adjective use as essential to good style and avoided ornamental language.
Two men were sentenced to the penitentiary in St. Louis after they went to a church after midnight and stole the communion service, prompting a criminal case and a church-related theft charge.
An Atchison girl en route to her wedding recalls her married sister’s ten year history, noting four babies, two buggy rides, one theater outing and two parties, a reflection so strong it may halt her own plans.
An English palmistry expert claims American women are among her best customers, attributing it to vanity, though she suggests a stronger reason is that they have handsome hands.
A husband who milks the cow and gives his wife the proceeds becomes the subject of neighborly admiration as women report a halo around his head when they see him.
A lighthearted remark notes how Methodist preachers move every few years and are spoken of warmly as if they had died.
A saying notes that a strong kick by a man often signals he did something yesterday that he now regrets. The remark frames physical action as a reaction to past misdeeds and personal discomfort.
A comprehensive review of the week’s important events reported from telegraph sources. Highlights include major developments at home and abroad that attracted broad attention and shaped public discourse.
The Nation's Capital Commissioner of Pensions Loans named 8 A Cuddy acting chief of the law division. A Senate Finance Committee subcommittee preparing the tariff bill has decided not to report the bill to the full committee before next Monday.
A string of obituaries and distressing incidents from across the United States includes actor Edwin F. Thorne dying at St. Vincent hospital in New York from Bright’s disease. Decorah’s W. H. Wheelock’s long illness ending in death. Syracuse University vice chancellor Dean John Raymond French dying at age 72. New York portrait painter Augustus M. Friedlander’s sudden death from consumption in Colorado Springs. Charles B. Fosdyck of the Second National Bank of New York dying at 73. ex land commissioner Judge N. C. McFarland passing in Topeka. Col. Horace Jewett’s death at Platteburg barracks. Prince Louis William August of Baden’s passing at Carlsruhe. Spokane tent and awning maker Charles Sawyer’s failed suicide attempt on a bridge, with his wife seeking a divorce.
Four people died in a fire at 1728 Third Avenue Brooklyn. In Dubuque a servant girl Louise Weiser died instantly after being struck by runaway wheels while aiding her mother. Omer Michigan suffered a cyclone injuring Mr Hagley and Mrs Hagley and many others. Circus man John Forepaw and Spaniards Arsene Garcia Joaquin Sierra were killed when a fast train demolished their streetcar.
August Freiberg of Rockford Iowa was found dead from chloral overdose leaving a wife and four children. William P Nichols ex Bank of Commerce New Orleans head convicted of embezzling $20000. Fred Sohnes and Alexander Stewart Windsor Ontario youths charged with smuggling drugs across the Detroit river. Harry M Mason mail clerk between Mackinaw City and Houghton Michigan arrested for robbing the mails. Edward 8 Farrow ex US Army lieutenant arrested at Grand Central New York charged with conspiracy in Pittsburgh for insurance frauds. Henry V Duffy head of largest mercantile in Waukon Iowa shot dead in his store. gun in hand, no chamber empty, burglars suspected beneath his bedroom.
The piece reports on uprisings in Mashonaland and Africa as well as European military mobilizations at Aldershot. It notes major royal and political developments in Britain and Canada, earthquakes in the Leeward islands, and a dusting of notable deaths and legal appeals.
The steamer Majestic carried Irish girls in steerage. Boston reports a rising cerebro spinal meningitis threat nearing epidemic levels. Cape Town session notes a move to censure the ministry. Cedar Rapids firm forms with 100000 capital. Diocesan hearing and Dunne case progress. New York boxing match Levigne wins in 11th round.
Des Moines appoints Pierson H Bristow as chief clerk in the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General office. Missouri transfer of Mine La Motte lead claim for 300000 dollars. Dayton mills closed after bank judgment of 40000 dollars. Norfolk & Western plans join new Southern night association. Sparrow Point Maryland Steel to resume after three years idle. New York socialist parade and mass meeting coords May 1. Trenton merchant Isaac N House found dead by his son’s grave. Superior Log jam releases 1000000 feet of logs. bridges washed away. Dr Tanner challenge for 100000 dollars. Frankfort report details new tuberculosis tuberculin method. Ohio Baltimore & Southwestern appoints Brimson supervisor. Black River Falls brewer Oderholz alleges irregularities in election. Manchester Iowa preacher denounces charity minstrels. trustee resigns. Hutchinson Bank placed under state examiner Breidenthal. Escanaba port talks on ore handling rate 212 cents. Chicago unions plan May 1 general strike. Massachusetts Populist banquet in Boston with Marion Butler speaker. Circle City Yukon to deliver 200 head beef cattle by July 1. Mountain Beauty strike yields ore and value. Ajax strike celebrated in Salt Lake Tribune. Galatea mine yields 2000 ounces gold per ton in shaft. Edmonton predicts Saskatchewan river gold yield rising to 5000 ounces monthly. Saskatchewan gold washed from river banks for years.
A May 1 special from Independence notes swollen streams in Kansas with heavy damage. The Verdigris River rises fastest, Elk River breaches banks near Elk City, and tracks at Elk City are underwater. A Kansas City passenger train was forced to cut off at Chanute.
Berlin reports a plan by William to align Germany France and Belgium to protect Transvaal interests against English influence. Paris and St Petersburg sources note French approval and Russian court bitterness linked to Greece war tensions. German Navy speeds dockyard work with a cruiser nearing completion in weeks and three more by autumn. nineteen vessels under construction.
At a New York directors meeting ER W Winter submitted his resignation from the post of president of the Northern Pacific Railway. He said he quit because new large holders now controlled securities and he would not be in sympathy with them. His resignation was laid on the table.
A new steamship line named the San Francisco and Yokohama Transportation Company will operate monthly service between San Francisco and Japan via Honolulu. Five first class steamers to be used and a Yokohama to Seattle and Portland branch line may be established. The first ship left Yokohama April 3 and is due soon at this port.
Dispatch reports Greek 12 000 under Gen Smolenski repelling Turkish 14 000 advance near Velestino. Greek right largely unengaged, trains run to Pharsalos, Greek reinforcements arrive, battles shift to Lake Karla area. Casualties light, Red Cross noted absent, tomorrow promising more fighting.
A London dispatch reports the Princess of Wales seeks Mr Gladstone's aid to secure English intervention on behalf of Greece in the East. She and the Prince will visit Haward ex prime minister on May 1, and Gladstone is reported to be in splendid health.
Athens reports M Ralli said ministers from Pharsalos sent a favorable war and interior report. He noted front line in battle array and imminent Turkish attack. Preparations for heroic defense were completed and army spirit improved under the current supreme command. Gen Smo lenski remains with his brigade for now.
London dispatch reports Daily Mail correspondent at Arta says Greek assault on Prevesa was poorly planned and carried out. He argues capturing Prevesa was essential for Epirus aims, but the methods used failed and the opportunity is lost.
A Janina dispatch describes strong loyal sentiment to the sultan across Epirus after a 200 mile journey. Greek prisoners reproach their officers while Turkish guards are praised for humane treatment. In the hospital at one location, seventy Turks and twenty two Greeks are cared for.
A dispatch from Karvassara reports the Greek squadron at Prevesa is passive awaiting orders. The Preveza forts bombarded Actum on Saturday.
Athens reports that the powers have offered peace overtures to Greece but the government refuses European mediation. The king will stay in Athens for the present.
Col. Vassos recalled from Crete and replaced by Col. Staikos in the island's Greek defense command.
Reports say Mexico may reshuffle the cabinet as Minister Mariscal, weakened by ill health, seeks rest and travel. The president values him, and a resignation would face refusal.
Morris Cutler of Waukesha Wisconsin died leaving an estate valued at 1 1/2 million dollars. James Cutler of Osage Iowa named sole beneficiary with a codicil for church and charity bequests. The Cutlers near La Porte Indiana and elsewhere in Northern Indiana contest the will.
Albert Lea Minnesota special report: the coroner investigated the death of TP Jostoy Aslakson of Emmons. He reportedly had two days of intoxication and bought wood alcohol for mechanical use as a carpenter, not realizing its poisonous nature.
A number of German families arrived in Ortonville Minnesota from Chicago to settle on farms at Lockwood. They will be followed by another colony next year.
The Litchfield Minnesota board of education accepts the resignation of Superintendent Bookaw who has led the schools for eleven years. Professor R C Dewey of Morris is elected to the position.
Athens reports the interior minister and authorities are impressed by Pharsalos defense and troop positions amid Turkish rumors. Edhem Pasha reportedly seeks or tacitly accepts a five day armistice while Tamatello may guard Volo coast roads. Paris dispatch notes Skouloudis leans to mediation but awaits powers. King George VI suffers cardiac spasms. doctors call for change of air to Milo or Syra.
Levees between St. Joe and Natchez, Mississippi are holding as the river shows a slight decline. The back levee at Rosedale plantation in Concordia parish broke, flooding the front from ten miles below Vidalia to the Red River mouth.
Frankfort May 4. The penitentiary warden with the attorney general swore warrants against KR H Sutter K H Ethrington Ambrose Ethrington William Sharp and Wendell Trust prominent citizens charging collusion and defrauding the state of money on bogus lumber claims for the penitentiary chair factory.
The Southern Pacific annual report for 1896 shows gross earnings of 44 million dollars, down 1.79 million. Operating expenses total 31.96 million, down 1.28 million. Net earnings amount to 16.70 million, down 510 thousand. Surplus after charges stands at 1.79 million, down 395 thousand.
A Havana dispatch reports Dr. Maximo Zertucha, physician to Antonio Maceo, accused of betraying the Cuban general to the Spaniards, arrested at his Gaines neighborhood home and imprisoned in La Cabanas fortress with strict guard.
Cincinnati reports dispute as Gus ta fe Tafel is elected mayor to succeed J A Caldwell, who says his term ends in July. Tafel qualified late and asserts he is mayor. Pending Supreme Court decision, both men appoint board members.
All indicted officials of the defunct Globe Savings bank posted bonds and were released from custody in Chicago. Ex president Spalding did not post and remains in custody as his bonds amount to about 320,000 dollars.
New York May 4 composer Woolson Morse is dead after a six week illness. He wrote the score for several works and J Chever Goodwin supplied the words to The Merry Monarch Wang Penjan drum and Dr Syntax.
The Arlentc Pacific Railway stock was sold at Gallup for 12 million dollars. The sole bidder was A F Walker chairman of the AT&SF board.
Harley Davidson, a well known bicyclist, will challenge Michael the little Welshman in a series of races of one and five miles in Toronto Ontario. The third distance will be decided by the toss of a coin.
A heavy snow storm swept southwest Virginia causing disastrous damage to small fruit and garden crops, with reports from Bristol and surrounding counties detailing widespread impact on local agriculture.
A meeting of fish packers and dealers from all Great Lakes ports will be held in Chicago Friday to form a trust or pool for the industry.
The Western Unitarian conference began at Unity church in Chicago on May 4. Rev. Ida C. Hulton of Moline Illinois delivered a sermon and a series of addresses followed.
A cooperative creamery in Grand Meadow Minnesota burned on May 4 and was a total loss. The fire likely started in the engine room while the buttermaker was downtown at the time.
Nels P. Larson died after falling down a shaft in the Shufeldt Packing company building at New Brighton. He suffered a broken neck and a fractured skull in the incident reported from St. Paul dated May 4.
Special dispatch reports a Friday night and Saturday morning fight near Santa Clara where Col Aguirez’s Spanish column was defeated by Col Barrios, with about 125 killed or wounded among roughly 800 troops. The Cubans used a rapid fire gun and machete charges, killing four officers. An allied expedition landed near La Grande and faced 800 Spanish troops, with Hotchkiss guns firing as the Spaniards advanced before they fled.
The special gathering attracted a large crowd and featured several speeches. Twenty of the old members have died within nine years, and over 10 of the old settlers eligible for county membership had died in the same period.
Joseph Cresey, a prominent farmer southeast of here, has been placed under arrest charged with setting a prairie fire which did damage to nearby ranges and threatened property. The incident underscores growing concerns over field fires amid dry conditions.
Lansing special report notes the House passed a bill prohibiting reproduction of moving pictures by kinetoscope and related devices. Penalty ranges from 500 to 1000 dollars or up to two years imprisonment or both.
Havana May 4 report says insurgents attacked Vueltas in Santa Clara and burned Santa Maria ward fifty huts furniture and 200 bales of tobacco. The district commander requested help and the Estremadura battalion was sent to reinforce him.
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports serious rioting in San Luis province sparked by destitution and delays in aid. Troops have been sent to keep order as laboring classes form mobs with threats to the governor. Congress moves to extend relief despite ongoing unrest.
A Brazil Indiana report says Mrs. Clark Moore, her sixteen year old son and daughter, plus a young granddaughter, are in critical condition after dinner from arsenical poisoning. A mystery on how poison was given. two other children at the table unharmed. Authorities suspect an enemy attempted to kill the family.
Cincinnati May 4. John C. Whetstone secretary of the water works and Albert F. Ensline a receiver are found short in accounts. An investigation shows Whetstone's deficit may reach 15000 dollars, while Ensline's exact shortfall is not yet disclosed.
Des Moines Iowa May 4 John V Crum renowned sprinter died in hospital following an operation for appendicitis He ran and jumped without training a week earlier causing his illness and his death.
Milwaukee May 4 Gen Joseph B Doe denies telegraphed charges that as assistant secretary of war he used his position to gain many useful and ornamental articles at government expense. He says the accusations are a ridiculous mass of falsehoods and defends his secretary Mr Whitton of Janesville.
A delegate convention of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes of America is in session in Dayton. Delegates from state bodies represent numerous brotherhoods and federations. The secretary reports internal dissensions have subsided and last year’s strikes were more successful and effective than before.
Cincinnati police arrest William Moore charged with fraudulently soliciting aid from Masonic lodges. The Rochester shoe dealer vanished three months ago carrying about $5,000. Authorities suspect the detainee knows Moore’s whereabouts and may have used the case to conceal foul play.
Capt Thomas of the Iowa State University baseball team was seriously injured during a game with Cornell College at Mount Vernon. While on first base he bent to pick up the ball and collided with Smith of Cornell, striking the temple and rendering him unconscious for hours. Doctors fear fatal injuries.
The president has sent a message to Congress proposing a $6000 appropriation for the heirs of three Italians lynched at Hahnville Louisiana on August 8 1896. He notes the U S cannot admit liability for the United States premises and includes state department documents.
Grantsburg Wisconsin May 4 The St Croix log drive of about 50 million feet will reach the dam tonight where the boom company assumes charge of the timber. It is the earliest such drive since the dam was built.
Forest fires start near Ashland Wisconsin with a large blaze burning for days across the bay. A separate fire threatens Brule and has damaged a store at Maple nearby.
Officials deny reports of Britain disapproving Hawaii annexation by the United States and deny Japan-Tokyo Washington negotiations on Hawaii. The Japanese consul general in Hawaii is promoted to minister resident, broadening authority over Japan Hawaii relations. the Tokyo legation remains limited.
Os Wis reports a new grass twine factory will open in thirty days, becoming the first of its kind. It will operate with 300 workers and produce binding twine from marsh grass, a novel use previously unattempted.
Perry was found guilty of first degree murder in Atlanta for killing Belty Lanier in Decatur on March 8. He claimed Lanier assaulted his wife, and he was sentenced to be hanged.
A United States grand jury report finds forty six counts against Renton D Hatch cashier of the Northwestern National Bank of Great Falls including taking two thousand dollars to buy stock of the Conrad brothers. Indictments against other bank officials are ignored and the defendants discharged.
May 4 in Larimore North Dakota a man named August Norman is at large after killing four members of Knute Hilstead’s family and assaulting Mrs Hilstead. A large pursuit party searches the countryside but no clue has surfaced yet. If caught he faces possible vigilant punishment.
Prairie fires in Bismarck North Carolina county during the past week caused extensive damage. Farmer Joseph Jennings lost his barn, several horses, and 300 bushels of grain while neighbor Matthew O’Brien lost his house, barn, and all farm machinery.
Webster City Iowa May 4 It is announced that the theft from the Savings Bank of Radcliffe by cashier H H Espes amounts to around 18000 The bank has moved its affairs to the State Bank of Radcliffe Espes has left for parts unknown and no trace of him is found
West Superior Wisconsin May 4 W L Moose pleaded guilty to embezzlement and received six months in the county jail. He was local manager of the Superior Telephone Company and attempted suicide by morphine recently when about to be arrested.
In Albert Lea Minnesota on May 4 a carriage driven by Hon Ellen Erickson and his wife ran away. Both were thrown from the vehicle and severely injured. Mr Erickson sustained a broken leg while Mrs Erickson suffered a broken arm and other injuries.
Yankton May 4 reports small grain planting complete across the state with good emergence. Surface moisture has vanished except on bottom lands, and wheat cultivation is expected to be more extensive this year than ever before.
Jamestown North Dakota May 4 William Scott Cummings a painter who has resided in the city for several weeks was arrested and taken to Mandan to answer several forgery charges. Cummings has served one term for forgery.
The governor issues a memorial day proclamation recommending Saturday May 29 as the observance, noting May 30 falls on Sunday. The date honors old soldiers who prefer observing the 20th. St Paul confirms May 4 as the proclamation date.
In Eau Claire on May 4 the judgment for John Erickson against the Dells Lumber Company was affirmed for 7000 dollars and interest for personal injuries. Erickson died three weeks earlier.
The annual session of the grand lodge of South Dakota Odd Fellows the grand encampment and Daughters of Rebekah assembly will begin in Aberdeen May 1 and run for three days.
Eau Claire Wisconsin May 4 The Eau Claire County Bar association at its annual meeting elected T F Frawley president Ira B Bradford vice president and Frederick A Teall secretary and treasurer.
Clinton Iowa May 4 Christian Scherlebe was sentenced by Judge Waterman for life imprisonment for the July 4 1896 murder of Mina Kiel near Bellevue He has been moved to Anamosa for confinement.
May 4 Randolph Rapids Minnesota reports the governor’s requisition to take W. P. Nisbett back to Illinois was defeated on Habeas corpus. The matter will be appealed.
Faribault Minnesota May 4 a subscription paper is circulated to fund building a bicycle path to one of the lakes spanning eighteen miles round trip efforts aim to improve local recreation and transport.
Fairmont Minnesota May 4 The attorney for Lewis Kellihan under death sentence for the murder of George A Thorburn has filed an application for a new trial.
Charles Shogreen a well known logger and woodsman died in Stillwater city hospital from a disease at age sixty six. The obituary notes his prominence in local timber work and his long service in the woods around Stillwater.
May 4 report from Aberdeen North Dakota says John Grass wanted at Aberdeen South Dakota for intimacy with a woman was found in Aberdeen and brought to Oakes for return.
The St Charles Deposit Bank has given notice to withdraw deposits as of May 4. The community faces a bank closure in St Charles Minnesota amid the declaration of demand for withdrawal.
The Fort McPherson court martial of Capt Henry Remeyn ends its current session with orders that the thirteen officers remain in Atlanta for further instructions. Remeyn has filed charges against Lieut M J OBrien of the Fifth Infantry, his accuser in the case pending. The charges are described as serious and could lead to a highly eventful future trial.
Arntiedeck, marshal of Britt, faces charges of passing and manufacturing counterfeit coins. A counterfeit silver dollar described as dangerous was seized. His brother was arrested as an accomplice. both men are jailed in default of a $2,000 bail.
Nobles county emigrants reach KRugone City and Wolverton postmaster named. Anoka County post office established with Charles D. Tuthill as postmaster. Barnesville shop force to be expanded. Tragic drownings and injuries across Winona Little Falls and Milaca. Fires in Verndale Olivia and Stillwater. Arrests for illegal fishing thefts and bicycle theft. Court verdicts in Mankato and Willmar. Lake St Croix boom plans and depots discussed. State hospital land lease at Anoka. Robbery and arson concerns amid county events.
Des Moines May 1 Both houses pass a law urged by James Wi secretary of agriculture. The governor accepts rules of the department to stamp out hog cholera with government paying all expenses.
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