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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1890
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch reports George Macomb of Michigan completed four major life steps in seventeen days including burying his wife and remarriage. Local readers note the rapid sequence from funeral to headstone, home repainting, and a second marriage.
United States Minister Hicks says Peru enjoys uniformly pleasant weather, noting the climate is rarely a topic of discussion. The remark frames Peru as stable and agreeable in regional reporting.
Fifteen players have been fatally hurt and thirty seven seriously wounded in football since last September, highlighting the sport’s risks while it remains popular in England.
North Dakota becomes the Flickerair state, South Dakota the Swinge Cat state, Washington the Chinook state, and Montana the Stubbed Toe state. The playful list assigns whimsical bird and animal labels to each state.
The Idlewild summer home of N. P. Willis has been sold and converted into a private lunatic asylum. Mrs. Willis now resides in Connecticut and is described as a woman of strong character and generous impulses.
Justus Scrawas, once a major New York anarchist, now rejects a division of property and a new civilization. He gains Schwab's backing, intends to keep his current role, and allows others to pursue change.
A recent English court finding shows 100 worn out horses shipped to Germany and Belgium for sausage production. The practice is described as regular, with ships routinely transporting the animals for meat processing.
The Trians of the latest express compound locomotive in England drew a special eighteen carriage train and attained about ninety miles per hour. A stop watch measured the quarter mile at just over ten seconds, marking a notable performance.
A YMCA invited a gentleman to give an address. He spoke, then the chairman announced the closing hymn "Art thou weary, art thou languid, art thou sore oppressed?" and the audience heard the tune at the close.
A Brooklyn court weighs whether a woman engaged to a man can claim a widow's third of his estate. If allowed, a poor button hole worker in Brooklyn could soon inherit about $35,000.
In Atlanta, T. R. Powell recalls a flagstaff used at Gen. William T. Sherman's encampment near Decatur in 1864. The flag was removed in the scramble to depart, leaving the staff at the Powell family home where Sherman set up his headquarters.
Aman of Morgan County Ohio owns a cat famous to neighbors as the solar spectrum. The tail to nose color range presents all rainbow hues with a carbuncle-like nose and violet shades on the fore legs.
Mr Cuavncey M. Depew disposes of his daily mail with help from his private secretary and two stenographers. One stenographer, described as a negro, is noted as unusually competent and held in high regard by Depew and by all he encounters.
A Brooklyn heiress, whose property is held in trust, asked the president for funds to buy a sealskin lace. He refused calling it a luxury. She then secured court permission from the supreme court via a lawyer, and within two hours wore the finest fur accessory she could find.
Parisians witnessed a rare mirage showing the Eiffel Tower topped by an inverted image towering upright in the sky. The base vanishes into the mist while a pale cloud behind the tower gleams, with sunlight creating striking light and shadow on the hazy scene.
F B Thurber of New York argues in the Economist that sugar consumption per person last year averaged about fifty one pounds with a likely retail cost near four dollars. He notes flour per capita use is one barrel annually with a consumer price of five fifty to six dollars.
Secretary Rusk explains that depression in agriculture stems in part from careless farming. He argues farmers must match storekeepers in business care and pursue higher education and training to compete in a world market.
Washington dispatch notes Seattle official Secretary McComb in charge of 25000 dollars in funds donated for fire sufferers will be suspended pending embezzlement investigations. At Ellensburg G A R encampment General Alger reviewed troops while Mrs Logan waved from an upstairs window as old soldiers saluted. Nine republics sign arbitration treaty in Blaine's office with three more expected to join soon.
Two years ago Margaret Kinney of Alpena Michigan fell suddenly ill and has remained in a trance since. For weeks she stays motionless and can go ten days without food. Doctors report her general health as good and cannot explain the prolonged sleep. She has not spoken a word since becoming stricken.
A 1 year old boy in Fergus Falls died after eating wild parsnips while Ole Sandberg was badly poisoned. A basement fire in Albert Lee caused heavy damage to a house valued at about $15 000 with $6 000 insurance. Gainsville Texas endured a four hour rain and hail storm, destroying over $50 000 in property and sweeping away forty homes. one life was lost. Baltimore experienced the heaviest hail storm on record with many windows shattered and tracks buried by soil. wind reached thirty miles per hour.
A run of gruesome events including hangings in Concord N H for murder. May 27 1888 saw William Niemer killed in Cincinnati by Joseph Smith a laundyman. Charles E Wright sentenced for life in Benzonia Mich. Mrs Sarah Hobbs dies after switch engine amputation in Ottumwa. Willis Osman and Edward Standish fight in Lima Ohio with Standish fatally stabbed. Henry W King ex superintendent of the Pennsylvania institution for the blind sentenced to five years. Henry C Raymond of Sing Sing arrested for bigamy. Charles Dietrich of Milwaukee County shoots himself. Charles V Henckle arrested in New York for embezzlement. Moses Harmon of Valley Falls convicted for obscene printing. J B Quinby in Cedar Falls takes laudanum and nearly dies. Greenleaf the Seminole outlaw jailed at Fort Smith with three murder cases. Frederick Schmidt dies after assault in Menomonie. arson in Yankton tied to incendiary fire. John Montgomery and Henry Cosgrove charged in Iowa with conspiracies to ruin a horseman by doping colts. Gen Coon pursues Chinamen at the California frontier. missing leg from Mrs Mettiman murdered last month found in Leavenworth river. Charles A Benson sought as killer. wealthiest Joliet convict released after gaining Swiss fortune. John L Morris Texas man kills two campmates in Greer County. Michael H Kiteen Burlington dies after deliberate poisoning. Ben Barrett narrowly survives after poisoned coffee. Kemmiler the Auburn electrocution inmate maintains nerve. Jake Ackerman shot by wife in Memphis police court.
In a police court in Rochester area a woman identified as Lizzie Ackerman enters to prosecute an assault case and fatally shoots the prisoner with three bullets, instantly killing him. Nearby in Minnesota Richard Snitke, a German former army officer, kills his father in law’s wife and their three-year-old child before fleeing, leading to a coroner’s inquiry.
An English syndicate purchases the Western railway Argentine Republic for 41000000 gold. Parliament in Canada votes confidence motion on Jesuit estates act defeated 32 to 130. six Conservatives oppose. Crete ends siege and martial law. Christians jubilant. Brazilian minister in Italy recalled over emigrant decree. Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh jewels stolen in Balmoral hotel. Gloucester City National Bank of Camden closes amid ties to Bank of America failure. Immigrants arrive Quebec ships Sardinian and Oregon. 1600 aboard, many head West. Holland to raise duties on American petroleum. Europe debates united protection.
The North River Presbytery of New York votes in favor of revising the confession of faith. The report cites internal theological debate and church discipline implications across a historically Protestant community.
The column lists grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats Barley and related products at St Paul Minneapolis and Milwaukee markets. It includes No. 1 hard wheat at 79 80 cents in St Paul and 80 cents in Minneapolis, corn around 25 28 cents, oats 21 23 cents, rye 32 33 cents, ground feed and hay prices, butter at 14 22 cents, and various creamery and dairy prices.
The Fayette Banner notes Missouri tops the nation in chewing tobacco and lead refining while ranking high in flouring mills, iron machinery, furs, malt, car and wagon production, packing house output, and brick tile and sewer pipe. It also highlights Missouri's lead west of Pennsylvania in wire drawing and significant glass and furniture production.
In Chicago a masked man brandishing a revolver demands surrender from bystanders while a minister present in the scene blesses parishioners, creating a tense confrontation reported as a public incident.
Arbitration crews from the new boss carpenters and the strike ended with papers signed and ratified. Eight hour day from 8 to 5 with overtime at night and eight hours pay kept workers calm across Chicago plants. Provisions cover wages, apprenticeships, and union-only foremen, with mixed returns at McCormick Wells Fargo shops and malleable iron works.
London reports a Commons select committee on colonization notes only about 100000 square miles in the United States are suitable for settlement. It cites Australia with 500000 and Manitoba with 400000. Since 1815 twelve and a half million Britons left, nine million since 1853, two thirds to the United States. Projections imply great population growth if emigration continues. The commission recommends curbing assisted emigration except to Australia where skilled labor is scarce but unskilled labor is oversupplied.
Stanley told a packed Albert Hall audience about his Africa expedition using a large chart to trace the route. He argued the gains to humanity were vast, aiding education and emancipation, and noted the rescue of enslaved people and restoration of his helpers to active service in a allied state.
Cardinal Gibbons launches a fair for the Roman Catholic home for immigrant girls in New York. The mission aims to provide temporary shelter and prepare the girls for honest employment, with guardians teaching practical life skills and aiding in placement nationwide. The appeal urges charity and humanity toward immigrant women and taps into local sympathy for this cause.
Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul preached at St. Augustine church to a mixed audience on social equality. He argued there is no color line, urging all to face one another as equal in God's sight and under common teachings. He condemned treating people differently due to race and called color the least important accident of life.
Reports from crop correspondents in Minnesota Iowa Nebraska and the Dakotas indicate spring wheat seeding benefiting from recent snows and rains. Prospects appear good with anticipated harvests though area planted may be down in Illinois Wisconsin and the Dakotas while Minnesota and Iowa seedings stay near last year.
In a letter published today the Farmers' Alliance of Kansas denounces Senator Ingalls. President Clover accuses him of deception and insincerity, saying his farmer-focused talk is mere rhetoric and that he has never aided Kansas farmers.
Senator Sanders Representative Carter and Bainbridge Clark met with the general land office commissioner over delays in approving the Griffith survey near Chateau Montana. A forged petition with thousands of signers was attached to protest the land approval, but Commissioner Groff ordered the patents approved despite fraud allegations.
The private bank of Charles A. Matther & Co closed today after an assignment to Joseph Yates. Junior member James M. Hawley has disappeared. Assets reported at 110000 with liabilities of 100000. Hawley reportedly drew 1000 on a personal note before vanishing amid reckless lending and many overdrawn accounts.
Berin Special reports Dr Peters describes ascent of the Tana River, camp in Mamoni mountains from Nov 16 to 26, attempts to bridge the river failed, then he moved along the right bank to Kikuju and Lake Baringo. The party faced frequent native engagements and reached Nijemps on Lake Baringo January 7 and Victoria Nyanza January 13. The caravan included Dr Peters, Lieut Tiedeman, fifty men, ten soldiers, three camel drivers, three servants, two camels, six donkeys and 315 sheep.
Washington special reports Senator James B. Beck collapsed at the Baltimore and Potomac station after arriving from New York with his daughter Mrs. Goodloe. Doctors say paralysis of the heart caused death. Burial plans place the body in Lexington, Kentucky, with the Kentucky delegation directing arrangements.
An extensive Socialistic demonstration occurred in Spain with violent speeches and a deputation to Premier Sagasta pressing for eight hours. The protests spread to Barcelona and major cities as petitions urged provincial governors to back eight hour legislation. The Barcelona workers’ association urged resumption of work and miners in Belmez began a strike. In Austria 1500 bakers struck on the Danube island with 700 jute workers joining, prompting military bakers to be sent and rail factories to strike in Vienna Prague Pesth and Temesvar.
Washington special telegram reports the senate will probe how much land is withdrawn from public use under the 1888 act. Senator Teller secured passage of a resolution asking the interior secretary for full figures on withdrawals and the act’s authority, plus the number of suspended entries under the provisions.
The attorney general will study the matter, with large tracts of public lands possibly withdrawn while irrigation feasibility is studied. If Oct 2 1888 acts lack authority, a new law may be enacted to empower interior department officers to survey lands needed for reservoirs and irrigation systems.
The House praised Pan American Congress work as it debated the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. McCreary of Kentucky urged reciprocal trade with Canada and South and Central American nations, while Chipman of Michigan urged a vigorous foreign policy to assert U S commerce globally as the committee of the whole passed the bill.
Arkansas special proceedings drew a large crowd as election clerks testified about ballot box removal and Clayton’s murder. James Sater implicated Thomas Hooper from Los Angeles documents, with James Cooper corroborating much of Sater’s story. Mrs Hooper denied knowledge of Sater as her son greeted him in Gov Eagle’s presence.
Senators Casey and Power introduced bills to survey public lands in their states. North Dakota would get 46000 dollars with rates of 9 dollars per mile for standard and meander lines and 1 dollar for township lines, 5 dollars for section lines, rising in difficult terrain. Montana requests 250000 dollars with rates of 6 dollars for standard lines, 7 dollars for township lines, and 5 dollars for section lines per mile, with possible increases in mountainous areas up to 15, 15, and 10 dollars.
Katamszoo Mich Special. Bishop Casper Borgess, stricken with paralysis at St. Augustine's deanery last Sunday night, died today at age sixty two. He had shown daily decline yet remained conscious until near the end.
Born in Kappenberg Germany in 1834, Bishop Borgess came to America with his parents as a child. He trained for the priesthood in Cincinnati and led St. Philomena's parish before being chosen to succeed Bishop Lefevre after his 1870 death. In 1857 he resigned due to heart disease and Rev. Join ve of Baltimore was selected to succeed him.
The formal interment of Dr Cronin was held at Calvary cemetery today. Father Muldoon and Father Toomey spoke brief services as attendees gathered around the grave. Planks were laid beside the opening and a heavy stone was placed to seal the tomb after viewing the coffin.
In Wixmac Indiana James McMan nis a wealthy farmer was found murdered. German tenant John Low and path Connor aged sixteen lured the boy Michael Connor to ambush McMan nis as he headed to town. McMan nis’s head was shot. coroner’s inquiry revealed the plot. Low confessed and both suspects were arrested.
In Baltimore, Mrs. Sarah Blaney aged seventy seven and her daughter Carolina were found murdered in their beds. Both skulls crushed by a blunt instrument. William Blaney, a grandson of the victim, has been arrested as police investigate the motive believed to be robbery.
In Winnipeg special telegram a Webster Brady After Dark company star J. W. McConnell found his wife Laura Biggar in another man’s room during a theater engagement. McConnell beat the man, others separated the guests, and Strange was fired along with Miss Biggar’s partner in the affair.
A war dispatch from Dahomey describes fierce assaults on Kotonow by Dahomian forces facing French artillery. An Amazons commander, a 16 year old girl, is mortally harmed and her severed head is displayed by French allies. Messages from Lagos report a French naval force at Whydale near Dahomey on April 29 and 20.
The Senate approved a port of delivery in Gladstone Michigan and resumed the railroad land forfeiture debate. A joint House resolution allocating 150000 to feed destitute flood victims was passed. Debates covered Morrill aid, Indian affairs, and pensions for Civil War veterans.
A comic runaway match near the Iron Mountain ends with the suitor locked out by the girl’s parents who kept her in a cellar with barred windows. A preacher outside relayed the marriage vows as the couple wed with the woman inside and the man outside. After the ceremony he entered the home and claimed his wife.
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