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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1888
Page
2
E P Duplex, a colored justice of the peace, has been elected Mayor of Wheatland California. He is said to be the first of his race to hold such a position on the Pacific coast. The Brainerd Dispatch notes the Philadelphia Railroad spends 250000 dollars annually on soap water and scrubbing in its cleansing process.
A Florida resident displays a unique garden specimen a tree grafted from lemon peach pear grape fruit persimmon orange and guava all blooming on one stalk. The unusual creation draws attention from neighbors and local gardeners.
A reader disputes a published report claiming the daughter of the late Captain Jackson of Alexandria bowed to Mr Brownell. The report concerns the 1861 incident when her father shot Colonel Ellsworth before Brownell shot him.
At a cost of sixty thousand dollars a month Russia holds a fleet of merchant steamers in the Black Sea to ready them for troop transport to Bulgaria. France has ordered twelve torpedo boats to reinforce the Azof war flotilla.
The text notes one post office for every 1000 Americans and estimates a direct mail cost of 85 cents per year per person if mail carrying were funded by individuals. It highlights the per person burden and the nationwide mail network.
Mount Vesuvius acts as a large barometer and thermometer for Naples. The wind from the crater signals an impending weather change within a day. The text also notes the approach of the hot and oppressive sirocco.
A lumber-stacking machine is in successful use replacing fifteen workers. Lumber moves from the trimmer on chains and drops onto cars in better shape than when the men performed the task. One man remains needed to operate the machine.
Twenty years ago this country consumed 800000 bales of 400 pounds each while the rest of the world used 4300000 bales. Now the rest of the world uses 7300000 bales, up seventy percent, and this country uses 2400000 bales, up two hundred percent.
In Odessa a local director and engineer of the steam tramway company were sentenced to three months in prison and ordered to pay 60 000 rubles in compensation for a railway accident on the line.
A copper cent in the possession of a Chulata citizen is said to be more valuable than gold because it was minted for the Confederate government during the rebellion from a die captured by U S authorities after the forty second piece. Only about twenty such coins are believed to exist.
A car operated by electricity on the Julien storage plan has been run ning experimentally on the Fourth avenue line in New York for months. The results are satisfactory and ten more cars have been ordered, signaling likely electrification of this major travel artery.
Theorist Mr Blavier argues that the 1755 1884 and 1887 earthquakes correlate with abnormal polar ice buildup. He suggests these accumulations shift the Gulf Stream away from Europe, trigger climate changes, and cause minor seabed disturbances leading to a local fracture along the weakest line.
A dime savings and loan in Indianapolis partners with a church to teach saving among the very poor. It accepts any amount down to one cent, though ten cents is typical. Aims to help the poor save and to buy fuel in summer for winter use. Last year was its first, and the experiment exceeded expectations.
A historical reflection lists eighty nine leaders across popes emperors sultans and presidents who died during the late German emperor’s lifetime. It notes forty nine kings including George IV and William IV and twenty two presidents up to Garfield.
The coronation mantle of the empress is described as cloth of gold with a black silk heraldic eagle. The heart bears Moscow’s arms, wings show kingdoms under the czar and the Finnish duchy. The dress train is heavy with embroidered gold tissue and fatigue weighed on the wearer.
Alvah W. Jones is named special examiner for the pension office with a 1400 dollar salary under civil service rules and Minnesota affiliation. Land Commissioner Stockslager rejects surveys of 13 Nevada townships as fraudulent. Surgeon General Hamilton cites yellow fever findings after inspections in Micanopy Plant City and Barrwo Florida with more spots to be checked. Senate committee acts on public building bills including 150000 for a Duluth project and a 1000000 cap for a St Paul building. Delegates to national conventions will be chosen despite reform talk. many will serve as delegates observers and manipulators. Excursions to the conventions planned and trains to St Louis and Chicago. Edmunds opines Congress may meet in September.
Des Moines banker George H. Marsh dies at fifty two. Milwaukee Mason Charles A. Howard learns of a million dollar bequest from an aunt in England. Westminster Abbey reads honor to Matthew Arnold with a scholarship planned at Oxford. Confederate Gen. Joseph E Johnston elected honorary member of Philadelphia Grand Army post. Minnesota's Samuel Hill reports Blaine’s illness as incurable after European trip. Edmund Rice declines renomination for Congress citing age and vigor concerns for Minnesota’s Fourth District.
A string of crimes and deaths spans cities from Hartford to New Haven. Reports detail burglars stealing from Mark Twain's Hartford home, a fatal shooting over property in Sandusky Michigan, a found Beloit body tied to tramp activity, and a Cincinnati barroom fatality after a drunken threat. Also covered are a sensational civil suit in Tifton Iowa, Emperor William II’s health, stagecoach robbery near Cloverdale California with deputy deaths, and other violent incidents.
The bank faced a large loss after an employee used forged books to divert nearly $100,000. Officials declined to name the culprit, though Charles De Baun, an assistant cashier, was suspected after he was absent during the day and there was uncertainty about his return.
The prince of Wales may visit the United States next year with the duke of Sutherland. Morocco Turitz tensions rise as the sultan refuses to arbitrate prisoners. Spurgeon writes of illness while Monastir in Macedonia reports unrest. Stanley and Emin Bey relay updates as Zanzibar dispatches confirm exploration. OBrien's Dublin trial ends with a three month sentence amid league charges. London cables note Berlin censorship and fears of social upheaval with pamphlets attacking the crown prince.
Fire in Chippewa Lumber Company yard at Chippewa Lake near Big Rapids Michigan sweeps a huge private yard in two hours. Mills saved but lumber loss runs 10 to 13 million feet with at least 120000 to 1300000 dollars in damage and 100000 dollars insured.
The Duluth public building bill passes after discussions with Senators Dawes Hoar Palmer and Berry. An amendment by Hoar preserves rights to sue for relief. The Senate holds an executive session and later considers the animal industry bureau while the House debates the tariff and approves a Missouri River bridge project with a setback clause.
In session the tariff bill dominated the day with speeches from McDonald of Minnesota Guenther of Wisconsin and Henderson of Illinois to empty seats. Cox presented a memorial for a 25000 appropriation to fund a Potomac Army reunions event at Gettysburg marking the 25th anniversary. Senate members Davis and Edmunds clashed over treaties and civil service reform. House members debated the tariff and river and harbor provisions as well.
The Iowa Pharmaceutical Association urged members to lapse permits and not renew. Will Hubbard Kernan launches the Free Lance in Kansas City. Edgar Thompson steel workers strike ends. Doyle of the Knights of Labor declares it off. Methodist admission committee rejects women delegates. 60 of seventeen vacancies. Kansas brick yards settle wage strike to 1.25, 60 strikers remain. St Paul elects Republican city council, eleven of seventeen. turnout moderate. Ohio liquor law first Sunday sees limited violations. about fifty of 2,200 saloons open defying the law. Four rail lines consolidate, names to be Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie. Pullman wins vestibule car patent case. Wagner barred from using vestibule trains in U S. Albany chatter of possible governor impeachment. Fassett investigation continues, ten-day window before adjournment. Rawson divorce case shocks with arrest of witness Sarah Deneat on perjury claims. Mrs Rawson vows to pursue perjury charges.
The Union Veteran league of Chicago plans an investigation into Gen Martin Beem death in Nebraska with new claim his wife, Mrs Beem, says he attempted to murder her before shooting himself. Her account contrasts previous Chicago reports of two self inflicted shots. Also reports from Lima valley New Mexico recount a duel between Miss Bolton and Mary La Moore over a cowboy Whitman ending in La Moore’s death and arrest. Montana native Thomas Browse named US consul at Patamari bto.
An ightexcerpt depicts Nape Sice called Bad Hand a Dakota scout famed for defending whites. He killed thirty four Indians in duels including his brother, aided Selene in quelling a Sioux mob over a desecrated grave, and with Cold Hand escorted a court marshal to Fort Lincoln. Now older, crippled from wounds, he entertains locals near Standing Rock with memories of early days.
Helena telegram reports Mrs Sarah Holmes released Eckert confession stating Mrs Eckert killed John Denn with a hatchet. She claimed no one else is to blame and noted twenty years of hard labor, with prior suspects like John Shober cleared. Homes says Eckert warned not to reveal the confession.
Railroad circles say Canadian Pacific may hold a controlling stake in the Soo road and connected lines after reports of a nine million dollar deal involving George Stephen and Morton Bliss & Co. Negotiations reportedly touched the Minneapolis Pacific Aberdeen line and Northern Pacific considerations, with several directors denied.
A Chicago supervisor notes a powerful private interest group controls about a thousand acres seized during Bismarck's boom. The land is described as pivotal to the deal, influencing why the Minneapolis & Pacific veered west to the Red River. He cites Soopurchase by financiers who earlier exited Manitoba, with Boston capital now funding a new system of road.
A New York dispatch reported by The Philadelphia Times says Blaine’s closest friends have pressed him to accept a renomination. They claim Blaine sent his assent recently and will be nominated at Chicago if efforts and enthusiasm continue.
A Nebraska farm near Arlington reports seven members of the Groteluschen family perished in a barn fire. Survivors include one daughter. a coroner's inquest found accidental cause with no foul play proven. theories center on frantic rescue attempts and possible sparks from a smoker.
A lone thief tried to steal three watches in the smoking car of a Baltimore Ohio Express near Mansfield Ohio at 1 a.m. He took one before Conductor Corwin and a passing soldier subdued him with a lantern blow and handcuffs. The crowd and crew restrained further violence and the train continued.
The secretary of the interior decides in favor of Martin in a long-standing dispute over lands within a railroad land grant. The case involved the Northern Pacific against Martin and the timing of a Fort Seward military reservation and its impact on land titles. The decision states the government could lay out the reservation within the grant limits and that presidential approval dates back to the original action, awarding the land to Martin.
A freight train on the Philadelphia and Reading line exploded a dynamite car at Locust Gap six miles from Shamokin Pa. Seven killed and 30 wounded, eight houses burned, four blocks leveled, and hundreds of structures damaged as ground shook for miles. The engine, hauling 70 cars, tried to reach a siding when a broken coupling triggered the blast.
Rescuers aided by horror-stricken inhabitants rescued many from burning buildings. Only charred bone fragments remained as evidence of lives lost in the disaster.
The coroner has ordered the disinterment and examination of Miss Anna B. Peterson of Chicago who died suddenly. Her friends fear murder or coerced suicide and allege she was kept secluded for six months amid plots to force a marriage. Suspect suitors include Henry Landrum and stepuncle Lorin Mathison, a druggist, amid disputed inheritance claims from Denmark.
The west’s sole crematory opens in St Louis with Mrs Elizabeth T Terry first to be incinerated in three hours The facility markets smoke free odorless operation and modern process. Separately a spree of violent crime arrests and political remarks fill the page including Fraser Cox murder, Fraser killed by masked men, jail escapes in Ashland Wisconsin and Lowndes Alabama race clashes. Also notes on Alaska seal company abuses and Secretary of War objections to river and harbor works, plus various criminal and political developments in Washington and abroad.
A dramatic Senate confrontation unfolds as an unnamed speaker accuses a Hoosier of sympathy with secession. The charge is presented as one of the bitterest attacks on the South ever heard in this chamber, shaping tonight’s debate and political climate.
Amid a heated Senate exchange, Mr. Voorhees and Mr. Ingalls clashed over Civil War loyalties and a disputed Greencastle speech. Ingalls produced letters and speeches to prove treason implications, while Voorhees denied the charges and accused his opponent of falsehoods as galleries watched.
The article argues aging stems from tissue degeneration and outlines a diet claiming to forestall age by avoiding earthy salts. It recommends diluted water with phosphoric acid and lemon juice, milk as staple, and minimal albuminous foods, eggs, and lean meat, while excluding tea coffee and vegetables high in earthy salts.
A North Adams child asks about heaven during prayers and wonders if it lacks nursery picture books. After considering, she sighs and decides she would rather take Dolly to hell, sparking a memory of childlike judgment and cheek.
A Winnipeg railroad man in St Paul says Major Rovers plans a westward swing to Alaska to assess the feasibility of a proposed line. The project would run from a point on the Northern Pacific or St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba toward Alaska, skirting the eastern Rocky Mountain slope for hundreds of miles. He expects to visit Alaska before reporting to an American syndicate of capitalists backing the plan.
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