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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1894
Page
2
Clement Scott praises Jim Corbett’s acting citing his many hits as proof. In Algeria a literal river of ink flows, with two ink making branches rising from iron and gallic acid rich soil.
A quotation praises Alexander the Great Julius Caesar Charlemagne and Napoleon as the most influential soldiers in advancing civilization, highlighting their impact across eras and regions.
Lisbon authorities confront a cholera scare as foreign visitors report cholera cases falsely as cholerine to mask illness. Officials warn the ruse risks public health this season.
Describes how fish balance in water via anal muscular action of air bladders. At death muscles relax, air bladders expand, causing the fish to tilt to one side and float to the surface.
Zola vows chastened writings and a focus on beauty after exposing life s mire. He is described as lobbying in ward politics terms for election to the French Academy citing a shift in tone and purpose.
Discusses past joke material about a man who stole a saw mill and contrasts it with recent freight train thefts in the western frontier. Notes the growing scale of railway thefts and the wild potential such crimes hint at.
A Rockford Illinois woman was selected for a jury by mistake and insists on serving. The piece notes hopeful humor about the jurors, praising the pioneer and wishing the stubborn panel members adopt her view.
Generals Lew Wallace and Black urge Congress to create twenty five immortals by bestowing a fossil nomenclature on the nation’s top figures. They question why twenty five of America’s premier writers scientists humanitarian leaders and statesmen should be honored with such a designation.
In Kansas the new ballot law requires that voters have legs from floor to knees visible outside the booth leading to sparse registrations. Chicago hosts a benefit next week for Ben King of Michigan, promoted as a “hummer” with strong demand for boxes and seats.
The chief weakness in the state movement is the small percentage of voters who have adopted the cause. Supporters face disadvantage as spring millinery and dress goods compete for attention and cash.
Report of a shooting where a man was killed after singing "After the Ball." A jury ruled the death justifiable homicide, describing the act as a desperate but necessary response to a dire situation.
The Pasteur treatment for hydrophobia shows strong success as 1448 people were treated last year with only six deaths. The results silence skeptics and astonish the scientific community.
Opinion holds Senator Vance as the senate's greatest wit since the war. He enlivened cloak rooms with tales and was genial in private life with almost no enemies. Colonies of Carolina children bear his name in token of esteem by their fathers.
The piece describes a gospel push cart that doubles as a portable chapel with an organ and chairs and a side that lowers to form a platform. The inventor notes the drawback that soon every candidate may carry similar carts for campaign lectures on every corner.
Banks have excess funds and seek borrowers with solid security. New York banks posted deposits of 8, million against loans totaling 1,882,900, indicating lower call loan rates as banks shed unproductive reserves since the war.
A Huntington Indiana woman saw a Peeping Tom peering through a neighbor's windows while residents undressed. She used her son's air rifle to fire pellets at the intruder, injuring him. The incident highlights rising resourcefulness among women in catching burglars and thwarting window gavers.
Mrs Clotilda von Hoheniger died in St Paul Mann after a long illness. She was the youngest of eighteen children of Leonhard von Hoheniger chief justice of the royal court of appeals of Bavaria. Her mother belonged to a renowned German family. She came to St Paul in 1861 and accumulated property but lost it through illness. In recent years she supported herself by peddling papers in the city.
Frederick Ives of Philadelphia will be awarded a gold medal by the Photographic Society of Philadelphia for his colored photography. The presentation will occur next Wednesday at a reception upon his return from London. Ives has earned many scientific honors abroad for his three-image, color filtration process called composite heliochromy.
The column offers cur treading summaries from Telegraph reports and Press Association dispatches. It provides brief, unsigned notes on global events and noteworthy happenings.
The Association of Military Surgeons and Sons of the American Revolution hold meetings in Washington. Judge Bradley denies a new trial in Pollard case. Senate confirms James D. Yeomans for interstate commerce post. Northern Pacific tax ruling affects several counties. Gen. Casey selects Hartley Adams and Rushthul for nine granite busts for the congressional library façade.
A brief roundup reports United States Senator Stockbridge of Michigan dying in Chicago, ex postmaster general Frank Hatton passing in Washington, and Anthony Sweeney a Denver agent dying in Hot Springs Arkansas. It notes Lamont’s removal of Samuel Hodgkins in the war records division, a private inheritance from Private John McCann, and David Dudley Field leaving substantial New York real estate and personal wealth. Also mentioned are a Brooklyn boy saving a child, a New York Mrs Armory starting a waitress training school, the death of yachtsman M A Muir in London, Beecher widow’s reduced living situation, Rev Wilson resigning to join a seminary in Omaha, and court martial orders for four sergeants over parade attendance. The article lists some of the oldest U.S. senators and their ages and names Morrill Palmer Harris Pugh Sherman Hunton.
A series of calamities is tallied including earthquakes in Greece, a runaway killing Marion Smith in Indiana, and fires at Middleport Ohio and Wincheste r Virginia with substantial losses. The Iron Duke steamer sank near Cairo, and a Quebec flood swept homes killing twelve. A St. Charles New Orleans hotel damage, a San Francisco scaffold accident, a Bloomington vine gardworks still, Tipton derailment death, Assumption drowning, and Davidson Michigan fire destroying twenty three buildings with losses around fifty thousand and insurance thirty five hundred.
A jumble of escapes and fatalities spans multiple states. Among them Thomas Rison in Alabama and John Atwater in Birmingham die by self harm, while Jim Jordan is killed in Clark County. Incendiaries, murders, poisonings, and mysterious deaths occur in Ohio, Kansas, Indiana, and Illinois, with numerous arrests and trials noted.
The notes describe January incidents including a jail suicide attempt by Henry ONeill after an elopement from Rock Island to TIL, a grace Episcopal church vandalism in Lyons Iowa tearing altar Bible robes and books, Jamis Peterson of Lawrence Kansas ending his life after bereavement, and three jewelry crooks arrested in Columbus accused of defrauding pawn brokers. Additional items mention Canton Kentucky baseball practice and umpire Alfred McCawley’s fatal suicide behind the backstop after a quarrel.
Reports detail a massacre of Mexican soldiers by Indigenous forces, a Brazilian insurgent chief imprisoned in Uruguay, and a vast Diamond Match factory planned for London. Other items note Shanghai was struck by a Mire incident destroying 500 homes, Toulon barracks fire injuring French marines, and a long-distance run by a British embassy employee in Paris.
A Mood River teen kills ten snakes during an afternoon off. Wyoming rail and irrigation projects expand with 7,500 tons of rails for the Pueblo works and a 500,000 acre water storage plan near Sterling. A Boise commission loads five carloads of potatoes for Kansas City amid East cold snapping crops.
Jacob S. Coxey Carl Browne and Christopher Columbus Jones appeared in the district police court for violation of the Capitol Grounds Act. The judge ruled the act constitutional and denied Coxey a special trial. A verdict likely tomorrow. Des Moines May 7.
Reports from Alexandria Fergus Falls St Paul and Washington describe Coxey organizers marching toward Washington with recruits from Fergus Falls and St Cloud. Wil son says the twenty third company is forming with Scotty the steward handling recruits. In Butte $5 000 is raised to move the army East. A St Paul chamber of commerce resolution denounces the Coxey protests and outlines homestead law remedies. In Washington Coxey Browne and Jones are found guilty on a banner charge with possible fines and jail time. appeals via habeas corpus may follow.
Des Moines reports May 9 describes Gen Kelly near completion of feats and a pending army start from the city. Supplies include food for three days with Oskaloosa sending 1000 loaves of bread plus coffee and meat. The departure is framed as a gala procession with improved army spirits.
Washington May 8 The principal changes in the tariff bill from Senate amendments include new duties on sugars molasses and syrups with rates 40 percent ad valorem plus per pound increments for high and low grade sugars. Other adjustments cover fish oils, tin plate, tobacco products including wrappers fillers and snuff, cigars and cigarettes, butter cheese milk broom corn eggs hay honey hops onions potatoes meats lard poultry and various alcohol preparations with shifts between house and senate rates and new free list items for certain fur pieces and agricultural implements under conditions tied to source country duties.
Washington May 18 The New York and New Jersey bridge bill was approved in the house under suspension of the rules.
John Brasch, an inmate from the soldiers' home staying at the asylum, escaped this morning then fled into the Missouri River where he drowned. He leaves two sons in Rapid City and had ties to the area.
The report outlines tariff debates and executive business in the Senate, amendments to the income tax proposal, and river and harbor measures for Duluth and Superior. It notes approval of bills aiding Oregon, Idaho, and Washington veterans, and action on a dynamite cruiser dispute. The House action centers on government printing offices and tariff discussions, with Coxey investigations raised for future consideration.
Stockton May 9 The probate court divides the estate of wealthy negro farmer McKinley after a jury ruling he was of unsound mind when he made his will. The estate valued at 40000 dollars was left to his physician but is awarded to his brother in Kentucky.
The ordnance department conducts a competitive trial at the Sandy Hook proving grounds to determine which six pound machine gun best suits army use. Competitors include Hotchkiss Driggs-Schroeder Mayim Nordenfeld Subury and Shonsel models.
Winnebago City Minnesota held a special election may 9 to authorize 5000 in bonds to complete the water works system. The measure carried by a 54 vote margin amid a light turnout as opposition was small.
Fergus Falls Minnesota May 9 Judge Strain chairman has called a meeting of the Seventh district Republican congressional committee to meet here May 17 to call a Republican convention.
Chicago and Minneapolis markets show mixed results with No 2 wheat steady to higher, cash prices around 57 to 61 1-2 cents, and July futures near 58 1-2 to 60 cents. Cattle and hogs list varied ranges with prime steers at 4.50 to 4.65 and hogs around 4.80 to 5.20 in Chicago, while St Paul notes improving cattle demand and hog prices easing to about 4.85 to 5.00 in yards.
Maine Senator Reed criticizes the Senate Finance Committee for presenting eighty one pages and over four hundred amendments to the tariff bill. He says the bulk document undermines public confidence and masks many errors, urging thorough top to bottom scrutiny rather than a bulk release.
At Washington on May 9 the sixth annual state railroad commissioners meeting opened with the presentation of majority and minority reports on freights pooling and earnings division. The majority urged repeal of section 5 of the interstate commerce act but Becker’s minority urged amendments to cover all net earnings. The debate framed pooling as a bid to form a railroad trust.
Jesse P. Farley a longtime Dubuque resident and railroad builder died aged eighty one. He served three terms as mayor and was known for a major lawsuit against Hill and Kittson over profits in the St. Paul and Pacific line now the Great Northern. Farley had led the first packet line to St. Paul.
Duluth Minnesota May 9 Dr F N Phelen a prominent local physician was arrested on a charge of abortion under a warrant issued days ago. A woman died of blood poisoning last night and the arrest will occur this afternoon on a charge of manslaughter. The girl Ellis was an inmate of a house of ill fame and had been in Duluth only a short time.
Columbus May 9 The name of P J Elliot serving a twenty year manslaughter sentence heads the list of twenty three prisoners recommended by Warden James to be paroled The announcement creates a sensation
William Vibber, a sailor from this city, fell overboard from the scow F. H. Williams off Kewanee Wisconsin and was drowned. He resided in this city.
Washington May 9 Postmaster General Bissell received a handsomely engraved invitation on a silver plate to attend the letter carriers midwinter fair in San Francisco on May 26. He will be unable to accept.
The Kearsarge relics including the ship's bell log and memorial plate have arrived at the yard after being recovered by Lord Phoenix from the wreckers in Washington on May 9.
At Jackson Michigan on May 9 a doomed attempt to blow up the state prison with four sticks of dynamite failed after guards and Deputy Northup overpowered attackers. Key convicts included Edward Huntley John Demann and Arthur Lawrence with others suspected of involvement.
In Pueblo on May 9 a Coxey faction led by Gen Sanders seized a Rio Grande locomotive while the fireman was off duty. They hauled coal cars toward the east, briefly outrunning a pursuing engine before a collision risk forced a reversal. Deputized marshals planned pursuit to stop the runaways and protect mail service.
Special Commissioner R L Berner of the interior department submitted reports on Des Moines river land grants in Iowa to Secretary Smith for transmission to Congress. The settlement totals between 400000 and 500000 dollars and includes a list of several hundred names entitled to entry with suggestions to adjust claims.
Berlin dispatch says naval authorities are fitting out vessels for Samoan waters. The Berlin Courier notes the claim is disputed but Germany will press to protect Samoa interests if any party seeks to cancel the current governance agreement.
Ashland Wisconsin mayor Hubbell revoked his order creating special policemen from ore trimmers after a night of tension. Trimmers halted work to deter potential action as the mayor intervened, and contractor King is unlikely to attempt further steps for now.
Private dispatches from Guaymas Mexico report the loss of the schooner Pioneer owned by Simpson Lumber of San Francisco. The lumber laden vessel was sailing from Puget Sound to San Marcos Island on the eastern coast of Lower California. Fate of the crew is unknown.
Mayor Hopkins announced plans to nominate President Harper of Chicago University to the city school board. The move aims to tighten ties between the public school system and the university.
Missouri congressman Hatch from the agriculture committee reported an anti option bill. The House discussed an appropriation bill to buy a new site for the government printing office in committee of the whole.
The biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers opened in St Paul with over a thousand delegates present. The Ladies Auxiliary also began its session with large attendance. The event is expected to run through June.
New York weekly trade review notes wool purchases totaling 6,492,600 pounds across three main markets, April sales at 21,838,958 pounds, and a continued large consumption. It also reports reduced liabilities among firms, with Aprilweek totals and regional differences, and 233 U S failures vs 216 last year, plus 35 in Canada vs 27 last year.
Stewartville Minnesota reports fine May weather with crops doing well. Some corn planted already but the bulk will be sown this week helping farmers advance planting progress.
Bishop Whipple writes to Minnesota congressmen urging them to vote against abolishing five Indian schools in Minnesota.
Paris May 9 The socialist Left failed to block the case against M Toussaint the deputy who urged a strike at Trignac Ironworks and faces insults to authorities The chamber committee opposed prosecution citing immunity but Premier Perier pressed ahead saying public opinion demands action The chamber voted to prosecute and provoke agitation and disorder was cited as a motive by opponents
An unknown man found wandering the streets of Albert Lea Minnesota was brought in and arraigned in probate court where he was declared insane. He could not provide his name or previous residence.
Three Lansing area farmers faced ruined fields after a night time act scattered wild oats across their oats. The practice ruins land and stymies crop growth with little chance of eradication. No motive is known for the deed.
Report from West Union Iowa notes a surge of deaths in Clayton Center Clayton County prompting locals to investigate. Water drainage from a nearby cemetery on a hill may have contaminated drinking water, possibly explaining the rise in fatalities.
Reliable dispatch reports a Miles switch Ouachita county killing by fire of a man believed infected with smallpox. A cabin was set ablaze trapping him inside, with conflicting accounts on whether he was shot or burned. The burning house and missing man raise unclear guilt.
Duluth Minnesota May 9 Both militia companies sent to the Mesaba range last week returned this morning. Wire workers are back to work and at the Franklin where trouble began a compromise wage scale is in force with miners paid 50 cents a ...
In Stillwater Minnesota on May 9 W A Hursey won a verdict against Sheriff Marty for 302 dollars the value of attached property in a civil suit.
The strike has not materialized among the miners employed here and elsewhere on the Choctaw Coal and Railway line. None of their shafts have been idle. A large meeting at Shaft No. 2 ended in a unanimous vote to continue at work and to hold no further meetings.
Ashland Wisconsin reports widespread flooding with rivers rising above prior levels. Streets in Odavah flood as waters spill from banks following heavy rain and overflow conditions.
In Albia Iowa today the miners convention voted 65 to 55 to strike disabling about 9000 workers. The move follows the vote and sets a nationwide labor action underway.
In Madison circuit court this morning juror Reible was found guilty of criminal contempt for the roster case. The defense offered testimony but presented no counterargument. He was fined $100 plus costs and faced up to thirty days imprisonment for nonpayment. A separate item notes a severe cold wave across Scotland with heavy snow and extreme conditions.
Red Wing Minnesota special five scholars depart for Anoka to compete in the Red Wing Anoka oratorical contest.
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