National Debt Drops in April by 153 Million
Stainerd Dispatch reports the national debt fell by 153,073,098 during April. The total now stands at 1,318,223,558.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1887
Page
2
Editor Swinton declines $25,000 fund raise offer
John Swinton, editor of New York, who has invested much in aiding laboring men, rejects a proposal to raise 25 000 for his benefit, declaring he can earn a living by his pen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swinton
New York
City issues bonds at three and a half percent
The City of St. Louis has placed over 2,000,000 of her bonds at three and a half percent. Nations, States and municipalities, not to mention individuals, find that good credit is the most economical thing in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Germany Expands Africa Holdings With 600000 Square Miles
Germany enlarges its African domain with holdings of about 600000 square miles, comparable to combined areas of France, Germany and Austria. The German East Africa Company reports ten thriving stations already established in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Africa
German East African Company
France
Austria
Emigration to the United States Surges from Liverpool
The arrival of emigrants at Liverpool en route for the United States is rising sharply. The present outlook suggests this year's emigration to the United States will be the largest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
United States
Tallest U.S. Buildings Rise in New York City
In New York City the tallest structures loom as land remains scarce and valuable. The Potter Building stands at eleven stories about 180 feet, with the Washington and Standard Oil Company buildings of similar height. These are premier office structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York City
Potter
Washington
Standard Oil Company
Rich New York bank stockholders settle tax bill
The stockholders of New York banks paid personal taxes recently into the city treasury. The amount, $2,500,000, followed a recent US Supreme Court decision. They settled according to law after learning the ruling, hoping to avoid the tax but complying in the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Supreme Court
Call for Safe Railroad Coupler to Save Lives
Over nine years Iowa reports 131 deaths and 965 severe injuries from coupling cars. The Railroad Gazette estimated national yearly mortality at 450 and severe injuries at 4,073. The author urges American invention to create a safe coupler and prevent further loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Railroad Gazette
Germany seeks 176 million marks for army upkeep
The German ministry demands 176,000,000 marks from Reichstag to fund the army under the new military bill. The sum will be raised through taxation and spent to modernize the forces, prompting thousands to emigrate to America to escape taxation and military rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reichstag
Germany
America
Darwin's Son Skips Questions On American Life
In Washington Mr W Darwin, son of Origin of Thecies, laughed at reporters seeking views on human evolution as seen in American citizens. He declined to say why he is in the capital, how long he will stay, or what he thinks of the U S newspapers. The episode is a rebuke to intrusive reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Darwin
Washington
America
Doctor patient bonds urged for yearly medical care
Dr. William Hutchinson argues for annual prepaid medical care agreements between individuals or families and their doctors. Early applications for advice are encouraged, enabling frequent visits and enabling preventive medicine as a standard, with prepaid arrangements in full or installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hutchinson
Iowa College of Physicians and Surgeons
England faces potential European war and rising tensions
General Wolseley states a year of prep for a European campaign signals serious apprehension. While Bulgaria quiets, Germany, France mobilize. Russia acts near Afghanistan. Reconciliation may come, but England and other nations show no belief in lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Wolseley
England
Germany
Russia
Afghanistan
Candahar
Cabul
France
Rosser denounces Sheridan inVirginia Valley letter
A letter by former Confederate general Thomas L. Rosser to Major Holmes Conrad denounces General P H Sheridan as cruel and barbarous for his Civil War campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley. Rosser urges peace and condemns Sheridan’s postwar actions, noting past excesses and warning against another raid. Dated University of Virginia May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Rosser
Holmes Conrad
Washingon
P. H. Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Sheridan
New Orleans
Louisiana
Major
University of Virginia
Kentucky Democrats Convene in Louisville Nominate Governor
The Kentucky Democratic State Convention met in Louisville on the fourth with Hon. John G. Carlisle as permanent chairman. Gen. S. B. Backner was nominated for governor. The platform, crafted by Speaker Carlisle and Henry Watten, endorses President Cleveland, calls for tariff reform to reduce the war tariff and surplus, and argues taxes should fund public needs only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Louisville
John G. Carlisle
S. B. Backner
Carlisle
Henry Watterson
Cleveland
Earthquakes and Volcanoes Roil Southwest in 1906
A San Francisco dispatch reports a Tuesday quake stretching from Centerville California through Arizona New Mexico Texas and into Mexico. Shocks preceded by loud explosions damaged Benson and Tucson Arizona while Santa Catalina Mountain split apart and Old Castle vanished. A volcanic eruption occurred twenty two miles south of Tucson with lava and smoke seen in Benson. No injuries were reported though panic spread as lakes vanished near Tombstone. Reports confirm genuine volcanic activity with additional eruptions in Cataling White Stones and Winchester mountains near Wilcox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Centerville
Cal
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Benson
Tucson
Ariz
Santa Catalina Mountain
Old Castle
Tombstone
Woods
Cataling Mountains
Wilcox
Winchester Mountain
G A R Memorial Day General Orders Read Across Minnesota
From the G A R department of Minnesota Commander Wheelock issues Memorial Day General Orders No 2 with national orders. Posts should read No 11 at services, urge worship and closing of business, gather veterans, seek aid of W A C and Sons of Veterans, and renew devotion to country and the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Minnesota
Wheelock
Sons of Veterans
Park poaching suspect ejected after elk kill near Yellowstone Falls
Capt Harris of the First cavalry supervising the Yellowstone Park report to the interior secretary states W. James, caught poaching, is ejected from the park with confiscation of camp gear. James confessed to trapping and said he and a companion killed an elk near Yellowstone Falls, amid other terse official notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Lisbon
First National Bank
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Milwaukee National Bank
Harris
First Cavalry
Yellowstone Park
Secretary of the Interior
W. James
James
Yellowstone Falls
Parnell
William O’ Brien
United Ireland
Cork
House of Commons
Edmund Leamy
Chamberlain
Glasgow
Gladstone
Ireland
Marquis de Mores
New York City
District Assembly 49
Knights of Labor
Iowa
Boxholm
Boone County
Munn
J. W. Rochholz
Minnesota
Kennedy
J. Ulstrup
Comstock
G. Leruese
Rebecca
J. Longbotham
Nsdale
W. Darrington
Ono
P. Thomas
Primrose
C. Peterson
St. Petersburg
Greman
Dorgess
Detroit
Pola
St. Albert’s
Philadelphia
John
James Hunter
Vast 1880s notes span finance to politics
A sweeping bulletin reports on unsettled paper debts, interior land policy shifts, and new appointments. It notes tax and land disputes, rail land examination in Washington Territory, and multiple pensions granted across Minnesota and Dakota. Also covered are trials, divorc es, crimes, and foreign affairs with Ireland and Italy, plus rail mergers and a Philadelphia embezzlement case.
Sheridan on Rosser Exposes the Ex Confederate Sore Shot
Gen Sheridan recalls Rosser in a Washington special, recounting the Shenandoah Valley campaigns. He says Rosser chased his train, then lost and was humiliated as Torbet’s division scattered Rosser’s brigade to New Market. Rosser’s laurel pride and pumpkin vine quips are noted amid political timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Washington Special
Sheridan
Rosser
Shenanioah
En. Dan
Torbet
Custer
New Market
Ople
Shenandoah Valley
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Gen. Rosser
Congress
Enormous Rise in Western Trade Report Highlights
The Dun and Co weekly trade review notes huge Western gains with Cincinnati up 32 percent and Chicago 14 percent while St Paul San Francisco exceed 40 percent. Real estate speculation and building activity fuel the surge as western capital flows widen. Rail earnings rise 17 percent in April though rate uncertainty limits stock investments. Money supply remains ample with Treasury additions and cheap London funds felt domestically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.G. Dun & Co
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
San Francisco
Memphis
St. Joseph
Peoria
Indianapolis
Denver
Omaha
Wichita
Kan
Milwaukee
Trafic
Interstate Commission
Treasury
London
Iowa railroad panel rules on coal rates in long and short haul case
The Iowa railroad commissioners ruled on Gov. Larrabee's complaint against the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad. They determine if rate charges are unreasonable and note public opinion pressure. They reference February findings that shorter coal shipments from Cleveland to Glenwood and Council Bluffs were unreasonably priced, then set a framework: class A terminal 30 cents per ton, distance-based increases from 9 to 4 mills per ton per mile up to 500 miles, yielding a Cleveland to Glenwood coal rate of 1.45 dollars. The unanimous decision marks Iowa’s first long versus short haul ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Railroad Commissioners
Gov. Larrabee
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Comany
Cleveland
Glenwood
Council Kiaffa
Illusive Wealth of Mitchell Estate Shrouded in Secrecy
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes the Mitchell estate remains opaque as executors, the widow and son, avoid bonds, and the will leaves everything else undisclosed. It highlights similar secrecy in the Nunnemacher and Pereles estates, with private dispositions and nonfiling of inventories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Sentinel
John X Mitchell
John Johnston
David Ferguson
Alexander Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Mitchell
Nunnemacher
Pereles
Beecher Letter Denounces Forged Theater Ad
The Galesburg special reports a late Henry Ward Beecher letter responding to a theater endorsement claim. In Brooklyn on April 20, 1872, Beecher calls the advertisement a gross forgery and swindling, stating he has never attended a theater and disavows the depicted woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Ill
Henry Ward Beecher
Bescats
Love under natural law opposed to scientific pairing
Grant Allen argues in Fortnightly Review that natural voice should guide love over scientific matching by husbands and wives. He opposes Lord Chancellor and Royal Society dictates and says parental interference harms, endorsing scientific grounds only when needed. He cites Dr. Foote Jr from Metropolitan Hall and the Auxiliary Hereditary Association as precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Allen
George Campbell
Nature
Lord Chancellor
Royal Society
Foote, Jr
Metropolitan Hall
Auxiliary Hereditary Association
Foote
Health Monthly
Minnesota railroad letter over St Anthony Park tragedy
The Minnesota railroad commissioners address General Manager Manuel of the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba railway company regarding the St Anthony Park accident in which Clara Lindmeyer died. They question trains passing the station at high speed and seek exact circumstances and planned precautions to prevent repeat incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Railroad Commissioners
Manuel
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Company
St. Anthony Park
Clara Lindmeyer
Rev Charles Ward Found Dead at Judge Drew Home
New York dispatch reports Rev Charles Ward former rector of St Pauls Englewood New Jersey shot himself and wife and attempted to kill his daughter last February. His body was found at Judge Drews Rockland Lake home with an empty bottle of chloral hydrate nearby. A note said the chloral dose was insufficient and he had to take it all at once. Dr Ward formerly led the Episcopal Church at Winona Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Grady
Atlanta Constitution
A. T. Belo
Galveston News
Major Burke
New Orleans Times-Democrat
New York
South
Court of Common Pleas
Grace B
Frank M. Deems
Deems
Milwaukee
Paul Grottkau
Milwaukee Garden
Sloan
John Odin
Joseph Skrezypczuski
Bayview
House of Correction
el Paso
Texas
Washington
White House
C. Tower
Philadelphia
Oak Point
Appleton
Wis
George W. Pratt
O.S. Peck
Mo Otactnnera’ Association
United States
Canada
Villard
Brainerd
Byersons
Charles Ward
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Englewood
N. J
Judge Drew
Rockland Lake
Drew
Dr. Watson
Washington, D. C
Uest
Ward
Dr. Ward
Episcopal Church
Winona
Minnesota
Connecticut House
Williams
Connecticut
Protestant Episcopal Church
Eau Claire Daily Leader
A.D. Buck
Fall Creek
R. G. Dun & Co
Joliet
Arthur J.donnelly
St. Nicholas Parish
Quinn
Victoria
J.e.muir
Lennahmoor
New Westminster
B. C
William Shaerer
Shaerer
Muir
Oscar B. Farnham
Boston
Holt, Adams & Co
Jefferson Davia
Gen. Wolseley
Gen. Lee
William M Shushnell Named State Fair Machinery Chief
State Fair Machinery Department announces William M Shushnell of St Paul has accepted the superintendent post after serving last fall without pay. Board of managers and H E Hoard express plan to build a strong exhibit and promote Minnesota and the Northwest as leaders in machinery use, need, and manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Shushnell
St. Paul
Department of Farm Machinery
H. E. Hoard
State Agricultural Society
Northwest
Washington Special: Edmunds bill applied to this district
The prosecuting officer announces that the Edmunds bill to suppress polygamy applies here as in Utah and that its penalties cover illicit relations involving non Mormons. It follows the police suggestion to proceed against an immoral house and its proprietors under the established evidence rules. The law also authorizes attachments for witnesses without prior subpena or notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Utah
Ex-express messenger sues Adams Express for damages
David T. Fotheringham formerly with Adams Express filed suit in circuit court seeking 100000 dollars. He claims 20000 for false imprisonment and 40000 for both his indictment and prosecution. He alleges complicity in the express car robbery on the St. Louis and San Francisco line last October. Sued defendants include Adams Express company Supt Damse and Detective Pinkerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David T. Fotheringham
Adams Express
St. Louis
San Francisco
Adams Express Company
Damse
Pinkerton
Notable appointments and events across nations and states
Gen C C Augur will offer staff posts to Canaham Jones Yandell and Carnis. The Iowa Second brigade band is engaged as headquarters band. Busch Zouaves joined the camp. US Geological Survey plans inquiry letters on Arizona quakes. W H Bolton sentenced to four years for embezzlement but ill in hospital. Bishop Binney of Nova Scotia planned Halifax cathedral before death in 1851. Paris reports a defensive alliance. Russia may not join triple alliance. Mrs McCormick thwarted thief. judge Reid case sparks debate. Warren IL post office and businesses burned. losses 15000 to 20000. fertilizer works Dorsey in Highland Md burned, losses 100000. May US 153 failures, Canada 29. Childs birthday May 12 to boost Typographical Union fund. River Falls man overdosed but survived. New York sub committee to fund Arthur monument, target 10000. New York Gov Hill signs half holiday for Saturdays. Michigan Senate defeats capital punishment bill 19 to 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Stephen H. Boehm
Iowa
Plainview
H. Strathman
Princess of Wales
City of
Mexico
Gen. Saletta
Massowah
Winnipeg
Medicine Hat
Adsit
Endicott
Minnesota
William
W. P. Dean
Chatfield
G. Kessenger
Fergus Falls
J. H. Shipton
Glenville
E. C. Ingalls
Blue Earth City
P. McCabe
Cleveland
Sophronia
C. M. Kenyon
Fargo
L. Edelmann
Big Stone City
Increased
H. H. Keeney
Brookings
Philadelphia
Union Trust Company
James N. Taggart
Waupaca
Wis
Alice O’ Keefe
Ross Winans
Baltimore
Supreme Court of New York
O'Keefe
Winans
New York
James P. Farrel
United States
Europe
Montreal
Irish National League
Fitzgerald O’ Brien
Ireland
Gladstone
West Virinia
W. H. H. Lick
James Randolph
Baltimore American
Randolph
Virginia
C. C. Augur
James R. Canaham
Indiana
Johnstone Jones
North Carolina
David W. Yandell
Louisville
Samuel T. Carnis
Memphis
Tenn
United States Geological Survey
Arizona
Charleston
Riviera
W. H. Bolton
Chicago Post Office
D. Binney
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Paris
France
Russia
J. S. McCormick
Omaha
L. E. Morris
Rohr & Evans
William Spofford
William Phillips
M. Dorsey
Highland Md
Canada
George W. Childs
International Typographical Union
Childs
Mr. Drexel
River Falls
J. F. Cramer
St. Paul
Friends
Arthur
Gov. Hill
Michigan Senate
Billings
Mont
Minnesota Avenue
M. B. Rademaker
Mount Carmel
Cavalier County
Oak
D. Callaghan
J. Frey
la Crescent
P. Quiggle
Pelican Rapids
L. G. St. John
Lewis
Marquis Salisbury
James Grant
London
Mason City & Fort Dodge Railroad
Roscoe Conkling
Washington
Whitney
Hartford
Maria Island
Gen
Sheridan
F. C. Wade
Winnipeg Free Press
Wade
Palmyra
Charles Winchester
Williams & Winchester L’almyra
Milwaukee
Winchester
Whitewater
Winchester & Partridge
Sam Ried
United States Supreme Court
8. C. Reid
Kimball
Life Saving Service
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Odessa
Prince Frederick Leopold
Emperor William
Prince Karl of Prussia
Chicago
Connecticut liquor license bill passes in state house
The Connecticut house approved a uniform license framework setting 400 dollars for strong liquors and 150 dollars for beer and wine. The action marks a statewide adjustment of licensing fees, with details to be enacted into law and implemented by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan House
State
Queen Victoria Fifty Years On A Quiet, Resolute Monarch
A retrospective portrait of Queen Victoria as she nears half a century on the throne. The piece traces her fall from rumor as a frivolous girl to a careful, decisive ruler who shaped domestic and foreign policy, enjoyed a strong marriage with Prince Albert, and maintained unwavering public duty while steering Britain through wartime and diplomacy.
Mills Night Watchman Killed in Augusta Dispute
Wm Brooks a night watchman at the Al Gernon mills in Augusta Georgia confronted Adolph Leopard the present watchman demanding entry. A quarrel followed and Leopard shot Brooks dead Brooks was intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Brooks
Algernon Mills
Augusta
Adolph Leopard
Leopard
Brooks
Brooke
Herr Most the Anarchist Released in New York Speech
Anarchist leader Herr Most was freed from a New York prison and received by supporters. He denounced the jury as “businessmen and gentlemen,” described brutal prison conditions, reaffirmed his socialism and anarchism, and vowed to continue the social revolution with defiance toward authorities. He urged unity with workingmen and pledged to defend the red flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uison
Supreme Court of
Recorder Smyth
Marat
Paris
All Hewitts
America
A Good School for Hoe & Company Apprentices in New York
Hoe & Company runs a respected in-house school for about 250 apprentices and 1000 employees. Five evenings weekly for nine months, they learn machine drawing arithmetic algebra geometry and mechanics with lectures on citizenship and geography. Free supper at 6 30 followed by a 90 minute session. the firm benefits by identifying capable youths for future roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoe & Company
Hoe Brothers
Origin of Oscillation and the Kissing Custom
A topical excerpt traces kissing through English history from Bowes daughter of Hengist to Edward the Confessor and Henry III. It cites Borgesian scenes of hostesses greeting guests with kisses, Cavendish’s Paris visit, Erasmus praising universal kiss customs, and the cultural spread of affectionate greeting in nations and eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo
England
Bowes
Hengist
Edward the LV
Henry
Cavendish
Erasmus
The Decay of Iron and its Effects on Strength
David Stiles of Middleton argues iron rots with age, weakening tensile strength. He notes carriage steps and springs lose durability over time, crowbars rust and cannot be welded, and scrap iron undermines quality. He laments the shift from trip hammers to rollers and warns scrap iron from old sources harms trusses and general use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Journal
David Stiles
Middleton
Salem Gazette
New England
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Ellenville
J. W. Doane
Wm. Kk. Carlisle
Kas
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Washington Territory
Czar
Court of Claims
State of
Alabama
Mississippi
Tittle Phil
Beecher
Railroad Commissioners
Manitoba Managers
Rev
State Fair—Machinery Department
Cain
T. R. Heard
Richmond
Sir John Macdonald
Ottawa
Pacific Mail
Imperial
Vancouver
Hong Kong
Post Office
Grand Rapids
James L. Harris
Board of Supervisors
St. Jo
St. Croix County
B. Baker
John Packenham
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
E. T. Warner
National Commission
George B. Peck
Onondaga
N. Y
W. H. Dodge
Elkham
Peck
Dodge
Wyoming
Michigan
Queen Victoria
Webster
Hunter
Bayard
Blaine
Privy Council
Louis Philippe
van Buren
Spain
Melbourne
Adelaide
Australia
Professor Morse
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Atlantic
James Smithson
Smithsonian Institution
Navy Department
George III
George IV
Saxe- Coburg
Albert
Saxe-Gotha
William IV
Canterbury
Kensington
Duchess of Kent
Baroness Lehzen
Duchess of Northumberland
Duke of Wellington
Peel
Lord Melbourne
Robert Peel
Robert
Saxe-Coburg
Albert I
Prince Albert
Egg Bomen
Remahe
Duke of Cumberland
Lablache
Scotland
India
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Vicky
Frederick William
Prussia
Prince Imperial
Beatrice
Tel el- Kebir
Louise
Duke of Connaught
Balmoral
Wolseley
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Louischen
Don Pacifico
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John Russell
Trent
Herr Most
Anarchist
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