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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1897
Page
2
The Brainerd Dispatch comments on the water color painters plight and notes various reflections on life and aging with a series of wry observations and literary asides, referencing Cambridge and other locales in a light editorial voice.
A charitable Englishwoman who intended to help others gave away almost two million dollars by deed. She sought to cancel the deed claiming ignorance of her actions, but chancery ruled the deeds valid and denied recovery of the funds.
Sweden informs Canada that Mr. Andree will depart Stockholm near month’s end to attempt a balloon voyage to Spitzbergen. It asks Canadian officials in the northwest territories and Hudson Bay to report any sighting of the balloon.
The North Dakota House passed by 44 to 5 a bill requiring strangers seeking divorces to stay four times longer than current law. The Senate rejected it 15 to 14. The narrow advance shows a growing concern for decency despite the failure to enact the measure.
The article lists major trusts with capitalizations including Sugar $75,000,000 Coal $85,000,000 Cottonseed-oil $20,000,000 Wall-paper $20,000,000 Lead $30,000,000 Rubber $50,000,000 Linseed-oil $18,900,000 Match $8,000,000 School furniture $15,000,000 Type $6,000,000 Dressed beef and provisions $100,000,000 Condensed milk $15,000,000 Straw board $6,000,000 Leather $125,000,000.
The defense of trusts claims price drops after formation, but such reductions often stem from artificial interference with supply and demand. In many cases prices would have fallen further without the trust. The main objection is that trusts violate a fundamental principle of trade.
Ex Mayor Hewitt recalls a Columbia baseball shortage tale from Stevens Institute’s founding anniversary in New York. A gentleman returns twenty five to thirty baseballs broken windows, then offers a Hoboken “fair field” for more. Robert L. Stevens lauds the nineteenth century’s greatest engineers.
A Newark public library board refused to display certain sensational journalistic items, a move praised by a statesman as courageous. The act, described as setting a fashion, is noted for influencing many libraries and clubs nationwide. The remarks underscore the value of integrity in public discourse.
The Chicago Record argues Congressman Bailey misuses the term demean by applying Thackeray’s sense. It urges lawmakers to stick to congressional and Chicago Record wording and avoid literary usage.
Mr. Moody claims Dr. Abbott dropped the Jonah story to lure press into the church. He argues reporters are keen on such tales and would pursue a full report if the miracle were repeated.
The German Emperor's oddities are mild next to earlier Prussian rulers. The father of Frederick the Great reportedly used his cane freely on the shoulders of female family members and court nobles.
A scientific note argues that an athlete who "loads up" on electricity gains strength and bravery beyond normal limits. The idea aims to deter muscular men from turning to other risky stimulants, suggesting a safe alternative through controlled electrical effects.
The sultan of Morocco has forbidden the annual hajj to Mecca for the current year citing plague along the usual route. This marks the first time such a prohibition has been enacted in Moroccan history.
A quip comparing perceived personas to real nature, likening it to the difference between a tomato can label image and the actual tomatoes inside. The saying suggests outward appearances mislead about true substance.
A compact digest of global happenings from the past week, presenting major events and notable developments in a concise, easy to read format for quick perusal by busy readers. Each item highlights key people places and outcomes for rapid understanding.
Dr J H Hollander professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University and a French and German scholar has been appointed secretary of the international bimetallic conference committee. United States Consul O Hara at San Juan Del Norte reports Nicaragua has sent an agent to purchase from the Maritime Canal Company items and furniture for the government. The agent bought about eight thousand dollars worth of goods for three thousand and little remains unsold.
Former Congressman John J. Perry of Portland Maine dies at 186. James B. Runnion of the Kansas City Star succumbs to Bright's disease. A G Spaulding called father of the greenback dies at 88 in Buffalo. William Lindsay, early Fayette County settler and wealthy farmer, dies of heart disease. John Dwyer, Burlington railroad agent overseeing Western Nebraska lines, dies at Beatrice Nebraska. Rev Edward Fairfax Berkeley, the Missouri Episcopal elder, dies after a cold in St. Louis at 84. William J Bryan slowly recovers from injuries from St. Augustine Florida with mail duties and evening reading.
A batch of recent disasters includes two men and two women drowned after being swept over Cumberland Falls dam in Kentucky. Four others perished trying to ford a creek near Jackson Missouri. Lizzie Sinig twenty and her brother Anthony five burned to death in Detroit home fire. Joseph Carrine drowned in Des Moines River near Emmetsburg Iowa after cramps. A Portland trolley car ran off track while descending a hill injuring several. Brakeman Doll of Decorah Iowa suffered severe chest injuries between boxcars during switching.
In Benton Harbor Michigan authorities uncovered an extensive counterfeit operation tied to the former firm E. B. Dean & Co. arrests followed in New York for Albert Gaslin and Samuel Keller. The sprawling network implicates bucket shop practices and widespread forgery.
Budget figures put the Montreal Victoria bridge project at 1 500 000 dollars. Other items include political moves in Canada and Europe with diplomats and leaders in London Washington and Rome.
Reverend John C Sharp of Pittsburg declines the offer to lead Coccola Cedar Rapids Iowa, ending his candidacy for the presidency.
A wide survey notes budget authorizations in Europe and America, Indian land allotments, a mutiny report in the Congo, union actions over the eight hour day, price moves in coal, missing valuables, a royal birth, a bank receiver in Montana, and legal actions from Iowa to California. Also mentions a pier fortification rename and a Webster City ticketing case.
In Little Falls Minnesota on a May day George Lamphear allegedly forged O Duclos name to an order and obtained a bicycle from J W Berg. Berg traced the forgery, a warrant followed, and Lamphear fled toward St Cloud but broke the wheel and hid, with the sheriff soon locating both.
In Willmar Minnesota on May 9, farmers Custer Johnson Andrew Mattson and M Danielson were found guilty before Justice Otterness of spearing bass and pickerel and fined five dollars plus costs. Charles Johnson Rourke and Rasmus Swenson of the city also fined five dollars each for the same offense.
Ada Minnesota business leaders met Thursday and filed another protest with the state railway and warehouse commission over the proposed railway time change. They demand a service equal to the old one and say the commission has promised to uphold Ada in the stand taken.
Hastings Minnesota May 9 at a city council meeting Mayor George Parker presiding appointed J C Hartin as chief of police Peter Fasbender as assessor Isaac Lytle as street commissioner Albert Schaller as attorney N B Gergen as treasurer and designated the Daily Gazette as official paper.
The first monthly report for the Sault canals notes 119 43 tons of freight passing through in the opening days of April 1897 as the canals opened for the season.
Word from Brule reports a man’s body found on the Lake Superior shore with no clothing or identification. No further details on identity or cause available. Local authorities notified.
Washington May 12 The Bell Telephone Company wins against the United States to null the last Berliner patent preserving Bell’s control of telephone technology for seventeen years from 1891. The court finds no corruption or undue influence in the patent office and rules delays were not the company’s fault. Justice Brewer writes the opinion with Justice Harlan dissenting. Gray and Brown did not participate.
Paris cor respondent says Paris deputies from Rue Jean Coujon districts plan a subscription to erect a monument for the charity bazaar fire. More than 300000 visitors crowded the disaster site Sunday and many laid flowers on the fence around it.
Chief Justice Bingham denied the application for a removal warrant in the Chicago fraud case against National Capital Life officers E. T. Gilman O. H. Lambert and C. H. Coons. He dismissed the indictment as fatally defective for failing to charge a crime.
A petition signed by New York bankers and business men asks President McKinley to use his power to speed a settlement of the Cuban insurrection. The plan aims to extend the petition to every U S town and city where business has suffered from the Cuban war.
Gov. Clough sets Friday August 20 for the execution of Lewis Kellihan the Sherburne bank robber and murderer. Kellihan was to be hanged after a four month solitary confinement sentence handed down April 12 by the trial judge in Martin county jail.
Capt Dunn of the government cruiser Petrel chased three US vessels fishing in Canadian waters between Rondeau and Port Stanley. The Americans escaped but the Petrel seized seventy seven nets and about two tons of fish they abandoned.
Mrs. Cyrus Fillmore, widow of Millard Fillmore’s brother, fell from a porch in her daughter's Sturgis home and died from brain concussion. She was 95 and noted as the town’s oldest resident and very wealthy.
Heavy fires roar around White Earth Minnesota with government saw mill intact yet destroyed along with shingle and planing mills. A rescue party barely escaped on arrival. Several lumber camps and logging outfits burned. Sugar camps on the side also burned. Wind remains heavy and rainfall is awaited to avert further spread.
In Daesel Minnesota near Kingston two boys, Peter Olson 24 and Charles Erickson 14, played with a 32 caliber revolver. The weapon fired wounding Erickson above the stomach. Olson then shot himself in remorse, dying instantly. Erickson is not expected to survive.
Four men lost their lives in a thirty foot well fourteen miles northwest of Doland South Dakota. Frank Barse and his two sons along with brother Christopher were cleaning the well. A rope lowered to the bottom failed as foul gas suffocated them one by one. The wife and mother is distraught as the community mourns.
The body of Nora Bornemann, daughter of Charles Bornemann, was identified after death by self inflicted causes. Evidence shows marks on the body suggesting whipping and abuse. Witnesses testified she complained of displeasing her stepmother and wished to end her life, saying she was whipped without reason.
The grand jury indicted Rev T Powell Richards rector of the Episcopal church at Dell Rapids charging him with teaching boys immoral practices. The affair has caused a wild sensation and split Dell Rapids into two factions, one defending the minister and the other condemning him. He had been a highly successful clergyman.
Duluth Minn May 12 The Illinois Steel company has closed all contracts for this season supply of iron ore Purchasing totals 1,000,000 tons plus 300,000 tons not delivered on last year contracts making 1,200,000 tons in all Ore will come from the Marquette Mesab a ranges with no Vermillion or Gogebie ore expected This puzzle leaves ore men unsure of future supply
Sheriff Scheuer arrives from Fort Yates with Paul Holytrack and Philip Ireland, self confessed killers after transfer to this county for safe keeping. Emmons county jail already holds Black Hawk and Cadette, so Bismarck provides stronger confinement.
Officials report several bubonic plague cases found on the Chinese frontier near the Tonkin colony. Precautions are being taken to prevent spread of the disease.
August Normand, a North Dakota murderer, is in custody after a ten day chase by a large posse through uninhabited territory. The double murder occurred near Larimore on the 1st inst. and he was captured near Towner, Grand Forks.
Olaf Habberstad becomes partner with M Scanlan in the Lanesboro bank. The Citizens' Bank, a branch of Field, Kelsey & Co. of Minneapolis, resumes deposit payments and hopes to continue.
Milwaukee on May 12 reported Geo Schweickard Jr doing business as Castalia Bottering Works has made an assignment. Assets amount to 44 877.82 with liabilities of 47 119.80.
United States Consul Stephan at Annaberg reports to the state department that Bulgaria is considering introducing agricultural machinery. The note highlights a potential modernization move and indicates official consideration in Sofia.
Wilkesbarre Pa May 12 The junior court jury in the embezzlement case of banker F W Rockafellow finds the defendant guilty with a recommendation to mercy.
In Little Falls Minnesota a special report states a man accused of forging the name of Puclos, owner of a brickyard, to documents led to his apprehension when his wheel broke. The incident highlights a suspected criminal act brought to the sheriff's attention.
Judge Brown sentences Howard Hunt to eleven months in state prison for stealing a suit. Thomas Heelan gets one year for stealing $3 of coal from a schoolhouse. Dick Lee receives three and a half years for stealing forty pounds of butter and twice breaks jail. John C. Hanmesser gets five years for embezzling $2009 from Hubbard Palmer Craig company.
Stillwater authorities order gambling conduct halted by nine o clock. The city moves to close pool halls at midnight, enforcing new restrictions on wagering venues amid enforcement efforts.
Albert Lea May 12 The land sale for delinquent taxes was tame with few inferior pieces offered and few bidders. Hartland Bancroft and Bath had no delinquencies. Probably no other county in the state had three full townships without delinquent real estate tax.
Oscar Sandburg, sixteen, while playing with matches in Robert Hagon's barn in Hector Minnesota on May 12 started a hay fire. He tried to free horses and was burned to death with four horses lost. The damages are about 1500 dollars.
A blaze swept through Marshland Wisconsin wiping out part of the village and destroying the post office among the buildings. Firefighters battled the flames as residents surveyed the damage.
In Sioux Falls South Dakota a battle between the mayor and city council led to the discharge for cause of three of four active policemen. The mayor vows strict enforcement of gambling prostitution and liquor laws amid clashes with saloon interests and police resistance.
Madeira Minnesota special Charles Deputy faces grand jury indictment on forging signatures of John Fritz and A R Bachelor on a $120 note used as collateral for borrowed money.
Marshfield deputy sheriff urged to Menasha where a suspect in a local murder case is being held. A reward increased to 400 dollars after Mayor Williams asked the governor to offer a state bounty.
Prof. Arthur Wallace Barnard, physical director of the Y M C A in Chicago, flew an experimental airship from the exposition grounds, circling in the air and landing twelve miles away after breaking a spar. He declares the voyage proves the machine is a success and its progress can be regulated by the operator under normal conditions.
George Standinz, the American racquet champion, signs to play a series with English champion Peter Latham. The first match is set for Oct. 16 at the Princes Club in London, with a second in New York in December. Stakes are about 5 000 a side per match, totaling 20 000.
The wife daughter and son-in-law of John Kohler a wealthy Cincinnati commission man search Cleveland for him after he left for a walk last Wednesday and did not return. A letter says he planned to go to Detroit then Buffalo and finally Cleveland. The family cannot explain his actions and traced letters from Buffalo to Cleveland.
E Kellogg Beach, 510 North State street Chicago retired capitalist and West Point graduate with an estimated fortune of 1.5 million, died by shooting himself in the mouth in his bathroom, with despondency over ill health cited as the likely cause.
The Nashville, third of a trio of gun boats built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dock Yarde com pany, has departed under her own steam for New London Connecticut. There she will conduct an official trial over a fifteen mile course next Wednesday.
In Paris on May 11 the Circus Moliere ring and stables burned. A fireman and a policeman were seriously injured. M Casimir Perier was to preside at a charity fete opening, but the event was postponed after the bazaar calamity on Tuesday.
Dubuque Iowa May 11 Congress man Henderson has recovered enough to start for Washington. His leg remains troublesome and will require another operation, though it will wait until he reaches Washington.
Corydon Ind May 11 John Rupert and John Wright wealthy farmers quarrel over a small matter Rupert seized a hoe and struck Wright on the head causing instant death Rupert arrested and there is talk of lynching remains.
The legislative investigating committee reports State Treasurer Ccellins short fifty thousand dollars and calls for impeachment and immediate retirement. The affair involves other prominent figures.
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania on May 11 the government test at Bethlehem Iron Company proving grounds successfully evaluated ten inch armor plate intended for cruiser side armor for the Kearsarge and Kentucky.
In Chicago on May 11 Freeman Bardner, a carpenter, shot Ida Miller alias Ida Dreyer and then killed himself. Both are expected to die. Jealousy was cited as the motive.
In the pro cathedral of St Peter Wilmington on May 11 Rt. Rev. James J. Monaghan was consecrated bishop of the Wilmington diocese Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore officiated the ceremony.
Five people died and five more are dying after drinking water from Ball Creek Spring in Pikeville Kentucky. Authorities report no clue to the source of the contamination and describe a growing health crisis.
A fierce blaze near Sullivan La and No. 35 dam on the Platte River threatens jack pine stands in the region. Several farmhouses escaped destruction by inches while communications with farmers such as Charles Rychner were cut off and some residents were burned attempting to reach them. KE W Randall’s sales and barn at Huff Loss were set ablaze by sparks from the firefighting effort. The fire also damaged a schoolhouse at Belle Prairie and caused insured losses.
Albert Lea Minnesota report says Joseph Snider, living in Austin and employed by Joseph Bailey of Oakland since April, accidentally killed himself with a 22 caliber rifle. A neighbor boy brought the rifle to the Balley home in the yard. Speicer placed the loaded weapon at his temple and remarked about suicide before the rifle discharged and he collapsed at their feet.
Redwood Falls Minnesota special session reports a state case against the bondsmen of Citizens' bank for four thousand dollars owed as the bank became insolvent. The jury or judge was instructed to find for the plaintiff.
Special Deputy Matt Nelson, arrested for stealing a diamond, is held for the grand jury in Albert Lea Minnesota. Nelson previously served a county jail sentence for tobacco theft a few months ago.
News briefs report an avalanche on a Salma road killing a police officer and thirty coolies. Other items note a 106 year old Lansingburgh resident,1900s figures in San Francisco, a Nashvilleexposition attendance of 47750, and various military and civic events.
May 11 reports show Chicago grain prices for wheat corn and oats with bids for No. 2 red wheat at 90 to 95 cents and No. 2 spring around 74 to 78 cents. Hogs and cattle ranges noted in Chicago Minnesota and St Paul markets with hogs 3.40 to 3.95 and cattle 1.90 to 5.25 for various classes. Additional movement includes Minneapolis wheat around 72 to 74 cents and Milwaukee flour and grain prices with pork and lard slightly lower.
P F Jewell of Sioux City Iowa says he has an air ship that actually flies. A manned craft is being built from a tested model that rose 100 feet, then descended. The square kite shaped design uses two large diamond air chambers, canvas wings, ropes and pulleys, a propeller on one end and a rudder on the other.
St. Petersburg report notes a grim crime at Tirespol where hermits vanished amid sectarian huts. Konalind, a hermit, confessed to entombing them alive in a bid to grant them the martyrs crown after their pleas for salvation. Police confirmed the scene and his confession.
The 20 round bout in New York ended in the fourth round when referee Roche stopped the match after 2 minutes 4 seconds. Joy Choynski of California defeated Denver Ed Smith who often clutched Choynski’s hand during the early rounds. Choynski knocked Smith down in the first round and the referee ruled in favor of Choynski.
Thomas H. Stout, employed by Kennett Hopkins and Co. brokers in New York and Chicago, forged drafts totaling $16 000 and has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment.
President McKinley will attend the Memorial day exercises in New York after sending a telegram to the organizing committee confirming his participation. The invitation was extended for the May ceremonies.
Fargo North Dakota reports a grain broker Ames of Ames and Lockmanubrum disappeared about ten days ago. His Duluth office lacks 10000 dollars in accounts with additional liabilities. His Fargo ties and former Fargo residence add concern for possible self harm.
The wife of Andrew Aspland a wealthy farmer near Cheney was fatally shot by George Webster a farm hand. Webster barricaded the house and faced a lynch mob but was captured by Constable Brown who drove to Spokane with his prisoner to avert mob violence.
At a Hastings Minnesota Special meeting George Parker presiding the following appointments were made Chief of police J C Hartin assessor Peter Kasbender street commissioner Isaac Hytle attorney Albert Schaller treasurer Daily Gazette
The Sault Ste. Marie canals in April 1897 showed 19 percent of freight passed through. Total freight tonnage for two days of operation is incomplete in the report, with figures cut off.
A notice from Henderson reports the death of Mrs Ang F Poehler a leading local figure. The item notes her prominence in the community and marks her passing.
The body of William D. Howland, treasurer of the Howland Mills and related companies, was found in the locks at the foot of North street. The mills and Rotch Spinning are now in receivership after stockholders uncovered unexpected financial entanglements influencing the firms.
River remains stationary and weather fine as levee boards report confidence in holding the line. The upper protection levee above the city is completed marking the end of the local defense line and easing public unease about future flood risk.
An inventor offers a shocking device to the British war office claiming a balloon bomb could destroy any army. The secretary questions air currents, and the inventor insists the British army would have to run like chickens, underscoring a bold but impractical plan.
In broad daylight a man was robbed in Central Park, prompting sharp commentary on urban safety. The dialogue contrasts London and New York attitudes as onlookers speculate on crime prevalence.
A Connecticut legislator proposes translating legislative acts into foreign languages to aid residents who cannot speak English. The measure aims to improve accessibility of statutes and government information for immigrant communities.
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