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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1896
Page
2
Gersoll Wieland notes the navy’s growing size as a peace guarantee while deriding small foes. He cites costs of modern guns, Spain’s options, and China’s rail push. The piece laments New York ice prices versus Savannah and Boston, and jokes about Lillian Russell’s voice failing.
Farmers in New Jersey have agreed to pay higher taxes to fund improved roads, a move credited to the influence of bicyclists. The reform, seen as a sign of regional regeneration, demonstrates the value placed on good highways by the local farming community.
The passage critiques Italy's costs and dignity in Abyssinia, urging Italy to abandon military prestige and focus on its own affairs. It notes potential retirement with dignity if costs are high, suggesting lessons from the Abyssinian experience.
A man found a pocketbook with 150 dollars on a Portland sidewalk. A card inside proved the book belonged to a local bookkeeper. He returned the wallet and was rewarded with receipt of a 3 dollar bill he owed the business house.
Tit sea cucumber can nearly erase itself under threat by squeezing water from its body and slipping into cracks too small to see. It can expel almost its entire insides and still survive and regrow them.
The New York Morning Advertiser reports Ballington Booth has transferred to Booth Tucker all property held in the former name as a trust for the army. It includes about $800,000 in real estate and $20,000 in cash, easing the worry of numerous Booths in England.
In a Berlin Spittel market coffee tavern waiters are absent and tips are non existent. Automatic machines line the walls labeled beer coffee tea and more. A glass is placed under a machine, a penny is inserted and the drink is served instantly.
A historic method used at the mint involved heating a worn silver coin on a red hot poker or tire. The inscription would emerge in a greenish hue while hot, then fade as the coin cooled, revealing genuine coins when silver was tested.
An ongoing New York investigation reports 7 095 Italian immigrants arriving since the year began cannot read or write their language, about 35 percent of arrivals. The illiteracy trend is deemed undesirable and potentially a political danger if it continues.
The Forestry division estimates 2000 miles of trestle in the United States requiring full replacement about every nine years. Each year 260,000,000 board feet are consumed for this work. Most timber comes from large, fine trees and annual expenditure runs about 7.2 million dollars.
Two bold highwaymen robbed a timid Grinnell Lona citizen and tried to intimidate him with an empty beer bottle. The man snatched the bottle and smashed it over the heads of both robbers, disabling them until an officer arrived, revealing the victim to be a college professor of belles lettres.
California expands irrigation to supply oranges lemons olives pies apricots prunes and raisin grapes. Last year Northern California shipped 203,614 tons and Southern California 158,845 tons, totaling 380,495 tons of fruit. Exports plus vegetables wines and brandy reached 48,571 car loads, while new orchards promise doubled fruit production, cementing the state's horticultural prominence.
A compact digest of global happenings presented for quick reading. It curates key events from around the world, highlighting political, economic, and social developments. Readers gain an at-a-glance overview of notable stories shaping the week.
Senator Thurston reported favorably on a bill to aid a Nashville exposition. The House committee on pensions ordered a favorable report on Stallings introduced to raise veterans and widow pensions from eight to twelve dollars monthly. Commissioner Lamoreux will lead a June inspection of local land offices in Minnesota Montana Idaho California and Colorado.
The column links diverse figures from politics science and society. It notes President Cleveland’s first mint julep toast reportedly from Pitz Hugh Lee, mentions Congressman Livingston of Georgia as a potential Democratic ticket candidate, and quotes Wolseley on the danger of pacifism. It also coversKeene’s tour plans with Hanford, a Ceylon planter protecting workers with charcoal, Descartes tercentenary, a traveling physician Emma Van Horn’s death, Dr. William J. Scott’s obituary, Nez Perces elder Willy Williams’s death, Huxley’s new life of his father, and Colorado dairy commissioner Anna Clemmer’s self sufficient operations.
A string of disasters including a Good year Rubber store fire in Buffalo causing $100000 loss, a forest steamer Forest Holme ashore but undamaged near Highland Light, and a major blaze at Syc amore. A Chicago Great Western freight train fire destroyed cars and oil tanks. Conductor Pierce died. McEwan Bros saw mill near Bay City escaped with losses. 1500 cords destroyed. A five year old, Oscar Brian, died from morphine mislabeled as quinine. Barges from Vera Paz found near New Orleans for salvage. Pierce, Cedar Rapids resident, known railroad man, leaves widow and two children.
The report lists Kit Rodgers fatally shot during a post office burglary in Sybine Ohio. Welch admitting to killing neighbor Glenn Santee near Ida. Arthur G. Wellington and Mrs. Fanny Speed arrested in Chicago and brought to Denver. Eddie Lochert the boxer attempting suicide in New York. Edward Eggleston and Mrs. C B Turner held on federal grand jury charges in Tucson. Frank Novak’s Walker village office burglary. Oscar Westphall accused of assault in Buffalo. John R. Watkins indicted in Kansas City for violating interstate commerce law on false weights.
In Foreign Shores, Roman papers reject reports that negotiations are underway for Great Britain to receive Kassala. The articles assert no pending agreement exists and challenge the credibility of the circulating claims.
Reports note England entrusts extradition to Ceratus Hertz amid Franco British concerns. Smyrna dispatch warns Armenian relief funds shrink while conscription grows. H Herbette to Berlin to present recall letters. forces near Akashek prepare to attack. Russian emperor plans 400000 goblets for Moscow festivities and more.
A 1200 man regiment is being organized in Chicago to fight for Cuba. Other items note a Kingston death of State Senator James Ballantine, a Tallmadge murder arraignment, filibuster talk from Newark, and various political and business updates including railways earnings and educational law milestones. several unrelated brief notes follow on civic and personal matters across the country.
The Indiana Experiment Station outlines a seed treatment using corrosive sublimate in a concentrated hot water bath for potato seed. Potatoes soak for 90 minutes to two hours then are cut and planted as usual. A New Jersey station notes sulfur flowers as an alternative.
The tug boat Harry Brown of Pittsburgh, upward-bound from New Orleans, exploded its boilers about twenty five miles below Vicksburg Mississippi last night. Eleven crew were killed and six officers and crew were injured or missing. The Henshell rescued many, and Capt Kime remained aboard to oversee rescue efforts as the bodies were prepared for shipment home. The coroner ruled the deaths accidental.
Reports confirm death sentences for filibusters on the Competitor have been approved and sent to higher tribunals. Two US citizens linked to the expedition are in custody in Palma, with a small boat found near Berraces. The executions are postponed at Washington's request to allow treaty-based deliberations between the United States and Spain.
Representative Hartman of Montana circulates a house petition urging an immediate judiciary committee report on a joint resolution to reorganize the Northern Pacific Railroad. Foreclosure sale is set for June and the measure would force sale of agricultural lands within a mile of the track at not more than 2.50 per acre and ban consolidation with rivals.
Wind Cave near Hot Springs South Carolina has ninety seven miles of explored passages. City Engineer Scott completed seven days of survey and will print a map to guide explorers. A new exit was found with minor blasting needed to reach open air, reducing retracing routes.
Fierce fires sweep Clearfield Elk and Jefferson counties with dry underbrush aiding spread. The Portland Lumber Company saw mill in Elk county was destroyed this morning though the lumber yard survived. Several towns face danger as flames advance.
Two sealing vessels belonging to Bonne Bay are supposed lost in the Straits of Belle Isle. Their crews number forty men. The port is blocked by ice and several steamers with mails and passengers wait outside for the ice to break.
H C Bunner editor of Puck died today in Nutley New Jersey of consumption at his home.
Indianapolis report quotes F T Roots explaining Harrison’s absence from the convention confirms his stance on not returning to the White House. Roots says Indiana voters favor McKinley and a St Louis call for Harrison could shift McKinley followers to Harrison.
A large granary and machine shed owned by W Mills caught fire at 1 am in Andover South Dakota and burned with about 2000 bushels of wheat and farm implements. Two separators owned by J F Collins were lost. Total loss estimated at 3500 dollars with 1000 dollars insurance. The fire’s origin is unknown.
Special report states Col. Pano has been elected president of Bolivia in succession to Senor Mariano Hap tista. Hap tista's four year term ends August 6 this year.
The Montana Republican convention in Butte on May 13 seated anti-A I A delegates from Granite county by a 139 to 102 vote. The platform endorsed free silver at 16 to 1, called for bimetallism, protection and reciprocity, and urged federal action to restore silver as money. Delegates Carter Mantle Hartman nominated to St Louis. Marshall Strevelle Metzel named as the remaining three. Marshall, formerly a Democrat, joined the party a year ago.
A well dressed man using the name J. F. Nimemich, claiming St. Paul as home, was arraigned on forgery charges. He waived examination and was remanded after passing two forged checks for 20 and 25 dollars drawn on a Chippewa Falls bank. Authorities doubt his claimed family in St. Paul and seek Oshkosh fraud links.
Dickinson North Dakota May 13 acquittal of Horace F Merrill a well to do sheep man in a cattle killing case marked one of the district's notable trials Two large cattle companies pressed the prosecution but the states witnesses were deemed worthless characters one of whom is sought at Fort Buford for stealing government property Merrill's reputation was strong and the jury verdict widely approved
Chas Homes, sentenced to be shot at the Pushmataha court grounds, thirty miles west of here, for killing his stepson in law Charles Kiptubby. Deputy Bob Jackson fired, missing the heart by two inches. Homes died after about ten minutes of agony as services ended and his wife watched.
Special dispatch reports the Alice rubber mill will reopen Monday, employing 1,300 workers, with the Millville mill of the Woonsocket Rubber Co. to start a week later employing 1,000. Mills had been closed since January 18, leaving many operatives near starvation.
Irwin V. Ford, a Black man captured at Harper's Ferry West Virginia, confessed to detectives after the murder of sixteen year old Elsie Kregle a farmer's daughter on the outskirts of the city.
The London Times correspondent reports from Pretoria this morning with additional telegraphic items in the cryptogram format, noting the unusual ciphered messages and their obscure content.
A broad Minnesota roundup reports a new creamery in Preston, cattle shipments from Polk County, Dr. John C. Nelson named Danish vice consul in Minnesota, and the Travellers Protective Association meeting in St. Paul. Also noted are election results in St. Paul, fires, accidents, burglaries, and local civic events across Duluth, Brainerd, Hastings, Anoka, and other towns.
In St Paul on May 12 W F Harrity chairman of the Democratic national committee and Col Jay Grif Prather Missouri national committeeman toured with Michael Doran and met prominent party figures in St Paul and Minneapolis before heading to Superior for a trout fishing trip. Harrity said finances would be the campaign’s main issue and that a right candidate could win. he wasn’t sure if Cleveland would run and noted Senator Vilas of Wisconsin as a possibility.
An early offer of 500 by Henry Irving for Hinckley forest fire relief was initially returned by Gov. Peck. Later talks suggested the money could fund a monument, with Bram Stoker confirming Irving’s willingness. No acknowledgment or clear outcome followed and officials suspect the donation may have miscarried.
Northern Pacific general manager Charles S. Fee announced May 15 excursion rates to Red Lake reservation points for land hunters. Rates from St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth and West Superior to Crookston United States land office and Red Lake Falls are 11.75 dollars and 14.40 dollars from Ashland Wisconsin. Tickets on sale May 12 and 13. Crookston pass valid to May 30 and Red Lake Falls pass valid two days each direction with one day stopover at Crookston, final limit May 30.
Prof. J. W. Ferree of New Paynesville Minnesota aged eighty two died suddenly of apoplexy yesterday after a day of wood sawing with his son on a wager. He had held chairs in several Eastern colleges and authored mathematics textbooks.
In Litchfield Minnesota May 12 Thomas Wandok saloon keeper struck Peter Johnson on the head with a club during a bar brawl. Johnson remains unconscious and may die. Wandok says Johnson tried to run his bar.
Henderson Minnesota May 12 Mrs A F Hilgedick wife of a Faxon township farmer in Sibley county drowned in the Minnesota river while trying to save her young son. The tragedy occurred in Faxon township and the body of the child was recovered later.
James A Case civil engineer and longtime St Paul resident dies at his home corner of Seventh and Pine streets aged seventy three. He came to St Paul from New York State in 1853 and was cousin of the late Judge Wilkin.
In St Paul on May 32 Louis Green an eleven year old colored boy died by drowning while swimming in the Mississippi River yesterday.
Harold D. Hughes of Wisconsin captured first prize and a $50 check in a regional oratorical contest featuring normal schools from Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa. I. J. Bradford of Kansas took second with $30, while Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri followed.
Cleveland special reports William Worcester, a demented man who recently escaped Toledo insane asylum, fired three revolver shots at his wife in her boarding house. John Bayne, a boarder, intervened and killed Worcester. Bayne and Mrs Worcester were arrested pending coroner’s inquest findings.
A collage of short dated anecdotes and advertisements. References to Syrup of Figs by California Fig Syrup Company praise its simple remedies. Humorous misprints and social quips include a Legions of admirers remark and a sharp witticism about a neighbor and Herr Mayer with dark humor.
A court record quotes a prisoner answering a magistrate about stolen diamond studs. He claims the card label collar studs turned his action into an invitation and says he collar'd them. The exchange presents a humorous defense from a London paper.
A Philadelphia Record item notes if last year’s tobacco smoked in the British empire were formed into a one inch diameter rope it would wrap around the equator thirty times, illustrating vast consumption. The remark uses vivid global scale to emphasize mass use.
A brief Washington Star exchange shows a physician noting the season's mood and Mr Meekton replying his wife suffers under the sunless days. He adds the sun's return is hard on the carpet fading. The dialogue captures a casual, dry humor about weather fatigue.
The Indianapolis Journal reports a quip about Nero asking about a foul smell. A court attendant replies that noblemen are burning a few early martyrs, framing a tongue in cheek historical reference.
Dr J G Grant, specialist in eye ear nose and throat medicine, practices at Syndicate Block Minneapolis with spectacles fitted.
A Roxbury Gazette snippet shows a merchant scolding a clerk over window curtains and a remark that wares in the display are guaranteed not to fade. The exchange emphasizes shop presentation and warranty confidence in advertised goods.
Fragmentary ad copy promises velous cures with Dr Kane and Dr Kline. Mentions a 838i arch St Philadelphia address and offers two trial bottles with no fits after use.
A sentimental maiden asks why love makes a man a joke and a soured bachelor agrees that making sport of mental infirmity is cruel. The dialogue from the Indianapolis Journal portrays a humorously grave clash over affection and social ridicule.
An old remedy is recommended for teething babies, touting WINsLow’s Soothing Syrup for Children Teething as an effective aid. The ad-like note urges use of this traditional product for relief during early tooth eruption.
From the Women’s Gallery the vesta virgin exclaims the champion is “perfectly killing” as the Roman emperor deigns to smile upon the new gladiatorial victor of the arena.
An editor questions a prize fighter about a statement and learns the fighter has quit fighting for good. The reporter confirms the fighter refused to speak for publication, underscoring a quiet retreat from the sport.
The death rate among seamen in the mercantile marine is 12 per 1000 lower than that of land workers, reflecting safer conditions at sea in the observed period.
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