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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
5
The Brainerd Dispatch reports a population rise in New Orleans, increasing by 120000 over the last ten years to a total of 336000. The note highlights steady growth and its implications for the city’s housing and services.
Vermont native Sexator Morrix marked his eight decade with a grand reception at his Washington city residence. Family friends and local dignitaries attended the intimate celebration.
A Painesville Ohio businessman suffers paralysis that leaves his legs powerless from darkness to daylight when he regains use. The unusual condition confines him to rest during night and returns mobility with sunrise, baffling doctors.
About 460 miles of electric railways exist in the United States with Kansas leading at thirty four miles. The fastest electric street car has a speed of twenty miles per hour.
Emperor William awards the first class decoration of the Royal Order of the Crown to Charles Gibson attorney of St. Louis Missouri.
Nathanien J. Gaperson of Santa Paula California is nearly 19 years old, stands six feet four inches tall and weighs 225 pounds, drawing attention in local lifting circles as a promising light heavyweight contender.
Prof. A. N. Kuarer asserts marriage raises mortality for women and lowers it for men, based on his statistical analysis. The finding highlights gender differences in longevity related to marital status.
The report states Portugal plans a strong naval expansion with four ironclads ten armored ships eighteen gunboats two transports and twenty four torpedo boats as a substantial new naval order.
The speaker notes a claim that there are more Germans in the United States than in Prussia during Frederick the Great and more than in any current German state except Prussia. The remark contrasts population sizes across historical and contemporary German realms.
President Henry Rice of United Hebrew charities notes about 25,000 Hebrews arrive annually in the U S for four to five years. He cites 17,000 to 18,000 from Russia and only 600 to 700 from Germany.
The murderer Kemmiler has stated he ought to die and would welcome death by electricity. In light of this, officers and unsolicited friends should not interfere with the venerable writ of habeas corpus.
A shipment of fifty five thousand dollars in gold coin was sent by mail from San Bernardino to San Francisco as second class matter at one cent per ounce. An insurance company covered the risk while the bank saved about one hundred fifty dollars by using the mail system.
Sir Henry Parks, noted Australian political leader, earned his first coin a half century ago when he held a horse outside a Sydney tavern while the owner fetched a drink. The sixpence became a cherished memento of his humble start.
In Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania a woman named Mosher spent the afternoon with two female friends and reached home with no voice. For three months she could not speak loudly, then her voice suddenly returned. Doctors offered no explanation beyond the tongue being tired and needing a rest.
A Washington letter-writer notes Justice Lamar sleeping during court sessions with chin on his robe and eyes closed, describing him as a picture of judicial somnolence and maintaining dignity surpassing that of Westminster or the Old Bailey.
A Chicago reporter and authority on society notes Joan J. Blair is worth between 40 and 100 million dollars and appears no older than 60. He reportedly saves by washing linen in a hotel washroom and was seen in the Grand Pacific porter’s chair scrubbing his silk hat with benzine.
A rich St. Louis widow engaged to a wealthy attorney tried a scheme to keep her property. She asked him to sign an ante-nuptial contract granting her control. He refused, she canceled the wedding and accused him of mercenary motives, and she sought a clean withdrawal to avoid breach of promise actions.
The west side of the Ohio River, about one mile north of Parkersburg, West Virginia, reveals a four acre site with reddened burned earth, pottery fragments, ashes, bone scraps from animals and humans, and ruins of ancient fireplaces with charcoal and charred nuts. Ornaments and implements including battle axes, knives, drills, spears, arrow points, and bone and slate ornaments are found around the areas.
Discovery in the treasury department shows the government owes General John C. Fremont about 1900 dollars. For years the department had charged him 1700 without a voucher. Fremont, after retirement, sought a re-examination and found the government should pay him, a revelation that reportedly left him faint.
Gen Middleton, commander-in-chief of the Canadian militia, is likely to resign after fallout from his alleged cracked transactions during the Kiel rebellion. In Kentucky, William E. Bandy, nephew of ex Gov Foraker and former Cincinnati board of elections clerk, married Covington socialite Miss Leedom in an elopement after meeting only four days earlier in a stage coach.
A string of deadly accidents and disasters spans multiple states and regions. A passenger killed leaping from a speeding train near Burlington Iowa. an engine and five cars topple down a 90-foot embankment near Kewanee Illinois, killing three workers. A Louisville & Nashville collision south of Birmingham Alabama follows orders being ignored. A miner killed after a ride theft. engineers fatally injured, three trainmen hurt on a separate incident. A Lehigh Valley and New Jersey Central crash near Allentown Pennsylvania results in cars and an engine on their sides due to brake failure. Emma Hall and Joseph Hantler die from injuries. Tornado-like storms devastate Cedar Valley Kansas. multiple fatalities and injuries reported, including Frank Glidden’s wife. North Missouri reports widespread property destruction and several deaths. Mississippi River region experiences further losses. Alberta prairie fires burn Willow Creek district, scattering cattle. nine thousand head affected. Chenango County New York sees fire destroying asylum and pauper ward, with ten inmates burned alive. a feeble-minded woman fatally burns herself in the blaze.
A string of 1880s era crime notes includes the murder of Leander Pasco in Burman Warren County New York with buckshot lodged in his back. Other items report Lizzie Cooke extradition waiver and return to Chicago, and multiple cases of forgery robbery and violent assault across cities including Philadelphia Chicago and New Orleans.
Police in Denver hold Dr Henry Meyer and his wife after a Chicago telegraph alert linked them to a sensational poisoning case. Geldeman was murdered for money, and Meyer allegedly fled west after eluding Indiana authorities. Rumor targets an Indian woman and her husband in a related Denver shooting.
Berlin says Germany may relax pork embargo if the United States concedes on German imports. Capt. Haneust of Belgium aims to negotiate Congo cession to Germany from Zanzibar. Zealandia notes Samoa treaty signing by Malietoa and consuls. Rome to adjudicate tobacco purchase contracts in May. Barons Rothschild warn Vienna on Jewish oppression. Bismarck dismissal leak sparks imperial anger. emperor warns the ex-chancellor against disclosing state secrets.
Bones of a man about sixty found near Fort Ripley Minnesota with old clothes and papers from June 1888. Captain Owen J. Sweet and his company rediscover three bodies from Custer era. one skull shows a gold incisor while two others bear head injuries.
Prices list for corn oats barley rye and hay across Western markets with specific bids from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Milk products butter cheese and dairy terms shown with daily ranges and trade names.
The grand lodge of the Minnesota A U W re elected Joseph A Eckstein as grand master workman and set his pay at 360 for the year. G M Lang Windom re elected grand foreman and E Southworth Sha kopee chosen grand overseer. Olof Olson Willmar won recorder on the fifth ballot. J J McCardy St Paul re elected grand receiver. Next meeting planned for Red Wing May 1591 with 1200 new members added statewide. total near 000. Financials described as never better with prompt death losses.
The weekly weather and crop summary led by John Healy notes cooler conditions with some subfreezing mornings. Snow and rain boosted crops in southern Minnesota while the northern regions await more moisture. reports from Shakopee to Sioux Falls describe snow benefits, planting progress, and drought concerns.
A massive thunderstorm drenched Dusveve Iowa with 3.4 inches of rain in 24 hours ending 8 am. A spectacular electrical display followed a quarter to midnight, with greenish fireballs, scorched telephones, and a depot tower struck causing fires and damaged instruments. Deputy descriptions say the lightning blew across rooms, knocked a clerk to the floor, and lit the western horizon.
A tornado struck Akron Ohio at 5 30 pm causing extensive damage along a two mile stretch west of Main street. At least 100 buildings were demolished and many more damaged with several injuries and missing residents reported. Families recount near misses and a rotary storm that twisted trees and toppled homes along Cross Washington Brown and Exchange streets.
Washington Special Telegram Representative Wilson urged increased appropriations for surveys in his state before the subcommittee on appropriations. The committee agreed to recommend 5 000 for the Port Angeles survey and to apportion pro rata funds to states, noting Washington’s neglect and need for more rapid development.
Washington reports a strong silver lobby in New York gathering major mine owners as congress weighs bills. Speculators plan to buy foreign bullion to influence prices while officials weigh safety of purchases. The government denies a formal corner and says it has bullion stored in London and New York for assay.
The May 1 official report on winter grain notes wheat at 80, rye 93.5, and barley 84.6. State by state figures show mixed conditions with higher scores in New York and Maryland while Georgia and North Carolina trail. Mowing land averages 92.9 and pastures 93, indicating good feed prospects and farm work is progressing. Cotton planting lags this year with about 75 percent seeded by month end.
Grisly details emerge after the Shaeffer murder at the village home. Mrs Schaeffer suffered multiple hammer blows to the head and throat wounds, while her child was killed instantly with a bruised head. The jury leans toward insanity. funeral planned Sunday under priestly direction.
A devastating blaze at Longue Point asylum near Montreal killed and injured numerous women inmates. Firemen faced a collapsed dome and chaotic rescue attempts as flames raced through towers and ventilation shafts.
Clayton Breckinridge panel in Rock Arkansas heard over one hundred witnesses about election voting patterns with Oliver Bentley, Conway county deputy sheriff, testifying on a divorce case. Bentley read a threat letter signed Jack the Ripper No 1 to Morriston mayor while Major Lacey compared handwriting, finding no match.
The mother and two sisters of Rowand, imprisoned in Montana for second degree murder, plead with U S officials for clemency. Their efforts include appeals to Ottawa officials and to Sir Julian Pauncefote through the British minister, amid appeals from Quebec ancestry and royal ties.
A mother presents Secretary Blaine with a plea to grant a pardon for P de Row and Mrs Row and her daughters await word. Blaine replies by asking the Montana board of pardons to consider a courtesy pardon between nations.
In Justice Warthen's court Maj. William Warner clashed with W. E. Greyston during the Wrightman murder case pretrial. Warner defended detectives and bones evidence, Greyston accused officers of dishonesty, and a scuffle ensued with Warner pinning Greyston to the floor and threatening to break his neck if a revolver came out. they were separated with no blood shed.
Mason City Iowa residents await a legal clash over peddling laws. H O Warner delivered a carload of maple syrup without a license claiming he was not a peddler. He faces a fine and possible appeal to district court before the supreme court.
S. S. Floyd and Co. bucket shop operations across the South and West have ceased as grain quotations fell and wheat and stock prices rose. President Baker of the board of trade presides over the winding up, with Floyd unable to estimate exact losses. Floyd reports large personal losses while aiming to limit customer losses. Louisville dispatch notes Charlies Jeffers, Floyd’s Chicago correspondent, suspended due to the Chicago failure.
Ern est Utter, held on bigamy charges, faced grand jury action in Mippigros. Last night his wife No 2 and two Utter relatives aided by a friend tried to talk privately with him and later entered his cell wearing his clothes. They were arrested as Utter was captured in Unionville New Jersey after eluding security.
The New York Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7 to 2 to postpone indefinitely the Curtis bill to abolish capital punishment after a hearing. Proponents cited civilization and Christian thought while opponents raised religious concerns.
Mrs Bresler five miles away killed her eleven year old daughter by strangling after sending two girls to bed. The mother pursued the younger child, then returned home. the older child died on the chase. The husband found her bloodied and the ax injury to her brain showed self inflicted wounds. Neighbors and physicians declared the woman insane.
Mrs. Jennie Campbell of Chicago sues the Pullman Palace Car company for twenty thousand dollars in Sioux City alleging a brutal assault by a black man named Cesar on a company car near Manilla. She says the attack left her bedridden for nearly two months after the incident aboard the train bound for Sioux City.
Assistant Secretary Chandler rules in the Donald McKennon vs Kathrina Bahner case that sympathy for illness cannot substitute for legal residence. The Yankton South Dakota district matter concerns a Section 17, Township 102, Range 53 homestead entry and an appeal from its cancellation. the entryman’s residence was never established and the order to cancel the entry is upheld.
The Senate committee on pensions debated the Morrill disability and service pension bill. opposition to the House substitute was nearly unanimous and a non-concurrence is likely. The House pursued tariff, silver, and river and harbor bills amid party tension, while the Senate pushed pension and army appropriations with amendments and debates on liquor sales to enlisted men. The day featured long speeches on silver, and a notable three hour plea for free coinage by Senator Jones of Nevada.
An Arkansas man in wolfskin and blue homespun enters a riverboat and, admiring a piano, greets the captain with a joke about his brother Bill. He jokes about not having an ear for music and laughs with the ladies as the ship’s deck scene ends with the folk humor of a Sunday Mercury anecdote.
In New Philadelphia a Common Pleas case ends with Professor Ortt awarded the purchase price of an organ. The Centenary Methodist Episcopal church faced division as Aunt Eliza opposed the organ, leading trustees to abandon it outdoors. The verdict favors Ortt after a disputed sale and custody of the instrument.
In a Philadelphia Times excerpt a young woman notes curiosity about men going out after a curtain falls. A man can’t help emotional swings as he contemplates following them to uncover the truth. He explains it was merely a neighbor selling paper collars for hot throats, a small, humbling incident.
Meteorological observations from 600 stations show rainfall trends from 1840 to 1880. The period 1840 1860 was rainy, 1860 1876 drier, and 1870 1880 wetter. Fluctuations intensified with distance inland.
A field note states that vines with three fingered leaves are unsafe and should not be touched. It adds that five fingered leaves are safe to handle, identifying poison ivy by its trio of leaflets.
Iria describes a snail stuck to a card in the British Museum for four years that revived when placed in warm water. The tale, framed as a tough, vivid anecdote, emphasizes unexpected resilience of the mollusk.
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