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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1888
Page
2
General 8. C. Armstrong remarks that it is easier to make an Indian a Christian than to overcome his prejudice against manual labor. The statement appears in the Brainerd Dispatch from Brainerd Minnesota.
The remark suggests Manning's view that stealing to avoid starvation may be interpreted leniently by tramps.
A new theory proposes obesity as a nervous disorder and recommends avoiding mental and physical fatigue along with a diet of eggs soup milk rice and potatoes.
A new antidote for rattlesnake bites emerges though most bitten people likely stick to the traditional remedy or reduce bites by avoiding snakes.
The Boston Transcript notes thousands of women engage in liquor traffic and warns that if women gain voting rights on excise issues they would vote in large numbers while few men would, a point of contention in public policy.
A physician recommends treating interior woodwork and plain plaster surfaces with oil or garnish to destroy the absorption of foul air and gases, aiming to improve indoor air quality.
An imaginative writer describes Texas as a circular lake with France as a circular island anchored at its center. The island would be invisible from land and twenty two miles from every shore point in this geometric metaphor.
A Southern paper notes mulatto toes disappearing and half tinted children becoming rare in cities and countryside. It argues colored people are rising to disown mothers of mulatto children and ostracize them socially.
Mrs Cleveland tours in a stylish phaeton attracting notice in Washington. She drives with Miss Cleveland aboard as Albert the coachman sits in dignified leisure on the rumble while reins are handled over well groomed ponies.
Oregon farmers protest Moncolian pheasants that were introduced years ago and protected by law. In cold weather they crowd barns with domestic fowls and attack barnyard cocks, becoming as obnoxious as a racial slur used for contrast.
In Rochester Indiana, three wanderers discovered torn five ten and twenty dollar bills on the ground. Investigators believe a man who leaped from a railway express train two weeks earlier mangled the money, totaling close to $500.
The article notes a postwar shift in cotton output from the prewar South. It recalls the belief that slavery ended cotton farming and contrasts it with the modern reality that U S cotton production rose from about 4 million bales before the war to about 7 million bales in a typical year after abolition.
Justice William Strong, retiring from the United States Supreme Court at eighty, remains vigorous and tall with a Gladstone-like face. He earns $10,000 a year plus extra income and continues to lecture on constitutional law and offer professional advice in Washington.
The note compares world population density to the United States and projects that if growth continues at the past century’s rate, the U S population per square mile will reach the global level about twenty eight years from now, assuming other nations grow as well.
Peter McCartney, the government’s leading ex-prisoner counterfeiter, stands trial in New Orleans for tampering with one dollar silver certificates into fifty dollar notes. He previously issued bogus twenty dollar greenbacks but, lacking capital after three months’ release, reverted to the cheaper one-dollar notes and was caught.
Senator Wade Hampton recalls Zeb Vance’s inaugural North Carolina Supreme Court argument. Vance presented a detailed appeal that the Chief Justice quoted in full as the court prepared its ruling. The court affirmed the lower court, using Vance’s own words against his client, leaving him dumbfounded.
Little Falls Minnesota marked the completion of its great water power with a ten thousand strong celebration. Gov McGill led a St Paul excursion that toured the new facilities and heard speeches by Dr William L Breyfogle and other officials. Telegrams of congratulations from notable figures were read as log rolling and river sports occurred and the canal was filled with water. Bonfires fireworks and illumination capped the festivities.
New York reporters and officials gather facts on the Hatch case. They allege Nathaniel W. Hatch died after an alleged blackmail plot by Charles W. Schofield and his wife Mrs. Schofield formerly Stella Stowell. The wife is linked to San Francisco mining stocks and various affairs.
At the Methodist general conference in New York the long debate on admitting women lay delegates ended with a vote. The substitute to seat women now failed, and an amendment excluding women from present seats was adopted 240 to 175, deferring eligibility to future conferences to annual conferences.
A Senate committee investigating Chippewa timber contracts on Wisconsin reservations considers a field trip to the pine regions. The report also notes Roscoe Conkling's will probated in New York and various criminal cases, including a Mt Sterling assault and a Lebanon jail escape, with related federal embezzlement charges in Michigan.
The S. B. Barker steamer, wintering in Ashland harbor, is stuck in ice between Apostle Islands and Duluth with six crew aboard and provisions for days. Widespread floods threaten East First Street, Duluth, and river towns while mills and foundries risk shutdowns.
A renowned London surgeon helps a man who falls in the street, treating a broken leg with an umbrella splint and bandages. He escorts the patient to a hospital where a junior surgeon praises the care. The great man jokes about learning from ambulance class and leaves his card.
Commodore Norman W. Kittson, born 1814 in Lower Canada, longtime St Paul figure and fur trader, died on a train in Wisconsin. He helped found Kittson’s addition, chaired Minnesota legislative sessions, and served as St Paul mayor in 1878. Wealth estimated near five million. extensive real estate holdings include Susmitt avenue mansion, Clarendon and Astoria hotels, and gas company stake.
Aboard tale asks if a capitalist offers a city alderman an ordinance and $500 to pass a measure, while another anecdote recounts a rain soaked man misplacing an umbrella after borrowing it from a friend.
A Rheola resident, G Henderson, writes to Melbourne officials proposing pig gall acid as an antidote for venomous snake bites. He cites Liebig and suggests extracting the acid from swine gall and using it externally and internally. The letter is sent to the central board of health in Melbourne.
A Rapid City settler who announced a pre emption plan arrived with witnesses to prove title but learned of a $30 judgment and that the $300 loan would not suffice. He abandoned securing title, filed a homestead on his claim, and avoided a tax collector, lender, and creditor. He vows no financial broker will spend on bananas in Florida while he endures a mortgaged ranch in the snow.
In Caledonia Special May 11, Michael Thill was convicted of murder in the first degree for the death of his sister's illegitimate child. The defense argued birth complications or insanity fueled by shame, but the jury of six hours deliberation returned the verdict. sentencing was postponed to June 26 for a possible new trial.
A Nantucket society doctor August Franklin, later known as Franklin Augustus Ellis, abandoned his fiancé in 1860s, then built a new life. He died in Worcester in 1884. His supposed daughter, traced from moonshining Tennessee to Collingaville Alabama, is identified by her aunt and ready to claim her share of the estate.
In the Lords Viscount Harding questioned reports of England being defenceless and unarmed ships. The Duke of Cambridge denied imminent danger. Lord Salisbury urged caution and discretion while noting increased preparations since 1814, with army strength rising to 212470.
Mississippi flood swamps Alexandria Missouri after levee breaks south of town. Water fills streets and homes up to six feet, forcing residents to upper floors while boats and improvised rails aid movement. Area farms submerged 75 000 acres with estimated 300000 dollar loss. other casualties reported in Red River Valley and nearby streams.
Provincial Treasurer Jones told the crowded legislature galleries that disorganized ledgers from the Norquay era left the books with huge undisclosed discrepancies. He cited absent court records, a fifteen month cash book gap, and vouchers worth hundreds of thousands scattered on the floor in the treasury office.
An investigation cites methods by ministers to check funds at a bank and notes a July 100 000 loan that vanished by August 5 with 10 percent repaid. It accuses officials of drawing salaries to month end and lists other shortages totaling a liability of 263 683.90 and assets of 4 289 225.22 excluding school lands.
The funeral for Commodore N W Kittson was held privately at his Summit avenue home in St Paul Minnesota on the 14th. Attendees included family and a few close friends with Rev William M Pope conducting Episcopal ritual. Burial followed at Oakland Cemetery beside his late wife and son, with pallbearers and notable attendees listed.
Lord Randolph Churchill replies to the London Daily Telegraph defending military statements. He cites the Duke of Cambridge's replies and warns that the war office administration spends about twenty million yearly. He argues the premier should disprove the high military condemnation voiced to parliament.
W D Washburn of the Soo road says no sale of the Soo occurred. A large block of consolidated stock in Sault Ste Marie Alberdeen road and Minneapolis and Pacific was sold to New York parties, some stockholders in Canadian Pacific. The Soo will remain independent and serve as a link to the sea board.
Reports describe widespread flood damage along the Red River valley with 4 to 6 feet of water washing away fencing cribs barns and plantations. Separately fires explosions drownings and accidents are noted across several states including a 20900 barrel tank fire in Oil City Pennsylvania a Capitol Iron Works death in Topeka and drownings near Warsaw.
Jack Dayton a 24 year old lawyer, poor but proud, falls for Gussie Vandorn at Saratoga. After a dramatic encounter with his grandfather and a long wait, he returns to ask her to share life and wealth, and she accepts.
Two years after a distant memory of Saratoga, Jack Day faces family truths as his mother discloses his father’s history. A Paris death and a looming legal claim propel Jack to confront wealth, lineage, and a final, somber bedside moment.
A Burlington to Westbound freight tale recounts a rookie engineer with a signed refusal and a dangerous malfunction. The veteran narrator details braving a dry boiler, a faulty pump, and a hammering partner as the train careened, a near catastrophe prompting a long idle repair and warning about unsafe practices.
A Kingston woman near death from consumption recovered after a neighbor fed her buttermilk from churning. She drank successive draughts, improved, and soon resumed her daily activity. Doctors say the remedy went to the spot, nourishing and restoring strength. Neighbors note she was frugal about meals and money.
A playful exchange unfolds between Miss Clara and Mr. Sampson as they discuss the moon. She praises gazing at it while he quips about wanting the man in it. The humorous flirtation ends with her remark about distance.
The morgue photographs every unknown body to aid later identification if burial occurs before identification. When bodies cannot be kept overnight, magnesium flashlight photography is used, documenting the deceased before and after cremation.
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