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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1891
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch notes that Tur Czar presented what was believed to be a solid silver harness for Kaiser Wilhelm, but it was found to be merely plated, described as rooking a gift horse in the mouth.
A New York heiress vows marriage to the head waiter of her hotel, a match she views as better and cheaper than continuing to pay his tips.
Mk PaRnell still insists he leads the Irish party in parliament. His participation in debate provokes an immediate disturbance as Timothy Healy seizes every chance to repudiate Parnell. continuous clash signals volatile Irish political scene.
The Russian Customs Commission recommends raising duties on silks woollens dressed leather and iron and plans to tax jute sulphur and other raw products. Fifty percent of imports would be taxed under the scheme.
Dr. Hae, a Boston physician and expert, declares San Francisco’s climate the worst in the world. He adds that confidence should rise only if he also pronounces Boston’s climate the best in the world.
A rumor claims Blaine plans to kill all seals this season to end the seal controversy with Great Britain, ensuring the issue is settled forever with nothing left to argue.
The two widows holding Sitting Bull’s cabin resist selling as showmen battle over ownership. The mortal tabernacle of his habitation, rejected by the scouts, is said to be in possession of the widows while price talks continue.
United States engineers begin survey work for a vast Pan American railroad described as the greatest enterprise yet, intended to channel American energy to transform Latin American social and political conditions.
A new group in Chicago asserts they are the rightful inheritors of sixty five acres of land on Broadway in Manhattan. They contend the current city landlords should resolve the claim, as spurious heirs emerge across the nation seeking ownership of prime urban plots.
The New Orleans health department imposes a quarantine as several ships arrive with yellow fever. The city notes historic success at its quarantine station on Chandeleur Island last year, preventing further spread.
A German Reichstag majority defeated the American hog, excluding it from the empire. American papers that sensationalize hog illnesses are blamed for shaping German views against U S pork.
The Gladstonian candidate won the South Leicestershire division by 489, reversing a 1138 Conservative majority from the last election, signaling the rising tide for Gladstone despite Tory occasional wins.
A brutal six day sleep deprivation contest in San Francisco was stopped after a contestant went insane. Similar exhibition in Detroit ended with another participant going crazy. The piece questions money driven notoriety and calls for banning such displays to prevent self harm.
The Governor General addresses the Senate and House of Commons with parallel titles. The term gentleman connotes honor, while the courtesy honorable can imply less genuine regard, a distinction noted in London and reflected in this discussion.
The King of Greece reportedly earned about 6 million dollars from speculation on the London Stock Exchange though he has not yet resigned his throne. The question arises whether he should use the profits for the benefit of his subjects who provided the initial capital.
An English clergyman who has helped emigrants for thirteen years said a London butcher confused Canada with the Red Sea and a clergy member misheard Manitoba for Mani toba, revealing widespread geographic confusion.
Government plans reveal a modern battleship shaped exhibit for the world’s fair. China and Brazil accept invitation to participate in the Columbian exposition. April 1891 mineral oil exports reach 3 808 259 dollars. beef and hog exports total 9 289 751 dollars. Mammoth Hot Springs becomes Fort Yellowstone. Great Lakes fleet data recorded: 2784 vessels, gross tonnage 924 472, net tonnage 780 119.
The Prince of Wales is suffering a slight influenza attack with fever greatly abated. The Belgian government threatens to expel Gen. Boulanger unless he stays silent on political matters. Mr Guiapstone improves rapidly. Thomas F Water of Connecticut elected chief of the department of foreign affairs in London. Tax members of Philadelphia Typographical Union celebrate George W Childs sixty third birthday with a banner. A Blaine letter eulogizing J Childs is read. Prof Edward L Curtis of McCormick Theological School Chicago named to Yale vacancy due to Prof Harper becoming president of the Chicago university.
A series of industrial and transport disasters across several states is reported. Belmont oil works in Philadelphia burned with a $40,000 loss. In Michigan a logging train collision near Sheppard killed Z. Bigelow Clark Stubble and Sherwood Clark, injuring thirteen. In West Virginia a boiler explosion at Wilsons saw mill killed three men and a boy, with two others seriously hurt. A New York Limited passenger on the Michigan Central derailed in Chicago with no injuries. A Danube river collapse drowned nineteen aboard a downriver flat boat near Russia. A Massowah storm wrecked a barracks building killing six and injuring ten. Two Dayton laborers were killed by a passing train on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern line. A Pueblo policeman Moses Levern accidentally shot himself, dying from the wound. A fire at Gillards warehouse in Van Wert destroyed the block north of the Fort Wayne track. Loss is estimated at $0 000 with partial insurance.
A former New York legislator, Daries A Brxper, has fled with about 20000 dollars in trust funds. The report also notes arrests in Leslie County Kentucky linked to a suspected Edmond Silcott, the disgraced Fiftieth congress doorkeeper.
Two Jews murdered at Corfu and others starved. Arms shipment from Acapulco to South America unknown destination. Secret societies terrorize Valparaiso. A Vienna presidential candidate survives a null attempt. Manipuri forces capture retreat and the chief yields. The Gordon-Cumming baccarat case opens June 1. London conference signals McCarthyite faction rally. EU Portugal South Africa talks proceed. National Press notes ongoing developments.
Reports note Lord Wolseley, appointed commander in chief of Ireland, sees no danger in granting home rule. Other items cover France urging Newfoundland arbitration, Rothschilds-Russian finances, emigration to New York, and protests linked to Parnell and anti-Parnell factions in London.
A $1,000 wager sends H. G. Evans on a nine day 500 mile walk from Chicago to Omaha. Rosert T. Hottoway doubts Teuton will start in the Brooklyn handicap. Axsert G. Powens and Alfredo de Oro duel for $1,000 in Chicago with 6 point match and 200 points nightly. A Troy Mike Lucie vs George Brennan bout ends in six rounds as a draw with no injuries. Dobbs defeats Tready Brennan in Pueblo in five rounds. A proposed six day race may pit J. D. Bradford against Jacques at the Grand block track during the 1,000 mile event between Messier and Hart. Covington Ky authorities aim to end pool selling with indictments and orders to cease or face imprisonment.
The Duluth Terminal Transfer grading from West Duluth into Duluth will begin. A conference of east and west of Chicago railroads will meet to harmonize through rates from the Missouri River to the Atlantic seaboard. Chairman Midgeley calls the situation embarrassing and urges immediate decisive action to prevent trouble.
In Indianapolis the National Brotherhood of Boiler Makers voted to adopt a system of apprenticeship with one apprentice per four boiler makers. A Chicago strike at United States Rolling Stock Company workshops has ended with workers returning. Pittsburgh reports from the coke region are encouraging as 150 strikers join mass meetings. Operators expect to ship ten workers for each deserter. The Tin, Sheet Iron and Cornice Workers International Union holds its fourth annual convention focusing on wages and hours, leaving those issues to local unions. Work resumes at National Tube in Pittsburgh with all departments to operate next week. The machinists strike, fifteen weeks old, won as workers returned to nine hours from ten.
Reports of April U S exports valued at 12 543 712 and a British French wine dealer group forming in London to buy California wineries. Branchville Ore Milling Co of Connecticut assigned. Methodist conference chosen Omaha for 1892 session. Massachusetts redistricting bill favors eight Republican seats. Ohio court awards 5 000 damages to widow in incline railway case. Little Rock firm W P Gray rotates assets. Okanagan Indians suffer grippe deaths. many move to Idaho. Ancient Order of Hibernians holds 42nd convention in New York. revision adopted. next meeting in New York. Italian consulate notes discussion among New Orleans Italians. seek harmony among groups.
A train carrying twenty four dynamite cases and Italian workers derailed near Holmes Point, Tarrytown. An ignition caused a massive explosion. eighteen to twenty men killed and many injured, with most victims Italians. The wreck left a collapsed track and river runs, with bodies recovered along the line.
Denver May 21 opening session of the Trans-Mississippi congress drew over a thousand delegates. Governors Routte and Rogers welcomed attendees. Debate focused on silver coinage irrigation and arid land reclamation with potential battles over free silver.
Fire swept the south side of Bay Street from Newman to Market in Jacksonville destroying brick and stone buildings including the Mohawk and Santos blocks and John Clark’s block. Losses exceed 500000 with 245000 insured. 75 percent of that is total loss. Major losers include Estate of Cincinnati shoe makers and John Clark. over 100000 in tobacco destroyed in a government warehouse in the Clark building. insurance losses heavily hit St Paul Fire and Marine.
The special committee investigating Mayor Somers charges against the board of public works reports impeachment of Commissioner Dunck for accepting gratuities from contractors. It urges censuring Commissioners Tracumer and O Connor for technical violations and exonerates Mayor Somers from counter charges.
Gen Greely stopped in Bismarck on his travel to St Paul and received a formal reception. He declined to opine on tapping the Missouri river for a general irrigation system until contour maps show costs. He blamed last Congress opposition to irrigation on wasteful experiments and said he had not studied the plan yet.
A justice, officials, a jury and two doctors opened Mrs. Erickson's grave in Hadleyville. Doctors removed the stomach and organs for analysis while the father and husband showed great emotion. The inquest jury adjourned to the 25th awaiting test results for possible poison.
The Goheen murder trial in Fergus Falls continues with over twenty witnesses already examined. State evidence links Goheen to the crime with testimony on sighting, timing, and incriminating remarks. A key exchange occurred when Bowmaster testified of Goheen’s confession like remark.
A strong gendarme force attacked ex Queen Natalie’s residence in Bevoraor. They forced her from her bed to travel with personal baggage on a train bound for the Hungarian frontier, ending her time in Belgrade amid visible distress.
Winnipeg board of trade pressed Northern Pacific solicitor McNaught for denial of reports that the company would sell or lease its Manitoba lines to the Canadian Pacific. His reply was unsatisfactory, with officials and observers still expecting a transfer within a month.
Secretary Tracy said the Charleston may seize the insurgent steamer Itata in Chilean waters if she reaches them, while the navy expects no news until Panama. Esmeralda officers finished provisioning at Acapulco and may have sailed out of the harbor.
May 21 Cullom supporters swarm Srumorizcy Illinois as numerous conferences unfold to secure Shelby M Cullom for the presidential nomination. Daniel H Paddock claims the Illinois delegation will back Cullom at the national convention if he seeks it against Harrison and the field.
New York on May 21 reports that Eva, alleged widow of Robert Ray Hamilton, will debut in a play dramatizing his life. The production promises to portray the man believed to have died among the tangled weeds at the bottom of Snake river.
A Slight Hitch. Meinovenk May 21. Negotiations among premiers of Victoria New South Wales and South Australia to submit federation proposals to the people failed. Each colony will follow its own course rather than adopt a uniform action.
May 21. Secretary Rusk ordered that sheep and swine destined to the United States from Canada be quarantined for fifteen days. This measure follows Canada’s non requirement of quarantine for cattle sheep and swine imports from Europe and aims to regulate livestock shipments into the United States.
Receiver Hammond has not filed his bond, delaying the Minot North Dakota land office opening. The Fort Berthold ceded lands will soon enter the market within the new district, prompting concern from local officials and the Harrisons’ associate over his qualification.
Special advance copies report transportation figures for Lake Trafic and surrounding waters. The count shows 2,784 vessels in service, gross tonnage 954,497 and net tonnage 780,119. Estimated carrying capacity stands at 1,254,271 tons with a commercial valuation of 48 million 809 thousand seven hundred fifty dollars.
Johnson a young Icelander was drowned while fishing in the Red river tonight. This marks the second fatal boating accident in Winnipeg within a week.
Musteredin Lieut Vanduzee with Luverne guards. A 10 year old girl escaped burning when her clothes caught fire. A Mille Lacs lumber mill worker died from a severed arm injury. A Hokah store burglary netted cigars. A Pipestone farm hand died in a wagon accident. Crazy Pete captured and jailed. Lyon county votes for court house. Little Falls land sale yields 55 tracts. Diedrich Wichman Sr. dies aged 69. Kenyon to host a new $100000 bank. Wasioja house fire. Freeborn creamery growth. Red Wing board of education organized. Powell death by revolver. Wasioja man near death after accident. Little Falls janitor Lewis Scott dies from shell wound. Fergus Falls grand jury indictments. Du luth Christian college planned. Winona fiber mill bonus raised for rebuild. Olmsted Breeders elect officers. Omaha sectionman killed near Oakdale. Duluth grand jury discharged after whisky indictments.
Miss Maggie Payne aged 15 dies of typhoid in Grand Forks after two weeks. A Fort Yates tailor Davis commits suicide after a spree. Rev. Gesowe faces misappropriation charges before US commissioners. G A R plans Memorial Day sermon with Ray Father Conaty as orator. Cattle price rise drives large cattle shipments to Nebraska ranges. A A Paine arrested for embezzlement after $1000 draft from Chicago relief. Fargo Argus report shows assets $90,881,988 and liabilities $69,377. John Arnold flees with Mrs Fraziers purse. sheriff Fadden pursues. Washburn libel suit between editors Britton and the Leader. Edward Rooney departs Michigan City with family and stock. creditors close in. Northwestern livestock firm buys first lot of sheep at Bismarck.
The article notes a cured, well graded lot of 8 000 in Oregon will be placed with local farmers. It reports strong sheep demand at four dollars per head and up with a 25 percent price rise expected within the year. It mentions difficulty in obtaining well bred males and that Eastern breeders can fetch good prices for choice stock. The cattle trade has recovered from a slump and is active again.
The Sisseton tract will open for settlement July 1 as artesian water pressure in Spring field grows. A new Cham berlain brick school costs about 15000. South Dakota wheat acreage up one third. Harney City tin claims sold to Akron investors for 50000. A land office contest involves a young lady claiming another's land. Cattle in Pierre better than ever. Parker Baptists gain a new pastor who must board around. Brookings customers buy surplus hay for shipment to Iowa. Madison merchants discuss 6 pm closings on non-peak nights. Prof Culver to lead a summer geological survey of the artesian basin. Sturgis circuit court session. grand jury urged to enforce prohibition and investigate Few Tails. Wall charged with infanticide, linked to a Russian wife and mother. Chamberlain artesian well shows 60 psi flow at 809 feet. work continues toward stronger output.
A collision between the St Paul and Duluth passenger train and a freight train in West Superior yards left cars and engine badly wrecked but no fatalities reported. Separate items note hires and deaths in Chippewa Falls and surrounding areas, including embezzlement case, arson, and a fatal fall from a horse attempt.
A historical Iowa item notes Columbus Junction plans a normal college. It also lists multiple local incidents including April deaths in Des Moines, a fatal lightning strike near Ackley, a Dunlap mad steer scare, and a Dubuque girl fined for defending her reputation.
A Maine regiment in 1862 foraging tale describes a soldier fleeing a determined gander. The pursuit ended near camp lines with the musket butt aid, and the soldier humorously questioned if the bird could chase him and live. An attached cod line bait adds another odd detail.
A travel writer describes a Kyoto girl preparing for a bath and wardrobe. She lights the stove, boils cedar tub water, scrubs with bran, and refines her hair and obi. Her meticulous dressing ends as she runs along the mats in sandals toward the street.
The California Fruit Grower argues against the Riverside Phanix stance that new orange varieties should not be tried. It notes the emergence of the Joppa variety and predicts widespread future grafting and year round ripening. Horticulture is a progressive science, and standing still is backward.
A husband pretends to buy a lace scarf for a friend but lets his wife choose a plain piece. She selects a modest scarf thinking it is for Amelie, while he reveals it was meant for her and praises the plan, delighted with the ruse.
The Boston Globe recounts an afternoon scene at the Symphony where a crush for unreserved second balcony seats leads to a woman losing part of her feathered overskirt. The assistant manager held it up and the woman kept her place, saying keep it for me as she hurried on to find a seat.
A New Haven boy too ill to attend Barnum’s show had the parade pass by his house and two performing elephants perform in the front yard at Barnum’s request. The gesture, noted by the Chicago News, highlights Barnum’s kindness.
Maddox asks what the silver barons will do after selling all mine product to the Government. Gazzam jokes they will start a balloon line and extract the silver lining from the cloud.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for liver kidney and blood diseases claiming it purifies the blood renews the system and helps scrofula consumption and lung ailments. The ad guarantees benefit or money back and notes no other medicine of its class uses the same secular refund plan.
The Boston Post’s Taverner advises contributors to value brevity and proper paper, citing Philip Welch’s habit of writing short jokes on thick notepaper. He argues length invites dilution and praises a neat midline punch. The note aims to help Penloper improve by avoiding cheap materials and dull pencils.
A Washington Post report tells of a colored man seeking work as a driver who cites a dealer’s old hand as a reference. The referee notes the applicant’s honesty is shadowed by seven prior theft trials, each time escaping conviction, leaving employment uncertain.
The piece traces dollar origins and offers spending tips for travelers. It promotes The Burlington as a preferred rail option with luxurious service and reliable connections, inviting readers to buy tickets via agents or W J C Kenyon. It ends with quips about dissipation and a Johnson's Anodyne Liniment testimonial.
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