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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1889
Page
2
The New York World reports Jay Gould is not in as poor health as some accounts claim. The Brainerd Dispatch presents this contrast to circulating rumors about his condition.
In consequence of mounting military burdens the number of emigrants from Italy last year was nearly 300,000.
American silks have gained strong patronage from Mrs Harrison and other ladies in the administration, reflecting growing support for local textile suppliers and a favorable market climate driven by influential figures.
The signal service authorities claim to have found infallibility by committing to a forecast until it proves true, asserting that unwavering adherence ensures accurate outcomes.
In the Samoan convention, English is used for diplomacy for the first time, marking a shift as Americans enter European political spheres.
Postmaster General Wanamaker, a firm believer in one cent postage, now stresses that improved service is more desirable and important than any rate cut. This shift signals a focus on reliability and efficiency in the postal system under his leadership.
New Jersey unions cheer a new state law barring employers from accepting pledges from workers not to join labor organizations. The measure intensifies protections for organizing efforts and collective bargaining.
A fictional scene set in fifteenth century Constantinople centers on the 1453 capture of the city by Mahomet II. The text frames the siege through a literary lens, detailing key events and figures involved in the fall of the renowned Byzantine capital.
The proprietors of gambling houses at Monte Carlo reportedly cleared three million dollars last year. This figure stands as a stark warning against betting on another man’s game, illustrating the large profits and risks involved in speculative gambling.
A Wilmington dispatch predicts a tremendous peach crop this season, reversing the usual blossom time announcements of failure. Veracity appears higher at this early stage.
B. Jones, once a cashier, swindled First National Bank of Stafford Kansas out of 1700 with false entries. He received five years’ imprisonment. Described as a handsome young man with solid business abilities.
A letter dropped at the Auburn post office bound for Boston was mailed with a pin fastening the stamp. The stamp pressed through the stamp area near the right side and moved through the envelope and its contents to the back, then back to the front.
The golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Gladstone will be celebrated this summer with a special reception in their honor in July at the National Liberal Club in London. Between two and three thousand guests are expected to attend.
Christian Holzworth of Lowville New York receives a back pension of 12979.90 and a monthly allowance of 72. He is inmate at Lewis County Asylum and is incurably insane.
The czarowitz, while reading The Lady of the Lake, exclaimed that a king of the common people is the only kind of king he would want to be, a sentiment his father once expressed before his accession to the throne.
A dog whose owner ship was disputed confirms a former British soldier by rushing to his master when spoken to in Hindi. A Savannah mocking bird stolen from its owner proves ownership by singing and carrying the tune “St Patrick's Day in the Morning.”
Dr W H Mays was sentenced to six months for refusing to testify in a murder trial without a fee. Medical men call the penalty unjust, arguing professional practice suffers from repeated demands for expert testimony and substantial penalties undermine years of study.
A BrookyN reporter visiting Rev. Dr. Talmage heard a banjo in the hall. Dr. Talmage then appeared with a banjo and invited the visitor in. He sat down and played a show piece for the reporter, delivering a performance that amazed the guest.
Congressman Snider urged removal of Democrats from railway mail posts but civil service rules block changes. Explains hidden letters by pension examiners, sent to Browning who kept them. Examiners denied or confessed, facing discharge. Browning remains employed and reassigned to St. Louis.
Don Harrington aged thirty five, unmarried, was killed by a premature blast at the Drum mon mine in Marysville. Jack Harrington was thrown by the concussion and severely bruised. A string of other accidents and storms across Virginia and Tennessee to New Mexico and New York are reported with injuries, bridge fires, sand drifts, and miraculous escapes. Losses run into millions in storms across East Virginia and North Carolina counties.
Victims and suspects fill a grim column with hangings, jail suicides, and killings. Nelson Colbert a colored man hanged at Washington for murder, while Martin Harney died after leaping from a prison platform in Lincoln. Jim Allen shot in Dallas county Arkansas by George Fike as his wife recounted threats. Louis Gabrillot killed himself after a rejected marriage plea in St Louis. Dahle manslaughter verdict in Minnesota. James Rowland fined for selling liquor to a minor. Richard Boeckh charged in Albany for challenging Henry Villard to a duel. Mrs Mary Jenkins of New York fires on a servant girl Annie Dale. bullets miss. Police clash in Northampton Massachusetts as White’s ear is severed. several shot. Sept 8 1887 in Cour d’Alene reservation a Mrs Peavey murdered and infant slain.
May 10 reports from Puerto Limon Costa Rica reveal a brutal massacre at Florus Bay on Kuatan island. Baptist minister Rev. Mr Hobbs his wife and young daughter were found dead with brutal head wounds after the neighbor’s farewell call. A Jamaica sailor Burrell linked to the missing gold was arrested with some of the coin.
Edward Sanderson a leading Wisconsin Republican and prominent Milwaukee businessman died after a Bright's disease illness. Allen Thorndyke Rice newly appointed minister to Russia died suddenly in New York at the Fifth Avenue hotel after a spring illness marked by tonsillitis and general debility. Rice had planned to sail for Europe but fell ill, with Dr. Fuller noting prolonged weakness and throat ulcers.
Eleven crewmen of the foundered Alaska reach Florence after a perilous swim due to breakers, one perishing after two nights at sea. Four survivors suffer saltwater illness. only six cans of peaches sustained them. Also covers Paris banquet tensions among republics and monarchies, Solomon Hirsch named Strauss successor, and new Colorado prairie conflicts with Blood Indians in Winnipeg dispatches.
The report notes a smallpox outbreak among the Okanagan Indians on the British Columbia frontier with physicians sent to vaccinate the tribe. It also covers a Presbyterian general assembly opening in New York with about five hundred delegates, and Health Secretary Kennedy reporting polluted Iowa river conditions from Marshalltown area due to glucose plant waste.
Washington dispatches indicate Gen Crook and the Sioux commission will meet stiff resistance in treaty talks. Red Cloud’s people are owed 25200 for 705 ponies seized after the Custer massacre, while 3700 horses on the agency and 3200 from the Cheyennes lack funding. Chiefs Bull Gall Rain-in-the-Face Mad Bear Grass and other leaders demand pay for stock, with Red Cloud seeking 40 per horse. Indemnity and stock payments threaten to derail negotiations and the likelihood of a signed treaty.
A correspondent reports Prairie du Chien Wisconsin hosts a artesian well that yields a powerful mineral spring flowing twenty barrels per minute. The water, analyzed by Prof. Bode, shows rich mineral content and is prized as a diuretic and digestive aid, with widespread local use facilitated by the Fort Crawford company.
May 21 report from Bern says serious snag in Samoan commission talks. Phelps pressed between meetings with English and German delegates as US insists on restoring Malietoa as king. Germany and Britain cautious, while US aims to restore the status quo despite possible indemnity or provisional governance debates.
William O'Brien testified before the Parnell commission describing agrarian outrages in Tipperary before the league and claiming the league prevented famine and war in the West of Ireland in 1870. He said murders had ceased since formation, described peasant debt and lack of redress, and supported boycotting while acknowledging legal objections to detailing government instigation. Adjourned.
Caicaco May 21 A committee report backs chairman Blachard contention that Northwestern lines grant lower through rates from New York to St Paul via boat routes than via rail, accusing Western roads of discrimination. The finding urges prompt action under the Central Traffic association law.
May 21 Sioux City Iowa chosen as the headquarters for the Railroad Conductors' Association. Citizens pledge 75000 in cash and a 200000 building, with guaranteed net income and a ten year option to acquire the property at original cost plus 10 percent.
Testimony by George Hill, a Lake Shore & Michigan Southern engineer, described severe abuse by attendants at the Chicago public insane asylum. Hill, admitted in 1888 and discharged as cured, testified of repeated beatings, broken bones, and deaths among patients, including Levy who died after being beaten. Court procedures followed as officials examined injuries and motives.
The Sioux commission will meet in Chicago on the 27th to plan securing signatures of Indians to a cession of reservation land. Commissioners will interpret the law and use maps and Bureau data. Gen. Crook’s advice is sought, with aim to gather tribes on smaller reservations under white supervision.
Washington delegate Carter acts for Montana voters securing P M Morrison’s transfer to the railway mail service between Helena and Spokane Falls and Baker’s appointment on the Missoula to Grantade line. Morrison’s reinstatement follows criticism of the earlier transfer. A free delivery for Butte City begins July 1 with five carriers and office improvements funded. Charles Taylor to be postmaster at Great Falls as Carter aims for more fourth class appointments and departmental changes.
The United States v. John D. Hall decision, ruling oaths before state notaries public void, unsettles officials at the General Land Office. Thousands of cases across homestead, timber culture, and mineral filings may be affected as final proof was commonly taken before state notaries. Commissioner Stockslager seeks an official Interior Department opinion from Assistant Attorney General Shields to define the ruling’s scope and impact.
A telegram from Lewiston Idaho reports Special Agent Heth and two Nez Perce reservation employees arrested by civil authorities. Trouble between Heth and an employee named Williams has persisted for years. Welton was sent to Umatilla to take charge and a full investigation was ordered to remove whites implicated in the disturbances.
One hundred fifty three fourth class postmasters were named today. Twenty two are from Minnesota including C H Petersep Amador Chisago county Fred Scott Bronson Kanabec county C A Holmstrom Cokato Wright county William Rawleigh Combs Washington county Alf Beaudraw Dayton Henry Tuckey Eden Prairie J W Glaseford Elk River A D Kingsley French Lake Fred W Jaynee Grant L E Denneweth Ge Kandiyohi Martha Higgins Hamline J B Kingsley Long Lake Hugo Naumann Mora James Saucier Osseo 8 C Johnson Rush City George W Hammer St Paul Park Alvira Brandes Sandstone O Wenaus Smith Lake J H Crowell South Haven 8S M Sherman Stacy Erick Johnson Stark T B Murray White Bear Lake.
Great interest runs through Spokane Washb May 20 as Villard dominates coverage of the Oregon Transcontinental contest with emphasis on his influence and strategic moves in the dispute.
May 20 WHI Visit West Point officials announce the board of visitors to the United States Military Academy. Senate members include C. K. Davin from Minnesota and J. W. Daniel from Virginia. House members are B. Robertson of Louisiana and S. S. Yoder of Ohio. The president appoints Leroy D. Brown of Nevada and C. M. Pinkerton of Iowa, with B. W. Chidiaw of Ohio, Arthur Edwards of Chicago, Nathan S. Lincoln of Washington, Charles King (retired) of U A, Gen. Lew Wallace of Indiana.
Washington May 20 Commissioner Tanner says the pension appropriation is not exhausted though a telegraphed report spread nationwide. He has issued the usual requisition to move funds from the treasury into U S depositories for June payments under pension agents scrutiny.
Edgerton of Mitchell South Dakota travels to Washington to argue a private land claim before the secretary of the interior. He expects the Sioux Falls convention to be brief and harmonious and favors re election of current South Dakota senators by the new state legislature.
War department orders in Montana direct troops to stop the Sun Dance at the Laorque River agency and to cooperate with Indian agents in returning all stray Indians to their reservations.
The Twin City excursionists from St Paul and Minneapolis arrived at 7 30 AM led by W McIntyre and G M They were greeted by Watertown business leaders, billeted at hotels, and hosted at the Commercial Exchange club rooms Gov Mellette W E Sestrett ex congressman Williams Judge Thomas and Julian Bennett welcomed them On behalf of Watertown George M Gage spoke for St Paul and Gen Grant for Minneapolis with John S Taylor for Iowa After a luncheon they toured proposed capitol grounds Lake Kampeska and residence streets The Watertown greeting fostered capital prospects and some visitors may leave capital remains favorable. the party departs tomorrow noon.
Special Telegram reports two fatal railroad accidents near Helena Montana. A bed ford Northern Pacific line train hit a hand car loaded with section bands injuring two men who will not recover. A Montana Central express near Winslow struck Marshal Colter of Butte as he stood on the track, killing him. Colter dies tonight. he leaves a family.
A sensational arrest in Port Arthur Ontario centers on Lee Whitehead of Eau Claire Wisconsin. Whitehead, former foreman and paymaster for Chippewa Logging, is accused of embezzling company funds and issuing fictitious payee names. He is jailed awaiting extradition hearings before Judge Hamilton after a preliminary briefing tomorrow.
The State v John Gaynor began in Lemans Iowa with a four hour jury impanelment. Prosecution says Gaynor shot Officer Hamilton without provocation. defense asserts self defense after Hamilton allegedly struck Gaynor and others after they left a club. First witness Wilcox testified Hamilton threatened and beat Gaynor prior to the shooting. Hamilton died after being struck and Gaynor was arrested in bed. verdict expected Thursday.
In New York on May 20 the Special Telegram notes a ripple of excitement over a potential contest for control of Northern Pacific at the next election. With the road now firmly established and financially sound, control is seen as valuable, but current management is expected to retain it as board members hold large stakes. Elijah Smith reportedly said he could net over 1 million dollars if he liquidated his following holdings.
Special Telegram reports discovery of Louis Foisie's remains fifteen miles south of Crystal City, Dakota. He disappeared during the January blizzard of 1888 after leaving Crystal City on January 9 with a neighbor. skeleton found but clothes intact. Foisie had come from Ontario to Manitoba in 1887 then moved to Dakota to take up land.
A mob of seventy five masked men seized Wickliffe jail at 2 a.m. demanded jailor Rawlins surrender the keys. Rawlins refused until the mob hanged the accused man by a rope over a block, later found dead at daylight. No trial or legal proceedings followed.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, born 1828 in Munich, will become Britain's minister to Washington. A leading international law authority, he has held roles from Attorney General of Hong Kong to Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign Office. His fisheries and United States relations expertise are noted, and his daughter is described as an attractive Washington social asset.
Henry G Pearson died at his father in law ex Postmaster General Thomas L James house in Highwood New Jersey on April 20 after long stomach tumor. Born in New York City about 47 years ago he began as a customs clerk and served in the railway mail. He rose to assistant to James then Postmaster and stayed through Garfield and Cleveland administrations and briefly under Harrison before leaving with Cornelius VanCott appointed. He married James daughter around 1875 and left no children.
Bob Burdette laments the health reformer figure and mocks vegetarianism with a humorous, satirical dialogue about appetite and aging. The piece wields irony on longevity and death while edging toward a culinary fantasy.
Norman Liehty places a miniature clover field in his drug store window with woven wire fences and a center pen. Three two week old live pigs explore the layout as visitors try to guide marbles into the pen, mirroring the puzzle’s challenge.
A young married woman in Elberton Georgia earns attention for her fearless snake charming. She catches snakes with bare hands in the woods and has tamed several as pets. In one incident a large snake bit her hand but caused no trouble as she continued capturing them. Her strange power over reptiles leads to rarely any resistance from the snakes.
A historical note recounts General Harrison’s 1811 Tippecanoe victory and later illness, cured by native remedies. It highlights Warner’s Log Cabin Medicines, their developer H. H. Warner, and the claim that these remedies restore health using roots, herbs, and age-old formulas sold nationwide.
A recent philosophical work on optics argues that hat brims harm vision by blocking air circulation and increasing glare. It cites ophthalmic authorities noting shade may inflame the eye, while noting English soldiers in Egypt with no hat snouts fared better. The piece adds folk observations about Quakers and Scots, praising openness of the gaze and the practical value of brimmed hats in sunny latitudes.
The 1888 railway returns in the United Kingdom report eleven passenger deaths and 594 injuries, compared with 25 dead and 538 injured in 1887. There were 389 deaths among company servants and 2,100 injuries, with 53 deaths at grade crossings. Overall nearly 1,000 killed and about 9,000 injured connected to railways, including 35 passenger train collisions and 54 mixed train collisions.
The Constitution argues that instead of cutting postage, surplus should expand postal facilities in country towns. The writer says this reform would better serve the nation, noting the country desires improved postal service more than maintaining a 1-cent rate.
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