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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1887
Page
2
The first gold coin of the United States was made in 1795. A year has passed since Chicago anarchists carried out their crime, with no punishment in sight. The supreme court weighs a motion for new trials as the decision date remains unknown.
Nearly 12 000 people left Ireland for the United States and Canada last month. The May emigration is expected to surpass April as Poles Bohemians Italians and other groups join the outflow of settlers from Erin to the New World.
Professor Wiley of the agricultural department issues a report on dairy product adulteration. He identifies oleo oil, neutral lard, and cotton seed oil as the chief adulterants used commercially. Detection is easy due to the large quantities employed to boost profits.
A newly discovered variety of asparagus grows wild on the Akhal Tekiz steppes after its annexation by Russia. The stalks reach five to six feet, are as thick as a man's arm, and are described as tender and delicious. One stalk allegedly feeds ten Russian soldiers.
In the Public Service Review published weekly by the Harpers Admiral Torter forecasts in two years Americans will self build ships for private and government use. He argues that despite Britain's boast, the United States can produce superior work and materials, rivaling Europe except perhaps Sweden.
The Paris Municipal Laboratory tested 936 wine samples in March. 365 were pure, 207 contained water, 177 plaster, 123 sugared, and 30 included raisins. The piece urges Americans to choose California wines over adulterated imports from France or Spain, criticizing those who prefer the tainted options.
The New York Saturday half-holiday bill is signed into law with little dissent. It largely offers permissive rules for whether to suspend business on Saturday afternoons, letting employers and employees decide if a day should be treated as distinct from other days.
The article reports that Russia faced debt but attracted massive subscriptions for a new poplar loan in St. Petersburg. Initially set at 30 million, on the 12th ultime tenfold offers arrived, and three days later dispatches announced 1.2 billion offered, with the government accepting 60 million.
The Land Transfer bill now before Parliament after its second Lords reading ends primogeniture by treating intestate land as personal property and prohibits entailing real estate. It also implements detailed reforms in registration conveying and titles, loosening long held estates that tied land to aristocracy across generations.
Cushman & Co at Auburn Missouri applies profit sharing giving 4 percent of wages to workers with 400 dollar annual earnings receiving 16 dollars and 300 dollar earners 20. Norton Brothers Chicago 7.7 percent. Nelson Manufacturing St. Louis 5 percent. New England Granite Westerly plans first dividend. Toledo Ann Arbor Northern Railroad grants five years’ service a wage dividend.
General notes describe a large Toronto gathering where speeches were repeatedly interrupted. A riot did not develop, and O'Brien pressed Lansdowne for a public answer. Lansdowne denied borrowing from the British government in 1881 and defended his tenants policy as moderate and costly to him at times. He rebutted old accusations against his grandfather as untrue.
Boston dispatch reports Count De La Tourasse a French nobleman and lawyer who fled debt and gambling left France under an assumed name. He ran onto an outbound New York train after spotting his daughter with an elderly woman, threw himself beneath the wheels at fifty miles per hour, and died instantly. The daughter had planned to return to Paris after learning the truth.
A C B N RR employed a blank coupon in Twin Cities ads to gauge reader interest, offering prizes of subscriptions and Chicago tickets. Despite pass removals under the interstate law, 22 051 replies came from a combined 81 625 circulated copies.
Dozens of fires rage across Michigan's lumber districts with five Coe camps of the Duluth South & At road burned and towns Champion Michigamme Baraga L Anse Ne Antrain Republic and Three Lakes in danger. Losses run into hundreds of thousands as crews fight to save villages.
Secretary of the Interior orders land grant railroads to show cause why withdrawal orders within indemnity limits should not be revoked and lands restored to settlement. Lists numerous railroads and regions with return dates in 1887 and cites Secretary Lamar vowing revocation of all indemnity withdrawals to open lands to settlers.
The letter from a papal authority commends Archbishop Corrigan of New York for maintaining firm discipline against the drift of Dr. McGlynn's followers. It praises Corrigan's steadfastness, calls for gentle outreach to those misled by new dogmas, and urges salvation of souls while defending church teachings.
The note defends church authority and vows to correct rebellion while offering consolation to a venerable brother and his clergy. It declares no injury to names or dignity and promises timely measures through the Propaganda congregation. Dated Rome May 4 in the tenth year of Pope Leo XIII.
The Des Moines and Fort Dodge Railroad wins a key ruling as the Iowa Supreme Court upholds the railroad title to certain lands along the Des Moines River. The decision holds that withdrawals and 1862 acts prevent settlers from establishing superior title, confirming the state’s grant path.
The Celtic and Britannic collided 300 miles east of Sandy Hook on the 19th and reached New York on the 24th. Captains blame each other over speed and fog, while a list shows several killed and multiple wounded with names and vague addresses.
The statement reports the execution of Andre jushkio Ostipanoff Generaloff Shevyoff and Uljanoff for involvement in a plot to assassinate the czar. Other conspirators were banished. A US official asserts no treaty requires surrender of political refugees, correcting a false belief tied to Secretary Bayard.
The court sustains reissued driven well patent No. 4,372 in Harris Eames v Andrews and others, and upholds validity against prior art. It holds infringement exists and damages are due for all unlicensed driven well users. The decision also affirms Beedle v Bennett, sustaining patent validity and liability for infringing users in the Northern District of Ohio.
The Supreme Court reverses lower courts on the drive well patent, upholding the invention as not anticipated by prior use. Judge Nelson dissented, arguing public rights existed during four years of use before patent filing. Estimates show 50,000 wells in Indiana with $10 royalties, and total U S usage between 500 000 and 1 000 000 wells.
The flag at Camp Washington was hoisted Monday morning the 23rd. The Washington Light Infantry corps of this district marched in and formed in hollow square about the camp ground.
In a letter to Grant Post No. 13 of Wilmington Delaware Cleveland thanks the post for endorsing the veto of the independent pension bill. He notes officials face counter pressures yet urges firm duty over popular convenience and expresses gratification at the resolutions before him.
In Hamilton Ontario on Monday night Mr. O'Brien faced a bullet and egg attack as his party fled toward a hotel. Horses reared and a flash illuminated a group of buildings while shots rang out from two revolvers, wounding or narrowly missing several companions. The escort forced entry to safety as a crowd resisted the escape.
The president orders consolidations among internal revenue districts including Nevada with California Fourth, Rhode Island with Connecticut, Mississippi with Louisiana, Utah to Montana, Maine and Vermont with New Hampshire, Wisconsin Third with First and Sixth with Second. Twenty two districts to be abolished with collectors retired.
The Dublin Court of Appeals ruled the arrest warrant for Father Keller illegal and reversed the prior decision. Keller was released from Kilmainham jail at 3 PM on Saturday the 21st. He was escorted to the Imperial Hotel by the lord mayor's carriage with Archbishop Walsh and Timothy Parrington MP amid a large crowd. He spoke briefly from the hotel window praising his treatment and predicting the case might have dragged to doomsday. Later, citizens marched with banners and bands in his honor through the streets.
Land Commissioner Sparks argues Secretary Lamar will revoke withdrawal orders on railroad lands held since 1850. He cites 2,000,000 acres to be opened to settlement and entry. Affected railroads include the Northern Pacific with holdings in Montana Dakota Washington Territory Idaho and Oregon. the Atlantic & Pacific in New Mexico west of the Rio Grande and Arizona. the Southern Pacific in Southern California. the California & Oregon from Roseville Junction to the Oregon line. and the Oregon & California from Portland to the California line.
President Cleveland dons a ceremonial hat as showers ease farmer strains in North Dakota. The Manitoba line reaches Ellendale with a citywide celebration. Justice Woods, first sitting supreme court justice to die in Washington, is noted. Colville receives a Duluth land office commission. Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague’s Edgewood estate sale piques interest at $150000. Consul Walker to settle in Exeter after Paris post. Mrs. Alexander Mitchell may contest her late husband’s will. Rock Island robbers Swartz and Watt receive life terms. Van Horne and daughter Nellie vacation at Napa Soda Springs. Greely veteran Ribberback named customs inspector at $4 daily. CPR secures Bonding order for goods San Francisco to Port Moody. Lightning kills farmer Kriegndorf near Wilson Wisconsin. Internal revenue districts consolidation set to take effect June 15. Van Wycks plan Nebraska City summer retreat. Texas A G Hogg denounces lynching in Montgomery Texas. State v Hudson Wisconsin case noted.
Embezzler acquitted in circuit court. Milwaukee lines raise ticket agent salaries after cut in commissions. Texas offers a $500 reward for McNeil station train robbers. thirteen known. Injunction denied in meat company dispute. Vermillion forest fires worsen near Tower Duluth. Wheat stocks down. yellow fever deemed manageable at Key West. Wild weather, shipboard firings, and multiple political and military moves unfold nationwide.
Irish agitator O'Brien faced a violent mob in Toronto while walking with friends. He dodged blows and shielded by allies as stones shattered windows and a bicycle shop. He was escorted to safety by Crown Land official C C Casman, later blaming Lansdowne and police for failure to protect him.
Delegates from Chicago meet with Illinois Architects' Association and real estate boards to adopt a universal employment pledge. The card asserts workers’ rights to choose when where and for whom they work and employers’ right to hire or fire with lawful fair dealing. It calls for adherence by building interests and unions alike.
The 99th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church opened in Omaha with over 500 delegates. Rev Joseph Smith of Baltimore won the moderator election after two ballots, having served 45 years in ministry and 25 years at Central Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. The article notes church strength in 1886 including 19 presbyteries, 26 synods, 5,546 ministers, 6,281 churches, and 661,809 communicants, with projected membership surpassing 1,000,000, and mission giving of $1,411,107 plus over $500,000 for other local church purposes.
R G Dun and Co reports the Interstate Commerce Commission may revoke all temporary haul clause suspensions by July 1. The piece notes contracts by Canadian Pacific to move California wool eastward and ten million pounds of sugar, a revival of shipments around the Horn, and a shift toward smaller town distribution. Labor troubles stem from narrowed product distribution markets, though overall reports are encouraging with no major collection delays.
Samuel Grimshaw sues Marquis de Mores for breach of contract alleging a cooperative retail butcher scheme in New York failed after Grimshaw spent large sums advertising it. De Mores released on 2500 bail after an arrest ordered by Judge Donohue based on Grimshaw’s affidavit that the Marquis planned to leave the country and defraud creditors.
Dr. Mays of Stockton Insane asylum argues that one third of California's population is foreign born yet insanity rates are not higher than in other states. He says temperance and health neglect drive most cases, with hereditary influences accounting for about half. He warns that children of intemperate parents feed asylums with unstable, self-indulgent individuals forming the defective classes.
At a Knights of Labor event in Cooper Union hall New York Dr McGlynn denounced elites and mocked any claim the czar favored freedom He admitted he would not mourn news of the czar’s death while praising those who feel it their duty to kill the czar In this speech he defended assassination as a concept in certain cases.
Dispatch from Cannon Falls Minnesota reports twenty five houses on Fourth street in the business district wiped out with losses at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Yale Clifford Estergreen Johnson Lidstrand Ellsworth Thorsell and Citizens Bank and many other firms listed among those wiped out in this milling town on the Cannon River.
Minnesota news items include Anoka a fatal horse kick. Monticello man dies after illness. lightning and storm damage at Crookston. St Paul labor shortages. various legal rulings on usury. fire and theft cases. and a fishing accident where C K Davis saved his wife from drowning after a boat capsized.
Col Richard West famed breeder of Jay Eye See dies in Lexington Kentucky. Omaha railroad extension nearly completes Salem to Mitchell thirty three miles. Postmasters appointed in Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and Illinois. St Louis business delegation invites President Cleveland. he accepts. Dwelley case settled by compensation to heirs. President declines pardon for James J Stanley over fraudulent registration remarks on elections. Minnesota postal note requests Virginia secession ordinance return from widow of a soldier. authorities to arrange restitution. Governor Lee to inform Postmaster General Vilas on restoring the document.
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