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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1886
Page
2
In Brainerd Dispatch rhetoric, the public expresses determination to reject violent anarchism and preserve respect for law and order among workers and citizens.
Under Mr Gladstone's land purchase bill three Irish landlords would receive about 4,250,000 dollars each, fourteen would get 2,350,000 dollars each, and ninety about 1,000,000 dollars each. Most have never set foot in Ireland.
Wiggins warns of a September surge as gales rage off Sandy Hook and earthquakes shake all hemispheres, linking events from Kansas to Spain in a single ominous forecast.
Representatives of 22 butter factories gathered in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and formed a union for mutual protection. The move aims to defend genuine butter and dairy interests of the country against perceived threats.
Two Gatling guns procured from Washington guard the Mint in Philadelphia. They may be mounted on the roof to cover all approaches. Watchmen patrol day and night as a strong force protects Uncle Sam's property.
The Charleston News and Courier notes recoveries from the Freedmen's Savings Bank collapse and reports that Charleston savings banks now hold $124,936.35 in deposits by colored people. Germania Savings Bank shows 642 colored depositors with $73,344.57.
A new Ohio statute nicknamed the Dow Law imposes a $200 annual liquor tax with a six percent beer and wine tax. The measure skirts the state constitution’s ban on saloon licensing by labeling the license fee as a tax, avoiding prior acts declared unconstitutional by courts.
The Supreme Court rules that attempts to deny licenses to Chinese laundrymen in San Francisco due to nationality are unconstitutional. The decision states no proven differences in price, quality, or conduct justify discrimination, affirming equal protection of the laws for all laundry workers.
Professor Smith of Columbia College presents statistics showing only 26 percent of the U S population lives in cities versus higher shares abroad. He notes classification differences in census town thresholds from 4 000 in the United States to 3 000 in England and Wales and 2 000 to 4 000 in other nations.
A historical overview notes that on July 1 the Dominion will mark nineteen years since Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia and New Brunswick formed the Dominion. It recalls additions of British Columbia and Prince Edward Island in 1871 1873 while Newfoundland remained outside. The union spans 3 620 500 square miles nearly Europe sized. Early predictions of vast growth have not fully materialized amid harsh conditions.
The piece lists major international expositions from 1851 to 1887 with their ground areas, noting Crystal Palace events in London New York Paris and other cities, including sizes from 22 to 73 acres. It describes the American exhibition in London as of 1887 with a main building 1900 feet long and galleries, restaurant, and observatory specifications.
Joseph D Weeks a Census expert notes 813 total strikes in a year 307 aimed at higher pay with 29 percent succeeding 64 779 workers lost 3 711 097 dollars about 57 dollars per worker. With 228 138 employed the estimated wage loss totals 13 003 866 dollars if operations had continued. The statistics are not biased toward unions or capitalists and invite reflection.
The grand jury has all material facts on the dynamite conspiracy with August Spies Schwab Parsons Fielden named as key figures. Lingg and others show plausible guilt though evidence is thinner. RK Fuller of Piffy Bros. testified suspicious gun purchases by poorly dressed men before the riot.
State health officers are urged to cleanse and disinfect infected premises to prevent hog cholera spread. Avoid visiting infected sites, separate sick pigs, and move healthy stock away. Exposed animals should receive ten drops of carbolic acid per hundredweight mixed with food.
In 1882 Grand Forks, Ohio, McKenzie was found dead in a stable with a stallion bloodied from attacks. New evidence shows horse acted as accessory to a murder by May, who fled to Canada and died recently after leaving a confession claiming McKenzie was the third victim.
Gen Durbin Ward of Lebanon Ohio died of rheumatism. A Kentuckian by birth he studied law with Tom Corwin in Warren county Ohio. He began as a Whig then shifted among Whig Free Soil and Democratic parties. He served in the Civil War rising to colonel and was wounded at Chickamauga, later brevet promoted to brigadier general.
Ramsey county grand jury reports a tax title fraud scheme targeting real estate. Deputy Pugsley and Clerk Dean aided by Lang conspired with auditor staff to sell delinquent tax titles for profit, with at least one case involving over $500 paid for a title worth little. The scheme highlights failures in county administration and the need for reform.
Attorney General Hahn won dismissal of suits against Southern Minnesota Railroad and Southern Minnesota Extension. The actions sought to tax lands held by the companies before Milwaukee & St. Paul acquisition. Deeds to the lands were completed, ending the case and bringing about tax gains from nearly one million acres.
The twentieth annual meeting in Minneapolis drew homeopathic physicians from across Minnesota and beyond. Dr Roberts of Owatonna was named president pro tem, and officers elected include H. C. Leonard of Fergus Falls as president, Alexander Donald of Stillwater as first vice president, W. L. Craddock of St. Paul as second vice president, A. T. Sherman of Anoka as secretary, and D. A. Locke as treasurer.
Nearly 100 members gathered at the West Hotel banquet as the chairmen of bureaus for the coming year were announced including surgery G F Roberts Minneapolis clinical medicine L R Palmer Minneapolis pedology Genevieve Tucker Northfield materia medica W E Leonard Minneapolis microscopy H H Leavitt Minneapolis obstetrics W T Stone St Cloud gynecology A Donald Stillwater sanitary science and medical jurisprudence W H Leonard Minneapolis ophthalmology and otology J E Beaumont Minneapolis were appointed delegates to the American institute. Delegates to state conventions include C G Higbee to Iowa R D Matchin to Wisconsin H W Brazie to Michigan Western academy W H Kaine.
Brainerd raises 1186.30 for tornado relief. Numerous Minnesota items follow: Bladron arrested in Eyota for murder. infant found dead in an outhouse with knife wounds and confession. Postal changes list postmasters appointed and offices discontinued. Frost damages gardens. rail and grain movement boosts St Paul Duluth earnings. Norway anniversary, embezzlement case, and West Point cadet scholar offer noted amid a flood of county, civic, and legal items.
A Fort Keogh, Montana letter chronicles soon forgotten prospectors who struck gold or silver then met violent ends or ruin. It names H. Fryer of Leadville and others like Old Pancake, Comstock, Fairweather, and Plummer, noting deaths by overdose, murder, duel, or suicide and their eventual obscurity.
Ethnologists note a widespread custom among diverse peoples that a man should not see his mother in law after marriage. Proponents argue it stems from fear a wife will resemble her mother, while critics call for nuanced view of maternity roles and social norms.
A reduction of 267 clerks in the Treasury Department’s classified service was made as positions deemed unnecessary will not be refilled. The action yields an annual government saving of $232,600.
Gen Gordon and his father, once landowners near the Georgia line, profited after a Tennessee neighbor tried to buy land for $30. The discovery of a spring and coal beneath a barren hillside near Memphis led to a mine later valued at about $1 million, transforming the Gordon family holdings in Georgia Tennessee and Alabama. Old Gordon remains active at eighty as his sons Walker and the General run extensive interests.
Professor Gleason demonstrates horse training using paper exposure. A dark brown horse owned by a society lady overcomes extreme fear of paper after minutes with the Bonaparte bridle. Another nervous horse owned by E. L. Davidson submits to bridling and harnessing in an hour and ten minutes.
A suit seeks payment by North Carolina of principal and interest totaling 23 million dollars on bonds granted to unfinished railroad projects. The case targets accrued interest and principal due on the stalled lines and seeks judicial enforcement of the funds.
A photographer recalls chaotic baby sittings with a host of relatives acting as entourage. The scene includes a grandmother with a jumping jack and a neighbor blowing a horn, a nurse with a red handkerchief, and a father posing stiffly. The baby cries, the camera angles, and a trick with a bluebird lure yields a good negative. The vendor notes the higher cost of baby portraits.
A historic reflection on prodigious memory shows Corsican and other figures reciting vast texts from memory. It cites a boy who could reproduce forty thousand words in reverse order, a physician who recited Paradise Lost from memory, Euler recalling Virgil, and Blind Alick who knew the Bible by heart and could spot verbal errors.
A Swiss guide notes Monte Carlo records daily personal crisis reports tied to gambling. He recalls bodies removed swiftly, curses from players, and funerals handled secretly by special police if the deceased is a stranger.
A London Correspodent reports a string of scandalous incidents involving UK aristocrats. Lords St Leonards Graves Hinton Durham Townsend Sandys and others face prison, bail, bankruptcy, or public disgrace for crimes and improprieties. The piece blames eroding aristocratic prestige on these cases and laments loss of traditional English honor.
A brilliant meteor seen near Bombay at 12 27 and again in England around 5 05 pm Greenwich time may be the same object. If confirmed, tracing its path from Bombay to London could advance meteor science and establish its earth atmosphere retardation.
Attempts to form a temperance society in Paris have failed as Parisians cling to wine. Light wines are cheap and considered essential, water quality drives demand, and alcohol consumption has doubled in recent years. The Societe de la Croix Bleu founded a branch a year ago but attracted only about fifty members.
Yale College President Noah Porter marked his golden wedding in New Haven with about a hundred relatives and friends. Gifts included gold plate and jewelry. Porter wed Rebecca Taylor on April 18, 1856, daughter of Rev Nathaniel Taylor. He taught at Yale 1833–1855 and became professor in 1845, later serving as Yale president from 1871.
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