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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1895
Page
2
Brainerd Dispatch notes Russia sent nearly 12,000 exiles to Siberia last year, highlighting czarist oppression. It cites wage gains at Carnegie steel as a sign of economic improvement and forecasts restoration of lost rates nationwide before 1905. Also references Cuban grapevines, Judge Field’s tenure, and charitable giving.
The secretary of war names three engineer corps members to inspect the Chicago drainage canal project. Chicago moves quickly to reassure the nation it has no plan to harm Niagara Falls, keeping the affair quiet as a child at a jam pot.
A historian notes the expression means pursuing a mistaken impression and suggests it may derive from squirrel dogs barking at the tree root where the hunted game escaped. The origin ties to dogs tracking movement through branches in old hunting lore.
A New Jersey man has developed a device combining kites to suspend the flag from a staff. The design uses upper air currents to keep the flag aloft, allowing a long lasting display with the stars and stripes fluttering against the sky.
The article notes growing opposition to the German emperor as belief in personal rights of citizens and taxation policy challenge constitutional authority. It highlights that a heavy majority forms against the emperor, whose self-assertion and vanity harden with age.
The text argues Russia, allied with powers, will find it hard to keep territories from Japan and predicts trouble as the Czar seeks a better harbor for a vast railroad terminus. It suggests what Japan may lose in conflict won’t easily pass to Russia, by force or settlement.
A French officer Thouvenin unveils a phonotelemetre that measures distance by sound. A button is pressed at the start and stop of the sound, while a needle on a dial marks time to one tenth of a second for subsequent calculation.
The five year inquiry into health effects of tuberculous animal food yields a bulky report with few definite conclusions. It urges boiling milk before consumption and stresses that practical honest inspection is the key, while science offers little new beyond established knowledge.
Advices from Cuba say the Spaniards ignore sanitary measures, sparking sickness and yellow fever among troops. The Cuban rebellion persists as Gen. Campos requests more troops, signaling ongoing conflict and unyielding resistance.
The Utah constitution submitted to voters limits state officials by eliminating a lieutenant governor and sets a 63 member legislature. It bars debt beyond 100000 and bans using public credit for private enterprises. It grants women equal political privileges to men, and adoption seems likely with statehood possible early winter.
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Secretary Carlisle departs south as foreigners barred from navy proving grounds witnesses. Commodore Perry arrives at Port Townsend from San Francisco en route to Bering Sea. Mexico plans new silver and gold tax on mines with American capital. Dominguez presents credentials as Argentine chargé d affaires. Hoke Smith withholds patent of lands to Chicago Burlington until suits resolved. Indian bureau maps three summer institutes for Indian school employees in Sioux City and El Reno with July 21–27 and August 5–10 dates.
Col George Bliss of New York receives papal decoration. Mrs Mary E Lease of Kansas to practice law. Chauncey Depew backs War ner for president. J H Cornelius dies at eighty two in Freeport NL after forty three years’ dentistry. VP Huntington of Central Pacific heads to Europe. Sister of President Diaz of Mexico dies. Mrs Westinghouse hosts lavish violet decor. Rev W N Cleveland, Grover’s brother, calls him a devout man. Peruvian heiress paid M Worth 24 000 for a gown with lace worth about 25 000. At Athens Ga Mrs Stoke Smith’s daughter born to the secretary of the interior. Mrs Wilson not active in her husband’s career and not in health. Alphonse Daudet in London enjoys quiet holiday with French colony. Ex president Harrison sits for White House portrait. remarks on his hair. Mrs Sarah Stephan of Kingston NY believes she inherits 28 000 000 left by Michael Haner of Ireland. James Andrew of La Porte Ind dies at 97, connected to every president except Washington.
A roundup of deadly incidents across the Midwest and beyond includes James Fulton killed by a horse in Fairbury Illinois, 14 men fatally injured by nitro glycerine blast in California, a runaway horse killing one in Indiana, and a Brooklyn boy struck by a trolley. Also noted are train and vehicle accidents, a wrecked ship near Dover, a fatal fall at Detroit, deaths from poisoning and a fire at Havana’s Flor de Fumar cigar factory with heavy losses, plus a nursemaid struck by a carer and a tragic bicycle accident in Ottumwa.
A compiled list reports various incidents including murder by highway robbers in Leadville Colorado. a county judge in Chadron Nebraska charged with robbery. a bank vault burglary in Oneida Kansas. libel suit by J H Schneider against Clinton Herald. suicides by J H Erickson in Moline Illinois and several others in Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Indiana Oregon Arkansas and Virginia. Also mentions a stabbing in St. Louis a train robber in Acquia Creek Virginia penitentiary placements and a drowning murder in Grant's Pass Oregon plus a mother saving her son from hanging and other legal actions and violent deaths.
Adam and Tom Horton hold for murder. Mrs Kate Kapp 20 of Perkins Grove Ill died by self inflicted gunshot after ill health. James Baughman killed himself near Oskaloosa Iowa. Louis Dixon and Maggie Clark succeeded in eloping after repeated parental intervention. Belle Rickman of Hillsboro Ohio killed her own child and harmed another then. An unknown man bought weapons in Anderson Indiana then killed himself. Raffaelli Ungaro fled Wolfe Island with cash a draft and a watch given by Alfred Duman. McCarthy Williams Bywater arrested at Center Grove Iowa for attempted mail robbery. Third trial of Lotan and Back for conspiracy to smuggle Chinese begins in Portland Oregon.
A compilation of global notes reports Japan denying China’s demand for more time to relinquish Formosa. Other items include earthquake devastation in Italian villages, legal cases in London, patriotic Fourth of July plans in London, and various European economic and cultural notes.
Walter Quintin Gresham secretary of state died at 1 50 this morning after four weeks of illness. He had been a soldier judge and statesman rising to major general and held posts including postmaster general secretary of the treasury and secretary of state. He was born March 17 1832 and traced his roots to Indiana and Virginia. His career spanned the Civil War and multiple cabinet roles under Arthur and Cleveland.
Cabinet meeting outlines funeral details for Secretary Gresham. From Arlington Hotel to executive mansion East Room service at 10. Bishop Hurst to officiate. Diplomatic corps Supreme Court senators representatives and war navy chiefs to be seated. Procession to Baltimore and Ohio station. special train to Chicago for interment. Honorary pallbearers include Carlisle Herbert Lamont and others. remains placed in red cedar casket.
Mrs. Sarah Rumley of Lanesville learns from a war secretary telegram that her son Walter Q. Gresham cannot survive the night. Messengers convey the grave news to the isolated Harrison county home, and the news reaches the mother in the afternoon after delays.
News reaches San Francisco that the Colima has wrecked with about seventy aboard including crew. Fourteen were saved. Details on the cause are not yet known as investigation begins.
Nat Seubatcher reports from San Antonio that four people drowned near Ozeona after Devils River surged thirty feet in thirty minutes sweeping away a house and a large number of residents. Two more family members perished unseen, with twenty eight believed drowned along Prosser ranch between Juno and Comstock. River flooding caused widespread damage to homes and property along Devils River and its tributaries.
Former Speaker Crisp releases a card from Atlanta dated May asserting unwavering support for free and unlimited coinage of silver at a 16 to 1 ratio. He accuses misrepresentation and hopes the card will settle the issue once and for all.
Pure baking powders aid cooks in making wholesome food. Use Royal for its unquestioned purity. Avoid other brands.
Eugene V. Debs told U S Marshal Arnold he will resume serving his sentence in Wheaton after the Supreme Court denied habeas corpus. The marshal expects no mandate within a week. Debs plans travel through North Dakota and left an itinerary with authorities.
W. C. Stivers, a tobacco raiser, sues Miss Catherine West, a 23 year old schoolteacher, in circuit court for breach of promise claiming she promised to marry him but declined. He seeks 5000 dollars in damages stating the marriage date was set but never occurred.
A San Francisco dispatch says the Pacific Mail steamer Colima, last heard near Manzanilla between San Blas and Acapulco, sailed toward Panama May 18. The father of a passenger received a note reading Saved, Will wire particulars later, marking the first word since the voyage began.
London dispatch reports at Athens that Bulgarian brigands are awaiting a favorable opportunity to invade Macedonia. The Turkish government orders ten regiments to guard the frontier in preparation for emergencies.
In Lansing Michigan on May date the House again failed to pass capital punishment after a 47 to 47 tie following a Senate approval last week. Opponents celebrate as supporters lament the narrow defeat.
In Chicago on May 30 federal courts adjourned out of respect to the memory of Secretary of the Treasury William H. Gresham.
The Mercury reports a 94 degree day in Bloomington with a persistent south wind. The region suffers from dry pastures and a hay crop in great danger as the heat persists.
Bloomington Illinois May 30 McLain county Democrats selected delegates to the Springfield convention instructed for free coinage at 16 to 1. Livingston county Democrats did the same.
In Denver on May 25 Judge Riner ruled for plaintiff James Staples in the Bassick mine case at Quiruride near Silver Cliff. The defendant Pganie Ryan of St. Paul in possession was not entitled to hold the property.
The Charles 4 Wood Company of Cleveland Ohio files notice of insolvency or assignment of assets valued around 110000 with listed liabilities and related supply contracts. The document notes substantial assets and claims amid the troubled builder goods market.
Zanesville May 30 Gen Asa S Bushnell was nominated for governor on the sixth ballot at the Republican state convention chaired by Col Joseph C Bonner. Gen Bushnell, a Springfield Ohio manufacturer and Civil War captain, backed by Gov Foraker, led the ticket with McKinley administration endorsement and Foraker as senator.
The trial of Nermann Muddgett alias HH P Tholmes alias Howard on defrauding Fidelity Mutual Life out of 10000 by fake corpse ends as Holmes pleads guilty. Sentence deferred after defense and prosecution agree to the plea following a private discussion and a letter read in court.
In Pierre South Dakota on May 80 the court received an order from Judge Sdgerton to move all suits against Taylor's bondsmen to the United States circuit courts. The order rests on an affidavit by James A. Kiser of California citing local prejudice. The core issue is whether the state is on equal footing with a state citizen matter as argued by Judge Gaffy who contends they are not.
Congressman Updegraff of Iowa says the president will call an extra session of the Fifty-fourth Congress in October. He cites leading Democrats in close touch with the administration and notes the session would seek revenue provisions to fund the government.
Prof Chas H Drew chemist for the Minnesota State Dairy and God Department declares every local baking powder examined and lauds Royal as absolutely pure cream of tartar powder with the highest leavening power.
In Saratoga New York May 50 the Women s Baptist Home Mission society completed its 18th annual gathering. The executive board report was adopted and obituary committee reports were favorably considered. Officers elected include President Mrs J N Crouse Chicago corresponding secretary Miss M G Burdete Chicago treasurer Mrs A H Barber Chicago and recording secretary Mrs W F Wormley with vice presidents chosen for 23 states and territories.
Mrs. Kate Vawater of Morgantown was instantly killed in Franklin Indiana when a horse she was driving became frightened and ran away. She was thrown from the buggy and broke her neck this morning.
A Chicora wreck was struck by a searching party twelve miles north of St. Toe Michigan in fifty five feet of water. The discovery ends a long search for the Chicora.
State Board of Iowa inspectors on a tour in Sioux Falls to study stone for the $800,000 state insane asylum at Cherokee Iowa. The building will be 1050 feet long and 700 feet wide and the committee favored the Sioux Falls stone.
Anamosa Iowa special report notes Curtis of Mankato pleaded not guilty before Judge Thompson to bigamy. He awaits trial in September after serving current term. Bail set at 1000 dollars. unable to post, he remains jailed.
Hon. Hugh McCulloch, formerly secretary of the treasury, died shortly before 3 o'clock this morning in Washington. He was surrounded by his two sons a married daughter and a grandson. The death came after a period of coma and was described as calm and woeful. He was over years of age.
New York Police Inspector Williams retires from the force on his own application after a long service record with the department.
Minneapolis May 30 A J Hall wholesale grocers agent for Johnson Co left the city April 29 to travel through North Dakota and is now missing. Police seek any intelligence and consider two drownings reported yesterday in Black River Falls Wis and Milwaukee. Hall leaves a wife and three small children in destitute circumstances and is described as 39, 5 feet 5.5 inches, 160 pounds, light complexion with sandy moustache and a scar under the left eye. He wore a gray sack suit brown soft hat and dark Kersey overcoat.
The State Chemist of Wisconsin, Prof. Geo. S. Cox, declares the Royal baking powder superior in purity, leavening power and keeping qualities.
Ava Mon May 30. Sheriff Hancock and posse captured three robbers near Leadhill Ark after a stock patrol hold up in the county. The leader was Lydia Briston a 22 year old woman in men’s clothes who ordered Turner at gunpoint and cursed him for lack of money. They recovered 30 of 60 dollars and both horses. The other suspects were Ben Bott and John Briston. They will be taken to jail until court meets.
In Trico nt on Indiana James Copley killed his father in law Philip Givens after a land dispute. Givens died from a jugular wound and wrist injuries after a quarrel that ended with Copley’s attempted attack with an ax. In Kentucky, John Corns and his mother face first degree murder indictments for the death of John’s wife found buried and autopsied.
London cable report says Sir William Vernon Harcourt reaffirms commitment to the gold standard. He warns the government will not countenance any change in monetary principles and will adhere firmly to the single gold standard.
Fire at the John Gund Jr Lumber company boarding house in Iron River Wisconsin destroyed the frame building after spreading from an early morning blaze. All workers escaped except Patrick Geary who died from the fire and smoke. A coroner's jury is impaneled to determine the cause.
St Paul May 30 Gov Clough today refused to honor South Dakota requisition papers seeking Rev S Darling for return to Miller on indecent assault charges. Grounds cited lack of required affidavit backing the girl’s statement. Darling walked free as SD sheriff planned to return with affidavit later.
At a meeting of leading city bankers and merchants at Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. today, they decided to form a gold standard defense association. Bertram Currie was elected president of the new organization.
Chemical analysis confirms Royal baking powder as entirely free from lime and impurities. Purity attributed to cream of tartar refined by patent processes that remove tartrate of lime and other contaminants.
Fergus Falls Minnesota May 30 Judge Searle issues decision in Hoskins Baxter case granting judgment to the defendant Hoskins sued Judge Baxter for 1000 damages seeking a writ of habeas corpus at the May term Hoskins argued the case himself and the judge had taken it under advisement before ruling for Judge Baxter
Judge W. S. Norwood, a fusion non partisan superior court justice elected last November, has been indicted by the county grand jury for drunkenness in Lumberton.
R. L. Sharpe, captain of Cornell's crew, sails from New York for England to finalize plans for the Henley regatta in July. The experienced oarsman travels with the crew to complete preparations and confirm honors at the college.
Sharpe, a senior architectural student from Milwaukee Wisconsin, stands six feet tall and weighs 165 pounds. At twenty three, he is part of a crew eyeing a historic win as Cornell marks twenty one straight victories since 1884 with a past loss to Henley in 1881 and high hopes for this year’s grand challenge cup.
At a May meeting in Cincinnati 380 the Kelly and Belle fonte Tron and Nail mill workers voted to strike to restore a 20 percent wage cut. About 1200 men will join the strike which starts Saturday.
In Cleveland on May 30 Frank Kestyly, the final member of the trio involved in Daniel Gehring’s death on June 6, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
By noon the jury for the McKinleys and others versus Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines had been secured. The case claims fraud to gain control of the McKinley mine and is expected to last six days with Judge Shaw assisting Rockefeller attorneys.
Late last night the residence rented by the Women's Rescue League beyond Bryn Mawr near the springs burned to the ground. Every feature of the fire points to incendiary tampering.
Judge Otis refuses to dismiss the temporary injunction, keeping Sunday baseball barred at the park on University Avenue in St Paul. The ruling enforces the prior order blocking games on Sundays.
Duluth Minnesota special officers seized a fish consignment on the Iron Range train from W Simon of Tower. Indications suggest the fish were net caught.
J. J. Mc Cafferty's two year old Applegate led early and nailed the Great American stakes at Gravesend on May 20 defeating the East's top juveniles. He won by two lengths in 1 02 as Hazlet ran second and Wandspring third. McCafferty and friends profited, with his share between 7000 and 8000 dollars.
The president directs all executive departments and the government printing office to close on Thursday May 30 so employees may honor graves of soldiers and sailors who fell in defense of the Union during the war.
Havana reports Col. Sandoval, who led Spanish troops in the Boca di Pon Rios engagement where Marti fell, has received thanks and felicitations from the Queen of Spain. The home government praise has filled officers and soldiers with joy and enthusiasm.
In St Paul on May 30 the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern railroads will be placed under the control of Union Pacific receivers for the Eighth circuit. The transfer to OM. Kenn, named by Judge Gilbert, occurs with limitations and conditions set by Judge Sanborn in court today.
Fritz L. Williams appeared in Minneapolis district court for reading of the indictment charging him with murder in the death of H. W. Thomas. Williams pleaded not guilty, and his trial was set for June 17. He maintained a calm exterior with a hint of nerves as he faced the court.
Washington reports the state department has received word of the extradition of Mrs N P Mack. Wanted in the United States for manufacturing counterfeit stamps, she allegedly operated from Hamilton Ontario where secret service officers traced a large batch of forged stamps to her.
A wreck five miles offshore nine miles west of Dunkirk is found in 65 feet of water. It likely is the steamship Dean Richmond which foundered with all aboard on October 14, 180% though confirmation is awaited.
The South Dakota Supreme Court grants Henry D. Van Nice of Dell Rapids a new trial on errors in the adultery charge with one of his pupils. Pierre announces the ruling in a formal opinion.
In Zanesville Ohio May 28 factions gather ahead of the state Republican convention. Ex Secretary Foster among workers Senator Sherman arrives Gen Asa A Bushnell Judge Nash and James Hoyt lead governor hopefuls. McKinley for president and Foraker for senator are banners across delegations amid intraparty sniping over McKinley names and anti McKinley delegate moves.
Henry A. Du Pont of Delaware, after a close contest, has been elected to the United States Senate by the Republicans. At fifty nine, he expressed confidence in his seating. A Penn and West Point graduate, he served in the Fifth U.S. Artillery and married Pauline Foster in 1864. He is president of the Wilmington and Northern Railroad and has never before held public office.
Phoenix report says Judge Olive and A Duncan from the interior department will probe charges against Gov Hughes. Legislative committee members and central committee chair BB Micka appeared, presenting sworn statements alleging malfeasance and disloyalty to the party. Hearing postponed for further action.
The Old Bailey courtroom filled with spectators as Sir Frank Lockwood summarised for the jury. Justice Wills began summing up with a favorable tone toward Wilde before the jury returned a guilty verdict. Wilde and Alfred Taylor each received two years of hard labor.
Reverend Joseph D. Parker preached in the temple yesterday that a war for redress of Armenian wrongs might be necessary and urged decisive action to defend victims.
The 107th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America adjourned today in Pittsburg. The session closed after formal votes and brief statements from church leaders.
Washington reports that Nicaragua and Honduras have signed far reaching treaties now in effect by proclamation. The agreements mark a practical step toward uniting several small republics including Nicaragua Honduras Guatemala El Salvador and Costa Rica into a Central American nation.
The Millers National association, long active in Milwaukee, will incorporate under Illinois law in early June and establish permanent headquarters in Chicago or Washington. A representative will tour South America and Europe to promote flour interests.
After Mosquito, Colon, Special Exclu sively cabled to the Associated Press, Colombia’s government plans to detail its claims to the Mosquito Territory. The assertions rest on rights cited in older Spanish documents and titles considered authentic.
The conference of railroad and business leaders at the Auditorium hotel to spur Southern states development was well attended with steps toward a systematic South boom.
Tracy Minn special deputy E Lloyd captured a 200 foot seine at Lake Shetek near the inlet last night. The gear belonged to Marshall County parties and was condemned by Warden Lloyd after seizure.
The defunct Schulenberg Boeckeler Lumer Company of St. Louis had its large saw mill and all real property sold today in Stillwater Minnesota to Isaac Staples for forty thousand dollars.
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