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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1893
Page
7
Hungary dominates glass jewel making used in stained glass with peasants doing most work. In the first nine months rail mileage surpassed 2000 miles and may reach 3000 by January 1. Earthquake activity is highest in the six coldest months, with January recording the most events and July the fewest.
An elderly man traveled from York Pennsylvania to Washington over several days on a doctor's advice that a long walk would relieve his rheumatism. The journey illustrates nontraditional folk remedies and medical guidance of the period.
A playful note compares human leaping to a common fica, imagining a man jumping proportionally to size and weight. If feasible, he could traverse from Chicago to St. Louis in two leaps.
Charley Mitchell laments stricter enforcement after the principal athletic slubs are closed by authorities. He hopes the action will prompt broader changes and greater concern among readers.
A brief excerpt notes a Malagasy practice where a husband may divorce a wife by giving her a sum of money and saying Madam I thank you, reflecting a traditional rite tied to divorce laws.
The world's hop crop this year is estimated to be seven million pounds smaller than last year while the United States harvest is four million pounds larger than the previous season.
The text explains how one fourth is written as 0.25 in France Germany and the United States. It notes that in England the form 025 is used with a period at the top of the line. It also mentions that in England a period at the bottom of the line signifies multiplication.
A West Virginia man who served as postmaster for over sixty years has died. Appointed by President Jackson in 1882, he held the office through Whig, Republican, and Democratic administrations, and was considered a staunch supporter of steamship and shipping interests.
The passage notes that Young Fair’s wife may feel dearly loved as her husband discarded seven and a half million for her, a gesture that a savvy financier might regard as far smaller when adjusted for numbers.
Furs valued at 200000 form an attractive display at the world’s fair by a New York firm. The gem is a cloak worth 17500 made of imperial Russian sable tails, so well matched and of such unusual quality that furriers spent ten years collecting enough for the garment.
A woman in Ninde's Carpet Store in Fredericksburg Virginia had a moccasin snake emerge from a roll of matting she was handling. The incident drew comments from bystanders as the lake season ends.
The British war department logged 5,510 men in India. Data show death rates of 44 per 1,000 for free drinkers, 23 per 1,000 for moderate drinkers, and 11 per 1,000 for total abstainers. Alcohol is best left alone.
A Kansas man was sentenced to sixty days in prison for selling a single glass of beer. Friends of license celebrate the ruling, arguing that enforcing the law to its extreme is the surest way to repeal an oppressive statute.
Descriptive scene of whirlwinds on southwestern border plateaus rising from mere dust to towering columns and swaying giants as they move across the plain in dramatic, fleeting bursts.
The passage notes that American colleges traditionally published thin paper annuals. Over the years the catalogues expanded, with some large colleges binding them in boards. By 03-4 Columbia’s catalogue reached an octave volume over 300 pages.
Most mid way plaisance attractions will remain open for a month or more beyond the close of the fair. The exposition value appeals despite some sin associated with certain stalls, and managers seek to recoup losses from concessions they funded during the event.
Historic tale from Glastonbury Abbey recounts a thorn tree that bloomed only on Christmas Day. A 1772 account describes St Joseph of Arimathea visiting nearby, a hawthorn staff root, and a tree that flowered briefly each nativity. Myths claim healing leaves and unblemished rods.
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In Washington the gold reserve of the treasury increases again. Rumor says Attorney General Olney may resign and Governor Russell of Massachusetts could succeed him. Commodore Melville urges giving engineers equal rank rather than a mere relative title. Governor Hughes of Arizona reports progress toward establishing a large European settlement of agriculturists and artisans in his territory.
A roundup of prominent figures dying or facing controversy includes Sir John Abbott in Montreal, Earl Spencer with vast book rooms, Dr. John C. Peters in East Williston, Brother John of New Melleray, James A. Dewaree in Louisville, and George G. Gaskin returning to find his wife remarried. Also noted are the 129 year old Jordan, 103 year old Sallie Wheeler, the McClellan statue near completion in Philadelphia, Mrs. John Cleveland Osgood linked to Bulwer Lytton, Armenog Medzadoorian seeking rescue, the Armagh archbishop’s death in Dublin, George Gould’s rising popularity, and Miss Hornet Monroe suing the New York World over a pre-delivery story and an alleged likeness.
A string of destructive blazes and disasters across multiple states and provinces reports dozens of losses and deaths. Fort Dodge area fires threaten, while Clinton Kentucky suffers $50,000 in damages as Providence warehouse burns at $100,000. Kingston Ontario sees a fatal dwelling fire, and other incidents include Durand Mississippi’s Love wagon plant loss totaling $45,000 and a Martinsville Indiana bridge collapse with deaths and injuries. Aboard ships, wreck narratives recur near Baltimore and Gloucester, Massachusetts, with casualties and lengthy rescues. Incendiary origins and tragic accidents dominate a grim catalog of fires, collapses, drownings, and railway fatalities.
Reports from Cloverdale to Georgia detail robberies and burglaries. James Sinclair loses 2645 at Cloverdale, postmasters face charges, a Grafton safe robbed of about 500, a Paris Kentucky axe incident, and other crimes across Ohio, West Virginia, New York, and beyond. Several arrests include R. W. Corey in Brooklyn and William Mass in Cheyenne. The Dalton gang attends a church event with arms left outside.
A report details a railway accident with a hand severed by a train. Governor Altgeld seeks Robert Stockton for murder and robbery in Danville. Governor Markham declines to intervene in D. Vincent’s Fresno execution for his wife’s murder. Buck Harlan arrested in Indiana on counterfeit silver dollar charges. Bob Marler convicted of first degree murder in Kentucky. death penalty set. George Koontz shoots his mother-in-law in Peru, Indiana. condition serious. D G Ramsey, head of Railway Telegraphers, jailed for alleged incitement and wire cutting during the 1892 strike.
International notes report King Humbert giving 5000 dollars to the British Sailors Society, Italy seeking pretexts for war with France, a Paris banquet for visiting dignitaries, and a mimic British naval battle in Halifax. Other items include Dublin judge actions, Prussian elections, Ulster delegates in Belfast, Yukon gold travelers, Vienna franchise debates, gold loan suggestions, Spanish royals in London, and Buenos Aires protests over consular protection with Brazilian gunboat movements.
A Louisville suit tests a new crow coach law amid railroad disputes. Immigrant business tensions rise as Soo withdraws at Portland rate and Santa Fe workers threaten strikes over back pay. Meanwhile Dexter mine in Ishpeming resumes after three months idle and mills in New Bedford Bellows Falls and Raymond restart.
Marshal Field pledges one million dollars in cold cash to the museum planned as the World’s Fair outcome. Conditions require $500,000 more in subscriptions and $2,000,000 of Columbian Exposition stockholders’ holdings, valued at $5,000,000, be subscribed. George M. Pullman has $100,000 unconditionally pledged toward the extra $500,000 target.
Special Judge Kale orders Chief Clerk Nandian to testify before the grand jury. U S Attorney Speed can expose bribes, papers filed ahead of the line, and land office misconduct in Perry. Indictments are expected as evidence emerges.
Ever Herriman of near Rudd's Mills vanished after plans to visit the world’s fair around the 5th of the month. He leaves a wife and six children and is described as sober and industrious. his absence has distressed the family who fear he has been foully dealt with.
Chicago on October 28 reports the death of Carter H. Harrison a former five term mayor after he was shot at his South Ashland Boulevard residence by Eugene Patrick Prendergast a paper carrier who claimed promised promotion as corporation counsel. Police say two wounds were fatal and Prendergast is in custody.
In a quiet hall Mary Hansen admitted a man who asked for Carter Harrison. Prendergast fired three times, all bullets hitting their marks, mortally wounding Harrison who staggered to a pantry and collapsed. Prendergast did not pursue or check on him.
Keith Prendergast confesses to shooting Mayor Harrison during a tense strike of the city’s leaders. The mayor dies within twenty minutes as bystanders and officials scramble to control the scene. The killer describes the act as a simple decision tied to a failed attempt at becoming corporation counsel.
After weeks of debate the Senate passes the repeal of the Sherman silver purchase clause in a climactic fourteen day session. The vote seals a lengthy fight amid packed galleries and a storm of speeches spanning sixty one days of discussion.
The Senate recorded 43 in favor and 32 against on a pivotal bill as Voorhees moved to adjourn until noon tomorrow. Row calls took ten minutes with pairs announced. galleries emptied rapidly and the bill advances to the House for swift passage.
Duluth Oct 31 Ex Mayor John B Sutphin has made an assignment. The failure stems from anticipation of a judgment by a Chicago and Sioux City meat house. Assets are ample to cover liabilities though the amount is not stated. Sutphin long prominent in Northern Minnesota politics and ill health contributed to the failure.
Nils Posse, famed Ling system exponent and head of Boston public school physical culture, delivered a lecture on gymnastics in the public schools to Minneapolis teachers at Central High School on October 31.
Philadelphia on Oct 31 Col A K McClure hosted a medical consultation with Dr J William White Dr William Pepper Dr Edward Martin and Dr J Laine. After the meeting Dr White said the patient had improved and the doctors believed he had at least an even chance to recover.
Deputy United States Marshal E. W. Goodner arrested Earl Tucker and Stephen Barlowe in Little Falls Minnesota on charges of robbing the Vineland post office. The pair were transported to St. Paul for detention.
Bird Island Minnesota October 31 Mrs Andrew Bloomquist of Kingman was killed when poles fell from the roof of a straw shed crushing her ribs on the right side. She leaves six small children.
Mrs. Levi P. Morton has leased the former residence of Senator Jones of Nevada in Paris to oversee the thorough education of her daughters.
Aberdeen South Dakota reports Rev. Ed S Wallace leaves for Jerusalem to assume duties as United States consul. He sails with his wife on November 8.
Ex Premier of Canada Sir John Abbott died at 8 30 last evening in Montreal. He served as prime minister in the early 1890s and was a prominent Conservative statesman.
In Litchfield Minnesota on October 31 about $60 worth of stamps were stolen from the local post office. The incident remains under investigation by postal authorities.
Washington report states Daisy Garland 34 daughter of former United States Attorney General Garland shot herself at her home. Friends fear mental distress and unknown personal secret driven by possible failed love affair may have led to the tragedy.
New York reports Bettina Girard sues for divorce from Harrison J Wolfe. Wolfe says Girard confessed shocking details of her past life prompting him to leave. Girard was formerly married to Washington millionaire Wadelford and three years ago wed opera singer John Raffael.
In Manitowoc Wisconsin Herman Taube tried to kill his brother's wife during a quarrel over money matters. He fired three shots with the first nearly killing her before their mother intervened. Taube was jailed following the incident. Nearby manawa general store mentioned in fragment.
WANTED IN AMERICA. Elizabeth, N J Special reportsWilliam Windell a passenger on the Fuerst Lusmarck arrested at Southampton by cable is Ewald Henutterman who recently eloped with Amanda Laucks aged sixteen and enticed her brother Herbert to accompany them.
Striking workers in St Paul have ended the street car walkout with cars running again and no trouble filling vacancies. In Minneapolis the strike is largely considered over, though discharged men may hold meetings. Union leaders hint no further action unless serious developments arise.
Pittsburg acts to consolidate all sewer pipe manufacturers in the upper Ohio valley. Firms at Mast Liverpool Toronto New Cumberland Cabimet Empire and Freeport to form a single Ohio incorporated trust with capital around 750000 dollars.
Salem Mass special William Penn Hussey coal dealer left for Nova Scotia to press claims against the Whitney syndicate of Boston controlling mines there. Hussey leads an English and German capitalists syndicate and says it has enough capital to overcome opposition.
Fred Boyle of Burton twelve miles north of St Paul killed his son Joseph, aged thirty, by a shot through the head after a two year dispute over home and land. The father was arrested and jailed. The shooting occurred near their home and the victim died two hours later.
Three masked robbers forced Michael Walek and Joseph Herda to raise hands in a St Paul saloon. Walek was struck and knocked unconscious. Herda was shot in the kidneys as he tried to flee. The men robbed the till of $11 and escaped. Herda is hospitalized and may die. The robbers remain at large.
John Dougherty a 60 year old farmer killed his wife Mrs Mary I Phillips by stabbing with a butcher knife then dragged her body between two wheat stacks and hid it with straw. He confessed claiming she poisoned his tea and threatened to dance on his grave. He had earlier answered a Chicago matrimonial ad from Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The body of Julius Bueckling, a German teacher in the St. Paul public schools, was found in the Mississippi River near Jackson Street. Police believe he took his own life by swallowing laudanum after a period of illness and despondency. His wife mourns the loss as authorities note his happy marriage.
Three hundred delegates open the fourth annual convention at Hyde Park Presbyterian church. Mrs. J S Kennard delivers welcome, Mrs. H Campbell responds, and Mrs. Ellen J Phinney addresses on enforcing liquor sale laws to minors. Sessions move between city churches.
Hezekiah L. Hosmer longtime Montana chief justice and former Toledo Blade proprietor died in San Francisco on November 1 at age seventy eight. Born in Henderson New York he practiced law then edited the Toledo Blade and helped publish its daily edition. In 1864 President Lincoln appointed him Montana chief justice, a post he held for eight years before settling in San Francisco.
A Paris dispatch says a telegram from St Petersburg announces Russian newspapers plan a national subscription to send a souvenir gift to Admiral Gervais. The gesture honors his visit to Russia and expresses gratitude for the cordial reception of the French by the Russian people and squadron.
A Leadville special says many old timers believe the assassin of Mayor Harrison of Chicago is Pat Prendergast. The man described in Chicago papers matches the young Prendergast who worked in the Daily Herald circulation department in Denver in 1882.
Samuel C. Cook, forty, a wealthy mine owner, killed himself at the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn by placing a pistol to his ear. He had endured a lengthy lawsuit, which was decided against him yesterday, prompting the fatal act.
The private banking house of Martin & Co of City of Mexico has failed on Nov 1. Liabilities exceed assets by $54,000, signaling a significant financial collapse affecting local creditors and customers.
Burned in Dallas this morning the Clark building a five story brick structure with a loss of 100000 dollars and 75000 dollars covered by insurance firefighters battled the blaze and prevented further damage to adjacent properties.
Washington November 1 Representative Amos Cummings of New York was taken suddenly ill in the basement bathroom of the Capitol last night. He suffered three congestive chills and was moved to his hotel where he rested at midnight with no immediate cause for alarm.
Reports from Odessa indicate cholera is still spreading in the Crimea. Medical aid arrives with twelve doctors, twenty four field surgeons and thirty sisters to treat the patients.
Two burglars wearing black silk masks robbed John F. Cappell’s drug store at 741 Mississippi Street. They pistol whipped Cappell and James Reed, took Cappell’s gold watch valued at $50 and a scarf pin worth 7.50 plus cash from the till, then locked the door and fled. Cappell notified police after they left.
Special Secretary Smith renders two decisions about rights acquired by prior settlement on lands opened to the public in 1890. S. P. Marlette wins title to the southwest quarter of section 19, township 49, range 9 against William Prouillard, while Daniel Taylor claims the southeast quarter of section 13, township 47, range 9 against Hattie Knickelbine.
A frightened crank demanded money from New York police officials. He sought 75 000 dollars claiming 100 000 with interest from Superintendent Byrnes. He pressed for 25 000 in pennies and was sent to custody. A second crank threatened 5 000 at East Thirty fifth street station and was arrested after returning later.
Between November 12 and 15 a fleet headed to Rio de Janeiro will depart New York. The armament includes the El Cid with a fifteen inch dynamite gun, El Rio fitted as a cruiser, the Destroyer with a submarine gun, a Yarrow torpedo boat, the Feiseen yacht converted to a torpedo boat, and two fast steam yachts under negotiation for purchase.
A small blaze at Mrs. Mary Magee’s Walnut street boarding house started in the kitchen at 5:30 am and trapped residents on the stairs. Peter McDermott sustained fatal internal injuries, while Mrs Magee escaped second story with a baby, suffering minor injuries. Owen Mavanney leaped through glass and was badly cut. Firemen extinguished the fire shortly after arrival.
The Supreme Court affirmed three of four murder convictions from Western Arkansas and Eastern Texas. Lewis Holder, Frank Collins, and Tom Moore receive affirmed sentences for killings of John Bickford Randale Lovely and Charles Palmer. Robert M. Hall, convicted in the Yates killing, is granted a new trial.
The legislative pine land investigating committee met in parlor 6 at the Merchants hotel with Senators Donnelly and Leavitt and Representatives Jacobsen and Metcalfe. Secretary Staples and Cruiser Dedon attended. Testimony resumed but details were kept secret as the committee voted to withhold information from the public for now.
The Viking was loosened from moorings near the government building soon after 1 PM and set course for St Paul then the Gulf of Mexico. Capt Anderson sails with crew and craft, invited to St Paul by the chamber of commerce, expecting to reach around Nov 20 and lecture en route.
Samuel J Cook of Joplin inherited 800 acres of prime lead and zinc land from his Brooklyn born father Albert G Cook of Oswego New York. Mismanagement left him unable to keep the property and it was sold at auction for little. His wife is listed as Miss Dollie Potter of Mount Pleasant Iowa.
Three hundred nineteen men left San Francisco yesterday bound for New Orleans in a cashless trek to find jobs. They plan to tramp most of the distance, using freight rides when possible, insisting they are seeking employment rather than living as tramps.
St Paul November first The Murray Woodward Lumber company of Duluth filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. Capital stock is fifty thousand dollars.
Typhoid fever grips the city in November with virulent outbreaks blamed on poor drainage. Public health officials urge sanitation improvements as cases rise.
Washington November 1 Mr Hank of Tennessee introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of war to recognize all soldiers under pension laws as having served in the United States forces who enlisted or volunteered but were prevented from being regularly mustered in.
The strike of the street railway employees ends with a pacific settlement between the workers and the company in St Paul. The agreement resolves the dispute and resumes normal service.
Six workers suffered severe burns when acid and steam surged from a digester at Ashland Sulphate Fiber plant. The fatally burned are Joseph Herin Charles Burdick and T Wesling. Three others Joseph Reisner Stenz Beslick and George Constance were seriously burned with recovery deemed doubtful as night crew tried to escape amid blinding steam and collapsed lights. Rescue teams found three fatally burned men submerged in a water tank.
About one thousand workers at the Alton shops in Bloomington are laid off with operations paused. Production will resume November 1, reabsorbing the laid off workers, plus those out two months.
The cruiser New York received a handsome silver service aboard the ship at the Brooklyn navy yard. Citizens of New York funded the gift by public subscription. Hon Amos J Cummings delivered the presentation speech as Capt Phillip accepted the tribute.
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