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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1890
Page
3
A CorxeLl professor in Minnesota states that most water filters tend to increase rather than diminish bacteria in water, challenging common beliefs about filtration efficacy.
Ixpiana reports a Hoosier individual weighing 907 pounds, described as the heaviest man in the world. The claim centers on extraordinary body mass and the subject’s origin in Indiana.
The article notes Baron Bieichroeder of Berlin as the Berlin banker and Rothschilds’ agent in Germany who is individually wealthier than any Rothschild, making him the richest banker in the world.
Avcuste a picker up of cigar ends dies in Paris leaving a fortune of 100000 trancs amassed from his occupation.
An American syndicate acquires a square mile in Jamaica to cultivate coffee for each mile of railroad laid, implying quick development with minimal digging required.
The article notes that in the river approaching Lake Nicaragua and within the lake itself are said to dwell the only freshwater sharks known. This claim highlights an unusual aquatic blip in Central America and suggests remarkable species adaptation.
The Arkansas country store uses a spring gun defense that has killed seven robbers over four years. The store owner tells the fraternity to tackle a different approach to securing the premises.
Observers note that blue garments and blue braid signify mourning among Chinese people. A blue coat or queue braid indicates a relative or close friend has died, signaling bereavement customs.
J. W. Patterson of Oklahoma City is described as the tallest man in the country at seven feet seven inches. He is 27 years old and married to a wife reported nearly six feet tall and weighing 200 pounds.
In Ansonia Conn three Chinese men entered a street car and when the conductor asked for fares one man struck him with a head jerk and ear, dropping three nickels into the conductor s hand.
It is asserted the Pennsylva nia railroad's new train shed in Jersey City will have the largest span in the world. It will be 256 feet long, 17 feet longer than the celebrated St Pancras station in London. The building will be 90 feet high in the middle.
A well known Bangor resident, while hunting, rushed to recover antlers from a creature he believed to be a moose. In a surprise, the struck animal turned out to be a neighbor’s steer, a mishap common to inexperienced gunmen.
An aggregate of nearly 500000 women united under various names for loyal service across charitable efforts. Notable groups include 200000 in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union 135000 in the King's Daughters 100000 in the Woman's Relief Corps and 35000 in the Eastern Star.
The Ecuador government controls gunpowder sales and faced a supply shortage. An order to the United States led to a shipment of powder for heavy artillery by mistake. The Guayaquil Nacion notes the republic has no gunpowder, while wildlife—squirrels, parrots, and other birds—multiplies as a result.
New York City pays its district attorney fifteen hundred dollars a year more than the chief justice of the United States and two thousand dollars a year more than the associate judges. Supreme court judges face social obligations that absorb at least half of their salaries through official hospitality.
No objections were raised to the marriage of a Louisville pair who chose a romantic elopement. They met at 3 am, boarded a locomotive to a country town, woke a justice, and were quickly wed. They then returned to the city where the bride introduced her husband to her parents.
In The Forum's November issue Gen Francis A Walker outlines two main paths to great fortune speculation and momentum. He argues wealth begets more wealth as fortunes grow richer through these methods, a trend he says underpins nearly all major American fortunes.
A description portrays a man as a rolling set of working devices. The heart, lungs, stomach, brain, and skin are said to toil daily, with the heart performing 122 foot tons of work each day as he ages. It warns that without accident the final stroke will end in death.
The nation’s capital reports President Harrison annuls the Ponca reservation’s Indian title to redraw Dakota boundaries. Mrs. Harrison leads a Washington fundraising drive for Johns Hopkins medical school to admit women equally. Ex-Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson travels to Asheville NC seeking recovery from a severe cold that worsened into asthma and rheumatism due to Congress committee room conditions.
The annual report of Gen. Schofield, commander of the army, is released. It thoroughly covers Indian and coast defense topics. Judge Cadwell in Arkansas upholds the act and state laws in an Iowa original package case. Isadore Cook dies in Eau Claire after celebratory excitement from Democratic victory. John Scott, inventor of the locomotive, dies suddenly in a Baltimore street car at age seventy-one. He was born in Philadelphia of French descent.
Reports detail a Philadelphia carpet mills fire causing losses between 75 000 and 100 000 with insured coverage and narrow worker escapes. Northern Indiana hay farm blaze consumed 12 000 tons of hay, losses about 90 000. A New York Mallory line steamer Leon fire threat looms after arrival from Galveston. A railroad wreck near Carbondale Mayfield kills several passengers. Chicago Marquette school scholars bus crash injures seven, three fatally feared. An omnibus and grip train collision prompts driver flight and vanished driver.
A string of crime briefs reports a widow's death after being shot by a former lover in Elmira New York, a suicide by the suspect, a missing drug clerk in Pittsburg with $10,000 embezzlement, a McCoy gang leader killed in Virginia, a stepdaughter gravely beaten in Troy New York, mob action in Dalton Georgia, confessions in Middlesborough Kentucky, a Key West mayoral killer, embezzlement arrest in Boston, a manslaughter conviction in New York, a Westport killer suicide, a Fort Smith Indian shooting, a Wells Fargo theft in Meadville Pennsylvania, aClarksburg altercation injuring a publisher, and escalating feuds in St Clair county Alabama with planned reprisals.
Queen Victoria may pardon men serving sentences for Fenian involvement and Cuba fights brigandage continue. Three bandits were executed in the town ofoon. Victorian cabinet resigns after a no confidence vote. Rouen rejects Seine navigation scheme. Grand Duke Nicholas is paralyzed and comatose after insanity in Volhynia. French tariffs debate advances a double tariff. John Yardley, wanted in Montreal for embezzlement, is arrested in Omaha. Koch’s tuberculin vaccine method stirs medical circles and prompts talk of a bacteriological institute. Duke of Nassau becomes heir apparent to Luxemburg as Dutch parliament deems William incapable of governing.
Reports from Ohio and beyond describe oil spurting from a Martin's Ferry well, rail freight rate restores, and joint-ticket commissions ending. India weighs raising child betrothal ages, while judgments totaling 676 121 loom in New York against Lilly Warren Churchill. The Chicago horse show opens with near thousand entries and top exhibit quality.
Chicago Tribune reports Mrs Howland wife of Rev Will iam Howland rector of St John s Episcopal in Fargo has won a divorce with custody of their six year old daughter and alimony of 5500 yearly. Howland earns 1500 monthly. She comes from Flushing New Jersey and married him ten years ago after disputes over social life and temper. She left him in April and later pursued divorce with Brooklyn lawyer arranging a separation before this new ruling.
The Milwaukee special reports the probate filing of John Kries's will. Kries, eighty two, died in Milwaukee County Poorhouse after being cared for by George Kieffer who was to inherit his brother in law Louis Higo of Metz. Chicago wife and son challenge the will alleging undue influence and breach of promise.
New York Tribune ponders why blind mendicants on Fourteenth Street sing in plaintive tones. Observers note voices resemble a cross-cut saw and favor sentimental songs about mothers graves faded flowers and childhood.
Official returns from eight more counties reduce the gap for Governor-elect Merriam. Final tallies show Merriam 87,295. Wilson 85,875. Owen 57,806, with Merriam leading by 1,020 votes and county counts still pending in Cass Grant Hubbard Hennepin Kanabec Lake Renville Stevens. The Ramsey canvass clarified a key discrepancy, yielding a net +3 for Wilson and minimal shifts overall.
A Washington man named Miller, heavily indebted, sent letters claiming he would die by suicide and instructing creditors to tell Harry and Bert to be kind to his family. Hundreds searched the Palouse river for his body before he was found alive in Pecheton, Oregon, and it was learned he had fled.
The local directory of the world’s fair adopted a resolution to place three permanent exposition buildings on the lake front an art gallery a government building and an aquarium. Three temporary lakefront structures were agreed upon but contracts will not be set now to avoid clashing with national plans. The directory president threatened to resign over the course.
The cathedral car of North Dakota with Bishop W D Walker aboard drew a large crowd at Baltimore & Ohio tracks in Crroaco. The car, just built, showcased to visitors who toured the vehicle all day. The bishop planned to depart tomorrow for Fargo to begin the planned diocesan circuit.
From Summerside reports say a foreign bark named Falka is lost with all hands after a storm near Tignish. Envelopes with Swedish postmarks, addressed to crew on the Falka, and wreckage including a gold headed cane have been found along the New London shore. A pilot recovered these items and witnesses saw the distressed vessel vanish after a rain squall.
A cabinet council discussed enforcing the right of closure during the next session of parliament. Most ministers oppose extended debate as Conservatives gain nothing from more talk on current issues. Liberals and Nationalists are expected to propose an amendment to the address from the throne demanding that the queen dissolve parliament.
The Evening Post argues the current panic is English rather than American, driven by England's overextension. It notes English gold scarcity contrasts with the United States holding about 260 million dollars in gold. Despite price declines, the market shows resilience and a late recovery.
In Curcaco an ex-husband halted a planned marriage between painter William J. Miller and his housekeeper Mrs Albert Pallo. A three man scuffle erupted as Miller recuperated from a broken leg. The former husband attacked with a hammer while the two women joined the brawl. Miller likely to die. Pallo injured and in custody. police intervened after neighbors alerted.
Hon E Evans of Tonawanda NY visits Duluth as executive committee member to select Minnesota national committeeman. National Reform aims to unite Alliance labor and Prohibition into one party. Convention held in Chicago Sept 3 1800 to field state tickets in 1801 and a national ticket in 1892. Possible Minnesota committeemen: Dr Maxwell of Duluth or D E Myers of St Cloud.
Loxo Prarete reports Marshall fought a huge bear in close quarters after running out of ammo. He fired three shots which aggravated the bear, was attacked and clothes torn, yet he used a Winchester as a club and beat the bear to death with its broken barrel. He reached home unharmed.
The Frankfort Zeitung reports that Koch lymph for inoculation will be accessible to all. It claims success in tubercular skin and bone disease and early pulmonary cases, noting bacilli destruction through necrotic processes. Emperor William summoned Koch, and reportedly gifted $250,000 to Koch and another equal sum to fund a national lymph institute.
In Columbus Georgia on November 12 T C Dawson of Glenville Alabama was shot and killed at the Chattachie Valley exposition by Dick and Robert Howard and James Bickerstaff their brother in law. About 15 000 people were on the grounds as the grand stand held many women and children. The shooting stemmed from a family dispute Dawson having wed and deserted a Miss Howard sister of the two men. Dawson was the son of Hon W C Dawson a wealthy Alabama citizen now in Buffalo. The Howards are from a long established Georgia family.
A buggy of a St Paul make, likely stolen, was recovered by police on a bluff south of town. The vehicle had been brought to a hidden location after being seen with a man attempting to dispose of a horse. The incident is under investigation.
The Trank Line Passenger Agents association decided to discontinue selling tourist or low rate tickets. This change will raise the price of the regular winter excursions typically advertised during the season.
At a banquet of cattle exporters Hon John Carling says Canadians could live if McKinley shut the U S out and vows a doubled English and global market reach next year. He notes Canada has shipped 60000 cattle to England annually for three years and will double that figure.
London special reports criticize English writers for misunderstanding U S politics amid coverage of the American election. Editors urge President Harrison and his cabinet to resign, arguing the country has repudiated their policy, while noting misconceptions about U S government secrecy.
In New York City a packed Metropolitan Opera House suite of Irish societies honored Messrs O Connor O Brien Dillon Sullivan Harrington and Gill with a public reception. About 4000 attended with 3200 seated and 1400 on the platform. Governors, judges and civic figures filled the boxes as speakers praised the home rule cause and attacked landlordism. Receipts from box offices neared 5100 with additional pledges around 3000.
Cap tured at last in Virginia, William E. Newberry, said to lead the most daring train robberies, was arrested in Plains, Virginia, after a Northern Pacific heist near New Salem, North Carolina. The 1900s incident involved two highwaymen taking control of the engine, forcing crew to open mail pouches, securing about 500 packages with $5,000 in cash. Fellow outlaw G. E. Bailey had already been captured and is in a North Dakota penitentiary.
A violent clash broke out today in Ottensen near Hamburg between striking glassblowers and about 300 Polish laborers. Revolvers were fired, one man was killed, many injured, and a large number of arrests were reported amid the riot.
A section of a house under construction collapsed today in this city, taking down a scaffold. Five workers are dead and six others are injured, with several still buried beneath the debris. Rescue teams worked to recover the remaining victims.
Macon Ga November 11 five citizens of Dodge county were committed to jail on conspiracy charges in the murder of J C Forsythe at Normandale October 7 Among the prisoners are Wright Lancaster sheriff of Dodge county and Luther A Hall the county attorney whose perjury trial is pending in federal court A white man Andrew Reneau was shot by a mob the day after the murder but U S special agents found him innocent of the crime
Special Minister Robert I Lincoln telegraphed the Lincoln Monument association that he would be here tomorrow with his son Abraham’s body for interment in the monument plat. He asked no exercises be prepared and the burial will be strictly private.
An explosion in the Alliance ginnery boiler at Thomaston Upson county instantly killed Len Rogers a colored engineer and injured Calvin White colored Tom Weaver colored and J C Thompson ginnery manager. Nearby houses were shattered with debris breaking hotel windows a hundred yards away.
Four years after layoffs on the Rio Grande W A Jameson sought revenge on his wife’s lover, Tom Taylor. The wife forged deeds and mortgaged property as Jameson died at Clarendon Texas in a dispute over his body. The funeral was halted, then moved to a Masonic temple. Warrant for adultery threatened as life insurance funds tied to a child.
Large parcels under the desert land act near Idaho Falls attract Eastern entrants aided by a Denver syndicate. Special Agent Tyner reports visits by Chicago, Portland, Denver and Salt Lake parties, with affidavits claiming site visits. If entries are canceled, bonafide settlers gain time and Eastern interests lose trip costs. The issue will be examined in Washington.
Lospex Nov 11 The Benny story has sent a thrill of horror through England as public opinion split over justice and truth in the Emin relief expedition affair. The Daily News believes Benny could vindicate Stanley if substantiated, while the Pall Mall Gazette notes Stanley may press charges against Barttelot and allies. Mrs Jameson denies selling a girl for cannibal rites, saying her husband collected sketches of tribes, not cannibal acts.
The whaler Charles W. Morgan reports six crewmen lost after leaving in a small boat on Sept. 1 to harpoon a whale. The boat was towed away in fog until sunk, presumed fatal for the second mate and five seamen. Narwhal also reports six men washed overboard in a gale, two saved by a returning wave.
Birchall at Woopstock Ontario on November 11 expresses despondence and fear of a post mortem. He worries doctors will cut him open and that his remains be buried in a bricked vault to keep them from being stolen by medical professionals. He imagines others eager to dissect him after death and dismisses the idea of facing the gallows.
A fragmented editorial comments on perceived ignorance of English policy and the contrast with President Morrison's system, noting a claimed radical difference in approach and language use. The text implies critique of English and American policy alignment and raises questions about understanding.
Mr Morley told Scarborough audiences that the United States makes serious economic blunders but corrects them quickly. He called Lord Hartingtons Irish policy an opiate policy and said Goschen's plan produced effervescing opiates. He opposed an eight hour working day for trades, deeming the proposal still impractical.
The bundesrath has refused to reply to an inquiry from the University of Wisconsin Madison asking how Europe would accept a complete American prohibition of immigration, akin to the Chinese exclusion.
A collection of 19th century editorials debating regular doctors against homeopaths and quacks. It contrasts medical authority with self care and endorsements, noting physicians vary in knowledge and effect on patient outcomes. The passages include quotes from Rochester Union, Buffalo Commercial, Rochester Morning Herald, and a testimonial from D. F. Shriner praising Warner's Safe Cure.
The St Louis Republic recounts teeth revered as religious relics across cultures. Buddha’s tooth rests in India, monkey teeth in Cin gaesse worship, elephant and shark teeth in Malabar and Tonga legends. Siamese king and Portuguese war claimed the jaw’s tooth, with a 700 000 crown offer for its return.
A Pennsylvania editor was recently married on an express train. He met the bride at one station and a clergy man at another, officiating as the train sped fifty miles an hour over the Allegheny mountains. The tale suggests railways might carry clergymen on all through trips.
A South Carolina physician explained his relocation to Monclova by calling it a first rate place for a doctor. He argued that whether a patient dies or recovers, the priest’s involvement and the perception of spiritual care or medical skill will bolster the doctor's standing.
A Boston importer relied on newspaper claims and paid high cable tolls to secure a large consignment of needles before the McKinley tariff took effect, only to learn the goods were placed on the free list.
In last week's issue the Yours's Companion shows vast talent behind its success. It claims sixty to four hundred fifty thousand families read it as the best in its class. Subscribers are urged to join now at 1.75 dollars to cover the rest of the year and holiday issues.
A Dallas district court examiner quizzed a novice candidate on fraud. The unsure youth argued that using legal knowledge to trap him would be fraud. The examiner, after reflection, recommended granting a handsome engraved license despite ignorance. Texas Sittings.
Mr Hankinson comments on Johnny's watch and Irene, who supposedly thinks of him when she sees it. Johnny confirms Irene's remark but Hankinson finds the watch unreliable as it does not go. He sets Johnny down and ponders silently.
In Washington Street Cars a writer notes the racial bias of white men who study women entering a car for evidence of African blood. If she appears dark she may find no seat while a verdict of no African blood brings a surge of seating. The piece highlights discriminatory treatment and social prejudice aboard public transit.
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