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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1887
Page
3
The New York Central railroad proceeds with relaying tracks using sixty pound steel rails imported from England. This upgrade aims to strengthen line stability and extend service life amid ongoing infrastructure work.
Tennessee covers 5,100 square miles with coal across 22 counties. Over six years coal production jumped from 494,000 tons to 1,700,000 tons an increase of about 400 percent.
A Lancaster resident confined in jail for 298 days over the past year to ensure presence at a trial sought a bill of one dollar per day. The court rejected the claim and instead charged him two dollars weekly for board.
Secretary Bayard argues that the American doctrine shielding politically charged crimes from extradition cannot cover assassination. He suggests the label political crime should not be used to excuse murder, signaling a shift in how extradition cases are treated.
One of the country’s large salt makers, the Michigan Salt Association, will close its works on December 1 and keep them shut for four months to cut salt stocks and support prices in the markets.
The United States Senate elected John J. Ingalls of Kansas president pro tempore on February 26. As president pro tempore he acts as presiding officer of the Senate. In the event of the President's death, cabinet succession would place the secretary of state first in line, per 1886 law.
Rear Admiral Worden, famed for the Monitor and Merrimac fight, lives in Washington at seventy with a full blonde beard and youthful look. A battle wound blighted his sight and caused chronic headaches. Retired in 1884 on far pay, he receives $6,000 yearly.
The piece recounts Silas Crosby admitting to strangling his wife ten years ago in Prestonville. A friend, Bellingham, aided. Crosby says they buried the body in an old quarry to enable him to claim his wife eloped with Bellingham. Bellingham vanished, neighbors believed the ruse, and Crosby says he has lived in terror and remorse since.
A New York physician asserts many so called heart disease cases are indigestion. He notes dyspepsia causes chest pain and rapid heartbeats and urges sufferers to avoid tea coffee tobacco beer and whisky. He recommends brown bread meat especially rare roast beef and avoiding hot bread cake and pastry. A premeal powder of bismuth and soda for a month is advised. with exercise this self treatment cures about nineteen of twenty cases.
A Herald reporter counted trains during peak uptown travel on a Monday evening and found intervals between five car trains rarely under two minutes. Shortest was one minute and five seconds, longest three minutes, with most gaps between one and a half and one and a quarter minutes. The paper condemns the company for not delivering trains at one minute intervals, despite safety concerns.
At a Boston meeting of the Northeastern department of the American Shipping and Industrial League, President Spofford warned that only 37 American bottoms exist among 3,000 plus vessels in principal ports. He noted drastic drops in US sea tonnage since 1860, Britain’s growing power, and a shrinking share of US flag in global trade.
A stark report describes retribution for the Haymarket Massacre as ghostly figures move through corridors toward the engine of death. The drop falls and all but one die slowly. doctors report dispositions of bodies lying cold in death.
At 11:20 the final act of the Chicago Haymarket tragedy began as Sheriff Matson read death warrants to August Spies Albert Parsons George Engel and Adolph Fischer. The four clad in white shrouds moved to the scaffold and were hanged, with Spies and Fischer exchanging final words and Engel shouting Hurrah for anarchy. The crowd fell silent as the drop ended their lives around 12:10, with bodies later removed to undertakers for burial arrangements.
The report lists pulse readings for Spies Fischer Parsons and Engel after the drop, noting rapid declines and convulsions. Sheriff Matson details orderly execution and minimal disturbance, praising officers and noting autographs by Fischer and public sentiment, with remarks on delays and funeral expectations.
Nov 11. Fielden and Schwab, two anarchists whose sentences were commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. Oglesby, were not taken to Joliet penitentiary today as expected. Mutinous delays or missing orders halted the transfer.
Eyewitnesses saw the four men Engel Parsons Fischer and Spies Lines die after the drop with convulsions and fading pulses. Dr Meyer announced no pulse for most of the time while spectators reacted with shock and later calm as officials moved prisoners to the penitentiary. Fielden and Schwab commented on the trial process and alleged prejudice, warning the crime may be clarified in time.
A Washington summary reports the United States Supreme Court ruling Andrew Green's driven-well patent invalid. It notes concurrent posts for Dakota Harlem J C McPhail and Wisconsin Upham W Cady. Sparks letters to Le Lamar spark calls for resignation while Treasury and Interior fixes surface multiple claims and appointments.
Special telegram from Chicago describes the November 11 execution proceedings. About 250 newspaper men local politicians and twelve jurors assembled in the jail to view the bodies. The crowd grew pale as the hour arrived and a hush fell after the initial noise.
Clara Louise Kellogg and Carl Strakosh quietly wed at Elk heart Indiana. Princeton college board elects new president after Dr McUosh resigns. Edward Holroyd a $150000 recluse found dead in his home near O Brienville Ohio. President Harris of the Northern Pacific donates $100 to Cottage hospital at Portsmouth. Judge Francia of Oak admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court on motion of ex Congressman D M Sweat. James Purvis Bruce St Paul reporter learns of Scottish inheritance via death of relatives.
The article reports Louis Lingg's suicide by dynamite at Stillwater, indicts Warden Stordock and Matron McNeal for alleged subornation of perjury, notes absconding Brookside Knitting and Washburn Salicilica officials, and details assorted violence and legal troubles including a turfman assault in Kansas City, a fatal wound at the Galloway House, rapes, dynamite finds on a passenger, forgery cases in San Francisco, a sword contest in New Orleans, and police intervention after a brutal return bout.
A Des Moines man Kelly shoots his wife by mistake. In Marquette Michigan Adams Steffes, longtime Lake Linden settler and Grand Army of the Republic member, is killed by being caught in a belt at a Calumet mill. David J. Byrnes near Mendota dies after his team panics from a passing train. Frank Jones building fire on Main Street St Thomas Oak houses four businesses. Manitoba road collision kills five laborers returning from Montana. named Charles Engel Gottlieb Wolf James Allen Albert Evans and James Moore. All single men, most from St Cloud.
The report notes a cholera resurgence in Messina. It also records George Joachim Goschin elected rector of Aberdeen University by 455 votes to 314 over John Morley. Additionally, Dr Mackenzie said the crown prince's throat cancer growth remains very small.
The Minneapolis court house is projected at 1.5 million dollars. A. S. Hatch faces an assignment after failure with Chesapeake & Ohio. St Paul plans a theater at Sixth and Cedar within a year. Nebraska Supreme Court upholds broad railroad rate powers. Druggist J. W. Williams is jailed for liquor sale without license. Lehigh Coal finds a 2 million dollar coal vein after four years. Manitoba lowers Helena tariff by 20 percent and NP to follow. Goethe monument cornerstone laid in Fairmount Park Philadelphia. Northern Pacific messenger John H. Webber absconds with entrusted funds. Winona notes no candidates in Minnesota’s November elections. Kellogg and Strakoschia marriage confirmed in Indiana. Diphtheria outbreak hits Miami Valley Ohio villages. Pittsburg ministerial resolutions denounce Sunday papers. Anarchist tailors in Winona raise red flags. police intervene. Duluth Red Wing & Southern solidifies future. several officials named as directors. El Paso North Eastern Railroad chartered with 3 million capital. Windom, Dorsey, and others named as incorporators. Road plans northern route to White Oaks coal, then Las Vegas, then Texas Panhandle link to Rock Island.
After the emperor met with Dr. Schmidt on the 15th a palace medical conference declared the crown prince's throat condition cancerous and that partial removal of the larynx is not advisable. Physicians Bergmann and Schmidt say laryngotomy is inevitable, while San Remo’s expert favors complete excision. Detailing opinions, the report notes the prince may consent to early operation as swelling diminishes.
Fielden and Schwab, spared, bade farewell to families on Saturday. Schwab kissed and hugged the children, then cried with Mrs. Schwab and Mrs. Fielden. They rode to Joliet, where officials searched their creeds, bathed them, shaved their beards, and dressed them in stir suits. Warden McClaughrey said future work would be easy due to feeble condition, with heavier labor later as strength returns.
Inspector Brynes of New York brands John Most as America s most dangerous anarchist. He cites Lingg a German born man who fled to Sweden and later Chicago as a bomber maker influenced by Most s teachings. Lingg s fate is tied to Most s perceived influence and dynamite lore.
Minnesota news item reports Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter held opening ceremonies honoring the Swedish hero. Rev. Prof. George W. Sands spoke, Luther jubilees were staged, and Gov. McGill attended dedications with a large crowd. Also noted were wind-driven fires, pensions issued to Minnesotans, and local incidents from St. Paul to Duluth.
A New York Sun report recalls Dr H Carrington Bolton's lecture at Columbia College on counting-out rhymes used by children to decide who is "it." He described multilingual origins, examples from twenty languages, and how these doggerel verses reflect ancient customs and healing folklore.
A Blackwood’s Magazine writer contrasts German peasant soldiers with British servicemen. He notes German respect and privileges tied to uniform versus British stigma of enlistment as degradation. He cites anecdotes of officers barred from venues and questions when the voluntary soldier will be respected as Prussia’s elite.
Harper's Bazaar recounts a western tale told by town wits about petrified wonders in the Bad Lands of the Little Missouri. A cowboy guide teases visiting savants with visions of grain fields, a river, and buffalo amid petrified scenes as gravity is playfully debated.
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