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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1894
Page
2
In Brainerd Minnesota a note states Osawatomie, a Kansas town, derives its name from the Osage and Pottawatomie rivers.
The text accuses the Chinese emperor of brutality toward Li Hung Chang and suggests the premier loses value if dethroned. It reads as harsh political commentary on leadership and utility.
The infamous outlaw Frank James has made St. Louis his permanent home. Correspondents in Kentucky are asked to include the city of St. Louis when sending letters of commiseration.
American actors and actresses remain unpopular with London audiences. The issue stems from English audiences struggling to understand the language even when spoken clearly by native English speakers.
The speaker suggests Edwin Gould should begin with his sister Anna and arrange her marriage to an American gentleman rather than a foreign suitor. The tone implies personal influence over matrimonial choices and national sentiment.
The Bluefields incident stirs little public excitement as Central America is seen as full of adventurers. Once details are clarified, the public may praise authorities who arrested the complainants.
Word from Harvarden reports Gladstone’s sight preserved and no further operations required. The public reaction in the United States expresses relief and hope the Grand Old Man will welcome the twentieth century.
An explorer in Guatemala reported discovering many small finger bone fragments embedded in a mound. The find is linked to a supposed prehistoric custom where mourners sacrificed parts of the hand, a theory debated by scholars.
The phrase Mind your Qs and Ps comes from inn keepers who marked customers' drinks on a wall with charcoal. Q signified quart and P signified pint, serving as a reminder to moderate drinking and mind one’s consumption.
The Veterinary Association in New York session disapproves tail docking as cruel but concedes fashion may demand it. It urges such procedures be performed by skilled veterinarians.
The prince of Wales earned about 11000 with the Britannia this season, but yachting remains costly. The Goulds’ yachting trip with Vigilant and Atalanta reportedly cost around 400000, illustrating the sport's heavy expenses beyond prize money.
The London Daily Telegraph notes French locomotives are fitted with prows to reduce air resistance. Pennington, known for air-ship notoriety, should travel to France to demonstrate to railroad men how to generate a frontward vacuum with a propeller wheel so a train would be drawn into the air hole at cannonball speed.
Abram S Hewitt recalls buying a remaining segment of a historic chain sold to a junk dealer years ago He plans to use about 20 feet of it as a low fence around a grass plot on his lawn The same chain origin traces to the Continental Foundry and the land on Hewitt’s property yielded many cannon balls used in the American Revolution.
A committee of English sportsmen and naturalists forms to protect giraffes zebras gnu and other antelopes in South Africa. They propose fencing about 100000 acres with wire and a thorn live fence to curb indiscriminate slaughter risking extinction.
Ex lieutenant Boeter, a German, forms a society whose members call themselves Fruturians. They eat only ripe fruit, drink water, and live in huts without comforts, planning to buy land in the Sandwich Islands to establish a colony.
A central electric light plant is being built in Juneau Alaska, a town of about 2000 residents. When finished it will be the territorys first central electric lighting system. Electricity has seen limited mining use, with water power abundant and currents generated on streams and carried to mines by cables.
In England a deaf and dumb wedding took place at Rom ford Abbey Church. With illness delaying the officiant a deaf clergyman was unavailable but a local interpreter aided the bride and groom as they signed responses and signed questions. A document trail was read and signed and will be kept as a testament at the abbey.
A digest of diverse items: Public Printer Benedict rehiring discharged workers. the Maine battleship test at 17.55 knots. Swiss watch exports to the U S flagging. US land claims declare Cochire district mineral lands public domain. Puyallup Indian lands to be disposed of. Beheading report of two Japanese students deemed false. Columbus police arrest Wiegand and Ray over a Cleveland police murder. Alfred Bynum assassinated near Chester Illinois. St Louis prison escape under Grand Jury review. J L Thompson killed during a marriage charivari in Sullivan County Missouri. Murano Guisseppe shot in Utah over a mine dispute. Edgar Bishop of Kansas City charged with bank embezzlement.
Ambassador Bayard departs England for America on October 6. N Y Armour, cousin of P D Armour of Chicago, dies at his Westmoreland New York doorstep. Rev David Swing of Chicago denied dying by family. Judge J C Gilbert of Paducah Kentucky dies suddenly in Levelland Texas. Rebecca A Carney dies at Leavenworth Kansas of cancer. James Anderson, Ohio Odd Fellows grand scribe, dies in Chattanooga Tennessee. John Wilson, Sangamon County pioneer and father of James Wilson of the Newberry Library, dies aged 72. T V Powderly admitted to Lackawanna county bar and plans to open New York office. H M Katzenberger, Memphis bank president and notable Hebrew leader, dies aged 48, unmarried.
A long string of accidents and fires across Ohio Illinois Indiana New Jersey Iowa Michigan Pennsylvania and Missouri left several dead inj ured or hospitalized. Incidents include warehouse fire in Norwalk Ohio fatal gunshot near Forest Illinois collapse at Duryea mine and cave in wrecks from trains and machinery and a child scalding death in Anderson Indiana.
Reports from Nebraska Alabama Iowa California Pennsylvania Iowa Illinois Indiana New York Arkansas describe suspected thieves jailed escapes, robberies, forgery, murder, and prison sentences. Notable items include a Waverly lynching scare, Pratt mine riot indictments, jail breaks, and a New York man’s death by hanging.
The Czar is reported to have Bright's disease. Gustave Humbert a French senator and minister of justice in Freycinet’s cabinet died in Paris. Honore Mercier ex premier of Quebec ill and sinking. Prince Bismarck endorses William toward the Polish noble party. Sir William Harcourt to Wiesbaden for eye cataract. The London Telegraph denies a Russo France alliance with Japan. Viscount Louis Reiset killed in a French carriage accident. American exhibitors at Antwerp win seven grand prizes and many medals. Paolo Loga’s appeal rejected. Bomb finds in Florence lead to arrests for internal machine manufacture. Mrs Sterling marries Sir Charles Hutton Gregory. Major Leutwein storms Wilboi camp in Southwest Africa. Davitt urges Irish MPs to aid socialists if coerced too far.
Ohio populist leaders allege Gen Frye of the California industrial army is an avowed revolutionist. The Hartsville college charter suit in Columbus was decided in favor of the college. Bloodshed feared as Sturgis residents arm against railroad taxes. William Ripley, comic opera singer, dies in Bellevue hospital after shooting himself.
An exchange from New York Weekly describes a man and a confiding dialogue about a plan to rush into a house and ask who is being murdered. The plan involves bribery with a box of cigars.
A cyclone struck Little Rock on October 4 at 7 30 pm causing near total ruin in the commercial core bounded by Third River Front Center and Commerce streets. Property losses are estimated around 1 000 000 with many buildings unroofed wrecked and telegraph service cut. Several convicts killed or injured at the state penitentiary and the insane asylum demolished with unknown fatalities.
The twenty ninth annual reunion of the Army of the Tennessee opened in Council Bluffs Iowa with 150 members present and expectations of a large turnout. Tomorrow’s opera house meeting will be by invitation only with Gov. Jackson and Mayor Cleaver delivering welcome remarks while Gen. G M Dodge speaks for the soldiers and Miss Pearson of Chicago provides music and readings.
London reports a special cabinet council called for Tuesday as ministers—absent from the city—are summoned home. Telegrams were sent to Sir William Harcourt and other ministers abroad amid sudden developments affecting UK France relations.
Boston October 4. William A. Brady, manager for James J. Corbett, publishes an ultimatum inviting any fighter with 10000 to wager to face Corbett for a week after July 1. He offers 10000 to any challenger and vows to fight all comers, no weight or color restrictions, to prove he is the champion heavy weight. Brady aims to settle the title in New Orleans with a carnival and a large purse.
Indianapolis Oct 4 Arrangements for ex President Harrison campaign travel are nearly set with a formal announcement pending. He plans a speech in Indianapolis and one each in Fort Wayne and Vincennes. Intermediate towns will have chances to hear him from the rear of his car. He is unlikely to leave the state unless pressured to do so.
The Russian ironclad Roussacka, missing since last year, was located Sept. 10 south of Westerkoken island Finland in twenty fathoms. A diver reported a large hole in the stern and evidence suggests a reef strike caused hull damage before she sank. The wreck carried twelve officers and 166 men and efforts to raise her have begun but show little promise of success.
Hollyoke Massachusetts October 4 The Ger iania mills opened to strikers but few returned and machines stayed idle. The company proposed a 10 percent cut in wages and rents or half of February reduction. Strikers voted against the offer.
The British steamer Patagonia capt. Jones sailing from Liverpool August 29 to Valparaiso off Tome Chile was wrecked near Chile. The crew and passengers were saved. The bark-rigged steam screw vessel of 1710 tons register is likely a total loss.
Mount Vernon Illinois October 4 Three southerners report an itinerant Methodist minister Littleton Hulet camped on James Scott’s farm on the way to Gallatin Tenn Scott ordered him to move on a hand to hand fight followed Hulet firing twice dying instantly Hulet wounded Scott with a club before dying today Scott was drinking at the time
New York on October 4 reports $5,387,000 turned into the city treasury on the first day of tax collections, the largest initial total ever received. This milestone reflects strong early compliance and revenue for the city.
The steamer Noes ho, ashore on Spectacle reef last night, has been abandoned to the underwriters. Owned in Cleveland the vessel was valued at 100000 dollars.
A brief cable from United States Consul General Short in Constantinople announces a cholera outbreak in the city. The message was received at the state department in Washington on October 4.
T R Facey the Aitkin lumberman settled a state suit over timber taken from state lands. He paid 7500 dollars for 1 000 000 feet of pine and 170 63 dollars for witness fees.
Rome reports the Malavita society trial concluded with fourteen acquitted and sixty-eight sentenced to five to ten years each. The verdicts finalize a long legal action against the organized crime group.
H W Parker stated William Farrow, recently released from the Erie county N Y penitentiary, was bequeathed 500 dollars by his aunt Mrs Elizabeth Walsh of Chicago rather than 32000 dollars as rumors claimed.
Snow in Rolla North Dakota reports three inches fell last night as October 4 observers note heavier early season accumulation in the town.
Columbus Ohio October 4 Commander George E Ide United States Navy arrives to take command of the patrol vessel Alert while en route to San Francisco for assignment.
Washington October 4 W H Pugh of Ohio former customs and treasury official whose office was abolished by the last congress was appointed superintendent of the income tax division of the internal revenue bureau today.
Red Wing Minnesota October 4 The Goodhue creamery has been placed in the hands of a receiver causing expected heavy losses for nearby farmers as their cooperative dairy endeavors falter under financial strain.
In Courtland Alabama Abe Abraham, a leading merchant, was publicly flogged by Miss Lucille Doss heiress of Porter Doss Sr after he allegedly disparaged her. She armed herself with a cowhide and struck him, drawing blood and forcing him to beg for mercy.
The state inspector of militia completes a report with corrections. Company G First Infantry Madison ranks first, Company E Second Infantry Fond du Lac second, Company E First Infantry Beloit third. Company F First Infantry Racine fell below regulation and was mustered out and a new company organized.
London report states Lourenco Marques is barricaded and prepared for defense against an anticipated Kaffir attack. The governor has opened negotiations with chief Mahusela to seek peace terms.
Detroit hosts the first Bohemian Catholic union annual convention with seventy delegates mainly from Ohio. Bishop Jaeger of Chicago presided at pontifical mass and Father Furdek of Cleveland delivered an address. Treasurer Joseph Miksak of Chicago reported death benefit assessments for the year totaling under 15 cents per death.
The official receiver has issued a rescript of the account of M. W. Cookesly who managed a Wyoming ranch in 1884 and headed the Consolidated Food Company of California in 189. His debts total £2648 and his assets are only £40. His wife was a noted San Francisco artist.
The report of the third auditor of the treasury for the year ending June 30 1894 shows total disbursements at pension agencies for pensions reaching 137 636 981 dollars.
Andrew Jackson Laird a defaulting ex post office inspector from Atlanta was arrested in Los Angeles by a Chicago inspector ending a nationwide search.
The Democratic state convention in New Haven met at the Hyperion theater. Ernest Cady was nominated for governor and Morris B Beardsley for lieutenant governor.
In Ashland Wisconsin on September 27 Col Wor nac the personal representative of Hoke Smith conducted a tax enforcement visit. He confronted several local business men suspected of evading the internal revenue laws.
Washington dates a dramatic tale of Capt John G Olberg of the pension bureau and Col Alexander A Russell of Missouri a dromio like resemblance that leads to forged deeds fraud and a missing wife Mrs Olberg implicated with the double and vanished alongside investigations and court action involving loans and foreclosures
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports fighting reignited in four locations within Rio Grande do Sul province. Rebels, gaining arms and ammo, pledge to fight to the bitter end as frontier towns see citizens join the insurgents.
Chicago special reports C C Hine editor of the New York Insurance Monitor stirred controversy at the Fire Underwriters Association of the Northwest session with claims that the average Jew's risk to burn is twice an American's. His paper sparked a heated discussion and drew few supporters among delegates as officers were elected with W J Little winning the presidency and H C Alverson and E V Munn taking key posts.
A Vienna dispatch to the Chronicle cites a semi-official Telegram from St. Petersburg saying the Russian government has learned of a rebellion against the Manchu dynasty in China. Exasperation grows over Chinese authorities after defeats and army indiscipline. Irregular troops are reported committing outrages and the Chinese exchequer is exhausted.
Moris Minnesota reports wildfires burning east and north of town. No definite loss figures yet, but a large amount of hay likely destroyed.
Grain and live stock quotes from Chicago and Minneapolis dated Oct 4 show mixed moves. Wheat futures range from 50 1 2 to 56 1 4 cents with July a bark, cash wheat at 50 1 2 to 56 1 4 cents. corn around 46 to 49 cents. oats 27 1 2 to 33 1 2. pork about 12.75 to 12.85. lard 7.37 to 7.80. ribs 6 50 to 6 87 1 2. Minneapolis reports No 1 hard 56 1 4. No 1 Northern 55 1 4. December wheat 54 1 2. calls 54 7 Se. Chicago hogs dull and weak. cattle slow and weak with some leftovers. St Paul hogs opened slow with light trading. eastern markets 15 cents lower. cattle slow with fat cattle in demand.
Lee Jones and Scar-Faced Charlie Frizzle were arrested in St Joseph Missouri on conspiracy charges to rob the Chicago Rock Island Pacific train. Police traced the plan from a Denver Express attempt to a Buffalo Head saloon meeting with railroad officials present. A subsequent undercover operation led to arrests as the plot unfolded and other conspirators were rounded up.
In San Francisco on October 4 M Tor tola aboard the steamship Apalcupo to the southward tried to end his life by leaping overboard with his wife. After the plunge a boat rescued them and both were brought back aboard unharmed.
In the great hall of the Antwerp exhibition King Leopold and government ministers presided over the awards ceremony. Diplomats including the American and British ministers were among the high officials and a crowd of about ten thousand attended.
A masked robber held up the stage between Yerka and Fort Jones today. He seized Wells, Fargo box containing treasure. The driver and eight passengers were unharmed.
Chicago reports Prof. David Swing, renowned divine, is in critical condition after two weeks of illness. A stomach disorder worsened last night affecting his brain, leaving him unconscious despite all efforts to revive him.
Washington October four bureau of immigration has received personal descriptions of sixty six anarchists recently expelled from France. Others at all ports will be furnished with duplicates of this list for identification purposes.
Anoka Minnesota, Oct 4. The city council unanimously passed a resolution to close every cigar store on Sunday. The action reflects the blue laws enforcing Sunday restrictions across the town.
Dick Thomson of South Stillwater and Ed Thomson of Stillwater were arrested in Hudson for stealing wheat from Thomas Tobin of St. Joseph. They were found with a road in their possession when caught early this morning.
Clayton New Mexico October 2 Thomas W Boggs known as Uncle Tom dies at a venerable age He came to New Mexico in 1845 with his father an organizer of the Donner party He guided Gen Fremont and in 1848 carried dispatches for Gen Scott via Fort Leavenworth He was brother in law and lifelong companion of Kit Carson and his life stories are noted as highly interesting.
Sioux City reports Mayor Fletcher enforces an order to close all houses of prostitution. The council opposes him while he remains firm saying offenders will face penitentiary charges. Many prostitutes have fled across the Missouri River to Covington as gambling houses are also shuttered.
London dispatch cites a confidential Frankfort source claiming Japan, if victorious, will divide China into three independent kingdoms ruled by native princes, with Li Hung Chang named among them. A powers conference could be convened if needed.
Oelwein Iowa October 2 Archie Archibald Pooler aged eighty two was killed instantly on a railroad bridge near Elma by a passenger train of the Chicago Great Western. He was active for his age though slightly deaf and could not hear the approaching train due to opposing wind.
G H Ortner aged eighteen from Marshfield Missouri was found unconscious in a barn at Lous Cerillos New Mexico. Doctors call it a clear case of starvation and say he likely will not recover. He cannot offer any account of himself.
In Sac City Iowa on October 2, laborer William Tole killed his wife with an ax and then attempted to take his own life by cutting his throat after summoning a neighbor. Jealousy is suspected to be the motive.
Jamestown North Dakota October 2 two men John Nelson and John Wabel were arrested on burglary charges. They waived examination and were bound over to the January term of the district court.
Eau Claire sheriff travels to New York to fetch Peterson the forger who arrived from Norway and surrendered there on Thursday.
Wednesday evening a twelve year old son of H. C. Crane a farmer three miles south of Gletwood Wisconsin accidentally shot himself behind the left ear with a revolver. A local doctor probed the wound five inches but could not find the ball and the child may recover.
I W Whitredge counsel for the Olcott Earle committee on reorganization of the Reading has sailed for Europe to present the plan to foreign security holders.
Buffalo special reports T. T. Mack, an unattached wheelman, lowered the double century mark by completing Buffalo to Erie and return in 14 hours 24 minutes 47 seconds.
In Hudson Wisconsin a suspect named Ernest Bur rough was captured after attempting to assault Dorothy Peterson, a 60 year old woman, as her screams drew hunters. The attacker was brought to the city this morning. In Waverly Iowa a separate case, Henry Eifert accused of fraudulent banking at Tripoli, concluded with a guilty verdict after a two week trial.
Paris Telegraph reports a July provisional accord between Russia and China limiting forces from crossing the Sarrikul range. The pact, said to restore friendly ties and affect China's current struggle, hints Russia will seek substantial returns to maintain goodwill.
Chicago special report notes Mrs W G Clara wife of Rev W G Clark who led the Civic Federation crusade against gambling received an anonymous letter warning her to look well to her child saying Clark's enemies plan to torture his child as revenge.
Special US Commissioner Shields discharged Lee How Lee Jack and Chu Puan in a Canada to Vermont smuggling case finding evidence insufficient.
Ashland Wisconsin special report: a mill at Benoit burned last evening with a loss estimated at $10,000. Insurance covers two thirds of the value. The mill was owned by W. P. Ketchum a Chicago lumberman.
Old time guidance on kitchen ventilation clothing care and food healing methods. Advice covers turning woodenware, avoiding heavy bed clothing, eggs for hoarseness and boils, croutons in soups, soiled milk with salt, preservation of ribbons, mirror cleaning, and the healthfulness of milk and milk-based foods. Includes clam broth and clam juice as nourishment for sick headaches.
A stylish woman accidentally drops a bundle at Union Station as crowds surge for trains. A boy pockets the package then returns it to a man who had tipped him. Inside the package is a large slice of cheese and a half pint flask. The woman later confronts the man and departs with a sharp glare.
In a burlesque note, Haverly explains front-row bald heads are barred due to reflections from calciums on the scalp dazzling the chorus girls, provoking a joking exchange with Austen about why.
Miss Wanterneau asks if the limit in poker dictates game duration. Jack Potts answers that the limit often decides how long a player can stay in the contest.
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