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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1892
Page
2
A Brainerd Dispatch item notes a parrot can be bought for ten cents in Central America. for another quarter a boy will ring its neck. The odd travel quip highlights local rescue humor and price contrasts.
In Bremen the textile factories are working half time as their trade has been emb arrested by the cholera quarantine, reflecting economic disruption from public health measures.
In 1891 the United States produced more than a fourth of the world’s gold and more than a third of the world’s silver. This highlights U.S. dominance in global precious metal mining during the year.
The government contemplates building six railway lines totaling 800 miles and plans to purchase private railways for state ownership.
The poet Rodgers, famed for hospitality, earned credit for making breakfast gatherings a staple of London society. His mornings at home became renowned among England's literati as a key social link.
Documents reported to bear the signatures of John Adams and Martin Van Buren were discovered among waste paper at a Palmyra Michigan paper mill. The find raises questions about provenance and historical value for the land grants.
The ancient name Luteria for Paris implies mudtown, describing the early city when Romans found it as largely built of mud houses. The note highlights the etymology and contrast with later development.
J. Edwin Stone walked from San Francisco to New York in 128 days covering 3 524 miles. He wore out ten pairs of shoes and three suits of clothes during the journey.
The recent investiture of Archbishop Vaughan with the pallium marks the first ceremony of its kind in England since Queen Mary. In contrast, Archbishops Manning and Wise man were invested in Rome.
The catalog describes red blue and gold tea sets and china boxes for dressing tables to hold cosmetics and perfumes. It notes full table services in light blue varieties are no longer novelty.
Wates records a new musician named Liewllyfo while authorities act to restrain him. He is confined in the Workhouse to prevent potential harm to the public.
The first capital operation under ether influence was done at Massachusetts General Hospital on November 7, 1841. Dr. Daniel Dewson Slade is among the few surviving witnesses to the case.
Mes Taylor widow of former minister Bayard Taylor has authored a new cookbook. The piece quips that if women paid as much heed to solid cookery as fashion magazines, divorce lawyers would lose business.
The notice invites guests to waive the old custom of throwing rice and flowers at the wedding. It notes that while a slipper throw after the bride is an old Saxon practice, rice throwing is Oriental and dates to the era of Indian nabobs in England.
The piece notes a pigment in olfactory regions linked to smell, claiming dark or colored animals have better scent perception. It asserts pure white animals often lack both smell and taste, with some white cats nearly always deaf.
The Coffeyville confrontation ends the Dalton gang's crime spree, hailed as the era’s most notorious band since the James boys and the Younger brothers. Report notes the Daltons were said to be related to both families.
Contradictory interviews quote Prof. John L. Sullivan alleging he was drugged before a bout with Prof. Corbett. He later denies the charge, expressing respect for Corbett while signaling willingness to face him again.
Chicago liverymen consent to dedicate 300 carriage rigs to the World’s Fair ceremony and will charge 22 dollars per rig. They assure the public this is fair business, not highway robbery, as befits a lakefront city.
The article notes women drummers in Europe, few but notable for talent. A Swedish woman travels for a Scandinavian machinists firm, touring Europe and aiming to extend her territory. London firms employ women commercial travelers and dress goods makers have female reps, valued for taste, with potential for more hires if business capacity and manners align.
The Telegraph reports digest the world’s top events from press associations. Headlines cover politics conflicts economies and notable incidents with concise summaries suitable for a broad readership.
A new post office opened at Flersburg Morrison Minnesota with Albert H Buelow named postmaster. Secretary Charlies Foster agreed to speak at the Columbian festivities in New York on October 21. The note totals show national bank notes in circulation at 172,680,918 with a monthly rise of 131,091. Public deposits and government bonds secured circulation stood at 14,498,550.
A roundup reports Rev. James Spurgeon critically ill with quinsy in Boston, financier Michael Erlanger dead in Paris, Rev. Sam Longfellow son of the late poet dies in Portland age 73, Hiram Atkins Montpelier editor dies at 65, Mrs. Moses LahnePrevails in verdict against Mrs. Ida Clark for alienation, Lord Tennyson dies in London, Madame Patti denies retirement with early concert plans, Lotta the actress in serious condition, Joseph Ernest Renan dies in Paris after lung congestion, Dr. Douglass the throat specialist dies in Washington, Col. James H. Rice of Indianapolis dies after long illness and interment in New Albany.
A string of disasters reports fires in Buenos Ayres Pensacola Florida and Chicago causing losses up to 2200000 160000 and 10000 respectively. Marine wrecks near Oregon and North Carolina claim crews while a rail crash near Kansas City kills a engineer son of a senator. A Michigan cold snap devastates crops and a buggy accident in Coldwater Michigan injures Nora Standish. The barge Nashua foundered off Goodrich after a gale.
An inch of snow fell in Bruce Ontario. The steamer Camiola bound Cardiff to Malta foundered near the Scilly Islands. crew saved. Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Irene arrived in London from Germany. Roscoe Thompson sold the Pall Mall Gazette to Mr Kneight with Liberal Unionist hint. Several other items include Berlin banker August Schultz surrendering on fraud charges worth 30 million marks, and Duke of Connaught injuring knee on a hunting trip in Scotland.
In Georgia the populists suffer a decisive defeat while Democrats clinch the state ticket maintaining their long standing majority. In Michigan Judge William G. Howard earns a nomination to the state supreme court from the Democratic party.
J. W. Donovan is named chief train dispatcher for Montana Central and M. L. Robbins becomes general passenger agent for Houston & Texas Central. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific system earned an estimated $1,070,799 in September, up from last September by 12,300. Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul earned $998,681 in the fourth week of September, up 28,972 from a year ago, while Milwaukee and Northern posted $40,737, down 17,628.
A sprawling wire service summary reports multiple incidents across states. Edward Dann, a Buffalo bank wrecker, commits suicide to avoid trial. Texas outlaw Miller evades capture after bloodhound confrontation. Robberies in St. Louis and embezzlement in Minneapolis are noted, along with domestic tragedy in Illinois and Texas. A New York art seizure and other frauds are mentioned.
Gossip of the Sports highlights include Anes Bird by Jay Bird with a two minute pace now three seconds faster since July 1. Flying Jib has earned 14500 this season. Nancy Hanks mile record trotted at twenty eight mph. Dunraven yacht sends American Cup challenge. Chicago patrons discuss a professional football league. Mertha Wilkes and Magquette bred by women noted.
The Burling ton Cedar Rapids Northern Railway telegraph operators suspend their walkout following company concessions. In Syracuse New York at a board meeting of locomotive firemen F J May of Halstead Pennsylvania was elected chairman and J J Welsh of Morristown New Jersey secretary and treasurer.
Reports note an 82 year old man walking from John Day Oregon to Chicago. The National Real Estate Association selects St Paul as next meeting site. Briggs heresy case to be tried publicly by New York Presbytery in November. The pope declines blessing for German Catholic congress at Newark New Jersey. Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Gerrymander unconstitutional. Free Baptists hold triennial meeting in Lowell Massachusetts. International Funeral Directors Convention held in Louisville Kentucky. J T West and William O Brien of Minneapolis sell stock in Ohio State Journal to Cleveland interests. New York state finances show 4500000 in obligations with nearly 2000000 cash on hand. all securities mature July 1 1895. Mrs Annie F King of St Louis sues husband for 690000 in alleged illicit gains, seeking divorce. A San Antonio visitor reports famine in Morelia with soldiers firing on starving granary seekers. Rev Father Leander Schneurr installed archabbot at Latrobe Pennsylvania. Belden suit involves about 8000 in Columbus Toledo and Hocking Valley railroad. Philly files bill against Orders Pente. General convention of that order planned. officers consider assignment.
A week’s summary notes a Henning drunken brawl ending in homicide, a fatal Northern Pacific crash near Staples with six injured, and St Paul hailstorm damage. Other items include suicides, injuries from falls, farm incidents, burglaries, elopement, draft theft, and a large iron ore shipment season from Two Harbors.
Wisconsin items report deaths and injuries including Mrs. Peter Dangle of Reedsburg dying at 47 from heart failure and Alex Lundgreen of Superior breaking a leg. Other notes include a Racine Y M C A resignation, Baraboo divorce for Charles Wild, lightning striking Wertz barn near Racine, and six eight September burials in Racine. Also: Superior freight collision injuring none, Watertown Merchant's Bank opens with 75000 capital, and Plymouth church steeple struck by lightning.
Reports include Wenzel Dorck injured by a St Paul freight train at a crossing near Racing. Whit ing mill now operating with a paper plant planned. Judge C B Fuller Withdraws from state senate race in Sixteenth District. Also noted are barn fire in Dane County losses, a tunnel plan by Northwestern Lumber, a foot injury to Arthur Larsen, a forged check case in Racine, a fatal freight-train death at Jamesville, a $550 damages award to Ella Sallaby in Dodgeville, Neenah Paper amended share count, a new La Crosse German Catholic Church to cost $15 000, Esterly works moved to Minneapolis, Janesville thefts by youths, Oshkosh notice against Algoma ditch dog, and the ditch deemed a travel menace.
North Dakota reports show a burglary at Mundigal Hoffman's brewery in East Grand Forks with $475 cash 100 in checks and 2000 in notes seized. A murder mystery in Grand Forks and a fatality near Fargo involve a London born youth Amarose. Lutheran college hires Prof Linn and Roalkram tours Red River valley. Fires at Cindo erode a dress er and a fuel of spoliations. Fort Rice lands appraisal committee named. multiple robberies assaults and a teen assault on a Grand Forks restaurant owner’s daughter. Suspects in Kelso lumber office break in and East Grand Forks bar brawl detained.
A string of tragedies and crimes across Iowa includes Lew Brannan burned to death in Eastville hotel fire, Matt Lyon of Omaha poisoning in Council Bluffs, Miss Roddy of Dubuque badly injured in an explosion after attempting kerosene fire, Ezra Fisher accidentally shot near Des Moines, and F M Merchants’ 10 year old Webster City son missing amid kidnapping suspicions. Cedar Falls district conference expels H Eleming for dishonesty, a child fatally injured on East Des Moines tracks, Aunt Mary Tyler dies at Keokuk claiming thirteen years old at emancipation, Joseph Keehn arraigned for assault on his daughter, a feud ends with two men shot near Freemont, Lucy Bonners near Council Bluffs attempts suicide, and a prize fight in Coyington ends with George Roy dead from heart failure after a blow from Jack Keefe.
Tersely Tata reports on a wide array of brief items from politics to crime and science. Highlights include Fidelia Hedges appointed postmaster in Kittson county Minnesota, a withdrawn claim about Dr W K Brown at a Cincinnati college, and Harvard professor Pickering noting Mars lakes. An ex private Sams now clerks in Pittsburgh, while a Milwaukee tan-yard strike ends after 36 weeks. Leopold Ohrenstein dies from a self-inflicted gunshot in Chicago. Two digesters explode at Orono Maine injuring several, with $300000 loss. A Reverend T B Hughes identified after steamer Premier collision. Emmett Dalton moved to Independence jail. steamship Chicago quarantined after a death at sea. Kiowa Comanche Apache tribes agree to reservations with 160 acres per head and 2500 dollars, opening 3,000,000 acres for settlement.
Daily price ranges for wheat corn oats rye barley and by products across Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and Milwaukee. Reports list No 1 hard No 2 spring Northern and other grades with prices in cents per bushel or bushel equivalents and mill products for ground fee ground and bran.
The New York naval parade drew an immense crowd estimated in the millions as ships, flags, and a sea of Liberty banners filled the bay and streets. Citizens from all walks of life flocked to view the monarchs of the sea while St. Patrick’s Cathedral and architecture along the parade route bore festive decorations. The exodus from the East Side and Brooklyn left streets deserted by noon as observers sought vantage points on the West Side.
From Washington on October 12. Mrs. Harrison’s condition continues to weaken as a disease progresses. Nourishment of raw eggs and beef tea is reduced, she rests quietly and sleeps much, but wakes exhausted. The cough has ceased, seen as unfavorable, and the left lung is now involved. Tonight she is fairly comfortable despite the adverse course.
A body found three miles below Goodrich Ont identified as Mrs Capt D Shephard of Brockway Center Mich. She was aboard the Nashua with her husband on the fatal voyage. Authorities confirm the crew fate with this discovery.
The first session of the Evangelical Lutheran synod of Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan began in Milwaukee with 240 clergymen representing 380 congregations, including 184 in Wisconsin.
At the Fargo fairgrounds last night Chicago Ed and Montana Charlie dueled for eighteen rounds. Ed led early with two knockdowns in round one while both men slugged hard. Ed broke his arm but continued. The police were aware but did not intervene. Ed fouled Charlie in round eighteen and the referee declared a draw.
In Red Wing Minnesota a warehouse worker, Lewis Holm of T. B. Sheldon & Co., fell thirty six feet down an elevator shaft last night. He is about thirty, married, and is believed to be near death from his injuries.
John Carter, a laborer, died after being shot by Townsend in Moorhead Minnesota. Townsend was arrested after turning his gun on the chief but was disarmed. Carter identified Townsend before loss of life. Townsend says self defense but witnesses deny it. Doctors say Carter cannot live.
In Polk county all miners walk out on a strike with idle mines. The Des Moines Coal company operates the only mine not conceding the ten percent increase and biweekly pay system. Operators refuse to import miners, signaling a potential clash and spreading concern over a nationwide labor action.
The Hastings Union Industrial association closing day noted Lady Peck, ridden by Dee Franklin of Minneapolis, winning the 2:37 trotting. Alaska took the 2:25 trotting with Isaac G. second. Best times were 2:25 and 2:32. The St Paul team won the five mile bicycle race in sixteen minutes.
Long sworn statements accuse C C Wolcott of leading a dishonest elevator scheme tied to the Scandinavian and Alliance Elevator companies. affidavits describe stock schemes, mortgages, improper management, and forged promises to subscribers, with Porter and Loucks named in alleged fraud against farmers in New London and Kandiyohi County Minnesota.
The piece defends Knute Nelson as a strong Republican gubernatorial candidate rooted in Scandinavian Minnesota. It praises his independence from party orthodoxy, notes his congressional tenure, Civil War service, and long state citizenship, and urges native-born Republicans and veterans to support his bid. It frames Nelson as a unifying figure for the party and state.
A historical overview chronicles Minnesota’s Republican dominance from early statehood through the Civil War era and beyond. It notes Democratic weakness and coalitions with Grangers, shifts in the 1870s 1880s, and the party’s enduring control under leaders like Harrison amid an economy of agricultural distress and reform.
A tale recounts ravens outwitting a hare by luring a mother away then stealing the leveret. Similar raven tricks steal food from a dog. An English wood story attributes speech to ravens, aided by a tame raven shouting fair play and prompting a rescuer to save a bullied bird.
A male patron recounts visiting a Chicago barber run by a woman. He endures a rough shave and accidental brush injury while noting the barber’s bold styling and the peculiar scene, ending with a light remark on gender roles.
Washington special reports Mrs Harrison's condition is unchanged with another restful day. She shows no unfavorable symptoms and remains comfortable, sleeping much of the time and taking nourishment. A massage treatment used recently is noted for its soothing, restorative effects on nervous symptoms and general strength.
The Morris Buikely quo warranto case reached final judgment today in the superior court with Judge Thayer presiding. Attorney W C Case argued for the Republicans seeking a decision aligned to the supreme court findings, the Democrats did not appear but reportedly agreed, and the judge issued a ruling consistent with the high court’s findings. This marks the first final finding in the Connecticut quo warranto cases stemming from the 1890 state election.
Rumor spread in upper New York that John L. Sullivan attempted to take his own life. Investigation shows he did not attempt suicide but performed in a drunken state during a boxing bout with Jack Ashton, which amused or disgusted the audience.
Ground broken at Edinburg Illinois for the Chicago and St Louis electric railroad. Tents pitched, 100 teams start work immediately. The company buys Edinburgh Coal Mining plant to build a power house and machine shops. Dr Adams says the road will be finished in time for the world’s fair.
Beginning today the Republican and Democratic state committees will run schools of instruction at each voting precinct. Over the next week tens of tons of ballots will be distributed with identical instructions. Both parties provide guidance on voting a mixed ticket, amid fears of widespread confusion under the new presidential election law.
A white three and aft schooner struck Racine reef in hazy weather. The vessel’s name is unreadable. Tug Hall of Chicago and life saving crew are aiding in the rescue as northwest winds blow and a heavy gas threatens to drive the ship to total wreck unless freed.
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