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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1888
Page
2
A cave at Antelope creek in Butte Creek valley near W. J. Bray’s residence holds superior ice year round. Alaska costing the United States seven million dollars with the fur seal company having paid the government over eight million for seal privileges in territorial waters.
The Marquis de Mores left Paris for China where he is said to have secured more substantial railway concessions than Count Mitkiewicz.
The empress of Germany nurses her baby who has been made a colonel in a German regiment and already belongs to various orders of knighthood, reflecting his honored status.
A California paper reports a petrified shark tooth recovered from solid rock at a depth of thirteen feet during a well dig in Nipomo. The tooth retains enamel and is highly polished.
A New Jersey man describes a process that makes iron absorb carbon to convert to steel without using fire. He says the method revives ancient burial and slow heat practices, but it relies on a new approach that omits direct burning.
Twenty four jurors weighed a total of 5 638 pounds for the September term of the Buchanan county court in Missouri. The average per juror was 535 pounds with the lightest at 200 pounds and the heaviest at 265 pounds.
London railways have uncovered a long practiced method where a passenger buys several third class tickets and one second class ticket. He shows the second class ticket to the inspector on the train and surrenders a third class ticket at the exit to gain higher class travel at reduced cost.
The author argues that press discussion on marriage fails to convince readers. only personal experience can sway both women and men on the question.
A Boswell County New Hampshire saw mill tale shifts from haunting to a real visitor. A young woman once known for moonlit wanderings around the mill ran afoul of a constable’s bullet, clipping her ear and prompting her to flee and abandon the site.
Jack Wells of Livingston Montana hunted three silver tip bears in the Crazy Mountains. He killed two instantly with his repeating rifle, but a broken main spring left him unable to defend himself as a wounded bear attacked, causing his death.
Dr Hinzpeter, the former tutor to the German Emperor, told an American that the Kaiser owes much of his grasp of the people to four years of hard school life and strict discipline alongside ordinary German schoolboys.
Hanson Craig of Kentucky is described as the heaviest man, weighing 792 pounds and standing six feet four and a half inches tall. The 31 year old required thirty seven yards of cloth for a suit, and records note his birth weight and early prize at a New York baby show.
Mrs W M Dills of Springfield Missouri is praised as the valley's best horse flesh judge. She is a southern woman from Kentucky's bluegrass region noted for horses, pretty girls, and whisky. Report says she balances farm life with household duties and raises an interesting family.
A dangerous man named Donald Morrison, a former western cowboy, is wanted in Maine for murder and arson. He is roaming the Lake Megantic region in Canada where Canadian police have failed to capture him. An ex deputy sheriff was killed in attempts to stop Morrison. A $300 reward prompted further destruction as his launch and a planing mill were burned. Morrison boasted he would not be taken alive in Agnes. Authorities have reportedly abandoned efforts to arrest him.
The pension commission reports indictments in Baltimore for Dr James S Fulke and Mary O Connor tied to false pension claims. Sioux Indians visiting Washington face daily pow wows as they debate a conference agenda with little chance of unity. The General Land Office cancels 24320 acres in Ashland Wisconsin from the Ashland district related to the Wisconsin Central grant and withdrawal for indemnity prior to the 1856 act.
A fire destroyed a Valentine Nebraska hardware store valued at 20000 and other blazes hit Winona Minnesota Duluth and the Standard Oil sheds near Duluth. Also a Lake City boy drowned in a cistern and a Lehigh Valley rail crash harmed 26 workers with two feared dead.
John Henn president of the Knapp Stout Co lumber firm died at Menominee Wisconsin. He led the company through growth and expanded operations in the region. His passing marks the end of a long tenure in the lumber industry.
Alfred Gillam known as Victor attempts suicide in Brooklyn after illness. Dakota official Ole Olson flees after misusing school funds. Eight Italians bound for grand jury in Wisconsin murder case. Grand Forks man surprised by intruder in room with ether. Goetzinger charged with $150 embezzlement in Nebraska. Union Pacific workers indicted for robbing through cars. Rawlins businessmen implicated in thefts near Green River. Thompson Dakota town unrest over illegal liquor sales. Morrison jailed after past elopement and chase. Pauline McCoy hanged for murder of Annie Jordan in Alabama. Fatal saloon brawl in Minnesota scraps two men. Wealthy Thomas Wardell killed by striking miners in Missouri.
The report describes a fatal shooting by Wardell during a confrontation as grip cars were assigned to new workers. Rioters attacked new horse cars, with stones and chaos in the North division. Buffalo hosts an extensive mail robbery with checks and drafts seized, and John Shields, a bank clerk, held for post office mail theft.
From Berlin reports concern Dr Mackenzie’s allegations against Prince Bismarck. A Rome dispatch notes the pope and Emperor William favor a conservative policy and resolve the Roman question. China flood near Pekin kills many. Pacific mail contract linked to Canadian Pacific Railway. Atlantic service key to route to Hong Kong.
Lewis Chandler of Jackson County Wisconsin, once charged with obscenity by mail, pleaded guilty and was sent to reform school for one year after the attorney general declined to dismiss the case. Also reported: a Fargo Manitoba House burglary netted $150, a watch, chain and a revolver.
Blackwood's Magazine discusses naval evolution from armor plating to heavier guns, the ongoing search for optimal ship types, and the contested role of torpedoes in offense and defense. It notes civil, Franco German, and Russo Turkish wars offered limited guidance and highlights defense of ocean trade as an unresolved issue.
In a century old column a controversial tip warns parents to give mustard and water to a child who drinks kerosene and suggests birch oil on the back as a teaching measure. The piece also derides drinking habits of men and mocks alcohol use.
Judge Brewer rules that May 31 1870 joint resolution granted a second ten mile indemnity belt to Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The decision reviews the charter, prior Interior opinions, and congressional debates, finding no repeal of the grant and recognizing a second indemnity under historical construction.
The annual report of the general land office notes three small subdivisional survey contracts and a June 1887 White Earth reservation survey. Demand for public surveys by settlers grows, with many located northwest of Red Lake and near Vermillion Lake amid iron town expansion. Dakota reports six public land contracts and two Indian reservation surveys, totaling liabilities of $9,350.
The Knights of Pythias from Winnipeg to Pembina drew over 600 travelers with Premier Greenway Mayor Jones Hon Sifton and Chief McRobie among the Manitoba leaders. After a festive lunch at ex Mayor Cavileer, speeches welcomed unity across the line praising the Red River Valley railway and cross border trade.
Tedfield a Chicago theater worker connected with McVicker's for 22 years died at the Laclede hotel after taking morphine on a Portland to St Paul excursion. He was found with a draft for $2,000, diamonds, and a silver watch. authorities suspect robbery and a drugged attack before his attempted suicide.
The Wright county grand jury returns an indictment against P Bertha Diggle of the Ford Dramatic company for the murder of her husband George Diggle. The couple resided in Sioux Falls with their six month old child before she left to join the Ford troupe. In late May, during a Clarion engagement, George Diggle was killed.
A husband dies after his wife allegedly persuaded him to drink beer and she supplied morphine. The landlady reports the couple returned to the boarding house at 5 p.m. The doctor declares morphine poisoning and the grand jury indicts the wife for murder based on the evidence including a morphine container found in an outhouse.
The markets show Chicago wheat futures for Oct Nov and Dec at around 1.14 to 1.16 dollars per bushel with forward May at 1.14. Oats and corn prices also listed along with pork lard and rib values. Minneapolis notes include wheat grades around 1.06 to 1.22 and multiple feed grains with hay barley and flax values. St Paul records wheat 1.20 1.12 1.05, corn 42, oats 27 29, barley 65, rye 56, various seeds and produce prices. Milwaukee round reports cash wheat 1.06 and 1.08 for later months, corn 44, oats 20, rye 59, barley tie, with provisions and dairy prices and market receipts and shipments listed.
The land office chief criticizes Holman and the house appropriations committee for blocking funding to extend surveys of public domain lands. He argues that without surveys the adjustments of major railroad grants like Northern Pacific and Union Pacific cannot be completed, hindering tax and timber protections and impeding legal cases.
The Jacksonville board of health adopts a resolution urging U S officials to regulate and organize for preventing absent citizens from returning until frost. The plea warns that Jacksonville remains dangerous for the unacclimated with twenty seven new cases in twenty four hours and cites Gainesville and St Augustine reports as context.
A parcel arrives at Whitechapel leader Mr George Lusk containing half a kidney and a letter claiming the other half was eaten. Dr Openshaw confirms the organ came from a full grown woman. Investigators seek the mail district and compare handwriting with earlier Jack the Ripper letters.
Col J F Bates in his annual report to the post master general notes 358 free delivery offices up 169 from last year and 6 346 carriers. Last year letters delivered rise by over 90 million and newspapers by more than 86 million. Letters collected up 143 million and newspapers collected up 25 million. Local postage exceeds cost by over 2.25 million dollars with Northwest cities showing high mail matter totals and carrier counts including Milwaukee Minneapolis and St Paul.
Longstanding talk in Wisconsin woods claims extreme dryness with swamps nearly empty of water, sparking alarm for fires that could devastate crops mills and logs, while a separate dispute in Huron Dakota centers on the Tryner bank assets and possible criminal actions against the late P C Tryner as creditors push for proper disposition of goods under bond.
The Jamestown session shows gains in membership and churches as A R Yost reports parish statistics including 2900 full members, 44 churches, 670 officers and teachers, and 4226 scholars. Committees form to draft a new marriage law while district appointments for Northwest and South Dakota conferences are announced.
About 400 members of the North Chicago Street Railway drivers and conductors meet to discuss a fresh strike but end talks after a plea to reinstate workers. A weapon search at the Limits barn yields seventy five revolvers and clubs. Tension rises as Yerkes rejects reinstatement and Lake View residents form a protective group.
Chairman Leeds from the Transcontinental association reports to the Northern Pacific that interstate commerce commissions found tariffs illegal for discriminating against individuals and localities. He orders Tariff No 8 to apply west to the Missouri river, standardizing commodity rates from New York and Chicago to San Francisco and beyond. The change aims to level freight costs and widen competition among wholesalers nationwide.
The quiet Champlin town in Hennepin County across the Mississippi from Anoka is buzzing with excitement over the capture of a dangerous man. Police reports indicate a swift arrest, sparking relief and rumors throughout the community as residents await fuller details.
Local report details the arrest of David Murphy feared to terrorize a neighborhood over Maggie Hildreth a street railway proprietor’s niece. Murphy reportedly broke into Jeff Hildreth’s home and was cornered in an old barn after a chase aided by Hildreth and his sons. A knife razor and other tools were found on him. He is uncle to George Itagibbons already serving a Stillwater prison term for grand larceny.
In Moorhead Minnesota a suspected Manitoba house robber is cornered at a hall after fleeing from Fargo officers. Murphy shoots Officer Pete Paull wounding him fatally and fatally injures Officer Thompson who returns fire. Paull, aged thirty and married, dies. Murphy is critically wounded.
The 11th of November marks the first anniversary of the hanging of Chicago anarchists. Friends plan elaborate ceremonies at Waldheim cemetery for Spies Parsons Fischer and Ling with speeches from New York and a chorus of Sunday school children from socialist societies. A large turnout of laborers is expected.
A Nature correspondent reports linnets nesting inside a Maltese water bottle mounted on Captain G Wood’s brick wall. The porous bottle, ten inches high with a narrow neck, hosted eggs and a brood, then the same pair returned next year to reuse the nest and raise five or six unfledged young in a curious shelter.
In Scheberschin an eminent Jewish resident died and was buried. His grave was found open and the skeleton lay nearby with flesh removed. Two men confessed they cut flesh to make an ointment to render their bodies invisible and commit crimes with impunity.
The Washington Supreme Court decision in Kidd v. Inter national Distillery confirms Iowa may regulate liquor manufacture within its borders for any purpose including export. The ruling supports the new statewide prohibition and ends claims that interstate commerce prevented state control. Des Moines reports note no distilleries operate in the state after a 1887 pool sale and closure.
City Treasurer Thomas Axworthy fled Cleveland on Sept 28 and 29 after allegations of embezzlement. Bondsmen Senator Payne and J H Wade Jr secured $525,000 in attachments as lenders seek repayment. Banks and city funds face a $429,437 deficit after a recent law centralized deposits. Axworthy’s whereabouts shifted to New York, then Europe, with a family cable from Liverpool noting his location.
After a three day session the coroner's jury at Manch Church Pa found gross negligence by engineers of locomotives 452 and 466, lookout men, rear brakeman, and conductors in the Lehigh Valley railroad accident at Mud River. The verdict cites failure to see the red signal, lack of full control, and inadequate protection of the rear of trains.
Randalls, the sixteen year old accused killer, was captured four miles from Fort Ripley Minnesota while plowing on his father’s farm. A cousin Sumner was arrested on a warrant for aiding in the killing after a confession from Sumner alleged Frank Randall and Ziegler’s killing on the river shore. The rifle used was a 45 caliber repeating Winchester and traces of the boat were found at the murder site. Rumors claim Randalls previously shot his mother in the head with a gravel filled pistol, but the truth remains unclear.
The New York Graphic's plant and franchises were spared from sale after its own owners explained that a Southern syndicate's purchase was nearly completed. The sheriff sale was deferred while the bargain with the Southern capitalist concluded. Albert A. Shaver, once Clare County treasurer, is jailed for allegedly misappropriating 1000 to 1800 dollars during 1884 term. A May 14, 1884, incident where Shaver was found bound and robbed of 4000 dollars is questioned.
A digest of Minnesota items reports burglaries in Faribault and a $50 loss, Duluth school demand stress, Fergus Falls factory talks, salt water found with natural gas in Minneopa, a gun accident in Springlake, prairie fire damage at Brandup, Brainerd diphtheria calm, and a Worthington editor’s joking burglaries. Also notes on Y M C A leadership, a fatal buck attack in Otter Tail, thefts near Lake City, a canning factory bid in St. Cloud, ongoing Parker trial, typhoid concerns linked to water and sewers, Brainerd electric power talks, Chaska German Catholic convention, and a Rochester suicide.
Albany Georgia newspaper reports a dramatic exchange where a cow repeatedly charges a gander. The bird seizes the moment with a firm grip and swift wing blows to the cow’s head and eyes, signaling a surprising turn in a bold rural encounter.
The passage argues that attempts to obtain something from nothing fail across methods including steam and electricity. It notes even a skilled worker may fail and declares perpetual motion yields money lost rather than gain. It warns many minor efforts mirror this futile pattern.
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