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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1893
Page
6
An editor from Ingersoll and Wirland in Brainerd Minnesota muses on sending a visiting fleet to France to observe how Gauls would welcome it. The note playfully questions international reception and hospitality.
Several turkeys were killed on Maj Simons plantation near San Antonio Texas. During cleaning workers discovered claws containing not less than 12 grains of gold each.
A mocked observation notes Italy extending warm reception to a British squadron in the Mediterranean. The writer quips about an international exchange of taunts and the distance that separates friendly posturing from real intent.
The text lists various insects and their uses including beetle larvae as food, bees for honey and wax, coccus for manna and cochineal, the Spanish fly as a blistering drug, gall insects as astringents, and the silk worm for dress material.
South American ants are noted for a tunnel roughly three miles long, a feat that would demand labor comparable to men tunneling under the Atlantic from New York to London in scale.
Among the Sixons a person charged with crime sought to clear himself by invoking UK RUPLI. He obtained twelve persons to testify to his good reputation and to express disbelief in his guilt.
Reporters claim French celebrations for the Russian squadron signal war though the details show a subdued royal era scene in Europe. The commentary contrasts pomp with looming conflict as observers warn of broader hostilities.
The article estimates that with about 60,000 geographic miles of permanent way and ten trains daily, the global metallic rails suffer a wear loss of roughly 600 tons each day.
Experiments show torpedo boats painted dull green can avoid searchlights. The color may be unattractive but could be used if it defeats detection under strong light.
The cholera scare of the past two years has proven a blessing in disguise for New York and Philadelphia. Officials say the annual death rate fell about 5 percent due to improved sanitary regulations prompted by the approaching epidemic.
The article states five of Indiana's most skilled whitecaps were jailed for whipping a woman, suggesting the penitentiary should house many more to end the practice as the movement gains momentum.
A Missouri coal bed has been located that burns without smoke or gas. If this discovery proves extensive, it could solve the smoke problem in large towns and end the many fatal accidents caused by gas leaks from heating stoves.
Kaiser Willheim has become a milk man peddling the imperial dairy product through Berlin streets in competition with local humble dairymen. Yet the emperor is not a milk and water sort of fellow, and his venture is framed to imply strength and vigor.
The second daughter of the prince of Wales is promised to Grand Duke Nicholas, heir to the Russian throne. This marks a third marriage between British and Russian royals, likely strengthening ties and ensuring ongoing peaceful relations between the two nations.
A physician notes that fat people withstand many illnesses better than thin individuals due to stored nutriment in tissues. He adds that they are optimists by nature and generally more sociable and pleasant, making their company preferred to that of lean, angular individuals.
The Tennessee whitecaps claim to destroy cotton gins to curb cleaning and raise prices. They threaten to cut gin numbers by half, aiming to restrict production of marketable cotton and lift prices, inviting questions about owners unable to process their crop.
The Berlin press claims the Russian fleet demonstration at Toulon has no political significance while government arsenals run overtime and shipyards bustle. Officials privately show concern, even as newspapers follow orders to ease public anxiety.
The government shuts down two unusual trades. It seizes three factories making card aids to dodge taxes, costing the treasury about 600000 dollars. It also targets a second-hand graveyard crements trade to halt wholesale desecration of cemeteries.
A woolen carpet on the coiners floor for seven years was removed and cremated. The ashes were refined and the government recovered $5,500 in gold from the worn bullion. The piece had accumulated value from the abrasion of the yellow metal during minting.
Brief overview of important weekly events from around the world, condensed for quick reading. Highlights include political developments, economic updates, and notable cultural happenings with concise summaries and key figures named.
At Washington no decisive action is taken as another compromise plan surfaces. It would take four months and cost $200 000 to repair the cruiser Boston. Government officers monitor smugglers moving opium from Canada to Cleveland. The cruiser Columbia completed an unofficial trip at 21 5 10 knots, exceeding the required speed by a half knot.
Marshal MacMahon and composer Gounod pass away in quick succession. Mrs Roscoe Conkling dies of apoplexy. Joseph Creighton, Nebraska pioneer, dies in Omaha from paralysis after guiding the Western Union line from Orwa to Salt Lake. Frances Crosby, blind hymn writer aged 61 in New York. Emperor William urges Berlin council on castle square. John Hooker resigns Massachusetts high court post after 36 years. Isabella Beecher Hooker is his sister-in-law. Fossil cat Dinobhastis serus described by Cope amid Tweed era antiquities. Henry Howe, historian, dies of paralysis in Columbus. Oakley Hall linked to Emma Goldman case. Tweed era shadow lingers in New York.
Reports recount a New York fire that cost 3 000 000 and many blazes in South Dakota farms. Dozens of buildings burned, trains wrecked, and lives lost from Illinois to Ontario. Accidents include a fatal stair fall in Michigan, a runaway in Illinois, sewer collapse in Cincinnati, and a fatal gas suffocation in Chicago.
A Riverside man killed his wife and committed suicide. a Chicago man sentenced in Michigan. the crown princess of Ropmagia, formerly Princess Marie of Edinburgh, bore a son. Robbers raided Coeur d Alene gambling house stealing 1500. Grand jury in Decatur did not indict lynchers of Bush. Auburn jurors acquitted Revett in Warren Blackwell murder. Oakley burglars failed to blow safe. Evans and Simpson caught escaping Indiana prison. Macon Mississippi reported a shooting. Dan German Jr of Peoria jailed for a year and five months for robbery.
Reports detail multiple violent acts and arrests including guilty verdicts for attempted train wrecking in Indiana and Kentucky, stabbings and murders in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, a jail escape in Kentucky, and confessions of multiple homicides in Ohio. Other items note looting, a race-related flare and a notable suicide of inventor Bill Batchelder.
A dispatch notes Germany contemplates an instant army boost as demonstrators in France signal war instead of peace. Berlin and Frankfort report strain from US silver laws, while a London Times cipher cites German calm over French naval shifts and a shared anti Germany stance between France and Russia.
A miscellany of 1902 items: Most’s wife contracts smallpox in New York. J Waldo named vice president of Missouri Pacific. Louisville and Nashville workers seek return to toil. Michigan congress candidate James H. Stone. a petrified giant found in Kentucky cave. Cherokee Strip bonds sold to English syndicate. Ingersoll attacks Cleveland as a bimetallist. Ardmore strike in sympathy with Huntsville and Bever. heirs contest John Walker estate worth 5 million in Napa. Bard Dunraven sails home after Valkyrie debate. Lucy Stone dies at 85 in Massachusetts. Hutchinson National Bank closes with 270000 assets. Mrs Ritter whips husband in Hempstead over a laprobe quarrel. Kokomo resident Humberger found dead at 82. Boston and Maine station to host 552 trains. Tacoma Spokane Portland long distance line opens at 250000 cost. Sioux City marshal elopes with mistress, absconds with taxes. Heeb heirs contest 590000 fall‑out from third wife. wreck victims James Miller and Richard Barnett found in Topeka college dissecting room.
A compact roundup of notable Minnesota events from the week, presenting a day by day general resume of happenings across the North Star State. It offers rapid reading on diverse topics and local happenings in clear, concise summaries.
Three boys at the state reform school in Red Wing escaped after locking their sleeping compartment and stealing a revolver and about $50 from their teacher, Mr. North. Sheriff Gunderson captured three suspected bank robbers in Wisconsin and Iowa. A prairie fire southwest of Round Lake Station destroyed hay grain and farm buildings. Mesabi road freight reached 39,179 tons from Duluth as part of a year total of 380,000 tons. A fire at Peter Weldon’s Belle Plaine farm devastated a barn granary and crops, with $3,000 loss. Burglars John Herman and John McBride were found guilty at Anoka and sentenced to eight years at Stillwater. The three riot defendants Cotter Harman and Libby were convicted and await sentencing.
Friday October 20 three inmates overpowered the jailor and escaped. Burglary at Sanborn elevator notes stolen items while a note for 125 dollars a razor and a revolver were taken. A man named Keller arrested after five arsons in Stillwater. A man assaulted near Warsaw, Barely survived with broken jaw and loss of $1 and blankets.
William Haenggi kills his wife in St Paul amid jealousy. Burglars steal six gold watches and twelve gold rings from Erickson Newhouse store in Mabel. Gust Dohling, 20, from Eagan, committed to Rochester asylum after over a year at the poor farm. Mississippi mill contractors warned to end government work for the year at month end in Winona. S A Bergendal a Duluth music dealer convicted of check forgery and jailed thirty days with $30 fine. facing two more forgery charges. Hiram Prouty, Grow township farmer, injured when a depot accident sent his horses running. he suffered a deep temple cut, back and chest injuries, one horse killed and one hurt. condition serious.
William Vickerman of Amherst was accidentally shot by one of Sidney's boys of Canton during a hunting outing. An earlier incident saw Will Smith of Hastings suffer a four place arm fracture and bruising after contact with a steam threshing machine belt. A St Paul grand jury indicted William Haenggi for murder in the first degree for killing his wife. Charles A Hawks and W B Evans of Seven Corners Bank in St Paul face joint indictment for embezzling sixty thousand dollars. An obstruction on a railway track east of Beaver Creek remains under mystery. H C Kinder, 65, janitor of Northfield First Congregational Church, died after grabbing a live electric wire in the church basement. a boy witnessed the accident.
On Monday Oct 23 Wilson Hodgdon 70 of Renville was found dead by hanging at the poor farm. A. Sijik 40 was killed by a westbound Winona & Southwestern train at Wi nona. Frank Evans miller at Waseca was arrested in Le Sueur county on rape charges. William Daley 73 hanged himself in an outhouse at Mankato. Chall Delany escaped from a train near Pine City. Prairie fires ravaged Kittson county damaging a home and hay. sparks from a locomotive blamed.
October reports list Frederick Anderson injured by a playmate during a hunting trip at St Au. Minneapolis Mayor Eustis badly injured after a carriage accident. Capt James Hunter Rice County register of deeds ill with typhoid fever and in critical condition. Cattle buyer G Schultz robbed near Hudson of 186. A Worthington yard accident crushes Lum, 14, foot after contact with a moving freight train.
Frank Ebner aged about 21 a brake man on the Great Northern fell from a moving train at a Breckenridge siding. The train ran over him severing both legs and the shock proved fatal about noon. He resided in Wahpeton with an uncle and had a home in Northwestern Iowa.
On Wednesday October 25 Captain Anderson will bring the Viking ship to St Paul. Thomas Ryan stole a horse at Ken ville and was captured by the Fairfax constable. Ryan sold the horse for £20. Lief Erickson, laboring in Cantell's lumber camp near Hickley, was struck by a falling tree and both legs broken. George Sanford of Ashby, nineteen, shot his right arm off in a boat. the arm was amputated at the shoulder. his home is in Wisconsin. John J Eggabroad died at Winnebago City after a lingering cancer illness. he headed J J Eggabroad & Sons and was a former village mayor. Fire damaged the photographer's building in Rush City. Dr J E Gemmel housed offices there. Firefighters reached the scene within minutes and contained the blaze in five more minutes. losses around $500.
The article recounts Capt Horace Bixby guiding a young Samuel Clemens aboard river boats on the Mississippi. It describes Bixby’s stories of old river days, Clemens’s early appearance and resolve, and their lifelong friendship. It notes Clemens and guests toured St Louis to New Orleans with Bixby, and records held in Bixby’s room.
A colossal whale washed ashore at Tokeland and drew crowds as authorities measured its 174 ft 8 in length and 161 ft 6 in waist. Engineers estimated weight at 47.5 tons with oil and bone values totaling about 10 975 dollars. The whale, alive at high tide, gave ear-splitting spouts and a tail thrash heard four miles away.
A New York merchant spends thousands yearly to help the poor by buying groceries paying rent and securing jobs. He requires repayment if possible as a test of self respect and funds more aid if repaid. he also organized free classes for Jewish girls with no religious aim.
The Fifty Third Congress reports ongoing acts over the silver purchase law with Democrats debating compromise measures and potential bond provisions. Senate moves to limit purchases and seignorage while House readiness on bankruptcy and allied issues remains uncertain.
The senate discussed a silver bill and the house debated a bankruptcy measure with a focus on bimetalism. The proposed policy would maintain parity between gold and silver and issue treasury notes for silver purchases, but no final action was taken.
In West Superior Wisconsin during the wheat season several youths are blamed for stealing wheat from station cars. Five boys were arrested for $1.55 value. Bert Bingham Frank Keller and Dudley Simpson were discharged Kerwin O Toole received five days Norman Kell sent to the Wisconsin industrial school for seven years.
Marshfield Wisconsin October 25 KB W Judson an insurance agent who vanished has come back to the city. He faces questions from bondsmen as investigators review his books revealing a lax business method. Officials hope he can explain and continue his agency.
A Sleepy Eye resident confessed to police that he was a fugitive wanted for a murder in Salt Lake City. He was jailed in New Ulm for days until authorities proved he was a fraud, using the surrender to gain free board and transport back to Salt Lake City.
Charles Lewis Fair, son of a California millionaire ex-senator, is staying at a New York hotel with his wife Caroline E Sudth known as Maud Nelson. He dismisses rumors about him as yarns and plans to stay abroad about a year.
Burglars stole about 200 dollars worth of goods from Hester and Co. in Emmetsburg Iowa. One hundred bushels of oats disappeared from the Hunt ing and Co elevator. Local parties are suspected.
Loninville October 25 The Depauw plate class of New Albany filed a mortgage on all property for 289000 to secure creditors. Assets total 2010000 liabilities 480000. Realization of assets hindered by weak business conditions.
In Paris on October 25 a man who fired several shots as Russian naval officers returned to the military club was liberated. Police say his sole aim was to organize a patriotic demonstration.
Richmond reports the death of John Le. Christian, professor of mathematics at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Stricken with digestive illness two months ago, the ailment progressed to consumption, ending his life. He was a brother of Rev. William H. Christian of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
A Baltimore and Ohio engine collided with a Big Four freight locomotive on the Battimore and Ohio Southwestern line near Cunninghamville this morning. Seven cars were damaged, one loaded with fireworks valued at 500 dollars ignited and exploded, forcing firefighters to withdraw. Company loss estimated at 3000 dollars with no insurance.
Chicago special report: alleged Western Union telegraphers planned to tap lines to anticipate race returns at Hawthorne. They set up an office in a cottage near the grounds with a single wire device. A lineman discovered the plant and the contraption was confiscated.
Capt Anderson of the Viking ship plans towing to St Paul and Minneapolis for two days in each city. He seeks Milwaukee Road funding after a percentage payout, with possible appeal to the Western Passenger Association as the venture may involve excursion trains carrying visitors to view the ship.
In Central Perk an early morning incident left two policemen dead after being overcome by gas in an outhouse. A tramp also collapsed and died, while another officer was overcome but survived.
A blaze destroyed Miarahall's mill and the Cisco Planing Company mill in Cisco Pratt County. Officials report a feud among local business men as the motive with losses around thirty thousand dollars, partly insured.
The Rocky Mountain News reports a sensational tale that Dr T Thatcher Graves died in the county jail on Sept 15 by poisoning. It says Charles N Chandler of Thompson Center Cork and Stephen Morse claimed the body was buried and later found a pine log instead of Graves. They allege Graves fled to a foreign country.
The Indian agent at Puyallup Washington reports to the interior department that intoxication is the chief evil among Indians. He warns the problem will worsen as court rulings grant citizenship to Indians holding land patents. He urges a law to prevent patents from conferring citizenship.
Moon, a farmer near Morton across the Minnesota river, uncovered a coal vein over three feet thick after digging fifteen feet on a hillside. He samples the coal for use in a cook stove and notes its fire heat. Local excitement grows as operations stall from water removal costs, with talk of forming a stock company despite the state geologist’s denial.
A blast at a quarry on Twenty first and Church streets in San Francisco killed Gus Swanson and Charles Nolan, fatally injured Mat Deasy, and wounded Michael Kelleher as rock fell during tamping. Foreman Daniel None was arrested as investigators probe the accident.
Pittsburg on October 25 reports the will of Jane Holmes filed for probate. She bequeaths 20 to the Presbyterian Church general assembly trustees and 5000 for relief of disabled ministers. After about 200000 in gifts to relatives, the remainder over a million dollars goes to local charitable institutions.
Bert Hopper, who wed the wife of Charles Hallock of Moreches New York last September, was remanded to custody to be returned to New York on a bigamy charge. Hopper says he was told Mrs Hallock had been divorced. Two days after eloping with Hopper, the woman deserted him and died by suicide in a Chicago hotel.
Victoria report notes Empress of Japan arriving from Hong Kong while the Hong Kong Press cites the wreck of the British bark Florence Tyeat at Breaker Point on September 8. Twenty three aboard, only three passengers saved after the vessel, bound from Singapore to Shanghai with timber, foundered in a night gale.
News from Port Townsend Washington dated October 25 reports a clash between 24 centraband Chinese and settler Doran at Wickersham 25 miles south of the border. Doran attacked and fired injuring a Chinese fighter. others fled. Customs officers pursued and captured three more Celestials.
News from Shreveport reports that near Knox Point in Bossier parish two local men were lynched on Thursday night. The mob included both whites and blacks and the pair were described as notorious hog thieves. Details remain scarce as the information reached the city.
Loudonville Ohio October 25 report says a track walker found and removed an obstruction on passenger train No 22 of the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad at Oswal s crossing Perrysville preventing a possible disaster. The east bound flyer runs from Chicago to New York.
In a dance hall near Athensville Hi on October 25 a row led to William Griffith fatally shooting Martin Flynn and Dennis Flynn. A shot also fatally wounded Robert Wyatt a fifteen year old boy and wounded another person.
James Moore Frank Williams and William Morton were arrested for cracking the Orient Panik County post office safe. Postmaster Conway identified them on arrival. They will be turned over to government authorities. The stolen amount was 17 dollars.
In San Antonio on October 25 a gang of forty unemployed Californians captured a fruit train but were unable to feed themselves, leading to tension as authorities consider penalties. Several men had gone without food for two days, prompting concern over the incident and its fallout.
Benton MissouriOctober 25 A wire caused a blaze in the business district resulting in $65000 in damage. One man suffered burns and died from the injuries.
John L. Sullivan told reporters he expects the Corbett Mitchell fight to take place at Roby and favors Corbett to win. He has no plans to return to boxing, intending to pursue theater instead. He appeared sober during the interview.
The schooner Mary J. Deck sailing from Port Royal to Boston with seven crew members and an estimated value of 10 000 dollars was given up as lost after departure on August 14.
Atlanta special report says George Chivat third secretary of the French embassy in Washington made two suicide attempts last night. He reportedly cut his throat with a razor and then tried to leap from a hotel window while under the influence of liquor.
A volcanic eruption severely damages Calbuco a small coastal town on Chiloe Island Chile with about 2500 residents located roughly thirty five miles east northeast of Ancud.
Minneapolis coroner's jury concludes Ener Birum died from self-inflicted carelessness at the county morgue. Remains were sent to Redwood Falls for burial. Birum was a member of the Masonic order and of the G. T. foreign line.
The Pittsburgh special deputy and IF Welty's large carpet and wallpaper establishment in Allegheny was closed by the sheriff today. The seizure aggregates about $20,000 in claims and assets.
Chicago markets list cash and futures quotes for wheat corn and oats with December May and October contracts. Minneapolis and St Paul note wheat and livestock prices. cattle and hogs range from mid four dollars to over six dollars with varying highs and per head figures.
John Pulzer, a young miner, and Conrad Limerick, an elderly German, were rescued on the desert between San Diego and Yuma on Oct. 10 by Joseph A. Allison and T. H. Silsby of this city after an ordeal where they nearly died of thirst. Pulzer had three days without water and dug a six foot waterless well. Limerick, weakened, crawled under a mosquito bush and later reached a brackish pool where he found water.
The body of a man with a bullet hole through his heart was found near De Soto Missouri on October 25. The hat band and seal ring bore the initials C. V. A pocket contained a notice for an international inhabitants society meeting in Chicago and a photograph of a girl from Chicago. The clothes were made by N. P. Udlow of Chicago. The man and the girl appeared Swedish.
Milton J. Paine of Staples Minnesota was found dead near the Northern Pacific yards after returning from the world’s fair. He lay face down with a satchel by his side and bleeding at the mouth. No robbery signs were seen. Paine, age sixty, long served as Wilkin County treasurer.
A large fire in San Francisco gutted D A McDonald's planing mill and lumber yard on Spear Street and spread to Stuart Street destroying Robinson's wheel factory James Kemp's office and store fixture works the Swift Planing mill and H Crockard and Sons beat building establishment plus several small buildings. Loss exceeds $100 000 with little insurance.
A fire outbreak during a Mass in the chapel of Bishop Garza Zambrano of Ciahuitla set the altar area ablaze. The church was crowded and a child was killed while two other children and several adults were seriously injured in the rush to escape.
Parkersburg Oct 29. The engine of the Daxton and Ironton railroad passenger train exploded near Raysville Ohio. Fireman Shields was killed, engineer Hayes severely injured, and several others hurt. The baggage car plunged fifteen feet down an embankment and was destroyed.
In Chicago on October 25 Frank Hilpert shot his fiancée Paulin Thurman twice at Mueller's saloon restaurant on State Street where both worked, then killed himself. Thurman did not survive.
Bondsmen of Adolph Krug, former Seattle city treasurer, and local banks have agreed to return $122,000 to the city treasury, the full amount of the shortage.
James Mel Cormick was struck and killed instantly by a passenger train while crossing the Wabash track on his farm near Jacksonville BL on October 25. No further details released.
Assigned, Pullman Wash October 23. The Pullman Mercantile Company assigns liabilities totaling 50 004 dollars in a local bankruptcy filing.
Ishpeming Michigan reports the season’s first snowstorm with a high wind. Weather forecasters warn of blizzard conditions as snow falls.
Robbers entered Otterson's store in Wallace Idaho on the night of October 25 and stole 500 from the safe. A posse chased them to a nearby cabin where gunfire was exchanged and the bandits were driven into the mountains and surrounded. Authorities expect a surrender.
At noon yesterday Wolf and King laid the last rail on the Hibbing spur of the Duluth Mesaba and Northern. only some surfacing remains before completion of the project.
The wholesale saddlery association closed its session in St. Louis naming officers led by President J. S. Madarty of La Crosse Wisconsin and Vice President A. Moosbach of Cincinnati. A full list of state vice presidents was elected. The next meeting is scheduled for Put-in-Bay Ohio on July 16 11 and 12 1894.
Guthrie Oklahoma reports a large influx from the Cherokee strip as hungry cold workers flood towns. Oscar Kessler from Columbus Ohio was found near death from hunger and exposure and sent home. Many men are without funds and are being aided by charitable institutions.
Muncie Indiana reports that the Maring Hart and Overs window glass factories and the Whiteley harvesting machine works, employing 1500, have resumed operations. Ball Brothers glass factories and the White River steel mills, employing 1000, will resume Monday.
In Macon MO Ardmore coal mine workers quit after a strike at Rountsville. Miners were persuaded by force and persuasion to stop work. Sheriff White is preparing for trouble as the riot act is posted.
Special report states that Gen Neri quelled the uprising as rebels surrendered. authorities declare the city under control and the revolt terminated.
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