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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1885
Page
2
Miss Clara Barton renowned for Red Cross leadership proclaims support for woman suffrage, highlighting her influence as a wartime heroine and prominent activist.
Trains will run from Montreal to the Rocky Mountains along the Canada Pacific in a few weeks covering 2 394 miles. At the Pacific end trains already operate 250 miles inland from the coast leaving a small remaining gap to finish.
Dio Lewis asserts no tobacco user has headed his class at Harvard or any other institution with preserved class statistics a Yale 71 man counters via the Washington Star that the valedictorian of his class used tobacco freely during college and his recitations seemed to improve
Princeton College president urges strict non interference in the Americas. He asserts the Monroe doctrine will keep the United States respected as European nations shift their views while they avoid entangling themselves.
A Buenos Ayres correspondent notes American schoolmaids find success in marriages with Argentine men. Blondes with blue eyes are highly sought after and the marriage market favors younger brides. demand exceeds supply for blonde American girls.
A Chicago wife asks if her husband knows Ensallor Esdale after dreaming of a man by that name drowning. The next morning a young man named Esdale disappears and is found dead years later in the lake, prompting debate over whether the dream and event are connected.
Commissioner Colman introduces a seed distribution method using a prepared statement to show which seeds can be cultivated in each state. Under the new plan seeds will be sent only to states where climatic conditions support successful growth, replacing pro rata allotments to congressmen.
The Supreme Court, now in session in Washington, cannot dispose of its heavy docket within three years. Despite slight recent gains, relief is needed. Endorsed options include creating barriers between the court and lower courts, or reforming the appeal machinery rather than enlarging the court.
The 6316 feet Whipple truss bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio Philadelphia branch, connecting Havre de Grace, will be completed by December. It is a single track straight structure with the longest spans at 520 feet, rivaled only by two other Ohio River bridges.
The Pope alone decides the successor to Cardinal McCloskey, as the Cardinalate is an honorary role whose main function is enabling papal succession. A writer notes the College of Cardinals as the oldest electoral body, predating modern legislatures and influencing later Senate and Congress structures. Charles Sumner is cited in attributing honor to the Cardinals.
The Minnesota Agricultural Society reports audited bills and updates to fairground improvements ahead of the next state fair. Receipts from gates amphitheater and privileges total 50 771 74 with state appropriations. Disbursements include premiums race costs salaries managers and building payments totaling 29 040 26. Balance on hand 21 730 95. profits exceed 2 000.
The Washington Special reports a colored Methodist conference where Bishop Thorsley opened with a witty tongue, joking about dry sermons and shouts, bishops’ burdens, married life, and a Fiji native who claimed to have eaten human flesh, tasting like mule meat.
The Land Office in Washington directs local offices to delay official filing of township plats. A thirty day notice must be posted naming the surveyed township and filing date. Notices go to nearby postmasters and court clerks, with copies to the press and wider publicity as needed.
Secretary of State Timme completes apportionment of the 1886 educational tax levy and special charges for county support of hospitals for the insane and the Industrial School for Boys. The total educational levy is 773745.42, with 455139.61 for common schools and 164588.36 from school fund income, plus other allocations. Special charges total 114278.60 distributed to the state hospital for the insane Northern hospital Milwaukee insane asylum Industrial school for boys and care of chronic insane. The one mill school tax and school fund income tax will be reapportioned to counties by June 10–15, 1886. No state current expense tax is levied.
The case of Banker Fish unfolds as he leaves prison for a city hotel then learns his son has died in Louisiana. A district attorney’s office scene reveals the father’s sorrow as the son’s body is routed from Grand Central to connecticut for burial, leaving Fish overwhelmed and weary.
The Minnesota Supreme Court affirms a lower court ruling in G. H. Wyman v Manitoba. A railroad purchaser is entitled to one continuous passage unless a contrary agreement exists. A traveler cannot abandon a chosen train en route and later claim completion of the journey without carrier consent.
The note states that when a man enters a train and refuses payment upon lawful demand he becomes a trespasser and not a passenger. At common law the carrier may eject him at any place, so long as it does not expose him to serious danger or wanton injury, and is not obligated to drop him at a station.
Apples sell for 90 cents a barrel in New Deanne. The American Baptist union spends 300000 dollars on foreign missions. French papers oppose British annexation of Burmah. Lamar orders Cres from reservations. US weekly failures drop to 146, down twenty. Drake elected head of Christian Missionary Society. Litchfield named president of Iowa Y M C A. Myrick claim denied by commissioners. Mahone funds Virginia campaign. Morris Franklin of New York Life dies in New York. Wisconsin tax levy and charity figures listed. Lake Superior storm plus vessel losses reported.
Gov. Gilbert A. Pierce writes to deny any desire to shift blame for vetoing the capital removal bill. He asserts he acted alone, declaring the burden rests entirely on him and denying any influence from Judge C S Palmer. He notes a circulated paragraph misattributing his actions to others.
New York Special Chauncey M Depew told a reporter he will publish his proofs when all contradictions are in. He refused to defend his past assertions now, promising to set the dispute at rest later. McCabe notes Grant prayed with Bishop Simson during the war office stand.
General de Courcey reports from Hanoi that French troops defeated the Black Flags in a three day fight despite a larger enemy force. Six thousand foes including Black Flags Annamites and Chinese deserters were routed with several chiefs killed and many prisoners taken. The operations led by Gen Janmont captured the fortified town of Thanmai, a key resistance center.
Maine lumber operators bar unvaccinated workers from camps to prevent disease spread. In Springfield detectives probe grave robbing after a Russell burial was exhumed. Montreal health board requires vaccination certificates for coast vessels and sailors crossing the border.
An unknown man living in woods near Woodland Manitoba was captured after farmers reported sightings. Identified by Chief Murray as Isaac Peterson a Greenlander and possible Dakota murder suspect linked to Miss Ewing case. He is held in Winnipeg cells for further inquiry into his past.
The article notes a seven million dollar postal revenue deficit last year. Thoman resigns as Civil Service Commissioner effective November 1, accepted by the president. Clayton MacMichael to resign as DC marshal this month, with General Earnsworth to succeed. C E Coon asked to resign as assistant secretary of the treasury, sending his letter from New York where he vacationed. Bayard’s friends urge redress from Russia for Sven Britz, once a Philadelphia resident, jailed in Odessa. Sparks opposes Jenks policy on suspending Montana timber suits. writes to Secretary Lamar. Washington Special hints at Dennis Ryan’s party circle plotting influence and grand hotel ambitions.
A roundup of deaths includes Bridget Farley aged 104 in West Hartford Connecticut Silas Goble of Ocean county New Jersey father of twenty three children John McCullough near death in Philadelphia and Esther Vilas sister of Post Master General Vilas at Madison Also noted are James Johnson veteran of 1812 and an aging Civil War volunteer and an engagement of Lieut E J Webster to Miss Lotta Davidson in the Second Infantry
The article lists multiple civic and literary figures across states. It notes E M Hallowell of St Paul as a vice president of the Nation Carriage Builders' convention in Boston, Dick Jones of Rochester now editor of the Cleveland Globe, and a claimed $5,000 bedstead offer for Gen Grant's death bed. It mentions Mrs Harriet Prescott Spofford to educate Pierce's daughters, Pierce's estate value, and Gen Ezra Taylor's Chicago death and Civil War service.
A series of fatal incidents across Iowa Michigan Dakota and Minnesota include Joseph Kilgore of Osceola killed in a runaway, William Heacox at St Paul falling to death, Mrs Jane Briggs shot by hunters mistaking her for a bear near Platt Lake, a Dakota brother killed by a misfired gun near Michigan City, Cawood of Le Sueur crushed by freight wheels at Lake Crystal, and a hunting accident injuring Fred Nelson with F G Ames.
Reports describe Bird Wilson killing Aaron Johnson in Henry County, and John C. Thompson’s murder of James C. White in Glenalice Tennessee. George Remaly crushed Jacob Shriver in Kittanning Pennsylvania and was arrested. W. E. Beach lost $1000 to sawdust indlers in New York after arriving from Cadillac Michigan. An ex secretary E D Torey faces theft charges in Racine Wisconsin. An Iowa West Fork man attempted suicide by head trauma. A Boston conspiracy to murder a wealthy heiress failed. arrests expected.
Sixty three deaths from smallpox in Montreal and suburbs in one day. Authorities clash with residents over isolation of patients. A mob aided by a carter named Trepanier repelled sanitary police. he faces trial before the new court.
The article notes Pacific coast wheat exports to Europe totaling 365000 short tons. It also covers a Bellaire Ohio glass furnace cutting fuel costs, troop movements to Fort Totten, Ohio governor race results, Pine lands sale on Knife River, Harper's Ferry arsenal sale, Buckman logging plans, Garfield fund value, and a hog disease outbreak in Webster county Iowa.
In Osceola a sixteen year old girl, Miss Oleta Schwartz, stood on the track waving a handkerchief to stop No. 4, averting a likely wreck on a curved stretch where an outside rail was broken. Engineer J. W. Johnson halted the train about two car lengths away, saving trainmen and passengers. the act recalls Kate Shelley, earning lasting gratitude from the crew.
The executive announces a plan to limit interviews with office seekers after November 1. From November Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays 10 to 11 am the president will hear only strictly public business and at 1 30 pm those paying respects. Cabinet officers and department heads will be met on other days.
The Dakota railway commission met in Fargo and prepared a long letter for Senator Cullom. It reviews delays by Milwaukee & St Paul at Aberdeen and Northwestern link issues, plus NP depot facilities at Sypeston. A preliminary report outlines laws on new Y junctions, taxing earnings of multiple rail service firms, city crossings, elevator pooling, and station depots.
James W. Harlan of Pottsville Lawrence county Dakota faces charges by a special timber agent for cutting 1200 Norway pine on government land. He sold 100000 feet of the 175000 feet milled, with 75000 feet seized and his sawmill to be impounded. Authorities plan restitution suits as part of broader Black Hills timber theft crackdown and a delay on Northern Pacific cuts until land grants settle.
The imprisoned leader Louis Riel remarks on the privy council ruling with sarcasm and faith in the Canadian government. He tells Father Andre he anticipated the decision and predicts broader changes for half breeds, including a shift to settled homesteads and an end to roaming life, while continuing daily prophecies from his cell.
The annual report of Gov. Pierce of Dakota was received at the interior department but not yet delivered to his desk as Secretary La mar focused on his own voluminous fifty page document in his Portland rooms. Pierce favors lenient settlement policy on the Winnebago reservation and aims to aid settlers seeking patents while noting general business prosperity and a good harvest. The report awaits the secretary’s review before public release.
A NYSE seat fetched a record $34000, lifting the total value of its 1100 memberships to $37400000 amid a stock boom. The recent sale was the late Charles Knight’s seat, with the buyer identified as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Coon who has resigned to enter business. Two Produce Exchange seats will go on Oct 30 for non payment of dues. memberships now list at $2900.
Hole-in-the-Day, a great grandson of the Chippewa chief, travels to Washington with Minnesota influence to secure a West Point vacancy. He appears tall and well dressed, educated for his years, and made a favorable impression at the department. Theodore Tyrer of Albert Lea, once an applicant for a government post, is now a patent lawyer in Washington.
Minneapolis flour mills crushed last week, producing about 177 800 to 180 000 barrels of flour with one mill idle for repairs. Output surpassed previous records, aided by rapid ground wheat and new crop use. Several local incidents and notices follow, including fires, murders, arrests, and market moves across Minnesota.
An American attendee recounts a missionary meeting in Jena held in the upper room of a beer garden. The audience, mainly students, drank beer and filled the room with tobacco smoke making hymn books hard to read. Before talks they drank deeply. after, they smoked through the exercises.
Thirty three towns in New Hampshire’s White Mountains collect about $1,000,000 annually from tourist traffic, highlighting tourism as a major regional economic driver.
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