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Brainerd Dispatch

Location

Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1887

Page

3

Wheat panic relief averts mass ruin in San Francisco

Flood and Mackay suffered over eight million dollars in the late wheat corner at San Francisco yet were able to honor contracts. The incident helped avert a broader panic and saved hundreds from bankruptcy and ruin.

Messrs Flood Mackay San Francisco

English statesman links marriage to crime and longevity

An English statesman argues that married men live longer than bachelors and are less criminal. He cites 30 criminals per 1,000 bachelors versus 18 per 1,000 married men, calling this a repetition of well established facts.

Record rail distance growth in 1887 surpasses prior years

The Railway Age reports 6 miles of new road built in 1887 in the United States will total about 12,000 miles, a record beyond all previous years except 1882. Through Sept 1 1887 track reaches 6,462 miles, with Kansas leading in railroad construction.

Railway Age United States Kansas

Unseasonal Cool Drops Temperature and Cholera Infantum Deaths

The thermometer fell twenty degrees below July average as nights grow cooler making bed coverings necessary. Alongside the temperature drop there is a notable decline in cholera infantum mortality in cities and the long daily heat stroke death list has dwindled to casual records, with imprudence cited as a major factor.

Immigrants Arrive in August at Castle Garden

Castle Garden New York reports 27 265 immigrants landed in August, up from 25 266 the previous August and an increase of 1 999 for the month. Year to date total reaches 267 764, up 6 937 from last year, with 1886 total at New York port 300 918, suggesting this year will surpass it by about 100 000.

Castle Garden New York

Indians and sheriff dispute death toll in Colorado clash

Following the so called Colorado Indian war the sheriff and his posse claim heavy casualties with estimates of five to fifteen Indians killed by a galling fire. The Indians report only one death a child from a horse kick.

London Evening Post Trades Unions Congress Liberal Party Schenectady N. Y Fred Knight Ida Wallace Ida Bismarck U. S Frank Blackhawk Narcisss Benair John Winter

New York Enforces Strict New Wine Adulteration Law

A new New York law bans manufacture or sale of any wine treated with deleterious additives. Only water sugar and grape brandy may be added to grape juice. Carbonic acid is forbidden, prohibiting the carbonate or new process champagne method.

New York

Spurgeon Calls Short Sermons a Reform Target

Religious papers praise Mr Spurgeon for urging concise sermons while condemning aging ministers who lengthen talks. A Virginia association's lengthy hour long sermon is cited as an example. Secular papers echo the critique, boosting reform in preaching styles.

Spurgeon London Virginia

Buffalo Bill’s London Show Draws 37000 Fans

America recoups by way of Fox and Buffalo Bill tour in London where 37 000 people attended the Wild West performance at its 193rd showing. English admiration boosts the show’s prospects for a triumphant return and renewed status in America.

America London Buffalo Bill

Red letter year for summer resorts attracts crowds

Eastern papers note an unusually busy vacation season with record crowds at lakes, country retreats, mountains, and coastal resorts. Heat drove many, including Western travelers, to seek relief at the Atlantic coast, drawing crowds and straining accommodations nationwide.

Atlantic Coast

Ingalls Decries Woman Suffrage as Massachusetts Proof

A Kansas senator and opponent argues in an eastern magazine that Massachusetts shows the lack of female interest in school suffrage and notes that for years many towns had no woman registered or voted. He cites figures from 1879 to 1886 to question the reform’s likely impact and outcomes.

Senator Ingalls Kansas Massachusetts Ingalls

Lands and law amid Western railroads land grants

James H. Howe cites forty to fifty unsettled land grant roads nationwide. Congress altered titles for settlers, not railroads, with interior department decisions affecting Eau Claire claims and Nellie Prescott’s entry. Ayoub Khan’s move on Afghanistan, bank robbery chatter, and various legal land decisions round out a broad briefing of western railroad lands and related federal actions.

James H. Howe Omaha Company Texas Canada Supreme Court of the United State Congress United States Land Office Sparks Eau Claire Secretary of the Interior Wisconsin Spooner Secretary of Interior Nellie O. Prescott Mitchel Ayoub Khan Teheran Afghanistan Shere Ali Exeter Mr. Gladstone Hawarden Maud Compston Minneapolis Hal Reid West St. Paul Opera House

Bishop Ireland Discusses Catholic University Plans and Ireland

Bishop Ireland of Minnesota, in Baltimore for a conference, describes the Catholic University plan to locate in Washington as a grand church project. He outlines nonsectarian access, a $1,000,000 endowment, ten chairs, lectures from European scholars, and courses in law medicine sciences and classics.

Ireland Minnesota Baltimore Catholic University Washington Church In Europe Europe University of Innapruck Tyrol H. Y. Veraut Rome

German Catholic Union Debates Knights of Labor Influence in Chicago

The first German Roman Catholic Union of America meeting in Chicago on Monday the 5th drew about 300 delegates. President Spannhorat of Detroit praised German Catholics and condemned Knights of Labor, urging exclusion from German Catholic societies. A resolution by George Mitsch of St. Paul urged Catholics to avoid the Knights of Labor, calling it demoralizing and allied with Irish leadership. The resolution was sent to the labor committee, and 32 new societies joined the union.

London Vatican England Ireland Rome Gladstone Cardinal Manning Dublin Knights of Labor Powderly Northwest St. Paul Minneapolis Sheehan White Earth Rev. Gilfillan Chicago Spannhorat Detroit George Mitsch Mitchh Congress Order the Knights of Labor Committee On Labor Matters Stoughton Wis Severson & Bronson Creston Iowa Charles E. Rook Brooklyn N. Y Afton Sarah Granniger Cleveland Ohio Waterloo A. T. Lane Union Mill Company Los Angeles Newburgh Ont Superior Court T. Lyle Dickey Federal Circuit Court Beulah C. Dickey Dickey Freeport Ill David B. Staples Stephenson County Charles D. Winship New York Stephen W. Dorsey New Mexico Peter L. Vanderveer Portland, Or Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop Grosa Gagen Evangelical Lutheran Church United States Canada

Gladstone declines centennial invitation and extols the Constitution

The letter from Mr. Gladstone refuses the Philadelphia Centennial invitation citing exhaustion and time constraints while praising the American Constitution as a remarkable work of intellect. He pledges support for the home work and notes hopeful, harmonious future for the races, then observes the century of national advancement.

Mr. Gladstone America England

Indemnity land restoration suspended for Bayfield branch

Acting Commissioner Stockslager informs Eau Claire and Ashland land offices that restoration of indemnity lands for the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line is halted until further order. Secretary of the Interior directs delay on both main line and Bayfield branch due to ongoing decisions and local excitement.

Stockslager Eau Claire Ashland Wis Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad Company Secretary of the Interior Bayfield Stocklager Muldrow Hudson Superior

Car Company Case Filed in U S District Court

A bill filed in the U S district court at St Paul names J Porter and R R Cable of Illinois as plaintiffs against Senator D M Sabin and Joseph C O Gorman former president and auditor and treasurer of the Northwestern Manufacturing and Car Company.

United States District Court St. Paul Seymore, Sabin & Co Northwestern Car Company United States Sabin Martin Pinning New Ulm

Alleged Crookedness Ties Sabin and O Gorman to Seymour Case

Court papers allege Sabin and O Gorman used Carm company credit to aid Seymour Sabin Co with about 600000 in untransferred assets. They claim false entries inflated profits by 302101.98 while real profits were 22000. Petition asks equity judges to recount transactions to fix responsibility.

Sabin O'Gorman Seymour, Sabin Hen Seymour, Sabin & Co Equity O’ Gorman

Rail commissioners inspect Duluth dockage dispute over dirt

A Duluth dispatch reports Railroad Commissioners Austin Gibbs and Brecker Secretary Warner and Chief Inspector James visited to review dirt dockage practices at the docks and elevators. A test on Car 3646 showed shrinkage from cleaning totaling about 7 percent per bushel, with 237% bushels of dirt removed from 712 bushels, prompting officials to end tests.

Duluth Austin Gibbs Brecker Warner James O. E. Jones St. Paul Minneapolis Manitoba Road Shely Jones Northern Pacific

Dakota Men Cap Gold Medals at Bellevue Rifle Range

Departments of the Platte Texas Dakota and Missouri sent twelve man teams to Bellevue United States rifle range near Omaha for three days of practice and four days of competition in known distance range and skirmish events. Gen Crook awarded gold medals to a list of soldiers including Corporal Peterson Sergeant Palmer Mitchell Feeney Malcolm Unger Crow Wood Randall Selly and Miller. Dakota entrants included Sergeant Mitchell Private Feeney Sergeant Palmer Sergeant Unger Sergeant Woods Sergeant Crow and Sergeant Woods among others from Fort Missoula Fort Keogh Fort Custer Oak and Fort Assiniboine in Montana.

the Platte Texas Dakota Missouri Bellevue United States Rifle Range Omaha Neb Crook Terry Peterson Palmer Mitchell Feeney Lieut Malcolm Unger Crow Serant Wood Randall Selly Miller Department of Dakota Third Infantry Fort Missoula Mont Fifth Infantry Fort Keogh Mon Fort Custer Fort Totten Oak Woods Twentieth Infantry Fort Assinaboine

Ex-Warden Reed Faces Prison Probe in Minnesota

Minnesota reports detail a Stillwater prison investigation into ex-Warden Reed. Charges include misusing inmate funds, unauthorised payments, theft from the state, and alleged intimate relations with a female inmate. Witnesses include guards, inmates, and a matron as hearings resume on the 15th.

Pri State Board of Correction and Charities Stillwater Reed Stordock F. C. Cutler Andrew Johnson Charles Huntser George McNeal Mr. Stordock Col. Hicks Board of Inspectors Col Hicks Gov. McGill J. A. Reed Azilda Baudry Mary Walsher

Minnesota High Schools Voted Eligible for State Aid by Board

The state high school board reports sixty four schools under its supervision with thirty eight districts whose three year terms expired. Lists of first second and third class schools entitled to state aid are given with named towns including Duluth Hastings Lake City Mankato Red Wing Alexandria Anoka Faribault Fergus Falls New Ulm Northfield Owatonna Rochester St Charles St Peter Sauk Center Spring Valley Stillwater Winona Albert Lea Austin Blue Earth City Brainerd Cannon Falls Chatfield Crookston and many others. President Cyrus Northrop notes Greek exclusion concerns and optimism for future advancement.

Duluth Hastings Lake City Mankato Red Wing Alexandria Anoka Faribault Fergus Falls New Ulm Northfield Owatonna Rochester Northrop State Z. L Waseca St. Paul Saptte Northwestern Road Conservatory of Music Metropolitan Hotel Third Street Peak Stickney Dan Haley Stillwater White & Haley Minneapolis Minnehaha Falls Pat Murphy Northern Pacific Brainerd Ege Hennepin County Lon Murry Mary Sylvester William F. Davidson Minnesota Chamber of Ecommerce St Paul Carleton College B. T. Hathaway Mieses M. M. Williams Martha Rogers J. B Mclaughlin Ina Ayer Lizzie Hills M. J. Olmsted Lucy A. Hutchinson Nellie Well Susie Meade Lizzie Taylor Lizzie Lockerby Susie Noble Southern Minnesota Live Stock and Fair Association St. Cloud Minneapolis Union Elevator Company Ite John 8. Pillsbury Charles A. Pillsbury Henry W. Holmes Horace W. Pratt Edwin W. Winter State Weather War Office Hal Reid Maud Coulston Ohio J. M. Fletcher Farmington Austin Cannon Falls Eli Ellsworth John J. Shaubert Belgrade Nicollet County Billy Connor Michael Finnegan Harveytown Litchfield Lanida Wisconsin Interior Department Dakota Ferney Brown County Harlem P.L. van Zant New Salem M. R. Schultze Minnesota Railroad Commissioner Railroad Commissioners Nebraska Kansas Iowa Illinois Interstate Railroad Commission Northwestern Railroad Commissioners’ Association Interstate Commission Col. Mattson D. D. Merrill Averill, Carpenter & Co Hays Washington United States

Supreme Court Affirms Prohibition Sale Case in Des Moines

In Des Moines the supreme court upholds the lower court ruling that exporting intoxicating liquors is illegal and declares the distillery a nuisance. Opinion by Beck with Severs concurring and Reed dissenting. Also notes Lincoln Park Masonic Lodge expelling William J. McGarigle for unmasonic conduct and Grundy county grand jury activity. No indictment in Miss Dodge case. Dominion government files two injunctions against Red River Valley railway construction on government property, Canada Pacific bills pending.

Supreme Court Des Moines Iowa Pearson and Loughran International Distillery Beck Severs Reed Lincoln Park McGarigle Grundy County Miss Dodge Babcock Dominion Red River Valley Road Canada Pacific

Household Hints Roast Beef and Other Dishes

Practical kitchen notes cover roast beef venison and tongue prep with suet bacon larding, classic baked leg of mutton, cucumber dressing, fruit cakes and puddings. Recipes include quantities and times, with tips on salting basting and flavoring using herbs spices and nuts.

Public sentiment on tobacco healthfulness from Teras Siftings

The column catalogs varied opinions on tobacco from New Orleans and elsewhere. It cites anecdotes of pets influenced by tobacco use, jokes about smoking and religion, and admonitions to boys about not smoking while noting some evidence of perceived benefits for smokers.

Teras Siftings New Orleans Chrystal New York Indiana Spurgeon Havana

American cracker sales spark warnings in Albany market

The Albany Journal notes that American firecrackers appeared in local stores for the first time, made in Boston and labeled to avoid hand holding. The large crackers produced loud reports, shattered lights, and caused injuries as officials warned buyers about proper use and placement.

Boston Albany Journal

Four Kings and Two Queens in London Jubilee

Report notes four kings and two queens among attendees at the London jubilee ceremonies. The piece wryly observes many jacks may be present, but the six royals form a sizable band. It adds that dynamite plotters had not acted by press time.

London Norristown Herdi

Cut Flowers for Germany Trade Figures

Germany pays about 400 000 marks annually for foreign cut flowers. The Lamouche firm, with a wholesale depot in the Berlin market hall 2, sold over 40 000 marks in the four months November December January and February. Paris American Regis Ts.

Germany Par Lamouche Berlin Hall 2 P Aris American Regis- Ts

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