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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1889
Page
2
Wisconsin educators are discussing a proposal to establish baths in public schools. Statistics published show 2,272 soldiers six feet or taller in the British Army.
The newly appointed Chinese minister plans to relocate with his spouse but will maintain strict seclusion from society. This arrangement aims to shield the family from public scrutiny while fulfilling official duties.
A woman and her husband operate a trading steamer on the Columbia River in Washington with roles as master and engineer respectively, highlighting a rare leadership duo in early river commerce.
When storms rage in West Pike, Pennsylvania, William Mooney’s hair stands on end, creating a ridiculous, amusing sight for onlookers and neighbors.
Rev. E. H. Hammond, pastor of the Shady Avenue Baptist Church in Pittsburg, resigns after his congregation objects to his smoking.
Edmond S Ross, once a Kansas senator and later governor of New Mexico under President Cleveland, retires from public service and resumes work as a printer's typesetter, returning to his long-held trade.
W. K. Vappearbilt's steam yacht Alva described as the handsomest pleasure boat in the world with a construction cost of $600,000 and annual running expenses around $150,000.
Advance sheets of Poor's Manual for 1889 report the United States railway mile age at 156,091, up 7,028 from the previous year. It notes an average freight rate reduction of 70 percent since the war.
The plan proposes a modern elevator to the summit of the Pyramids once the Cairo to Pyramids horse car line is completed. The system aims to let travelers ascend the ancient structures quickly and comfortably as the work nears completion.
The alligator faces extinction due to commerce. Its hide is used for leather, teeth for trinkets, and flesh is fed to hogs except the tail, a delicacy among the negroes. This indicates a growing demand driving the animal toward disappearance.
A Welsh Snowdon area property was sold at auction after the hammer fell. Nearby Camelot in Somerset, famed for King Arthur and his knights at council and revel on the castle bill, has also been offered at public sale.
Bee swarms of mysterious origin invade Reno Nevada dwellings forcing families from homes. One man has killed twelve swarms this season yet the insect influx remains high and persistent.
Mrs Ec Priner of Toronto and her mother carried $10,000 on their persons while traveling from New Jersey to Canada. The daughter, frightened at the perceived risk, became hysterical and jumped overboard on the steamer Cibola, fearing robbers were in pursuit.
An estimated 200000 Americans rely on artificial legs or hands, excluding veterans from both sides. In New York City and nearby areas about five thousand people use prosthetic limbs as replacements for lost limbs.
Luxe Crawtorp of Thomaston Georgia is declared champion horse swapper after a day of fifty five trades involving three horses valued under two hundred dollars. He ends with one horse, plus three hundred fifty dollars in money a bull and a buggy as his haul from the day’s exchanges.
A party of fossil hunters in North Fork country Oregon reports bones of small three toed horses and rhinoceros skulls. They argue these finds suggest Oregon had a tropical climate before northern glaciers spread ice over the land.
Jillian Hawthorne concludes after surveying London that vice permeates the capital more than any other city. She notes it touches both high society and the lowest quarters, with Whitechapel and Mayfair named as examples of widespread concern.
A steamer reached Philadelphia carrying fruit and a large number of tarantulas aboard. Crew members kept night watches and swept the vipers into the sea as they crawled onto deck. The ship was fully loaded, with decks at Jimes swarming with spiders some as large as a man’s orange.
An eastern man devised a method to remove locomotive smoke from a passenger train by installing a large sheet-iron conduit as an overhead section in each passenger coach. When cars are coupled the conduits connect into a continuous tube spanning the train and vent the smoke from the rear end. The system reportedly works well.
The secretary of the treasury accepted Dr James P. Kimball of Pennsylvania's resignation as director of the minute, effective October 15, with Edward O. Leech to be appointed his successor. The War Department detailed Lieut Charles A. L. Totten to Yale for three years to teach military engineering. Secretary Noble ordered repairs of Casa Grande ruins in Pinal County, Arizona, noting relic status.
John Miller and Henry Schieg of Menasha Wisconsin drowned when their row boat capsized on Lake Winnebago. In Montana Mrs. Charles La Page wife of a promin ent stockman residing at Chateau City burned to death after her bed caught fire she escaped with her night robe aflame and died later.
A wide range of incidents fill the page including a drunken brawl near Bramwell with two dead and three hurt, the Montana gold brick shown at Chase Bank in New York, yacht Leo survivors suspected of robbery, a Santa Fe train robbery near Fort Worth with substantial loot, and legal actions by Capt. Bogardus against Adam Forepaugh. Additional reports cover gang violence in Peoria, a Fargo burglary case, an ex policeman shot by his wife, bank defaulter Williams in Mexico, embezzler Quale's return, Simon Baruch’s arrest with bonds and diamonds, and a Rossville farmer’s violent spree ending in his wife’s critical injury.
Severe snow and hail affect Scotland while heavy storms sweep Mexico since Aug 15. A cyclone caused damage at Chichilticpec. Madrid reports plans for a cable linking the Canary Islands with Porto Rico and Cuba. In Paris Boulangists clash with supporters, police clear the circus. Ecuador bans Colombian pesos and Chinese immigration. Rev Mr Barfield of Waisail, England, is mentioned in the report.
A dispatch from Madrid urges the Tangier envoy to press MorocConsulate on reparation for affront to the Spanish flag while Ottawa hints the Great Northwest Central railroad sale to English capitalists is a ruse directing its path to the Northern Pacific. Gladstone notes Balfour plan as a lightning conductor against the Parnell commission. Coast saviors gain heroic status as stormy seas claim lives and property, with telegraphic reports noting hundreds saved. England and France complain of higher import duties on exports to the U S, voiced by Berlin Consul General Edwards. An inquiry alleges Gerson & Co. cloaks are invoiced under value to dodge duties, aiding rivals and harming manufacturers.
Wilkie Collins died recently in London after a long illness. Born in 1824 in London, he was the son of William Collins. He studied at Highbury and on the Continent, learned French and Italian, then pursued law before turning to writing. His career began with Antonina in 1850, and he later contributed to Household Words and All the Year Round. Collins toured America in 1873-4, reading two stories The Frozen Deep and The Dream Woman. His notable works include The Woman in White Armadale The Dead Secret The Meystone and The New Magdalen which has been dramatized.
The United Glass Company of New York has purchased all Illinois window glass plants in Rock Island Ottawa and Streator and will operate the works hereafter. Marshall Field has given 100000 to the Chicago world’s fair guarantee fund. A party of congressmen returned from Indian Territory and discussed Cherokee patent status and Oklahoma settlement.
F. J. Schreiber, a prominent Moorhead farmer, was shot in the back by his nephew John F. Schreiber after a day of quarrels over property. The 24 year old, who claimed James gang ties and witch craft, fled toward town but was captured by police. Schreiber died minutes after being shot. the motive cited as a dispute over property.
Cash quotes show flour firm while several grains slide or hold. Wheat No 2 spring 78 69c. corn No 2 32 32c. oats 19% 19e. rye 41c. flax 1.26. eggs 16%. Minneapolis lines list wheat No 1 hard 79e 80c. No 2 Northern 73 75c. flour varies by grade. feed, hay, and other grains priced. St Paul trains show wheat No 1 hard 80c and No 2 Northern 73 74c with corn 31 33c and rye 23c.
Rescue work continues as victims and survivors endure cold and loss in Quebec after a landslide. Reports describe missing, injured, and deceased, with families displaced and volunteers aiding at the scene. Debris and rock masses threaten further danger while authorities scramble to coordinate relief.
The Utah election commissioners finalize a forty eight page report largely reflecting Gov. Robertson views. It calls for broader district court powers in polygamy cases, extending penalties, barring polygamists from public lands, and excluding immigrants who believe in polygamy. It notes Gentile wards lack representation due to Salt Lake City election rules.
A Chickamauga Memorial association event at Crawfish Springs drew about 25,000 people as Gov. John B. Gordon of Georgia delivered the welcome. The gathering emphasized reconciliation between blue and gray on the battlefield where the conflict once raged.
A large assembly celebrated wartime reconciliation as Gen Gordon spoke to abolish sectional hostility. The Chickamauga Memorial Association formed with Gen J T Wilder as president and Gen Joseph Wheeler as vice president. Officers and directors from both sides were elected, and a grand barbecue followed, described as the era’s largest. An official Chattanooga gathering was ordered for July 4.
Atlanta dispatch reports a volatile Georgia legislature with six lawmakers disputing during debates and social exchanges. The clashes centered on a wounded soldier shelter claim and a Chickamauga battlefield visit, prompting tense exchanges and warnings against renewed war-time animosities.
The Brooklyn tabernacle heard Rev. T De Witt Talmage preach a transcontinental plea titled From Ocean to Ocean, or My Transcontinental Journey. He extols America’s vastness from sea to sea, envisions gospelizing the continent, praises Yosemite and Yellowstone, and urges nationwide church efforts through Young Men’s Christian associations and investments to flood the land with faith.
Brown, executed for shooting a Moorhead police officer, allegedly told his attorney Taylor Cram before midnight that he named his people to the priest and asked for messages to friends. He hinted at a possible statement on the scaffold about O’Hare and Casey Hillsboro killings and claimed others at his execution were strangers to him.
Ottawa reports Manitoba seeks to abolish dualism in education and language with bill to Parliament while Quebec vows to print all official material in French and to insist on French in debates. Analysts warn of a growing English French split and a looming political struggle across Canada.
In St Louis Judge Schoonmaker and two commissioners outline rules for compulsory production of books and papers in a suit involving Western railroads and oil companies. They note the commission acts under the commerce act and considers U S court practice and federal statutes in analogous proceedings.
Two Mint Julep Stories depicts a Kansas City Times feature style exchange on mint juleps. Board of Trade regulars narrate humorous travel anecdotes about Kentucky barbecues and a Georgia plantation scene with mint fields and morning routines.
Bottesini played Antwerp to a packed house where the double bass wowed the crowd with piercing, pathetic tones. He faltered then pulled from the instrument a cat, producing kittens for the audience as part of the act, leaving spectators astonished in Pall Mall Gazette retelling.
An American returning from Europe reports on a London fad featuring women wearing monocles in public. He describes several Bond Street sightings, noting a tall forty four year old woman with a monocle on a thread and others flipping it to stare through it, calling the trend a whim and an awful affectation.
The Chicago Herald reports Count Helmuth von Moltke the Elder has died at age 88 in Prussia. The famed Chief of the General Staff shaped campaigns from 1863 to 1871 and earned top honors including the Black Eagle and Iron Cross. His quiet, solitary bearing and long service under Bismarck defined Prussian military leadership.
The American Analyst and Popu lar Science News argue there are not more diseases now, only better differentiation due to advances in knowledge. Pneumonia and brain disorders are recategorized, while terms like heart failure mislead by implying a new disease, whereas death stems from end-stage organ failure.
A collection of rugged aphorisms and dry humor from frontier writers and early settlers. Thrift of language, local color, and quick quips illuminate how backcountry folk in New England and western regions framed daily life and character through witty, pithy sayings.
A dying rough man rejects sins as “bad breaks” but admits being an eternal chump. The clergyman accepts his crude confession as honest and the man reconciles with the church before death.
A Chicago Tribune piece features a temperance lecturer scolding a man in the back seat. The lecturer warns of losing honor, hope, friends and home as life’s value. The man responds with a wobbly quip about advertising.
The Louisiana State Lottery paid out major prizes to St. Louisans with three winning first prizes totaling $60,000 and $5,000 of the $50,000 third prize going to two locals. August Kaltmeyer, saloon proprietor at Sixth and Franklin, held a 1/20 share of the $50,000 prize and described his surprise and plans to reinvest. Amelia Partenheimer, of 912 Monroe Street, also held a 1/20 share and plans to spend more on tickets. Both winners discussed their luck and motives in a Star Sagings report dated August 25.
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