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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1892
Page
2
Brainerd area report notes the opening bid of 120000 dollars for the exclusive privilege to sell peanuts at the World's Fair. The piece also mentions Miss Saran Potuano owning half a section of land in Polk county Minnesota, cultivated without outside help except during harvest.
A reader notes Snowpox mountain as the highest in Wales and that Mr Gladstone ascended to the summit recently, reaching a height described as exceeding the current coal price.
M Hrearp states intent to extend the Panama Canal by about 45 kilometers before seeking funds to finish the project. The remark echoes a familiar pattern of large claims followed by calls for capital.
The scholar Brice has rewritten the work American Commonwealth adding seventy new chapters. publication is expected next month in its updated edition.
ClarLotte M. Yoree, a popular English novelist, writes regularly from 9 to 1 in the morning and 6 to 7 in the evening, excluding Sundays. At 70 years old she remains a prolific literary figure with a disciplined daily schedule.
The Tur White Horse has been removed from the German cavalry after being found visible at extreme distances, potentially revealing a special mark to enemies. The red headed vivandière accompanies the horse.
In Denver a parade line used 1500 red lights 6000 white lights 4200 blue lights 1800 green lights and 800 yellow lights to decorate street displays during a Knights Templar march.
A historical note describes the snail's tiny black eye spots at the end of its tentacles. They provide limited vision, mainly distinguishing light from dark and help observe objects about one or two inches away.
Dayton Journal night editor Wmi F Comay, aged 83, remains spry and energetic. The blurb hints at a future memoir titled Fights I have had with the foreman.
Discoveries in the Wesleyan conference bookroom cellars reveal Charles Wesley hymn and poem manuscripts in his own handwriting. A volume of Samuel Wesley poems was also uncovered among the new finds.
London police abandon the old bull's-eye lanterns long used to flash light on crime areas. They are now issued compact electric lamps to illuminate dark spots and aid investigations.
Mrs Franz Vetra known as Lizzie Macnichol of the American Opera Company will perform next week at the Grand Opera House in Lazarillo part within Maritana. Her appearance is warmly welcomed by the audience and theater.
The bugle horn traces its name to the bugle or extinct auroch the wild ox of Great Britain. In the Isle of Wight inns display Bull's head signs often with bugle, and the French term for lowing cattle remains beugler.
The King of Siam may send an exhibit to the Chicago Fair and forward sacred white elephants if assurances are given that circus men will not paint other animals in whitewashed colors to pass them as genuine wood-iyed.
An Abilene Kansas man advertised for a used mower and received a promising reply addressed to X. L. He pursued the matter after some correspondence and discovered the seller was his wife, who was attempting to sell their old mower.
Twice yearly a jumping procession honors Saint Willebrod, Apostle of the Frisians. Worshipers move by two steps forward and one back in antiphonal chant, advancing one step for every three walked as they loop around the rows to the chapel.
The piece notes rivalrous emphasis on original favors among fashionable women at dinners, while men focus more on the quality of the food served. It underscores how originality enhances social occasions for women, whereas culinary appeal matters to the male guests.
The article notes three hundred new houses risen in Jerusalem since the Joppa railroad reached the city. Real estate men flood street corners as Jews and others race for gold, hoping the nation secures the ancient capital before gentiles snap up prime corners.
Berxwarpr, recently in Brussels, dismissed the cholera as nonexistent. The London News quotes her as saying no such malady exists and that any link to an atmospheric state is mere theory. She offers to travel to cholera stricken towns to aid perceived victims.
Gov Porter of Indiana says he did not resign as minister to Italy and will return to Indiana to engage in political campaigning. S. L. Perrin, attorney for the Omaha, files with the commerce commission his brief in the Minneapolis grain rate case denying discrimination claims but offering no new points beyond prior arguments.
Crowds at Whittier’s grave prompted a special guard around the lot. Judge Barber in San Francisco ruled McKee Rankin has no grounds for divorce from his wife. Herbert Barbee of Luray Va. raised 5500 of 5000 needed for a Confederate statue. Dr Jenkins comments on quarantine ships while others complain. Henry Winn is the Populist candidate for Massachusetts governor and Edward Bellamy leads presidential electors. Ex Mayor Spence of California dies at fifty nine. Gen John Pope suffers nervous prostration at Sandusky in his seventies. G W Curtis will leaves all property worth sixty thousand to his widow. Prof Pickering claims a telescope will reveal forty five times more stars. Rev Samuel Wakefield, aged ninety four, and his wife married seventy one years, with ten children and no family deaths in sixty one years.
Four Missouri Valley children die in a fire at Rockaway Beach L L. A fire destroys property valued at 2 000 000. Four men killed in Burlington road accident in Iowa. Union School Furniture plant at Battlreek Mich. and stock on hand wiped out losses 250 000. Robbers in Kansas derail a passenger train seeking 1 000 000. A steam barge wreck at White Fish Point is a hoax. Threshing engine explosion at Walla Walla kills engineer E Wickersham and injures four. Switchman Lewis C Doe killed near Spokane. Deceased recently moved from Minneapolis. a Mason with Plymouth Lodge No 100 A F and A M. He leaves a wife and child.
Alexander Berkman receives a twenty year sentence in Pittsburgh for attempting to kill H. C. Frick. Across the nation uprisings, arsons, and adulterous poisoning cases surface in Kansas Louisville and Denver. In Rock Island Illinois Chicago a quarrel among switchmen ends with James Duffy killing Antone De Mirsh and wounding others. John J. Shotwell faces a missing funds allegation in Denver. In Nebraska Mrs. J M Armarost is arrested for arsenic poisoning. An Idaho incident leaves an eight year old boy to find his mother and infant dead. the father is missing and suspected of murder and suicide.
In Hamburg cholera abates while Paris and suburbs report 50 new cases with 13 deaths in a day. Havre logs six new cases and three deaths. Prince Henry of Hesse wed singer Hezric in a civil ceremony with Prince William of Hesse present. Winnipeg notes Commissioner Herchmer resigning as head of the Northwest Mounted Police, Col. Macleod to succeed him. Monte Carlo suicide claim debunked. no such recent death reported. French pardons announced as the 100th anniversary of the republic approaches. Canadian militia minister Makenzie Bowell travels to Ottawa via St. Paul. The Corinthian steamer, on fire, limps to land near Coteau du Lac. cargo likely lost. Australia reports new cabinet in San Francisco and many immigrants held at Quebec awaiting U.S. entry. Conditions of these immigrants in Quebec are dire.
In a new political alignment Wyoming Democrats join with Populists to unite against rivals. David H. Mercer of Omaha has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of Nebraska's Second district. Women suffragists nominate Victoria Woodhull Martin for president.
A telegram from Dubuque reports Senator Allison will skip the international silver congress in London and instead campaign in Iowa with Republican speeches. Mary L Stow of California is mentioned as part of the United States delegation for vice president.
Telegraph operators on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern walked out in a strike. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen chose Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for its September 1894 meeting. The Denver Merchant Tailors Exchange declared a lockout with 200 tailors idle after the union demanded a 25 percent wage increase.
Ponce de Leon 2:13 still headlines world stallion heat rate records. Van der Ahe of St. Louis secured McCormack's release from the New England league avision club. a third-base trial is planned. Frank Glover, ex-champion heavyweight, dies in Chicago at 29 from tuberculosis of the stomach and bowels. Yo Tambien, per Dr Shepard, is not badly hurt but cannot race again this season. left at Sheepshead when the stable moved to Gravesend.
Great Northern withdraws from the Trans- Missouri association while Atchison delays notice of withdrawal from Trans-Continental. Nickel Plate President Caldwell announces a $12.50 New York rate was adopted to match Chicago to New York fares. A Chicago judge weighs whether interstate commerce law can curb railroad monopolies and discriminatory rates amid a Monon dining car shift.
Mammoth Cave owners propose recreating sta chamber scenes in the Mining building. building material dealers plan a World’s Fair exhibit and an international building trade congress. Illinois LaSalle women raise funds for 600 to 700 attendees’ trip to the Fair. Arkansas to show a relief map. Sweden designs a stave church style pavilion. Bombay plans elephan t rides and tea sales to fund a large display at the Fair.
Reports cover a mix of topics from shipping and trust formations to legal rulings and scientific tests. Highlights include a proposed trust to unite large safe companies, a Jamaican court ruling on gerrymandering, a bicycle versus cavalry test at Jefferson Barracks, and a Boston injunction against the American Protective League. An African throne claim arises from Mamoru Massquai, linked to missions in Tennessee and Liberia.
Boston Globe notes the irony that creators of world famous hymns such as Shall we gather at the river and The Sweet By and By remain little known. It cites Rev Robert Lowry Dr S Fillmore Bennett Annie Sherwood Hawks and Jenny Crosby as examples living or obscure in New York and Illinois.
Minnesota notes report Ramsey county Populists nominate a political ticket. The roundup also lists local misfortunes and incidents including fatalities from lightning and a broken bridge, fires, robberies, and a murder case pending October grand jury action.
An Oshkosh boy named Peterson lost his leg after being hit by cars near Oshkosh. The Wisconsin University term tally shows 1,009 students. The steamer K. M. Hutchinson sank in Fox River at Oshkosh with $500 expected loss. Several local incidents include a child’s death from diphtheria near Plateville and a large approval for a high license in Belmont.
A roundup of Appleton area items reports a brakeman injured near LaCrosse, burglaries at New Cassel, a St. Louis firm buying Clark County pine land for 33890, and a Five Points robbery. Green County records note a 95 year old death and a Berlin fire loss. Wisconsin University elects Dr. Adams president with 6500 salary. John Murr visits Appleton amid talks of a streetcar extension to Kaukauna.
Arrests in Winona for liquor sale and a bound over to district court. Kulm grows as Soo extension reaches Dickey county with track work underway. Warren Bell dies after a forty foot fall at Reynolds. Grand Forks secures a woolen mill with machinery arriving now. Threshing near complete. grain in county averaging 15 bushels. August Keily charged with murder in East Grand Forks. awaiting grand jury. Wm. Jones and Peter Ker store jailed for blind pig offenses at Devils Lake. Jamestown notes report favorable threshing weather and rising grain demand. Nos 1 2 3 northern grades moving to Duluth.
The Rock Island passenger and milk train wreck near Farnum injures none but costs about 50000. Oil well near Redfield hits gas at 175 feet and a new well starts. Jesse Lewis and Wim Cortes, boys, arrested at Keokuk for attempted assault on Madeline Schowalter. John Brown arrested in Des Moines for bigamy. wife had filed info a month earlier. Walter Wray, 10, crushed to death near Sloan. A Spencer race riot with fifty shots leaves five jailed. Prostitute attack on Sioux City attorney Tom O Day ends with severe injuries. Mrs. Mary Marks seeks arrest of W. J. Culbertson for rape. Four Eckenbach children die in Missouri Valley house fire. Safety notes advise boiling oranges and caution on cholera fear. peanuts on half shell and mint juleps with castor oil.
An order from Siamese military headquarters directs troops at a major garrison to trap blue flies every day. Each soldier must capture a full matchbox of flies. failure results in a penalty of rowing around the island where the camp sits.
At Dr Edward Walther's cottage on Lake Elmo Stillwater a jealous 23 year old Stefan Zecha shot Mary Mendiuk 19 then fled and killed himself near Captain Owen's house. Mary survived with a dangerous wound. Zecha had mailed farewell letters to their Bohemia families. No inquest.
In Washington, William P Canaday a former U S Senate sergeant at arms, was found dead after a sequence of dramatic events. The room showed signs of struggle with a bound figure and a burned pile of papers, a gunshot wound ending his life in a bath of blood. Col Canaday allegedly bound by burglars before the fatal act. A money dispute with Capt J G A Houghton is cited as a possible motive and the scene closed with police involvement.
At noon today two tramps burglarized Williams jewelry store while the clerk dined. They stole forty nine watches, including new pieces and ones awaiting repairs. A posse of twenty five citizens pursued and captured one man with some watches. the rest were recovered from an old satchel. The prisoner withholds his name. the accomplice is still at large.
Proyipence RK L Special Lycarguy Sayles claims no truth to tales of his role in Lizzie Borden’s estate inquiry. He says he never met Lizzie and was not present in Fall River during the preliminary hearing.
Special district inspector E. J. Bloomfield arrested the Free burg brothers for operating their threshing engine after he had forbidden it. The case is on trial in NorthField Minnesota.
A midwestern market bulletin lists commodity bids for grains and feeds. Prices are given for wheat rye oats barley and related products across Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and Milwaukee with specific grades and ranges for No 1 No 2 and No 3 classes and related byproducts and feeds.
Atlanta dispatch reports W Y Atkinson, Georgia Democratic chairman, countering Gen. Weaver and Mrs. Lease about abuse stories. He cites orderly receptions in Waycross Columbus Albany and notes a Macon incident involved a boy’s egg. Gov Northen supposedly guaranteed a hearing. He labels Weaver as posing as a martyr and cites campaign manipulation.
In San Francisco on September 28 a man calling himself D Henry C Beale, his wife Nellie Haven, and Hetty Graham were arrested on murder charges by malpractice of Mary Carroll from Betalum county. Beale fled after forfeit of $10009 bail. the women remain jailed. A Mrs Montrose claims Beale killed many in the city using chloroform or drowning then weighting or cremating bodies discarded in the bay.
In Eav Crarz Wisconsin a murder trial for farm hands Moore and Witte over August Stevens’s death in a barn is scheduled for October 10. Stevens’s skull is with physicians for post mortem, and an inquest verdict ruled murder. The defense may claim Stevens fell down stairs.
Mrs Henry Marsh and James McIntosh said to be from Pittsburg were arrested in New York on grand larceny charges filed by Harry Feb administrator of Gambling Weir of Pittsburg who died in January. He alleges the pair disappeared with jewelry and diamonds worth several thousand dollars from Weir and suggests they may know about his death by poison.
Judge Fuller ruled the act unconstitutional in form since the title covers two subjects, dismissing the indictment against Editor Sweetland of the Miller Gazette for practicing medicine without a license. John Weeks, indicted for rape, is held to the April term under $1,500 bail.
In a Chicago exchange the couple argues over wedding plans with a dispute over physicians. He favors Dr. Thirdly while she prefers Dr. Choker citing prior satisfaction with his services.
The Herald reports a national Republican committee meeting with Chairman Carter and members from Mississippi Connecticut Maine New Jersey Iowa Missouri Ohio and Pennsylvania. Hackett attended by invitation as New York faces a major fight with Brooklyn and the city in focus. Rhode Island ends a record week as double team trotters Belle Hamlin and Honest George set a 2 12 time with Ed Geers driving and J Hamlin owner acclaim.
The article extols Japanese tattoo artist Hori Chio and interpreter Albert H. Geffeney highlighting his artful, permanent designs on Geffeney s arms and other prominent clients including English princes and a Longfellow family member. It details technique, equipment, and high prices while noting Chio s rise from jinricksha worker to renowned artist with royal patrons.
A Detroit Tribune poem depicts a ragged, weary man shunned by society who seeks rest beneath trees. He reflects on life’s brief worth, the lack of kin and joy, yet feels humanity’s neglect and finds no harsh punishment for his strife. The piece mourns social indifference to a fallen soul.
Perkins tells McCann he believes Goff has the makings of a mighty able man. McCann agrees there is potential, though he questions whether Goff will fully reveal it.
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