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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1890
Page
6
The Senate moved bills on farm value controls and a commission to study agricultural lows, while debate over timber culture repeal continued. The House passed Wyoming admission and timber culture repeal faced opposition. Northwest interests backed Soo canal funding and public works extending to Michigan waterways.
A bill from Representative Wunowl proposes a toll funded foot and wagon bridge across the Misuisampi river at Winona. The measure allows a draw or high bridge and leaves tolls to Winona's determination. Navigation obstruction protections are included in the plan.
A deadly blast in the starch drying room at the Chicago Sugar Refinery on the 27th injured sixteen and killed three workers, with several more missing. Firefighters and 200 in the main building aided in rescue as flames engulfed machinery and debris. Building loss estimated at $10,000 amid a panicked rush of workers and spectators.
The British schooner Pach finder captained by Arthur Mergen from Victoria was brought into Portland Oregon by the US revenue cutter Corwin after being found at Neash hay Washington with a disabled rudder. The Pathfinder was not seized but detained for department review in Washington. The Pach finder and other vessels had sailed Behring Sea last year and Victoria was sent to Sitka for prize law decisions. Detention details were sent to the secretary of the treasury in Washington and to Ottawa.
The body of Archbishop Hesse was moved from St. Francia hospital to La Crosse cathedral on the 28th with bishops Flasch Katzer and Cotter and many clergy and mourners in attendance. Communion and mass were held. a sermon was delivered by Vicar General James Schwebach. The casket bore the deceased’s name and dates. The body will travel by special car to Milwaukee.
Reports from Baviepé Sonora Mexico say national troops encountered two reargade Apache remnants on the 20th inst. Shots were exchanged and casualties occurred including a fatal wound to one soldier. Other detachments arrived to aid, but the Apaches held a mountain stronghold and kept heavy fire through the day forcing a retreat. The following morning the assault resumed amid persistent fire exhausting the troops.
Threat and hunger forced retreat as national troops reinforced and charged the stronghold. The Indians left clothing provisions and cuiddles behind. They moved north pursued to the line by Mexican troops, leaving twenty one horses and ample arms and ammunition.
The account paints the Congo forest as vast and dense as Stanley traversed from the Congo to Lake Albert. It depicts impenetrable shade, thick undergrowth, decaying trees, and dangers such as venomous insects, elephants, and hostile tribes. The text recalls hardships endured from 1887 to 1888 and a hoped farewell to the Congo forest.
The South Dakota State University regents named trustees for the Agricultural College and other state schools. Appointments include A E L Winton Clark J P Day and others for Agricultural College. H C Ayres Plankinton Free Yankton D M Inman Vermillion G Heland Sioux Falls. Madison Normal J P Ward Parker I W Fits S E Wilson Hot Springs Geo G Croge Aberdeen Jacob Schwidt Meno Spearfish Normal W C Boyer Central City M Paul Bowdle J Williams Spearfish John Max Yankton J Wolzmuth Spearfish. School of Mines Edwin Van Cise Deadwood D Needham Crow Lake W J Thornby Hermosa Jane Brennan Rapid City John Krause Scotland.
Arch Bishop Michael Heiss of Milwaukee diocese died in LaCrosse Wisconsin on the 26th after months of illness. Born 1818 in Bavaria he studied theology at Munich and came to Milwaukee in 1844 as Archbishop Henri's secretary. He founded St Francis Seminary, was bishop of LaCrosse for 12 years and in 1880 became coadjutor of Milwaukee, succeeding Henri.
The piece warns that Northern winters strain yearling colts and calves as they transition from milk and pasture to dry feed and cold water. It urges adding grain to the ration during winter, arguing that a small winter supplement yields faster growth and full size by next summer, whereas poor feed leads to stunted growth.
Frederick P. Hoot, a western New York farmer, highlights the best farm work horses weighing 1100 to 1200 pounds. He notes heavier cart horses can pull heavier loads but are less active and enduring for small Eastern farms.
An old practice used a board over a cow’s face, called a pair of spectacles, to help her see. Now barbed wire is proposed as a better method, placed over or alongside fences after cattle learn not to respect them, avoiding injuries from earlier fencing methods.
In Leavenworth, Kansas, a dismembered woman’s body was found in the Missouri River by two boys in a boat. Suspect John Mattman, a Rock Island fireman, is identified as the husband of Julia Mattman who vanished after a dispute. Police suspect the wife was killed Sunday night, body cut into pieces Thursday, and hidden in a sack before river burial.
A Washington dispatch reports that South American nations may offer absolute reciprocity with the United States, enabling free trade in all goods. Chas Flint, with Secretary Blaine’s approval, joined by J Jefferson Coolidge, forms a U S sub committee to advance negotiations. An arbitration framework would accompany the pact among South American states as well.
A Washington telegram dated March 29 reports H E Ives of Crookston Minnesota has left for home after work on a measure to grant right of way to the Red Lake and Western Railway and Navigation company through the Red Lake Indian reservation. The bill, amended and reported by Senator Dawes, would allow a depot and warehouse sites at the terminus with a 320 acre parcel for that purpose. If the road is not completed within a state time the privileges expire.
Clerks stopped in Chicago at La Salle and Jackson streets, Williams Sullivan and Harry Parker of the Santa Fe Elevator office disappeared with about $3,000 to be paid to an employer. Initially feared robbed, later reports say they stole the money and fled to Maine, with detectives noting involvement of two young ladies in a near town for the alleged scheme.
Information reached authorities that messages arrived just in time as Sullivan and Parker were arrested shortly before their weddings. Requisition papers sent to Gov. Fiter and Detective Danks heads to Maine to extradite the alleged thieves. Parker reportedly stole money and jewelry from a bus customer.
The timber culture act repeal appears near certain after a House passage, with mixed views in the Dakota regions. The bill would revoke the 1878 act to promote timber growth on western lands while allowing entries made before 1890 to patent under current terms. Contests pending would be adjudicated under the new provisions, with specific rules for purchases and abeyance during contest proceedings.
The 1850 Turners Station incident showed Superintendent Minot directing both east and west bound trains by telegraph signals. Engineers initially resisted, but the successful run demonstrated telegraphic signaling could replace fixed-track stopping rules, marking the birth of telegraphic railway signaling and era-wide efficiency gains.
The article argues corn sweetness varies with soil type rather than seed mix. It posits four plant variations driven by nutrition, noting nitrogen rich soils yield less sweetness than soils supplying moisture and atmospheric carbonic acid for leaf-driven growth.
A reminiscence contrasts past and present domestic life with foods, currency, medicine, and social norms. It recalls home bread and coffee grinding, less foreign help, hipster pastella pie to buckwheat cakes, and a diet heavy with meat. It notes old coins, state bank bills, and Mexican currency, plus the rise of Negro minstrel shows and the song Jump Jim Crow.
The Philadelphia press notes tiny chatelus watches from Switzerland and France, with inch sized ladies pieces, priced from 13 to 150 dollars. It cites Swiss and American makers offering cheap fashion watches around 12 dollars, while higher grades fall in price, as mass market output changes profits for manufacturers.
At the State Encampment of the Minnesota G A R held in St Paul the newly elected officers were Commander Jus Compton Fargua Figonlor vice commander Chas D St Paul junior vice commander L Mi Langa medical director Dr R B Milea chaplain Rav W J Branley.
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