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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1891
Page
4
A massive cyclone tore through Ashland Wisconsin and nearby Michigan counties on the seventh, destroying yachts, boats, and buildings. It caused several injuries and possible fatalities, with widespread crop and property damage reported in Sanilac Tuscola and surrounding areas. A separate Grand Rapids and Fort Wayne line wreck occurred when air brakes failed, killing engineer Daniel Vick and injuring others as the train derailed.
A Topeka judge refused to permit trials under threat of bayonets as a court in session faces fear and plots. In Kansas City, Kan., an explosion at Richard M. Juvenal’s residence injured a woman and rattled the neighborhood. a nine foe is blamed on a former lover and unnamed assailants.
D Rand returns to Vancouver from Behring Sea after being seized en route to St Pauls Island by American cutter Rueh. Capt Alcock reports vast seals on St Pauls Island and a three mile sandy beach. He notes thousands of seals in sight, vast carcasses tainting the air with a fetid odor, harming local wildlife and sealing operations.
A mid afternoon storm from the west struck Washburn with torrential rain and huge winds. A circus tent collapsed causing two boys to die in panic, several buildings damaged, and the town’s mill and dock facilities heavily wrecked. Estimated losses rise toward fifty thousand dollars and broader damage to Chequamegon bay marine interests is unsettled.
At the mooring of the privileges and elections committee in Ottawa John Henry admitted offering to secure a $10,000 graving dock contract for W J Baskerville as a joke. George Beaneago claimed tender details came from Hon Robert Mottreavy for a Quebec cross wall contract. Other witnesses described withdrawals, loans, and suspected arrangements involving Sampson, McGreevy, Barthiaume, and Secretary of State J A Chapleau. The inquiry aims to probe these alleged improprieties and a note-based payment scheme amid government contracts.
Aquila J. Dougherty, U S commercial envoy to Callao Peru, describes the Chilean conflict as a ridiculous revolution. Insurgents hold Tarapaca nitrate wealth while Balmaceda commands 30,000 troops and torpedo-boat coastal defense. The distance and terrain hinder action, yet the insurgents prosper through nitrate revenues and trade at Iquique.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a year round blood and liver medicine, guaranteed to benefit or money refunded. The text also notes a Union Pacific syndicate seeking loans, predicting strong gold inflows and large bread prices, with banks and financiers backing the plan.
A New York social rumor column recounts Astor’s Havana wedding trip scene. Reportedly he denied roses arranged for the bride, forcing removal of flowers by servants while the hotel faced no charge. Also notes royal visit precedents cited by London Truth about emperors and sovereigns.
An old advertisement extols Byrup of Fig as a pleasant tasting remedy for digestion and kidney and bladder relief. It claims to dispel colds fevers and constipation, highlights prompt action and universal acceptability, and notes its availability in California in bottle form through druggists and suppliers.
A historical note recalls 1855 when Prince Albert traveled from Windsor to Dover to greet Louis Napoleon and Empress Eugenie on arrival. It later compares 1891 when the Prince of Wales would be equally pivotal, underscoring royal readiness for arrivals in England. It then shifts to diving origins and methods, detailing modern diving suits, underwater work, and record depths and feats such as Lambert’s 350 thousand dollars recovered from the Alfons XI wreck at 160 feet.
A tornado on the 10th inst in Ottumwa Iowa damaged crops and buildings as it moved from southwest to northwest. Humeston felt furious winds blowing from the Keokuk and Western track area, roofs lifted, Centerville unroofed structures, grain and corn destroyed. The storm crossed Davie and Decatur counties and nearby Burlington, damaging crops and fruit trees with little rain accompanying the winds.
Washington dispatch reports that the Navy Department is arranging a major rearmament program to boost strength in the Pacific amid alarms over China and potential threats. The plan aims to quickly and effectively enhance naval capabilities and readiness.
Instructions from the Al aske steamer sailing from San Francisco to the Marion prompt orders for the Merion to proceed from Behring sea to China. The Charleston may join the Asiatic station as the government acts to shield American interests amid tensions in China.
The city endured a record heat wave with temperatures around ninety four in the shade and more heat through the afternoon. Sunstroke caused dozens of injuries and hospital crowds surged as mosquitoes intensified misery. thunderstorms at 2 pm offered partial relief.
A Chicago windstorm on the tenth caused widespread damage in the northern city area. A frame home at seventy first Street and Greenwood Avenue was demolished. residents Fred Geiger and family injured. William Collins, a 35 year old teamster, was struck by lightning outside a West Side barn and killed. his body moved to the West Side morgue. Damages reportedly reach $3,000, fully insured.
Rumor from Alberten Minnesota centers on Bert Yates once linked to a murder near Lake Mills Iowa. Yates, captured in Kansas, faces a long past reward for arrest.
A jumble of ad copy and notices appears with references to Dr Hurter’s Tron Tonic and Liver Fills, then a claim by the wife of Burrand for US indemnity of 300000 against the United States. It mentions Mutual Life Insurance ads in Minnesota, crop prospects, Macalester College, and a new cabinet Daw Lew formed with interior secretary.
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