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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1890
Page
6
A brief digest from telegraphic reports highlighting key North Dakota events. Items cover regional developments and notable happenings across communities, including brief South Dakota gossip and shared trade notices.
The letter surveys spring wheat conditions in the Dakotas and upper Midwest. It notes North Dakota’s output near 410 000 bushels, expectations of high prices, and steady to improving conditions in Minnesota Wisconsin Nebraska and the Red River Valley amid weather delays easing and a generally favorable crop outlook.
The Aberdeen area plans a new warehouse replacing a recently damaged facility. Chalmont & Curtis delay liabilities of about 80 thousand with assets near 120 thousand. A Mitchell farm house was burned with contents, and a county fair showed strong exhibit success. An irrigation convention discussed canals and machinery costs. a new artesian well project near Aberdeen aims for irrigation use. The South Dakota Board of Irrigation invited bids for ten wells in Brown, Spink, and Beadle counties. The Aberdeen club condemned exaggerated reports harming the state’s credit and affirmed favorable crop and livestock conditions.(eval: 1)
From Washington dispatches Captain Trimbleton of the Seventh United States Cavalry at Port Sill reports rumors of a major uprising. He claims natives may seek to expel whites and reclaim land, with thousands about Fort Sill pledging to resist and the press foretelling intensified military readiness.
Wealthy farmer Frank Win from Weet Holman township elopes with 14 year old Mabel Truck leaving wife and three children. Elgin elopes with another person and is pursued by his wife. Mrs Emini Cooper of Lockport inherits nine million pounds in England. A Rhode Island cotton goods manufacturer named Woolley is involved with an aged wife.
A Baltimore magnate with ties to banking houses suffered a deep throat wound in what family and doctors call a possible suicide attempt. He is in fragile condition but expected to recover. The incident follows reports of mental strain and unclear motives.
The issue notes a severe hailstorm in Maron county Michigan near the Wisconsin line causing extensive property damage with no deaths reported. It also details accidental shootings involving Edmund Sturges in Bridgeport Connecticut, a switchman in St Cloud Minnesota, a fatal railway accident in Atlantic City New York, a tornado near Drenden Texas, and a tragic shooting in Lima Ohio.
A fire in Simona near Winter Street and Chunmingunvenue, Weat Superior Wisconsin, rapidly spread from a small structure to a rear barn. The flames destroyed two valuable Notwex items owned by Mr. Simonds and caused $12,000 in insured losses. origin remains unknown though rumors spread incendiary causes.
Reports indicate Maj. Von Nornan of the exdota school killed himself using poison and opened the arteries in his arm after ingestion. The incident follows an epidemic wave in Bex fin as authorities investigate the strange affair and its origins.
Six distinct shocks were felt near Columbia with a running event following the tremors. Goodman & Co of Chicago leave two Ohio blocks and acres of land in Vinton and Pike counties in a deed. Watson death and a court battle over his estate are tied to a claimant alleging the will and property valued near $100,000 amidst related robberies. Dr A G Larson’s wife vanishes in California with $18,000, raising fears of robbery or murder and police inquiries.
North Dakota railroad commissioners met in Jamestown to resolve grain movement complaints and car demands. Northern Pacific shows cooperation. seven to nine new platforms are planned to aid farmers. Rules for grain distribution were accepted by Northern Pacific and Great Northern. Elevators report capacity to fulfill state licenses, with five wheat grades to handle and adjustments planned. Feed meeting set for Grand Forks in October.
Specials dated the 27th report settlers within fifty miles forming a ring to expel Nez Perce Indians. Over 200 encamped near Mullin claim whites must leave land claimed as hunting grounds. The Nez Perce band, part of the 1877 massacre, has 400 ponies and many warriors. Settlers in Camp Prairie organize amid warnings of further violence.
A Boston based organization called The Loyal Men of American Liberty plans to expand within a month to a dozen or more major cities. The group aims to convert Catholics by distributing Holy Writ and related literature and to influence politics against officials allied with foreign powers. It also supports open Bible teaching in public schools and aiding excommunicated Catholics.
George Keller of Detroit and Mary Murphy were stopped on a boulevard near Jefferson by two men. A revolver was leveled at Keller and Murphy was dragged away and assaulted while jewelry including a $200 pin was stolen. Keller reported to Elmwood avenue station. suspects not yet identified.
A report states B C Cox is in jail in Dallas Texas charged with murdering George Thomas in a quarrel over a settlement of less than one dollar. Cox’s wife died recently and is gravely ill, with the Thomas family also deeply distressed by the events.
In Mt Ottawa near Lima on the 24th, Sherman Lines and D I Ive, a furniture dealer, quarreled with Lee who drew a revolver and fired six times, fatally wounding both Lines and Ive. The dispute arose from Lee placing obstructions on the path from Lines's shop to his home beyond Lee's store. Both men were placed under arrest.
In Lynn Massachusetts on the 24th inst provisions were stored at John T Moulton's factory as the garrison plan shows effect and unsettles strikers. The night prior six non men workers were employed increasing the count by two. The crowd dwindled and law officers stood by while A B Martins morocco shop saw twenty shavers quit over alleged use of non union labor. At Mark IT Worthbys little change noted with Worthy lands reportedly at work.
Henry Bankleman of Cincinnati and John Ames of Galveston Texas were arrested in Chattanooga Tennessee on the 24th. They allegedly used cipher dispatches to cash drafts on banks with false telegraphic orders and to obtain money on cotton and real estate. Ames, son of a Galveston broker, aided by Bankleman who robbed Ames of 1000 dollars led to capture. A cipher-book dispatches blank drafts checks deeds and cotton warehouse receipts were seized.
Arthur Buett of Troy after pleading guilty to attempting to wreck a Central Hudson train in Greenbush on Sept 4 changed to not guilty. The court accepted the plea swap and set the trial for next day. Keach, his counsel, argued Pinkerton and railroad detectives coerced a guilty plea and that confessions were worthless as Buett broke down when approached.
A French schooner captain Bichel owner of Marie from St Pierre Min to the French shore damaged a local fisherman by stealing his net and throwing him overboard. The fisherman swam ashore to obtain a summons which Bichel ignored. The magistrate issued writ to seize the vessel.
Officer Wilcox attempted to enforce authority on French shores during a voyage with Bichel. Bichel hoisted the French flag and forced Wilcox to sea, throwing him overboard attempts. The Indre ordered Wilcox ashore. Bichel escaped, was recaptured, and sentenced to two years hard labor.
The New York Sun reports six volume dispatches printing sworn confessions of three Central and Hudson River railway wreckers near Casselton on Sept 4. Cain Buett and Reed describe obstructing the track and implicate Cordial and Kiernan while noting aid from Master Workman Lee of District Assembly 240.
General Master Workman Powderly absent from Philadelphia as Wright speaks for Knights of Labor officers. He states confessions prompt thorough investigations and vows to aid authorities, while denying Lee's knowledge or funding of suspects. Other officials deny ties to the accused and warn readers to await court outcomes.
A stockholders meeting in New York reports missing Star Fire Insurance assets valued at 287 245 62 and reveals two prior defalcations. William Hoxie and George Middlebrooke inspected the deposits and found only an empty envelope. Losses total 60 000 from forged securities loans and a theft by a now deceased vice president.
Mr Miller claims he personally made restitution. Ex Mayor Hewitt offers a resolution that was unanimously adopted. The resolution authorizes present committees to begin criminal action against officers of the company.
An American Honduras company with Chicago headquarters seeks to colonize and develop a province twice the size of Rhode Island. The project includes settlements, roads, harbors, lighthouses, cables, and schools under private control with tax and duty exemptions. A western division forms the Apical Fruit and General Traffic Company to manage the grant along an 80 to 100 mile coastline.
Crowds filled Tipperary streets late at night as nationalists face trial for conspiracy. Police and soldiers guard front of the building amid tense mood and continued adjournments. Timothy Healy protests urgent need to expedite proceedings and avoid further delay.
The ix raftemen stranded on a dock in rapids below Lake Deschesnes near Ottawa Ontario were rescued after a tow rope broke and their raft escaped. A tug launched a bonne boat with a cable, carefully guiding the crew to safety after forty hours of peril.
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