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Newspaper
Oakes Weekly Republican
Location
Oakes, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1890
Page
7
A reminiscence about a persistent borrowing neighbor who took pies pans pins and a prayer book, with mothers admonishing generosity and urging self reliance over loans. The tale recounts Aunt Phyllis and Miss Emmeline, church chapters, and cousins borrowing items while maintaining amiable tolerance.
A nighttime attempt to wreck a New York Central train four miles south of Greenbush caused a derailment but no deaths or serious injuries. The Montreal sleeper suffered extensive damage with only bruises reported among passengers. rail obstructions were found jammed with timbers and fish plates. Superintendent Biswell led rescue efforts as this investigation pinpointed deliberate track obstructions.
All passengers were brought back on this train. Sixty eight occupied the eight coaches. A reward of five thousand dollars is offered for information leading to the capture of the train wreckers.
The Chicago Marineus Review notes abundant rains boosting late planted corn and pastures in the west, while early corn in Minnesota and bottom land crops gain little. Fruit prospects are poor overall, except grapes. Wisconsin frost fears loom and apples falter. Indiana reports losses from brewth, while Michigan rosettes uneven. Ohio plowing rises, pastures stay green. Missouri fruit fairs, Iowa reports chinch bug damage. Minnesota frost harms corn and potatoes. Nebraska suffers from brewth. Wheat yields per county average seventeen bushels in Minnesota and eleven in Iowa. State comparisons show Illinois corn down one percent, Minnesota eleven, Nebraska seventeen, with Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan improving variously.
Wheat thieves terrorize near South Bend Indiana for weeks. Thirteen sacks of wheat left on a city sidewalk, then a raid on Carpenter farm stealing a team, wagon, and forty five bushels of wheat. Sheriff searches reveal wheat in a suspect’s pockets and a man jailed amid unclear details. Tracks suggest possible Michigan direction.
A Louisville and Nashville through express train from Mobile was held up by two robbers at Big Escambia bridge near Pengatola, Alabama. They forced the engineer to stop at the Escambia river bridge and coaxed the messenger to surrender the safe contents before leaping into the woods. The extent of the loss remains undetermined.
A bandit burst into an Express Messenger Archie Johnson's car forcing him to open the safe and take the money while firing at passengers. The robber fled after a command to follow him, with a posse pursuing from Fromaton and Mobile. Suspected leaders include Rube Burrows or Capt. Bunch.
London spans 1200 square miles with population spread. trains reach central city in under an hour at four cents per twenty mile trip. Parliament ordered workingmen’s trains at certain hours and special coaches at night. Fares for workingmen are about one fifth of a cent per mile, with season tickets from 12 to 18 cents daily.
Special cablegram reports grave Armenian frontier tension with Russian forces reinforced and fortress garrisons increased. Caucasus army prepared for an advance while Great Britain and the triple alliance are not expected to intervene. Sultanate energy rises to ease disaffection as Portuguese protests grow. Maj Serpe Pinta accuses Britain of piracy and claims Makololo abuses under British flag. Buenos Aires reports a national bank plunder of about 30 million to force repayment. Europe loans linked to the late President Colman.
A 70 year old Black woman Evvira Owensby was found murdered at a farm house three miles west of Kearney Missouri. An unknown assailant fired bullets into her body in a hedge area near the thicket, details incomplete due to damaged text.
An aged woman living with John Grisfy’s family was left alone while they went to Liberty. Upon return she was missing and a search began. About midnight her body was discovered with clothes burned and flesh exposed. Lewis Grifin, farmer’s son, is suspected and in custody.
A recent Chagaber- Inin dispatch describes a Bon Homme county colony of Mennonites. Originating in Germany and Russia they fled military service seeking asylum in the United States. The community practices common ownership with a patriarchal government and operates a 2000 acre farm with a full roller mill and steam thresher.
A devastating blaze in Hiawatha on the morning of the 3rd destroyed two and a half blocks of the business district within three hours. The Hirst National Bank building, owned by Congressman Moreill, housed a vault with about $50,000 in currency and valuable papers, all lost. A north wind fanned the flames for over two hours, then died, with widespread damage including the bank, Odd Fellows hall, two top livery stables, J A McGuire’s grocery, Grimes Love hardware, the Kentucky hotel, and others totaling at least 150,000 dollars in losses.
A mother and two daughters died in a Germantown avenue fire on the morning of the 3d. Mrs Saraly McIntyre aged 59 Mannie McIntyre aged 10 and Agnes Rodgers adopted daughter aged 17 were found dead in a three story brick house at 1409 Germantown avenue. An unknown man raised alarm after a blaze was seen in the front room and it took nearly twenty minutes for an alarm to reach the fire department. The fire is attributed to a coal oil lamp overturned in the hands of Charles McIntyre son of the oldest victim who appeared intoxicated on return home. Charles NeIntyre was locked up as coroner's jury investigates.
A major blaze destroyed the five story building at 227 to 231 East Fifty-sixth Street in New York City on the 8th inst. The lower level housed T Hagan roofing material while the Rossemore Bouquet Car factory occupied the upper floors. An explosion in the cellar then wilded the flames as workers fled. Daniel Hillian, a 17 year old, is missing and John Logan sustained head and limb injuries. An elevator shaft acted as a flue, feeding the fire rapidly. A second engine crashed horses on the slick pavement as the driver was thrown from his seat.
The Minneapolis paper reports cautious optimism amid failures of Sawyer Wallace Co and Potter Lavell, noting strong country trade, solid bank conditions, and expected money demand. It cites $20 million pension payments, $2 million interest on bonds, and new silver certificates as inflationary pressures. Wheat and copper show mixed trends while wood and wool markets improve, with bank clearances and weekly flour output provided for context.
In San Diego California the sloop Petrel commanded by Captain William H Hoy capsized just outside the harbor. Six aboard including Capt Hoy, Mrs Hoy, Miss Wallace and two unknown children or women are believed drowned as high seas hindered recovery. Bodies were seen but could not be retrieved. A large search fleet was deployed but yielded no results.
A report from New York recounts Mexander Kwiatkowski's arrival with an eyewitness account of Siberian exile transport. He cites Princess Elene Ogiteka, aged 15, and Prince Adam Oginska, detailing the ferry of exiles from Nijnil Novgorod to Perm, then across the Urals to Ekaterinburgh and a 500 mile forced march to Tinmen, describing grim conditions and safety concerns.
A beleaguered band of exiles faced brutal suppression as soldiers used rifles and stocks to force them along a route. A palace scene ended when a princess was shot, leaving twenty dead and twelve wounded. The exiles, many wounded, were driven to despair and feared harsher punishment.
Land Office notice directed to land registers to enforce the 1890 act. It repeals parts of prior law, reserves reservoir sites, and limits title acquisition to 320 acres per entrant. Applicants must prove they have not previously filed more land since August 30, 1890, with affidavits for claims under exceptions before that act.
In Chicago on the sixth, Bishop Lomax criticized several pastors for not contributing to the general fund and for long, unread sermons. He warned of replacement by younger preachers if support and understanding did not improve. The session adjourned amid laughter and uproar.
A Springfield Illinois letter from the International News Bureau in London reports that at the October directors meeting the Wabash railway system east and west of the Mississippi will transfer to Canadian Pacific Railway Company. President W G Van Horne and executives reportedly inspected the Wabash network from Detroit to Chicago and on toward St Louis and the southern fruit belt, with references to the Frisco line and a forthcoming understanding at Boland.
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