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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1889
Page
1
Raw OCR details a legislative session with references to speakers and motions, mentioning extensions, substitutions, and committees. It notes Republican and Democrat actions, proposed bills on county or agricultural matters, and public calendar items, with several names and places scattered in the garbled text.
Journal of February reports show large text from canal works with major suspension in plans toward March. Canal labor disputes and payments cited, with attention to military and civilian orders, while other reports detail German diplomatic actions and American merchant concerns in Apia and Manila. overall tone notes tense international situation and internal control measures.
New York February 16 The Sun reports a sensational clash over Illinois Central Railroad management led by Vic President Edward J Harriman. A New York conference on a possible inter state traffic agreement ends unsettled with no pledge and a board vote to decide.
Secretary Whitney reviewed bids for a harbor defense submarine torpedo boat. Only Columbian Iron Works of Baltimore and Geo Baker of Des Moines submitted proposals. The Columbian offer includes a Holland Boat design displacing ninety tons with 12 knots surface speed and 9 knots submerged, priced at 150000, 115000 or 100000 for different options. Baker’s bid covers a forty ton vessel at 75000 with claimed maneuvering guarantees. Whitney showed interest, and the Holland Boat concept features automatic diving and a 4 inch dynamite gun for surface use plus concealed deployment capabilities.
In Lospex February 1, reports depict Parnell allies laughing as the Commons Court session closed. The Times witness testimony triggers claims of forged letters, with Pigott’s involvement scrutinized by Labouchere and others, as investigators probe authenticity and intent amid rising public interest.
A boiler explosion at the Joho F. Jeske sawmill in Marphy county destroyed the mill and killed several on site including Mes Teaks wife of the owner. The blast buried workers and several men named among the dead. A telegraph report from Raleigh county mentions a separate elopement case and other local tragedies.
A brutal double murder near Mount Olive Bert county reports a farmer Jacob Pancett killed his wife and infant during a nighttime attack by several men. Two enslaved women in a cabin were also slain with an axe as neighbors fled, while searchers recover four bodies and pursue suspects amid high tension and calls for arrests.
Daniel Stockwell, an Ohio immigrant with guests Albert and George Avery, witnessed a deadly overland mishap near Independence Rock Wyoming on February 16. A herd of about five hundred cattle stampeded the Avery brothers, who were killed, leaving Stockwell to report the deaths to authorities.
Leprosy cases in the Tracadie Lazaretto are outlined with 18 inmates recorded, including several admitted from surrounding districts. The report notes efforts to repatriate one patient to Canada and the controversy over treatment as politicians debate quarantine efficacy.
In Hindman Kentucky evangelists G D Hyden and A L McClure arrive after a Sloan-Eversole killings flare. They urge repentance, condemn violence, and hold four nights of revival sessions that attract jailer Jim Janes and locals. The meetings shift tensions, with Red Mule Smith and others hearing calls for forgiveness amid ongoing feud memories.
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