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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1889
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text mentioning train events, people names, places like Bexley, and references to committees and notices. Many garbled words and illegible segments limit clarity. No coherent story or identifiable date, outcome, or actions can be reliably extracted.
Fragmented notes recount Democratic figures, a New Acumentum Club arrival, and a Kansas City political scene. A warehouse burglary, a barge instrument case, and timber disputes loom amid references to federal actions, lumber sales, and a general pardon. The piece weaves political talk, crime, and industrial concerns with unclear dates and names.
In the Senate committee room in Waunersutox on February 23, Senator Chandler and Senator Blackburn were involved in a violent ear pulling dispute. Chandler’s right ear was badly swollen as Blackburn seized him by the neck and shoved him toward a wall, prompting intervention by Senator Faulkner and others. The altercation ended with Chandler restrained and Blackburn briefly restrained, amid a tense atmosphere and accusations of provocation. Other notices report a disaster at Park Central Hotel with a victim found charred, and obituaries for Sister Mary Cecilis Staith and mentions of various regional incidents.
A brutal winter storm across the Northwest and Nebraska brings temperatures from ten to sixteen below zero. Ishpeming reports record lows as wind worsens. A Canadian border area logs heavy snow and roads become impassable. In Nob, Han ting and son Plyward farm workers perish in a frozen death. the father faces crippling injuries.
The Legislative Committee examined the dispute between Tan A. Fleming and Hen. Nathan Cuil for Governor of Ohio State. Members Kee, Lively, and Spiga led the inquiry with Wood and others present. The panel adjourned to meet in the city on a specified date and refused to appoint a clerk or decourager.
A garbled OCR style passage discusses cabinet mentions in Virginia and West Virginia politics. It references Harrison and cabinet choices, southern members, and implied factions, with blurred names and uncertain details. The text resembles a fragmented political sketch or transcription from a period publication.
Senator from Ohio County, joined by West Virginia figure N. H. Beotl, discussed national committee matters and future governance plans with General Harrison during a February visit. A key topic was the post March outlook for state government and related constitutional considerations.
Monongahela river operators discussed forming a pool to unite coal sales, aiming to include all email operators. The plan mirrors a coke syndicate with each operator delivering coal to the association for disposal at set mining rates. The proposed pools vary by price tiers, with adjustments to mining and handling costs to prevent market violence and favor both large and small operators.
Fragmented OCR reveals a campaign among green glass blowers east of the Alleghenies with bitter infighting extending into Canada and the Southern States. A district assembly plan proposes cash in B1060 and district run number about 1,000. A boycott previously placed on employers who used the rebellious blowers was to be enforced nationwide.
New York February 2. Mr Jay Gould spent yesterday with Wall Street magnates backing the plan to unite Western railroads into the Inter State Railway Association. M J Pierpont Morgan joined Gould at his Fifth Avenue home and again at Chicago meetings. Advocates say the scheme will curb recalcitrant lines and mirror Western Union tactics to deter rivals. The effort faces refusals from Chicago Barlincton Northern Fort Scott and Missouri Kans to sign. Meanwhile a smallpox quarantine hits Reserve Kansas with limited train service in and out, provoking fear among residents near Atchison and prompting Missouri Pacific to restrict stops.
R G Dun & Co reports a quiet to fair week with interior trade sluggish and railroads slow to recover. Iron markets steady while copper, bread, and wheat show mixed movements. pork and lard rise modestly, hogs weaker. coffee and sugar soften. money in ample supply and slow collections. $2700 added to currency. business failures total 270, up from prior weeks.
A fragmentary historical notice describes a confession from a Chicago bridge builder now deceased and related international inquiries, alongside a fatal house fire in Lakeview with a man perishing. It also covers a serious accident, social events in Missouri, and court-related notes from February 23 in 19th century Lakeview.
London column quotes The Star on Gladstone era events arguing the government shaped the Parcell Commission and the Times influence. It claims the government chose the game, loaded the dice, and arranged the roles, prompting calls to settle the price of dissolution and public reaction to Pigott evidence and Downing Street blame. White Caps violence and other items appear in brief dispatches from across the country with local notices and society events.
Four men on a raft in the Guyon river near Ely Blainehop were swept by a whirlpool and the craft broke apart. Names Gosling and two others identified. rescue efforts described as futile amid a wider report corrected by Chief Bell and officials. The President-elect’s escort plans faced clarification amid a presidential trip from Indianapolis to Washington. Other reports cover a fire accident in CrARKenURG where Mrs Christner’s child Fannie was severely burned and the mother injured. medical aid given but prognosis poor.
Fragmented report recounts reactions to the Pigott exposure and its impact on Irish Home Rule support. Analysts warn the case may harden attitudes among Irish factions while praising the exposure’s political timing.
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