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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1886
Page
6
The Wheeling Register reports a chaotic mix of gambling notes in Birmingham and local theater chatter. It mentions Bankmakers interest, performers like Fannie Davenport, and ongoing shows at the Fifth Avenue Theater with various acts and regional notes.
A chaotic mutiny aboard a Chinese steamer near Amoy leads to mass murder and looting. Passengers describe brutal killings, passengers dumped overboard, and crew forced to endure dehydration and peril as authorities struggle to respond.
A Virginia town recounts a mob killing in Pulls Mills where Wade Taber and his cousin Seun attempted to shoot a black man for sport. Hiram Fuller was fatally shot at thirty yards, sparking rumors of lynching, legal action, and a tense county jail standstill as authorities discuss defences and motives amid a charged, segregated echo from nearby mining communities.
A long profile of John W. Mackay’s rise from a Park Row newsboy to a mining and financial magnate, with Mrs. Mackay’s Paris social standing and jewelry, Meissonnier portraits, and the Mackay-Kennet cable. It notes Mackay’s wealth, ventures in Nevada and California, and his influence on and involvement with the Comstock Lode and railroad interests, framed by Paris salon intrigue.
damaged OCR reads of a clash in the Texas Territory with wounded men described as Texan. reports mention a medic pronouncing danger of death and that Beuphs could not aid. chaotic scene, women quieted, and disrupted orders reflect a tense aftermath with uncertain outcomes.
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