10 Jan 1892
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1892
Page
1
A catastrophic mine explosion traps workers in a Tyrlenia coal shaft. Rescue efforts recover 51 bodies with 5000 feared dead or buried, as survivors from shaft No 7 recount harrowing escapes. Authorities investigate by dawn, noting corrupted ventilation and dangerous conditions.
General Murray of the Suste Militia arrives to command troops and urges placing Stevens and Seward counties under martial law to prevent further bloodshed. Civil authorities are seen as powerless to punish murder, with military aid requested to aid sheriffs and secure arrests in the region. Widespread warrants and arrests continue as court activity resumes and Judge Botkin faces potential danger, with militia protecting officials.
Reports from Cabell County note a close liquor-license contest in Guyandotte and nearby towns with the wets defeated by a narrow margin. Amid election counts Admiral Fry won mayoral by forty, while dry contenders carried Milton and Harbourville. Jefferson County arrests tied to testimony vouches and false affidavits.
Brief items report a fire destroying Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee last night. The fragmentary notes touch on misprinted names, wartime era concerns, and a reference to large financial requests and a drought elsewhere.
Governor Fleming seeks original land books and related papers held by Virginia to aid West Virginia land title investigations. He urges delivery or copying rights for all counties now in West Virginia, plus older surveys, grants, delinquent land returns, and sheriff sales records to ease costly title examinations and safeguard landowners.
The town is stirred after John J. Goshorn of Mutual Life disappeared for three weeks. Found wedged in a small cave six miles from town, he perished after a fall and hunger while attempting to escape. Remains to be shipped to Charleston W Va for burial by his wealthy family.
Mapnip January 9 Last night anarchists from the country surrounding Xorea attacked the town intent on pillage. The assault targeted the prison district as troops repulsed the rioters and gendarmes dispersed disturbances. Three anarchists were killed and twenty wounded. Thirty rioters were arrested. The bold raid alarmed the garrisoned city with infantry and cavalry quarters nearby.
The main building of the State University of Missouri burned tonight in Columbia Missouri causing about 400000 in losses. The library above the chapel housed 40000 volumes and was entirely destroyed while only a small portion of contents was saved. Insurance stood at about 180000 as investigators probe the fire's start in the library. Action will be taken to rebuild the damaged structure.
Consternation rose as a telegram from Washington said government officials would not take the site for a new government building due to a defective title. The Economites once owned nine tenths of Beaver Falls property, and if the title is bad all titles are defective. Millions of dollars are involved and hundreds of property buyers fear loss as tensions rise and authorities weigh the issue. Botkin returns to Annatox with armed escort. Judge Botkin, Jan 9, arrives from Pratt with his wife and three armed men. He plans to stay in position through his term, despite appeals from friends. A Yugolon courier reports Botkin supporters hunting Down’s murderers were forced to abandon the chase and return home.
An old advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe and its pneumonia risk. It asserts the coldlike illness responds to treatment and cites past epidemic successes with no pneumonia cases. Multiple Wheeling West Virginia distributors are listed with bottle prices and partners.
WASHINGTON January 9 The Bering Sea negotiations drag with slow replies from Great Britain and Chile. Secretary Blaine debates a tribunal of seven to resolve disputes as Lord Salisbury delays naming acceptable arbitrators. Chile’s Montt signals progress but demands proceed under Chilean law, while United States officials await a clear apology and possible reparations if trials proceed.
The official journal reports Prince Abbas’s accession and the allocation of the lalé Khedive in Egypt. A Decatur Illinois repair shop was destroyed with losses of £40 000, insured. Judge Rising denied a new trial for Dr. Graves and arrestee motions. A Paris dispatch notes Arch bishop Thibauldier’s death in Paris. Russia’s £10 million offer to a third party is regarded as unlikely. In Idaho a fatal stabbing following a quarrel over eight dollars leaves two men dead. A Maryland Easton report cites Lexra Smith confessing family involvement. A Doylestown case leaves a woman in doubt about life or trance as doctors decide. Cannon balls found at Pennsylvanian quarries indicate revolutionary times. Paris Matin reports Pope’s message greeting an Arabian peacemaker.
The Reichstag will debate a bill to repress drunkenness with Emperor William supporting stricter penalties for public housekeepers while ministers doubt its value. The Emperor plans to open the Landtag with a throne speech likely outlining internal and foreign policy, amid broader European tensions and a printers strike affecting Berlin and other cities. The report also notes famine in Veronesh region, emigration, rising peasant unrest, and economic strain from foreign competition. relief efforts include charitable performances and free bakeries, with worries over Jacquerie and obsolete foreign estate dynamics.
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