10 Jul 1887
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1887
Page
1
A garbled report describes a chaotic courtroom or public proceeding with scattered names and events. The text references figures and locations in a disordered narrative, mentioning investigations, witnesses, and possible legal actions amid unclear sequence and context.
In Washington the July 2 interview with ex Congressman Gibson Wet Virginia states the G A Rand faction will sustain him. He is expected to be renominated by reclamation. Wilson says the representative plans to meet J M Lane of Huntington, West Virginia about territorial water and appointments.
The report outlines presidential travel to St Louis and Washington with plans to visit September campaigns, outlining security, logistics, and destinations including White House and Capitol area. It notes the president and Cabinet members aboard a yacht trip, and mentions travel routes from St Louis toward Virginia and Georgetown, along with associated political context.
Disorderly dispatches describe Apache movements near Leanna and Santa Maria with reports of captives and atrocities. Soldiers and miners brace for large-scale action while civil authorities recount a tense landscape and rising alarm in the Sabjusl district and surrounding valleys.
Dalton Georgia was to witness the public hanging of William Holman for a December murder, but Governor Gordon commuted the sentence to life in prison. A mob gathered, store shutters closed, and an effigy of the governor was burned as a crowd demanded justice.
In Paris crowds illuminated houses as General Boulanger left by train after a delayed departure. Clemenceau denied promoting Boulanger and called for a radical head of government. Royal and political notes from London report on elections and Bulgarian policy, with Russia's stance under scrutiny. The Queen reviews troops at Aldershot amid Jubilee celebrations.
A German newspaper review argues that a war with France could last only a few days if the government’s stance mirrors public mood. It cites the Klein treason trial and French restrictions as fueling anti French sentiment and notes Berlin’s tense week with high heat and strong editorial voices warning against complacency.
The June 4 report from New York states Dr. McGlynn has been excommunicated by the Papal brief and Archbishop Corrigan, to be read in Catholic churches the next day. The decree condemns his contumacy and urges faithful obedience to Rome. Additional notes list clergy and laypersons traveling, visits, and social movements around town.
The trial of Adarderer on secret charges opens with the accused denying guilt. The courtroom is crowded as the prisoner defends himself with composure, while staff and locals report on the scene and nearby civic updates follow. The article also notes community notices, church reopening plans, and local lodge activities with names and places throughout the Ohio Valley region.
A party of friends led by De. Yasmire fished the Cheat River area about 25 to 30 miles from its mouth camping at Staford's Pool. They caught around two hundred pounds of fish during a week, with salmon weights up to eight and a half pounds, earning a prize for the heaviest catch.
In Paterson area reports say miners and laborers weigh a general return to work next Monday. Operators press for wage scale tied to sale price while convention leaders push arbitration and a sliding scale. Regions show mixed activity with some furnaces firing and coke drawn, indicating cautious movement toward renewed production. Local meetings and a potential reconciling committee at the works are described amid ongoing tensions and uncertain timing.
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