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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1893
Page
5
A long column covers local politics and events. It cites the Lutheran Synod on easy divorce, discusses Chicago’s influence, and notes plans to bring the Pompalian show to Wheeling with Chamber endorsement. It mentions West Virginia corporate charters, a collector debate, and Wheeling civic concerns.
A chaotic dispatch reports a brutal home intrusion at Edy residence near the border, where Tony Erst abducted and killed Edy and his wife and daughter after seizing valuables. Neighbors found the scene, the killers fled south toward the border, with Montreal cited as a distant trace.
Kanawha Circuit Court opens the second Monday in June with numerous chancery cases listed. Many suits are filed by wives against husbands for desertion or failure to provide, while others allege infidelity. Listed parties include Lucy Taylor vs William Taylor and David Pauley vs Ida Pauley among many others.
Special Agent Conver Smith reports an organized New England gang smuggling Chinese into the United States via Canada. Five arrestees from Vermont and nearby towns include Chad L. Smith and Wilts Hopkins. Chin Poy and Frank Park are also named. The operation moved laborers through Montreal Sherbrooke Standstead and Lyndonville with tickets bought at rail stations. payments reported at 100 dollars per man. Hopkins alleged leader, possible opium trafficking. Authorities call it a major, border-smuggling ring with broad coverage and significant implications.
A reporter visited Giffin & Co. on Main Street to view a new Symphony organ. The automatic instrument plays operatic, popular, and classical music without manual key work, while also functioning as a standard organ. Wilcox & Wo supply the device, with Giffen & Co. holding exclusive agency in the region.
Water stood six feet five inches in the channel last night. The Batchelor tardy over twenty four hours from Pittser yesterday due to Cincinnati business. The Iron Queen passed down to Cincinnati and return, likely a popular season. Today's boats listed include Ber Hur to Pittsburg at 6 am, Laurle Bas to Pittsburg, Sam, Annie Laurie to Pittsburg at 6 am, Keyston State to Pittsburg at 7 am, Courier to Parkersburg at once, and Batchelor to Cincinnati at 3 pm. At New York four persons died in a fire.
Fifty one young officers-to-be graduate from West Point as the class of 1901, with cadets rigorously trained in discipline, honesty, and modern warfare. The yearly process includes hard gatekeeping, cadet hops, and strict money and room rules, culminating in the graduation and subsequent ferry trial.
The article reports a record by LaTosca in a track event, mentions ongoing pool room and telegraph disputes at Guttenburg and Fort Lee, and lists race results. It then covers legal health board decisions, billiards match results in London, a local tragedy, attendance at the World’s Fair, construction progress on Riverside, and various Wheeling area community notices and obituaries.
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