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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1893
Page
1
A disastrous collapse at Ford's Theatre causes a high death toll with 22 dead and one more feared. Debris removal continues as investigators prepare formal inquiries while officials blame structural weakness and poor building conditions for the tragedy.
Yesterday’s baseball results feature the Boston team drawing with Pittsburg in Boston while New York edged a win as Tiernan sealed it in the tenth. Baltimore beat Cleveland 4 1, Philadelphia defeated St Louis 5 0, and Brooklyn edged Cincinnati 4 3. Also reported are judicial arrests in Albany involving forged betrothal swindles and a West Virginia case about a man seeking $10,000 for an eye injury.
Paris dispatch reports Ambassador Bayard and party arriving in Southampton with Mrs Bisine amid lavish decorations. Local officials, including the Mayor, praised Bayard in speeches stressing friendship and continued US-UK ties. Bayard pledged to use his office to foster mutual welfare and commerce. The group then traveled by special train to London with other notable Americans observed in the welcome.
Davis Coal and Coke Company stockholders met in Pisgah, W Va, to authorize consolidating with Henry Coal, Davis & Elkina, Fairfax, and Thomas Coal companies. Directors adopted similar resolutions for alliances. Henry National Bank names new vice president H G Buxton amid a prosperous year.
The Massachusetts battleship was successfully launched at the Cramp yard at 9 59 am with Secretary Herbert and Attorney General Olney presiding. Miss Herbert christened the vessel with champaign amidst 15 000 spectators, whistles bells and cannon salutes as a naval battalion of 125 participated. Separately Pension rules were issued by Commissioner Lochren guiding disability proof and wage thresholds for pensions under the 1880 act. Also brief dispatches report political turmoil in Argentina and Bolivia with cabinet tensions and uprisings.
At the World's Fair monthly directors meeting Auditor Ackerman presented figures. Receipts from all sources total 20,990,545.91 with payments for construction 10,202,936.08 and general expenses 2,940,045.00, leaving a balance of 1,180,503.08. Total gate receipts through May 1st amount to 582,905.51. Governor Altgeldt travels to Lemont to personally investigate affairs there.
A. L. Backus & Sons Co of Cleveland files voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities are about 300,000 with assets not yet known. Report notes potential involvement with the P A P Exchange and broader Northern Ohio business distress. Bank data from New York shows shifts in loans and circulation. The report cites regionally varied banking actions and a noted Cleveland financial collapse context.
Despatches describe Princess Eulalia visiting Midway Plate with a windy, cold day as she tours venues including the Horticultural building and German village. She attends a Spanish rhapsody in a festival hall box, then returns to Midway and Palmer House as authorities note other fair activities and scattered incidents from Charleston to Austin regatta results.
Testimony today in the Borden trial mostly corroborated earlier statements. Officers Edson, Mahony and Seaver described searches from the cellar to the barn and house, the handleless hatchet, blood spots, and dresses, with Seaver growing confused on cross examination. The court adjourned for the weekend with proceedings set to resume Monday.
A trusted inmate warned of a prison escape scheme at the Ohio State Penitentiary. Guards found a tunnel mouth under the broom shop cellar, blocked by a board and mortar. Burglar John Horn and Dayton thief were caught entering the tunnel. others planned to join in a coordinated breakout via a telegraph link from the pallet room to the tunnel entrance.
Special Telegram reports the Supreme Court affirming last winter’s city reorganization. The regime bans gambling and pool halls, closes saloons from midnight to morning, and prohibits Sunday baseballs or theater. Officials prepare to enforce the new order amid long lax precedents.
Judge Brown grants Mrs. Frank Leslie a divorce from Willie Wilde. She may marry or restrain, Wilde may have no share in Mrs. Leslie's estate before or after her death. Also notes U S Court session, detectives, alleged "shiners" from Mercer and McDowell, and the sudden death of Tillinghast Cook in Pancrasine West Virginia with brief obituary details.
Paris reports cholera spreading from Narbenne in the Rede department along the Bordesus Cette railway and via the Mare benne canal to the Mediterranean. Dr. Me cle of Narbonne dies of cholera. The June death toll in Mocces reaches twenty.
Fragmented weather note records temperatures around 72 degrees and a 7 am reading. The document cites Pro mith, an analytical chemist, claiming a range of popular beverages sold and referencing a temperature statement from yesterday at the Opera House.
Bentis June 10 report on general elections for Kekckatag members and upcoming by elections. Some 1,550 candidates contest 897 seats amid tangled factions, with re ballots likely in many constituencies and alliances shaping post poll outcomes.
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