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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1889
Page
1
A fragmented report from a local agricultural event notes police presence and public interest. Members discuss fair arrangements, community concerns, and planned activities as the schedule unfolds.
The piece analyzes views on civil service reform and presidential direction, referencing a new administration and possible reforms before March. It discusses preference for limiting federal control, plans for bureaucratic changes, and the political balance between the North and South with implications for appointments and policy.
Atlanta dated report details Jonathan L Adams junior partner of Adame & Co Macon who forged cotton certificates for thousands of dollars. He refused food while under guard, became delirious, and endured two weeks of starvation before morphine sleep eased his pain. Doctors struggle to force nourishment as his condition worsens and a deathward fate looms.
Two men C. T. Candeld and F. Barnett were arrested in Grant county on arms and robbery charges linked to a February incident. They were pursued from Coldwater Kansas to Grant county and confined after a gun confrontation. both were wounded when ammunition exhausted. Damages sought by Brewers for losses prompted legal action. Dynamite blast in Missouri killed Jacob Ger makn and injured three others. Henry George and family set sail for Europe on the Ems, with a farewell from the Tax League crowd aboard the steamer.
Jacksonville dispatch details a bloody Seminole attack in the Everglades. Jimy, a young Seminole, fires a Winchester killing Militia Chief Yankee Mice and several others including Old Tiger and Young Tiger. The assault continues as he shoots more victims before being cornered and killed by Billy. Four more indictments follow in the Mineral Range robbery case.
The Parkersburg Improvement and Construction Company formed with George W. Thompson W. N. Chancellor W.B. Archer and other local leaders plus EW. Clark Jr of Philadelphia as incorporator. Capital stock is $100,000 to build a new road from Fairmont to Clarkaburg then to Braxton. Directors to be elected on April 6, strong company expected to push the project.
An urgent Charleston dispatch reports a political scramble as Governor Gell and Prevident Garr seek to assume office next Monday. Judge Ferguson and Judge Guthrie join the legal action. public interest rises over motions and possible legal steps to install a new administration.
London reports the Richard Pigott suicide after a murder attempt at a hotel in Madrid. The man, later named Roland Ponsonby, arrived from Paris with minimal luggage then fired a revolver into his mouth and died. Police identify connections to Irish and English figures as investigations continue.
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