22 Mar 1896
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1896
Page
1
Fragmentary copy describes a March 22 event with references to a political rally, a bank robbery, and a police investigation. Names and places are partially unreadable, but mentions age, a voter turnout, and a potential arrest linked to a Delaw area case. The piece hints at an electoral dispute and legal proceedings.
March 21 in Marys West Virginia District: 1870 Heart Shewte deed to record for identically same property. Henry Sheets later granted another warranty deed, notes and endorsements tied to Gillespie and Williams. Trial of three jurors ends with a verdict in favor of Gillespie and associates after a costly legal fight.
Special to Me Register reports a tragedy at Parkerstarg near W Way during the Brabent Hopkins era fair. A one year old child named Warghier perished after clothes caught fire, with investigators unsure of the exact sequence and timing.
A local man, Winters, was taken into custody by Whitmenpe authorities in Whit county after a dawn arrest Friday night. Neighbors describe him as a terror who warned the countryside about misbehavior, while a jury declared a verdict on a separate complaint. The incident unfolds with mounting tension as investigators search for missing details and neighbors recall prior warnings.
In Pittsburg on March 31 two men, Alex McDonald and Willis Davin, were killed in a fire damp explosion at the Ohio and Pennsylvania coal mines near West Newport. McDonald fell into the shaft while the others were rescued and burned. Investigations note safeguards against such accidents were in place but failures occurred. Contemporaneous reports mention British vice canons and other distant events.
The Booth-Tuckers depart from Southampton aboard the St Louis bound for New York with Salvation Army leadership unsettled. Commander Booth-Tucker outlines aims to bring Ballington Booth back to service or rely on prayer and labor, while General Booth predicts peaceful outcomes and Ballington’s return. Ballington Booth’s group name is changed from Gods American Volunteers to Volunteers.
Beautiful Miss Daisy Everett of Cleveland married Adolph Oppenheimer of Berlin at the bride’s father Sylvester T. Everett’s home corner Euclid and Cam avenues. The ceremony was quiet due to recent losses in the family. The couple departed for California after the wedding.
A major blaze at the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Co. plant in Pittsburgh caused extensive damage to buildings and machinery. Fire spread rapidly, gutting upper floors and tanks. losses and insurance details are reported as substantial, with the plant to be rebuilt. The company traces its chain office to Philadelphia and faces reconstruction after the fire.
Special dispatch from Columbes Ohio says Governor Braknell confirms McKinley alone requested State Librarian Smith’s resignation, not co Governor Foraker. The move aims to ease Braknell’s embarrassment and permit his own selection, while McKinley seeks to reduce party friction. Smith will lead a McKinley protection group in Cleveland.
March 21 Mrs Roanand Vida was fatally shot by neighbor Jack Dio. The Malians involved, with Giacomo Constatzo listed as the murderer alias, allegedly mistook the victim for Louisa Gugino, widow of a man recently sentenced to prison at Aubura.
Captain Marshall McDonald aged one of the oldest coal operators in the Pittsburg area died at his Sewickley home last night of pneumonia. He was a member of the Pittsburg Coal Exchange and Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, licensed as a pilot in 1855, and long active in river business.
Terrifying find surfaces when a man named Cole brings a woman's severed head in a tin bucket to a medical student in Columbus Ohio. The head is braided hair in brown, with blood and leaves matted in the scalp, prompting police in Cincinnati to be notified about possible ties to the Pearl Bryan murder mystery.
United States ambassador Thomas F Bayard declined to meet reporters after news of the House censure for remarks in Boston and Binghamton reached London He read the vote in papers and said he had nothing to say He pressed on with dispatches to Secretary Olney and planned to visit Lord Amherst at Seven Oaks while talks on the Venezuelan question seek to define settlers rights separate from squatters claims
A blast at a quarry site near Elliicott City Maryland kills head collector John H. Cleggett of Howard County and Lee Williams a worker on the Edmondson avenue mine project. The explosion shatters windows drives debris through towns and injures passersby as goods spill from shelves and town hall panes crack.
In Cleveland on March 21 leading Iron ore producers concluded a secret session with a universal price schedule for the coming season. Standard Bessemer ore set at $4 per ton with Mesaba ores from $3.60 to $3.75 by quality. The key move was a plan to curtail Bessemer ore shipments next Benson.
West Virginia high court released several rulings from Mason Kanawha Cabell and other counties. Decisions affirmed circuit court judgments in Bail v Stewart and Ball v Kearns, reversed and dismissed in Charleston & South Side Bridge Co. v County Court, Hiscom v Parrish, OBrien v Dill, and remanded Lovejoy v Chesapeake & Ohio Rail. Other rulings in Taylor v Chesapeake & Ohio and Moore v McNutt were affirmed. Postea notes announce new WV postmasters at Barracksville Cecil and Lightburn.
A Johannesburg dispatch reports that John Hayes Hammond of the Reform Committee repudiates letters in American papers. Ten Reform prisoners are named. The Rand is accused of Americanizing by British mining magnates placing machinery orders in the United States rather than England. English mining directors serve as directors of American machine companies.
Washington March 21 The jury in Benjamin H Milliken the Tennesseean trial on charges of house breaking with intent to assault Miss Gertrude Phillips daughter of ex Solicitor General Phillips returned a verdict of not guilty after an all night session. Earlier at 10 o clock they said they had not reached agreement and Judge Cole said he was ready to receive a verdict any time before 3 o'clock.
River news reports midnight marks at 17 feet and rising slowly with unlikely further increase. Snow in mountains receding, coal shipments continue from Pittsburg, boats gathering to move downstream before waters fall. Lounging Bethel services aboard a floating chapel planned, Fay 8 boat freed and returned. Roy Henderson resigns as wharfboat clerk for a Sistersville job. River at 111 feet and falling at the dam. conditions clear and warmer.
At a labor meeting in Odd Fellows Hall last evening P J MeGuire first vice president of the Federation of Labor and secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Builders delivered an eloquent hour long talk on the labor question. He received an attentive reception from a fair sized audience and left the city for Cincinnati Ohio to speak there this afternoon.
Handsome additions to the library were made last week with Bishop Donahue donating fifteen volumes on The Earth and His Inhabitants and Wm C Kiichgessner gifting George Elliott's complete works. Ladies plan a Muai sale on Ladies Day next Thursday. The smoker event scheduled for last night was postponed.
An examination of the holes in the face of the floater found near the water works was conducted at Schroder's undertaking establishment. Officials concluded the damage likely occurred while in the water. Justice Arkle wrote to Pivteburg Friday night but no reply was received, so the remains were buried late in the afternoon.
A physician ordered beef tea by enclosing chopped meat in a sealed bottle and boiling it in water. The patient’s spouse boiled the bottle in water but fed the water to the patient, claiming it tasted unusually good, though no meat was consumed.
Mr. C Schnepf the Opera House sdraggist recorded yesterday's readings at 7 am 25 9 am 32 12 m 41 4 pm 47 7 pm 48. Washington D C March 21 forecast for West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania cloudy with showers warmer southwesterly winds. Ohio showers warmer in east morning colder in the west by afternoon colder at night southeast turning northwesterly.
Washington March 21 The American Protective Association announces plans to enter national politics with a campaign of education and a slate of bills. A March 24 meeting of the Supreme Advisory Board will set the course ahead of the May Supreme Council sessions. The group seeks re enacting anti sectarian provisions and a nationwide education effort to reach voters via post offices.
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