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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1895
Page
1
A damaged text fragment references a public or political event, mentioning names such as Marthe Chrbetiank and Armenian concerns. The OCR is corrupted, but hints at a trial or hearings, oppression themes, and a public debate with scattered mentions of locations and voices.
The readable fragments mention places, names, dates, and various topics, but the text is heavily garbled. It hints at European themes, theater or comedy references, and local items with numbers and monetary values, yet lacks coherent narrative or clear events.
Fragmentary report details a violent incident in Amsterdam involving an 8 year old girl, a stabbing and gunfire, and the assailant’s suicide. Names and precise relations are obscured by OCR errors, but the事件 centers on a fatal assault followed by self-inflicted harm and subsequent investigations. The article mentions local officials and electoral notes amid garbled text.
A garbled report describes a 19th century incident involving a schoolmaster Miley and Sheriff McGregonr, with mention of a Yale victory over a rival team. The long narrative touches on contests, penalties, and the public reaction, concluding with a note on bakery closures in New York and an interview summary with Senator Warren discussing presidential prospects.
Special to the Register from Columbus reports the Secretary of State's tally on Lorain county and a summary of state vote totals for 1895 1893 and 1898. Figures include total votes cast statewide in 1895 about 846 9h and 1893 about 19 excess of 1895 over 1893 and governor votes in those years.
The Concord Monitor editorial argues the Republican convention will oppose the single gold standard, back bimetallism, and demand coinage of gold and silver on standard money. It suggests Thomas B. Reed could be nominated and led by a strong GOP majority, echoing Grant over Greeley dynamics.
Special to the Register from Columbus on November 23 reports Secretary Byers of the State Board of Charities informing county infirmary boards that Ohio hospitals harbor 149 insane persons, 442 epileptics, and 700 adult idiots. The notice urges action by the General Assembly to fund a new state asylum at Massillon, an epileptic asylum at Gallipolis, and custodial care measures, signaling a plan for a new statewide institution this winter.
Citizens in Cheago claim Armenians are desperate and ready to travel to Turkey to defend relatives. A mass meeting is planned to press England to halt massacres, with many already enlisted in several states and more expected to join.
The Turkish legation forwarded a telegram stating Armenian rioters caused four Muslim and Armenian deaths at Keaulikinia and Koupoumar with three Muslims and one Armenian wounded. It reports arrests of sixteen suspects at Kiksar and says order was restored after measures. Thirty-nine revolutionary pamphlets found in an Armenian church at Kaphissarcharki. Four Young Ladies Hurt in Poland Ohio. The Poland Union Seminary wall collapsed, injuring four girls. all escaped warning signs except four.
A Pittsburg committee claims the city offers unmatched telegraphic facilities for a national convention. Western Union and Postal Telegraph officials affirm ample, well-coordinated lines and many operators to handle vast coverage. AP and United Press representatives endorse Pittsburg as a premier hub with broad, interruption-free news distribution.
Indianapolis on November 23 reports Eugene V Debs arriving from Chicago to a crowd of about 300 laborers at the station. He was escorted to the Spencer House and met with an ovation. Debs answered questions about his health and confinement and said the Chicago reception and the city’s speech had been trying. He declined to discuss his sentence.
Mrs John Pool of Rockwood Ohio, despondent over her son Shed Pool’s murder sentence at Lawrence County Court, attempted suicide last night by poison. Physicians offer little hope of recovery. In Dubuque Iowa Han Allen killed William Cross and wounded a woman before shooting himself. In Wauseon two hunters found valuable papers from last summer’s Reece express robbery.
The Treasury Department announced a new circular from Secretary Carlisle directing sub-treasurers to accept gold coins in 500 dollar and larger sums and pay express charges on both the gold and the currency returned in exchange. Light-weight coins will be valued at face plus four cents per troy grain if below standard weight. Also included is a report on Allegheny Seminary resisting Presbyterian General Assembly control, provoking church tensions in Cleveland.
The Evening Times harshly criticized Judge McGinnis and jurors for leniency. Yowell and associates Hill Sad dler Moore and Sherlock were arrested for contempt, fined 250 dollars, and Editor Yowell was jailed ten days before a habeas corpus release and bond for a forthcoming appeal. Wheeling overtime claims totaled 4800 dollars, with 4100 allowed as recommended. A Cincinnati attorney seeks a Supreme Court mandamus to require Governor McKinley to appoint her notary public after AG opinion says women are ineligible. Henry Thompson, father-in-law of J H Long, dies in Huntington at 7 PM from rupture of a blood vessel sparked by excitement at a fair.
The Providence Board of Trade at Providence R I requests Congress set a three month limit between national party conventions and presidential elections. A memorial prepared by the Board urges action to curb campaign duration and influence on the electoral process.
In Nashville Tennessee on November 23 Mies Nora Work, Thomas Davis, and David Collum drowned when their skiff capsized crossing the Cumberland River at Pond Creek Ferry twelve miles from the city. Rescue arrived too late. The other item notes Pope’s throat trouble and postponed consistory events to late November and early December.
In Charleston W Va on November 22 John K Deitz shot and fatally wounded a man named Castle at C W Hall's law office after a quarrel over a bill. Deitz, once a friend, had saved Castle from a court martial in the war and then fatally wounded him amid claims Castle represented gambling interests. Castle, alias Morgan Davenport, had a history as an animal trainer and gambler with ties to Zanesville Ohio.
William Cooper, 89, with temporary dementia, tried to set his barn ablaze then entered the flames. He is to be brought to Parkersburg and a question will be raised for admission to Spencer State Hospital as a dangerous case.
A private Constantinople letter reports a diver involved in pier work near Golden Horn discovering dozens of tied corpses sunk in the Bosphorus. The victims, students known to locals, were said to have been arrested by Turkish police and drowned during a recent crackdown.
A Ohio farmer Marion Sullivan, known in Southern Ohio, died after a fatal accident near Huntington. The horse fell on him causing a severe head injury. He leaves a wife and family in Lawrence County.
New York reports the steamship Campania carrying a massive gold shipment worth four million dollars in bars and heavy coin age. California Mineral Value book notes total mineral production for the year at about 20.2 million with Calaveras leading in metal output at 4.12 million and petroleum rising as a wealth source. Los Angeles leads in state wealth while silver and quicksilver contribute smaller sums.
Mr. C. Schnepf the Opera Mousa druggist notes yesterday’s weather with early morning 58, noon 65, 8 pm 57. Rain then cooler, northwesterly winds, followed by fall weather. Thermometer readings scattered by day.
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