11 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1892
Page
1
Reports from New York and Boston detail quarantine measures as ships from Hamburg, Antwerp and Liverpool face health checks. Officials discuss disinfecting, water supplies, and mounting costs of holding immigrants while cholera risk looms.
Admiral Walker to sail flagship Chicago at dawn for Laguayra Venezuela to safeguard American interests in the region. Secretary Tracy and Assistant Secretary Atlee approve a stronger naval presence in Southern waters amid totemecine troubles and absent ministerial reports. The Chicago, chosen over Philadelphia, heads directly to Laguayra with orders kept confidential and no other vessels dispatched for now.
The Treasury Department in Wasimeros D C September 10 issued a circular outlining toll collection through St Marys Falls Canal for vessels bound to American ports but exporting to Canada or other foreign destinations. It directs landing certificates for cargo destined to the United States or another foreign place via the United States, unless fraud or concealment is found, in which case tolls are collected and certificates withheld. Acting Secretary O L Stravling signs the notice.
Brooklyn Pirates defeated Brooklyn at home as Pennsylvania players noted. Philadelphia hammered Chicago in a 10 to 5 clash with 3,322 in attendance. New York was shut out by Cincinnati 1 0. Baltimore split two games with St Louis as 1,800 watched. Boston lost to Cleveland 4 3 in front of 3,523. Washington blanked Louisville 5 0 with 707 attendees.
The report lists Ionia races with six furlongs in 1 16 percent, one mile with incomplete time, 9 furlongs won by Fallero in 153554, and other heats including mile and seventy yains with Selenad woo and Viola B. woo. It notes Sheepshead Bay autumn meeting by the Coney Island Jockey Club closing with six races and about 15K spectators, highlighting May Win winning by a length in the T furlongs and Futurity Course as Corrections won.
Whittier the Quaker poet lay in state at his Whittier home in Massachusetts with flags at half mast and floral tributes from across the country. A Quaker service was held in the garden at 2 30 pm followed by interment in Union Cemetery Bartletts Corner. Thousands gathered to bid farewell to the national poet and patriot who inspired hope.
John L. Sullivan and his party rode through Columbus on the Big Four in a Pullman car. Sullivan rested with his arm over the window as onlookers watched a crowd formed around the scene. The venerable fighter appeared oblivious to observers, seemingly in a drunken stupor, as beer bottles were brought in for the party.
A crowded Atlanta crowd surged to welcome Corbett as his special train arrived from Birmingham. The rush crowded the depot, left Brady behind, and forced police to move Corbett into a carriage through a side door to disperse the mob.
Mrs Eugenia Sherrill died in a Second Street house of shame after a night with a man not her husband. Her companion Mrs Mine nie Austin perished shortly after, and Lloyd Austin, the eleven year old son, lay ill. Coroner and jury call it Asiatic cholera possibly from poison in ice cream or coffee. Police note possible poisoning with toxic substances found in the home, while suspicions of insurance motives and a mystery assailant circulate.
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