13 Sep 1891
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1891
Page
1
A lengthy report details a Chicago woman seen at a church affair and her detention after questioning. Authorities, clergy, and witnesses discuss alleged complicity and prior conduct while pressuring community leaders to clarify her status, with church officials urging compliance and restraint.
The Camden Summers case concluded with a compromise. Mrs Camden receives one hundred ten thousand dollars while the rest of the estate settles debts under the trust. The negotiation involved multiple proposals and trustees, with final terms favoring heirs and acknowledging prior contracts and land ownership.
Morgantown and neighboring Morgantown team faced a tough defeat as Kiger was pulled early and O Kelly struggled in relief. The Barrettes impressed with clean defense, while Morgantown committed thirteen errors amid a poor all around performance. Yardage, pitching, and fielding details appear from multiple league games across New York to Cleveland and Chicago markets, highlighting mixed results and shifting standings.
In New York City on September 12 Charles Noller of Valley Stream was found bleeding and head-cut, robbed after leaving a liquor store at Fourth Avenue and Twelfth Street. A knife stab and theft of nine dollars occurred as assailants fled, one cutting the trousers pocket to reach money. Sullivan of Warwick was robbed of nine dollars and his coat while wandering Sullivan Street. Townsend was arrested and held as police investigate.
New York September 12 James Gibbons brother of Austin Gibbons issues a card denouncing the referee decision in the McAuliffe versus Gibbons match. He challenges McAuliffe to a rematch under teensberry rules for double stakes 9000 a side at the Olympic Club New Orleans deposit of 2150 with Richard Fox to prove seriousness.
In Galveston Texas on December 12 Senior Augustine Folwar joined the Cabinet as Minister of Public Affairs and Manuel Alatta became Minister of Affairs forming a coalition of independent factions. Balmaceda’s ministers reportedly funded 83,000 to London. treasury issues cancelled. Admiral Brown ordered the San Francisco to sail to California with possible Samoa destination. The Baltinote stays at Valparaiso.
A chaotic dispatch from September 13 reports General Banning arriving with coconuts from Pleats Island. Captain Spring explains the vessel was blown out to sea causing a capsizing near a canoe, sharks attacked, and thirty eight islanders were drowned or killed. A young islander fought back with a knife but was slain. One leg was bitten off. Trades Union Congress news from New Castle September 12 notes parliamentary ballots and labor representations, with details on unions and state arbitration. A separate tale warns that a fool and his money part after a traveling quack cured a man with bitters.
New York report details John Daly, famed king of faro, as the victim of a major cash heist from his West Twenty Ninth Street gambling house. The thief was Daly’s manager William Hollingsworth, who allegedly pocketed from ten thousand to a hundred thousand dollars in cash and kept it after a dramatic argument. Hollingsworth reportedly faced Daly with a claim of rightful ownership, while city figures and associates stayed silent amid the unfolding scandal.
The Philadelphia committee resolves that Secretary Charles Foster provide funds to continue the government inquiry into Keystone National Bank. They urge experts be funded and carried forward under federal auspices, offering to cover expenses until Congress appropriates reimbursement.
A group of prominent Democrats led by Senator Faulkner to embark from Washington on a Northwest and far West campaigning tour. The itinerary includes Spokane for the Washington State Democratic societies convention and extended stops culminating in Lewiston. The party features ex Gov Black of Pennsylvania, Rep Bynum, ex Rep McAdoo, James M Beck of Philadelphia, and Lawrence Gardner, secretary of the National Democratic clubs association.
Montreal reports a Quebec rail scandal crisis with a cabinet split. Lieut. Gov. Angers seeks a royal wage commission to probe ministers, backed by Shehyn Garnau and Duhamel, while Premier Robideaux and Langevin oppose. Lieut. Gov. Boyer resigns. Mercier holds firm. Battle moves to Legislature.
A verbose digest of European tensions notes Kaiser Wilhelm at Cassel, anxieties over German, Austrian, and Italian diplomacy, and Turkey leaning toward Russia amid Dardanelles discussions. It reports intrigues in London Berlin Rome and Paris, plus a sensational Ada Lovelace linked divorce tale and a German embezzler traced to a ship.
Rumors claim a surprise landing of MNO troops at Constantinople and a Black Sea attack plan aimed at disabling Turkish fleets within hours. Earlier notes recount Russian ground studies and 1586 exercises, while local inquiries deny a Daimarch rumor about Prince Bismarck. A separate report details a fatal family dispute and an arrest linked to a murder plot.
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