25 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1892
Page
1
The piece surveys tariff contention and party politics as Democratic and Republican figures campaign in cities like New York and Cleveland. It notes Senator Giltts Buffalo stop, Speaker Graves Georgia, Stevenson in Danville, and Cleveland’s forthcoming letter of acceptance as pivotal elements shaping the political climate ahead of national elections.
A large crowd gathers on the Bowery tonight around a suspected cholera victim, Samuel Mackinsky, 21, who is taken near Houston Street after vomiting. Surgeon refuses ambulance transport, saying it is a board of health case. Suspect John Galvin is found in a rear tenement at 535 West Twenty eighth Street, with another possible case reported at 2 First Avenue. Both men are sent to the reception hospital.
In Washington DC on September 34 Secretary Foster stated he had received a request from passengers of the steamship Hermans to be rallied from further than thus. The report outlines prevailing conditions and medical concerns presented by surgeon general Hamilton.
Nineteen new cholera cases and eleven deaths reported at St. Petersburg, with declines in cases and rises in deaths from Thursday. The steamer Esperanza arrived Hull from Hamburg. its captain stricken and hospitalized, others on board reported well. Hamburg and Paris record fresh cases and deaths, while the August Victoria reaches quarantine with all aboard well.
A freight train failed to slow for a construction train near New Hampton Iowa as a curve blocked view. The collision killed eight and injured three with others missing. names and exact figures vary in reports from South Bend to Independence and MecNorans.
New York details reveal actor Robert Mantell denying his wife Margaret Mantell's charges amid a high profile divorce amid claims against leading lady Charlotte Behrens. Court actions involve alimony, loans, and a separate suit by Melrose and Chapman over authorship of The Face In the Moonlight. The case tracks Mantell's finances and alleged misdeeds as he defended his conduct and the theater production.
Special Telegram to the Sunday Register from Cortmnes Ohio reports Judge Pugh dissolved the extinction secured by D. F. Chandler & Co of Cincinnati. The ruling prevents the State Dairy and Food Commissioner McNeal from pursuing further action in the dispute.
In Charleston West Virginia on September 24 Col John R Fellows spoke to a crowded Democratic gathering. Notables present included ex Governor Wilson W A MacCorkle Jobe Alderson and W E B Chilton. The speech argued for taxation rights and opposing federal ballot box interference.
State Canal Commissioners Hartnett and Rownd report discoveries in Washington showing the government sold 500 seven in Henry and Lucas counties that the state had ceded as canal lands and that 400 acres owned by the state were held by private parties. They have only examined a tenth of the records and expect to reclaim about ten thousand acres. They found that ceded lands long sold by the state appear on federal records as unentered government lands with no cession noted. If buyers wish to acquire such lands they would pay regular prices and the state would defend the title, but courts may treat the land records as final.
A suspicious package delivered to Columbus police was soaked to prevent detonation. Chief Murphy and detective Dickson determined it contained a dynamite cartridge with a friction fuse. Water dampened the charge, preventing an explosion. The note claimed to target the state house.
News from Detroit reports James E Wickes president of Wickes Refrigerator Co of New York, perished after falling from a second story window in a disreputable house during the night. Wickes, about 55, was a major businessman with ties to Merchants Dispatch and Transportation Co. The shock rippled through New York business circles. Senator Prye campaign dates in Ohio are announced with stops at Athens and Piqua later in October.
St Louis reports Col Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore died at six forty five PM of heart disease from indigestion. The 63 year old founder and leader of the Gilmore Band will be taken to New York City with his wife and daughter. In Washington a separate note records A Condin of Wilmington DC breaking both the one hand hammer throw and the one hand twelve and eight pound hammer records at a YMCA Park encampment event.
Washington report notes no pleural fluid buildup since return to the capital and the physician says the danger from that complication is over. Gen Gardner adds Mrs Harrison’s condition is about the same as on her return from Loon Lake with minor improvements unlikely to change for days or weeks.
Three highwaymen rode into Roslyn Washington and held Cashier Abarnethy and Bookkeeper Frazier at gunpoint while another thief emptied the safe of about $10,000 in notes. They fired on officials as they fled. Jim Cowley and the bookkeeper were wounded. A posse pursued but nothing else was learned by nightfall. One bandit was identified as a half breed observer.
September 24. The Huntiah rd Captain Richards from Pisagua arrived at Queenstown and learned the bark was bound for a cholera port. Crew refused to sail to Hamburg and demanded discharge. Richards hired replacement seamen paying $40 each. old crew armed themselves and threatened killings. Captain arrested for mutiny. Also a pawnshop shooting: C. I. Eddie Astin fatally shot during robbery attempt by three men.
A brief telegraphic note indicates twenty five Baptist missionaries will sail this afternoon for foreign fields. Sixteen join the Telugu Mission in Arcot, four head to Burma, and three to Congo. The item mentions no season for the Parr Presty weeks and notes a financial change in New York with loans and level figures.
In Patherland Emperor William V heads to Rominten for a boar and deer hunt amid fears of a possible Russian capture and loss of the throne. Berlin reports minimal alarm over cholera as sanitary measures tighten around water tanks, barges, and river traffic, with officials issuing passes and central sanitory stations along the Elbe and nearby rivers.
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