Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-11-16

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state. The facts are said 90 bc as FOL.
lows; -Four years ago. while working
as domestic at Huntington. Leona
Adkins became the mother of girl
baby, the father being corporal iu
the Sixth United states regulars.
Fourteen miles above huntingdon
at village called Ona. lived n child.
less couple named MIR. aud Mrs. Wal.
ton. IL Is alleged that Mrs Walton
came To where she was staying and
bcg god her 10 give up the baby. which
she Mrs. Waltonl wanted as her own.
The girl consented. the only provision
being that the adopted mother should
take the real mother Ina her home IA n
domestic. A few weeks ago the cor
poral was discharged from the army,
returned homo and wanted his child.
Ills wife obtained possession OF tho
child, but Mr., Walton procured her AR
rest Tor abduction. Both sides are pre-.
pared To make n bitter fight for possess
sion of the baby.
NM. MCLAuoiutN. railroad agent nj
Gillespie, ON the West Virginia & Penn.
| sylvania railroad. was found dead IN,
other night on the station platform
with his throat cut IL il supposed
that he committed suicide.
Ar MELVILLE ~ miles east Of sutton.
w H. Golden, white. struck Albert
| Wolvcrton, colorcd, on the head with
"a stone. Wolvcrton will die.
RECEIVERS Of the West Virginia a
Pennsylvania railroad are asking pro
posals FOR two large shop buildings TO
be erected az Weston.
NEsr NRgINIA has elected three re-
/ nlfnlI4nn com
crat The Legislature h very close.
and until the official vote Is In II b
doubtful Nearly dozen members
OF the house are claiming their cleo
tion with less than 20 majority.
Some Of these are elected from dele
gate districts composed Of two, three.
and Ina some eases four eountien.
| So ~ can bc seen that both partit,s
have a right 10 claim the lcgiaiature.
| Chairman Ohlcy. ~ the democratic
state committee. claims the legislature
viii bc democratic on Joint ballot by a
majority Of one. Secretary White. OF
| the republican state committee. SAYS.
West Virginia legislature republican
I'm both branches; senate by ten; house
by three. This insurcs republican
| United States senator"
AZ election quarrel at Willard. Rnano
county. terminated la murderuus
| pitched battle with Isnivc. between
| sheppard Frccland. Georu. Freriand.
Henry Gorrcll aud Albert Hopkins.
During the ARRAY Hopkins b. reported
TO have murdered Sheppard Frceiand.
aud seriously, II not fatally. wounded
Cornell and the murdered mans
brother. After the crime the murderer
dcied the officers. Hcd 10 the woods.
and has not yet been captured. though
the county Is being secured by a large
posse under command Of the sheriff.
All implicated Ina the affair were Young
farmers, Of respectable families.
SYDNEY T.. LoRAINE-Giss.ws "A wealthy
Randolph county farmer, who went
hunting FOR bear with two other com.
paniOns near beverly, ON the 2Tth nit.
and after leaving the hunters In a re-
mote part ~ the mountains intending
10 take trail for his home, was found
frozen 20 death In "A ravine. after being
mysteriously missing for some time.
"A heavy snow had fallen. and Il ia
thought Crews became exhausted and
sat down 10 rest.
SPECIAL Commissioner j. Henry Lee
has disposed OF the property II the
Newburg Oral Coal and Coke Co. to
Lawson Riggs and others for $40. 600.
The land and interests lie in Preston,
Harbour Taylor, Harrison and Marion
counties
Tux building at salem for the new
West Virginia Industrial Home for
| Girls IL almost finished. and the strrse-
ture will be ready % turn over 20 the
board Of managers In a few weeks
GoLD has hecn discovered ON Middle
Fork river back 81 Eikins shafts are
being sunk and the ore Suns about
$500 % the ton. The auriferous rock
Is soft and easily worked. Excitement
Is running high. The gold bearing
rock crops out on the farms Of John A.
Holland aud Greed Michaeis.
WEsr yEerSA has 80 national banks.
with aggregate resources 81 SIS. sf9.-
595s8 The capital stock paid ia
amounts 10 s5.85i. 900; surplus fund.
Ss9S, 27' undivided profits less ex-
pcuses. $3.50, 100. o.; national bank notes
outstanding. 81, 26s. tfT.5 30. cash reserve
held, sl,076, So; actual reserve held.
s., 525 f77.40.
WILLIE BEAyNOs tcu-year-Od boy.
whose parents reside AZ Bensvood. Vas
run over and killed BY a y. & o. freight
az Benwood Junction.
WiygrELD L. MoHsE & Co.. general
merchants. Keystone. failed. Liabil-
| titles $1,000, assets 5000.
iowAHD CAErEE a Negro. was shot
and killed AZ Eckman BY Frank Barbe,
white. Politics was the canse.
DErAus Of shooting ARRAY which
| occurred at Camden. Webster county.
/ has reached Parkershurg Three men.
/ che Lyons brothers and 70 man named
/ Kline. attempted 30 take the town. and
Officer Dumeid aud others attempted
I Co arrest them. when Duficld seized
7 one ~ che party Kline started AZ him
| with a knife and Dugeld drew bis 'Dis-
toll and shot Kline through the heart.
killing him almost instantly.
JANIS McLArS. carpenter. aged 81.
I Zen from "a scafoid AZ huntington the
other afternoon aud -a.tailcd njurics
I which resulted in death.
WoED reached Charleston that The
cIothIuV ~ Marion the GFear-oid
daughter of rroseeutng ATTORNEY ISL.
o.. lonley. at Parsons. became iga.ed
al a CRATE and She was burned todeath.
OSt of the largest Jumps of coal ever
mined n this state has just been taken
from the FIuu.esInuics mines in Har-