Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1900-01-10
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Eminent members of the bench and
bar from all parts OF the state were
present at Martinsburg the other day
ut the formal opening of the annual
convention OF the West Virginia Bar
association. The gathering was cali
ed to order by President Wesley Moi
ohan. and after the usual addresses
OF welcome anc responses the conveu-
ton occupied itself with the annual
reports of the officers and other 5usi
ness of routine nature. The dele
| gates listened To addresses and papers
10y u number of eminent legal lights
from this and other states. The dele
beers are devot:ng much attention to
! the question concerning the election
| of two Judges of the supreme court of
appeals To succeed Judge Henry Bran
non and Judge w. w. English. whose
successors viii. he chosen this year.
| Leading lawyers of both parties ex-
press the belief that politics should
bc eliminated from the judiciary. apd
that the best way to accomplish this
end is for the two parties To unite on
one democrat and one republican,
and elect them without opposition.Tf
The state hospital board ut Weston
elected {. w. Moore, Clarksbdrg, seo
rotary.
Col Clarence l.. Smith. Fairmont,
recently of the LIST West Virginia Vol-H
untecrs, was appointed colonel of the
LIST infantry. ~
Frank Dumas. arrested at Wheeling.
had II full set OF burglar tools Ia
went to the worlhouse for Is mcnths
Rev, j. 4. Mcclure. pastor of the
Wheeling Universnlist church. died
aged a. He had been pastor there
half Il century
The following have been formally
installed as officers of the West Nir-
Z ginia Home for lncurablcs: DR.. j. ID,
Myers, Huntington, physician; Miss
Bessie Simmons, of Fayetteville,
housekceper; Miss Salle Deem,
Charleston, matIon.
At Morgontown Walter Riley. aged
81 and Henry Mollissce. aged Of, are
dead. Both died within few hours
after being taken sick. Riley was q
drummer in the militia In antebeilum
days.
A daughter of Irvine McGraw, o.,
: Ansted. aged 1. was burned, her cloth
e ing catching aGre from CRATE. Sho
= will die vi
= The town election in Morgantown.
South MorgHntown. Seneca. and
Grecnmount Will be held. NonpartI-
san tickets hay, been named.
Miss Josie Gillen, aged IL, was
drowned Will, skating ON Four Mile
near Huntington. Two companions
were rescued with difficulty.
| GuTy q Gaicy, oil operators. have
taken leases or ZOO acres of Braxton,
Gilmcr and Lewis counties, and have
begun to drill. 1t is unexplored ter
; ritory.
7 Lamar Maxwell, aged pensioner was
struck by fns' mail train on the IL.
d o. at Pennsboro, and instantly
killed
The municipal election at Central
City resulted IL the election o; the en-
tire republican ticket. The town wa4
democratic las year.
The following applications for tho
superintcndency of the state asyiuIr
were filed with the board while in scs-
sion at that institution in Weston thu
other day: DIR w. s. Jones, of Man.
nington; DR.. ~. NJ. Hof, OF Phillip.
DR.. w. f. Daley of Terra Alta; Dr. n
Howell, OF ClarlSsburg. and Or. Il. a.
Regar of Bucl.i,annon.
At Willamson the trial OF Martha
Daniels for the alleged murder Of Ms
Belle Collins was postponed for "A feS
days. owing to the absence of in-
portant witnesses.
With both upper and Lower limbs
LurRed into b!isters, with hae~us .Aa.as.,
ly singed away .anT clothless' - Il
Ellis, aged 12/>fSn across hill, fR5z
ground covered with snow. TO the
home OF neighbo-. shortly before
dawn the other morning 10 tell OF
the awful calamity that had befallen
father, mother and little brothers. Tho
home Of William Ellis the father OF
the lad, caught fire shortly after mid
night, and, as all members OF the fam
lily were soundly sleeping, they were
not aware of the danger until as the
lad says the building was falling in.
There seemed TO be no mems of es-
cape. Walter. however. and Charley.
u brother two years older dashed
through the flames and leaped from
= secoId-s'ory window. Charley was
horribly burned. and this. with in
juries sustained by the leap. will cause
his death. Those burned TO death
were: William Ell:s. aged -; Nannie
Ellis. his wife. aged 81 and Harry FL
lis. aged 9. The building burned was
located about one mile east Of Blue
Sulphur Springs. Cabcll county 10
was nearing noon when the crisp bod
les Of the unfortunate family we're
removed from the debris. Walter may
recover. but is in critical condition.
W. Il. Matthews. at present chief
clerk in the auditors office. has been
appointed assistant attorney gensrai