Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-02-20
church. The funeral win take place
Thursday afternoon at two o'clock
from the Christian church.
FAIRMONT.

FALRMONT, w. Va, February 10
The funeral of the late Mr. L. e. Stew
ems, whose death occurred yesterdav
morning at his home on Quincy street
at $50 o'clock, will be held to-mor-
row morning from his late residence.
lnterment in Woodlawn cemetery. Ths
remains will be in charge of the A. o.
Y. W., K OF F., and the l. O. O. F.. OF
which lodges he was leading mem-
Der.
Albert S. Aubin. a corporation law
yer of New @rk City, was in the city
yesterday. He was here on legal busi-
ness. He is the executor of the STRAIT
ton estate. which includes three prom
inent hotels, Imperial, New York. WAL
ton, philadelphia; Mansion. Buffalo,
While here he registered at the Tav.
ern.
j. A. Beavers. OF WEIGH; H. l. Carter.
of Madison; ]. A. Roberts. of Iuka; II.
Campbell, of Creston, and r. R. Smith.
of WEIGH, all of this State, and the
committee sent here to investigate the
Miners hospital, State institution be-
ing erected here, were in the city yes
terday.
49,. oC.lSAS, Tie ulSAl llCheL agent
here, was taken suddenly i'll yester-
day. He left for his home at Cameron
last evening with strong symptoms OF
typhoid fever. His place is being filed
by Samuel Butcher.
Alfred Caldwell, of Wheeling, was a
recent visitor here.
Ed. Wilson, B. & o. yard brakeman
who received serious injuries while at
work in the pard here a few DAYS ago.
was taken to Baltimore hospital. His
foot was badly laeerated and amnuta-
ton, it is now believed. will be found
necessary
The records of the police department
show that the past year has been one
OF considerable liveliness, and the
number of arrests made far exceeds
that of the previous year Mr.. Pityer
one of the night policemen, has resign
ed his position and as yet no one has
been appointed in his place. The force
is now composed of the following:
Jack Fleming. chief; Charles Barthlow
Clarence Abbott. Charles Hawkins,
George Shoemaker and Richard Ar
nett.
j. G. Stealey has moved his family
from Elkins to this city.
Frank Conoway purchased the
Thomas Carpenter house of Madison
street. better known as the "Swisher"
property, yesterday, and the amount
paid was s12.70O
Luther Abbott, of Grafton, is visit
ing relatives in this city.
Several people from this city left last
evening for Elliott City, Maryland. TO
witness the Wheelright-Ka lkman nup-
tials which occurred there to-day.
Among those that are present from
Fairmont are S. l.. and George Watson,
Charles Kilkman. George de Bolt, etc.
A thief gained an entrance in the
Geo. Jacobs house, on the corner of
Sixth street and Fairmont avenue. at
about five o'clock this morning. The
key in the front door was pushed
through and the lock was unlocked. lie
entered a domestie's room and took
therefrom two valuable rings, one a
very expensive piece of jewelry. The
thief carried dark lantern and the
light from the lantern was flashed in
the girls face, who heard the fellow in
the room but supposed it to be men,
Der of the family. After she discov-
cred that it was not any of them, she
began screaming. Mr.. Jacobs immed-
lately came to her assistance, but the
thief had fed The rings are the only
things so far found missing.