Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-01-09
STRTE NEWS ITEMS.


IL.
{, +. Millcnder. who has been doing
lumber business At Cercdo. Wayne
county. has filed n bankruptcy petit
ton. His liabilities are $3o.3ii.55 and
assets 500.
Inc West Virginia experiment sta
ton, IN connection with the univer-
sity, has issued a bulletin warning
the farmers of the state of the dan
ger and the loss in planting trees,
etc, next spring. They claim that
the cicado, or the 17-ycar locust. as
IL is better known, will swarm over
large part OF the state during the
months of May and June.
Natural gas consumers at Parkers-
burg are complaining that too much
arr is being pumped through their
meters along with the gas.
Capt. VIII Monroe. OF Parkersburg.
was dangerously hurt 10y snake
oite I'm the Philippines.
The Bowman Lumber Co. of st.
Adams. is working double shift.
and turning out 100000 feet of lum-
Der daily.
| "A lO-barrel oil well has been struck
at st. Mary's. More are being sought
in that neighborhood
Herbert Pratt, aged IL. was acct
dcntally killed by n gun he was
handling ut lIallson.
Owing to "A great quantity of natur-
al gas escaping under the home of
H. VI. sullivan, at Charleston, the 9TH
er day, there was an explosion which
tore the house, n sevcn-room frame
building. literally to pieces. Sullivan,
who is secretary for the state board
Of agriculture. had leg broken and
his wife was slightly hurt Their
little daughter, aged about II, es-
capped without injury. Plumbers were
at work under the house when the
explosion came. Caleb butz. one of
shc plumbers. was cut and bruise,s-
somewhat. John McNvilliams. who as
sisted him, were slightly burned. All
he injured will recover.
AT Clarksburg the NatioraI steam
laundry was destroyed by fire the
other morning. The building and ma
chlnery were valued at $1,000, and
both are total loss. There was
$1,000 insurance on the machinery.
Natural gas is supposed 10 have
caused the fire.
Almost the entire business portion
OF Williamson was wiped out by fire.
The flames waged for five hours, all
buildings on one of the principal
thoroughfares being consumed for u
distance of two squares. The build
lngs burned are Jacob Levine, cloth
ing; III. Is. Shumate's residence. Mrs.
IL. i. Williamson's store and Office
building, Johr WarniclS's grocery,
Land d Swanson's Office building,
John Strosnidcr, drugs; Hiram Will
liamson's barber shop; +. +. Ran
dolph, jcwelry; G.. c. Vaughn, dry
goods; post Office building; l.. j.
Spaulding millinery; Vaughn's Office
building and half dozen residences
The loss is roughly estimated at $751;
goo. All structures consumed were of
frame, and owing to their close prox-
unity no insurance company would
take the risk, and the loss is total.
There will he much suffering as re-
suit. The origin of the fire is un-
known.
No. 3 Norfolk & Western through
passenger train ran into landslide
20 miles south of Kcnova. The EN-
ginc and baggage car were thrown
from the track, the former landing
upside down. Engineer Will
liam Jackson, of Kcnova, was pain
fully burned. Fireman Richard Nye,
OF Ceredo, was seriously bruised
about the body. but will recover. Bag
gage Master Grower, of Bluefield, is
but slightly injured. Many passen-
gers were thrown from their seats,
but none were seriously injured.
Fifteen masked men with Winches-
ters took Murderer Thomas Vest
from Constable II. y. Stalnaker and
two deputies as they were bringing
him in "A carriage from Beverly to FL
kins for "a preliminary hearing for
the murder OF Charles Fawcett. the
waiter in am Elkins restau-
rant The officers were stopped in "A
deep wood about two miles from FL
kins, into which the masked men dis
with Vest, walking back
ward from the officers with pointed
guns. Since the removal of the coun-
~ seat from Beverly TO Elkins no
Jail has been built in EllSins. hence
prisoners are taken 20 Beverly. seven
miles away. Vest was 90 have had a
hearing in Elkins, and was being
brought here for that purpose when
taken. Lynching was strongly talked
Of at the time Of the murder. and
there are many who believe that, in
stead Of being Vests friends, the
masked men were citizens who want
rd TO sec the cripple's cowardly muir
Ter more speedily avenged than in
courts Of Justice, and that Vest an
5wCrcd for the crime among the
pines in the Businesses of the dense