Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-25
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'"o 'NNNi SHoh eiIOW neT uSDand
secure possession of them. She and
her husband had been separated for a
few weeks
Mrs. y. {. Fronier. landlady at the
Palace hotel. Burke. fatally shot John
Brombridge. local lumberman. who.
on being ordered to. leave her room.
refused TO do so. Two bullets p,ne.
trated his body. Mrs. Fronicr surrcn-
1ered.
AT klondikc. a village near Thur
mond. a shooting ARRAY occurred the
other night At a colorCd dance. In
which Robert Jones. William Goal and
Matte Weiseman were very seriously
injured. II is estimated that 40 shots
were fired. and the dancing hail was
covered with gore.
Thomas Roberts. a driler Of oil
wells. became suddenly insane on a
train and was taken to the jail al Park
ersburg Tor safe-keeping. His wife is
sick in hospital. and that is supposed
To have caused his insanity.
The question as 70 whether the state
Of West Virginia has n right to impose
n
wholesaler within the state cigarette
paper imported from another state
was passed on at Huntington by Judge
Matthews. of the criminal court who
held that the tax was unconstitutional.
An appeal may be taken to a higher
court.
j. j. Biddlc. grocer and restaurant
tour at Parliersburg. went into bank
Tuptcy with liabilities OF 81 600 ard as.
sets amounting TO $1,000.
Bunyan Gibson. employed at the
Crescent Coal Co.'S mine. was electro
cuted by falling across the wires used
to convey the current to the cutting
machines.
The town Of Gillespie. few miles
from Weston. has been PLACED under a
strict quarantine because Of smallpox.
-Four cases developed there the other
day.
The state salary bill. as agreed upon
by the conference committee Of both
branches of the legislature, was re
ported To the house. The committee
recommended the striking out Of the
Fenate amendment providing that the
secretary Of state and state auditor be
disqualified from acting as statutory
attorney for any corporations charter.
ed under the laws of the state. The
senate passed the Wheeling charter
bill with but one amendment. and That
unimportant
Joe Quinn was fatally stabbed in a
saloon fight at Wheeling by John Can
~. Toe latter was arrested.
Miss Katherine White. daughter of
the governor, was selected by a Joint
resolution Of the two houses to christ
en- the new armored cruiser. West Vir-
ginia, to be launched in April next.
Adams q Sarber. OF Cleveland. No.
]. Hardness. Richie county. is max.
ing 300 barrels. ana only one foot in
the sand. IT is an important test. a
well OF 1000 feet north and enc 2.OOO
feet south came in light The Hank.
ness is between. showing that they
nave great pool. II is another great
streak of luck for Adams & Sarber.
The senate tle other day was the
scene of a lively debate over bill
similar to the South Carolina dispen-
sary laws. Charges were freely made
on the outside that the bill was intro
duced for the sole purpose of holding
up saloon men for money. a big
scandal is likely to result.
George PascO. a Chieftown minor i.
dead as a result Of most revolving
attack. While one man held him. It is
alleged. another cut his throat and
windpipe from ear to car The trouble
started several months ago when the
dead man quarroled with his brother
and some others. Pasco fed after the
quarrel. but returned lase the other
evening. and the quarrel was renewed
His almost lifclcss body was found in
the roadway A doctor was called
and - stitches were taken. when he
was started for the hospital at Fair
mont. but died on the way Before he
died he said one man held him while
the ot1cr cut his throat.
Tearing along at 80 miles an borr
despite a lacman had gone back near.
~ a mile 60 give warning. fuses were
flaming on the track. torpcdocs were
set of and the red lights were TO be
seen many yards ahead. n heavy
freight train damned into Il rear Of
another. near Magnolia. on tho Bal
timorc and Ohio railroad the other
morning. The latter train could not
escape because Of another ahead of il
The engine was hurled over ON it's
side and completely stripped the ca.
booso and two cars were burned ND
and five other cars were much dam
aged. a small gondola loaded with
coal was hurled through the end Of a
box car. in which II rested as neatly
rs if IT had been raised in the car.
Both Engineer w. T. Ridgeway and
Fireman Charles Baker were hurled
from the cab. but were not inc least
injured 1t is claimed they were run
ming too fast TO stop for signals.
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