Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-02
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animal ran till II came to n trestle 90
feet high and got half way over when
the Spencer accommodation on the
Ohio River division OF tho b. G. o.
railroad came In sight. The engineer
saw the horse in time to stop tho
train and save the lives of the passen-
gers. for had tho engine struck the
horse the entire train would have
been thrown into the ravine. 60 feet,
below.
An unknown Negro entered the
home OF NJ. w. Reynolds, at Bluefield,
armed with an ak. and hid under the
bed. He was arrested When taken
out for trial he knocked the officer
down and ran. He was seriously shot
before he was captured.
charter was issued at Charleston
10 the Huntington a Charleston Rail-
road Co. with the principal once at
Huntington. for the purpose OF build
Ing and operating a steam electric
railroad, connecting Huntington and
Charleston. Capital stock. $50 GOO.
The incorporators are w. r. Thomp-
son. +. M. Watts. T. J. Bryan. A. f.
Bush. Y. L. Vinson. all OF Huntington.
Suits for damages will be instituted
by the Parkersburg Iron and Steel Co.
against the National Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION OF Iron. Steel and Tin Work.
ers and individual members OF the or
gsniZation. The association called q
strike or Its members working in the
local plant. and the company claims
To have sustained losses by alleged TN
lawful acts OF strikers.
Louis Leinweaver, a dairyman. was
shot Mt Wheeling by his son Thomas.
who mistook him for a chicken thief
The father heard suspicious noises
emanating from the coop and investi-
gated. His son Thomas. hearing the
same noises and noticing a man prowl-
In; around the coop, supposed 1t was
the marauder and opened fire with a
shotgun. The elder Leinweaver was
The target and received the fun dis.
charge In his legs and abdomen, but
will not die from the wounds.
Van Maynard. 60. one OF the most
wealthy citizens In Mingo county. COM
mitted suicide by drowning In the Tug
river.
II. NJ Hall. c. & p. engineer. Iiv-
Ing In Bellaire. o.. died as result OF
overlooking his stomach with pigs
feet.
Deputy Sheriff II. G.. Howell entered
Bishops saloon at Thacker. and pull
ing revolver, 1t is alleged. began fir
ing promiscuously. Taylor Duty. the
bartender, was instantly killed. How
ell Is now In jail He says he thought
that some one had been firing at him.
nolle prosecute was entered in tho
circuit court at Morgantown In the
case OF the state against G.. A. Gabler.
OF Brownsville, Pa, indicted for en-
beZZling money from the Pttsburg IL
Morgantown Packet Co, while it's
agent and wharfboat master there.
While reading mass the other morn
ing Rev. Father Toner. of st. Patricks
church, at Weston fell down the altar
steps. He had tainted, and physi-
| clans, who were called at once, fear a
stroke OF apoplexy.
Too poor to bury his infant daughter
I'm one of the citys cemeteries. John
! Stanley. n policeman in the east end,
! Wheeling, several weeks ago placed
thc lifeless body OF the babe, who was
but a few days old, in small boz
wrapped in newspaper and dug a
hole for the box In a vacant lot near
Edgington lane. This was discovered
by the authorities later. and the other
day Stanley came forward with the
statement that 1t was his little daugh.
ter. and says: "Oh. | had no money
to bury the baby with. and anyhow.
II Is the third one put away in that
manner"
Hon. Peter Lowery. an ex-member
of the state legislature. and one of the
most prominent republican politicians
/ I'm the county, was shot and almost in.
stantly killed the other morning by
Frank Van Camp. young school
teacher. Van Camps school is located
at Oil Ridge. a few miles east of Sis.
tersville. Soon after the morning ses.
sion commenced Lowery called Van
Camp to the door and an exchange OF
angry words was followed by revol.
yer shot. The pupils ran 10 the door
60 find Iowery on the ground MORALLY
wounded and Van Camp standing over
/ him with a smoking weapon In his
/ hand. Van Camp walked TO Sisters.
Vile and gave himself up to the an.
thorities. He claims to have acted i'm
| selfdefense He says Lowery reach.
ed for his hip pocket and he thought
/ he intended to shoot him. There has
/ been bad blood between the two for
several years, growing out OF political
! differences. and H. was generally I'm.
/ derstOod that both men were always
armed In anticipation Of trouble. Van
/ Camps pupils are charged with aggra.
waiting the feeling between the two by
carrying tales. Lowery was county
| superintendent OF schools eight years
AGO and the trouble ending In tho frao.
edy dates back to that time.
! At Sistersville. a verdict Of justIfa
bic homicide was returned by the cor
\ oner's jury in the case OF Frank Van
/ Camp. who shot and killed Peter r.