Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-05-25
Stats News Happenings.
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| Doiahu bros' circus. and were driving
along gigantic clifr on Tug river
when their team became frightened
and ran away. throwing the wagon
and occupants into the river 90 feet
below. Hopkins was taken from the
stream alive. but lived only an hour or
/ so. Maynes' body was recovered
Hopkins was married and had been
employed by the circus but n couple
of days. Maynes was IS years old
and single.
At Weston. the jury In the Edgar
murder case brought In n verdict of
/ guilty in the first degree for Robert
anu Ollie Moore, the two older of
three brothers, and manstaughter for
Hans Moore. Robert is "a Ollie %
and Hans Is years old. Robert and
Ollie were sentenced to serve life
terms in the penitentiary. while Hans
was sentenced To serve is years. All
got the limit of the law The three
boys beat to death with stones Benja.
min Edgar. who lived near Cleveland.
because he had reprimanded his three
daughters. who had entertained them
Il. 4 o. train No. ran into an open
switch at the west end OF the yard nj
GRAFTON and struck train OF freight
cars. The engine was badly damaged.
and the front end OF the express car
demolished. The messenger miracu-
lously escaped injury. A coIorcd man
riding on the bumpers was jammed
clear through the end of the car. his
foot being crushed and sight of one
eye destroyed.
The local committee having in
charge the Memorial day celebration
Tor this year at Morgantown, were adj
vised by Lieut.. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee
that he viii be the guest of the city
on that day with his full stan.
T. w Starbuck. a wealthy business
man Of Parkersburg. filed suit for di-
vorce. and named his former partner.
X. c. Smoot as correspondent In his
petition he alleges that his wife and
Smoot eloped. and 1t is said that they
were seen together by two Parkers.
burgers on the streets OF Cincinnati
He alleges that his wife mysteriously
disappeared few days ago. and that
later Smoot left the city after he had
sold his interest in the plumbing bust
ness. which they conducted Jointly |
Shoots wife Is here Mrs. Starbuck
leaves four small children for her hus-
band to care for Mrs. Starbuck Is a
dashing blonde Mrs. Smoot is a hand |
some brunette. and their husbands are
very prominent in business circles |
while their wives moved i'm the hes,
Eociety social circles.
Mead & Spear, lumbermen from
Pittsburg. have purchased six-thou-
sand-acre tract of timber OF Strange |
| Crock. They will Immediately start
! construction on standard guage /
road. nine miles long. to connect with |
the coal and coke railroad in the Elk /
valley. IL is stated that other Pitts |
burg capitalists are figuring on extend |
ing the railroad eight miles further
with the view of tapping some rich |
coal fields.
John l.. Fehr. who was a candidate
for the secretaryship OF the State
League of Republican clubs at its re-
cent meeting at Parkersburg, and Ia
well known throughout the state. is
somewhere in Parkersburg with bro.
ken leg, while A. c. Colvin and V. w.
Hazard Pittsburg attorneys, are at
Parkersburg with a bench warrant for
his arrest. They followed Fehr TO a
train. and to escape them he jumped .
from the train. breaking a leg. Mrs:
Fehr swore out warrant against Col !
win for entering Fehr's room I'm a no |
tel and taking away photograph OF |
him.
The Northern West Virginia confer !
ence Of the Mormon church was held |
ut Parkersburg. Elder Wooley presiG- |
ing Public sentiment prevented the 1
use OF the schoolhouse. but the public |
hall in the city building was rented |
and tho meeting went on without in. |
terruption. Some forty elders are there I
representing large membership. eype |
cially through the mountain districts. |
Religious services and plans for ex.
tending their religion compose the
work OF the conference
Under the leadership OF Clayton Bur |.
ton Negro desperadO seven convlcts. |,
VINO were working on the county road |
In Fayette overpowered the guard and /
escaped. Some way Burton got shot. /
gun. He got the drop on one Of the .
guards and made him hand over his re /.
vOlvcr. Afterward all seven disappear
cd. Later four of the men were cap
tured. but Burton Is missing Burton
recently tried 10 Kill Chief Of Police .
Soulsby. Of Montgomery.
With a double-barreled shotgun jim
Meadows. wel-known Negro living
near the poor farm Charleston was
twice shot in the stomach by one Of his
sons Meadows Went TO town in the
morning on business. Coming back
home intoxicated he tried 10 kill his
wife and family with carving knife
To save his mother from death the boy
shot him Doctors say he is dying
Tho son has not been arrested
Thieves entered the Silver Dollar
saloon at Parkersburg. securing s5C