Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-02-10
!; STATE NEWS ITEMS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

"""' VI SicNciduu. ". mas Deen pur
chased by syndicate composed o.
Judge Peter Grosscup. w. o. johnson
and others. of Chicago. and Fred T.
Grosscup. OF Charleston. The first
payment OF the purchase price ha.
been made and the new owners will
take charge in n few days The prizes
paid Is not known. Ii is understood
the newcomers will extend the line to
towns up and down the Kanawha
Valley. A large sum OF money will
he expended in improving the prop
erty. The syndicate is the same that
recently purchased the Big Sandy oil
and Gas territory. in Roane county.
from which this city obtains its sup
ply of natural gas.
To Wcllsburg. the metropolis OF
Brooke county. falls the distinction OF
having two separate and distinct post
Offices. each with it's own postmaster
This unique situation is due to the
fact that Lczearville was annexed to
Welisburg. Lezearville had post
Office and still has one. although with.
In the corporate limits of another city.
William Il. Wiley, n young man
well known in sporting circles in
CIarksburg and other towns through.
Out the state. was arrested and re-
mandcd To Jail upon n charge OF steal.
Ing over $1,000 worth OF diamond
rings from n young woman. The
charge was made by Miss Mabel Ross.
prepossessing and stylishly dressed
young woman, who claims her home Is
Sha IL.
Ciarksburg to meet Wiley. and from
Clarksburg they were to go to Pitts
burg and he married after visiting his
parents in that city. She says she
loaned her diamonds and jcwelry To
Wiley here TO raise funds for the trip.
but that he lost them at gambling and
then deserted her.
Claymore Fleming. Is. while skating
on creek near Ravenswood. went
through an air hole. His body has not
been found
5'year-old son of Anton Zihlman
died at Huntington from the effects
OF drinking carbolic acid. Mr. Zihl-
man is owner of a large glass factory
there
AT Tazewell. the dormtory OF
Dodge's business college burned Sew
eral young ladies were asleep i'm the
building and narrowly escaped death
In the flames. Loss $4,000.
Bishop Il. j. Donahue. Of the Wheel.
Ing diocese of the Catholic church.
who was in Clarksburg settling the es-
tate of the late vicar general of West
virginia, Rev. ID. O'Connor, priest OF
the Clarksburg parish announced that
Rev. John a. Reynolds. assistant
priest. would be appointed Father
OConnor's successor i'm that diocese.
The state republican committee by
vote OF 10 to 4 selected Wheeling as
the place OF the next republican con-
vention. which will be held July ~.
Although only the preliminary Skin
mish for gubernatorial and other hon
ors politicians from all over the state
were at Wheeling. The two rival re-
publican candidates for governor. Te-
ter and Dawson, were on hand to nurse
their booms.
The Traders national bank, Clarks-
burg. has been closed by order OF the
controller Of the currency, and Charles
w Robinson has been placed I'm
charge. The bank was organized
April 49, 1891, with r. NJ Jackson as
president and S. III. White. cashier.
The controller Is not in possession Of
sufficient information to enable him
to state the exact cause OF failure.
The cause assigned for the failure is
lack OF available assets, but the real
reason stated by those supposed to be-
n L.,
Of large magnitude which have so far
realized no returns. Pressure was
brought to bear on the bank to meet
It's obligations, and after q futile eff
fort to raise money the suspension was
forced by Bank Examiner Charles w.
Robinson. who has been scrutiniZing
its affairs for several days The bank
is the largest In that city having total
assets Of nearly 81 100000, and depos-
fits exceeding 5000. 900 Bankruptcy
proceedings against the Jackson iron
and tin-plate mill and large suits
against Moore Jackson. president OF
both the tin-plate mill and the Trad
ers' bank. played prominent part i'm
the failure. No attempt was made at
n run on the other banks. which are
Traders national bank, which closed
the other day, are as much mystery
as ever The officers refuse to make
any statement. Many persons are
placed in an embarrassing position.
having all their available cash tied up
in the institution. While it is stilI
said depositors will be paid in full, It
Is known that thousands of dollars
worth OF deposit certificates have been
offered for 80 cents on the dollar. The
rumor now is that the oyerdrafts win
reach nearly 100000 II is under
stood statement will be issued by
the cashier. Developments Of a highly
character are expected as
soon as the national examiner com
pletes his work
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