Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-30
Observation-Disclosures.
State News PiCk-upS.



Yer mines on Elk river. and one of the
best known coal men in that region.
was instantly killed at his mines the
other morning. He was knocked from
the tipplc by an empty car that broke
loose and ran down the incline. and
was knocked To the ground 81 feet be-
low. fracturing his skull. srom which
he died in few minutes. An employee
named Arnett. who was standing by
Ms side. suffered the fracture of leg.
The engine of the westbound New
York and st. Louis express on the Bal
umorc and Ohio was deraile,i three
miles east of CORVALLIS. The track
was considerably torn up and traffic
was delayed for several hours. but the
train did not leave the track and no
one was hurt seriously.
stranger. giving his name as Dr..
Eaton. and his address "a Baltimore,
was arrested while hiding In the
woods near Parkersburg He 10
charged with committing criminal
assault ON Nellie Moorehead, aged IL.
The girl will probably die. He is said
TO have cnticed her into the woods
after dark. The arrest and charges
against him have not become generally
known and so far have caused little
excitement
Five prisoners escaped from the Jail
mt Hinton and have not been captured
They are Sam Gilliand. William Mick
ems. James j. Steele. Edward and Bird
Kaylor. The Kaylors were being held
for unpaid fines, the others for felony
They cut n hole through the rusty iron
bottom of the CELL then through the
wall. Sheriff Ewart has offered $3.50
reward for their capture. Nine prls-
oners in other cells did not escape.
Seven persons crossing small rail-
road bridge near Wilsenburg were run
down by b. 4 o! passenger train An
thony Manardi, wife and child were
killed outright. Frank Jametti was fa.
tally hurt, and three others were seri-
ously injured
Chrles Absher, teamster for con-
tracing company at Bluefield, showed
fifty dollars In confederate bills to-
some men and boys. some of whom
thought ii was genuine. In broad day
light young colored fellow named
Walker secreted himself in livery
stable and shot Absher from Ambush
His motive was robbery Absher will
recover and Walker Is in Jail
Two hundred employees of the Cam
den Interstate street railway went out
On strike the other morning. The en-
tire line. from Gyandotte to Hanging
Rock. o.. was tied up. Hack lines
were operated by strikers and others
N hQ
rounding towns. The power house
force was also out and no electric
power was to be had. The strike was
the result of the discharge OF Frank
Wilson and Henry Cisco. conductor
and motorman. The union demanded
that the cause Of their discharge be
investigated by an arbitration COM
mittee which the company refused.
The state convention of the West
Virginia League OF Republican clubs
completed It's session at Petersburg
after electing officers. They are:
President. John II. Snodgruss. Wheel
ing. vice president, W. M. Norris or
Wheeling. and w s. Outright, OF
Buckhannon; secretary. S. a. Sim
mons Of Spencer; treasurer. j. r.
Austin. OF Mason county Senator J.
+. Dolliver and Senator N. g. Scott
addressed the convention. Senator
Dolliver speaking for nearly three
hours. Resolutions were adopted in
dorsing Theodore Roosevelt for the
presidency.
Fire in the Miller Clark Grain Co.'S
four-story brick building. Fairmont,
completely destroyed the building and
a $500 stock OF grain. The building
and stock were valued at $50 900; in.
surance $50 1000
The Sharpe hotel, at Littleton. an
oil town, was blown up by natural gas.
The ruins caught fire, and n number OF
other buildings also burned A. later
dispatch says the body of William
Lawson. OF PittsbuIg. a pipeline en-
ploye, has been recovered. The hotel
was filled with oil men, and II is fear
ed four or five others have been bmru-
cd TO death.
The Celluytpe Co. was chartered at
Charleston with capital of $4,000 600
The purpose of the company Is to con.
duct general Photographic business
The incorporators are: Angus w Nc
Donald, John Wehrle, w. -. Payne,
i. r. McPeak and V. l.. Black, all OF
Charleston. The incorporators are act
ing for outside capital. 1t Is said. and
this charter Is the first move OF tho
Independent Photographic supply com
panies TO fight the combine
Albert Cronkin. miner Of Henry.
this state. was taken to the hospital
az Cumberland. Md. having been res
cued after seven days starvation ia "A
coal mine. He was entombed by IN
explosion. in which three were killed.
Cronkin was badly burned, but It l.
thought ne will recover
The Marlinton Il Camden Railroad
Co. 81 Marlinton. has been chartered