Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-02-03
State Odds and Ends.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

pe ABOUT Sloo.O00 and 400 people EN-
ployed will be idle. The plant will no,
be rebuilt. The town has no fire de.
partment. and there was only a bucket
brigade to fight the fire.
Charles Vansickle. of GAINESVILLE.
o.. aged "a, died at Morgantown after
weeks illness OF n throat disease
produced by cigarette smoking. He
was glass blower.
Edward Beatty was arrested on the
charge OF having sent through the
mails the letter to Frank Blackshire,
OF Warrington. demanding $4,000. and
threatening death upon his refusal to
deliver the money. Beatty was taken
To Parkersburg and given hearing
before United States Commissioner
Casio. who held him under $4,000
bond, which he was unable to give.
He was sent to Jail to await the action
or the next United States grand Jury.
IL Is now claimed that he alone an.
peared to get the money. and fired on
Harry Blackshire.
A gigantic landslide in the Big San.
dy river. in Pike county, Kentucky.
near Prestonburg, has stopped naviga-
uon or the river. The landslide was
caused by several acres OF bottom land
sinking. precipitating q whole noun.
tain OF dirt and rocks into the river.
completely blocking the channel, and
backed water up In the river for miles
Below the obstruction the river Is III
most dry. A 20.foot cataract now
pours over the rocks in the river. Il
VIII take months to remove the debris.
Fought bitterly and assailed at ov.
cry turn by the Trades Assembly and
affiliated labor bodies, the ordinance
providing for bond issue OF $4,000
library offered by Andrew Carnegie
was defeated ut the polls. lacking 2O1
votes OF the necessary three.ffths.
Prejudice against Carnegie by labor
ing men and Indifference on the part
of those in favor OF the project. were
responsible for the rejection of the
ordinance. During the weeks proceed
ing the election the campaign waxed
very bitter. and the labor union heap.
ed vituperation on Carnegie's head.
declaring they would have no monu-
ment erected to the Homestead mon
ster" There Is some talk OF a re-
count by members OF the board of edu.
cation. claiming that "hoaters" were
run in on the polls. The vote was
very small 2.291 votes cast for the
ordinance and 1862 against
At Anderson. while on the play
ground with his pupils, Schoolteacher
James l.. Torren collided with Cecil
Boyd, aged II. and the boy fell. frac.
turing his skull and dying few hours
M
doctor, slipped on the Ice and sus-
Eined fractured skull, which may
prove fatal.
State Senator II. G. Henderson. OF
Williamstown. applied TO be adjudged
bankrupt. He estimates his liabiIi-
ties at $4,000 and his assets at 800
600. Mr.. Henderson has been presi-
dent OF the Parkersburg national bank.
the First national bank OF Williams
town. the West Virginia Western TeIe-
phone Co. and is connected with many
other corporations. At the recent
meetings he was left off the directories
of all these institutions. and not ona
OF them will suffer from his failure.
b. w. Blake, a blacksmith. of Sis
sonville, Kanawha county. while shoe
Ing horse few days ago became on
ragged Mt the animal because 1t play.
fully nipped him on the hip. Selling
heavy hammer he struck the animal
over the head, fracturing its skull.
from which 1t died. Blake was held
under bond to answer to an indict.
ment of the grand juries Crimes Of
this character are punishable under
West Virginia statutes by peniten-
tiary sentence OF from one to five
years.
Two little sons OF Elijah McC1oud.
aged s and z. of Central City. found a
pint bottle filed with gun powder.
which their father had left on a table
on going TO his work the other morn.
ing, and the children tossed the bottle
onto some embers I'm CRATE and
awaited tho result. II was only mo-
ments wait. The children were blown
across the room. all their clothing
consumed and they were so badly
burned that the flesh dropped from
their little limbs. They will hardly
recover
At Wheeling Flam Honaker. col.
ored. charged with criminally assault.
ing Sister Alma. OF St Johns home.
Elm Grove. October q. 1903. was put
on trial The sister. n beautiful girl
- years old was unable TO be pres.
ent Honaker Is almost a nervous
collapse Flam Honaker. James Lu.
cas- and Tom Easton. the Negroes who
entered the St Johns home for boys
at Elm Grove and attempted TO as.
sault Sister Alma. were tried. convict.
ed and sentenced all within six hours.
The jury was out seven minutes Lu-
cas- confessed and turned states evi.
dcnce. He was given five years on a
charge Of burglary. Easton was sen.
fenced 10 ten years on the same
charge. Honaker was given 20 years
for burglary and attempted assault