Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-07-20

!; Stats News Happenings.


treasurer. Newton F. Ogden: attorney
general. Clark w. May: school super
fntendeut. +. c. Miller: secretary OF
state. Charles w. Swisher: judges OF
the supreme court OF appeals, Frank
Cox and J. NJ. Saunders. OF Mercer.
The state platform embodied in tho
report of the committee ON resolutions
Endorsed tax reform.
James Nutter. aged 20. quarterback
on the Virginia Polytechnic institute
football team. was shot. knitted and
mortally wounded the other afternoon
nj platform dance on the forks OF
Little Sandy, about ten miles from
Charleston. Nutter. who was home
there on vacation. was on fishing
party with friends. At the dance Jake
Burgess called him n vile name. which
Nutter resented by knocking him
down. Burgess then shot him and n
man named Hughart leaped on his
PROSTATE body slashing him with n
knife. Nutter will die
Harry Carr. II. 4 o. brakeman. OF
Fairmont. saved little Anna Anderson.
at Barrackville. from death. An east
bound freight was running at full
speed through Barrackville He hap
pened to be in the cab, and. looking
ahead. spied small child on the
tracks. The brakeman yelled to the
engineer, but II was too late to stop
the train. The brakeman. realizing
the situation. swung himself out over
the engine. got down on the pilot, aud.
reaching out. grasped the childs cloth
ing and drew 1t from the very jaws Of
death.
After a three-days convention the
Christian Endeavor Union of West Vir.
ginia adjourned the other night The
following officers were chosen: Pres.-.
dent. Rev Mr.. Pollock. of Buckhan.
non; vice presidents. Rev. Mr.. Hart
man, of Wheeling; John c. Rame. OF
Weston; w. S. Jones. OF Morgantown
w. w. Tapp, of Harrisvile; A. II. Jor-
dan, OF Huntington; corresponding
secretary and treasurer. Miss Sarah
Russell. OF Sistersville; recording Sec
rotary. ]. w. Yoho OF Fairmont.
The Paris, one of the largest mer-
camille stores in Southern West Vir-
ginia. has gone out OF business at
Blueheld petition In bankruptcy
was filed by n. N. Samoth. the pro.
prietor The liabilities are $4,000,
with $4,000 assets.
John Bussohn was killed. Foreman
! Mclaughlin badly injured and several
| of the foreign colony slightly burned
I by dynamite explosion at Bannock
at noon the other day The men were
sitting in the shack smoking One of
/ their number tossed q light into a pile
OF rope and from that the shack caught
fire. The inmates fed from the house
and then returned for their valuables
forgetting that dynamite was stored In
the place.
Arthur Moles. Bud Street and Frank
Wiley. of Cutter street. Cincinnati,
were arrested in Huntington as runa.
way boys and held awaiting word from
their parents The boys wanted to sec
| West Virginia. They walked to Hunt
ington.
The Pan-American Plate-Glass Co.
OF Pittsburg, has an expert at Charleg-
ton working on the details of q
branch plant that will occupy 80 acres.
employ 1000 men and cost $1,000 900
Wiley Spears. Is. and Glen Luster.
IL. were drowned in the Ohio while
swimming at Kenova. the other after
noon Both bodies were recovered
The other day and night occurred in
Huntington the most notable gather
Ing of DEMOCRATS that has taken place
In West Virginia within decade.
From every extremity OF the state
came the leaders. Every member OF
the state executive committee was
present except Col. T. b. Davis. OF
Keyser. who was represented by vii.
liam Mcdonald, and r. S. Kincheloe.
OF Wheeling. represented by j. r.
Handlin In the absence OF Col. Thos.
B. Davis, temporary chairman of the
state executive committed Col Bob
Crar. OF Charleston, presided over the
meeting. The roll Of senatorial dis.
tricts was called. and the following re-
sponses were received: First. Joseph
II. HandlIn and Gen. T. s. Riley. OF
Wheeling; Third, DIR. Rowe and c. r.
Johnson. of Peasants: Fourth. Rankin
Wiley. Of Point Pleasant Virgil Lewis.
or Mason City. Col G.. A. Armstrong
and Capt. McGougin, Of Jackson: Fifth.
Maj. Fennett. r. s. Scanlon and DIR. c.
r.. Hogg. Of Huntington; Sixth. Judge
w W. Marcum. OF Ceredo. and w. l..
Mansfield. OF Wayne: Seventh. w. Fl.
Sawyer Of Hinton; Eighth. D. G. Gil.
laher, George Byrne. Henry Frye
Ninth, c. w. Osenton OF Fayette:
Tenth. r. -. Corlin. OF Braxton;
Twelfth, J. Carl Vance. OF Clarksburg:
Thirteenth, Col. J. Hop. Of Koyser;
Fifteenth. J. J. Cornwell. Of Ramp.
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Gen. Rennenksmpf Injured BY Bullet.
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