Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-04-06
State Odds and Ends.


next TWO years. 10 provides for a re-
duction OF 5,55 per cent. in the price
OF mining. and covers other details
connected with the production OF coal.
The operators OF gas coal seams on
Armstrong and Cabin creeks refused
To enter into the agreement owing to
the fact that they have hitherto en-
ioyed n differential of five cents n ton
In pick mining and the miners refused
To allow the diffcrential to be embod-
led in the agreement. IL ia thought.
however, that some compromise will
De reached and that the mines on
those two creeks will go to work.
Gov. Waite said the other day that
an extra session of the legislature
would bc called to consider the tax
commission bills. as agreed upon in
the recent conferences OF the commit
tee having the matter I'm charge. Tho
time Tor the extra session has not been
fixed. Some time win be necessary to
prepare the measures. I'm some coun.
ties special elections Will be neces-
sary to nh vacancies that have occur
rcd. The governor said: "As under.
stand IT, there has been general
agreement that the proposition to pro-
vide for the taxing OF oil. coal and
gas. as had been under consideration
by the tax commission. is to be entire
ly removed from consideration ut the
proposed extra session"
More than dozen fires have occur
red ut Fairmont--a city OF IL 900 popu.
lation-w Within four days. four having
occurred one day and two the next
The total loss will probably reach
S250,000. Threcfourths of this num-
her are thought to be OF incendiary
origin. and four people are now under
arrest. who. 1t is believed. know some
thing about their origin.
Jacob Kaylor formerly of Parkers-
burg, either committed suicide at Raj.
eigh. n. C.. or was shot and killed by
persons unknown. He Is said to have
carried $4,000 insurance and owned
valuable property in Charleston and
! Parkersburg.
When the Ohio River division Flyer
reached Ravenswood the other after
noon the door Of the baggage car was
closed and had to be forced open.
Thomas Grin Gordon. OF Wheeling.
who had been an express messenger
for many years. was found dead, hay
ing succumbed to heart disease while
sitting in n chair. He was Go years
Of age. and leaves widow and Ave
children.
William Claiborne. after an absence
or many years, returned the other day
to his home at Pennsboro to find the
woman who had been his wife the
bride of j. s. McNemar Unlike the
Enoch Arden Of poetry. he made his
| presence known and will probably take
steps to have the second marriage an
nulled. Shortly after his departure
Mrs. Claiborne received word that he
was dead and for many years had
mourncd him as departed She is now
overcome with grief ut the situation
in which she finds herself.
! Prospects are bright for the resump-
ton of business by the Traders ma
tional bank. Clarksburg. which was
closed by order OF the controller OF the
currency two months ago. The bank
/ had $750.000 deposits. At the meet
ing of the stockholders they decided
to increase the capital stock $4,000
which has all been subscribed. new
board OF directors was elected The
officers will be w -. Maxwell. prcsi-
dent; +. NJ. Robinson, vice president:
Scott H. White, cashier II is said
business will be resumed as soon a.
the controller gives his consent
The supreme court OF appeals the
other day handed won an opinion
which makes 1t certain that the days
of the slot machine i'm West Virginia
are numbered. This case has been
known as the slot machine case" AMI
has been watched with the greatest In
tercst throughout the state The de-
cision was rendered on an application
for a writ Of prohibition made to Spc.
Judge Mathews I'm t1c Kanawha cir
cult court to prevent Justice Of the
Peace Cottrell from remanding to- the
grand jury a man named Woods. VIII"
IS charged with a violation OF the stat
utes in operating in his place of bust
ness a slot machine Judge Mathews
decided adversely TO Woods and rem.
dcred an opinion in which IL was held
that the slot machine is a gambling
device and clearly prohibited by the
statute. The case was t1cn carried
TO the supreme court. The decision OF
the court Of appeals IS en affirmation
Of the decision Of Special Judge MatIi-
ews. and remands the case back to- the
criminal court
kilograms were received the other
night that j. Kayler who left Parkers-
burg recently with his wife. was shot
and killed in South Carolina One
message says it was suicide. while
another implies that there is some
mystery about his death His life was
insured for about 10000.
An explosion of gas i'm the Sharpe
hotel. at Littleton. early the other
morning caused the complete destruc.
ton Of that building and restaurant
adjoining. and the death OF William
/ lawson. q guest. OF Pittsburg. The