Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-01

| ROADS east and west or Chicago owing
to the recent heavy snow storms. OF
this number $4,000 cars are said to be
sidetracked on eastern roads.
DR.. William r. Harper. president
OF the University of Chicago, under
went serious surgical operation in
| the Presbyterian hospital. The opera
ton from a surgical standpoint was a
success.
In the Indiana house of representa-
tives Representative Ananias Baker
made the charge that he had been Of
| fered 500 in order to influence his
vote against the anti-cigarette bill An
affidavit was issued for the arrest OF
o. A. Baker, a former senator.
c. NJ. Travor and o. c. Lille, presi-
dent and cashier respectively of the
First National bank of Conneaut, O..
were jointly indicted on Is counts.
They were accused of making false en-
tries in the books of the bank and
other misdemeanors
The federal grand jury at Cleveland
returned an indictment against b. =.
Ohliger. president of the Wooster Ma
tonal bank, of Wooster o. He is
charged with embezzlement, abstract
ing the banks funds and making false
entries in the banks books
DR.. Otto w. Lewke, who has been
conducting a chemical investigation
to determine whether or not Mrs Ma
rie Welker Hoch, last wife of Johann
Hoch. was poisoned, declared that he
had found conclusive proof Of ARISEN.
ical poisoning in the kidneys of the
woman.
Capt. William s. Winder. confeder.
ate veteran, II, shot and killed himself
in Baltimore. Among his papers was
found a clipping OF the address of DR..
| William Os'er, of the Johns Hopkins
university, in which reference was
made to the usclessness of men over
40 years Of age.
In fight at dance near Greens
burg, Pa, two men were killed and sig
badly wounded.
Miss Catherine McCready, who was
found murdered at Casorta, Italy, was
60 years of age and the daughter of the
late Dennis McCready, of New York.
Her sister was the first wife of the
late Frederick r. Coudert of New
York.
Mrs. Medley, widow of Rt. Rev. John
Medley, metropolitan Of Canada, is
dead. Before marriage she was n
nurse in England and had associated
with Florence Nightingale, of Crimean
fame
The rescuers at work in the Virginia
mine, near Birmingham, Ala. have re.
covered the bodies of two more vic
tins of the disastrous explosion,
which makes the total number recov-
cred up to this time 1O3.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
production of anthracite coal in Lack.
awanna county, Pa. was less last year
than in the preceding one, loss of life
in connection with the industry in
creased in a manner that was appal.
ling.
The president named Senator
Quarles as United States judge for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin,
Carbolic acid was thrown in the face
OF j. ID. Howe. chairman of the repub.
lican city central committee at st.
Louis, in his Office by a young woman
who was formerly his stenographer.
a portion of the acid struck one side
of his face near the eye.
DR.. William OsIer, of the Johns Hop.
ltins university, whose age limit" ad.
dress ut the commemorative exercises
OF the university has been the subject
OF widespread comment. says that he
has been misquOted by the papers.
Suicide in the balcony of crowded
theater was the method of death
chosen by an unknown man, about %
years of age, who shot and killed him.
self at the Chicago opera house during
a vaudeville performance
What is said to be the largest real
estate deal ever made In Pittsburg
and one OF the most important trans
actions in landed properties ever an
nounced from that part of the coun
try was the sale of the Schenley farm
in Oakland for about $4,000 900
Through the death Of Mrs. Harriet
NJ. Littlefeld. w.uow of George l.. Lit
! tlefeld, at one time a prominent man
ufacturer of Pawtucket. r. l.. Brown
university comes into the possession
OF the estate. real and personal. esti
mated at about $500, 900.
The betrOthal is officially announced
OF Princess Victoria of Connaught TO
| Prince Oscar, eldest son of the crown
prince of Sweden and Norway
Independent crude oil producers and
refners from Kansas. Ohio. Illinois
/ and Indiana joined I'm the formation
at Chicago of an organization of de
Tense against the alleged eradicatine
| pressure Of the Standard Oil Co.
AT Denver James Walsh. NJ. p. Con.
don and Fred W Johnson. election Off.
GERS. were found guilty Of frauds com
mitted at the city charter election last
spring. They were sentenced to Jail
for six months.