Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-01-18
State Odds and Ends


publicans were elected. G. A. North
cult, OF Cabell county, was chosen
president OF the senate, and Fred Paul
Crosscup, of Charleston, speaker CT
the house. Clerk Shaw, of the house.
and Harris. of the senate. were re-
elected. The legislature stands: Sep
ate. republicans, 25: democrats, 5
house. republicans. 81: democrats. %.
Republican majority on joint ballot,
&C.
As the result of bravery of excep-
tonal merit, John Ellis. turntable ter
Ger lin the G. & o. yards at Huntington.
has been given lifetime position
with the c. & o. and a lifetime pass
eyer the entire system. including even
q the steamers used by the company.
The west-bound freight was just pull
ing into the upper end of the yards
when something went wrong with the
internal mechanism of the ponderous
engine. The engineer got out and was
looking the big machine over care
fully when she suddenly leaped for
ward. and. leaving her master behind,
'ashed down the line with no one in
The cab save the fireman, whose knowl-
edge of engineering had not yet reach
Ga the point where he could quickly
control the machine. The switch to
the table had been left open, and down
in the pit at his post of duty stood
tohu Ellis. The freight dashed
straight toward the pit and the table
was cut of position to catch it, Ellis
saw the danger and knew that the one
chance to save her and perhaps the
life of the fireman inside and his own
as well was to stay there and do what
ne could to get the table track on line
with that on which the freight was
running. Slowly the big table swung
around into place just as the big en-
zine dashed up and stopped safe Had
Eilis deserted his post a disastrous
wreck would have resulted.
w. c. Loree, the newly elected gen-
o:al superintendent of the Wheeling
system of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road: c. Il. Bryan, superintendent o..
the Ohio River division; II. r. LulSins.
division engineer, and G.. +. Casper
trainmaster, inspected the entire line
or the Ohio River division of the Bal
t;more & Ohio in special train con-
s'sting of three private cars. General
System Superintendent Loree prom
ises many improvements to the track
End Offices in the near future.
The home of Ezra Robinson, Will
Jamestown. burned to the ground. The
family of five narrowly escaped Gre
nation.
Fire destroyed the residence of Bert
Cag at Charleston. His three-year-old
adopted daughter was burned to death,
tempt at rescue.
big oil well was struck on the Nc
v horter farm, near Jane Lew. 1t is
throwing oil over the top of the der
rick and oil men are unable to get
rear it. They declare they can do
nothing with it.
The Hampshire county grand jury
fas brought in an Indictment against
Superintendent Rucker, of the West
Virginia state school for the deaf,
Cumb and blind. on the charge of Sun
day gambling. Rucker is brother Of
eX-Attcrney General and Congressman
dgar =. Rucker OF this state, and OF
Congressman Rucker, of Missouri.
The indictment has caused a great
sensation. and several well-known
Romney men have been indicted on
the same charge.
Hans Watts and Edmund Fry. sa-
loon proprietors of Huntington, have
been arrested on warrant sworn out
by United States Commissioner Glib
BON. charging them with illegally pub
fishing notice OF a lottery contest
The prisoners have been released on
hOud pending their preliminary hear
ing. The charges against Watts and
Try are rather singular the legality
Cf publishing notices of lotteries in a
newspaper having been questioned be-
fore Mt Huntington.
1T the invitation of Senator Nathan
Tay Scott. the nominee of the Joint
republican caucus for the United
F'ta,es senatorship to succeed himself,
IucmCers of the legislature assembled
~ the Hotel Ruffner. Charleston. to
participate in sumptous banquet
:crator Scott. as host, acted as toast
raster and called upon Gov-elect
William Dawson. Gov. a. b. White and
other prominen. speakers.
Fire almost completely destroyed
the big machine shop of Ingram e.
ONeiil. the largest OF it's kind i'm Hunt.
iTgton. Water plugs were frozen and
j. minutes elapsed after The fire was
q severed before water could he had.
! o~s $4,000. insurance about $.0.00o.
re Ere started from an overheateJ
rae stove
on thousand residents of Hunting
tor 80 use gas we're the other night
cold. hungry and cropping in darkncs"
IS the result Of the failure OF The gas
rjgply. 4 run on the hardware stores
caused Az increase i'm the price Of
f')ves. lamps. candles and at last the
G. haustion Of all such articles in the