Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-01-10
State News Items


ing The house was being moved
while the family still occupied it, and
the accident was caused by the joists
suddenly giving way.
At Fairmont. Wilson Scott Martin
shot himself through the brain. No
cause is assigned.
The case of Effie Uhl. who had Lon
Uhl arrested for failure TO provide. at
Parkersburg. has been dropped. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Uhl's attorneys SIC
did not say yes" when asked in the
marriage ceremony il she took him for
her husband. Her attorneys say she
was already the wife of Hugh Swa-
ger. OF Wilsonburg. and is now living
with him. 1t is claimed that the case
against Uhl was dropped when she
learned Uhl had letters showing she
was already married and had not been
divorced. Uhl was released.
The 2lst annual meeting of the
West Virginia Bar association closed
at Fairmont with a banquet at the
Skinner tavern. at which 200 were
seated. II. J. Crogan. OF Kingwood.
was POSTMASTER. and responses were
made by Judge Aston G.. Dayton. OF
the federal bench: Judges John w.
Mason. w. s. Meredith. II. II. Woods
and other leading attorneys and jur-
lists of the state. A most sumptuous
menu was served.
The most strenuous municipal cleo
ton In the state was held in Kenova
notwithstanding there were less than
500 voters in the municipality and the
election was nonpolitical The sheriff
and his deputies were called on early
in the day to preserve order Their
presence. as well as a largely aug
mented police force, utterly failed
however, and at O'Clock the polls
were closed to prevent bloodshed.
There were many scenes of gun play.
some of the most prominent officials
or the town participating. Mayor
York and Ord Porter, n wealthy mer-
chant. engaged in a desperate en-
counter. and Porter is badly wounded.
York was reelected mayor on the face
of the returns by 80 votes. j. H. Lam
bert. ex-sheriff. was his opponent. Hon.
Joseph Miller. late commissioner OF
internal revenue. was prominent
worker at the polls
The large dry kiln of the William
Ritter Lumber Co. at Panther. con-
tanning 100000 feet OF dressed oak
and poplar lumber. was totally de-
stroyed, with a loss of 100000. Tha
loss is supposed to be partially covered
by insurance. The company's princi-
pal Offices are located in Columbus. o.,
and II has numerous mills located
throughout this state, Virginia, Caro-
linas. Tennessee and Georgia.
Jos. W. Snyder, who shot his wife
and then himself. because he objected
to her receiving the attentions OF an
other. will probably lose his life be
cause the county authorities were so
anxious to get him in Jail at Wheel
ing. They took him from the hospital,
though split bullet lay in his brain.
The other night he began to sink
and was hurriedly taken back to his
ward.
DIR. L. o. Rose. the chemist who
analysed the stomach of the late Fred
Schaffer. of Parkersburg reports that
he found poison. The body of Schaffer
was discovered a few weeks ago. over
IS hours after death. while his wifo
lay unconscious upon the floor OF the
same room.
The Horton mine. on Cabin creek.
In which seven men were suffocated
December 4. which was sealed up in
order to extinguish the fire. has been
reopened The pumps have been start
cd and will continue until the last
vestige OF fire has disappeared
J. o. Fonda. foreman for some con-
tractors near WEIGH was foully muir
dered. Fonda and his brother were
walking along the railroad track when
they were attacked by two unknown
men After a desperate fight J. O.
Fonda fell. mortally wounded. his body
being cut in half a dozen places. The
asailants escaped. II is believed that
robbery was the motive VIII Fonda.
the brother OF J o.. was also badly
stabbed. but he will recover
James l.. Caldwell. ex-Sherim w. o
Walton. John r. Holt. W p. Wilson.
VIII s. Vinson and VIII Dickey. OF
Huntington constitute a corporation
which has just purchased a vast boun.
dairy Of lumber lands in Santiago prov
ince. Cuba The price paid was 500.
600 The boundary Is a virgin forest
OF cedar and rosewood, and the Hunt.
ington capitalists will begin at once
putting the timber on the market
John McNabb av-rparnlar ~ 81,
West Virginia Legislature. ex-presiden.
tial elector. former recorder of Mont.
gomery. and for many years a mem.
Der OF its council. died at his home I'm
Montgomery after an illness extending
over several months
II J.. Spence. enraged at James r.
Marcum. while both we're trading In
n store at Norfolk. shot Marcum twice.
producing mortal wounds Spence was