Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-10
THE NEWS OF
WEST VIRGINIA

Martinsburg.A The building com
mittee OF the First Baptist Church OF
Martinsburg. formally approved the
plans for the handsome new church
edifice to be erected on the site of
the present building. and Immediate
Siy after the action OF the committee
Is ratified by the congregation bids
Tor the erection of the building will
be asked for. The new church will
have a frontage of 55 feet on West
King street and extend back a dis
lance of 125 feet. It will be of brick,
with Indiana limestone trimmings,
with front of light-colored pressed
brick, and will be one of the hand
soonest places of worship in this sec
ton of the State. The estimated cost
OF the new edifice is about $4,000.
Elkins. Claiming that their lives
would be jeopardized by continuing
at their work, Is Italians, who COM
pose one of the gangs engaged in
removing the debris from the tunnel
cave-in on the Western Maryland
Railway, five miles south of here.
walked out of the tunnel and refused
to return to their work The mems
anxiety was aroused by the falling
of several of the shield timbers in
proximity to where they were at
work. Train service through the
passageway, which is directly under
Cheat Mountain, cannot be resumed
for several days.
CIarksburg. Accused of bigamy
and perjury, Frank Augustus, an en-
ploye of the Radford pottery, was
taken to Greensburg, Pa, for trial.
1t is alleged that. he married Miss
Louise Jones as his third wife at
Greensburg while legally married to
his second wife, who lives here and
who was formerly Miss Minnie
Coger, of Coger. Braxton county.
His first wife Is dead. The perjury
charge is based on the issuance of his
third marriage license He admits
the charge of bfgamy, but says he is
guiltless of perjury.
Parkersburg.-M Mary Stein
beck, of Marietta. Instituted suit in
the United States Circuit here against
the trustees of Broaddus Institute,
a Baptist UNCONVENTIONAL school, To-
Gated at Phillip. for $4,000 dam
ages. She claims that while attend
ing the Baptist convention in the In
stitute Building in August of last
year she fell into an open elevator
shaft and sustained a broken thigh
and broken arm, several fractured
ribs and other injuries which have
caused her to be permanent cripple.
Neutrality-suspicious. Richard, Of
Hodgesville, this county, was dan
gerously burned about the body while
rescuing his mother-in-law, Mrs.
French, and niece, Miss Gresham
Cliff both of Baltimore, from being
burned to death in Mr.. Richards
blazing home. The fire started I'M
derneath that part of the house oc-
cupied by Mrs French and niece, and
the women were carried with difficulty
to place of safety. The house was
badly damaged.
Btue1efd.-The casualties in the
recent mine explosion near here stand
at three dead and six injured. With
the exception of w. j. Andrews, who
was married only few days ago, all
the dead and injured were negroes.
The explosion was said to be due to
an ignition of gas by spark from
the socket of a broken electric light
bulb
Elkins.-A large mill is being
erected by the Wilson Lumber Com
pany at Mill Creek, miles south of
Elkins on the Huttonsville extension
of the Western Maryland. When
completed 1t will be $50 feet long by
so feet wide, It's capacity will be
over 100, 900 feet day.
Beckley. Ben Hudd1eston, of
0akhill, near here, "a, larger dealer
in horses and mine mules, committed
suicide at his home by shooting him
self through the temple. Ill health
was given as the cause of the act
A. concession has been granted to
the Spanish Railway Company, Linn
tied, for building steam traction
line 152 miles from Madrid to Utriel,
Province of Valencia This will con-
meet with the line from Valencia to
TTtrioI and Tins afford Madrid ON