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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAL, THURSDW, MARCII 24. t9tr
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VERMONT NEWS
Items of Intcrcst Glcnucd From All
I'nrts of Green Mountnln
s' Stntc.
Attolphus Sniitli, oniployed by llio
Woodbury (.Irunitc Co. iit Hardwick,
t "11 ao fcct from a trnveling cranc Satur
day niid was seriously injurod
Family Gown.
Miss Alury N. l'otls su, licr wodding
in St. Johnsbury lnst wook worc tlio
drexs tliat had bccn uscd 011 finiilar
oeeasions l)y iicr grundmothor, licr inotlicr
uiul her iilolher's two Mstcrs.
Was Badly Slashpe.
ln u knifo battle Totiy Kossill of
Bellows Knlls was badly slnshcd Sun
day nighl. With his brothcr, Androw,
ho was attacked by threo Polnnders,
ono of wlioin was Andrcw I.ineovitch.
Thoy liao been nrrested. It is claim
ed thnt the injurod lnau objccted to
l.incovitoli'n uttontion to liis siatcr.
To Receive 8 Months' Pay.
Ollker Chri-dophor Milcs, wlio lias been
under supension sinco August IX, will
returu to duly next Monday by order
of Mayor Burke. With tlie eccption of
this wcok, when ho is under suspcnsion
witlioul pay, hc will receive salary for
thc cntiro oight months ho lias bcou sus
pondod. A mceting of tho polico com
inisMonors was held, whcn Mr. Milos
plcndod guilty to dereliction of dtity
!ind not guilty to tho chargo of broach
of llie pC.ICO.
Burlington Barn Burned.
barii on tho farm oecupied by V.
B t'alkins on tho Intcrvalc was llie
m-omo of tho hccotul lire in Burlington
Monday and was partially dostroycd
with a loss of about $51,000, wliii'li was
rowrwl by hiMirnnco in tho ngeney of
II. II. Hickok. Ninetecn cows and a
bull, which wero kt-pt in tho barn wero
savod by a l(i-ycar-old boy, an employc
of tho placo.
Thc origiu of tho firc is not known
but, liko tho 0110 enrlior in tlio day,
on North avonuo, it stnrtod in tho hay
inow.
Fruifful Liquor Raid.
fruitful liquor raid was made on
tho house oecupied by Janc Ricknrd
of Hardwick Saturday aftornoon. Tho
oliiccrs got 20 ))ints of whiskey, 25 of
which wcro fotind in a room oecupied
by William Davidon, u consumptivo,
w ho claimod hc ued tho liquor as incdioinc
Tho othcr pint was found in thc ooiling
of Mr.s. Riekard's room.
Escaped Injury.
Whilo driviug a froight tcam from
South Royalton to Chelsea last week,
Honry V. 'Gatcs had u rcmarkablc ex
pcrience. Ho lfad a load of 0,000 pounds
and tho wagmi idowed, wcnt ovcr an oin
bankmcnt and landcd bottom sidc up.
Whcn things had stoppod whirling .Mr.
Oatcs found him.-clf astrido thc polo
belwooli tho strugsling .hoivo-i. Ho was
uninjuiod.
Scn. Dillingham Acts. '"
Tlio following lettor was reocivod
Monday in IJurlington.
Washington, U. C, -Mareh II), I'JIO.
Manufacturors' Aaocialiou of Burlington,
Burlington, Vt:
(loiitlcmon: Senntor Uillinghani dirci'ts
nie to ncknowlcdge tho receipt of your
tolegram of cvcn dalo in rcgard to thc
application of thc ma.iinum tarilT on im
portations from Canada, and to say
that immcdiatoly upon ils receipt hc
wrotc tho I'rcsidoiit of tho United Statcs
in rcgard to tho mattcr, im)rcssing upon
him to tho best of his ability tho groat
importanco of tho quption. Thus tho
TO USE CUTiCURA
And Thus Cured a Scalp Disease
Like Scald Hoad It had Lasted
Several Months and Made Most
of thc SutTerer's Hair Fall Out,
TR0UBLE SOON 60NE
AND NEVER RETURNED
"Whcn I -vas tcn or twclvo ycars old
I lind a fccaln (liscaso, Bometliing liko
Bcalcl hoad, though it wasn't that. I
eufTerecl it r t.cvcral months and most of
jny hair carao out. Finally thoy had a
doctor to sco mo and ho recommended
thoCuticura llemedics. They cured mo
in a fow woclcs. I havo uscd tho Cuticura
Ilcmcdlcs, also, for a breaUing out on
my liand3 and was bencfitcd a grcat
deal. I haven't had any moro troublo
with tho scalp dlscaso, Jliss Jossio F.
Uuchanan, li. F, D. 3, Uamilton, Ga..
Jan. 7, 1000."
BABIES' SKINS
5ltouId Know Only Cuticura Soap
Purc, Swcct, Economlcal.
Bocauso of its delicato, emollient.
tanative, antiscptio propertlca deriyed
lrom uuiicura uint
ment. united with tUo
purcst of clcansing
InRrcdlents and most
refrcshlng of flower
odors, Cuticura Soap
Is unrivaled for pro
sorving, purifylng
anu Dcauiiiying ino
1 sUin. Bcaip, nair and
I handa of (nfanta and
I cliiidrcn. In tlio pro
i vcntlvo and curativo
' trnntment of tortur.
Ing, disflguring cczcmaa, rnshcs. itclilngs,
Irritationa, Inflammationa and chaflnga
from infancy to ago; for tho aanutivo,
nnti&cntio clcansing of ulccratcd, in
llamed mucoua aurfaccs and for many
othcr usca vhich rcadlly BiipEeat tliem
Bcivca to 'womcn, esnccially mothora,
Cuticura Buccceda whcn all clso faila.
Guarantced absolutely nuro and may bo
uscd from tho hour oi birth.
Comntete Cxternal ond Internal Trfitnifnt for
Hvery llumor ol iDianla. Chudrcn and Adulia ron
dstt oi Cuilcura Sonp (25c ) to Cleansa tlie 8kin,
Cullcura Olntraent (Mc ) to llral llie Hkin and L'uti
i iira llrsolvenc (&0c ) (or ln llie lorm ol t'haroiaia
( oalrd I'iILi, 2So rr vlalolCO) lo i'urily tlio lllood.
.Kuki mruuiiiiuut tlie world i'otirr Druc & Cliem
C'urp . Hule l'ropn, J3SCoiumtuaAVO , rioslun. Maaa
oarMaiicd 1 rre, 32-puv Cutiruru IlixiK. a com
pltw OuiU to tlio litii Care ui akiu ucu Muly
DOCTDR TDL
ttfi
1M
mattcr will conio to tho Prcsidcnt's at
tcntton Immedlntely upon hls rclurn
from his wcstern trip. ln addrcssing you
thoScnator undcrstands that you aro tho
npokcsman for all tho ftignors of tho
tclegrum.
Vcry truly yours,
(Signed)
FERDINAND H. PI3AS12, See'y.
Stepmother Was Vermonter.
Tho fottuno of Ale.Nundcr McDonnld,
vii-c-presidcnt of tho Stnndard Oil, who
dlod in Oalifomia recently, gocn to his
granddaughtors, daughti'rs of his doad
daughtor. Thoso gitlf, Holon and Lnura
Stallo havo been undcr his guardianship
soven years and aro daughtciK of a New
York lawycr. Thoir fathcr marriod Mrs.
May Ilnrrington llatina, a nativo of Shel
burno in 11)03. Sho had divorced licr
first hu-banil, l)an llatina, son of latc
Pcnulor llanna, and thc mnfch displcasod
Mr. McDonald who had himsclf appointcd
guardians of tho girls. llowovor, ho
bocamc roeoncilcd and tho Stallos with
thoir childron will probably livo at "Vnl
roy" in Ohio. Tho fortuno is elimnted
at frnm $15,000,000 to SoO.OOO.OOO.
U. V. M. Summcr School.
Thc Univoisity of Vcrinont .Sununer
Scliool will oflcr a largo nunibcr of course.s
intonded o&pefially for tcachcrs. Sovcral
spccialists from a distancc havo bcen sc
ourcd to givo niothods coursos, and l'rin
eip.d Morrill will givo a couri-e in school
nianageniont.
Tho bulletiu ha just bccn iosucd and
cnutntua, bcsidcs tho doscription of
coursos, somo intcrcstitig niattcr about tho
Univcrsity and about Burlington.
Whorcvcr it goes it will bo a uood advcr
tiscniont of Burlington. It would bc
worth whilo for thc pcoplo of Burlington
lo road it and to scnd a eopy, or asl: to
havo ono scnt to a friond. Thc regular
mrmbcrs of tho faeulty who will teach
are l'rofcsors llills, Hobinson, Bassett,
Myrick, Oglc, Mcsscngcr, Burns, AndreVs,
11. F. l'crkins, Thonia5, Eatou and Helyar.
Thoc who will conio from outsidc uro:
l'rincipal .Morrill of tho Randolph Nor
nial School, alroady vcry well-known in
Burlington and througliout tho Ptatc.
11c will givo a courso in vl'IiooI nianago
mcnt, a tcachcrs' coium! in 00111111011
school branehcs and oonduct a round
tablo.
Miss Adelaido Aboll of 1'rovideiu c, R.
I., a gnuluate of Wellci-loy Collogo, and
a graduatc studcnt in Chicago Univority.
yho will havo chargo of thc work in homo
cconomics.
, Miss Olivc M. Ilinman of New Yoik,
who lias hiicnt sovcral ycars in thc pecinl
study of publie school drawing. Sho
will givo two oourscs in drawing ndaptcd
to tho nceds of tcachcrs of this iniportant
and muoli noglcctod subjoct.
Miss Frtiinic'W. Ounn, a graduato of
I'cabody Collego, and, intcrostiiig to noto,
a groat grand-dnughtcr of Aldon B.
Spooncr, a U. V. M. alumnus of a oontury
ago. Sho will givo primnry mcthods and
juvenilo literaturc. Tho lattcr is a sub
joct too little studied. Literaturc for
childicu is a vital problcm for both tcach
crs and parcnts, and but fow peoplo aro
sufliciontly familiar witli tho availablo
niatcrinl and with child naturo to pak
with any authority on tho hubjoct.
Tcachcrs of Vormonrwill appreciatc this
opportunity, and somo of thc motlicrs of
Burlington who aro intorcstod in thoir
childrcn'h reading mattor inight find it
profitablc to attend this onc course. If
theru is a local doinand for tho work, tlio
Univorhity ollicials would 110 dottbt bc
willing to nrAtngo to havo thc eouie
come at an hour that would bc nio.st con
vcnicnt. Miss Mary D. I'ieicc, also a graduatc
of I'cabody Collego. Sho will givo a
course in intcrmodiato mcthods. Kdu
tntional thoorist-s havo writtcn much
about thc primary grades but there is
little material dciding with tho work of thc
intcrmodiato giados, yct tho pioblcms
of child dovcloptnenl at this period aro
in many rcspccts tho most didicult of
cducational pioblcms, and mot tcachcrs
.igrcc that thcso grado.s are thc hardcst
to teach.
Alfrod I.arson, tliough not of tho uni
vcrsity faeulty is a homo man who will
1 givo a course in sight singing, intonded to
uid in thc tcachmg of inusio 111 tho pulilic
sehools.
l'rofessor Burns, though a regular
inembcr of thc faeulty, will bo new to
Burlington, owing to his reccnt oloctioii.
IIo will bo piofosMir of botany in placo of
l'rofessor L. R. Jones, who lias gonc to
I Wisconsin.
Bcsido tho woik which is stnctly poila
gogical, thoro will bo a largo iiuinbcr of
acadcmie hiibjccts taught. Thcsc will
servo tho noeds of tcachcrs who wi.sh
subjoct mattcr, and of stiulcnls who wish
collego crcdit.
.Studonts who arc earrying 011 work for
tho mastcr's dogreo cau arrango individ
ually with thoir Profcsbors to work undcr
diroction during tho summcr hcssion.
For tho bcnefit of pcoplo in Burlington
who do not wish to bccomo regular stu
donts but who winli to tako a singlo course
a spccial rate of eight dollars for a courso
lias bccn niado.
Phesants in Vermont.
Statc Coinmissioner Thomas, of Stowe,
who lias visiled tho Stato gamo farm in
Sherburne, N. Y., to cnablo him to rcport
to tho Govemor ns to stocking tlio Ver
niont Slnle farms at Sharon and I luinficld
rcjiorts (hcro is 110 rcaon why pheasanls
llould not thrive in Vermont as wcll ns
iu New York . Quail and Ilungarian
partridgesfailedbut thostrain ofphcasan s
kopt is Kngll-h, Chincso, and Ilungarian.
Is 93 Years Old.
Mrs. Ilarriot Aboll, who residcs with
hcr ton, C. II. Aboll, of Euosburgh I'alls,
was 05 ycars old, Monday
Months In Andersonville..
Whilo tho records of tho war deparlmcnt
at Washington contain only tho bimplo
statcinent that Poscoo Fishcr of Brattle
boro, Vt., cnlibtcd as a privato in Com
pany V. of tho 4th Vcrinont, Aug. 10, lSfl,
and wus mustorcd out of tho scrvico May
11, 1805, thc story of Mr, Fishcr's servlco
as a Unlon soldior on Southcm battle (iclds
Is onc f moro than ordinary Intcrcst.
Probably 110 Northcrn soldicr lias a moro
vivid rccollcction of tho horrors of Andcr
sonvillo tlmn Mr. Fishtr.
Whilo ho will ncvcr forgot tho suffcr
ings of his fcllow prisoncrs and tho hardship
and agony that ho tindcrwcnt ho tclJs of his
cxporicnccs in a way that brings forth
many funny inciloiits.
New Railroad Out of Brattleboro.
A project contidning po.sibilitios whoso
Offcct on Brattlcboro's ftituro cannot bo
ovcr-cslimatcd brought civil cngincers
of tho Bouton & Mainb railroad to
that town last week. Thoso mcn aro
undcr orders to mako a survoy of tho tor
ritory bctwcon Brattleboro and Ilinsdalc,
N. H., to dotcrmino tho foasibility of a
branch lino of thc Boslon it Maiiio systom
ovcr this routc to competo with thc 10
jnilc strip of road betwccn Brattleboro and
South Vernon controllcd by thc Contral
Vermont. It is bcliovcd in local rail
road circlcs that tho movo is a part of a
schenio 011 thc part of tho Boston & Mnlne
Now York, New Ilaven & Hartford in
tcrcsts to put thomsclvcs in a position
to coniicto with tho Grand Triink system
in case it. builds its propoed oxtcnsion
from I'almcr, Mass., to Providcncc. Tho
cngincers who havo conio hcrc this week
aro undcr ordcrs to go to Windsor aftcr
complcting tho Brattlcboro-Ilinsdalc sur
voy, and this givcs crcdcncc to tho story
that a survoy will be made from there to
Whilo Rivcr Junction with tho idca of
parallcling thc Contral Vermont at that
point also.
A road built from Brattleboro to a point
011 tho Ashuolot division of thc Boston &
Muiuo bctwcen Hinsdalo and South Ver
non would mako tho milcago from there to
tho junction only slightly moro than it is
by way of tho Ccntral Vermont, and if thc
B. & M. could sccuro a connecting link bc
twcen Windsor and White Rivcr Junction
also, through train scrvice betwccn New
York and tho White Mountains could bo
maintaiued wilhout rcgard for thc Ccntral
Vermont. Tho grcatest obstaclo in tlio
way of a Boston ifc Muiuo lino from Brat
tleboro south would bo fuiding a suitablc
cntranco to this town, but in vicw of tho
incrcased railway facilities that would fol
low it is safo to say tliat thc busiucss in
tcrests of this town would do almost any
tliinsr within reason to help thc Boston &
Maine in tliis mattcr. Thc project would
;noan not only competing lincs betwccn
there and New York, but witliout doubt
through scrvico betwccn theru and Boston
by way of Kecne and tho Chcshiio division
ofjtlio Boston & Maine.
HALF CENTURY OF MEDICAL
PRACTICE.
Dr. Henry D. Holton Vetcran in Pulbic
Servicc.
Brattlcboro's distinguished eitien,
Dr. Henry 1). Holton, oompletcd 50 years
of practioo in medieino March 0. That
he still linds sufnciont taks to busj' him
olf is apparcnt from tho fatt that hc
failed to rcmain at honic long cnough for
frionds and nciglibors to cxtcnd thc
eomplimonts of tlnvday. Many( of 'his
fricnds had arrangcd to ob.-eive tho
occasinn in a manncr doemed appropriate,
but werc thwartcd in tliclr plans by tho
doctor leaving homo 011 a siieaking tour
in tho northcrn part of thc Siate in tho
eapacity of Sccivtary of tho Stato Board
of llcalth.
Ho bcgan tho study of incdicius with
Dr. Warren of Boston, eontinued it with
1'iofcssoi Valentino Mott in New York,
attendcd leeturos in tho modioal dcpart
nicnt of thc Cniveisity of New York,
from which hc graduated March 'J, IStiU.
After si months' seivicc as phy'sieian
in tho Willimncburg Dispensary he s-ct-tlcd
in Putney, wherc he was in practice
sevon years, and tlion movod to Brattle
boro. His skill and snccess gave him a
wido reputation and doubtloss lcd to h!s
conncction with various medical and othcr
lcarncd societies. ln I.S01 ho beeame a
mcrnber of tho Connecticut Rivcr Valley
Melical Association, soon beeame its
secretary and later its prcsidcnt. Hc
has bccn president of tho Vermont Medi
cal Society. Hc is a momber of tho
Amcriean Medical Association and of its
judicial couneil, and, in 1SS0, was vico
prcsidcnt. Ho was sent as a delegatc to
tlie Intcrnational Medical Congress held
at Brussela in 1875, and, during his visit
to Kngland, whilo thcn abroad, ho was
mado a meinber of tho British Medical
Association. Hc is a momber of tho
Amcriean Publie Hcalth Association,
was troasurer nino yoars, and, in 1002, its
president. Ho was activo iu tlio organi
zation of tho Pau Anieriean Mcitical
Cougrcss and ehairman of its board of
trustees and oxeeutivo committoo. Iu
1901 ho was made piesidoul of tho
Amcriean Tubereulnsis Congress.
Many othcr socictUH inight bo incu
tioned in which Dr. Holton has becu
honorod with inemberuhip, amiuig tliem
tho Contincntal Anti-Tubcreulosis Asso
ciation of Kurope, thc Amcriean Acadcmy
of Mcdieino, tho Boston Cynaeological
Society, tho New York Therapcutical
Society, tho Ainorican Acadcmy of Politi
cal and Soeial Scicnec, tho Amoricnn
Geographieal Society, and thc New Eng
land liducational Lcague.
Tho doctor was a coinmissioner for this
Statc to tho Nicaragua C'anal convontion
hcld iu New Orleans in'Deeenibcr, 1W)2,
and was also a coinmissioner of tho
Colulnbian Esposition. . "
Dr. Holton was for throo suceossivc
(ernis of six ycars cach a mcniber of tho
board of trustees of tho Univcrsity of
Vermont nnd Agricultural Collego,- and
for cightoon years l'rofessor of pathology
and thorapoutics in tho medical ilopart
mont of tho Univcrsity. Ho is aulhor of
I'athological Tables, which wcnt to a
second edition, also of tweiitytwomono
graphs and of uiiiny articles in modieal
journals.
Dr. Holton has nlwaya found timo to
dovoto to oducatioual and political iutcr
csta nnd whatovcr clso coneorno.l tho
wclfaro of his town and tho Stato. For
a quartcr of a ccntury ho wus an cincieut
jncnjbcr of thc Ilrnttlcboro school board
and most of that timo its thafrtnan. I'or
mitny ycars hc has bccn president of thc
lionrd of trustees of l.cland nnd Gray
Scniinary in Townshend nnd has donc
much to promoto tho intcrcsts of that
iimlituliou. llo wns a mcmbcr of tho
Stato Scnato in 1881 and roprescntcd
this town in tlie House iu 188S, iu both
scssions Fcrvlng upon iniportant com
mittccs. Hc was 0110 of tho dclcgates at
largo to thc Rcpubllcan nntinnal eonvcii
tion of 18!)(i. Ho has l'ecn prcsidcnt of
thc Vermont Society, Sons of thc Amcri
ean Rcvolution, and is nctivo in thc
work of thc Red Cross Society.
Tho doctor is "a buslness nian and a
wise linancior. As prcsidcnt of tho
Brattleboro Gas Company ho succcssfully
conductcd its affairs until it was merged
in tho Twin Statc Gas nnd Electrie Com
pany. 11c is, nn nctivo dircctor of thc
Vcrinont Xational Bank, and, as prcsi
dcnt of tho Homo for thc Agcd and Disn-
bled, ho has brought that institution
up to its prescnt stroug eondition.
But perhaps thc most uscful work of
tho doctor's eventful lifo rciiiains to bo
mentionod. Ho has been, tho last 1 1
years, a mcniber of thc Stato Board of
Hcalth and tho lnst twclvc ycars its
secrotury, iu which position his pro
fcssional knowlodgo nnd busiucss eapacity
havo bccn called into full reipiisitiou nnd
havc enabled him to rcndcr a most vnlu
able publie serviee. Ho is iu oxcellcnt
hcalth and cflicicntly perforniing tlie
duties of hls ollicc. Hc was gratilicd
and dceply moved, 011 this nnnivcrsary
day, by thc receipt of a congratulatory
lctter signed by thc physicians of Brattle
boro accompaincd by a beautiful amethyst
scarf pin. Ho was also tho rccipiont of
nuny handsomo boucuictH of llowers.
IIAPUOOR'S C1IALLEXGK.
Asks UinnHilntos for Govcrnor lo File
('iiinpiilgn Uxpen.ses Fleelwooit unil
.S111IH1 Wllllng.
JI. .1. Ilapgood of Peru furntshcs the
Journal with the following corrcspond
onco: Peru, Mar. 14, 1910.
Hon. John A. Mead,
Hon. Fretlcrlck Flcotwood,
My Dear Sirs:
Allke with yoursolvcs, I um a can
dldato for Govcrnor of tho State. It
Is a wcll known fact that soveral of
tho successful canvasses horctofore
have bcon conductcd In a manner dls
graceful to the reputation of the Stato.
In ordor to ellmlnate any susplclon
of such a conncction with tho prescnt
canvass, I would proposo that each
candldato pledgc himsclf to fllo a
sworn and Itcmized statomcht of all
ot the expensos lncurreu uy him or
hls agents in conncction with hls can
vass with tho Secrctary of Stato not
less than 10 days or more than 14
days after tho holdlng of tho Stato
convontion, copies of which to bo duly
furnished to tho prcss of thc Stato.
If any more feaslble plan can bc
suggested by you 1 should hc plcascd
to concur.
Awalting a reply, I am
Sinccrely yours,
M. J. HAPGOOD.
Plcetwood's 15eply.
Morrisville, Mar. 1G, 1910.
Hon. M. J. Hapgood, Peru, Vt.
Mr. Dcar Slr:
I heartily approvo of your plan, and
will gladly plcdgo myself to filo such
a statemcnt as you suggest.
Truly Yours,
' F. G, FLEETWOOD.
C. P. Smitli's eply.
If I decido to becomo a candidato,
it would bo entircly satisfactory to me
to fllo with thc Secretarj- or State, as
you suggest, a stattment of all ex
pensos, as 1 do not intend to do any
thing that I should be ashamed to have
tho publie know.
March, 22, nothlng heard from Mead.
ARcnrrncT hi:ri: today.
Work of InijinMiiig (hc Stnle
House PnigrVssing Itapldly Deeld
eil (,'hnngcs Now Perceptlhle.
J. J. Ralne, tlie onglneer In chargo
of tho ventllatlon, pluniblng and heat
ing systein now being put in at thc
Stnj'io House, wns in town yesterduy
loolclng after tho work and gettlng
tliings ready for the architect, V. E.
Austin, wiho Is to ho ln town todaj .
Mr. Raino found overythlng runnlntf
hlong -very Einoothly and feit much
lileascd with tho progrc3s jnade.
Tho cloak room of Uio Capitol has
been givcn over to tlio shcet Iron
workors naid to the galvanlzers and
there Is a hody of 12 mou at work
tihero under Georgo Fray. Ihcy arc
maklng up tho dud'.is, through whloh
the nlr Is to he" lcd to tho dlfferent
rooiiis of tho bulldlng. More nien an'
oxpccteii to arrive for this dcpart
nicnt Monday. Tho shlpmont vt
marblo for tho toileta is expccl
ed (to arrivo some timo next
weok. The men employed by Con
Idractor B. P. Shanloy of Burlington
wero biuy blasting yesterday and suc
ceeded in clearing way a largo purt
of tho lcdgo on the sito of tho poxr
houso. Tlie ducts wlilch hnvo hoon ex -cavatcd
from tho power house to tho
Capitol aro nll ready to bo concretcd.
There are now about 30 men eau
ployed by tho con.ractoiis Iu tho dlf
forent dopartnionts nnd this uuinbetr
will bo augniented as tho work pio
greSses. Mr. Austin, tho nrcliitcct,
will Inspect tho work and mako sug
gcstlons on little things tfhnt Qiavo
been held up.
lloys Attend Reunlon.
Burlington, March 18. Slxty boys,
thhty of whom vpro from town, at
tendcd n rounlon of tho boys' V. M. C.
A. summor camp at North Hero horo'
tonlght nnd will romaln until toiHor
row. Eloven wero from Montpelier,
I Spriiifj Openingl
I ol - I
Tailored Suits, Coats
?dpoio Spring Costumes
iliii
BRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
THIS DEPARTMENT WILL SURELY INTEREST YOU IF YOU
CONTEMPLATE HAVING A NEW DRESS FOR SPRING
The Newest Weaves i?,fvtyattfeCcobhria;e. here' and in
Shah and Indro Silks $1 per yd.
Japaine Silk Special at 29c yard
Boy Your Easter Gloves and Neckwear Here
Temple's French Glove at $1.00. The Celebrated Trefousse Glove at $1.50
Big Shipment of New and Dainty Ncckwear Received Today
SELEC'T
YOUR
EASTER
SUIT
EARLY
wm
BATTLE QN EXPRESS
.Man Under Inllucnee of Liuuor ShnotN
Colored Porter nnd CondiK'tor, Then
liarrlciides Illiusclf In ToIIet Room
nnd Jlolils Offltrr.s at Bay I'or Out
iiii Hour Rlslodgrd by Flrcmeii.
Wilmington, Dol., March 23. Three
men woro Hilled on a northbound Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad train this af
tornoon in a fight which began at Ne
wark, Doloware and endcd In n des
perate battle betweon-the polico, aid
ed by the flrenion and cltl.ens, and a
murderor at the Delawaro avenue sta
tlon horo, following the nrrival of tho
train at r : 17 o'clocli. Sovoral wero
wounded.
Tho dead aro:
O. E. "Wellman, aged 40 years, of
Phlladclphla, conductor of tho truln.
Samuol Wllllnms, aged 50 years,
colored, Pullmnn porter, whoso home
ls snld to havo been In Jersey Clty.
J. II. Bethea, aged 40 years, of Dll
lon S. C.
Tho Injured:
John O. Wlley, aged 40 ycars, a
park guard of Wilmington, I)ul., Bhot
Iu tho hand nnd log.
Matthew Hnley, u cltlzon of Wil
mington, shot ln tho leg.
Others wero gnwed by llylng bul
lets. Tho trlplo tragcd was tho rcsult
of an altoj;catlon betwccn Bethea, who
was a passonger, and Wllllams, por
ter of tho Pullman.
Tho car was bound from Waslngton
to Jorsoy Clty. Bethen, who had been
drlnking heavlly, shot tho porter
through tho heart. kllllng hlm 'ln
stantly. When Conductor "Wollmnn
saw tho porter fall and ran up, Bethea
flr'cd n second shot Into the colored
man's body. Tlion, wlthout a wovd, he
shot Wellman through ' tho henvt..
Tho conductor fell deatl tn hls trackB.
Our store has becn in thc hands of Ctarpenters and
painters for the l.ast three wccks, but now our Sprins
cleaning is ovor. Onco more wc arc prepared to servc
our patrbns.
;every department
is stocked witli tlie newcst ol
t iSPRING MERCHANDISE
Nevcr has this store beon in a bettcr position to fill
your wantswhatever they ihay bo.
"If It's Here, It's New,
If It's New, It's Here"
Suits Zto $12.50 to $40
Suits lorGlt:01 from $9.50 up
Beautiful Costumes
in Messalines, Taffetas and
Silk Chiffons, priced from
$22.50 to $45
Waists
Thewell known V. H. Brand are
here. Beautiful patterns in Hand Em
broidered and Mexican Drawn Work
effects.
Before thc passengors could Inter
fero the doublc murderor barrlcaded
himsclf in the toilet room of tho Pull
man and threatoned to klll tho first
person who approached.Meanwhile the
I train reached Wilmington. A siiuad
of patrolmen lieaded by Pollce Cap
taius Kane and Evans and re-lnl'orced
by park guards and a posse of citl
zcns and tralnnien, ran to the scene.
Tho pollce called upon Bethea to
sui reniter. As tu answcr ho opened
tlie door of tho talld. room a short
dlstnnce and opened lire from nn
atitoiriatic revcflver. Pollce Chlff
iBlaek. who ailso rus'hed to tlie rail
road stntlon, dodged beJiliul un e:
press olt'Icer on the train floor just In
tlma to oscapo bevoral bullfis. li
Uieti ls belleved to havo had at kast
ono hundred rounds of ammunltlou.
for he suoceedtd (n lioldlng the pojse
at bay an'd also hold up tho train
from G : 17 until 6:3ii. Travel ovor
the Ualtlmoro & Ohio Railroad was
also tied up.
Whcn i.'lie battlo had lastod abnnt
an hour, the polico roaJlzed that they
would be nnablo to drivo tho man
from envfT. A cll was sent to ti local
lire company nenrhy. Attachlng a
Idg'hf'i'fssuro ihose tn a flro plug tho
llromcn larrlcaded br-QUnd trucks and
boanls, iilnyetl a stream upon the
wlndowB of l.iho toilet room.
'J'he desperado llred a uuinlior of
shots at thb llronien, but thoy were
ndi lnjured. Subsequcntly Bothen,
drenched with wnter, stafigored to tho
plntform nnd l.ho pollco. oneo more
called upon him to surrondor. lllc
reply 'was several shots.
Several of tho pollcemen hnd arm
ed thoniselves wJUi sliot guns and
Just as Bothca (lred tho last shot, Pol
lce Ctlptaliii Evans fiml a load of
shot ini;o hls face.
Notwlthstandlng this Injury ho kept
on llring. Patrolnmn nouBhmuit o.ien-
BUV
TREFOISS1
tiLOVES
FOR
EASTER
ed lire with a revolver nnd stntcic
Bethea in t'u rifht ann. Tho iU.-,per-ato
man tiJ io flrl? again, !nt ,str.
geant Ko'le'ier opoii'd ilro aad alsi
mannged to si'iring upon Bctlna
Wln n the pollce took hold of 'ilni h -fell
Iead iu the annb oi a patrolintp
- A traglc InchlMit of the affalr was
Uml w'.uu Willianw, I'he porter, was
shot hc fell into a seat in the car. All
throusli the battle the dcad iiort i'
sat w(th CCie aiiptMirance of on- 1 iw
ing from the wiudow.
Fl.I.nFi..iM.Mi:U FOR $Ul
"I'rofosMir" NIIcs or New JIimcii,
Coiiii., Wns lhe .Man AVIio Tiirncd
x the Trkk.
(Special to tho Journalj
Rutland, March 23. Tho "lllni-dnm"
niau's first vlslt of the season tn thia
city tamo to llglit toUay, whn It was
nnnounced thnt tho police are looking;
for 'Professor" Nilcs who gave hlB
address as New Haven, Conn. Only
ono eomplnint has been reee:ved as
yot, but today a good looking won.au
told tho pollce her grlovance.
Tho "Professor" calleu upon ln-r re
cently, wanted to tell her fortnn.-, Hft
hlstory nnd othor things of import
anco. Sho consentod nnd Niles gos
ticulated hypnotically and mad-- her
out iJapers. Sho proved n goi tl sub
joct for ho horrowed $S from her Sho
olnlms sho prevlously loaned him $5
nnd he left his nnmo statlng that lu
would roturn tho wholo $13 toJny
Tho money hnsn't como.
Fugltlu) From .liisttec.
Boston, Mass., March 23. Said t j bt
whnted ln Now. York on.n ohnrgn of
grand larceny. In connectlon with tho
stealin of $110,000 from the Windsor
Trust Company of New York. last
August, John P. Shorwoort, a st ck
brokor, was Jocked up tonlght x a
fugltlw from justico.