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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26
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LADIES' GARMENTS And SUITS.

great variety of choice styles is being shown The
make garments have the sale Of in this county known
be superior to other goods in the market fit finish and style
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26

THE dead body Of Colonel Charles A
Murphy, well-known lawyer and claim
agent of Washington, ID. c., was found in
his office, last week Friday, where he died
suddenly six weeks ago. Colonel Murphy
disappeared very mysteriously, 10 was
thought by his friends, on March 4 last, and
had not been seen since that time until his
body was found. There is little doubt,
however, that his death occurred at the
time OF his disappearance, and that his body,
though still in fair state of preservation,
has been resting in the position in which he
was found ever since. His disappearance
caused his friends great anxiety. They re-
ported the matter TO the police and search
for the missing man was made in every di-
rection. His office door was securely
locked, and, as the ianitor had no authority
to open it, it remained closed until Friday,
when the horrible discovery was made.
The colonel was very well known in Wssh-
ington, having been engaged in the practice
of law there during the last eight years He
was an enthusiastic republican, and during
several campaigns had been employed as
speaker by the republican national commit
tee.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26
BUTTER BUYING.

Until further notice I will
buy butter at Al South Main
Street, Saturdays, and at
buttons store in MiddleseX
Monday forenoons.
Also I will be at A South
Main Street on Monday af
tern noons for business.
Please call and settle those
old bills. G. W. PARMENTER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26

The ST. Johnsbury AthenRum has re-
bel Fairbanks Farwell fund, the income of
which will be used TO purchase books for
the art, literary and juvenile departments
Mrs Farwell was the youngest daughter of
Horace Fairbanks, the founder Of the insti-
tuition
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26
SPRING DRESS GOODS

Are constantly being received The fabrics and shades
very attractive Trimmings Of all kinds to match and special
display of Laces Over fifty pieces of Wash Dress
Goods will be opened Wednesday.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26
PAYMENT OF NATIONAL CAR
COMPANY BONDS.

National Car Company bonds and coupons
due May !, 1893, viii be paid at maturity at
either of the following banks Montpelier
National Bank of Montpelier, VT, Peopie's
Trust Company of st. Adams VT, Burling-
ton Trust Conp,n OF Burlington, VT,
Fourth National Bank of Boston, hass.
#, STEWART STRANAHAN, Treasurer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-04-26
NUMBER II.
MURDER AT BARRE.
THOMAS ENRIGHT FOUND IN A DY-
ING CONDITION ON GRANITE
STREET IN THAT VILLAGE. HE
DIES WITHOUT REGAINING CON-
SCIOUSNESS.

Post-mortem Examination by Local Ply
sicians-They Decide that Death Was
Caused by External Violence-State's At
torney stanton SummoDed-A sharp In
vestigation Made-The Identity of En-
rights Assassin Not Clear.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
TONE TO THE MARKET.
General Electric Rallies and Carries
Up the Entire List.

There was a decidedly better feeling
In stock circles this morning. In the
early trading General Electric dropped
from 80 1-2 to 81 "a. but as the unfavor-
able rumors current yesterday were not
cor. firmed the stock later rose to "a IA,
and the whole list moved up in SYM
patty.
Even Louisville & Nashville. which first
fell of I IA to AZ IS, got back to 43 l-2.
Some Of the traders contented them
selves with covering shorts, while others
who have been bearishly inclined
switched around and bought for q turn.
AS there does not seem to be any i'm
mediate danger OF more receiverships the
bulls have taken heart, and they are
predicting quite a rise before the end
of the week.
The market is wholly professional, how
ever. and the very traders VINO put up
the market this morning are liable to
turn bears at any moment.
Atchison declined rs to ~ rs: st. Paul,
liz to 81 l-2, and Western Union, liz to
81. Later. Sugar rose | IA TO 80 7-S; Dis
~tillers. l "a to % Ia: Chicago Gas. rs to
CO l-2; burlington & Quincy, l Is to 70 IS:
Northwest. 7-S to 90 IL: st. Paul. "a to
5S IA; Lake Shore, / IA to l2i Ia; Louis
Vile & Nashville. 7-S to 43 IL. and West
ern Union, 1 3-S to So 3-S.
In the specialties Lead preferred rose
2 to 6S, Pullman 2 to 1874, st. Paul &
Duluth preferred Ito 80, and Rubber . IL
to A. l-2; oregon Navigation fell 4 to 20.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
FATAL FIRE IN LAKEWOOD.
Casino Road-H House Burned to the
Ground This Morning,
Manager Alexander's Child Thrown
from a Window and Killed.

LAKEWOOD, N. j., Dec. 2S,-The Ca
sino, a road-house at South Lakewood
Park, three miles south of this place,
was totally destroyed by fire at an early
hour this morning.
The building was valued at $4,000 with
its furnishings and was owned by Il
syndicate in New York. 1t was erected
for the %purposeof improving the prop
erty.
1t Is said there was no insurance upon
II. The burned building had only been
built about a year, and last week opened
for its second season.
The six-months-old daughter OF Mr..
Henry Alexander, manage Of the con-
Germ, was killed by being thrown from
the second-story window into the street.
and one OF the employees was internally
Injured by jumping. All the rest es-
capped In their night clothes. saving
nothing.
The nre is supposed to ave originated
through sparks flying from a fire that
had been left in an open fireplace when
the house was closed for the night.
The evening world., 1893-12-28

street. have the keys to the house, which
Is securely barred against visitors. De-
tectives Stainsby, Carroll n Walker
are working on the case.
Chief Hopper Ii trying first to learn II
possible the nature OF the property taken
by the murderers. 1t is thought that
Miss Petty had bank-notes OF large de-
nominations. and that these only were
AIKEN. Could these be traced, II would
be a comparatively easy matter to locate
the criminals.
1t was learned by an Evening World
reporter shortly before mono hat Chief
Hopper had a leaning towards the theory
that the crime may have been committed
by two colored men. who were employed
by the Board OF Health two years age to
clean up the premises.
1t was not Iong after this that the
woman's house was entered and robbed
of a small amount of money. One of
the colored men was arrested at the
time. but Miss Petty refused to make
n charge against him.
ON the occasion OF the robbery two
years ago, when Miss Petty was assault
ed b ythe burglars. she had been out on
an errand. leaving q lighted lamp down
stairs.
When she returned the light was gone
from the hall, and she saw Its reflection
in one OF the upper rooms
She fearlessly went upstairs and was
knocked down by the burglars. Her con-
duct on that occasion leads to the belief
that when she entered her house on the
night OF the murder she at once made
a fight for II without attempting to call
for assistance.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
MRS. LAMB GETS A DIVORCE.
Judge McAdam Also Gives Her So
u Week Alimony.

Judge McAdam, OF the SUPERIOR Court,
to-day rendered his decision in the suit
of Mrs. Jennie NJ. Lamb against her hus-
band, James p. Lamb, a d~raughtsman in
the employ of the Street Department,
granting her a separation and alimony
Of s. a week.
In his decision Judge McAdam says:
las to the assault on May %, at 2SIS
Second avenue, although denied by de-
feudant, Mrs. Lamb and her daughter
10th agree as TO the main facts. and in
their testimony impressed those that
heard them of their truthfulness.
THE case Is not one SIMPLY OF tnreats'
tuaily choked his wife. In this enlignt.
sned age no woman is bound TO submit
10 such treatment, even in her HUSBAND
hOme.'
The evening world., 1893-12-28

HOUSE WHERE ELIZABETH PETTY LIvED
AND WAS
1t is a brass door knob with a steel
shank six inches long, which terminates
in a screw thread. The knob is covered
with blood, as Is a black cloth string
which is tied round It. "
County Physician Elliott, who per-
formed the autopsy on the body last
night, Is of the opinion that the wounds
on the left temple and neck were made
by the end of the steel shank, which
was thrust repeatedly against the wo-
ans head.
The wounds are not deep enough to
have been made by any but a blunt in
strument.
The door-knob is, the police think. one
of several which 1t Is known Miss Petty
had about her house n sometimes car
ried on her person apparently for self
near the pool of blood in the front hall
way, where from al that car be learned
the murder was committed,
Chief Hopper, while he will not disclose
the nature OF the theory as to who are
the murderers. for he is positive two men
did the job. gave his opinion as to how
the crime was committed.
There is little doubt. he says. that the
murderers gained an entry to the house
from the, rear cellar door during Miss
Petty's absence on Sunday night, The
fresh loaf Of bread, wrapped in q brown
leads him to believe that she had gone
out to buy the bread when the persons
who killed her entered the house.
1t must have taken at least twenty
minutes to white through the door at
'he top of the cellar stairs. so as to
obtain the purchase on the door-jamb
necessary to break the door-chain,
which was on the inside. This would
necessitate Miss Petty being absent
IN her eriand to the bakers something
like half an hour.
1t was learned this morning that
Policeman Thomas BroddiCk, Of the First
Precinct, whose post Is In the neighbor-
hood OF the murdered woman's house.
saw Miss Petty or Monday evening. The
exact time when he saw her Chief Hop
per does not see fit to disclose Just now.
There IL also a report not yet verified
that Miss Petty WAS seen BY a clerk
named Holmes making a purchase in
the notion store of Hahne q Co., at
Broad and Halsey streets. on Monday
evening.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
Lee MON ARRESTED,
Charged with Bringing Girls from
China to Sell.
Discharged, He Is Again Held for
Geary Act Violation.
Two Pretty Chinese Girls Appear
with the Wealthy Importer.

Agent Stocking. of the Gerry Society,
has received information that wealthy
Mott street Cinnamon are inaugurating
the new business of importing wives for
their fellow countrymen. This morning
Mr.. Stockings representative arrested
Lee Mon. an importer, said to be worth
$3.50, 900, on the charge of bringing to
this country two girls, aged ten and
fourteen years, for immoral purposes.
Lee Mon. who is well known as the
head of the Chinese house OF Sang
Chong. at IS Mott street. declared the
elder of the girls was his wife and the
younger his niece. He demanded an i'm
mediate examination and engaged At
torney Edmund l.. Price to defend him.
and the two girls, followed by the elite
of Chinatown, were taken to the Tombs
Court. At the request of Agent Sticking
they were discharged, and Immediately
rearrested on the charge of violating the
Geary act. Then. followed by a larger
crowd, they were taken before United
States COMMISSIONS Shields.
Lee Mon, through an Interpreter. then
told his story to an Evening World
reporter, while a messenger went to the
Custom-House for witnesses, who, he
said, would prove he had a passport
when he came ia America after going
home for a wife, n also that he pays
in duties $50, 5000 a year.
He first came to America fifteen years
ago. he said. He made a fortune, and
five years ago went home to marry a
girl to whom he had been betrothed ten
years before, when she was two years
old. The girl was of poor ~parentage, and
after marrying her he set up an elegant
establishment In China, and continued
business as foreign representative for the
New York hcif.
About five months ago Lee Mon claims
hprpturnpH IN America with his wife md
a te~n-year-old niece named Wong Ching
Foo. He said he was admitted to this
country on passports, He would not
say why he brought the little girl with
the information that girls could marry
to better advantage In America than at
home.
ell finally concluded to take personal
charge of the case and conducted the
examination beforeCommisioner Shields.
Broker Moore identified Lee Mon as a
man with whom he did business several
Lee Mon testified that after visiting
China and marrying he returned to
America on the steamer Empress Japan
to some point he had forgotten. His in
terpreter added that he paid for first
class passage, $500.
BY Questioning the lawyers concluded
he had gone to some point In Canada
and then come by .ran to New York.
He was unable to describe the country
through which he passed because he was
In a s~leeping-car.
The prisoner claimed he took a pass
port with him, but that 1t was lifted by
Mr.. Mitchell claimed that could not be
true. He said a passport would be the
only evidence that a Chinaman has to
establish his right to remain in Amer
lea.
The examination was then postponed
pending an effort to get the passport.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
ROOM WHERE THE BODY WAS FOUND.

ROOM WHERE II BODY WAS FOUND.
Holmes could not be found this morn
ing, but II he did see the woman on
Christmas Day that was the last time
she was ever on the street. DIR, Elliott
said to-day that the woman had been
dead from thiry-siX to forty-eight hours
when found yesterday morning about s
o'clock,
, The fact that three Of her ribs were
broken, clinches the Doctors argument,
thai Miss Petty was choked 10 death by
a person who knelt on her chest, The
condition of the lungs and the fracture
OF a small bone In the throat, show CON
clusively that the woman died from
strangulation. The wound, evidently
made by, the steel shank OF the door
knob, were not, he thinks, sufficient to
cause death.
II the motive for the crime was rob
berry, IL is quite certain that the muir
de, ers became frightened before they
could make n thorough search. The dis
ordered state Of the dead wuman's
clothing when found would seem TO indi-
cate that she had been searched. 1t
must have been very hurried, however,
as s26 were found on the body by the
The body Is at the morgue on Wash
ington street, and Miss Petty's cousins.
William II. Bennett, of 81 Academy
street. and Phiiip Butts. OF Sls Market
The evening world., 1893-12-28
Two IN THE MURDER.
Newark Police Have That Theory
Of Miss Petty's Death.
Two Colored Men Who Robbed Her
Two Years Ago Suspected.
Brass Door Knob Found with which
Wounds Were inflicted.

NEWARK, n. j., Dec. 2S.--The New
ark police, under the direction Of Chief
Hopper. are on their mettle to-day, and
every effort IL being made to unravel
the mystery connected with the murder
of old Elizabeth Petty. who was found
dead yesterday in her home at 10 Com
mcrce street.
Chief Hopper has II theory as to who
the perpetrators of the crime are, but
he is not prepared to make 1t known un-
Ill his Investigations have been pursued
a little further. hs yet the only tangi.
BILE thing which the detectives have to
work upo Is the weapon with which.
In all probability, the wounds on the
Woman's head We're lnnde.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
HENRY CLAuSEN DEAD.
He Had Pushed American Lager In
All the Old World Markets.

Henry Clausen. President of the Clau-
sen Brewing Company, died at his resi-
dence last night. Few of his friends
were aware OF the fact that he had been
III.
Mr.. Clausen was one OF the most ener-
getie brewrs in the country. and was
one Of the first 10 undertake the fight
against English ales n German beers
In the markets OF the world. That
American lager can now be procured In
almost any city OF importance In Eu-
rope Is mainly due to his exertions.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been
made.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
BRISK WINDS AND SNOW.
Farmer Dunn's Prediction Includes
a Heavy Fog.

I'VE ought to have a heavy fog over
the river this afternoon" Forecaster
Dunn said to-day TO an Evening World
reporter.
.There has been a general atmospheric
and extending into the Southwest. 1t Is
attended by a general unsettled condition,
with light falls OF snow and rain. Fog
prevails over the Middle Atlantic coast,
with generally light winds blowing at
from twenty-five TO thirty miles On hour:
we are likely to have a ! .is'; wind
here tonight, with light falls of snow or
rain. The weather Tomorrow viii be
generally fair and slightly warmer"
At s o'clock this morning It registered
"a here, Boston so, Albany 30. Chicago a.
At Key West 1t was 6S and In Manitoba
Il below,
The evening world., 1893-12-28
schook Is Only a Mile Behind
Him in the Great Race.
Martin, the Champion, Twenty
seven Miles in the Rear.
Some Surprises in the Endurance
Contest on Wheels.
THE SCORE AT 1I.3O.

The dawn of a new day brought fresh
surprises in the record-breaking con-
test OF endurance at Madison Square
Garden. Ten thousand spectators went
home last night satisfied that Billy Mar
tin YOU hold on to the worlds cham.
pionship. He had 9S3 miles to the good
at 90, when he went to bed-lD miles
better than the worlds 72-hour record.
ard 80 miles ahead of his nearest COM
rct!.or.
Surely hat lead could never be en-
tirely taken away from him True, the
Detroit boy has himself beaten down n
like lead and gained this advantage in
exactly tw~enty-four hours, but then Mar
tin is a phenomenon of endurance and
persistent pluck.
Iet the early visitors to the big Gar
dca this morning found that their cal
citations were all wrong, and that both
Waller and Shock had caught up and
All betWees them and The champion.
wh,n he retired at 1929 last night gave
nature n chance to rest for two hours
and ffty-one minutes. Then he returned
been shamefnlly abused and she re-
bellel SO hard that Martin could not
keep his eyes open. After a struggle for
innb,n minute nmn ",l he wf fiona to wi his a isn5 19r
and other restoratives. This took ten
minutes. and. returning, Martin labored
bravcly to overcome his drowsiness. 1t
was impossible, and at $50 he dragged
himself to his bunk again, where he
slept stentoriously for four hours. After
that he rode an hour, but at 1913 retired
again for a Turkish bath.
All this skirmishing with rebellious ma
ture had its effect on the score. Both
Waller and Schock reduced the miles be-
tween them and Martin. and while Mar
tin was in his second sleep at 4.54. Waller
overlook him. Schock caught up q little
later. n Martin was again third In the
race.
Martin scored 1000 miles at 2.42 this
morning, and ran IL miles further before
he retired for sleep.
Waller, who was counted out by most
of the knowing ones last evening be
wrist was helpless and he was stiff and
sore in every limb, touched 1000 miles
at 4.64. and ran % miles further, quitting
for sleep with, Il, miles lead on Martin:
ra seh fSres m miies further iiego and went ss to t.
: Waller Slept from s.42 to SIT, and was
twice of the track during the night for
rubbing n treatment for his aching
That was the story of the struggle
between the two leaders during the
Ht 8 o'clock Martin was sleeping after
spinning. around the track making the
most Of the opportunities to break
waller led schock by just one mile
ten turns Of the elliptical track-and
Schock was 71-2 miles ahead of Martins
score.
The score for 0 and / o'clock this
morning was as follows:
The evening world., 1893-12-28
TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE.
Workman Injured While Trying t.
Put Them on the Rails.

Trolley cars, 1900 OF the Gates avenue
line, and III of the Fulton avenue line.
collided at 6 o'clock this morning at the
switch at Fulton and Sands streets,
and were thrown from the tracks.
A gang OF laborers were summoned,
and an attempt was made to get the
cars back on the rails. A rope was
fastened to the guard rail OF the Gates
avenue car, and while the gang were
hauling, the rope bfoke; a
One end Of 1t struck Sylvester Shea, a
motorman, and he was removed TO the
hospital. suffering from conclusion OF
tho brain.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
READ HIS OWN OBITUARY.
New Bedford Newspaper Premature
in Announcing a Death.
my Associated Press,)

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Dec. 2S.-A
column obituary notice OF Warren Ladd,
one IF best known citizens OF this city
and father OF ex-Gov. Ladd, of Rhode
Island. was published in a morning pa
per IN this city to-day,
The whole thinG was a mistake, and
when Mr.. Ladd came down to breakfast
ne had the privilege OF reading his own
obituary.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
JOHNSON IS NOTED.
Brooklyn Police Hold a Colored
Criminal with IA History.

Richard johnson, a negro, with a
criminal history, vas held in the Butler
Street Police Court, Brooklyn, this
mornig. for investigation as to his re-
cent doings.
johnson Is twenty-three years old. He
was arrested by Policeman rHolter. OF
the Tenth Precinct. at 4 o'clock last
Saturday morning, after jumping over
a fence at 35i Schermerhorn street.
The evening world., 1893-12-28
The score for 0 and / o'clock this
was as follows:

1t leaked out that when Martin left
the, track at $50 It was because he was
suffering with an unexplainable sweat
ing. followed by fever and nausea. He
had left his table for a few minute
while the trainers relaxed their vigil
lance. and when the sweating and nausea
began II was at first thought that the
poor fellow had been drugged. After
an hours labor on him by Jack Fraser
and Billy Newman-two famous old
trainers who volunteered at his juncture
to see Martin threugh-the champion
way brought around to condition again.
Martin returned to the track at 10. %
o'clock, IN rode with as much speed
ing.
As Martin glanced up with n woe be-
gone, anxious gaze at the big score
board he must have noted that Waller
and Schock were far ahead, and Albert,
the lean and lank. was only thirty-five
miles behind him. a trifing two and one
half hours ride. Anyway he set his lips
together and resumed his work with an
ar OF desperate determination.
1880 o'clock all OF the ten men In
the main race were on the track, and for
a time wele travelling at IAN eighteen
mile gait; Pretty fast. after So hours on
The scora NJ II oIoioou u,a, 4, e,IIo.,.,
The evening world., 1893-12-28
HAVING HIS BOOKS EXAMINED.
Comptroller Myers Wants to Know
How His Accounts Stand.

Comptroller Myers is having IA special
examination made OF his books by expert
accountants AT his own expense.
Il am doing his for my own satisfac-
ton" said Mr.. Myers. II want to know
just how matters tand when ! leave this
Office"
The evening world., 1893-12-28
GENERAL ELECTRIC RUMOR.
Report That n Receiver Would 81
Applied for Denied.

BOSTON. Mass. Dec. 2s.-A rumor was
current in his city last evening that an
application would be made here for a
receiver for the General Electric Com
pany. T. jefferson Coolidge has denied
the report, saying:
While I am not a director, yet |
in the rumor.'
The evening world., 1893-12-28
ESTHER Mayors FAILS.
Manufactured Furs Under the Name
Of MaYers a Co.

Esther Mayors, doing business MS a
fur manufacturer under the name of
Mayors & Co, ut l5l Mercer street,
made an assignment to-day to Irving
NJ. p~lttenhoefer, of is East seventy
attn street.
The prrlerances are Morris Rosenfeld,
$500, and Joseph Rees. 5000,