The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-12-24
DOM ESTICS

stein, aged thirty i've, was caught Sat-
urday in department store after
stealing three pocketbooks from poor
women. He was sentenced today to
three years imprisonment. The police
announce that all shoplifters and pick
pockets caught stealing during the
holidays will get the maximum sen
tence.
Troy, N. Y, Dec, 22.-The upper
portion of the Oronin building at tn o
corner of Fulton and River streest,
occupied on the ground floor by q
model clothing company and up stairs
by offices, was almost entirely des.
troyed by fire this morning. The
loss is approximately $4,000.
Erie, Pa, Dec. %. - Jackson
Koeghler, a millionaire brewer, died
this morning from stroke of apo
plexy. He was fifty three years old
and we'll known in brewing circles
throughout the country.
Fort Scott, Kansas, Dec. 21.-The
st. Louis and San Francisco Meteor,
solid vestibuled train from Fort
Worth and Dallas for st. Louis and
Kansas City, was ditched at Godfrey,
Kansas, this morning, the entire train
turning over. Dead numbered vari-
ously at six and nine but scarcely a
passenger aboard escaped injury. The
train consisted of seven coaches, two
being sleepels. The accident is sup
posed to have been due to the spread
ing OF rails caused by heavy freight
train passing over the road ahead of
the Meteor.
Washington, Dec. 21.-John A.
Benson, a millionaire land speculator
and senior member of the real estate
firm of Benson & Hyde of San Fran
cisco, has been arrested, charged by
the interior department with being
the head and front of the great land
fraud conspiracy which grew up I'M
der the forests reserve lien act and
which has cost the government over
100, 600 acres OF land and several mill.
ions of dollars.
Chicago, Dec. %. Projecting of
houses from which funerals are to
start, whether peaceful or violent, by
union livery drivers who went on
strike four days ago, is to be pre-
vented by the police by orders of
the chief. Ambulances have come
under the ban of the striking pickets
and police may be necessary to man
conveyances for the sick.
New York, Dec. 20 Joseph Stick
ney, multi-millionaire, and owner of
summer hotels in the White Noun
tains and member of the local coal
firm OF Stickpey Coyngham & Company
of this city, died suddenly here yes
terday. The cause was apoplexy
after an illness of fifteen minutes
Washington, Dec. %. - The post
master general today awarded to
Headley and Farmer of Newark, N.
j., the contract for furnishing leather
straps for mail carriers use at four,
five and six cents each as against
twelve, fifteen and seventeen under
previous agreement which Machen
entered into with q. d. Lamb. Ma
chen was indicted for accepting COM
mission of cent and quarter on
each strap.
Tower Hill, ILL.,, Dec 22.-Robbers
blew open the safe of bank here
this morning and escaped with
So, 900.
Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 22.-Charles
FuesJeImacher, who is prisoner in
county Jail here for defrauding farm
ers out of money, received from the
sale of farm produce, sent him on
commission, hanged himself today in
his cell. He was convicted yester.
day.
Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 22.-The
recent fires at Seabrook and in that
vicinity have led the fire insurance
companies to take active means to pro-
tect themselves, and at least two COM
panies have cancelled all their policies
in that town. The fire at the Parker
house, it is considered certain, was
incendiary in its origin; the Sails
bury beach fire, the Hampton beach
fire and that at South Hampton, all
within short distance of Seabrook,
and all regarded as Suspicious" fires,
to say the least, have impelleu the
companies to investigate, and while
they are confident that the fires were
of incendiary origin, they have not
been able to get enough evidence to
convict or even to warrant an arrest
New York, Dec. ga Margaret
Carroll, 10 years old, of Hoboken,
who lost her scalp in a strawmaking
machine last Tuesday, was provided
with at new scalp Sunday afternoon.
The skin transplanting was done by
DR.. P. E. Bush of Manhattan, and