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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-13
BIRTHS.

In Springfield, Mass, Dec 9, Il daughter to NJ
and Mrs Oscar Drury, and gr anddaughter to Mr.
and Mrs Il NJ Lennon OF Brattlcboro.
In Grafton, Dec 5, a son 10 Mr. and Mrs Ed.
ward futile.
In West Brattleboro, Dee 6. a son to Mr. and
Mrs w Taylor, and grandson to Mr. and Mrs
\ y Johnson.
In Detroit, Michigan, 4 daughter to Mr. and
Mrs Ernest Hamilton and granddaughter to L
= Hopkinson of Brattleboro.
In Dummcrston, Nov (. Il son TO Mr. and Mr.
Wilder 5 Builum.
In Woonsockct, II /, Nov q, a daughter to Mr.
and Mrs William Carpenter
In Talapoo.a, Ga, Nov %, a daughter to Mr.
and Mrs Edward Hills and granddaughter to
ID 4 Hills OF Westminster.
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The Place is ll9 Main Street. Bratteboro
The Davenport VIII Con,,s

A special session Of the probate eogrus
at Greenfield TUESDAY morning to 1et ~
petition that = special administrator p,a
cd In the estate Of Oliver Davenport 4
Leyden, whose will has attracted % M
tcntion. There was no opu9,tyr1
the appointment of STEPHEN
Knox Davenport, son Of William WQsEl
export of Leyden. one Of the executor. Il
ordered to furnish bonds Of sjJGgl
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Ijniycrsasts of the Hosea Ballou type. His
wife Alkaline Thayer, whom he welded
septcmbcr. IS, 1915. died about SIX years
ago and he is survived by two laugh
ter,s Mrs. George $. Dowley and Mrs.
l.. II. Richardson, brother, George ".
Esterbrook, aud II sister Mrs. Charlotte
Bullock, who is 03 and tine oldest person IN
town. The funeral will be held ut his late
home on Western avenue at = p IN tomor-
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CARRIAGES.

In South Vernon, Dee 4, by y a Dunkiec Esq
Marcus j Brown and Lutte Alien, both OF
IIadley, Mass.
In Hartwcllylllc Nov %, by + Cahec,
Reed Of Hartwellvillc.
In Goshen, y H. Nov -, by Rey Josiah
Hooper Alton 5 chamberlain Of Goshen and
Moc + Leslie OF Portsmouth, \ II.
In sharon, Dec !, by Rev II Baker Mr.
Charles l. Roberts and Miss Viola Penn, both of
ShprnO
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WEST BRATTLEBORO LOCALS.

I j. =. Gooucnough 4 Sons, mill Is
again in disabled condition. Mr..
Goodenough can do no grinding at
present and does not purpose to do so
during the winter.
Rev. and Mrs. james Eastwood are
spending the winter in Sueberg at the
Joseph Cutting. Rev. Mr.. Eastwood
shock and is very low.
Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury. of the A. NJ.
A., spoke last Lord 3 day at the Con
grcgation church. Mrs. Woodbury. is
an interesting speaker and was we'll
received.
Some of our farmers are interested
in the corn canning factory which is
talked of. j. S. Cutting can tell you
about it il you care to know.
H. NJ. Cutting has gone to Chicago
at which place he will spend the win
ter with his son, Prof. W. Starr Gut
ting. Mrs. Vim. Gould continues
about the same at the present writing.
Miss Carrie Clark is teaching in
District No s. Brattlcboro. Henry
Keith of Readsboro, visited last week
dt IlenIy DTlSpS MISS 4huTiu NHll'
ney is in quite poor health.
The Kings Daughters and Sons were
delightfully."- entertained last Monday
evening at the home of Miss S. f.
Clark. Nearly 40 persons were present.
a very interesting address was given
by Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury. upon mission
work among Indians. Chinese, negroes
and mountain whites. Questions were
then asked and freely answered. After.
wards chocolate AID waters were d ain
tily served.
Intelligence came on Thursday of
the death of the father of Principal
Miller Of the Academy. Mr.. Miller
mas gone to the family home in Rock
and, Me-, to attend the funeral which
is to be on Saturday.
BrattlebOrO Academy Notes.
Prot Miller returned Saturday after an alb
cpce of ten days spent with friends In Lynn
md Boston.-The business committee of the /.
Trustees have made numerous improvement !
N the chapels and recitation rooms ding the -.
acation. These include a new foundation on
he west side, kalsomine, paint and also new l
oal stove, making the rooms much more cheer. q
ul and pcasant.-The Eiectc society will |
old q business meeting in the ives. chapel on ,
tuesday evening at 30 O'Clock. An assistant =,
eacher IL expected in few days to take charge :,
1 the natural sciences. The winter tern f,
pcned Wednesday and with about fifteen new '
cholars, an assistant teacher and our newly V
cpaired rooms and more improvements going 4
n, there is an exceptionally good prospect of 4
lcasaii and profitable term.
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The Ladies circle will meet nest "wednesday
ut Mrs Whthed's.
The corn canning industry is the topic Of
the day. Farmers encourage this project
and help the town.
The friends of ii o Cobb paid HIM visit
Monday evening with tin pans and horns and
later were invited in aud treated to cake
and coffee.
About thirty of the friends of \ T. Wealth
erhcd visited him at his home Tuesday even
ing. TO celebrate the occasion OF his thirty
third birthday. Games were played, fine
were served. About two O'Clock the company
departed leaving their best wishes. and
handsome purse OF money.
Hard colds are prevalent Mrs Frank
rettee is on the sick list The friends of
Mrs William johnson will be sorry to learn
that she is failing.
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society.

At the annual election of officers OF the owl
club, held at their rooms last sunday AFTERNOON,
the following officers were elected Daniel r
Beaslcy. Pres; VI J Walsh, Vice Pres; John
Dunn, see; p J. Cray, Treas, Chas Noycs,
James Tyrre and W Conway, executive
Com; Jas Byrne, Chas Nelson and stephen
+ Nray. IinanCc committee.
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the afternoon, after leaving the San Juan,
with Manager Sehwerin and General Agent
Center at the Pacific Mail Company's
offices, and heard the sworn statements of
Messrs. Hansen and Richardson and the
Mexican Aviles, given.
He point blank refused to make any
statement himself when requested to do so
by CALL representative. He gave as his
reasons that he had talked all he wanted
to and hadn't gone home yet. The ''talk-
ing all he wanted to" must have been done
during the secret audience with his supe-
riors.
He was very blunt in his refusal to make
any explanation whatever, to the charge of
the passenger Oriel, as to his leaving the
scene of the Colima' s wreck so hastily.
Neither would he permit any opportun-
ity to discuss his refusal of Captain Longs
request for hfe-saving boat.
Third Officer Hansen was almost as 10th
to discuss the disaster as Captain Pitts
when the San Juan arrived in harbor He
boarded the company's tug, Millen Grit
fifth, with Mr.. Richardson as fast as he
could. Subsequently he made very vol
luminous sworn statement when at the Of
fees of the company.
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peculiar presence OF mind enjoyed by Boyd
under decidedly disagreeable circum-
stances. Evidently he made the most OF
his lot:
The weather was fine when we left Mama.
milo about or 5 P. M. The wind commenced
about and increased with more violence until
the climax was reached and the ship could no
longer stand it.
The cargo shifted over to the starboard side
about one hour before the ship sank, and the
ship never righted herself. The majority OF
those drowned never left the ship.
When all hope was gone I ran down the
weather side of the ship and jumped into the
sea. 1t was some time before came to the sur
face. first caught hold of q bundle of shingles
and held on until l got onto raft. In the
meantime had my shirt ripped off my back
by the floating mass of lumber and was attired
from that on only in pair of trousers.
After several severe knocks from the flying
lumber, and many narrow escapes, being
washed away from pieces of the ship several
times, I joined company with Ramos about
P. M. We picked up an orange, coeoanut and
two onions, which we shared.
I also picked up cushion and the back OF a
plush-covered chair, and made the two OF US
as comfortable as possible. The sea water was
warm, and we had fresh landward breezes all
night We were picked up at 8 A. NJ. by the first
raft.
I couldn't converse with my companions, as
our languages were not familiar to each other.
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to then, and the whistles startled me. The
what happened then.
There was boat near me in the water
but 1t was swamped, SO I jumped and
swan OF for raft and got on bit of a
deck house. Three minutes from the time
L heard the three whistles could only see
the bow OF the ship out of water as she
Went down. She sank stern first, but
about the time she was sinking and the
oeck houses were carrying away was un-
der and over the water and saw nothing
till got on the raft and looked around
me.
"lt could not have been the deckload
that wrecked the Colima. I'm sure some
thing burst in the hold; it may or may
not have been the boilers, though l think
the explosion came from lower down."
"How long was it from the time she
listed till she sank?"
about ten minutes. If the best ship in
the United States navy was IN that hurri.
cane 1t would sink her in five minutes if
she got into the trough of the sea that was
then rolling. The captain poured hundreds
OF gallons of oil upon the water, but it had
no effect except for an instant. The oil
was no good.
II got badly cut and battered about in
the wreckage, my arm and side are still
very sore, and here is what piece of the
wreck did on my head" he said, taking off
his cap to expose an open wound devoid OF
bandage. II held on to the old deck
house, anyhow, and am glad to get off
with my life."
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soon as he saw the cask he began to beg for
water, and when we told him that it was
wine he said that did not make any differ
ence, for he was dying of thirst. He seemed
to be a little out of his head and talked
queerly, calling me captain and mumbling
to himself. We finally decided to open
the cask, and did so by smashing in one OF
the slaves by knocking it against the side
of the raft. The man-of-warsman held the
cask while he drank, and we had to take it
away from him, for he did not want to
stop swallowing the wine.
1.-THE other sailor and I each took little.
Soon the sailor of the Colima wanted more
wine. We gave him little, but he de-
manded larger allowance, and we then
refused to give him any more. 1 was sit
ting on the raft with my back to him when
he suddenly struck me terrible blow on
the side of the face with his fist, almost
knocking me into the sea.
before / could recover he had struck
me again, and l saw that it was time to de-
fend myself. I swung around and seized
him, and after a short struggle succeeded
in throwing him overheard. He swan
back to the raft and we pulled
him on board again, telling him
to be quiet and he would not
get hurt He was entirely naked, and as 1
had secured piece of sack which had
floated by nailed to piece of timber
covered him up with it as best could. He
began acting queer again. and little later
I saw him edging toward the side of the
raft.
1.-The man -of-warsman had taken enough
wine to make him sleepy and paid no at
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-07
THE WATCH'S ACCOUNT,
What Seaman Thomas Fries Saw
While on the Last Deck
Watch

The seaman who was on duty watching
deck" and whose watch was never finished
on the fatal Colima, told his story with
much simplicity as he lay against the rail-
lngs of the San Juan. He is Thomas
Fries, sailor employed by the Pacific
Mail Company.
All Fries had in the world yesterday was
borrowed suit of blue jeans overalls, a
pair of old shoes and an engineers cap.
The cap was light and soft around his
ugly scalp wounds, which poor Fries ap-
pears to regard as matter of course taken
IN connection with a disaster which parted
him from many of his companions.
II was watching deck from A. M on
Monday, the day of the wreck" he said,
'and | was told specially to look out for
the bad weather that was coming. I was
standing alongside the rail till 10 O'clock.
Then Chief Officer Griffith said to me,
Tackle on the rudder.' l tried to 60 for
ward, but three boats were carried away all
at once. lay down and was pitched into
the smoking room by a big sea. The wa
ter hurt my arm, but got my feet again
and started to get the canvas cover off a
boat.
sit was then heard three whistles-sall
save themselves was busy on duty up
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ACTUATED BY REVENGE.
she Was the Principal Witness
Against Him in a Grim
inal Case.
HER CONDITION QUITE CRITICAL.
The Culprit Tried to Escana. b,,t
Was Captured and Is Now
In Jail.

SAN RAFAEL, CAL, June GA brutal
attempt was made by Victor Calzacia. an
Italian laborer, to murder Mrs. Bravo of
the Bravo House here to-day.
1t seems that some time ago he was ar
rested and convicted for putting powder in
the range of the hotel and damaging it to
considerable extent. Mrs. Bravo was
the principal witness against him and on
that account he said he would revenge
himself upon her.
When he was released from the County
Jail this morning, he collected few dol
lars that were owing him in town and
went on spree. He called at the Bravo
Hotel and asked for Mrs. Bravo. He was
told Mrs. Bravo was at the residence of E.
NJ. Skinner a few blocks away. He went
over to SINNERS and found Mrs. Bravo
coming down the front stairs. He grabbed
her, threw her down the stairs and into
the street.
He was about to draw a pistol when
stopped by passers-by. He tried to escape,
but was captured by Marshal Healy and
lodged in jail here. When searched his
revolver was found on him. He refuses to
talk about the matter. Mrs. Bravo's con-
dition is quite critical. Her face is badly
battered, her nose broken, and it is feared
she is hurt internally.
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HE DIED SUDDENLY.
A San Juan Passenger Succumbs
on the Way to the Receiving
HOSPITAL,

F. Thompson, passenger on the steamer
San Juan, which arrived from Panama
yesterday, was taken seriously i'll shortly
after the steamer had made its landing.
He procured the services of Andrew
Pryne, hackman, to remove him to the
Receiving Hospital, but he succumbed on
the journey and Pryne took the body to
the Morgue.
An autopsy will be held to ascertain the
cause of death, but it is the supposition
that it was from natural causes.
He boarded the vessel at Guatemala as a
Storage passenger and occasioned consid-
cradle alarm among his fellow-passengers
by the serious symptoms of ''coast fever"
which is similar in its nature to yellow
jack, but it was not deemed necessary to
take him to the ship hospital, as he APP
peared to be we'll most of the time, and it
was the supposition that malaria was the
malady from which he was suffering.
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A NOBLE BENEFACTOR.
Hundreds VIII Reap the Benefit OF His
Munificence.

The benevolent man is always pleasant
theme for the pen Of writer and historian and
this was what the late Mr.. ]. C. Wilmerdina
proved himself pre-eminently to be. Few there
are who have not heard Of his magnificent be.
quest to the State of California, amounting to
$500 900 to build a mechanical school; but
not all are perhaps, aware that he smassed his
fortune selling Peruvian Bitters. Wilmerding's
generosity in founding such college, while
great, is not greater than his services to man
kind in giving to the world the celebrated
Peruvian. Bitters, for these stand prominently
forth as the greatest benefaction to the public
health which is known to modern science.
The Peruvian Bitters are q certain remedy
against loss of appetite and all forms of ner-
vous troubles. They are @ pleasant, invigor-
ating beverage, not a physic, and their use
speedily corrects disordered functions, restores
wasted energy, repairs lost nerve force, induc-
| ing regular sleep. and healthy, natural appe-
ttte, and tones up the system generally to its
normal condition. They are better than whisky
or brandy, for they accomplish all that either
could without running the risk of creating an
appetite for stimulants, since the principal
observation-disclosures Bark-is an antidote Tor
dipsomania, as well a remedy for colds,
coughs and all malarial diseases. Peruvian
Bitters by their large sale, no less than the
wholesale cures they have effected, have DEM
onstrated themselves to be the finest nerve
tonic and good appetizer, producing a healthy
stomach and cheerful brain.
MACK q Co., San Francisco, and all Druggists
and Dealers.
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'Colimar 'Colimar and waving his hands
frantically. That was Morel, the Mexican
who escaped on raft.
"Soon afterward we came across two
shlpwrecked men on a raft, and further on
we sailed right into the wreckage. The
captain cruised around while watch was
kept on all sides for survivors of the wreck,
and after it appeared useless to remain
longer he continued on northward.
"Now, about those shipwrecked people, 1
believe that those who got broken bones
were lost. There can be no doubt what
ever that the pitching and bearing of
wreckage in such masses as at the scene of
the disaster killed great many of the pas
sengers and crew."
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THE SAN JUAN'S QUEST.
J. H. Neill Describes How She Came
Upon the Wreckage and
Went Away Early.

Upon the Wreckage and
Went Away Early.
j. FL. Neill, passenger on the San Juan
from Guatemala, who is now staying at
the Occidental, stated last evening he be-
lieved the captain of the San Juan was
rather hasty in leaving the scene of the
disaster.
I'VE were asleep at A. NJ. and were
called up. A mailbag for Guatemala had
been picked up" said he, land that
seemed sufficient proof of shipwreck.
This incident was the cause of some ex-
element, so a lookout was sent up to scan
the sea. Soon after he saw people on RATS,
and presently we were in the midst of
wreckage. Spars, bits of deck, lumber and
such things began to bob UP like bottles.
They were strewn all over the sea for
miles as far as we could see.
"The captain steered for the RATS and
picked up those people we have on board.
"Then he circled around, and every ones
eyes were scanning the waves for sign of
life"
when did you leave for the northward
journey?"
About 4 P. NJ. we steamed away. The
captain oircled round large area beyond
the driftwood and as he could see no more
signs of shlpwre cked people on the ocean
he started off.
II am not positive about the exact hour
of starting, but 1 should say it was about
in the afternoon"
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| tention to either of u.s. so tried to get to
| the sailor to keep him on the raft, but he
| jumped into the sea and began swimming
| away from the raft. I called to him to
swim back, but he did not seem to hear and
sank. He came up near the raft again and
once more swan away. The next time he
sank was for good for we did not see him
again. 1 feared that the man-of- warsman
might drink more of the wine and fall
overheard or make trouble so 1 threw the
casK overheard. All during that awful
night we foated on clinging to the raft to
keep from being thrown into the water and
it was great relief when the day began to
dawn. We didn't suffer much from cold and
do not know what we would have done,
naked as we practically were, had the
temperature not been SO high. The sun
never seemed so bright or beautiful as
when it rose on Tuesday morning and dis
closed the fact that we had foated within
sight of land. l wanted to go to sleep, but
the daylight showed Us the fins of numer-
Gus sharks cutting the water all about us,
and l kept awake for fear that [ might be
washed overheard and be eaten by them.
81 think they must have been man
seemed to be watching US. Several hours
after sunrise we sighted the San Juan and
hope began to dawn in our minds. The
sea was still running high and we feared
that we would not be seen.
az thought at first that she was at
anchor, and that we would float by with
out any one discovering US. Soon we saw
that she was moving our way, but in few
moments our hopes were dashed again.
when she swung around and we saw her
stern pointed our way. The man-of-wars-
man tore up the remains of his shirt and
stood up, waving it and shouting,
while l held him by the waist
so as to enable him to keep his
balance. Being much exhausted he could
not stand it long, and I took turn at the
signal, while he held me. Again and
again the steamer turned toward US, only
to recede again, and we began to despair of
rescue. could see man high up one of
the masts. Finally to our great Joy saw
a boat lowered and pulled in our
high on the top of wave and
| then it would disappear from
| view for quite time. The man-of-wa
| man could not see it at all, and would not
believe that we were to be saved until the
| boat was close to the raft. No more well
come sight ever met my eyes than that
boat as it came alongside the raft and we
| were hauled into it.
1--WE were soon on board the steamer
| and provided with clothes, and our dam
gers were at an end. I can hardly express
the gratitude felt toward the officers OF
the San Juan for the manner in which
they treated US.
"We were given every possible attention
and care. and the ships doctor spent day
and night attending to our hurts and
bringing us back to health. Ny
chest is badly bruised from being
crushed between two pieces of wreck,
age soon after the ship went down, and it
| will be some time before the cuts on my
| lower limbs heal so that I can be COM
| Portable. / am thankful to be safe ashore
and with my family and friends once
more"
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RENO'S UNIVERSITY.
Its Commencement Exercises aud Atrard-
ing Of DtpLonlas to Students.


ing of Diplomas to Students.
RENO, New, June 6.-University COM
mencement exercises were held here to-
night in the opera-house, which was
crowded. On the stage were seated the
fourteen graduates, the faculty, board OF
regents and board of visitors.
The old method of listening to orations
from all members of the graduating class
has been discontinued here. and the exer-
cises consisted of music and an address by
Judge Deal of the board of regents, after
which the president of the university
conferred degrees upon all members of
the graduating class of the university,
consisting of Ebert J. Flood, Winfield
Flood, Samuel G. Durkee, Frank H Sax
ton, Lennon Osburn, Joseph Durkee,
bachelors of SCIENCE William North, Mary
North, Peter P. Fransden, Mabel Stana-
way, Stella Linscott, Grace V. Ward,
Louisa Blum, Theodore Stubs, bachelors
of arts.
The graduates from the commercial
course were then called upon the stage and
received their diplomas. The class con-
sisted of Herbert Maxson, William Wright,
Walter Lamb, Lizzie Longley, Annie Fos-
ter, Nellie Wright, Florence Lamb, Gabri-
ellie Delmas.
DIR. Patterson has offered a prize of 500
to the student in the three lower classes
who maintains during the next year the
highest degree of scholarship, and this
was officially announced this evening.
This is the last act before the curtain falls
on the drama of college life here for 1894
95. Tomorrow the faculty and students
separate for the summer, each to pursue
some special work.