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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-05-29

Plat tsburgh. n. y. May 2s.-Nelson p.
Bond of burlington. Vt, treasurer OF the
freshmen class of the University of Yer
mont. was drowned in Lake Champaign at
Wilcox's dock in the northern part of the
city at O'Clock this evening. The sad
y event came as the direct result of the in
tense rivalry which has existed for some
time between the two lower classes OF the
University and will, il is thought, put an
end to such rivalry for all time.
The freshmen class had arranged to have
a banquet this evening IN the New Cum
berand House, and Bcnd with four others
of his class came on in advance TO prepare
for the banquet. Upon learning of the at
fair n party of II sophomores left on the
yacht Alert, and sailed to Port Kent, ar
irving in Plattsburgh OF the afternoon
train. The main body of freshmen, 30 in
number, came over on the Vermont at
o'clock in the evening. having fought
battle with the sophomores on the Bur-
lngton dock.
Arriving in Plattsburgh the sophomores
made plans to capture as many of the first
contingent of freshmen as possible and
keep them from attending the banquet. ia
cob Ross and Arthur z. Pope two of the
sophomoreS caught Bond and conducted
him to the Delaware & Hudson yards. Two
of the other members OF the class went for
a boat and Ross. Hood. Pcrcival and an
other sophomore named Patterson rowed
OH WIN Bona intending W liilu MN at
some secluded spot near the shore. They
went to place about mile north of the
steamboat dock but found the section too
thckly populated for their purpose. 1hey
then started to row back to the main dock
Intending to procure a carriage and take
Bond out of the city.
Upon consideration, however, they decid-
cd that they could not reach the dock be-
fore the arrival of the Vermont on which
the freshmen were expected so they stop
ped at Wilcox's dock. Bond Percival and
Ross landing while Patterson rowed back
the boat to the main dock where he was
60 procure a carriage and come back to
get the other three.
While they were waiting here Bond
jumped off the dock and swan toward a
boom by which he could reach the shore.
Percival and Ross started for the shore
end OF the boom TO catch him there and
while they were passing around a building
ard were temporarily out of sight of Bond
ne sank in nine feet of water from some
unknown cause and was never again seen
alive.
Alarm was given and Patterson with
John Provost and p. G. Bugbce went to
the spot and succeeded in recovering the
body % minutes after it went down. The
men were ignorant and owing to super
stiton about removing bodies from the
water, refused to take 1t out but left it
tied to the boom.
doctor was summoned but 1t was an
hour after the accident before he reached
the body and an attempt at rcsusctation
was made, but then it was Of no avail. The
body was removed to the undertaking
rooms of Mr.. Carroll, where it was pro-
pared for removal and will DO taken to
burlington tomorrow morning on the
Vermont accompanied by the members
of the class.
His classmates are heart broken at his
fate and the banquet was declared off
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DELEGATES ATwEYBRIDGE CAUCUS

town hall Saturday evening and was large
ly attended electlng the following McCul-
Tough ticket by "A vote Of SO to 81 for a
Proctor delegation Delegates, Carlton r.
Smith, Louis c. Drolette; alternates, W.
W. Kingsland, Henry A. Boies
The county delegates favor John A.
James for senator and are: George f..
Child. Henry A. Boies. w. j. Newton, Dem
mis- II. McHugh, Lieut.. C. Perkins; alter
mates, w. c. Sturtevant S. J. Bowles, j.
w. Whitman, Thomas +. Dewey. Milo A,
Johnson.
Delegates to district convention Martin
F.. Sprague, Charles o. Harvey; alternates,
c. A. Sprigg. Clyde r. Ffske.
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BALLOON STRUCK BL LIGHTNING.

Berlin, May GA military balloon was
struck by lightning near Augsburg. Bava-
ria, last night, at an altitude of 500 metres
The only occupant Of the basket at the
time of this occurrence was Lieut.. Won
Hitler who was telephoning his observa-
tions to soldiers on the ground below.
When the balloon was struck it burst into
flames and fell rapidly to the earth. Lieut.
Won Hitler had the bones in both feet
broken. but escaped further injury.
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PROCTOR AND CLEMENT
Each Credited with One More Town
Proctor Got Dummerston.

Rutland, May 26-The only caucus in this
county held this evening was at Middle
town Springs, where two Proctor dele
gates were elected by vote Of % to 42 fol
Clement. The delegates are A. Y. Gray
w. IL Haskins.
Ing and elected two Clement delegates by
four majority.
II Is learned to-day that the Proctor del
egates were elected in Dummerston Sat
urday evening. The other report was
caused by a misunderstanding of the re-
turns taken by phone. The vote there
stood; Proctor, 50; Clement, IS; McCul'
iough IA.
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A GOOD STUDENT AND VERY PoPu-
LAR.

Nelson Pease Bond was born in Bridge
port, Conn. June %, 1889 son of David
j. and Ellen NJ. Bond. The FAMILY came
to this city to reside in 1887 and Nelson at
tended the city schools, graduating from
the Edmunds high school in 1901. In this
institution he was n member of the Delta
Gamma Phi fraternity. He entered the
University of Vermont last fall to pursue
IA course in electrical engineering and was
very popular with the college men. He
was IA thorough student and made a most
creditable record during his first year in
the University He was a member of the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
He mad united with the First Baptist
Church of this city and also belonged to
the Young Peoples Baptist Union. He was
fond of music and possessed decided must
cal ability being accomplished both as an
organist and as pianist His death Will
throw deep gloom over the University and
over the city as Mr.. Bond enjoyed the re-
spect and esteem of all who CHANGED to
know him.
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Coughing?

Start at once for your drug
store for some cough medi-
cine. If you meet your doc
tor on the way, tell him you
are going after a bottle Of
Ayers Cherry Pectoral. If
he has anything better to offer
you, get it. We want to help
you, and so does your doctor.
srippe. II Il had not been for AYERS IS
Cherry Pectoral, ] don't think l could
possibly have pulled through"
E. B. Davis, Providence, R. |.
U.s., SOC, Si.0e. C. AYEP co.. Lowell, Mass.
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BENNINGTON COUNTY SOLID
Three Remaining Towns Held Their
Caucuses SATURDAY. Evening.

Bennington, May 25.-Bennington county
finished it's republican caucuses last even
ing and will send a solid delegation for
Gen. J. G. Mccullough The towns holding
caucuses last evening and the number of
delegates from each are Readsboro, 81 Ru-
pert, 3; Searsburg, 1 ;Shaftsbury, 3:Sunder-
land, 2.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY CAUCUSES
Mccullough Gets Highgate and Proc
tor MONTGOMERY.

Swanton, May 25.-The republican eau
Gus of the town of Highgate was held at
Highgate Center in the town hall Saturday
afternoon to elect delegates to the state
convention etc. There was large attend
ance. The Mccullough ticket received l9l
votes and the Clement AZ. No Proctor list
was presented. The Mccullough delegates
elected are the Hon o. S. RiXford, Clark
r. Lyon. E. E IIerrick and H. w. Smith.
TWO TOWNS FOR PROCTOR.
ST. Adams, May 25.--The town of st. AL
bans elected three Proctor delegates last
evening, rum and money being freely used
by the Proctor henchmen. The vote was
Proctor IS. Clement Go.
Montgomery elected four Proctor dele
gates at the caucus held last evening. No
other ticket was presented.
PITTSFORD FOR PROCIN4,.
The Pittsford republican caucus Friday
night elected Proctor delegates as follows.
W. r. Dennson, ]. A. Ayres and d. *.
Barnes.
CABOT FOR MCCULLOUGH.
Cabot, May 25.-At the caucus held last
evening. three Mccullough delegates were
elected in what has been claimed as a
Proctor stronghold. The vote was McCul-
lough delegates "A, Proctor delegates II.
WEYBRIDGE FOR MCCULLOUGH.
Vergennes, May 25.-The republicans of
Wey brdge held a caucus last evening and
elected two Mccullough delegates to the
State republican convention.
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Fatal Result of Contest Be.
tween Lower ClaSSmen
of the University.
HELD BY S0PHOMORES.

Jumped into Lake Champlain at Platts-
burgh to Escape from His Captors--
Drowned While Out of Their Sight,
Was in Custody of Ross and Percival
---Body Recovered and an Inquest
Held...Sophomores Tell Straight
forward Story and Were Not Held
tor Trial---Freshmen Gave up Their
Banquet.
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ORANGE COUNTY STARTS
Gives Mccullough Two Delegates from
West Fairfeo

Bradford, May 26.-West Fairlee, the first
town in Orange county to hold a caucus
to select delegates to the republican state
convention elected yesterday afternoon the
Rev. William Paul and r. T. Dudley, who
will support General Mccullough.
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CLUBBING LIST
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Low Rates to One Address.

We have completed arrangements where
by the Weekly FREE PRESS can be OBJ
tanned in combination with other leading
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necessary correspondence We will state
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tice of a change Of address. or anything
concerning the receipt OF the other period
icals, should be sent directly to the office
of that periodical. Tho Weekly FREE
PRESS and any one of the following
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for one year at the prices annexed:
The clubbing price on the Boston Jour
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only.
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out and found no trace of Bond. We called
for assistance and soon several boats were
out all without oars.
In concluding his testimony Mr.. Percival
asked that statement be added as snow
ing the good feeling between himself and
Bond.
las helped him from the boat to Will
cox's dock" said the witness in broken
voice, I'VE gave each other the grip OF the
high school fraternity, of which we were
both members"
Jacob Ross was also sworn and corrop-
Grated Percivals testimony.
Both young men were much afected ana
though not blamed by their comrades felt
their situation keenly. They will return to
Burlington on the Vermont tomorrow
morning.
Coroner McMaster dismissed the boys
but did not make any verdict. 1t Is en-
nected that he will do so in the morning
before the departure of the boys for Ver-
mont.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
In n Bad Way.

Night after night, with rest and sleep
broken by urinary troubles. Painful
passages, frequent calls of nature. Re
tention, make the day as miserable as
the night. Man, woman or child with
any wrong condition of the bladder
and kidneys is in bad way. Don't
delay till dangerous Diabetes comes
Cure the trouble before it settles into
Bright's Disease. Read how certain
are the cures of Doan's Kidney Pills
and how they last.
John j. Scharschug, retired farmer
residing at Ala Concord street, Aurora
ILL.,, says: Three years ago / was A
sufferer from backache and other kid
ney disorders, and for months exhaust
ed all my knowledge of medicine in an
endeavor to obtain relief. Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me, and time has not
diminished my estimation of this prep
aration. Not only did Doan's Kidney
Pills cure me at that time, but although
over three years have elapsed there
has not been a symptom Of a recur-
renee OF the trouble. l consider this
preparation to be a wonderful kidney
remedy and just as represented"
A FREE TRIAL of this great Kid
hey medicine, which cured Mr. Schar-
schug, will be mailed on application to
my part OF the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y. For
sale by all druggists. Price so cents
per box.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THINGS.
Persons Who Go Along the Street
Watching the Sidewalk.

w hu No NiOhk Nh0 SNTNtk
Watching the sidewalk.
"The lost and found columns OF the
newspaper Is responsible for n rather
peculiar habit" said an observant citl.
zen, according TO the New Orleans
Times Democrat "and II produces a
rather singular mental condition. 1t
has caused great many persons to
make a rather close study of the side
walks of the city, and no doubt many
Of them live in the constant hope Of
picking up something very valuable
They have all sorts of wild dreams
about finding jewelry, more or less val
liable, and big rolls of money and
things of that sort. | am not speaking
OF the unhappy and extremely unfortu-
nate class whose life is spent in search
Ing the sidewalks and the cutters for
whatever trife they may pick up. |
have in mind different sort of people,
| people who are more cultivated and
more refined, and whose minds have by
degrees bent into the groove. Maybe
some of them have found something at
some time or other, and this has caused
them to search, more or less diligently,
the sidewalk rs they rush along the
street. / know OF one case of this sort,
a young man who has been so influ-
enced by the habit that he goes along
the street with his head down, often
passing his nearest and closest friends
without seeing them. He made the
| q n tpnlont m M fauy In hot
during the last year he had found six
silver dimes on the sidewalk. and he
had gradually drifted into the habit of
searching the sidewalks with his eyes
as he passed along the streets. BE
Sides. he said, i am always reading
the lost and found column in the news
papers, and the thing has sort of fas
cination for me. 1t has produced 6
perpetual condition of mental excite
ment, and of course get great dea
of pleasure out of it. Now, here Is {
curious thing. Men for some time have
INDUCED the foolish habit of counting
cracks in the sidewalks or telegraph
poles, and touching things with the
hands, but few of us have been awar
of the existence of class of men wh'
are constantly trying to find something
as they brush along the street. Whel
we have found men looking intently a
the sidewalk we have supposed tina
they were counting cracks or trying t
keep from stepping on cracks, or max
ing some sort of curious study Of tn
sidewalks topography, but instead W
) now learn that they are actually look
? ing for wealth, trying to find some
, thing that somebody else has los
! What strange flights fancy doth tax
in these latter daysr'
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
MISSION OF THE CHEAP CIGAR


Method in the Madness of Selling for
Absolutely Low Prices.
$50 you are going to try to force us
retailers out OF the businessw ex-
claimed an irate little cigar man, bris-
Ting with Indignation and addressing
the manager of one of number of
cut-rate cigar stores.
Nothing of the kind" replied the
manager, bustling about his work.
and the tobacco trust has put you
up to this and is footing the billsn'
was the cigar mans second explosion.
Now, see here" said the manager,
taking the angry little man by the
buttonhole and leading him out of the
way of customers, you don't under
stand the game. We're increasing the
consumption of tobacco. We're build
ing up your business"
Don't see It," said the retailer,
when you sell a standard 5-cent cigar
five for IL cents"
That's just the way we're doing it,"
replied the manager. THE man who
smokes two Scent cigars a day comes
in here and takes five for II cents and
smokes them all in a day. A few
weeks of that and he wants his five
cigars every day. He gets tired Of
coming around here to look for bar
gains, and in few weeks he begins to
stop at your stand, as he used to do,
but instead Of buying 10 cents worth
of cigars, he leaves a quarter in your
cash register and carries away half a
dozen cigars. We've increased your
trade $50 per cent"
II hadn't looked at it that way" said
the retailer, calming down.
and here's another scheme of ours"
continued the manager. Hundreds of
smokers never treat themselves to a
10-cent cigar. We offer three 1O-cent-
ers and three flyers for a quarter. The
smoker takes them and gets the taste
for the better cigar When he comes
back to your shop he wants a 1O-cent
cigar"
by Jove! it's a great scheme" said
the cigar man, quite appeased.-
York Times.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
Not n Chinese Word.

"It's mistake to suppose that joss
is Chinese word" says retired
ships carpenter. 1--WE Travelled a good
bit In the orient in my time, and among
the odds and ends Of interesting infor-
nation / picked up was Knockout
of the genuineness of joss as q Chi.
nese word Cinnamon only know
joss when they come in contact with
Europeans. A Chinese priest that I
became chummy with in Hankow told
me that there was no such word in
Chinese. He explained that the word
was a corruption OF the Spanish word
'Dios' and had come into use through
the missionaries. Many early mission
aries, he said, were Spanish priests,
and their pronunciation OF 'Dios' was
speedily corrupted into joss by ma
tive tongues and applied to the Chi
nese dietics. It's only on the Chinese
seabOard that the word is understood
by Cinnamon. In the interior the
priest told me, the celestials had no
knowledge of IT,"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
The Motion Prevailed

An old town official of the city of
Macon, Ga, says in Short Stories that
during the night Of the earthquake
disturbances Of 1856 the city council
was in session.
When the quake shook the city hall
from basement to attic the council
men ran out thinking the house would
topple over. Whereupon the wag who
who kept the minutes of the meeting
concluded his record with the follow
ing sentence:
"On motion of the city hall, the
council adjourned"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
A Reliable Preparation-A Respon
sible Firm

OF the many remedies before the pub
lie there is perhaps, none that has given
such uniform satisfaction as Ely's Cream
Balm, the renowned specific for Catarrh
and kindred diseases. For over n quar-
ter of a century it has stood the good test,
growing in popularity as the years roll
by, until the fame of the good work it has
performed has made it household word
the country over A soothing, eificacious
and entirely harmless balm, it is easy to
apply and brings relief and comfort to
the thousands who are sufferers from
catarrh in this climate during the fall,
winter and spring seasons A more re-
liable nor honorable firm than the pro-
prietors, Ely Brothers, whose name the
celebrated remedy bears, cannot be found
in any business or profession, so that in
recommending this preparation to suffer
ers it can truthfully be said that it is
not only meritorious as to the ingredients
of which it is composed, but that it is
backed up by honor and integrity as
well.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
IT'S UNNECESSARY TO SAY.
Many Remarks that Are Entirely Su
perfiuous at All Times.

A new society is proposed to have for
its title "The Society for the Suppress
sion of Obvious Remarks" A list of
speeches Is to be prepared which the So
ciGty binds itself not to use, thus ele-
waiting the character of general CONVEX.
sation. Here are some of the speci.
mems of obvious remarks: at is not
the actual degree of heat registered by
the thermometer which makes 1t so I'M
comfortable II Is the humidity in the
atmosphere" Il don't mind the
money; it's the principle of the thing
when one is introduced to n per
SON." "If the water were filtered II
would be just as good as the water OF
any city" "The trouble about going Il
summer gardens is it takes you so lonl
to get home" You can put on two
fresh collars day and then never have
clean one on"
These are statements over which nc
one disputes and they may be increased
to an almost unlimited degree. The OBJ.
JNNl w w SdIhtu III lIOIl
them Is rather indefinite except that
they waste time, but as everyone has
unreasonable quantities of time to
waste, and no gain can be shown in
saving it, the work of the S. S. o. II.
society seems an idle expenditure of eff
fort. If everybody carried on thought
full conversation n state of mental eX-
haustion would soon be brought about
where all conversations would cease,
and silence in company, as everyone
knows, is more rasping on the nerves
than an ocean of commonplace re
marks. The babling of tongues is an
excellent deadener Of thought and no
one should permit his thoughts to work
overtime II he desires to be happy
Chicago Chronicle.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
The Mourning Evil.

The use Of crepe for mourning wells
Is becoming less every day, and il
summer the crinkly fabric is scarcely
seen. Many physicians protest against
women wearing crepe wells at any sea
son Of the year, and the nuns yelling
grenadlne, and similar materials have
to a large extent, replaced the crepe
drapery that formerly was a distinctive
badge of bereavement.
For widows or other women wearing
crepe mourning it is the fancy at pres
ent TO wear short veil Of fine grena.
dine or gauze, falling in graceful folds
at the back and draped on bonnet
frame of light weight, edged with a
narrow band Of crepe. A bow OF crepe
adorns the front OF the bonnet.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
ITALIAN OF THE ASH DUMP.
Where This Foreigner Gets Fuel for
His Fire.

His Fire.
There is value to everything, and
the Italian is cognizant of the fact, al
though the value Is small. lie gathers
clnders, wood, rags, bottles, paper, rub
Der and leather shoes, and old tin cans,
all of which have been thrown away by
others. Sometimes two or more fam
lilies unite in making their collections
and disposing of them, forming in n
small way trust or cooperative indus
try.
The coal and wood they utilize for
fuel i'm their homes, and turn the other
products of their labor into money in
the following way;
The old shoes and rubberS are sold to
a shoemaker, usually another Italian,
and bring from to % cents pair the
prices varying according to their con
dition. The shoemaker repairs them
and disposes of them again as second.
hand.
The rags and paper are sold to the
wholesale junk dealer, and usually
bring about 6 cents hundred weight
for old paper and anywhere from 10
to so cents hundred weight for rags
The bottles are washed and disposed
of through the same agency. The price
of bottles tluctuates an average being
81 a hundred; but the Italian seldom
sells on bear" market.
The bones are sold to the fertilizer
factories, 50 n ton being paid,
The tin cans are sold to foundricS
where the solder and tin are melted off
and the iron sheets are melted up and
sash weights made from them. Old
| tomato cans and fruit cans bring So q
ton, and ii takes more than 1000 OF
| these cans to make a ton,
There must be some money made IN
this business, for an Italian residing IL
New York city pays to that corporation
the sum of $4,000 Il year for the privi
lege of picking the above mentioned
commodities trimming, they call 1t
from the scows that bear the city's
ashes and garbage to the sea.-Chris
tian Endeavor World.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-10-09
No man is at all times wise; he Is
often otherwise.
Trust Those Who Have Tried.

| SUFFERED from catarrh of the
worst kind and never hoped for cure but
Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even that.
Oscar Ostrom, 45 Warren avenue, Chi.
cago, ILL.,
l TRIED Ely's Cream Balm and to all
appearances am cured of catarrh. Tho
terrible headaches from which ! long
suffered are gone.-W, j. Hitchcock. late
Major u. $. Vol. and A. A. Cen, Buffalo,
n. Y.
MY son was afflicted with catarrh.
He used Ely's Cream Balm and the dis
agreeable catarrh all left him.. G.
Olmstead, Arcola, III,
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezng. Sold by druggists at so cts. or
mailed by Ely Brothers, SO Warren St,
New York.