New-York tribune., 1903-06-22

the operation Wen. ana he appeared to be re-
covering until Saturday night, when q relapse
occurred which ended in death
Mrs. Pond. Miss Pond and J. B. Pond, jr..
we're at his bedside when he died. Major Pond
was twice married. His first wife. Ann Francis
Lynch died in ISL. His second wife was Mar
1ha Marion Gears The daughter is by the first
wife. the son b5- the second.
The funeral win be held al the house to-mor-
row. The Rev. Dr Newell Dwight Hills pastor
Of Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, and the Rev.
Charles Herr, Of the First Presbyterian Church,
Jersey City. viii offciate The burial viii be in
woodlawn Cemetery.
The sen Of willard Elmer Pond ard Ciarissa
Vreaaford Nai6E Pond was born at Cuba Ale
eanv Caurtz y Y on June IL 1888 When. in the
spring ef 1874 his father eHigrsted with his family
TO Lake COUNTY H. where for three years he
worked land on shares James the second Of
I've children I'M 1877 ne removed TO Alto, Fond ou
Lar COUNTY. Wiz where his father pre-empted a
,,tsrfer section bf government land. there building
-be log house wherein the six younger children
were horn II Was here that James. acting in the
snrb1a cznar+v Of farmland and little father TO
hi. ,c-re- brothers and sisters had his first real
-as-e Of -ioneer life which he afterward perpet-
,,a-ss - his bbolz entitled. Pioneer Boyhood-"
7ns;nr ais lse irlsa4ne after while he left home
81 the age Of fourteen and became printer s
devil" in the Office Of The FOUNTAIN OilE feI
aid" IT Fond do Lac.
In 1885 the age Of eighteen having seF'ed ii'e
rrnrenticeship he became journeyman printer
st,hseoaentlv varking ia Oshkosh. Milwaukee
Il.
s-v-crtb and Lawrence Kan. and Denver Col
1s+sr he moved te Kansas and in 1883 across the
,,1sins 70 pixies Peak The next year he returned
= z[-5saanziH i,4cenling tsvvner and editor Of The
-Fs~lssssu Journal Green Lake County. in lSol
,5--szz- Al rfa outbreak Of The Civil Var, ne
closed his printing office and enlisted in the 81
Wisconsin Cavalry. where he served four years
ieirr s1Cceserelv Second lieutenant hrst Ileutel-
s-r and csptaiH Captain Pond commanded the
third Battalion ef his regiment which va 1870
4na-l than the fTCnJ1eT Of Kansas
and Missouri engaged in the guerilla war OF the
berdsr III =. s-.,-,..,a ~ Paxter's
Spring Kan. he attacked by the guee-iiLa
chef Quaatreil 1Ql Of us in hls eonlTnalo el3
hcYvczer. CAPTAIN Pond succeeoed II Tepuishg ne
enemy and holding the post lril Teet al lr'1 mo "a
Tlctrd major n the reorgaIllzeo -
-a-r he held o end Of the var, TEeB ne Nee
mustered out with his regiment :. .,,.-,-t1e
After the war Major Pond engaged 10 60.
business ia the West until 1884 when foT the e @
-f--s h. visited rhe East in 1874. with George
1TsfnsE-sz he ~i1rcrzsed the Redpath Lyceun Eu-
reau. in Boston. the partnership continuing s lor
5aTee Mz5Ur Pond came 70 New 9:
,,hs~a bs opened IN Office 1879. since which GATE
he had been both msnagaing and eNpIoltlrg ceeoIl-
-fer Since fs74 11e had been zssoclat TED WIFE fi4S
~ The leading lights Of the platform. 1ncilSstIg
Emerson Sumnar- PHILIPS. 1oHga, aIItaee -
Canon Kingslev. Anna Dickinson. Mrs. Llverrtore,
Clara Louise khLoeE. Mark 1WalIl' t5eoLee ~
whom from 1875 IL 1851 he travelled over three hun
rea froIsand miles lie had also exploited henry
= stzrler a5atrehw Arnold. Sir Edwin Arnold
- 1FaClaren Af4fonv Hone. DR.. A Conan Doyle
pr6 n+HrT famous Fnglishr7en in America. ..o
Ter e5rb ~ 1lo lectures he paid Stanley Slee'
sr5 VS. said 10 have made his fortune Aa3or
p-0f-s qualifications include A Summer IN Eng
riGrfts| and across Continent with Mark
y rs r,er,r.er ,f the I-otos Club Manhattan
c-l-r F7a1flFor7T Club Of Brooklyn. and Carteret
g-vr II Jersey CITY: the Aldine Association the
Military order af tlie Loyal Legion and Lafayette
POET = a. r He also possessed tle NlFuoi u
F-o~r~ Legion D. the United States