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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28
MAKES HIS DEATH
BY POISON SURE:
Worried Doctor Empties His
Medicine Case to Concoct
Deadly Dose.
Continued on page -

Bridgeport. Conn, July 27.--Dr Freder-
lex L. Graves. one OF the foremost medi-
cal practitioners of western Connecticut,
died here yesterday is hours after taking
a deadly draught compounded from many
had been melancholy because he believed
| himself ncurably i'll
DR.. Graves's wife found him lying un-
der tree at the rear OF their summer
home, Laurel Beach, Milford, when she
| returned from stroll along the shore
She saw he was not himself why
Fred. what's wrong?" she asked
Nothing" he replied drowslly. I'm
tired out. Please let me rest" She knew
something was wrong and summoned
other members of their house party.
prs. John Wright and Charles H.
Sprague of this city raced to the doctors 3
aid in automobiles. They found him un-
conscious. They first believed no was
suffering from morphine poisoning, but
soon we're puzzled BY the conflicting
symptoms. when they examined his
medicine case they found every poison
was missing
They remained Mt his side until mid
might, then summoned an automobile am
hulance from this city and sped with
their patient to DIR. WriGht's private hos
pital. He died at four o'clock yesterday
morning without regaining consciousness
WIFE A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST.
Dr. Graves suffered a fan on the street
a year ago that injured his head so badly
rs to disable him for more than a week,
he frequently complained OF pains In the
head AMI on July was stricken with a
mild paralytc shock He Immediately
went into a decline.
Though his friends tried to cheer him,
he insisted that the first shock was mere
ly the harbinger Of another and he felt
convinced that the second would prove
fatal.
Though Mrs Grnves's friends to-day
insisted that the religious difference be-
tween the couple never led to more than
interesting controversy, fellow practi-
TONERS were equally certain that the en-
thusiasm Mrs. Graves manifested for
Christian Science caused the doctor un-
easiness. Mrs. Graves's father was SiIas
Damon of New York and Bridgeport. a
mental healer and advocate of electric
treatmen
DIR. Graves practised In this city for q
years. He was A years OF age and ma
tive of Bainbrdge. N, Y A devout
member Of the First NJ. f. Church. he
served for many years on Its official
boards and was "A teacher OF one OF the
largest Btble classes In the city.
Drs. Wright and Sprague notified Med.
cal Examiner r. b. Downs of the death
Of DR.. Graves this afternoon. He in
vestigated. satisfied himself that death
was suicidal and his report was accepted
BY Coroner clifford 3. Wilson rs final.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28
Leaders Made Gains by the Hun
dreds of Thousands on the
Last Day.
5. J. LA PIERRE AT THE TOP
Other Successful Candidates Were
Miss Farnsworth, Mrs. Chat
fee, Mrs. Bohonnon and
Miss Rowell.

Sanford ]. La Pierre of Burlington.
Stella c. Farnsworth of Essex.
Mrs. W. w. Chaffee Of North Sheldon.
Mrs. b. H. Bohonnon Of Alburg.
Bertha A. Rowell OF Randolph.
The above are the winners In the
great Free Press voting contest. Tn
III late hour last evening the clerks
we're busy counting up the avalanche
Of votes and contestants in different
parts of the state, who called the Of
ice by telephone. were kept waiting
Sanford J. La Pierre Of this city
The winner in group one. totals 99T,400
votes. the largest number of any Of
The contestants. stella c. Farnsworth
The winner in group two, rolls up
e6G, 1862, the second largest number
Mrs. w W. Chaffee Of North sheldon
In group three, has the large total Of
'7S,75o. the third largest number
Mrs. B. II. Bohonnon of Alburg. the
winner In group four, and Bertha a.
Rowell Of Randolph. the winner in
group five, had a comparatively easy
.ime in winning. Mrs Bohonnon has
S50,42s votes and Miss Rowell 2769S7.
Of this city. in group one. both have
many more votes than have these two
" nners, as do c. 3. Moore of Hines
burg, Clyde w Hurlburt of Middle
bury and Mrs. s. G.. Hawley of Panton
In group two Miss Hattie Brown of
Williston in this class has more votes
Than Miss Rowell the winner of
group five.
Although Katherine Finney Of this
rity, who finished second in group
pne. is NOT q winner in any class,
G93,6l0 votes were cast for her. which
Is the fourth largest total for an in
dividual in any class. Clifford Ash
land Of ST. Albans. second in group
three, comes NTH with 649,7o1
AS has been stated In the Free
Press, the five successful candidates
will choose from six prizes in the or
der of their vote. Sanford j. La
Pierre the winner with the largest
vote, will choose first. and Bertha A.
Rowell, the winner with the smallest
vote, will have the last choice.
In this, as in former contests, every
good worker will he amply rewarded
n they proved active until the end OF
the contest.
The six prizes follow:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28

Cooper Vindicated by Census
Takers Discoveries in Alaska
How Indians Live.

Washington, July q. I.eatherstock-
ing is verified and Fonnimore Cooper
is vindicated, and their substantiation
comes as it should. through the census
bureau. 1t is from far-away Alaska, but
it is official This substautiation is found
in a report from chief Census Agent
Mckenzie telling all about the taking OF
the census in the Fairbanks district Mr.
Mckenzie gives assurance that the In
dans do measure time by the "snows"
and suns and distance by sleeps "
Indeed. he asserts that they have no 9TH
or standards Of time or of measurement.
and in relating the fact he cites an in
stance which throws no little light on the
difficulties Of enulnerating the red men
only the very Young children, who
have been educated In the government
schools he says, have any knowledge
of their ages or births. and the agents
We're instructed 10 use the age and birth
months as nearly as talk and observa-
'ioh would seem correct. Time with them
Is computed on suns and SHOWS, and dis
'ahces' by sleeps. Marriages. separations
"iFths and deaths are all based upon
sucn calculations, and we We're Obliged
20 base our information in the same
way"
lie then gives this instance; ,.An In
diah buck claimed to have lived ,aD
SHOWS, After much talk and uso -, th.
sign language It was determined tnat bc
was about 50 years old lie was fourd
% nave been SHOWS old when he 'sot hts
'''' woman; 10 have kept her four
N"o"'' "hen she got away; that he got
N 4, l..
S"o "'e that he got no woman for ~
SHOWS more, and finally that he got
young chicken and keep her all time ever
s'hce' now, on 25 or 30 SHOWS"
mat there We're other difficulties in
selihs the facts regarding the aborisines
~ indicated by the following from the re-
port Many Of the Indians know a
sHicleht number OF ENGLISH words to do
business with white man but when II
was determined that they were to he
counted they had a faculty for closing
'heir mouths and knowing nothing until
"h interpreter impressed upon them the
iact 'hat the asen, came from the Great
Nhite Rather at Washington"
Hes"roihg the habits and character
or the people he SAYS;
AS class they are indolcnt, lazy
anu nirty although in recent years the
teachers have taught the younger ones
'hat art has been the cause of much
OF their illness ana the present gem
eration are keeping themselves health
Ter by bathing. Their homes are filthy
Us rule and conducive to the diseases
win which the Indians are most at
hicted.
Ihey spend their winters in hunt
Ing and their summers in fishing. Furs
secured hides OF moose and caribou.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28
ANCESTORS WERE SLAVES
Romantic Chapters in Gcncolorx ~,
Late President Cleveland.

Boston, July 21.-Through the efforts Of
residents Of the town Of Westfield the
geneology of the late President Cleveland
may soon be worked out, thus revealing
one of the most romantic chapters in the
early history of Massachusetts
on tour of investigation. which has
occupied most Of the last ten wears, and
which. with It's last stopping place in
Westtield. has now led to the Island Of
Guernsey in the English channel. Miss
Rose Cleveland. sister of the late Presi-
dent. thus hopes soon to set forth n new
chapter In the history of the famous
president.
Through this search, now temporarily
halted in the little island where Miss
Cleveland Is at present carving on the
work. there has been established beyond
doubt the fact that two generations Of
ancestors of Grover Cleveland were after
their arrival in America, some 200 years
ago, held in slavery. one Of them, the
late presidents great-erandfathcr, being
sold TO woman in Canada for l6 gallons
of rum.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28

Seattle. Wash, July % Secretary of
Agricultural James Wilson with his son,
jasper, who is also his private secre-
tary, arrived in Seattle last night on a
trip of personal inspection Of the north
western forest reserves
The secretary, worn out by 10 days
trip throuCl the Reserves Of Montana
and Idaho. .uch Of witch was mado ny
blackboard. refused 70 talk.
1T is strihingly apparent said hts
son, that the timherlands have been
sought merely for their commercial
value, in entries ostensiby for home
stead purposes"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28

The public service commission met
at the library in Charlotte yesterday
to consider the petition to abolish
grade crossing. one and one-half miles
north OF the station, and mako the
railroad construct an underpass at the
point being known as "Boras Cross
ing The hearing was rather In
formal as nobody appeared to make
assertions. for the necessity of an un-
derpass is obvious. The public SER
Vice commission drove out to the scene
and made personal inspection. A. L.
Sherman appeared for the town of
Charlotte and f.. w. Lawrence for the
Rutland railroad.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28
CONFERENCE AT MONTREAL.

Montreal. July 27.-President Lee Of
the brotherhood Of Railway Trainnen
and President Garretson OF the order
of Railway Conductors arrived here
this morning from Toronto and at once
entered Into a conference with Wee
President James Murdock ot the Rail
way Tranmen, who is in activs charge
OF tho Grand Trunk strike here
Nice-Pres esident Murdock has instruct
ed his lieutcnunts at ottawa not TO
stand In the way Of the resumption o.
work a the Booth company's lumber
mills In that city, Nearly 1000 em
ployes OF the company have been kept
idlc since the strike hesan, owing u
the inability Of the Grand Trunk to
supply freight trains,
Yesterday they asked Mr. Murdoch
70 instruct freight crews to report for
duty ~ the Booth wards The Grand
Trunk officials here say acceptance or
rejection oc any mid proffered by Nj.
Murdock rests with their Ottawa
agents.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28
HAPPENINGS
IN VERMONT
Local Items of Interest From All
Parts Of the Green Noun
tain State.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
From the Island in the Lake to
the Passumpsic, Along Otter
Creek and by the Shores
of White River.
THE NEWS BY COUNTIES
ADDISON
MlDDEEBURY

MlDDLEBURY
Henry Counter the son of Mr. and Mrs
Wallace Counter Of this village. while at
work N the Vermont Marble CO. plant
at Tedens Thursday was struck in the
face with Il crow bar It hit him near the
left eye and made an ugly cash to the left
ear. He was prying on n piece of marble
when the bar Slipped and flew. He was
brought to this Village where the wound
was dressed. There are unclaimed letters
at the local postoffiCe addressed to Mrs
.t. l.. Grossarth, Mrs. Mary McAlvn. Miss
Ruth Pearson, Miss Viola Eoyea. James
Aidrich, W. l.. Crowell and Mr. Affcarder
About 100 of the teachers and pupils of
the college summer school went on an
outing picnic to Snake Mountain and
lirinport on Saturday under the superVi-
sion of Professor I.ottridge.-There are
now about L. horses here in training on the
track of the Addison County Agricultural
society for the fall races throughout this
citcuit.-Mrs. Flavius Bitney and her
daughter. Nora. returned from Richmond.
Va. Friday night, where Mrs. Bitney has
been for n few months past and her daugh-
ter for about a year.-Miss Elizabeth Cas-
well Is visiting In Rutland. Fred Goulette
has returned after an absence of several
months in IXbridge. Mass-Niss I I.iher-
f.. of pi,,sford T., 49, u u U..,,,.
son. who has been sufferinr for severol
weeks with an attack Of heart trouble. is
slowly gaining william KenwortnN, Jr,
returned to Rutland Saturday to resume
his position with the Rutland railroad -
Mr. and Mrs. e. d Tyitcheu are snond-
ing week nt I.n<e Win
fred I.ovett and Mildred I.ovett have ro-
turned to Shoreham I Rlackmer
and Fred Murnhv have returned fro,,
Bellows Falls. E,izabe,b Eorrs-
worth has gone 70 Roston for an extendo1
visit.-While cutting kindIipg wood w 7
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28

Piano.
2-Piano.
5000 in Cash, or Two Tickets
for Niagara Falls and Saguenay
River 12-day trip, with expenses
paid.
$3.50 in Cash. or Two Tickets to
Quebec and the Land of Evange-
line. with expenses paid.
b-sl0O in Cash. or Two Tickets to
Niagara and the Thousand Is
lands. All expenses paid.
6--s15 In Cash, or Two Tickets to
Boston. by sea to New York,
Hudson River to Albany, Sara
toga and Lake George. Two
days in Boston, three in New
York Transportation and hotel
bills paid by Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28

Terre Haute. Ind, July 27.-Georeo
M. Limits, former chief Of police. Is
dead from bullet wound inflicted nv
n burglar early Monday. William Nc
Gowan. a negro charged with having
shot Limits, is being guarded by police
In the Jail because Of rumors that an
attempt would be made to lynch him
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28
CONVENTION ENDS
IN CONFINEMENT.
Ohio Republicans Name Warren
G. Harding of Marion to
Head Their Ticket.
END CAME ON THIRD BALLOT
Platform Is Satisfactory to Both
Regulars and Progressives-
Expected Long Struggle
lid Not Materialize.
END CAME ON THIRD BALLOT
Platform Is Satisfactory to Both

for pnvernor who ,ysa nominated hv n
combination of regulars ana rroEressivcs
ana n platform pronounce" Good 'F me
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ny 'he H'ter s"ct'"A oi '"c parry ''e
| ''hl' fe2u"lican cohFon'ioh o'"Ne up t'-
daN III state or loucH coh'eh'tnent'
ne ucke' Is 'iiade up aS l"''p"s'
for governor warren " 'iardiiiS Oh
Marion.
FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rrah''' w e
roadway OF oleNe'"''"
for secretary OF state 'rrahFlhe W.
Mooney OF A"S''ho'rE,
FOR ATTORNEY -ee"er"' - ''a''' i'c''-
man OF loiedo'
FOR treasurer h"dE A Ar'her or BEL
mont county.
for J"Su'e "i 'he supreme ""r''
Nlhdah Il. crew or Mc'"hneisNli'e ana
'N'Snst ~ 9oiflfnerS "t Spr'n""'i''
FOR ''crh oi inc supreme court Johh
= M' Nu'' "i SaI'h'.
for "alrA ana iood commissioner Ken
WICK W. 'o'niap ot klngstoM
ror hefhn'r OF IN" BOARD oi pubic
WORKS. "eoree H. Na'hlhS' OF Ports
'''""'h'
FOR Commissioners OF common schools.
Johh W. /eller Of Findlay.
NNMiNEr II AN EDITOR.
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governor was az various times In the
preliminary squhn''es OF the convention
'"V' DIS ever ''oo! second cholce
nc l. '''e ed'toi OF newspaper at Mar
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w. "'dte ana mas beeh a tentative can
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28

The Colburn- Goodrich company of Swan
ton, with a capital stock of $4,000, or,
ganized for carrying on a general whole
sale business, has filed articles of incor.
Ioratn In the office OF the secretary nj
state
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28
STRIKE REMAINS UNCHANGED
Equal Optimism PrOfessed by Roth
Sides-Yardman Injured and
Brakeman Arrested.

Toronto. Ont. July o-.--rhere was
practically no change in the Grand Trunk
strike situation to-day. The men aeen 10
be well satisfied with conditions and
The company officials are equally opti-
ristic
a. London a strike breaking yar5
man had his hand broken by stone
thrown by some unknown person. and
At North Bay bra keman on n passenger
train was arrested charged by one Of
the strikers with threatening to shoot
him
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-28

The final vote was as follows,
r-nApD nNEr
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
FOURTEEN LANGUAGES AT
ONE RELIGIOUS MEETING

Chicago. Feb 26-In the La Sale
avenue church. of which Rev. ]. Y.
Montague Is pastor next Monday eve
ming men and women of IA different
nationalities. reunited by one common
tongue English, will gather for q re-
ligious meeting which probably has
had TO forerunner In Chicago or per-
haps in America.
Fourteen different languages Will be
spoken, or rather sung, for all the ad-
dresses of the evening are to be in
English but there Will be a hymn
rendered In every language represented
at the meeting.
The program has been arranged by the
Baptist executive council of Chicago.
to show the cosmopolitan character OF
the work done by the council 1t Will
consist of a brief word In English by
representative Of each of the nations
and the singing OF the hymns.
The languages are as follows: CHI
nese, African. Hungarian, Bohemian,
German. Swedish, Norwegian, Persian.
Lettish. Italian. Polish, Finnish, Danish
and English.
Each of the ministers is an active
Baptist preacher with charge In Chi
cago and all will be accompanied by
delegations from their congregations.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
ARE CONGRESSMAN
AMENABLE TO LAW?
Contest Over Authority Between
Courts and Congress Before
District Supreme Court.
QUESTION MOST IMPORTANT.
Can Committee be Compelled TO Re-
scind Its Action and Consider
a Lower Bid?

Washington, Feb. 25.-Thc great
question of authority OF one branch
of the government over another was
argued today in the supreme court of
the District OF Columbia, with precc-
dents dating from the days of Chief
Justice Marshall.
The mere mandamus proceedings of
the Valley Paper company of Holyoke.
Mass, against the joint congressional
committee on printing evolved into
contest of authority between the courts
and Congress, and the foundations were
laid In q case as historic as any In the
annals of the judiciary
Whether the printing committee can
be compelled by q court to rescind Its
action on purchases OF paper for tho
public printing and take into consid-
tration the bid of the Valley Paper
company Is the immediate question.
Whether Congress and It's members.
In their official capacity and clothed
with constitutional immunity, are
amcnable to the law, Will be the ulti-
mate one. counsel on each side Is
ready to admit.
Today senators of the printing COM
mittee continued In their attitude to
the grounds that 1t was without juris-
diction. They were not present or
represented by counsel. They arc Sen
ators Root OF New York, Smoot OF
Utah and Fletcher of Florida. The
members of the committee from the
house. however. Allen F. Cooper of
Pennsylvania, George G. Sturgiss OF
West Virginia and David L. Finley of
South Carolina, occupied seats in the
front row of the spectators and were
represented collectively and individ-
ually by q battalion of counsel The
department of justice was represented.
for the first time. to contest the Jurls-
olction of the court
The meat of the committees plea IN
answer to the paper company's manda-
mus WIS the companys bill was not
the lowest and In the best interests of
the government and that it failed to
comply with certain legal technicali-
ties.
Upon the question of Its relation to
the court however. the graver conten-
ton was made that the members of the
printing committee were not clothed
with the constitutional immunity con-
ferrcd upon them by their membership
in Congress in that they did not act in
a ministerial capacity. and that the
mandamus. stripped of its primary fea-
lures, was not a mandamus against
the printing committee at all. but
really a mandamus from the supreme
court of the District of Columbia to
Congress itself.
The committees plea was that as
a committee It's members did the same
work which Congress Itself could do
upon the floor OF both houses IL 1t chose
to do so.
Justic Wright said he would hand
down his decision on Monday.
This presents a situation entirely new
in American Jurisprudence. with the
possibility OF the three United States
senators being adjudged in contempt
OF court and with the possibility OF
supreme court justice being accused
by Congress.