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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-06
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

FOR SALk-A county etofe Ia a hustling
little town where the present owner has made
5000 during the last 8 on years Property
must ue sold within a week Might consider
desirable real estate IA excnauRe for his lusi-
ness. inquire AZ once at the u. A. Perry Real
Estate Agency, Hordon block. ii9u
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-06
ZOE sALE.

TOR @AtB CHEAP-A nanrly new pianos
nasI he ,pl1 ~ uatr tor particulars inquirs
ffs Fellows Store "a address Loch Drawer
a8 Wiiiiamstnwu. ~ 2it9
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-06
BOARD AND ROOMS.

no RENr-Furnished front room az - snm.
mer street izctg
TO RENT-Funlshed room bath and elec-
trie lights. Ars. Alex. MeCaskiA ~ Victim
ton street. ii9tf
WANNED- B0arders. Room and board 81
per week Inquire 40 80 Branch sueet lls "a
10 RENI-f Present furnished conveni,nt
room. Very desirable, handy g. city prvPef
Apply Merchant stfe0r flst6
10 kEN1-A furnished room. All modern
ennveniences. inquire 40 hrankiiu ST. orr
TO HENT--Two large connecting rooms al
Avefili bieek apply e 4 IA. AveriiL istf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-06

FOX SALE Building LOT corner East and
fremont streets Aiuat We disposed oi ~ once
Apply d 2. q CarsWeil, phone iS5-il 30tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-06
WORK WANTED.

LOsT-Between GFaniteville and Barre,
music stand IN black leather case. Finder
please return 70 Times Office or Barre cimzen's
Band. l2ltss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-06
BUSINESS CARDS.
e. L. TAYLOR, Doctor of Optics
No. 8 Hons Flucs, Main St Barr.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Dnses Hours. a. N. to II ID.
iiso 70 4 and to ,. n.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-06

NAN1EH--Good. capable gin for general
house work. Easy wors and good home for
rigbt party Apply 10 person a. q kichard
son 81. illtf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-06

PRICEs vERY REAsoNARLE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-03

Mrs. Samuel Nelson Barker has sent
out cards for a dancing party to meet
the girls of Chevy Chase College, Con-
necticut avenue extended, Friday even
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-03

Senior and Nine. Quesada had din
ner party of sixteen last night to meet
Senior and Nine. Angulo of Havana, who
are here for a few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-03

The Misses Chapman are located for
the winter at the Gladstone apartment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-03

ARMISTEAD. On Wednesday, November ,, 1900
at 1:30 I'm. at his residence. 12Si X street
southeast, WILLIAM G. ARMISTEAD, be-
loved husband of Julia Ann Armistead. in his
cighty-first year.
Funeral Friday at 2:30 pm. from chapel at
Congressional cemetery. Relatives and friends
invited.
CHASE. Departed this life Tuesday. November
2. 1909. at 12:3 O'Clock. at her residence,
el5l1 q street southwest. after a long III
ness. AGNES CHASE. beloved wife Of Ed
ward Chase and grandmother Of Mamie VIII
lams Blanche Lewis and Eva Parker
Funeral Sunday. November 4. at J pm. from
ST. Pauls A. NJ. L Church sth street be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-03
DIED.

Continued on Eighth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kennon Clack
have sent out invitations for the mar
rage of their sister. Miss Louise Conrad
Fauntleroy, and Mr.. Henry Hamilton Sea-
brook at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening,
November, II, at the Church of the Epiph-
any The ceremony will be followed
Immediately by a reception at 1907 III
street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Nanny Gravity, An Aged Negro
Ending Her Days in Pr0very

and while serving as such became. the
wife of Alfred Gravity She says four
children were born to them. The eld-
est one. a daughter. Martha Brassfield.
yet living, is 81 years of age. Another
daughter Is three years the junior OF
Mrs. Brassfield. while a daughter Nv-
ing in West Virginia is now 81 years
old
Nanny Gravity says she was separ-
ated from her husband at the out
break of the war of 1912. when he
became a soldier. Since that time she
has never looked upon him.
At the beginning of the war 81 years
ago. Mrs. Gravity was the mother OF
daughetre who was then 0 years old
Considering these statements, also pre-.
Stunning the mother to be at least IL
years old when she was married, her
age appears to be about the numbe.
of years stated above.
A look at her bent old form. with
due consideration given all evidences
of extreme old age, would suppress
any DOUBT as to her years.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20

Eaton, O., Aug. 2O.-In a dismal,
dark little room in the Beehive" a
rickety old tenement house here, sur
rounded by sad conditions Of poverty.
is found one of the most interesting
and remarkable persons probably In
the state. This person is Mrs. Nancy
Gravity.
The fact that she is an interesting
woman is attested by the story she
has related to the reporter.
Mrs Gravity is a colored woman
who was born somewhere in West Vir-
ginia. SO many years ago that she can
not remember the exact number
The resultant infirmities to one who
has lived SO many years have render
ed her an invalid and have destroyed
the faculties OF recollection.
However. from the story told by the
old nanny, as best she can remem-
her, it is learned that she is about 100
years of age.
Nanny Gravity was owned as a
slave by a holder in West Virginia
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Plunge Of Speeding Car Into
Fence, indianapolis Speed
way, Caused Deaths Of
Bourque and HoIcomb.
IMMENSE CROWD SAW
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
When Overturned Car Was
Righted Chauffeur Was
Found Dead and His Assist
ant Breathing Last.

Indianapolis. Aug. 20.-Death's toll
mt the opening of the new Indianapolis
motor speedway course yesterday at
terno0n was taken when the two-hund.
red-and-fifty-mile race for the Presto.
Hite trophy was three fourths finish
Nd
The victims were William A. Bour.
que. Springfield. Mass. a famous driv.
or employed by the Knox Automobile
company and Harry Holcomb, Grand.
lvtlls,. Mass, his mechanic. They were
making a gallant fight with a Knox
Tracer and had pushed their car past
Iother demons until they were second
wild Bob" Burnam, driving a
Buick. with seemingly frightful dis
regard for the perils that lurked in
every foot of'the course. was leading
them, and Louis Chevrolet, the DARING
Ffenchman at the wheels Of another
d8uick. was not far behind
BourEue was not regarded as a con.
tender for the $1,000 prize until a few
minutes before the end came for him
ana Holcomb. He had been gaining
ssteadily. however. and was fairly burn.
ing up the nnacadam surface. The
score board showed the pace was fas
tier than mile a minute.
Chevrolet Had Stopped.
As mile after mile was reeled oft
and there were no accidents the biz
crowd. estimated 1t 10000. settled
t0own to enjoy tho hazard of the sport
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
THE KINGFlSHER.
A Bird Whose Was Are Most Difficult:

A Bird Whose Was Are Most Difficult.
to Observe.
Perhaps there is nothing In nature
Of the kingdsher. Any one may see
him glancing down midstream or max
ing his sudden arrow flight from bank
to bank under the bright June SUM-
shine, but to track him down to his Sc
cret fishing place and watch him at
work is vastly more difficult thing.
You come from the gold clad mead
Ows into the shady river path as into
Z cathedral aisle. The willows crowd
down to the waters edge In the green
reeds sedge bird Is fretting. There
Is low twittering song Of nestlings
all round you. And now. in the sha-
diest deep OF the willow wood. shrill,
piping note cuts the silence, a fash Of
emerald passes, a kingfisher has gone
by ON his way to his favorite pool.
A common notion Is that he sits per-
fectly still on some branch overhang-
ing the water, picture Of crafty vigil
ance. But this is rarely If ever the
case. The truth IL. says a writer in
the London Chronicle. that the king
fisher, like the master he is, sets about
his work with an easy surety. almost
. neochalancs. Peering down upon
him wariiy through the screen Of
branches yen would Judge that the last
thing in the world he was thinking
about was the gliding brown water be-
low him. He twirls round on his
perch. making hts vivid green and
turquoise and amber plumage scintil-
late like q dewdrop in the one beam OF
sunlight that has found him out.
He preens his feathers. stretches q
lazy wing now and again, looks about
him with . casual eye. and then. as
II 1t were the merest trifling detail in
life. he suddenly points his two inch
long fishing spear Of bill at the wa
ter beneath him, plunges and is gone.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
with the feeling that the danger had

with the feeling that the danger had
been exaggerated.
Chevrolet, having stopped for re-
pairs after remarkable flight of over
10 miles without stop of any kind.
had started out to make up for lost
time. Bourque and Holcomb were
leading him. They fought it out on
the back stretch and were giving the
crowd a real thrill when the cry went
up that Chevrolet had stopped.
His car was creeping with the gap
rapidly widening between him and the
Knox driver.
The latter was lost In a cloud of
dust at the lower turn leading into
the long stretch in front of the grand
stand. The crowd knew nothing of
the tragedy until at least a minute af-
ter 1t occurred.
Even then it was not thought that
any one was seriously injured. In
fact, the only merciful feature was
that the thousands of women in the
grand stand and private boxes were
spared sight of the two mangled
bodies. The mystery of the tragedy.
for there seems to be one. is how it
occurred
Car Left a Wreck.
Bourque was found on one side OF
the racer and Holcomb was on the
other. 1t is said that Bourque's arms
were stretched in the direction of the
guide wheel, indicating that even in
the closing chapter he made a desper.
ate attempt to hold the car to the
course.
The car itself landed against the
fence beside the course. The front
wheels were shattered and 1t was said
that the spindle Of one front wheel
was broken off at the hub. The car
was a wreck, and bounded along for
40 feet before it brought up against
the fence.
Bourque and Holcomb are supposed
to have been caught beneath the car
and crushed to death before it came
to a stop. Different causes are Civ.
en- for the accident.
Private Frank Brander, Company H
Second Indiana regiment, saw Bour'
que and Holcomb rise from their seats
and look back to see what had be-
come of the flying Chevrolet.
The car is said to have hit a rut in
the course and to have escaped from
Bourque's control.
Spindle May Have Broken.
Another story is that the spindle
broke on one of the front wheels
causing the car to turn turtle and
killing the occupants before they had
chance to think Of safety.
Bourque's legs were broken and his
skull fractured. Holcomb's skull wa.
| fractured and both arms broken. I,
is probable that their car was heading
into the stretch at the rate of q mile
and half minute when the enc
came for them.
Both were breathing when the frs
men reached them. Bourque died az
he was placed in an ambulance Hol
comb died a few minutes after he
reached the Emergency Hospital or
the Speedway grounds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
The Wi<herina Wind.

The name Of harnattan Gas been
given periodical wind which blows
from the interior Of Africa toward the
Atlantic dusing the three months of
December. January and February. 1t
sets In with fsg or dry haze. which
sometimes conceals the sun for whole
weeks together. Every plant. every
bit OF grass and leaf in its course is
withered as though 1t had been scared
by heat from furnace. Often within
an hour after 1t begins to blow green
grass Is dry enough to burn like paper.
Even the hardened natives lose all of
the skin on exposed parts during the
prevalence OF this whitening wind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
.GORMON WILL Be
FAIR POLICEMAN
Richmond Man to Help Pro-
teCt Visitors to State
Exhibition.
ARRANGE A new SYSTEM
TACTICS OF INDIANAPOLIS PO-
LICE LAST YEAR MAKE THEM
UNDESIRABLE, so FAIR HAS
ITS OWN FORCE.

Indianapolis, Aug. cO.-The State
Board OF Agriculture has organized a
police force Of its own for the State
Fair at Indianapolis, and it will be the
first time in the history of the expo
sition when, during the coming fair,
that the police have not come from
the regular department of that city.
The experience of the board with the
fair last year caused the stop to be
taken. On two days of the last fair
the Indianapolis patrolmen on duty at
the gates took charge Of the gates, ov-
err the protests Of the gatemen, and
gave free admission to their friends.
The police threatened to use their
clubs on the gatemen. when they re-
ported the action to the State Board
of Agriculture. Before the contention
ended, Mayor Bookwalter was called
in and promised that it would not oc-
cur again. Next day the police again
admitted a number of their friends.
and the Indianapolis force was ordered
off the fair grounds. 1t was late on
the last day when this action was TAX
en- by the fair management, and on
promise Of the police not again to
modest the gatemen, the city officers
were permitted to remain on duty.
Wilson the Chief.
Several weeks ago the State Board
engaged Frank Wilson, former chief
Of the Indianapolis department.. and a
policeman of long experience, to Or
ganize a force of patrolmen and detect
ives to look after the comfort and
safety of State fair visitors during the
week of September 6. He has made up
a force largely of men who have seen
service on the Indianapolis, while
many of the appointments have gone
to Richmond, Anderson, Elwood, Craw-
louisville, Lafayette. Brazil and Mum
Gle. The men will be in regulation
uniform.
There is not a club wielder on the
entire force" Mr. Wilson said. "They
appreciate the fact that the kind Of
people who attend the State fair know
how to behave themselves The chief
duties Of the police will be to look for
men and boys who climb the fences
to avoid paying admission, and to pro-
tect the visitors in any way needed"
Richmond will be represented on
the State fair force by l. A. Gormon,
former chief Of police.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
MESSAGE DOESN'T
WORRY PRESIDENT
However He Gives Occasional
Thought to His West
ern Speeches.
NAMES TRAVELLING MATES
ALTHOUGH THE TRIP WILL BE
LONGEST A PRESIDENT EVER
MADE, NUMBER OF HIS PARTY
TO BE THE SMALLEST.

Beverly. Mass, Aug. 20.-Only
President Taft preparing for his many
speeches to be made on the long west
ern and southern trip. BY this same
method the President also is working
on his annual message to congress.
The President has thought out the
general plan Of his message; he has
several cabinet officers at work on the
details of certain phases of it, and he
will not take up the work OF assemt.
ling the document until a week OR SO
before congress meets. The message
is not likely to be long one.
Personnel of Party.
The personnel of the Presidents
travelling party has been completed.
While the trip promises to develop in
to the longest ever made by a Presi-
dent, the party unquestionably will be
the smallest. Besides the President,
there will be John Hays Hammond,
president of the League of Republican
Clubs; Captain Archibald w. Butt, mil
itary aid; Wendell w. Mischief. assist
ant secretary: DR.. J. J. Richardson, of
Washington; James Sloan, Jr. and L..
c. Wheeler, of the secret service, and
Major Arthur Brooks, the Presidents
confidential messenger. who just now
is fighting with the Red army of in
vasion about Boston as commanding
officer of the battalion of colored
troops with the District of Columbia
national guard Six newspaper men
will accompany the President through
out the entire trip. The party will
travel in two private cars attached for
the greater part of the time to regu-
lar trains.
President Taft sent the following
congratulatory dispatch to Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary, on
the occasion of his birthday celebra-
ton: ION this anniversary of your
majesty's birth offer you my cordial
congratulations. with fitting express
sion OF the good will this government
and people bear for your countries
and wishes for their prosperity"
Confident Law viii Hold.
Reports reaching Beverly that the
constitutionality of the new corpora
ton tax law is to be tested just as
soon as an effort is made to collect 1t
have not disturbed President Taft the
least. The tests and the protests, the
President declares. were all antici-
pated, and no threats of the corpora
ton lawyers now cause the chief ex-
ecutive any alarm. Mr.. Taft is thor
oughly convinced that the tax will
stand any test that may be applied to
it. Acknowledgement Wickersham, a
corporation lawyer Of note, and Sena-
tor Root elaborated on the corpora
ton tax provisions Of the tariff bill,
and the measure. as enacted, they be-
lieve. will survive any attempt to null
lily it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Tho Shorter Word.

The day before Christmas Edith,
aged ten. had a number Of packages
tied up for distribution. The doctor
felt Of one intended for Uncle John
and the rest Is as the New York Sun
prints II.
That's some tobacco" said the doc.
tor, as he fingered the package.
How can you tell:" asked Edith.
Because I am a good diagnostician.' -
he replied.
Them as Edith seemed somewhat
dazed at the big word. the doctor in.
Quired:
do you know what q diagnostician
is?"
YES" she answered promptly. "Its
q good guesser.'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Painful Aiiment.

Though govt II generally reckoned a
disease Of rich men and free nvers.
one OF the worst Of sufferers from It
was q well known English minister
who died not long ago.
A friend once said to him. "Dr. So
and-so. what Is govt like:''
The clergyman smiled sadly. "If
you put your hand in q vise." he said.
'and let a man press as hard az he
can. that Is rheumatism. and il be eau
be got to press little harder, that is
govt"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Daring American Newspaper
Writer Starts His Bal
loon Journey
WIND QUITE FAVORABLE
NEWS OF START WAS RECEIVED
FROM ITALIAN STEAMER At
HAMMERFEsT, NoRWAY-AvlA-
TORS RECORD.

Paris. Aug. 20.-A special dispatch
has been received here from Trieste
saying that according to a telegram
received from the captain Of the Ital-
ian steamer Thalia, now at Hammer
fest, Norway, Walter Wellman left
Spitzbergen Aug. 16 in his dirigible
balloon America" bound for the
north pole. He hau a favorable wind
when the start was made.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
HAMfPION'S


Among thc'tvuey other great
leatuyes Rhnk win make yuu say
that this i the *Bes&-l Magazine
d. Amegica are
~PDkSriaE Sa1 L<ss1Gks5 Cities.
General Bingham sspcaks
put at last about the rottenness
Of the New York Judiciary.
You must not miss his startling
revelations.
"7ze Ccasiar Spsefaek - tie
Skies. BY Garrett P. Serviss.
Athri1line and entertaining story
about lalley,s Comet that will
soea be visi6le and my give US
a'4aup."
s1xs Nov ~ Si1<see." A
typiual seory By Alice Hogan
kundn whappiese vein.
Caplnuf FlClbn BY Morgan
kdbGsaDoA RcE Deseh, Myra
Eak0:VeAEsrRsAnsuA &C..
oto.
~ 4 ssl~y - ssvsanlsr
Is cents
AAhRToRS1AAC S&sw Yak
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Why He Came BACK

Why He Came Back.
wasn't you here few weeks ago?-'
asked the woman Of the house at the
back door.
"Yes'm." replied the wanderer. ''but
understood FROM pal that you've
got new pastry cook since them
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
RIVER THREATENING
(American News Service)

Calcutta, Aug. Cot is reported
from the town of Dera Ghazi Khan in
Punjaub that the plain is rapidly dis
appearing owing to the erosions of the
Indus river which is eating its way
inland from so to 100 feet daily.
Many buildings have already slipped
into the stream and the residents of
the town have moved out carrying
such household effects as they can.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
When Il Started.

Captain. what time does the boat
startw
1t starts. madam, when give the
word"
Then I've always had the wrong
idea. thought 1t started when the
engineer pulled q lever or did some
thing. Thank you ever 20 much
Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
West Bound Chi eng

Crouch vestibuled Trains between
Chicago and Cincinnati. Double daily
service. Through sleepe.s on trains
ctnnat..
fine Buffet service on trains 4 and ,.
Fer train connections and other In.
for.p alton call
c. A. BLAIR. p. 4 +. A.
1ome Phone 20Ss Richmond In6
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20

Cecile Caricu age nineteen years,
living at Melene, France. is in an
awkward predicament. On going to
the marie to have her marriage banns
published. she was told that legally
she has no existence. Her parents had
forgotten to have her inscribed at her
birth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
He Took the Cake.

Mike" said Flooding Pete. ''dere's
wuss things dan gold bricks"
whats happenedy'
DE lady up de road said dat II I'd
chop an armful Of wood she'd gimme
q cake"
Didn't she keep her wordr
"Yep. She handed me q cake Of
soap."-Washipgton Star.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Seemed All RIGHT.

Mamma. why don't you want me to
play with that Kudger boy:"
Because, dear. know the family
He hasn't good blood In him."
why. mamma. he's been vaccinated
twice. and 1t wouldn't take either
time."-Ladies' Home Journal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
The eaoyan Trss.

A regiment OF 1000 men could read
1ly nnd shelter under single bnnyan
tree. In India there Is one OF these
trees which has 400 main trunks and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Politician and Patriot.

Ostxsc51n 0no P4xfJ0G.
Teacher-Vh hat = the di6ersnee b.
tween . politician and Z pat1s0tf
Scholar-A patriot does something for
his country: politician does dis ceun-
ty.-Pittsburg Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Making and Earnino Money.

WAKING ooo Earning Money.
What IS the difference between
making money and earning money!
asked the youth.
Sometimes the difference is q trip
to the penitentiary for eounterfeiting."
answered the home grown philoso-
pher.-Chicago News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20
Cure Fer Lonosomensss.

The redheaded girl Ia q winner-antl
the man who gets one will not be lone
some He will soon md out whether he
has dra WI a Titan haired angel or \
combination Of a cyclsae and . sun.
set.-RaltimOre Sun.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-20

The learned man conceals his erudi
tion. the silly man clothes himself With
N.-HOussaye.