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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01

seventy five years ago. He was a big
man who loved lighting almost al well
as be loved whiskey and preferred the
two together.
The day Patterson was struck the
blow which thrust his name into immor-
tality he had obtained liquor, but was
finding it difficult to get fight. He
had taken up position in the center
Of much travelled sidewalk ana was
making all passers take to the street.
lie was particularly insulting to a crowd
Of medical students who PASSED on their
way d nearby students hotal
Among those students was AIbin
Payne, young man from Fauquier eoun,
til. relative 81 Admiral Raphael Sem
mes and a man 81 fghting blood. When
the group Of students submitted to Che
indignities offered by Patterson his fight.
ing blood was aroused.
tLet me at the bovinen he said, as he
walked up TO Patterson Perhaps Pat
terson was too much surprised TO defend
himself for only one blow was struck
and Billy Patterson went down with a
thad Il was believed at first that Pat.
tsrson was killed, aud the students led
to their hotel where hasty conference
was held and they vowed not to tell
who struck the blow.
Hardly had Payne had taken out a
side wss 70 another students lodging
house when the police arrived, demand.
ing the man who struck Billy patter.
son" All the students were questioned.
bnt each denied that he had struck Pat
terson was not dangerously injured. the
students kept their VOW Payne preferred
to avoid notoriety. PAYNE afterwgrd
became widely known as 8 physician in
Virginia and attained some note Ms d
magazine writer under the nom he plume
of Nicholas Spieer" Chicago Record
Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
MAGAZINE REVIEW
The Covenant Of the Family Of John
Brown, Aboftionist.

The Covenant Of the Family Of John
Brown, Abohtionist.
A real contribution to the Civil war
history Of this nation appears in the
October American Magazine II is cons
tanned in remarkable interview with
the son Of John Brown, the great aboli.
Zionist The interviewer Miss Eleanor
Atkinson, reports John Brown, jry ais
saying:
!" 1T was IN 1888. think, that he re-,
vealed bis purpose to his family. ] was
only seventeen at that time, Jason ff-
teen and owen fourteen Frederick, who
fell at 0ssawatomie, was nine and Ruth,
whose husband, Henry Thompson, died
at HaFper's Ferry, was eight Watson,
who fell at the Ferry, was a baby of
three Oliver. who gave his life there
for father also, was not born until 1889
My young stepmother was under twenty
five, ! think. with four babies around
her knees, when my father told her and
us that Ne would never again engage in
any business that he could not leave on
two weeks notice He meant to make
as much money as he could to educate
nis children, and to provide for his wife
and helpless little ones It might be
years before opportunity offered to strike
the blow, but he meant to prepare for it,,
and when the eallH came, his wife was
to consider herself widow. his children
committed to the care Of Him who fed
the ravens.
And then be knelt in prayer to ask
a blessing Oh his resolution ! say knelt
for | never saw him kneal again, either
before Of after that TIME He always
stood upright to pray, after the manner
Of the early pnritans. Young as we
we're, he took lis into his confidence
Mother and the three oldest boys volun-
tarily entered into covenant with him
There was no compulsion about it. We
fully understood what it meant, for the
Rev. Elijah Lovejoy had very recently
been murdered at Alton. Illinois, for
daring to print an abolition paper AS
the other children grew older the matter
was explained to them, and not one
failed him As we married, our wives
and husbands were converted. There
was Brown family conspiracy that ox-
isted unsupported for twenty-one years,
70 break the power Of slavery ! believe
it was Bronson Alcott who said that, in
al history, he know Of only one other
instance Of such 4 family covenant, and
that WAS with Mahometp
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
Mr.. BRYAN
MENACES PARTY
This the Opinion of Many
Democrats
ANOTHER NOMINATION
He Attacks All the Texans in Congress.
He Seeks to Reverse Their
Position on the
Tariff.
ANOTHER NOMINATION

Washington, Oct 1.--Willam Jen-
nings Bryan's entrance into Texas poll.
tics, with the ayowed purpose Of fore.
inc the party to adopt the doctrine Of
free raw materials in dealing with the
tart question, and his declared intention
to carry his fight into all the Southern
states, involve menace, which, in the
opinion of Democrats in Washington,
can only tend to destroy the party as
All organization The far-reaching sig
nihcance of his course is becoming all
the more apparent as the days 60 by.
ut means, said Southern Democrat
yesterday, that Mr. Bryan will demand
another nomination for president. How
ever great our admiration for him as 4
man may be, IL il as sure as fate that
half dozen states in the South will re-
fuse to follow bis leadership again, and
that complete disintegration Of the par
ty would necessarily ensue.D
Quite apart from the merits of the is.
sue Mr. Bryan has raised, the view here
expressed is shared by Democrats gen
orally.
Far from being an attack upon the
record Of Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey,
as Texas dispatches have indicated, NIr.
Bryan's onslaught reaches senator Cul-
berson and about all of the Texas dele
cation. Either on the doctrine itself Of
free raw material or the application Of
that doctrine. all OF them are touched
by his attack Dispatches from Texas,
owing 70 the political heat engendered,
have tended to obscure the facts.
Bailey's enemies are utilizing the oppor.
tnnity further to discredit him, If pos
sible, and Bryan himself Willingly or
il playing into their hands.
"A despatch two weeks ago, stated that
Bryan, Ill his speech at Dallas, asserted
that the Texas platform Of 1896
Nsmelled Of Standard Oil, the inference
being that Bailey had had the making
Of that platform.
II developed that Mr.. Bryan made no
such assertion. A matter Of fact,
Bailey was not o member OF the commit
tee that framed the platform; but it
was frapled By Reagan, Chiffon, and
Others ard, moreover, the tariff plank
was ii perfect harmony with that Of
the Democratic national platform, up
on which Mr. Bryan made his first race
for president III The despatch from FL
Paso giving an account 0f Mr.. Bryans
meeting at which he disaYowed that he
was engaged in 4 personal controversy
with Mr. Bailey, Il was stated that
Bailey failed 70 meet Bryan for the
proposed JOINT debate between them
II appears that it was in defence Of
Bryans wishes that the meeting vas
not turned into a joint debate He de
INJURED to the suggestion that he meet
the Texas senator because debate
would "tend to turn attention from the
issue to individuals
A Georgia Democrat said that that
state would reject Mr. Bryan's free raw
material idea Overwhelmingly
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01

series Of articles begins IN the October
American Magazine under the title Of
"Barbarous Mexico" The author. John
Kennth Turner, writes with first hand
knowledge, having been an eyewitness
of many Of the things about which he
writes The first Of this series Of articles
is called The Slaves OF Yucatan," and
Mr.. Turner'S opening paragraphs best
illustrated the Importance Of the work
he has undertaken and its profound sig
nifieanee to every citizen Of the United
States. They are as follows;
What Is Mexicof
Americans commonly characterize
Mexico as our sister republic Most Of
us picture here vaguely as a republic
in reality much like our own, inhabited
BY people a little different ii tempera.
meut, little poorer and a little less
advanced, but still enjoying the protec-
ton of republican laws-a free people
in the sense that we are free.
{ "0thers Of US, who have seen the
country through a car window. or specu-
lated little in Mexican mines or Mex
lean plantations, paint that country be
yond the Rio Grande ais a benevolent pa.
ternalism in which great and good
man orders all things well for his foolish
but adorng people.
Il found Mexico to be neither Of these
two things. The real Mexico / found
to be country with written constitu.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01

tion and written laws as fair and demo.
cratic as our own, but with neither con-
stitution nor laws in operation Mexico
is a country without political freedom.
without freedom Of speech. without
free press, without free ballot, without
a jury system, without political parties.
without any Of our cherished guarantees
of life, liberty and the pursuit Of happi
ness. 1t is a land where there has been
no contest for the Office of president for
more than generation, where the exec
utive rules all things BY means OF
standing army, where political Offices arc
sold for fixed price. where the public
school system in vast country districts
is abolished because governor needs the
money. ! found Mexico to be land
where the people are poor because thcv
have no rights, where peonage is the rule
for the great mass and where actual
ehatte slavery obtains for hundreds Of
thousands. Finally, found that the peo-
pie do not idoise their president, that
the tide of opposition, damned and held
back as it has been by army and secret
police is rising to height where 1t must
shortly overflow the dam. Mexicans Of
all classes and Affiliations agree that
their country Is hurrying towards gen
eral revolution in favor Of democracy;
If not revolution in the time Of Diaz,
for Diaz is old and Is expected soon to
pass, thens revolution after Diaz"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
THE MAN OF ONE IDEA
Rx Q. WINTHROP loNEs.

copyright, 1903. by American Press Asso-
ciationl
One morning about fifty years ago a
tall man with black beard, his head
bent in thought, sauntered along the
bank of creek in Pennsylvania. An
idea had got into his brain. and he
could not get it out.
There have been many men similarly
infected. but there have been few--a
very few-who have worked out their
idea successfully.
The man of one idea stopped beside
a trench and watched people placing
blankets on the water 1t contained,
then taking them up and wringing
them over tubs. This was the early
method used in gathering petroleum.
The oil exuded from the soil and when
collected in the trenches, being lighter
than water, rose to the surface, froln
which it was either absorbed by the
blankets or SKINNED In dippers. The
process had been borrowed from the
Indians, who used petroleum for lini-
ment.
The man watching the work had
seen 1t often before Whence came
this oil? A vision Of great oil lake
lying below the stratum Of rock COW
cred by the soil from which the petro-
leum exuded flled bis mind. And why
did it come up through the soil? Be-
cause Of pressure. There was not
room for the oil lake in its rock prison,
and it was striving to get out.
Then came the thought, IL be could
bore hole in the rock the oil would
burst forth as water from hydrant.
one morning In the spring OF 1857
the man OF one idea started from New
Haven, Conn. for the banks Of Oil
creek. Pennsylvania, With a thousand
dollars in his pocket. furnished By
hackers, to be used in drilling that
hole. With it be bought an engine
and hired an experienced driller. The
engine was long in coming, and the
driller, convinced that his employer
was crank, finally refused to stand
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
The Coming Of the Haley Comet.

The visit to our Immediate neighhor
hood Of the HALEY comet, which appears
to our observation but once in seventy
six years, is matter which will interest
many millions of people in America this
fall and the coming spring This comet
Was named after Edmund HALEY, who in
1852 first discovered It to be periodical
visitor and predicted its return. 1t is
"a very spectacular comet, indeed, and
viii be visible to the naked eye in the
northern hemisphere about February,
1910. The telescope will have discov-
cred it long before that time, however,
and perhaps even before this notice APP
pears in print. In the Technical World
Magazine for October there is very
interesting story Of the discovery Of this
comet and Of Halley's prediction Of its
return, together with comparison Of its
orbit and its appearance with those Of
other known comets
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
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AND TREMBLED
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
Measure Goes to Committee
of Peers
NAlIONALISTS TO FIGHT
Any Drastic change--Not to Be Neglect
ed, Burrell Says Government Is
Hampered in Doing Justice
to Ireland

London, Oct. 1.-THE House of Lords
last night passed the second reading
Of the Irish land bill, but promised to
introduce drastic amendments when il
reaches committed. 1t was stated in
the lobby that il the Lords omit or
weaken the powers Of the provision for
the compulsory purchase Of land, the
Nationalist viii refuse TO accept it.,
whatever may be the view Of the gov
eminent.
In an interview Mr. Birrell, acting
secretary Of state for Ireland, is quoted
as saying that the question Of self-eov-
eminent for Ireland has passed The stage
81 argument and that the great bulk Of
the Liberal party il DESTROYS of doing
justice to her, hut i nampered BY exig
encies as to time and the circumstances
surrounding the solution Of the ques-
ton. Parliament. he said, is unable to
dispose Of matters relating to Ireland,
England and Scotlands and must in some
way get rid Of the pressure Of work
at Westminster The difficulty with the
Liberal party has mainly been that it
has not felt able to devote the whole
session to solution Of the question,
but tire general election will turn on
that and other important questions.
Ireland i looking up said the secre-
tary, and She IL in no danger Of seeing
her interests neglected. The Irish party
has not allowed II to BE treated as a
Cinderella He discussed the land, the
university, and national questions and
said the general election will have a
most important bearing on the future Of
the Irish questions
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
BARON RosEN COMING BACK.
Russian Ambassador Not to Go to
Vienna.

st. Petersburg, Oct. Barron Rosen,
the Russian ambassador to the United
States will leave the Russian capital for
Washington at she end Of next week
Reports that Ambassador Rosen would
be transferred to Vienna are untrue.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01

Fels-Naptha will take grease out Of
clothes in cool or lukewarm water.
1t loosens all kinds Of grease quick as
wink, and takes out every trace Of the spot.
That's why butchers, and painters,
and machinists' clothing can be washed
better with Fels-Naptha than any otherway.
It's easier, too; in summer or winter,
requires no boiling, hot water nor hard
rubbing, and makes better job Of it.
Because Fels-Naptha dissolves grease
almost instantly, women who have tried it
prefer Fels-Naptha to any other soap for
washing dishes.
There is no necessity for putting the
hands in hot water.
Puts fine polish on glass and china.
1t is likewise superior in cleaning coats,
or rugs, or curtains, or anything else that
has become spotted or soiled.
In fact, you will find that anything
cleanable can be cleaned quicker and better
and easier with Fels-Naptha.
And for laundry purposes, Fels-Naptha
is a revelation to women who have always
washed in the old-fashioned, washboiler-
Misunderstanding way.
Directions for all purposes are printed
on the back Of the red and green wrapper.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
CHOLERA SPREADING IN HOLLAND.
Several Cases Reported Near tie Capital
Civ.

The Hague, 0ct / Although it was
hoped the cholera had been stamped ont
here, IL IS now feared that the disease
is spreading, several cases having been
reported from nearby VILLAGES There
are two cases Of cholera in the province
of Utrecht.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
OLD MYSTERY CLEARED.
"who Struck Billy Patterson Question
Answered.

who struck Billy PattersonY" is a
question that has gone into history. It
is asked frequently by persons who have
no idea who Billy Patterson was, for it
has become stock expression signify
ing q mystery
But now comes A. M Lake formerly
Of Fauquier county Virginia, and now 4
retired merchant Of fligginswlle, Mo-,
WHO SAYS he knows all about the strik
ing Of Patterson. Mr.. Lake was You've
friend Of the man who struck the blow.
Billy Patterson, according to Mr. Lake,
was the bully Of Richmond, Va, almost
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
MEXICAN VOLCANO IN ERUPTION.
colima Said to Be Filling the Surround
ing Valleys WITH Lava.

Mexico City. Oct, 1.-THE government
weather bureau has ben notified that
the yocalo colima il in eruption, throw
ing clouds Of smoke and ashes over tile
surrounding country Lava il reported
70 be filing the neighhofing valley.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
PLOT AGAINST PRINCE NIcIoIAsi
Many Arrests in Montenegro Result, 1t
Is Declared.

yienna, Oct Il The discovery of
military plot against Prince Nicholas Of
Montenegro has caused sensation at
Ccttinje, Eleven officers alleged to have
been connected with the pos, which was
planned abroad have fed Suspected
persons throughout the country are be-
ing placed under arrest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
Salesman.

Salesman have patent washboer which burns dena.
tured alcohol at much less cost than coal or wood
Anty Drqdge"You'd better 60 into other business
young man, if you want to make living. Since I've
been telling the women how to wash clothes with
Fels-Naptha in cool or lukewarm water without
boiling, all kinds of washboiers have gone out at
style. Good day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
Darkest Mexico.

What promises to be a most enlighten.
ing and at the same time astounding
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-17
SULLIVAN TO BOX
COLLINS IN OGDEN
Llghtweights to GO Twenty
Rounds for Benefit of
Sheepmen,

Pete sullivan, one of the most popular
lightweight, fighters In The country and
bird Leg Collins were matched Tues
"aF afternoon for twenty rounds for Jan
uarN I. To weigh In ut 13S pounds at .
p' M, and to box In Ogden, The contest
VIII be one of the sport features Of the
5hccrmcn convention which meets in
ogden during the first week in January.
Manager Grant Of the Bungalow and Co
lonial thcatcrs of this city negotiated the
contest for the shccpmon.
Articles on agreement were wired TO
sullivan At Sacramento ana he accepted
same. and said he would leave the coast
Cnrly IL December for Ogden. Sullivan
viii train in Ogden and Collins will make
lIiS Headquarters IN this city. Manager
Joe Burns wired 10 Denver last night for
Bob Watkins 10 come here TO train Col
Inns. and lie will have Kid Ross on his
staff also.
Collins has draw with Joe Cans when
the latter was at his best. ana Sullivan
VIII have 10 go some To whip the Coorcd
boy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-17
"GLOBE TR0TTER" IS
HELD AS ST0WAWAY
Trying TO Go Around the World
in Six Months Without
a Penny.

SAN FRANCISCO, Now I6.-Aftcr
making his pcunilcs5 way thrccfourths
around the globe onsa wager, AIphonsc
NcrPonjcnnnc may have 10 90 back the
way he came unless the French cm-
bassador nj Washington can stay the
hand Of the immigration authorities of
this port. who are required by law to
return stowaways whence they come.
VcrgonicauDc said that his trip was
the result Of 4 wager entered into III
Paris. April 2l, when party Of friends
waCcTed 25,o0O francs against the pos
sibiity Of making one S way around the
world in six months without Il cent.
Consul General Mcroy of France has
Jaken mp the ease of his rompatriot
who arrived here last Friday ON tho
Manchuria, with a dollar and copper
penny In his pocket.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-17
Murray Calls Off E
Ogden Horse Races
COMPANY B EASILY II
BEATS SIGNAL CORPS
Telephone Rifle Match Is VI,
Between Salt Lake and I'''
Ogden.

In telephone, .22-caIIber rita
Tuesday night, between co,nn.,... '"aVl
the Ogden branch Of the Na,ion,i q x
and tho signal corps at Sal, In 'uahi
Junction city team easily wo, o u.
score OF 6'' points to 575. Tho y
competed for three positions. n
kncelinS aud lying. Ten shots Y''s
from each position. The Ogden tn n'S
the better OF the match throuuhou, -
ing the higher scores at eyor,. "is'
the lowest man having a hIgba.
than the top man Of the .Iera, N'n
team. Sergeant Wilson Of ,bo "n
corps Won the highest inaivid,,., s'1
10 out o! possible 80, n, IN. b., 'Nvs
position, Captain Niece OF or,on
the high total, scoring i39 on, ~ va
siblc $50. p's
The match was the first NJ
between the Two organizations o.
pany IL VIII he matched acains, - @'
officers some time next week '"e s'aa
The individual scores wnrc -. -.
COMPANY L, OGDEN ARNnpw W.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-17
AUTOMOBILE RACES

san ANTONIO. Tex. Nov 1G.-No
records were broken today by those con
testing in san Antonin's three day au-
tomobilc meet. DE lymcl in his Stnd-
dard- Dayton, finished first in two events.
IN the last race DC Hymel was forced
In the bank. but was not injured. la"
entered protest
Results.
Crrncll. thrcc-quaricrs OF milcD
First race six Iaps-BuicI1 10" (Grin-
non), won; Chalmers Detroit 80" (John-
SOM, second Time, 4;iG -.
Second race, eight laps-Stoddard- Day
ton lDc liSmcO, won: DarraCq tilrsCh-
err. second, Time, 30
Third race, twelve lnps stock chassis
Stoddard DAYTON tDe IiymeD, won.
jackson (CarlO. second. Time $40,
Fourth race time trial for track roc
ord of 13 &-I seconds. with flying start.
held by Oldhcld-BcuZ (Oldtcld), first;
time, ~ seconds. Buick (3urman), see
und, Time, 80 - seconds. Buick (Dc-
WHO. third, time. 5S 10 seconds
Firth race. fifteen miles. e-for-all-
Buick (Burman, won. Jackson (Clark),
second. Time, 1926 30