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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08

A Great Game OF Crib Between Two
Providence Citizens.

Providence Citizens.
One day In the latter part OF June,
1890. j. &. Nicholas dropped In to see c..
ii. Button, the engineer of the Durfee
building on Dyer street, and to pass the
time away game of "crib" was proposed.
Both being experts mt the game IL of
course proved TO be interesting, aud at
the close of the game Mr.. Nicholas was
invited to come again. The next noon
found the two worthless playing 'crib," !"
and after playing few noon hours 1t was va,
decided to play series or 100
games when they had reached
that number it was increased to
1,00U, then two three, four and at last
TO the fifth thousand, which was con-
cluded Mt noon last Friday. The contest
began on or about July j, 1890, and the
first thousand resulted as follows: Mr..
Button won 535 games and white
washed Nicholas twenty-one times. Mr..
Nicholas won 465 games and twelve
whitewashes." This gave Button lead
of seventy games aud nine white
washes"
The last game of the first thouand was
played Jan. "a. 1891.
The next day they were on the second
thousand. and at noon oil July 8 IL was
finished with the following result Bu,.
ton got 522 games and twenty-one
"skunKs" aud Nicholas had 41S genes
and twelve skunks. giving Mr.. Button a
lead OF fortv-four games and ten skunks.
The same no n they began on the third
thousand. This series was repetition Of
the first thousand, except Mr.. Button got
twenty-f -four skunks and Mr.. Nicholas
twelve. The score stood Seventy games
and twelve whitewashes for Button,
The last game was played Nov. IA. The
contes ants took rest for nine days, and
on the 23d day of November they went aJ
il again Tor the fourth thousand. In this
series Button got $40 games and twenty
four "whitewashes," Nicholas won 424
and twelve "whitewashes." This gave
Button lead of l52 games and foutt en
whitewashes. This game was ended
March 81, 1892. The same day they
started on the home stretcn. Button got
522 games and twenty-eight white
washes" and Nicholas was Obliged to con-
tent himself with AIS games and ten
whitewashes. Button won 900 gamts 9
and Nicholas 2,3l0, a balance in favor Of
Mr.. Button of $780, His total number of
''whitewashes" was 100 and that OF Mr..
Nicholas was fifty-seveD, u lead for Mr..
Button OF sixty-three. The games with
one or two exceptions have been played
during the noon hour in the engine room
OF the Durfee building.
Perry Traford to Train tho Harvard Men.
Perry Trafford Of Fall River will be the
trainer of the Harvard football team.
Trafford Is n brother of the captain OF the
team, and Is a graduate OF Harvard.
When at the University he played in The
football team and was considered one OF
the best guards that ever stood in the
s...1 ..s.I. l..A
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08
l.. d. NEWELL g SON.
"A WEEK OF LEADERS.
CHIlDREWS SCHOOL HATS.

We shall open this week a large and COM
plete line Of Ladies', Misses and Children's
Trimmed Felt Hats In Sailors. Tourist and
other new shapes.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08

Earned runs-PRoyIDENc cE. 4. Two-base hits
Collopy. Sales. pevlin. Three-base hit-Earrar.
Collopy 2, Mcdonald. Smith 2. Ryan. Double play
Smith. Cooney and Fsrrar. Sacrifice hits-Collo-
On bals-Frlel, Farrar, Collopy, Smith. First base
on errors-PRo vIpENcE .. Albany 2. Struck out
Beecher Fields, Kess. Lang Ryan. Passed ball
Hayes. Wild pitches-Deyln 2. Time-lh. 46m.
Umpire-Cus hman
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08

land made . great catch of . low line
ball In the fifth. The few errors on both
sides wer costly. Kirmes and Mccormack
played strong games at third. Attend
ance, 800. The score:
Innings. .......-.....,i 3s .
Auburn dszctte...........o q
Hlts-Auburn Gazette, i0 Portland,6 @. Errors
Auburn Gazette. 3; Portland. g. Battries- Wheeler
and Connaughtoni Carey and Plat.
In. the afternoon the Auburn Gazettes
defeated Woonsocket by a score Of to 2
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08

Lewiston. Me-, Sept. s.-The Gazettes
defeated the Portlands again yesterday
BY hard hitting. Carey ives battel freely.
while the visitors could get only an occa-
sional hit OF Wheeler. O'Brien OF Port
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08

Hits Brockton. q; salem. 2. Errors Brockt
1; Salem a. Batteries-Lincoln and ID. Burke
Kiley and Bergen.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08

LEWISTON, Me-. Sept. S.-The worlds
race record for u half mile track was bro
ken at tue State Fair races In this city
yesterday. The PAGER. Bunco. Jr., in a
match race with Chesterfield, paced three
heats in 2:2O, 2:l6lS and 2:l5. The last
quarter OF the third mile was made in
328l seconds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08
WITH SPEED LIKE THE WIND.
Nancy Hanks Took Quarter Off
the Worlds Record.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sspt. 8.-Five thou
sand persons witnessed Nancy Hanks
make q successful attempt to lower the
worlds trotting record on a regulation
course. At q quarter to four o'clock in
the afternoon she came on the track
pulling Budd Doble in the famous suiky.
The applause was deafening, but silence
followed as Nancy came forward at a
rafting gait towards the wire. A second
start was thought necessary by Doble,
however.
This time Doble nodded his head and q
great cry arose, for Nancy was on The
mare few up the track, making the
quarter In 32h and the cheers broke
out afresh. Steadily she few around the
turn and trotted so steadily that the
people again cheered wildly.
The applause grew desfening as she
reached the half mile post In 1.03h.
Nancy increased her speed, and reached
the three quarters In 1.34h. :,
When, trotting st,aiiiy, she entered
the stretch, the excitement was intense.
The mare kept her feet and approached
the grand stand with the handsomest
gait Imaginable. Doble was leaning for
ward and giving her free rein. Like the
wind. she came down the stretch and shot
under the wire.
And when the card was put out reading
"2.O7," tho excitement knew no bounds.
Doble was carried to the stand on the
shoulders OF the crowd.
Nancy Hanks will try to break the re-
cord September Is on the fair grounds at
ST. Joseph, Mo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08

was not in the game from the third in
ming. It was then that Buffalo got in it's
work, and all four runs made that inning
were earned. Pickett made a home run.
The score:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-09-08

VIENNA, Sept. 8. - Count Adelbert
sternberg, aged "a years, shot himself
with a fowling piece, infiicting probably
fatal injuries. He had lost 200, 900 forms
($100, ,00o) In betting on the Pesth races.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-05-26
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH forces in Tonquin captured a
private stronghold after killing 125 of
its defenders. Fifty-three French sol
diers and five officers were killed.
IL Russia three villages were totally
destroyed by an earthquake and TWEEN
ty-seven persons were killed.
ON the isle of Mauritius, in the Indian
ocean, a hurricane destroyed portion
of Port Louis, the capital city, and a
large number of persons were caught
in the falling houses and crushed TO
death.
LATER details OF the hurricane in
Mauritius. in the Indian ocean. make
the loss of life 1.2OO and the number of
persons injured 1000.
IL dynamite factory at Galdoncano,
Spain, an explosion caused the death of
sixteen men and three women.
A VERDICT of guilty was found against
Edward Parker Deacon for killing NJ.
Abeille, his wife's lover. in the Hotel
Splendide, at Cannes, France. and he
was sentenced to one years imprison-
ment.
THE cotton warehouses at Minated
Basel, Egypt, were partially destroyed
by fire, causing a loss of $500, 600.
FIFTEEN members of a football team
and two fishermen We're drowned in
the bay of Melbourne, Australia, by
the eapsizing of boat.
AT Melbourne, Australia, Frederick
b. Deeming was hanged, and with his
execution ended the life of one of the
greatest criminals the world has ever
seen.
OFF the coast of Uruguay the Brazil
ian warship Solimoes was wrecked and
1877 of the crew were drowned.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

Ar Corpus Christi, Tex, John T.
Parker was sentenced to ninety-nine
years imprisonment for the murder of
City Marshal Musett.
IL Illinois and Missouri the towns of
Venice. Brooklyn, East Madison, East
CarOndolet, Centerville Station, Forest
Lawn and Cahoilia were from to 20
feet under water, and at least 90 square
miles of the most fertile farming land
was inundated. and thousands of farm
ers had been driven from their homes.
High water was also doing great dam
age in portions of Iowa and Kansas.
DEMOCRATS of the Fifteenth Illinois
district renominated Samuel L. Busey
for congress. aud in the Fifth North
Carolina district the democrats renomi-
mated \. II. Williams.
CHARLES CAMP. aged 5 years, was
awarded $50. 600 damages from the West
Chicago Street Railroad Company for
the loss of both legs.
Hen water carried away the eastern
approach to the Union Pacific bridge
over the Missouri at Omaha and all
traffic was stopped.
THE American Republican College
league was organized at Ann Arbor,
Mich. thirty colleges being repre-
scented. James +. Burke, of the Michi-
gan university. was elected president.
NEAR Concordia, Kan. a train carry
ing Ringling Bros circus was wrecked
and four showmen and twenty horses
were killed.
Two HUNDRED men broke into the
Jail at Gainesville. ia, and took three
negroes charged with the murder of
Policeman Carter at Toscoa and hanged
them. The negroes protested innocence
DEMOCRATS of California in conven-
ton at Fresno chose delegates to Chi
cago instructed for Cleveland. The
platform demands reform in the tariff
laws and TIE free and unlimited coin
age of both silver and gold on parity
with each other.
AT Deniscn, Tex. an unknown assas-
sin murdered Mrs W. T. Haynes and
Miss Teen Iiawley. leaders in society,
and two disreputable women, Maude
Kramer and Rose Stewart.
CHARLES EULErT. Harry u. Roach and
n man named Hamlin were killed by
the caving in of a mine near Webb
City. Mo.
FLAMES swept away the quarters of
the cavalry companies and the post
canteen at Fort Mckinney, Wyo., caus-
ing loss OF $500.
The greater part of the business POI
ton of the village Of Dexter, Ia, was
destroyed by fire.
A FLOOD at Sioux City Ia. destroyed
hundreds of houses and other property,
and 1t was thought that over fifty persons
were drowned Fire in the flooded dis
trict added TO the horrors The total
loss in the city was estimated to be
:. GOO. Geo. Eastern Nebraska. eastern
Kansas and the sections of Illinois along
the Mississippi were being damaged by
storm and flood and many lives were
being sacrificed
The democrats in convention at CO.
lumbia. :. C.. adopted resolutions of
deep hostility To Cleveland. cOndemning
him as the representative of Wall street
and not of democracy. The convention
was controlled by the farmers alliance.
a BOAT eapsized at Norrillton, Ark,
aud Hamp " ilson (coloredl. four women
and five children were drowned.
LIBERAL republicans in convention
at Sal. lake city, L. T.. selected dele
gates TO Minneapolis who were favor
able 10 Harrison
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FIREWORKS EXPLOSION.
Several Lives Lost and n building Wrecked
IN Hartford, Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn, May 25.-The
factory of the Etna Pyrotechnic Com
pany on Mechanic street blew up Sat
urday afternoon with a tremendous
noise. The conclusion shook the city
and the explosion was heard for miles.
The large two-story building was in
ruins and underneath the brick and
timbers We're eight human beings, the
entire force of the factory, including
superintendent j. l.. h. Sibley, of the
firm of Talcott, Frisbee & Co., who was
at the factory to pay off the help.
The first body found was that of a
woman burned and roasted out of all
semblance of humanity. Ten minutes
later the body of man was dug out of
the corner of the ruins. During the
next half-hour two more bodies were
found, all burned beyond Identified
ton. The bodies were taken to the
morgue, while the search for the body
of the only missing man was continued.
1t was not found at dark, and to con-
tinue the search a large are light was
suspended over the ruins.
The body of the man at the morgue
was identified as Sibley's by the gold
filling in the teeth. The bodies of the
women at the morgue were identified as
those of Emma Treganza, Emma Tar
box and Maggie DAILY.
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

THE superintendent of the New York
state lunatic asylum says that the ex-
element while engaged in the game of
baseball has cured several patients,
A MAN in Hagerstown, Md, has an
egg which was laid by Plymouth Rock
hen which has clearly defined upon its
shell the imprint and letters of foreign
piece of money. The date 1922 and the
word Constitution" can easily be de-
ciphered.
IT is not generally known that an
orange hit in the exact center by rifle
ball will vanish at once from sight.
Such, however, is the fact. Shooting it
through the center scatters it in such
infnitesimal pieces that it is at once
lost to sight.
THE Schenectady Evening Star says
that letter was received in the post
office of that town bearing Texas post
mark and addressed as follows in Ger
man: "AIr. Rev. G. w. Drees, Servant
of God, Learned man of Scripture,
Preacher over the Sheep. Bucks and
netherlands of the Congregation of
God"
A CURIOUS collection was found by
the appraisers of the personal property
of Mrs. Julia Swinford, of Kentucky,
who died recently. She had been the
possessor of ten pairs of shoes that had
never been worn, fifteen pairs of scis-
sors. scores of spools of thread, and one
hundred and fifteen nightcaps, all of
different STYLES and patterns.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-05-26
A FATAL CRASH.
Trains Collide on the Cotton Belt Road
in Arkansas-Seven Persons Reported
Killed, Three of Whom Were Women.

Trains Collide on the Cotton Belt Road
in Arkansas-Seven Persons Reported
Killed, Three of Whom Were Women.
PINE BLUFF, Ark, May 23-Seven
persons were killed and many others
injured in collision which occurred
Friday night at o'clock on the Cotton
Belt road, IN Arkansas, between Hum
phreys and Golden. The collision was
caused by the crew of an irregular pas
senger train disobeying orders, and as
result the engine of the passenger col
lided with the engine of freight. All
the cars of the passenger train were
thrown from the track and upset. The
wires between here and the point at
which the wreck occurred are working
very badly and all information is re-
ceived in fragments.
One of the dead has been identified as
Mrs. Henson, wife of an employe of the
road The bodies of two other women
have been taken from the wreck, but
are as yet unidentified. The other
four bodies are those, of men,
one young man about 10
years old. On one of the bodies was
found check on the State national
bank of Memphis drawn in favor of
James Morgan The names of the
other dead men are Mr.. 0arsman,
Mr.. Jones and A. NJ. Swan, the
latter being the colored porter
of the sleeper.
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THE EAST.

THE Delaware democrats in conven-
ton at Dover cdopted resolutions de-
nouncing the Mckinley bill, opposing
the free coinage of silver and strongly
indOrsing Cleveland.
AT Auburn prison Joseph L. Tlce, the
Rochester y. ~ wife murderer, was
executed by electricity.
IL New York an association of Amer
lean authors was formed whose object
in general is to promote the interests of
literary workers
At Lyons, y. Y. Oliver Curtis Perry,
the train robber. pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to forty-nine years and three
months on four indictn{ehts.
FLAMES at Oswego, y. Y, practically
wiped out the milling and elevator in
teresfs ia that city. The total loss was
estimated NJ 81 .O00, 600.
Tux death of George w. Estes. the
first man TO play a snare drum by note
and one of the oldest musicians in the
country. occurred at Salem, Mass, aged
- years.
THE I.tna Pyrotechnic CompanY's
factory at Hartford, Conn, blew up,
killing FIVE persons
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FROM WASHINGTON.

SENATOR MORGAN and Justice Harlan
have agreed to serve as arbitrator on
the part Of the United States in the
Bchring sea controversy
The collections of internal revenue
during the first ten months of the ifs
cal year ending June so, 1892, were
SI2j. 54S. OGl, an increase of 5000. Sal
over the corresponding period of the
previous fiscal year.
THE exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended ON the Goth aggregated
81, 23I. 500. 7S7, against 81, 231 ,297, 904, the
previous week. The increase as com
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was s.
HE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 10Th numbered 192, against 175 the
preceding week and 254 for the CORE
spending week last year.
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DROWNED LIKE CATS.
A Brazilian warship strikes on a Rock
and sinks-One Hundred and Twenty
Three of Her Crew Perish.

brazilian warship Strikes ON ROCK
and sinks-One Hundred and Twenty
Three of Her Crew Perish.
Rio JANEIRo, May 23.-The iron-clad
Solimoes, one of the six war ships sent
by the Brazilian government against
the rebels at Matte Crosse, was sunk
Sunday morning in the harbor of Mon
tevideo. One hundred and twenty-three
of the officers and crew were drowned.
Only -four ON the vessel escaoed.
The vessel was dispatched from Rio
Janeiro some days since to act as con-
voy to the fiotilla which carried troops
to aid in queiling the rebellion in the
Brazilian state of Matte Crosse
The crew of the war ship
numbered 1877 men. just as
the Solimoes was off Polonio
island, near Point Negra Castillos, she
struck rock violently, bows on. The
sea was very rough at the time. All
the crew were under matches except
four sailors and the pilot Two of the
were at the wheel.
Through the immense hole made in
her hull the water rushed so fast and
furious that the vessel sank almost
Immediately. OF all her crew only the
four sailors who were on deck saved
their lives. The pilot also escaped.
The unfortunate men did not even
get chance to gain the deck. They
were drowned like rats in a hole. AS
the water poured in the victims seemed
instantly to realize their danger and
made a frantic but unavailable effort
to dash open the matches. Their cries
were heartrending. The scene of the
disaster-Polonio islands northeast
of Cape Santa Maria, which is
near the mouth of the Rio de la Plata.
The Solimoes had double bottom, but
there We're few watertight compart-
ments below the water line, and when
the hole was knocked in her hull she
went down like cracked iron pot.
MELBOURNE, Msy 2S.-An open boat
in which fifteen members of a football
team were being taken across the bay
of Port Philip by two fishermen has
been found bottom up and all are sup
posed to have been drowned.
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
EETY-SECONO CONGRESS.

TUESDAY. Nav lin the senate a
bill was introduced to authorize the
registration of certain steamships as
vessels of the United States. A bill
was reported for a public building at
Battle Creek. Mich. The naval appro-
priation bill was considered, the pend
ing question being the provision for an
increase of the navy. IN the house a
bin was reported for the survey of a
ship canal to connect lake Erie and the
Ohio river. 4 bill was introduced plac-
ing lumber on the free list.
WEDNESDAY, May Is.-The naval APP
preparation bill was passed in the SEN
ate In the house Mr. Bartine's free
coinage amendment 10 the sundry civil
bill was declared by Speaker Crisp to
be ont of order. and the house sus-
tanned the decision of the chair.
THURSDAY. May 10. In the senate
bills were passed to provide for such
army officers as may be required for
the worlds fair. and exempting Ameri-
can coastwise vessels piloted by their
licensed masters or by United States
pilot from the obligation TO pay state
pilots for services not rendered. A
resolution was adopted abolishing the
Office of principal executive clerk of the
senate. In the house the time was oc-
cupied in discussing the sundry civil
bill. Mr.. BANDS amendment for the
coinage Of all silver bullion purchased
and now in the treasury into standard
silver dollars was ruled out of order.
FRIDAY. May 20. - The river and
E-sr.N.tv- H.sfn in, l.a IA
Bills We're also passed appropriating
500. 600 for public building at Joliet,
III; To increase to St25.OOO the appro-
priation for the public building at Lam
sing, Mich. and to place on the pension
roll at the rate of $40 "A month Gen.
George W Jones. of Iowa. one of the
first two senators from the state In
the house bills were introduced to adj
nit free of duty goods. wares and
merchandise purchased in foreign conn
tries with the farm products of this
country, and authorizing the secretary
Of the treasury 10 issue fractional treas
ury notes in denominations of quarters
and half dollars to the amount of
! ;. 600 GEO.
SATURDAY, May 2l.-The senate was
not in session. In the house the time
was occupied in considering the sundry
civil bill. and an amendment by Mr..
Forney (Ala.) providing that all pen
sion money received by inmates of ma
tjonal soldiers homes IN excess of five
dollars per month shall be deducted for
maintaining the expenses of the homes
was adopted. after much discussion, by
a vote of 96 To o.
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statliest itliess
And roses Of loveliest hue:
Let US Irvine them in wreaths and in garlands
In cross and in anchor and crown;
And on the low graves OF our comrades
We lay them in reverence down
There Time, with the tenderest fingers
Has hidden the soft grasses wave,
And the wild flowers blossom in beauty
Above every slUmberers grave.
The robin sings there his gay carols
All voices OF nature are heard,
And daily their music upriseih
From breeze and from bee and from bird
She cares not If moss or il marble
Or naught mark the place Of their rest
On each fan the tears Of the raindrops,
She keepeth each safe in her breast.
Her daisies unfold their white pete.s
Alike DER the high and the low:
In yerdure she hides them in summer,
In winter she gives them her snow.
We come with our garlands in springtime
To deck the low mounds where they lie,
Yet nature, our mother, IS kinder,
For never she passes them by
We come with our bands and our music
But once, and perchance with a tear,
But the songs and the signing Of nature
Never cease through the cireling year'
Our garlands will fade and win wither,
Hers blossom anew with the spring;
Our songs must die out into silence.
Her anthems more jOyoUsly ringi
With those whose low mounds were adjoining
In a dreamless sleep must we share,
And the tender arms of our mother
Enfold US with like loving care.
Sound, music with saddest Of dirgesi
Ring. buFles! with softest OF notes!
And comrades. while gently their signing
In sweetest Of harmony floats
Come forth, with your hands fun Of flowers,
With garland, with cross and with crown,
And on the low graves of our rrothers.
Oh, lay them in reverence down.
Mary n. Robinson, in Good Housekeeping.