The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-18

iden = che, ksr player. is spoken Of as fol.
lows by the N W York Su I: Tn. checker
aver OF New York nd vicinity have
had n treat Mug the pasl week or mo Q
IN being enab bled To witness the play Of
probably he greatest living exert at the
game. Clarence II. Freeman OF Provi-
dence. Within yrar or two after Frer-
man began to stu y the game he m t
James Hill. champion Of Prov ience, AMI
Mi,rs Merry. champion X rode Island.
I'd bea hem adlv. These victories made
him fam u In 1890 be played Charles
H. Barker OF Bosi on, rhe champion n
A erica, aud defeated b m by O TO 2 with
eleven games drawn. Since then he has
played i've matches with Barker, tNs
10 al score stan linp: FIR eman. IA; Barker,
@; drawn 50. IL 1885 he played Barker n
series OF fly ean es or the champions II p
Of America AID 500 y side. The score
sto, d.: Freeman, 9; BarEer, 3: drawn, Al.
Not caring for the champ lonship h. ne-
liberately lost TO Au ust j. IA, fin r. OF
Pr whence, a. o &C re n andinR: isn or.
4; Frrrmap, 8; arswn. IL Tnen Barker
beat Htf .er, and 80 wDn c< the cham
piunsh,p. which he Ia siuc held. II
would have done IL q little fsrently
bad to do H. over again" SAIL Freeman
to the Su reDorter. ''IDs Q I'd Of losing
the match deliberately. Aouli have re-
tired from tae field aud allowed other
aspir nts to fight 1t out among th-nseve..'
1890 Freeman AMI Bark playe an-
9th maj ch at Providence 10. api pirse Of
$500 This was one o the most I'm rka-
be contests ever known nong checker
players. Tween y.sev.n out of thirty
games ere drawn. FIR eman won two
and Barker one. In 1882, freeman first
a. CT me famous scotch cha npio J,m,s
WyllIe. and the match resulted a
draw. Freeman woi one game, Wyllie
one, aud he third one was draw
About TWO years later Freeman aud
Wyllis met u -ain in friendly match
at Providence. Freeman won easily.
AlthouIh Freeman decided eight years
ago that he would pay no more chan-
pionsi ip games. and As stuck to his pur-
pose ever since. l. A. Tillingbast OF Pr "
idence has a staining FER O. $500 %
back Freeman against any maL In the
world. or late years Ere man has played
chess rather more than hrckers. H has
also taken a fancy To w llst, but 70 plays
whist as he does chess. simply for amuse-
meut. He.Ssvs hat he has no favorite
opening ut chsckers with the exception
may be called his fav rite defence. He
used this effe lively In his games q anst
Wylie. His iri ds say that he is es-
perialiy strong on the File" and he
.'Krls >" but he plays them all with
equal readiness.
Mr.. and Mrs. w liam A Harris and
Frederick A. X. Harris OF The Will lam
A. Harris Stea 4 81 9 company lett
{ is civ to-day for the Wnrl air. Ire
party will make ten-days' stay at Chi
cago.
Mr.. VIM. b ,rber Of this city is visit z
will his father, Mr.. Sias K. Barber of
Area ia.
Mr.. Clarence will'rms of this city
visited Westerly 'ond,y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L. Holmes Of this
cit, visi ed in Wash ington this week.
Arthur whitford OF Arkwrigh is visit
inc In this citv.
Mr.. Fra k w. Holmes of this city is
v'si' his mother N Westarly.
Misses ANY and Ella Matteson, sisters
of JUDGE NJ ,tteson Of this city. ar. soen :
inc few aays at Mrs. Hiram c. Denis ,n's
AZ Mystic.
Mr.. and Mrs. McNam tn OF this city
have been sitting WITH he lstter's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hacking at
w od River M lis.
Mr.. and /, RS. John l. Clark o. this civ
were the CUES = OF their daughter. Mrs.
Stedman Of Potter Hill over Sunday. On
Monday they PASSED h day in We-terly
as he guest Of another daughter, Mrs. b
c. B~ntlry.
M - Louise S eadman has returned to
rh s citv from visit to Potter Hill.
Mr.. James Tower of this city visited
Green Hill this week.
Mr.. Timothv O'Connor Of this city
visiie Woonsocket yester lay.
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A Frenci clock belonging to an cast
slider was 50 haily out OF r.pair tnat IL
was placed ia the hands OF an aeon
plisbed horologi-t with the most serious
results. It's beautiful cathedral chime
gives eleven mellow stro es at half past
nine, gives one or two strokes on the hour
ad libltum aud at hal past eleven thir-
teen strokes startle the superstlti us
m mbers OF the family ttinx hem IT, II
uu yer ol exn,ctarion OF hard luck e. fol-
low aud reallA there has been hard luck
FOL owing these thirteen omin us p Is
The family cat. which had been gone a
we k, came back; hr best aog went away:
the Young mau Of the h use bought y
new b cycle and will proceei g. d 'velop q
hum, on his back; the milkmsn inad-
verten lv put an ex ra quart IN the can.
dt waole house old is in ge eral
upset.
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Bjones so heivy that when he falls
Asi.,p Q rs the W ole house.
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The Tailors' association. which re-
Gently met at Brussels, adopted an al
dress all similar bodies in the w rid,
urging them to advocate the use OF col.
ored coats for gentle mems full evening
dress. The m ,sculine worl OF fashion
will watch Wi h In crest thr result OF this
appeal Some Of the ultra-s ell Young
men Of Vienna are said C. be weari ~
avercoats OF apple-green aud win, col r.
n b Tia II these STYLES should obtain
" u IN the Unit d States las ions BILE
unx men would become obi cts of
xreat pect ocular ioterest. The tailors
x.ill ,..var 49,. N N nj hair oh