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STILL THEY WIN.
The Bostons Continue Their Flight Pen
nantward-Defeat For Cincinnati.
1t Cincinnati

At Cincinnati
The Bostons won from the Reds easily
yesterday. Dwyer retired after the
hrst inning and Rhines, who relieved
him, was pounded all over the lot. Buck
Ewing player first base, the first time
this season, but retired in favor of Hol-
liday after the fifth inning.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-28
CHAMPION WRESTLING.
An Athletic Development CT the st. Louis
Turnfest

The recent turnfest at st. Louis devel-
oped new champion wrestler in the per.
son Of Henry Albeken. who Is now able to
rank with other national athletic charao-
tiers. Albeken won the middleweigh ht
championship at st. Louis, defeating tho
Usck middleveight men Of the United
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-28

BRocKToN, May 2s.-New Bedford batted
out a victory yesterday. Mansfield was
driven out of the box in five innings, and
Sheckard, who succeeded him, pitched
without much effect, and was hit hard.
NEW RFDFORD.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-28
w Bedford 10, Brockton 3.

Two base hits-Rupert, Ash. Three base
hit-Delaney. Umpire-Hunt.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-28
BROCKTON.

Earned runs-New Bedford 8; Brockton
2. Two-base hits-Long, Davis, Cavan-
augh. Home runs-Long, Davis, Hickey.
Hickey. Umpire-Connelly.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-28

States In the turnfest competitions. Hook
or of Los Angeles, Klee of Newark, n. j.,
and Lindeman of Camden, N. j., went
down before him in succession. Albeken
has been pupil Of George Baptiste Of st.
Louis for a year or 80 and makes no secret
Of the fact that Baptiste had much to do
with his development as wrestler. AL
beken handles himself on the mat in a
manner similar to Barney McFadden.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-28

You can always ind what you want In the
line st j. r., ,Leahy's.
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this one in particular stood on the edge of
the settlement. 1t was meant for a place
OF refuge, but the Indians came upon the
settlers at dead of night, fred the stock
ade and many dwellings and then m assa-
cred the affrighted men. women and chill
oren as they fed from their burning
MONIES. OF the scene J. Fenimore Cooper
| mas written a magnificent description.
The flames lighted the SKY for miles
around and the next morning all that was
left of Schenectady was the house of
Johannes Peek. the maker of the treaty
with Thayandoga. The key was found
after the fire, buried in heap of blood
soaked ashes near the site of the gate.
Near 1t, too, were found the skeletons OF
many who had attempted to gain en-
trance, but who had been murdered and
scaIped on the spot. The key has every
appearance of having passed through the
hre, In addition to which it Is very rusty
This Mr.. McCue attributes partly to the
blood with which it was encrusted when
found. 1t has never been out of the fam
lily and its authenticity is beyond ques-
ton.
Up in the reading-room of the Baldwin
Hotel there has stood in one of the min
erai cases for many months a little old
lamp OF the pattern of the revolutionary
days. 1t is well made after the fashion of
the time and is wholly of brass smoothly
turned. 1t is made in four pieces. One
OF these is the handle, which is STRONGLY
riVeted to the plate where the flint and
steel were kept. To this is riyetea the
reservoir. which will not hold more than
tablespoonful. Into the reservoir the
wick-holder screws, and the wick channel
which looks like large needle followed
is pierced in one place by an oblong open-
ing, into which needle or pin was in
serted and thus the wick pulled ont and
snuifed. Opposite the opening in the
channel there are many scratches as
though the lamp had been used late at
night and many times. Attached to the
handle o! the lamp there is this inscrip-
tion:
This lamp was used by George Washington in
MS campaigns for AmeriC an Independence Pre-
sented to f. ]. Baldwin by Mrs. :. " Williams
wife of the president of the Jersey Central Rail-
road. May 81, 1894
Mrs. Williams had it, it is understood
from ber grandfather, whose father was
an aid OF Washington and who stated that
he saw 1t In use many times at Valley
Forge.
But the prize OF the whole collection is a
silver knee buckle presented to Mr.. Nc
Cues grandfather by General George
Washington himself. The manner of its
coming into the possession of the family
is thus told by Mr.. McCue: "My great
grandfather, ]. ]. McCue, was colonel
on the staff of General Washington. He
had one chiIo which he named for the
Washington family, as they were friends
before the war. That child was nv grand
father and was named Moses Washington
Barker. He was born November %. 176O.
lie was aged Just IA when the revolution
began, and his father took him with him
in camp, where he remained throughout
the long struggle. With the declaration of
independence he was mustered out with
honors and a good education obtained
from his father during the long evenings
about the eampfres. On his birthday, 1774
he was presented by Washington with a
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OF HISTORY

pair of silver knee-buekles. One of those
he kept and the other he gave to his
youngest daughter, my mother, who in
turn gave it to my father. He carried it
in his pocket-book for more than fifty
years. Indeed, it was in his pocket-book
when he died. From his effects / secured
it, and shall later give it to my son.
And thus ends my story of the far
away days OF the colonial time, of other
climes and other people.
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transpiring behind the and eyes severely
1imsy curtain or there scorched by the flame.
would have been cam He has been in bed ever
other Golgotha Ny since and to-day is un-
assistant costumer, able to open his eyes,
man who I've had in and when opened by
my employ a number the doctor can't distiu-
of years, at the risk of guish anything smaller
his life seized q coat than chair. Poor fel.
and rushed headlong low! He deserves the
into the blazing gas, gratitude OF US all and
and after some time the highest praise for
and with considerable his courage and self
difficulty succeeded in sacrifice. The doctor
extinguishing the fire. says his eyes will be
He was scorched badly saved, but for few days
but held on with bull he will suffer and prop
dog tenacity until he ably be blind.
had made all safe and This is all the news
then gave in, but not can give you now ex'
until he had spoke cept that I am having
the lines OF Francisco ropes and pulleys made
in the first scene of to be provided with
''Hamlet," the gas he some means or escape
inhaled turning him in case of similar
deathly SICK, his hands dangers.
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ton OF Union College at Schenectady. On
reference to some old family records yet
in the possession of Mr.. McCue, it was
discovered that the pipe was the gift OF
a Mohawk chief, who thus pledged his
word to Johannes Peek never to make
war against him nor against his kin.
The date cut on the stem was put there
in token of the year when the covenant
was made, and how well 1t was kept is a
matter of history, since it is stated that
at the later Mohawk Valley Massacre"
the house of Johannes Peek was the only
one left standing. The chiefs name was
ThaYandoga, of bloody fame.
Chan Wang. Most Holy Emperor of the
Siamese and the Most Great Keeper of
Keepers of the Sacred White Elephant
must have been as superstitious as his
name and title were long, if one may
Judge from the appearance of his tooth
charm. 1t came from the head of a sacred
white elephant and was sawed fat so
that it might conveniently fit in the folds
of his blouse. So long did he carry it
there that the soft bony formation be-
tween the ivory ridges is quite worn away.
1t was supposed to have the power OF
warding off disease and of protecting its
royal keeper from bodily harm. 1t was
found in the streets OF a Burmese city Just
after the riots of 1857 in which Chan nearly
lost his life, and only escaped by hasty
fight. He is supposed to have thrown it
away or to have lost it as he fed. It
finally came into the possession OF Mr..
McCue through his cousin. Captain Oliver
Burger, who was a native of Poughkeepsie.
N. Y. He was of those "who go down to
the sea in ships" being in command OF
an Indian merchantmen at the time of
the riots. His vessel was wrecked off the
Long Island coast in the great storm of
1863
On previous voyage this Mr.. Burger
had touched at Bombay, where a boatman
sold him curiousIy carved desk piece,
1t is massive thing carved from solid
ebony. At each corner there is an ele-
phant perfect in detail even 10 the ivory
tusks, and all about it there are many
hooks, crnnlngly concealed, which open
at the touch of a spring. 1t was made at
the behest Of Maharaiah of Singapore,
who gave 1t to Captain Henry Wilson of
her Malesty's Indian troops at Singapore
In 1863 1t was In the nature of a peace
Offering, and 1t was thought might in
measure atone for some of The many
lives lost in the Sepoy rebellion. The
cunning workmanship and ivory mount
ings make ii quite valuable.
But an old brass snuff-box with Egyp.
tian figures carved in bas-relief taxes one
back again TO the Mohawk vale. This ;s
another of the relics of Johannes Peek
and was brought over from Rotterdam
with him when he came in 1854. johannes
was the at-great-grandfather of
Mr.. McCue, and this old box, which was
the best thing of its kind in Rotterdam m
and the envy of ali tine town burghers
has been handed down from father to son
during all the intervening years. The
first one to have it after Johannes was
Louis D. Peek. When but child of 70
before the convention with Thayandopa
Louis was kidnapped and carried off to ths
Mohawk country. Before he finished
with them the Indians found that tbav
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THESE OLD

There is something about lot OF old
curios that always attracts. It is de-
licious sense of being near TO the half
forgotten days of other and greater men.
Ii is what Thomas Carlyle would call q
regeneration of hero worship, an he says
that is the best emotion of the human
breast; and Carlyle says this is dormant
in every one of US, and be he right or
wrong it is true that we feel ourselves
nearer to some vague intangible essence
when we fondle the stiff and cracking
leaves of a Dickens manuscript or touch a
tarnished silver buckle that Washington
wore. Some, too. like to read of such
things, and it may be interesting 10 know
that there are some of these old, old relics
here in San Francisco. Since the old
colonial days they have descended from
father to son as perpetual reminders OF
other and more heroic times.
There is an old Algonquin pipe, a sign
OF treaty never signed and never broken !;
a desk piece brought from the land of the
Sepoy and of Rudyard Kipling; the tooth
of 3 sacred white elephant of Siam, for
years worn as a charm by Chan Wang, q
former Emperor; buckle bestowed by
1.-The immortal Washington" as Napoleon
called him, and which held in place the
knickerbockers Of a colonial colonel; some
candlesticks that lighted to bed the vel
come guest in he days OF boundless hos
pitality. There are other rareties, too.
and they all belong to one John ]. Nc.
Cue, who has no desire that his family
heirlooms be exploited, but who did
permit me TO see them, to have pictures
made OF them, and who told me their
various histories as the hard wood in the
open CRATE cracked in a cheerful way
while the mellow, orange glow OF the
lamp fell in a luminous circle over them
all.
The pipe was m ost absorbing 1t brought
back to memory the tales OF King Phillips
war, and, as / looked, Chingacng COOK and
his son, 1.-The last Of the Mohicans.
seemed to be fishing again on the banks
Of the Delaware. From its peculiar fash
ionment it might have been found in the
long-neglected abode OF a cliff-dweIler
near the walls of the Grand CANYON of
the Colorado, or in some half-forgotten
pueblo of the Arizona Moqdis. In this
there may be something for the ethnolo-
gist, for the clay features are marveiousiy
alike. But this pipe has fuller and bet
ter history. TWAS last found in the spring
OF 1858 by Mr.. McCue while be was plow-
ing on mis- fathers farm at Six Flats n. Y.
q picturesque spot in "the valley where
the Mohawk gently glides,' and about
two miles from the old Dutch town of
Schenectady. A spring freshet had washed
over the banks of the peaceful river and
in its riotous course had uncovered
an old ceiler. This marked the
site of an OLD blockhouse that everv
one had forgotten. ana in one cor
ner of the water washed cavern was
found copper jar. When this was
opened the pipe and copper bell were
found within. The bell bore the heraldic
EN- bIem of Johannes Peek, the founder of
Peekskill. The bell is now in the colIec-
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a Freak Among Flowers.

NOW and again, in exploring American
woods and swamps, botanists have come
across floral curiosities that almost bridge
over the great gulf tha. divides the animal
ana vegetable kingdoms, says the De-
signer. One of these, 10 be met with no.
where in the world save IN North Caro-
Ina, is scientifically classified as Dionea
mnscipula, but is eollequialIy known as
Venus fly trap"
In appearance the extraordinary plant
is prettily but unassumingly the Ieafiess
Hover stem, running from six to eight
inches in height and surmnunted by
cluster of five petaled blossoms, rising
erect like rosettelike bed of leaves. 1t is
in the edge of the leaves that the death.
dealing apparatus is set-for this modest
little plant, which is so delicate that it
dies of the slightest injury to root or stem,
sustains its life by feeding upon the un-
wary insects that chance to alight upon
its leaves, enticing them TO their destruc-
tion by exuding from the edges of it's fatal
traps viscous huid, some what resem bling
honey.
TIE traps consist of two soft. velvety
leaves fringed with delicate bristles and
hinged together on one side. The unsus-
pecting fly, lured by the honey, aIights on
these bristles in anticipation OF feast, but
at the first touch of its feet the hinges
close, the two leaves come together. the
bristles interIock and the hapless insect is
imprisoned in cell from which escape is
Impossible.
Under the stimulus of the victims strug-
gle the tiny glands with which the inner
walls of the trap are furnished pour forth
secretion which Darwin anaIvzed as a
vegetable gastric juice, resem bling that
which insures digestion in auimaI Lie
Under the influence of this curious fluid
the fly is actually digested alive, and its
juices being extracted The trap doors are
reopened and the skeleton is flung ont.
The scientists declare that the pIant nm
questionably lives upon the iuiee of its
victims, but one or two expert florists take
exception to this statement. 1 is worthy
OF note that, although the habit of the
plant is carnivorous, experiments have
proved that 1t lives longer and thrives
better when so Enclosed that no insects
can reach lt-a rabundance of It's
iavorlte diet apparently rendering it even
more delicate than it is by nature. The
set OF muscles controlling its leaves are
sald TO rese mbIe those of the human eve.
lids.-New York Herald.
~~->
Philadelphia has a greater mileage Of
nI rfn II. n
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Cedarcliff to a Mr..
Andrew Luke, in
whose possession the
place now is. OF Mr..
Booths letters there
is nothing G to say.
They speak for them
selves. The two to
II. Barras were partly
on business, and of
course are not so in
te-esting as the 9TH
er. But the m ere
name of E d W in
Booth signed 10 a let
ter is enough to in
sure Its being read.
We all know how
rich were his words,
how great were his
ways.
@Take him all in all
we shall not looS upoi
his like again. BUD.
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W no the ueVll is
Mrs. Edwin Booth of
Riverside? Did you
ever hear OF her? Who
is the rival Edwin
Or is it some fraud or
practical joke at my
expense?
"Would l were with
thee" I'm sick OF this
trip. Adieu. Yours
ever, NED.
Letters from Booth
are always interest
ing, and this one is
no exc p.ion to the
rule. II was written
to his dear friend
Charles NJ. Barras
way back in ID, The
Mrs. Edwin Booth
he so solicitously in
quices about seems
10 have been a
myth. No one was
ever able TO discover
who she was. One
day a letter came to
his wife addressed 10
Mrs. Edwin Booth of
Riverside. She was
not the Mrs. Booth,
. and so the letter re-
sumed its travels;
but Booth was al
ways anxious 10 find
out who (as he put
ID the rival Edwin
was.
Barras was the au-
thor of the origin al
{" B | d ck Crook. "
These two men were
great friends. Booth
used, with his sec
ond wife, 10 spend
many of The summer
months at Barras'
place, Cedarcliff, at
Cos Cob, Conn. Booth
was so fond of this
place that he after
ward bought it from
his friend, paying
$50. 600 for it.
Mr.. Barras bought
Cedarcllff soon after
the death of his wife,
who died shortly aft
er the production of
the Black Crook. "
As Sally st. Clair
she danced her way
into public favor. and
incidentally into Bar
ras' h e art. Her
mother and sister
lived with him up to
the time of their
deaths.
Cedarcliff is a beau
tiful spot, standing
on an elevated bit of
ground, surrounded
by a very luxuriant
natural growth OF
cedar. 1t overlooks
indian Point, and
from there one can
see all the great
steamers and vessels
coming in from the
sea and sailing up
the sound. The house
itself is of Gothic
architecture, two sto-
rIes high. II is built
with ram bling old
verandas all around
il, almost smotb cred
in wers. T b e
grounds are large,
and have many beau
tlful drives in them.
Alter Booth bought
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ing March 80, 1873,
he boarded the tram.
bound for a few days
visit to Booth. As
they neared the sta
ton he jumped from
the moving train and
fell through an open
bridge. a distance OF >
seventy feet, upon
the rocks below. A
gentleman by the
name of Lane, who
was near when the ca
tastrophe happened,
had him removed TO
his home and sent
for medical aid. He
was found to be so
badly injured that
recovery was utterly
hopeless and in such
frightful pain that
they we're obliged to
administer chloro-
form. He lived until
u O. clock that night
Until Thursday his
body remained there.
1t was then removed
10 the Episcopal
church in Green wich,
and from there to
Greenwood Gem E.
terry, where he was
buried by the side of
his dearly loved wife.
All the leading actors
and actresses of the
day were present at
his funeral.
Mr.. Barras was q
tail, handsome fell
low with winning
ways that won for
him scores of friends.
His death came as u
great blow TO many.
Hackett was also q
great friend of Mr..
Barras. and when lit
tie James was born
1t was intended that
he be named Charles
in his honor, but
something in ter
, fered and it never
} came to pass.
After the first great
run of the BLACK
Crook" 4" which lasted
something over a
year, the profits were
divided up between
the four men inter
ested in 1t, and there
was found to be just
$40, 600 apiece for
each one of them.
William w heatley,
one of the four, after
making his fortune
in this way, studied
for the ministry and
became a clergyman
so on after. The
others W ere: Mr..
Garrett, Mr.. Palmer
and, Of curse,
Charles NJ. B. Barras.
Barras left three
brothers, Alfred Bar
ras of Philadelphia,
Washington Barras
of New Jersey and II.
D. Barras of this City.
1t is TO this latter Mr..
Barras that 1 am in
debted for these let
ters and a great deal
of this information.
NJ T. s a rr a s. to
whom two of these
letters were written,
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Sent. 8. 1875.

II. D. BarrdS Esq
DEAR SIR: To-day l re-
ceived your registered
letter relative TO the
subject we discussed
the O other day and
also concerning the
"lodge, +" of which you
doubtless forgot 10
speak at our interview.
Where my vouchers
are l cannot tell; no
doubt in the Safe De.
posit Compauy's vaults
with all my papers of
importance, and which
l cannot get at for at
least a week.
Whatever the lodge
cost every dollar of it
was paid to your broth
er, Charles NJ. Barras,
and the various persons
here who furnished
lum Der, cement, brick,
etc. / have all the re-
ceipts therefor, but as
l tell you they are at
present beyond my
reach, owing to my
crippled condition and
Mr.. McGonigle's ina
bility to leave his bust
ness to assist me for at
least g week. So he
writes me to-day in re-
oily to the letter l told
you would write him
concerning the sab
stract and the policies
of insurance.
He tells me all these
policies are wrong and
that he has explained
to the agent, White.
just how they should
be made out and send
them at once to him
before l pay him. Will
you please explain this
TO Mr.. Gillette, for l do
not wish 10 be thought
negligent in such mat
ters. One would have
been partially attended
to had it not been for
my unfortunate drive.
I am sorry l eouldnot
get at these papers at
once for 1 would ike
to afford you all assist
ance in my power, but
until Mr.. McGonigle
is at liberty l can do
nothing.
Excuse the pencil. 1
cannot yet guide a pen.
Truly yours.
EDWIN BOOTH.
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LEWISTON. Me-,
Oct. Ii, 1879


My Dear BdrrGs: Who
the dell is Mrs. Edwin
Booth of Riverside ?
The inciosed came some
time ago, and Pye been
anxious to solve the
mystery-thO' strange
to say, l have forgotten
to ask your opinion in
tormer letters: finding
1t Just now and remem-
bering that you con-
template quitting the
"Cob" this month I
concluded 'twouid be
best to seek some infor-
nation ere you left.
Did you ever hear of
her ? Who is the rival
Edwin ? or is it some
fr aud or practical joke
at my expense?
Many of the towns
are as you surmise
rather smallish, but
they are all lively and
so far / have held my
own, my weekly profits
being fully up to the
average OF the larger
towns and cities, but 1
OF course expected to
almost double them
from what l had been
told of the great desire
to see me, etc. The
halls are crowded, but
they don't hold much,
and this side of Worces-
ter they won't stand
New York prices.
The hall here is up
two stories, holds about
1000 people, with just
one small door for exit.
A panic would result in
the death of at least
two-tbirds of the audi
ence and all of the ac-
tors, for there is no
chance ofescapa at that
end of the hall where
the stage is cree ed save
from tWo windows,
from which a bre ak
neck leap would carry
us 10 tain death.
Well, on Saturday
evening, just before
curtain rise, an explo-
sion of gas beneath the
stage placed a thou
sand souls on the
threshold of hereafterl
You can better imagine
the result than l can
describe it, Pip was
the only unconcerned
being among us, Mary
is somewhat nervous,
you know, but she eft
agin" the trembles
like an ZERO, "and soon
conquered herself. For
tunately the audience
was kept in perfect ig-
nnrannn nf Ill
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and in the seven years he was away
waxed rich and returned with the patents
to enormous stretches of land, portions of
which are yet owned by his descendants.
In the early days, too the Peeks we're
the keepers of the Key to Fort Schenectady v
and this old key Mr.. McCue still has. 1t
will be remembered by those who know
the early history of the colonies that in
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Mary joins me il
kindest wishes.
Would l were with
thee" 1 am sick OF
this trip.
AdieuI
Yours as ever
NED.
Deeem Der 6, 1873.


H. D. Bdrrds ESQ
DEAR SIR: Yours of The
4lh inst. is just at hand
In reply l have but to
say that I am thorough
ly satisfied that every
penny due for work
done at Zoos Cob" for
me was promptly paid
and that l owe no man
q dollar.
But of course in JUS
tice TO you L will make
q search among my pa
pers (Which have in the
course of time greatly
accumulated and be-
come confused) so soon
as my wite's recovery
from a temporary i'll
ness will permit her
to assist me-she hav-
ing had full charge of
all my domestic bus l.
ness. EDWIN BOOTH,
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RELICS ARE

had caught a Tartar or a thrifty Dutch
man, which is worse, for so quickly did
Louis learn the language and so strong in
him were the traits that made his father
wealthy that he became an Indian trader.