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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
Disposition Of Estate Of Samuel S. Brown Pittsburg
Magnate Reveals Scandal.
LEFT MUCH MONEY TO HIS LATEST PEI
Girl The supplanfed Wife OF Dead Son the Old
Mans AZ. e ct ons-W Will Was Mad He
lay His Death Fed

Pittsburg, Pa.
William Brown, Princeton, KY:
this week. S. s. BROWN.
For an answer this came back:
! Can't wait. WILL
And this was the reply:
All right. Go ahead. God bless you
both. Bring her home, FATHER.
But it was not SO fated. Will
Brown, undisputed heir to the larger
share of his fathers millions, did not
bring his bride home. She brought
him home-in a coffin. Almost the
next day he fell ill and was dead
within week. The bride-widow, al
most i'll with her grief, met her ia
ther-in-law and went straight to his
! heart.
"You must stay here with us, my
DEAR said the millionaire, land be
my daughter, too. l know Will would
have wished it so.'
Old Mans Daughter Dead.
So the girl stayed along with the
old man, and year after year made
herself better loved by him. Then
| came another blow-his only living
child, his daughter Nellie, died in
Italy.
81 am afraid my poor old heart will
break said the old man, bowed un-
der this added weight of woe.
There was no one to turn to save his
daughter-in-law now. He called her to
him one day soon after the funeral,
and said:
"Stay here with me, for I am left
alone. Be the head of my household,
and when l die you will be the same
in my will as if you were my own
daughter. And why not? Are you
not the wife of my dead son, my only
boy?"
But the girl did not need this prom
Use. She loved the old man as the
father of her boy husband. Her sis
ter came to live with them and she
took her place at the head of the
Brown household. The servants were
instructed to obey her in everything,
and wherever she went she was in
troduced by the millionaire as "my
daughter Grace, my sons widow, dear
to me as my own"
Everywhere it was understood that
the young widow was to be his heir
ess. Folks were told that Mr.. Browns
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
PADEREWSKl'S SELLBOY.
Musical Youth Made Hit with the
Great Pianist by Playing
4 His "Minuet."

ROsamond Johnson, of Cole G John
son, composers Of that once popular
song, Under the Bamboo Tree" once
held 9 position as bellboy in Young's
hotel II Boston. This place, says Sue
cess Magazine, he once nearly lost,
through taking the liberty Of playing
Paderewski's ''Minuet" for the great
pianist. Paderewski, who was stay
ing at that hotel, had rung for a bell
boy, and young Johnson answered the
call.
Being so fond OF music, he made
bold to ask the great composer and
pianist to play the "Minuet" for him.
Paderewsh could not understand Eng
fish then, and the boy thought from
his gesticulations that he wished him
to play it, So he sat down at the
piano and commenced playing. Pad
erewski's manager happened to enter
the room just then, and, enraged at
the bellboy's presumption, threw him
out of the room and went directly to
the management and had him dis
charged.
As soon as he learned what had
been done, Paderewski, who had been
pleased with the lads playing, sent
for the manager of the hotel and had
Johnscc reinstated in his position.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08

If her system is in deranged condi-
ton, or she is predisposed to apoplexy
or congestion Of any organ, 1t is at this
time likely to become active and, with
q host of nervous irritations, make life
burden.
At this time, also, cancers and tumors
are more liable to begin their destruc.
tive work. Such warning symptoms as
sense of suffocation, hot flashes, diz-
illness, headache, dread of impending
evil, sounds in the ears, timidity, pal.
pitation of the heart, sparks before the
eyes, Irregularities, constipation, varia.
bic appetite, weakness and inquietude
are promptly needed by intelligent
women who are approaching the period
of life when woman's great change
may be expected.
We believe Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound is the worlds great
est remedy for women at this trying
period.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound invigorates and strengthens the
female organism, and builds up the
weakened nervous system as no other
medicine can.
Mrs. A. E. G.. Hyland, of Chester
town, Md, in a letter to Mrs. Pink
ham, says:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
II had been suffering with displacement
for years and was passing through the change
Of life. l had good deal Of soreness, dizzy
spells, headaches, and was very nervous. l
wrote you for advice and commenced treat
ment with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as you directed, and l am happy
me- and S hi have soI passed safely through the
change of life well woman"
For special advice regarding this inn
portant period women are invited to
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass
She is daughter-in-law of Lydia E.
Pinkham and for twenty-five years has
been advising sick women free OF
charge. Her advice is free and always
helpful to ailing women.
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Gently 6 sI purchased from Heren--Bros.
Tenth.-"I also give and bequeath. to
| Miss Martha E. Lewis aforesaid, first
mortgage bonds Of the Pittsburg Brew
| ing company to the aggregate par value
of 100000, which l direct shall be de-
| livered to her by my executors within
| 30 days after my DEATH and If for any
within the period aforesaid, direct my
executors to pay to her on the first day
of the month following my death the
sum of $125 and like sum monthly
thereafter until said bonds are deliv-
cred to her."
The library from which Miss Lewis
was empowered by the will to select
one-half of the books is worth $4,000,
and one of the most complete libraries
in the city. The Astoria racing plate,
which also went to Miss Lewis, was
of gold, valued at $4,000. 1t was
won by Sue Smith.
Received Many Presents.
BY the will Miss Lewis got in all
100000. This was only small por-
ton of her benefits. When she was
23-her last birthday-Mr. Brown
handed the delighted girl 100000 in
new bills. Only few months before
he had given her beautiful big house
on Greenfield avenue, worth 100000.
This is where the bride will live when
she returns from her honeymoon. She
got $4,000 worth of diamonds, too,
and in all $125,OOO in cash. say Mrs.
Browns friends, before the old mans
death.
The Browns have taken the daugh-
ter-in.law to their hearts. She is
again mistress of the old Brown man
sion, there to stay as long as she
pleases. w. Harry Brown, the broth.
er, even weather. than S. s. Brown,
who inherits the bulk of the estate,
is understood to be against Miss
Lewis claim. r
There was tragic scene when the
will was read. Mrs. Elizabeth Will
lard, sister of the dead man, knew
nothing Of it. When she heard it
gave the young widow but 100000 in
beer bonds she burst out weeping and
ran from the room crying: "Oh, Sam.
uel, how could you have done this
thing?"
A strange feature Of this strang case
is that the millionaire provided bet
ter for the young widow after her
death than during her life. A niche
by his direction has been reserved for
her in the rich marble mausoleum out
at the cemetery. There she will rest
with the others of the family's dead.
And whether an old mans tickle
fancy changed at the last or a design
ing girl succeeded in a plot to secure
wealth at the expense of reputation
and standing in society, is the ques-
ton. @'%s F## -" PM
Probably it will be answered In tho
courts
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from me and will not trouble her"
Apparently, however, the aged mil
lionaire was still fond of his sons
! widow. She spent a part of the sea
, son with Mr.. Brown last year and as
the Christmas holidays were approach
ing she received hurried call to come
to the old mans bedside.
He was dying.
The young widow caught the first
train. But as she sped through the
darkness another will was being made
in Pittsburg in the old Brown man.
sion. With few strokes of the pen
all she had believed was to be hers
was blotted out. But no one told her
this when she reached Pittsburg THE
next morning.
Young Mrs. Brown was received
with open arms. Twenty days later
Samuel s. Brown died. During those
20 days the deathbed will did not
come to light. Mrs. Browns friends
say that it was purposely hidden so
that she would know nothing about it
until it should be too late. The mil
lionaire died, surrounded by his fam
lily, while Mrs. Brown knelt at the
bedside.
Will Kept Secret.
Never were greater efforts made to
keep a will from becoming public. 1t
was filed secretly. The authorities
were ordered to keep it secret and
meekly complied. The family lawyer
furnished an extract to the newspa-
pers, but all reference to either of the
young women in the case was careful
ly eliminated.
That's all we care to give out to
the newspapers" was the lawyers
curt rejoinder when pressed for an ex-
PLANTATION.
But the New York Sunday Worlds
correspondent in Pittsburg made
things so interesting for all concerned
that finally the entire contents of the
will were made public as provided by
law.
Then the storm broke. The feud
became public property. Promptly
there came demand from the officers
of the Mary Brown church that Miss
LOWS resign her position in the Sun
day school.
Forced to Leave Sunday School.
The church had Mr.. Browns $780,
900. They cared no longer. They had
bowed to his will in life, and they
had installed his protege to a posi-
ton of distinction in church affairs.
Now they would have no more of her.
At public hearing she was asked
to resign, and she did.
Then she announced that she in
tended marrying and that was her
ostensible reason for retiring. She
and William Arthur Porter, race
track employee of old man Browns,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
KNITTED.
Coffee Knitted an Old Soldier.

An old soldier, released from cot.
fee at Il, recovered his health and tells
about it as follows:
II stuck to coffee for years, although
it knitted me again and again.
"About eight years ago Gas result.
of coffee drinking which congested my
liver), / was taken with a very severe
attack of malarial fever.
II would apparently recover and
start about my usual work only to suf-
fer a relapse. After this had been
repeated several times during the year
I was again taken violently Ill.
"The Doctor said he had carefully
studied my case, and it was either quit
coffee or die advising me to take Pos
tum in its place. had always thought
coffee one of my dearest friends, and
especially when sick, and l was very
much taken back by the Doctors deci-
sion, for l hadn't suspected the coffee
I drank could possibly cause my trou-
BILE.
thought it over for few minutes,
and finally told the Doctor l would
make the change. Postum was pro-
cured for me the same day and made
according to directions; well, l liked
it and stuck to 1t, and since then ]
have been new man. The change in
health began in few days and sur
prised me, and now, although I am
seventy-two years or age, do lots of
hard work, and for the past month
have been teaming, driving sixteen
miles day besides loading and un-
loading the wagon. That's what Pos
tum in the place of coffee has done
for me. now like the Postum as well
as l did coffee. x ,lb2f 5ss#
81 have known people who did no:
care for Postum at first, but after hav-
ing learned to make it properly accord
ing to directions they have come to
liketit AS wellas coffee. I never miss
a chance to praise it." Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
\ Look for the little book, 1.-THE Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08

Better, an old mans darling than
young mans slave" runs the old
song.
Probably Martha E. Lewis will con
eur, but Mrs. Grace McGOodWin
Brown, daughter-in-law of the late
Samuel S. Brown, Smoky City mag
nate and multi-millionaire, can hard
ly be expected to.
Idolized and petted by her father.
in-law for Is years, taught to con
slider herself his heiress, and intro
duced everywhere as his daughter, she
finds herself left paltry 100000
while her supplanter, Martha E.
Lewis, has been given sum exceed
ing $250,0OO.
And contest in the courts which
will enrich lawyers and furnish sensa-
tons to satisfy the most scandal
hungry dame Is promised.
For Mrs. Brown and all the rela-
tives of the dead millionaire assert
that his latest will, executed on his
death bed, was made under undue
influence and is unjust and unfair.
Worth Over $40, 100000
Samuel S. Brown died last Deem
Der. He left an estate scattered all
the way between Pittsburg, New York
and New Orleans which is conserva-
lively estimated at $20,O0O,00O He
also left will which is the bone of
contention.
Mrs. Brown, young widow of the
dead magnate's only son, had been
told that she was to be his bene-
ficiary. A goodly portion of the
estate was to have been hers. Yet,
when the will was read, she found
herself cut off with a paltry batch of
brewery bonds, and these to 60 should
she remarry.
But Miss Lewis, bitter enemy of the
millionaire's daughter-in-law, bene-
flied to the extent of quarter Of a
million and more She had already
supplanted the beautiful Kentucky
belle as the head of the old mans
household before his death. That was
the last straw; then came the open
breach.
1t Is strange sJory-how these two
young women came into the life of
the millionaire. There were son
and a daughter whom the old man
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach
the seat OF the disease Catarrh blood or constf.
tuona disease and in order to cure It you must take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In.
ternally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not Quack medi.
cine 1t was prescribed by Of the best physicians
this country for years and is regular prescription
II Z composed Of the best tonics known combined
Win the best blood purifiers acting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combination Of the
two Ingredients s what produces such wonderful rc.
suits In curing catarrh Send for testimonials freq.
Sold BY Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
Willing TO Obli0e

"Give me the city hall, please" said
the lady to the conductor of the street
car.
IT should be glad to do SO, madam"
replied the conductor, who was new
man and had been greatly impressed
by the rules Of the company, which
insisted upon employees being courte-
GUS and obliging. 81 should, indeed,
be glad to do so, but the lady over
there with the green feather in her
hat asked for the city hall before you
got on the car. Is there any other
building that would suit you just as
?"-Detroit Free Press.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
Martha Lewis Appears.

Mrs. Browns sister married and
she went back to Kentucky with her
for visit. That was the beginning
of the end. When she returned she
found that Miss Lewis had been asked
to live at the Browns.
Grace" said the old millionaire, by
way of making clear how things stood,
"just take Marty and buy her some
things, and show her how to wear
them" 3fA3 W. E&tlE
Marty" was what Mr.. Brown elect
ed to call the pretty girl he had in.
stalled as his protege in the big house.
Young Mrs. Brown baked some, but
she did as she was told But she
refused to introduce the girl to her
friends, and she still was Mr.. Browns
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
Ethics,

DO you think we will ever be able
to communicate with Mars?"
MY dear SIR" answered the astron-
omer, you surely do not think I
would spoil pages of magazine articles
yet to be written by endeavoring to
prove the contrary. It would be very
unprofessional." -Washington Star.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
Time to Get Busy.

Her Husband--I thought you were
going to visit your mother.
His Wife-And so l am.
"Well, you had better begin to pack
your trunk at once. The train leaves
in 4S hours. Chicago Daily News.
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had long been in love. In fact, they
loved each other before he was taken
i'll.
Here were the provisions of the will
concerning the young women in the
case:
Requests to Martha Lewis.
Second.-"I give and bequeath to the
Union Trust company of Pittsburg first
mortgage bonds of the Pittsburg Brew
Ing company to the aggregate value OF
net interest and income therefrom to
my daughter-in-law Grace M. Brown
for and during the term of her natural
life, If she SO long remain widow and
from and after her marriage or death.
in further trust to divide or distribute
the principal of said trust fund to the
persons hereinafter provided for in the
case of my residuary estate, and | au-
thoriZe and empower said trustee, to
sell said bonds, and to reinvest the pro-
ceeds of sale at it's discretion"
In striking contrast with this are
the clauses in which Miss Lewis bene-
fits in the following sections OF the
same will:
Ninth.T give and bequeath to Miss
Martha E. Lewis, of the city of Pitts
burg, one-half of the residue of my
library wherever the same may be sit
uate at the appraised value thereof,
the amount of one-half. l also give
and bequeath to the said Martha E.
Lewis my Astoria States Racing trophy
and the box Of silverware which | re-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08

see the San Franciscans made q
brave tight to save their mint"
yes, sab; yes, sah," responded the
gentleman from the south; "the JULIEN
season approaches, sah."-Cleveland
Leader.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
A CRITICAL PERIOD
lNTELLIeENTwoMEHP PREPARE
Dangers and Pain Of This Critical Period
Avoided by the Use Of Lydia q. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.

How many wo-
men realize that
the most critical
period in q wo-
mans existence
is the change OF
life, and that the
anxiety felt by
women as this
time draws near
is not without
reason :?
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08
Inception of Romance.

Inception Of Romance.
Fifteen years ago William Brown
the millionaire's only son, was sent
to Kentucky to superintend the build
ing of a railroad in which his father
was interested. There he met blue
grass belle-beautifu Grace Mcleod.
win, barely turned 16.
The boys head was turned. 1T was
plainly love at first sight. There was
an ardent courtship, and the youthful
sutton won. That day there came to
the old man in Pittsburg this dis
patch:
8. 8. Brown, Pittsburg, Pa.
am going to be married to the dearest
girl in the world WILL.
X That same day this wire went back
to Kentucky:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-08

1T is faux pas" remarks an urban
philosopher, ito ask lady what a
faux pas is who never heard Of a faux
pas"
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Real Merit.

Mrs. Skimkins-How do you like
your new boarding house?
Mr.. Jobkins-Oh! the rooms are
talr' the table is only tolerable, but the
gossip Is excellent.-Hotel Life.
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Feet.

Tess-Isn't that Chicago girl tall?
She must be nearly six feet.
Jess-Yes; and If she stood on tip
toes she'd be seven feet.-Philadelphia
Press,
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ldolized. When they grew up moth.
ing was too good for them.
The daily tribune., 1906-01-19
EIGHTEEN BODIES
TAKEN FROM MINE
Explosion Was Caused by
Dust Igniting.
Positions of Dead Miners Re-
veals the Fact That Death
Came Without a Mo-
ment's Warning.

Charleston, ". Va. Jan. 19-Eight-
cen bodies have been recovered up to
noon today from the DetIois mine on
Paint creeE, the scene Of the dust ex.
plosion Yesterday afternoon. All of
the men except one were found at
their posts of duty. showing copclu-
siveiy that the explosion came without
warning to them The condition of
the bodies would indicate that death
was caused by suffocation. Seven of
the dead miners were married and
leave large families.
It is now certain that the explosion
was caused by blast which ignited
the dust accumulated In the mine.
The mine inspector only went
through the property last week and re-
ported 1t al right.
The daily tribune., 1906-01-19
Statistics of ireland.

Washington. Jan 19-Consul Con-
saulus. Of Cork. writes that some
valuable and interesting figures are
given In the annual report of the reg.
istrAr. general Of Ireland. just issued.
covering the fiscal year 1904. Accord.
ing to this report the estimated popu.
lation OF Ireland had fallen. in the
Of the year 1905. to 4. 4o2. 1sa.
The natural increase Of population
recorded. or excess Of births over
deaths. was "a. 29s: the loss BY en-.
igration amounted 70 80. .902; . de-
crease OF i2.6O4 In the population
would appear to have taken plaos dsr-
ing the year ;but against this dsorsase
there is set.oR In immigra&ion.
Of which no offioial record he's been
obtained.
The daily tribune., 1906-01-19
Man KILLED IN
ELEVATED ACCIDENT
Train Jumps Track at a
Switch on Curve.
Dozen Passengers Seriously In
jured-First Two Cars Stay
on Track but the Rear
Car Went Down.

New York. Jan. l9-One person
was killed and . dozen or more scr.
iously injured this morning when .
car on the Elevated railway In Brook.
lyn fell to the street. The car WAS
crowded with passengers when the
accident happened. which took place
on . curve on the Lexington avenue
line Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
%. At Fulton and Chestnut streets.
The train consisted Of three cars. Il
jumped the track at switch. the frat
two cars remaining on the elevated
trestle and the rear car topping over.
falling to the pavement below. The
only wonder IL shAt . dozen were not
killed.
The daily tribune., 1906-01-19
DAYLIGHT RoBBERY-The real

~" AAS - AsO ho Abuls
dence Of .. Hamilton. 1873 West Fifth
street. WAS entered by someone. be-.
lieved to be = boy, yesterday after
noon and % In cash WAS taken from
q cupboard. Mrs Hamilton 10 the
treasurer Of one of the lodges Of the
city aud had been in the habit Of
seoreting the money in the cupboard.
Usually there is more than IS there
but As luck would have IL there wAsn I
more yesterday. The house WAS en-.
tered by means Of breaking the glass
In one Of tho windows and unlatchiug
the spring lock 70 the door. Suspi.
cion 10 directed TO , Florence boy.
The daily tribune., 1906-01-19

Atlanta. Ga. Jan. i9-The oele-
brstion Of Lees birthday today WAS
more general here than ever before.
This evening noted orators are to I'd.
dress memorial meetings under the
auspices Of the local camps Of the
United Confederate Veterans and the
Virginia Society Of Atlanta.
The daily tribune., 1906-01-19
Woman May Not Hang. l..

Des Moines. Ia, Jan. lo-The mem.
bers Of the Iowa senate today placed
themselves upon record - being op.
posed to the execution Of Mrs. T ola.
the New Jersey woman who WAS con.
victed Of the murder OF Joseph Fan.
lard. by signing . petition 70 the
president asking for . full and com.
plete pardon.
The daily tribune., 1906-01-19
Republican Editors.

81. Joseph. No., Jan. l0-The men
who work with pom and brain the year
around to keep the republican party
alive In Missouri gathered bere In
torce today for The annual meeting Of
the Republican State Editorial 1850.
ciatiou. The Mckinley .Roosevels
olub gives . banquet tonight In hon.
or Of the visitors.