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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-06-02
Martha Lewis Appears.

Mrs. Browns sister married and
she went back to Kentucky with her
for a 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"
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
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Bequests to Martha Lewis.

Union Trust mpan of Pittsburg first
mortgage bonds OF the Pittsburg Brew
sms company to the aggregate value Of
S5o.oW, In trust nevertheless, to pay the
net interest and income therefrom to
my daughter-in-law Grace M. Brown
Ior and during the term Of her natural
NE. IL she so long remain a widow and
IN further trust to divide or distribute
tne principal Of said trust Juno to the
persons hereinafter provided for in the
case or my. residuary estate, and I au-
thorize n empower said trustee. to
sell SAID bonds, and to %reinvest the pro-
CeeQS OF sale at its diScration
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Ohio'S Population.

Eight independent countries Of Eu-
rope-Belgium, Portugal, Holland.
Switzerland, Denmark, Servia, Greece
and Montenegro7are smaller than
Ohio in area. Six-Norway, Switzer-
land, Denmark, Greece, Servia and
Montenegro-are below Ohio in porula-
ton.
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from me and l will not trouble her."
Apparently, however, the aged mil
~lionaire was still fond of his SON
widow. She spent a part of the sea
son with Mr.. Brown last year and a.
the Christmas holidays we're approach
ing she received a hurried call to com
to the old mans bedside.
He was dying.
The young widow caught the f1rs'
train. But as she sped through the
darkness another will was being made
In Pittsburg in the old Brown man
sion. With a 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 P%ittsburg 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 80
that she would know nothing about il
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 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 a demand from the officers
of the Mary Brown church that Miss
resign her position in the Sun
day school.
Forced to Leave Sunday School.
The church had Mr.. Browns S70,-
BOO. They cared no longer. They had
bowed to his will in life, and they
had installed his protege to a posi-
ion of distinction in church affairs.
Now they would have no more of her.
At a public hearing she was asked
o resign, and she did.
Then she announced that she in
ended marrying and that was her
'stensible reason for retiring. She
nd William Arthur Porter, a race
rack employee OF old man Browns.
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Loafers at the Pool Table,

The best pool players in any town
are generally the young fellows who
never hang onto one job very long at
a time.-Kansas City Journal.
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fdolized. When they grew up moth
ing was too good for them.
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 a blue
grass belle-beautiful 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:
Princeton, KY.
S. S. Brown, Pittsburg, Pa:
1 am going to be married to the dearest
girl in the world. WILL
That same day this wire went back
to Kentucky:
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had long been IN love. In fact. they
loved each other before he was taken
ill.
Here were the provisions of the win
concerning the young women in the
case:
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Ninth:-"I give and b~equeath to Miss
Martha E. Lewis, of the city of Pitts.
nurg, one-half of the residue of my
library wherever the same may be sit
uate at the appraised value thereof.
she to have the right to select books to
the amount of one-half I also give
ana bequeath to the said Martha f.,
Lewis my Astoria States Racing tronhv
and the box of silverware which | re-
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-24

RULES ARE MADE

Straight Marquis Of Queensbury rules
will govern the Britt-McGovern aght
which is TO be held at Madison Square
Garden next Monday night This was
finally decided at a conference at the
Metropole Hotel last night. when William
Britt, representing his brother Jimmy
Joe Humphries. acting for Terry; Marry
Pollock. representing the Twentieth Cen
tury A C., under whose auspices the con-
test will be decided and Tim Hurst. who
is TO referee the fight. met 20 make final
arrangements for the bout
Before Hurst arrived AT the conference
Britt and Humphries agreed on the rules
which require that the fighters protest
themselves NJ all times, but made the
provision that IL the men fell into a clinch
and neither showed disposition 10 break
the referee should step between them and
forcibly separate them, during which time
neither fighter be allowed TO deliver a
punch.
When Hurst appeared on the scene the
situation was explained 20 him. and he
said that 1t met with his entire approval
Britt and Hurst then had a long wrangle
as 70 just what constitutes a clinch. This
was satisfactorily settled
Humphries also laid stress on the fact
that the fight should not he allowed to
resolve itself into a repetition OF the Nell
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CRAYS LOST THIRD
STRAIGHT TO TORONTO

Providence yielded up another game 10
the Royals yesterday. making It three
straight defeats. II was the most heart
rendng defeat Of the trip. Toronto made
but one more hit than Providence and
but one less error in the field. while
all the things came together. and the
handicap was greater than the Grays
could stand. Toronto won. 10 l.
The two runs In the seventh were de-
liberate robberies by Umpire Conahan.
whose work on the trip against Provl
dence has been OF the most one-sided
character. He was way OF again In the
sixth. when he called Poland out at 1rst
on a play that was not even close. Hardy
was on third and ready 10 score on the
play.
lucky play in the seventh by Tamsett
cut considerable figure in stopping the
run getting by Providence.
thunderstorm came up in the sixth
inning and rain fell sharply. but Campau
kept the men playing. IL was very dark
and large clouds OF soft ceal smoke swept
down over the field The wet ball both
cred Hardy. who up 20 this point had been
pitching magnificent bail. He fell down
badly.
Thoney started the game by shooting a
euzzer past Kruger for two bases. but
that was as far az he got. For FIVE in
nings the visitors outpayed the home
team, but could not get a man across
The rubber Thoney with two strikes
and three balls. in the sixth. landed on
one barely knee high, sending IL 10 the
fence for n homer
In the seventh Brodie mashed a liner
through the rain. fog and smoke for a
single Ia Chance hit To Long and Brodie
was forced Rock hit 20 the mighty
Thoney. who made bad mum Krueger's
hit sounded like n single. but the horse
shoe In Tamsetts glove got in Its work
With men on second and third Cooper hit
along the grass 10 Tamsett. who heded
the ball brilliantly. retiring the side.
Hardy issued free billet 10 White I'm
Toronto's turn and HE Tamsett
Long popped up an inneld fly and by
the rules was out. the umpire being re-
ouired 10 announce an infeld fly retiring
the batter. But neither umpire said a
word and Hardy threw 10 Kruger ahead
Of White. and the third baseman lined
the ball To second ahead OF Tamsett. Both
men held their bases until II was evident |
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Eastern League standing.

In game in which brilliant and
stupid plays alternated. Brown won
over Harvard on Andrews held yester-
day afternoon, 6 to 5. II was left for
Spec Paine 10 win the game for his
team in the ninth. when the score was
tie at TO 5, and after there were
two outs
Hoye scored the run when Paine sent
lusty single out and the captain had
stolen two bases
Both pitchers were most prominent
In the misplays. Three runs came
in on Tits misplays and two on
Greene's.
Harvard's new combination. with
Currier behind the bat and stephen
son in right field worked well. Currier
caught fine game. He threw to bases
well, with but one exception, caught
two high fouls, one Of which was close
To the backstop, and got In n speedy
assist on bunt
stephenson handled his three chances
In the field cleanly, and threw in well
on HIS only chance.
Leonard, however. was the star OF
the Harvard team, and he made n hit
with the home crowd His two one.
hand assists on bunted balls. and his
catch OF Hoyts liner just off the ground
In the NTH, got him hand Of ap-
plause. At the bat the speedy third
bsseman got three hits by beating out
inneld grounders.
Harvard opened the pot" under a
hoodoo. The bus that took the team
10 the field was numbered % and q men
went In II 10 the game Besides IL
was tho 23d day of the month When
the team went back 20 the gymnasium
everybody along the line "horsed" the
men on the number Of their bus
The Harvard club OF Providence was
represented az the game by n delega
tion In big bus. The old 1Iar-
ward men cheered their team all
through the game.
Harvard did tho irst scoring After
tho team had gone out In order the
nrst three innings. Leonard opened tho
fourth by putting an easy grounder
down the first base line. which Elrod
chased leaving the base uncovered
Stephenson landed n clean single I'm
right. advancing Leonard base Nc
Call was out on an inncld rs. Dexter
then gave Jones an easy grounder
which the latter fumhled near second
and all three men were cafe.
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BROWN HELD
JUB|LEELAST NIGHT

Brown students went wild last night
over the baseball victory over Harvard.
and there was a nightshirt parade. with
fireworks. 1t was demonstration which
called out the fire and the police depart
ments
Awnings on the Industrial and Manu-
facturers' trust were burned by the fire
works and the police took charge OF the
parade at Westminster and Dorrance
streets. The students were turned about
abruptly and headed toward the college.
Forty policemen on hand and 10 patrol
wagons filled with officers were there al
SO. following the parade.
The Brown boys bore stuffed camel
and other animals I'm the line. all fire.
works were cut out on the home marcn.
on College Hill there was bonfire and
the demonstration was OF the the old
time order. the students making things
lively until midnight.
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athlete OF New York. is slowly improving
In the Ladies' Hospital. Port Chester.
Until three years ago. when he virtually
gave up active participation I'm athletics.
Lyons was considered the best all round
athlete In the New York Athletic club.
andst is believed that his strong consti-
tuition. gained through years OF training.
Is responsible for his rally from a SEEM
ingly fatal accident
In some unaccountable manner Lyons
high powered machine and the automo-
bile. owned by 4. J. T.ahey and driven by
Joseph krause met In head-on collision
The chauffeur was arrested. although II
is not certain that the blame can be at
tached to him until Lyons Is able to tell
his story.
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son-McGovern nugging match. The ract
that tho referee was not allowed IN touch
either OF the contestants was responsible
for the slowness Of the affair he said. and
for that reason he insisted that the ref
cree be allowed 20 break the men.
William Britt and Joe Humphries viii
be personally responsible for their res
pective charges. This means that Referee
HUrvt will not recognize any towel or
sponge throwing unless IL Is done by
either OF these men. II any other person
than these two in either contestants
corner jumps into the ring he Will be put
Out and the fight will proceed
The men are 20 fight n { catch weights in
the big arena OF the garden. The lower
ing Of the initiation fee from S 20 81 has
made IL necessary TO hold the fight in the
arena, becauee the concert hall where the
previous fights we're held. will not be large
enough 70 accommodate the crowd
Britt rules favorite in the betting. Ed
Shayne. prominent sporting man.
wagered 1900 10 s225 with Lee Harris
Shayne taking the Britt end Several
other bets were recorded. some OF them
making Britt a 2-to-1 tavorite. This will
be Britts first fight in the East. and he
Is anxious TO make a good showing.
Another incentive 10 each man 20 do his
best Is the fact that the winner has been
promised match with Battling Nelson.
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GRE tina GREEN, MATE OF
SUPERMAN, WON EVENT

Gretna Green. stable mate OF Super
man, won the Manhanset stakes at the
Gravesend track yesterday Behind him.
beaten a half length. was Conville. one OF
the best colts OF the year. The winners
share OF the stakes was 1855
The winner lived up 10 the rumors OF
HIS great speed and stamina. He won like
a good racehorse. He took the lead early,
made all the running, and stood off a
bold challenge OF Conville in the stretch.
Sewell was expected To win and was a
strong favorite. but failed 10 race up 20
expectations and after a burst of speed
which he only maintained 10 the stretch
he quit and finished fifth
Jockey Radtke rode Gretna Green In
faultless style. but his horsemanship on
Yorkshire Lad was so far below his reg
ular form that some OF the onlookers who
did not know just who was riding the
horse thought that an apprentice boy was
In the saddle. He sat still on the horse
in the stretch when challenged by Mabei
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National League Standing.

Burr was a patient waiter, and Tiff
gave him pass. forcing Leonard home
After Simons was called out for being
hit by a batted ball Tiff threw the
ball behind Harvey's back. far out Of
Paine's reach. and both Stephenson and
Dexter scored. Harvey went out on
Erounder to Elrod.
Brown got after Harvard In her half
Paine and Tiff singled and Ray
mond cracked out a home run 10 left
field just along the foul line. Great
was Brown rejoicing when the three
men came tearing In. tieing the score
In the hfth Brown got two easy rurN
Hoye beat out a bunt down the third
base line. and then Jones dumped an
easy bunt 10 Greene. who threw the
ball over Burr's head TO right field,
Hoye going TO third and Jones to sec
ond. Hoyc scored on Paine's high fly
TO Stephenson in right. Tiff gave
Greene another easy bunt, which the
pitcher nelded 10 the plate without
catching Jones.
Mccall opened Harvard's half OF the
sixth with a hit TO right and went to
second when Dennle failed TO block the
ball Dexter out Dickenson ~ Elrod.
Mccall getting 20 third on the play. Burr
flied out to Dickenson, and then Simon,
was safe az fret when Elrod failed to
stop Jones throw az first. Mccall scor-
ing and Simons reaching second.
ElrDd juEgled Harvey's grounder and
the Harvard man was cafe. and Simons
advanced 20 third. Simons stole home
on Jones. when the catcher threw the
ball back 20 Tiff without looking az the
runner. The score:
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Richardson and Red Friar, and never
made a move with hands or heels To ward
off the threatened danger. Mabel Rich
ardson and Red Friar pressed him and
still he sat like a straw man, nor did he
attempt 10 urge his horse to greater
speed
Balzac acted like wild horse before he
could be got 10 the post. but he won the
steeplechase after leading from start 20
finish. He was very tired at the end, but
managed 10 beat The Lad home by three
parts Of a length.
Commondale. the medium OF big
plunge. from 30 10 down 20 10 10 l. ran
third. He showed plenty OF speed for a
mile and six furlongs. but tired In the run
home from the last jump
Phantom. the favorite, was the victim
of Loney Haskelrs crazy bolt at the
Liverpool the nrst time over the course.
When Loney Haskell ran out the carried
Phantom into the wing OF the jump =,
that both horse and rider were thrown.
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Mss Sutton Smashing the Ball N1s Burger Nlloch Waiting
MSS q

Miss May
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tha either Mrs BnrW co
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The hearts OF the fans OF this city and
the followers OF the team that brought
delight and the pennant TO this city last
year have once more been made glad, and
again there Is rift in the clouds. even
In the face of defeat.
A dispatch comes TO The News Demo
crat from Manager Dunn that Offa Neal
has been persuaded 10 Join the Grays inn
mediately and will doubtless be seen in
Krueger's place on third today in the
opening game with Buffalo Kruger has
been released and. with the heavy-hitting
ex-Oriole covering that sack, there will
be no more OF the heartrending work in
that region that has made the pitchers
weary.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-24
GRAYS GET new PLAYERS
AMONG Them OFFA neal

In addition TO that outfelder Mccarthy
OF the Brooklyn team has Joined the
Grays and will he played in the right
field for the present.
The confidence which Meals presence
will have with the pitchers is expected 10
work marvels hereafter, and the team
that takes a game from the Grays will
have 20 do better than bunt. In addition
TO that Neal is known for his heavy stick
work, one Of the features in which the
Grays have been woefully lacking
Mccarthy has not been slow with the
willow either, and with that addition TO
the batting force II may confidently be
predicted that the team will not be long
behind any team in the pennant race.
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INIIIFs-4FshITS Sss hrockett-L, q Hafa,
Kelly. Mulfn--3 First base on bals-on
Mcneil /. Struck out-By Mcneil 3; by
Brockeot D. Two-base hits-Mulin.
o'Hara O. Sacrifice hit--Mulln. Stolen
bases-Kelly. Mulhn. Mattress Double
piaye-O' Hara to Hunter; Hin 70 Smith
20 Mcconnell 2. HIT by pitched hall-By
Brocket g. Wild pitches-McNell. Brock
eu. umptre-Moran. Time-lh 55m.
NEWARK 10, ROCHESTER, Z.
Newarks hits were more timely yes
terday at Rochester and the locals
went down 10 defeat Cockman was
out for FIVE minutes. being hit on the
head with pitched ball Both teams
hit hard. Attendance 1880. Score:
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-24

MRS. wlNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over % years by mil
lions OF mothers for their children whIia
teething. with perfect success II soothe,
the child. softens the gums. allays ali
pain cures wind collie. and Is the best
remedy for Dlarrhoea. IL will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Sold by
Druggists In every part OF the world
Twenty-Five cents a bottle. he sure and
ask for Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup"
and take no other kind.
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that the lnfield ny was not 10 be called
when they ran. Campau, behind the plate,
called both men out. Conahan declared
them safe and Long out and rushed at
Campau as fiercely as a Toronto player.
McGovern hit 10 Kruger. who made
heave 70 the grandstand. and two pairs
OF Toronto legs galloped home. La
Chance threw over in time 10 nail Nc
Govern al third
In the eighth a batting fest was given al
Hardy's expense. Three singles and a
triple by White. assisted by Rocks error.
gave the last two runs Dunn opened iha
ninth with a bingo TO centre and tipped
over the whitewash bucket on a passrd
ball a putout and Meek's error Score:
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-24
AUTOMOBILISTS BEWARE
OF FRANKLIN, MASS.

Franklin. Mass. May A-The Wren
than authorities intend automobilists
shall get down 10 the speed limit while
riding through that town. only week
ago ten alleged violators Of the auto
mobile law were before Judge Doe In the
district court. and after pleading nolo 20
charge Of violating the automobile law
were fined $40 each
Yesterday morning four more well.
dressed and prosperous appearing husi-
ness men were before Judge Doe each
charged with a violation OF the auton1o-
bile law at wrentham last Saturday
Each OF the defendants pleaded nolo and
the court imposed fine OF $40 IN each
case. which sum the autoists promptlv
handed over 20 Clerk Harry Howard THE
quartet included Peter Harris ~ Alston
r. H. Miller OF Providence Lewis "
Cooper of North Attleboro and Thomas s.
White OF Westwood.
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ROCHESTER.

huns-Duny. Barclay, Clancy 2. Car
isch. Joudenslager. Moran-7. MALAY.
Engei. Cockman 2. Foster 2. Gatins 2.
Jones. Carrick--i0. First base
on balls-On Schultze. 3: of Hof-
ford 3; or Hesterfer 3: or Carrlck 2
Struck out-By Schultze e. by Honerd
.; by Hesterfer 1 by Carrick I. Home
run-Duny. Three-base hit-Carrick
Two-base hits-Engel. Foster. Carisch.
Burrell Sacrifice hits--Engei. Foster,
Wallace. Burrell. Schuitze stolen
oases Malay, Cockmsn. Gatins Brown,
Sarisch. Double plays-Engel 20
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TIERNEY WON

The New England pool tournament
game AZ the Home cafe last night between
Jack Tierney of Fail River and Frank
Allen resulted in a victory for Tierney by
the score Of 100 10 35.
The game tonight will be tween Louis
Zimmerman ~ Providence and Fred In
graham OF Boston. Standing:
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PROVIDENCE.

Runs Thoney. Frick, Meek. White.
Tsmsett-5: Dunn. First base on balls
on McCafferty !: of Hardy 2. Struck
out-By McCanerty l. Home run
Thoney. Three-bas hit--whte. Two
base hits-Thoney, Poland, Hardy. Sacri-
fee hltS-Rock. Tamsett Double play
Dunn Unassisted). Hit by pitched ball
BY Hardy 2. Passed balls-McGovern ?
Umpires-Campau and Conahan. Time
IN. i5m.
'Long out on inheld fly
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ATHLETE INJURED
IN SMASHUP

Although sustaining a serious fracture
Of the skull as the result Of a collision be-
tween his MOTOR cycle and a speeding au-
tomobile in the old Post road at Rye on
Sunday Henry s. Lyons, n we'll known
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ASEBALL NEWS 7ERSELY TOLD
Results of Games Played Yesterday
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.
Detroit 3. Boston 2.
New York 4. Chicago l.
ST. Louis 10. Washington I.
Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 3.
Games Today.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at Washington.
Detroit at New York.
Chicago at Boston.
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Runs-Joyce, Bannon, Wagner-3 Hall-
gan. Keister, Butler, Woods. stolen
base-Clements. Double plays-Hartman
TO Connor % Massey; Bean TO Cassidy.
Struck out-By Keefe s: by Foxen 4 First
base on balls-On Keefe 4, off Foxen /.
Umpire-Kelly