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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-04

Laura Volker. 292 North Seventh street;
Frank Savacool, 153 North Fifteenth
street, East Orange; Mrs. Charles II.
Knoth, 295 Johnson avenue; Mrs. Hes
ter A. Mead, 215 South Tenth street.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-04
HALL GAME SUED FOR $4,000.

LONDON, May 4.-Leveaux, the we'll
known theatrical manager, has begun
an action against Hall Game, the
author, for $1,000 damages for breach
of contract in failing to supply the
play. THE Unwritten Law with which
Leveaux and Mr.. Gaines son, Derwent
Hall Game. We're to tour the provinces.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-04
RECTOR
SMILES At BOARD
OF HEALTH THREAT
".Wonder if I'll Spend Summer
in JAIL" Says the Rev.
Louis S. Osborne.

Deep interest is today taken in the
action of the Board of Health, which
last night unanimously decided to in
wife the Rev. Louis Shreve Osborne,
rector of Trinity p. e. Church, to come
b%Sre it and either furnish proofs or
make retraetion of statements included
in Il sermon in which he said that graft
existed in the board.
Further than this the board decided
10 go, and Or. Hermon C. H. Herold'
the president, was directed to go before
the grand jury and ask that the
preacher be cited to tell the jurors
what he knows of conditions in the
Board Of Health, should he fail to ac-
cept The invitation of the board.
The Rev. Mr.. Osborne was met this
morning by an EVENING STAR re-
porter as he was coming out of his
rectory In Park place. He said he had
read in the Morning Star of the action
of the Board of Health last. night, and
the threat to summon him before the
grand Jury because of what he said
about graft in, a sermon.
II have been wondering" Mr.. Os-
borne said, III l will have to spend
nv summer vacation in the county
jail"
Asked If he would give for publica-
ton the reason he criticized the Board
of Health 81 severely in his sermon, he
smiled and replied:
u have nothing to say &t present
"a certain minister of this city made
the charge a year ago that the mem
bers of this board were inefficient, "
said DR.. James T., Wrightson, in taking
up the subject. THAT may be true. l
was not disturbed by his statement on
that occasion. Recently the same cler-
gyman has declared that there is graft
in this board. That statement should
not be allowed to so unchallenged.
III a motion is in order. l move that
Louis Shreve Osborne, | believe hat is
his name, be asked to come before the
board and tell us what he knows"
"The motion il all right said Pres
ident Herold. but 1t doesn't go far
enough. l believe we should require
tina he either come here or go before
the Grand Jury"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-05-28
Broadminded Norwegians.

Ecclesiastical recognition has been given the sport of skiing in Norway in the special short, early services held in all the churches during the season for the convenience of skiers. These services are called skiing pray CTS and a stranger coming into the sa- cred edifices on such an occasion might think he had blundered into the barracks of a ski corps. However, the services are much liked and very we'll attended, and there is no difference oi opinion about the wisdom of the church authorities in thus encoura ging a sport making so strongly tor healthy bodies and therefore going a long way toward making healthy souls. Outing.
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CHAPTER V.

Horatio Passavant occupied a resi- dence on Park avenue, that dullest of New York's many dull uptown streets. ', The place and it's furnishings, like their owner, were heavy, eminently respectable, pompous, and quite pre- tentious
 The household consisted of himself, his daughter, and his spinster sister, the latter tolerated chiefly because she made an admirable sheep-dog for the second, being conveniently deaf, quite colorless as to opinions, and capable of complete self-effacement upon occasion.
 Clara Passavant, the daughter, was commonly accounted a handsome woman, of pale, blonde, stately type of beauty; she was thoroughly mer- cenary, brilliant as an icicle and near ly as cold, heartless, vain, and ambi- tious. Her all-consuming aim in life was to contract splendid marriage; ; in her eyes money was the indis- pensable requisite for human happi- ness; and, although she probably never shaped the thought in so many words, she would undoubtedly sell her self to the highest bidder.
 Father and daughter were sitting over their dessert on the evening of the day which brought to Wilfrid the tidings of his stupendous change in fortune. The scene was far as the antipodes from the humble interior over in Macdougal street, where an other and a more momentous inter view was at that very moment also taking place.
 Now tell me about this MT. Stennis of yours, papa" said Clara after the
The Prescott daily news., 1910-05-28
COPYRIGHT 6y LALhS1,

It IS a pleasure to renew the &C., quaintance of so presentable a vounp gentleman as yourself, Mir. Stennis. ana to be the bearers of what will. I am sure, be most grateful tidings. Not the least item in our qualification con- slsts in the fact that you bear a most dlgnlhed and euphonious name-one eminently fitted to grace the good for tune we are about to announce: 'Wil- frld Stennis, Esquire-ahl" He rolled out the full title in his best forensic manner, and our unsophisticated Wifi. who was staggered by all this unex- pected homage and fiattery, hardly recognized his own familiar appella- tion.
 Here MT. Carboy, with an impatient cough, took up the tale, as though he would say: We have had the fancy touches and the flummery; now let's get down to business"
 The facts are briefly as follows. MT. Stennis: This firm for many years past has numbered among it's most valued clients your late la mented maternal uncle, Mr. Andrew Meleen, whose reputation in the west was largely merged in the town named after him in the state of Ne vada."
 Wilfrid could not repress a gesture of surprise at the mention of old An drews name. Eunice was right, after all
 Three months ago, Mir. Stennis, your uncle died. not very suddenly, but full of years, and childless. He
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A Plaque of Ants.

A singular state of things and at the same time serious exists in the commune of Gonfaron in Var. The fruit trees and all other products of the garden and even the fields bear an unmistakable odor of formic acid. The people are much concerned lest their produce be rendered useless and ap- plication has been made to the minis try of finance for a grant of 10000 francs to rid the district of the pests which, it is scarcely necessary to say. consists of myriads of ants.
 The place of origin of these unde- sirable aliens is Africa and, and 1t is considered that they have been brought over in bales of cork.
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servants had retired. "Is he at all presentable?"
 Not half bad, my dear" returned the lawyer; "a tri1e raw and un- formed, perhaps, but under the proper tutelage l imagine he will become a very valuable adjunct to society. He is one of the richest young men in the world. remember!" How rich, for example?' queried Clara. absently admiring the flash and shimmer of her bracelet His income from his mining prop critics alone is s1,000,000 year. and there is capital nest-egg of at least twenty-five million back of that" "A million dollars year, unused Clara aloud; "one could support an establishment anywhere very com fortably on that!"
 Her father gave vent to an excla- nation that was very like a snort of disgust One year of his income is more than I have amassed in all my professional life!'
 When does he come into his prop erty?" was the beautys next ques- tion.
 "Oh, practically immediately. There are but few legal formalities to be ob- served"
 q should think he would feel very grateful to you" continued Clara, flor rescuing him from poverty and ob- scurity."
 Well, you see, my dear," said Mr.
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Very Fishy.

She was fisherman's daughter, she wore her hair in a net, and she pre- ferred love in piscatorial way.
 My love-" he whispered, you hold first place in my heart Although founder about in expressing myself, my sole wish is that you will save me from becoming a 'crabbed' old bachelor. I shall stick to you closer than a 1impet,' from you a 'wink'n' be the road to guide me. Together we will skate over life's rocks and when l look at your hand beside me shall say to myself: Fortune was mine when l put herring there!"
 And then the lady dropped her eyes in sweet confusion, and murmured:
 Pass the salt"
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was. am happy to say for your sake' very wealthy man. l had the honor to draw his last will and testament, in which he named MT. Passavant and myself as coexecutors. The estate will foot up at $25,000,000, partly in paying mining properties, but mainly in cash and available securities. Be sides this principal, there is also yearly income, at the present market values of silver and copper, of some thing like $1,00O,000. Your uncle's will makes you sole legatee, and 1t be- comes our very pleasant duty, MT. Stennis. to congratulate you upon your good fortune. From what we can learn of you personally, l have no hesitation in expressing the opinion that this vast wealth could not have fallen into better hands"
 Both partners rose to their feet at this peroration, and each grasped a hand of the dumfounded Wilfrid who "stood speeches. before them, saying never word" vainly essaying to moisten his parched lips. Then he sat down, saying piteously:
 .rm afraid 1 don't quite take it all in. gentlemen! You must give me time to realize the news.
 "Oh, you will soon get used to the situation. my dear sir" said the bland and beaming Passavant. with return to his fatherly manner.
 "Surely." echoed MT. Carboy, with Q comnass,onate smile. You will be
The Prescott daily news., 1910-05-28
It Made No Difference.

Congressman Ransdale of Louisiana, recently told story of Alec Trimble, the valet and factotum of physi- elan in New Orleans, who took fan cy to one of the summer shirts of his master, and finally went and bought one exactly like it. He showed it to his mistress, who said that he had, done wrong, as the two shirts might answered:
 It'd make no difference, missus, cause dey's both alike in size an price"
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SYNOPSIS.

Andy Meleen, aged and eccentric mil uonaire Ais miner, is dying and orders, his draw up of w sster isaYog frog a Mham hs Propvias was separated years before and of lrbose ns Ss name even he Is ignorant. Andy wlis' teIls the attorney that he was married in d nS in which he struck her He learned rrsftterward rst that she and his daughter were saad The scene shifts to New York, usnetroducing uer~d Wilfrid Stennis, who is tell inu inr bis fance Eunice Trevecca. what he ms repld Ii do if he were the pQssessor of twenty twenty or fifty millions. In the law of e"e of Carboy, Passavant & Cozine, at nvu iNrrevs for the estate of Andy Meleen poger Hews reports the result of his sea9rch in the east for heirs of Meleen. iSe' He conceals the fact that daughter of ifeleen is alive. Wilfrid sees an ad- Sertisement for information concerning Wartha Meleen or descendants. He rec ngnzes the description as that of his Sead mother and decides to answer the spment.
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A Quick Cat

Some years ago the proprietor of hotel in southern New Hampshire told lhe following story: He said that when he was boy he had occasion to go into the garret of his house one morning and that the family cat fol- lowed him up the stairs One of the windows was open, and when they en- tered the garret a frightened mouse jumped out of the window, and the cat, jumping after it, caught it in mid air and, whirling round, jumped back again into the same window.
 A mustard plaster can always be depended upon to do something smart.
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Passavant, rubbing his double chin dubiously at this characteristic fem mine bit of logic, "the facts being as they were, we could hardly help find ing him; there was really no trouble at all; any other firm could and would have done as we'll l do not. exactly perceive why he should be especially grateful on that score. No doubt the young man feels kindly towards mel have every reason to believe that he does, in point of fact"
 What has he been doing for liv. ing all these years?'
 His vocation has been that of a bookkeeper in a large export house downtown"
 II suppose he knows nothing what ever of society, papa? He could have no really nice people among his ac- quaintances?
 Highly improbable, I should say" was the rejoinder. q was thinking Clara, that we might do the poor fel- low signal service by taking him up-introducing him in the right quar- ters, and all that sort of thing" with an airy wave of the hand.
 Very likely he gobbles his soup and eats with his knife! Do you suppose he ever walked through a cotillion in his life?" said Clara, with supercilious disdain. Her father gave a ventral chuckle.
 Come, come, my dear, we must not be too hard on young Stennis. He has really quite passable manners, and impresses me as man who would quickly fall into civilized ways"
 "Oh, you men do that better than women anyway" commented this ma ture girl satirically. Has he any drawbacks in the way of detrimental relatives-any sisters?'
 He is absolutely alone in the world, my dear. He was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow His father was a civil engineer by pro fession."
 That's something in bis favor" ad- mitted the daughter of the house. What is his full name, papa?"
 "Wilfrid Stennis."
 Does he spell it with an f or with an 'e?'"
 With an i'-W-i-l-f-r-i-d. Rather 8 well-sounding name-don't you think so?"
 "Oh, it will do," said Clara indiffer- ently.
 Suppose we invite him to dinner some night?" suggested MT. Passavant at length; just by ourselves, you know Then you can take his meas ure and-er-er-form your own esti- mate of his possibilities"
 This was precisely what the sche- ming Clara had been leading towards, although she knew full well that claim credit for the idea should the experiment turn out well.
 AS you please, papa. Shall we say a week from next Wednesday,"
 "The sooner the better, my dear" And so Wilfrids social fate was set tied
 In the privacy of her own room that night, before she slept, Clara Passa- want went to her dainty escritoire and, taking pen and paper wrote several times in a dashing, bold hand the words Mrs Wilfrid Stennis," scan ming the sheet at arms length. Then she tore the paper into shreds, laughed softly to herself. and proceeded to make her quite elaborate toilet for the night.
 Almost at the same hour another equally interesting episode of talk was in progress amid far different sur roundngs, and yet the subject was al most identically the same, the actors only being different.
 (TO BE CONTINUED
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one oi tne richest young men of the age-twenty-five millions in realty and a yearly income of million besides!" comprehend at moments notice. With these words ringing in his ears he staggered out of the office and gained the street, there to walk it off"
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Live in the liuht.
Outing

Never do anything that involves secrecy or the want of candor, or it may lead to dark methods of inquiry by your neighbor.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-05-28

There is a reason Why Grape-Nuts does correct A weak, physical, or a Sluggish mental condition. The food is highly nutritious And is partially pre-digested, So that it helps the organs of
 the stomach To digest other food. It is also rich in the Vital phosphates that go Directly to make up The delicate gray matter
 of brain and nerve centres. Read "The Road to Melville" In plSgs. There's a Reason.
 PosTUM CEREAL COMPANY. Ltd.
 Battle Crock, Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-26
SPORTING MMENT.
BY J. ED GRILLO.

There is perhaps no doubt that the
fact that Jim McAleer's pitchers have
they were last season, not to speak OF
shown great Improvement over what
the Improvement that Elberfeld has made
in the team has had much to do with
The showing of the Nationals this spring,
but McAleers system of handling his
PLAYERS too, deserves credit.
There are 10 better satisfied lot of
players in the league than the Nationals.
McAleer has been strict in his rulings yet
has given his players the privilege to
think for themselves. This seems to
have instilled a spirit which heretofore
has been unknown TO Washington
team Confidence. which is SO essential
in base ball. now exists among the locals.
The system in volSue is not such as to
burden the minds of the players. 1t is
simple and not complicated. Think for
Yourselves" says McAleer Don't wait
for me to direct your every movement,
YOU know the game as we'll as l do;
play it.
1t has frequently happened that a play
er has been ordered to do one thing, then
has resorted to just the opposite. Per-
l-aps the play has failed. but when the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-26
DELANEY NOT SURE He
WILL TRAIN JOHNSON
Veteran Is Only Considering Col
ored Champions Proposition From
Business Standpoint, He Says.
TITLE HOLDER TO TAKE
THINGS EASY FOR WHILE
Jeffries Prepares to Start for Frisco,
Where He Will Give Sparring Elk
hibition Saturday

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May o6-Foi-
lowing his heavy training work yesterda y
Jack Johnson is expected to rest today
and tomorrow from ring work and there
probably will be no more boxing for him
until Saturday afternoon. But beginning
Saturday his program calls for three days
Of continuous sparring.
Despite the announcement made Tues
day night that Billy Delaney had beer
definitely engaged to prepare Johnson fol
his fight with Jeffries, there is now d
rumor in circulation to the effect that
the veteran trainer has decided not to &c
cept the job.
When approached for a statement las.
night Delaney said: II have not given
out that I will take the job nor that will
refuse it. There are a number Of ma t.
tiers to be considered before | can decide
the point finally, and there is no grea,
haste. If ] do act as Johnson adviser,
I won't spend all Ct my time at his camp,
Though III be there frequently and give
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win from Johnson just as he would Ave
or six years ago, because he simply out
classes johnson If past performances can
be taken into consideration.
If Ty Cobb did not possess a level head
he would not be the ball player he is,
though he had all his present ability.
But what ordinary youth OF twenty
three who sees himself heralded as the
greatest ball player in the world every
day, who has In a few years made il
possible to draw one OF the largest sala-
ries ever paid a ball player. who is point
ed out wherever he may appear would
not have his head turned and thus
ruined his value to a team? Cobb Is no
different today in his demeanor than he
was tire first day he broke into fast
company. There is nothing swell headed
about the young man. though his ex-
treme interest in his work frequently
creates this impression. He does not
consider himself better than any one
else. observes club rules as does the
humblest cub, and follows instructions
without a murmur.
There is much more TO Cobb than his
mere proves as a ball player. He
would have been success in hny other
walk of life, because he is well balanced
and energetic. There are many players
who do not compare in ability with Cobb.
yet have a much higher opinion OF them q,
selves than does the Georgia Peach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-26
FL0CKING TO PHILLY.
Collegians Already on Hand fol
SATURDAYS Big Meet.

PHILADELPHIA. May 26.-Athletes
from many colleges are arriving in Phil
ade!phia to take part in the annual in.
tercollegiate championships, which vii
be held on Franklin Field Of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania tomorrow and Sat
urday.
The teams from Michigan. Harvard
Yale, Cornell, Columbia. Amherst. Dart
mouth. Williams, Brown and Pennsyl
vania State were among the arrivals
The men of Yale, Harvard and Cornell
as in former years, went to suburban
towns to await the call to action, bu
many of the other athletes journeyed t.
Franklin Field to look the grounc
over
The games tomorrow will be limited t.
heats in all the track events, with tn
exception Of the one and two mile rum
and the preliminaries in all the fiele
events. The championships will be helt
Saturday.
There are 80 many good men entered
in the various events to be held tonlor
row that it is expected that some OF then
will develop into great contests. Thu
will be especially so in the quarter AM
half mile runs. With no less than eight
cen men III tne 1iD Sdius t"dt navy "oh
better than fifty-one seconds it is be
lieved that each heat will be run clos
to fifty seconds. Similar conditions vii
prevail, in rhe half mile.
The executive committee of the inter
collegiate association will meet here to
night to decide upon any protests tina
NAV be made. II is not expected tina
amy will be presented. as most of TIT
colleges in the association have thei
own faculty committees, and these SCI
to it that no Ineligible is permitted t.
enter
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player can give reason for his action
there are no words OF censure from
McAleer. In fact, he encourages his
players to think for themselves. He does
! not want automatons. So It is that the
players feel free to use their own judg-
nent, are not hampered by orders, and
when play fails cannot place the blame
Oh the man who gives instructions
They charged McAleer with being in
competent in st. Louis, but he has dis
played much ability here.
There is never going to be solution
of the problem whether Jeffries can come
back until he has fought Johnson. 1t
is the only way the question can be
answered. Opinions on the subject differ
| so much that there is no doubt there
will be many followers Of one as the
other of the fighters squatted ABOUT the
ring July Fourth
But when you go back a few years
you find that Jeffries, by reason of his
performances, was given credit for be-
!. ing invincible. To have been matched
with fighter of a record no better than
that of JOHNSON would have meant little
or no interest, and yet today even JEFF
| fries closest friends. are not sanguine
| that JeffrieS will be able to turn the
| trick. 1t is question of whether he
| can come back 1t is not the victories
| of the big negro that cause fight fans to
hesitate in their choice. 1t is reluctance to
believe that Jeffries can be strong after
five years Of absence from the ring and
| the certainty that Johnson will be
healthy and at his best. 1t is the ac-
cepted opinion that any sound heavy
weight can outlast one with a broken
contitution.
| But if any reliance can be placed In
| the stories which are sent out from JET
! fries camp then there is no longer am
doubt of his being in condition. That
being the case, how can 1t be figured on
| form that Johnson stands chance.
Fourtll-raters have beaten Johnson. Mar
vim Hart beat him and Tommy Burns
defeated Marvin Hart. 1t is said OF john
| son that he has never extended himself,
| but why would he be under cover fight
| ing for small purses when by beating his
| opponents as quickly as possible he
would have been able to climb to the
top of the pugilistic ladder much sooner
| than he did What sort of chance
would Hart. Burns or ketchell stand
| with Jeffries? Such a battle would be
! prevented by the Humane Society. yet
Johnsons reputation is built upon his
victories over these men.
| If .Ieffries fights q discreet battle. AND
! he has never been known to err, he should