Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-09-21
IN GAY NEW YORK.

| watch valued at 500, clothing $40 and
professional library, family portraits.
| emption. The debts were contracted
principally in this city during the the
| atriea season of 1878 and are chiefly
| for salaries, printing, royalties, etc.
j. Pierpont Morgan had not reached
his office the other day when. about noon,
| there was a bit of excitement in front
of his place of business at the corner of
Wall and Broad streets. A wild-eyed
man. with disheveled hair and shaggy
| whiskers, rushed up the steps and started
| through the door. Special Officer Smith,
who always stands there, was so startled
| that he could not speak at first, and
could only throw his arms about the fell
low, feeling sure that he carried a dyna-
mite bomb for the financier. Lem me
go: lem me go.' shouted the fellow wild
ly, Il must see Morgan. Morgan has
lots Of money; | have none. I'm thirsty,
and he's got to give me the price of a
drink Several other policemen had ar
rived by this time, and the man was
hurried out of the building. 1t was evil
dent that he had had more drinks than
were good for him. He explained that
he meant no harm, and so he was re-
leased The officers felt sure that they
had another intended assassination on
their hands.
Down on Fulton street banner has
been unfurled TO the breezes. 1t was
stretched across the tnoroughfare and at
tracted no end of attention. 1t con-
| tanned only the words: Long live the
President Underneath was an Amer
lean flag. Large crowds assembled TO
gaze upon it, and several times there
were loud cheers Of approval.
Sidney Brough arrived on the steam
chi Di,fl oft ,,frh
to this country to join Miss Maude Ad-
ans and to play she leading male part in
Quality Street" j. NJ. Barrie's new
| play, and Orlando III LAS You Like It,
| His American engagement has been eff
fected through the courtesy of Miss Julia
| Nelson, who had procured him for her
leading man at the Globe theater this
season. Mr.. Brough is son of that
most popular English comedian. Lionel
Brough, known to the public at large as
"Lal."
IN Justice to their patrons. Weber &
| Fields have been compelled to restore the
| price of general admission to their music
| hall to 81. At the beginning of the sea-
| son cut was made III the price to 30
| cents This resulted in such a crush that
| those who paid more to see "Hoity roity"
| were greatly inconvenienced. The new
| scale went into effect Saturday night
| denced by the greater comfort to all.
Because he loves Americans so well
| James j. Corbett, erstwhile pugilist. has
| decided thai those who visit Paris in fu-
| ture shall not suffer. SO Corhett has
arranged to open an American saloon
| there which will be the wonder Of the
| Fafisians. OF course Corbett is not af-
| ter the money. particularly. He merely
wants to be the friend of suffering man
| kind
As a token of the r-growing popu-
larity of "Florodora.' it may be men
toned that on the night of the Sd inst.
| the box office receipts amounted to 5000.
making the banner night in the history of
the New York Casino.
New York theatergoers know pretty
generally that Joseph Holland. who is
now playing the King in William Faver-
sham's play, a Royal Rival" is totally
deaf. He overcomes this unfortunate
| disadvantage in his work by counting the
time between his cues. and, when posi-
bic, watching the lips of the other actors
when talking to him on the stage.
In a scene he has with Mr.. Fayersham
in the last act, Don Caesar de Bazan
is appealing to him for the right to claim
his wife, Marta, with whom the King
is in love. Don Caesar addressed to him
II know You are deaf to all those words
| am speaking" etc.
The literality invariably causes much
whispering in the audience. and the actor
nnknowlngIv receives much sympathy
New York Times.
The 350th performance of "Florodo-
IA will be fittingly celebrated on Fri
day evening. II is the intention to
make the occasion a gala event in the
history of the New York Casino The
entire company will be Respondent in
beautiful new costumes. Cyril Scott.
who has bene so long and faYOrahly
identified with the part of Capt. Arthur
Donegal in 'Florodora." will resume his
old role in the east next Monday even
ing. Miss Guelma l.. Baker will also
return to the east on Monday evening.
assuming the part of NalIeda.
Carrie Nation has left and everyone 4
glad. She departed for Penn Yam. tax
ing her little Ratchet with her Before
she left she called on Dcvery and had n
farewell heart-to-heart talk with him.
Sorry you're goin'," said Devery "Yqn
and me got along we'll together here and
think we could do n whole lot of good.
Then the big chief FASTENED into his IN
ner office before he should burst into
laughter
William II. Crane. the actor. is now =.
the Players club in what his friends con.
slider n rather serious though MOI dan
gerouS condition. the result of a fall n
the Imperial hotel which apparently
sprained his ankle The physicians in
attendance say he wrenched muscle
of his leg Mr.. Crane himself reports
he is feeling all right and expects 20 be
ont in two or three days The rehearSalS
of David Hawum," however. which be-
gan about ten days ago, when Mr. Crane
returned from Carlsbad. have been dis.
continued and win not be resumed until
Mr. Crane is entirely recovered
On its second day out from Liverpool
the steamer Oceanic was struck by a
huge wave that, breaking over its bows.
deluged the deck. knocked down a wom-
an in the steerage. and finally wcnded
its way into The saloon. where the stew
ards lost no time IN repairing what dam
age il did. The woman who was in
iured was a Mrs Radicau Her shout
der was dislocated. hut the injury was
nearly we'll when the vessel reached New
York.