Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-13
IN GAY HEN YORK.
Scenes and Incidents Of Everyday
Life In the Paris OF A nerica. ~


Caine sailed for Liverpool Oh the Celtic
The condition of Gen. Wager Swayne.
who has been i'll at his home in New
York for several days, is said to he much
| improved.
The grand jury returned All iudict-
ment the other day against former Police
Capt Daniel c. Moynahan, charging him
with bribery.
William Jerome. the song writer says
his rooms at Hotel Navarro were robbed
OF Il $500 check and other valuables and
that he and his wife We're drugged.
The largest Christmas tree ever brought
to New York is here now. Ii is over 40
| feet high, and will be set up in Madison
Square Garden for the Salvation Army $
Christmas dinner for children. 1t cost
500.
William Few Chrystie. grandson Of
William Few, the first United States
senator from Georgia. and after the Rev
olutlonary war Il leading New York bank
er. is dead at his home, Hastings-on-the
Hudson.
y young woman appeared on Broad
way the other day with the letter M"
Sewed on the left sleeve of her jacket
The letter was cut out of black velvet,
and it may possibly be variation of the
popular mourning band.
Jose Vicente Concha. the Colombian
| minister who was said to have been
recalled by his government is in New
York city. He denies having been re-
called and asserts he left his post on Il
| temporary leave of absence.
\ report is circulated that May Yohe
end Putnam Bradlee Strong, who were
| believed to be in Buenos Ayres, had
come to this country and were at the
home of the former actress mother at
HaStings-on-the-H Hudson. The report is
not verified.
The third celebration of the anniver-
Sary of Washington's farewell address
to his officers in the long room Of Fraun-
| ces tavern was held on the 4th inst, in
the same room of the old tavern at Pearl
and Broad streets by the woman's auxil-
| larry to the Society for the Preservation
of Scenic and Historic Places and OBJ
jects.
L. Marion Crawford has entered into
| an agreement to write Il play for
Martin Harvey. the English actor who is
now making tour of America. Mr..
| Crawford will not write of Italy this
time, but of England in the Twentieth
century. The play is to be ready for the
stage next season. Mr.. Harvey expects
also to have play by Maurice MaeteT-
| linck.
Owing to sharp increases in the retail.
prices of nearly all common articles of
| household supply estimated roughly at
| n Gin In, I -.
year, boarding-house keepers have made
Il general increase in their rates of 81
a week. Nearly everything required in
| the Kitchen shows, according to StatiS-
ties. an advance in cost, with the eXcep-
ton of coffee.
1t is estimated that $1,000 persons at
tended the funeral of the rich Italian
banker. Raphael BOve, known as King
of Mulberry Bend" Thirty policemen
We're required to preserve order i'll the
great throng, unruly because of numbers.
| Thousands of men remained idle for the
day to pay their last tribute. and they
came no! only from Mulberry street. but
from the Itnlian colonies of surrounding
| cities.
\ periodical devoted to the d0iHgS Of
society people has discovered that the
| social center of this city Is moving up
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center of population. 50 far rs the con-
| sequential people are concerned. is this
year at Fifty-second street and Fifth
avenue. Two years ago it was at Eff
tieth street. and in 1856 at Thrty-fourth
street. In 1886 it was at Washington
square.
George Lindsay, who. with his broth
erS, half century ago established the
type foundry that is owned by Burr
Dauchy. fell dead in that establishment
on the ID inst. He was the manager If
the place. having taken the position when
his firm was dissolved in 1881 ana the
business sold To the present proprietor.
He was - years of age and born in Scot
land His home WAS at IG2 jefferson
avenue. Brooklyn. X widow and four
children survive him.
William s. Vanderbilt Allen. great
grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt. who
for six years has been confined in Il pri-
waite sanitarium at Westport, Conn. was
released and Went to the home of a
friend in this city. His release was the
result OF an agreement by all concerned
that Allen should he placed ut liberty
until Il date to he fixed. when it will he
finally determined whether the release
will be made permanent or he he formal
ly committed to the Sauitarium.
Jake. one Of the largest surgeons
ever held in captivity, is dead at the
Aquarium. from no other cause hut de-
liberate starvation Ever since June r
1901, when the big fish was brought to
New York from the breeding tanks NJ
Bay Side. l.. l.. he had refused to eat.
When the sturgeon was bought hy the
city he weighed 250 pounds At the time
IF the fsh'S death he only weighed 100
pounds a loss Of nearly 100 pounds in A
little over a year. His length. which
was over feet when he first arrived.
had shrunk to about : feet
While Edward Small. 10 years of age.
and a companion We're playin. in the
street Mt the corner Of Fifth avenue and
Thirty-Seventh street Small saw hrich;
object lying close To the curhStone. III
picked il up and found that il was n
ring, with bright patch of gIittering