Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-04-26

Aaron Lowell, head of the publishing
house of that name,>is dead mt his home
in Brooklyn. He was born in 1886.
OF the 1000 plumbers who struck in
Brooklyn, GOO have been granted their
demands of 81 a day, according to union
officials, and have returned to work.
/ Percy Pelmont is going to run for Con-
gress again next fall in the Seventh dis
trict his nomination will establish a
record of two runs in one calendar year.
/ If Lewis Nixon remains III the leader
| ship of Tammany Hall, Mr.. BelmOnt's
path to nomination viii be unobstructed.
| Clyde Fitch has sailed with contracts
for plays for Mary Mannering and Ethel
| Barrymore next season, and one year
| later for Maxine Elliott, who will then
/ separate professionally from her hus-
band. Next year the Goodwins are to
| produce a dramatization of "The Light
That Failed"
Ex-Wardman George Bissert who has
/ served four months at hard labor in Sing
/ Sing prison, was released by Judge New
| burger in $4,000 bail The appellate di-
vision Of the supreme court granted him
a new trial on question of law and not
of fact. Under this decision the district
attorneys Office has made appeal.
While Gov. Odelrs young son, Benja-
min, was riding at Newburg, the horse
slipped and fell and the boys right leg
was broken between the knee and ankle.
lie was conveyed to the home of his
granfather. where the bone was set.
| The governor was here ut the time. 1t is
not yet known what effect this accident
will have unon the governors projected
Southern and Western trip.
The conscience fund in the United
States treasury was enriched by $50,
received by Collector Stranahan from
Boston. The donation consisted of a
new, crisp $50 and so note carefully
Wrapped in yard of heavy blue paper.
At the bottom of the paper was written
I this inscription: UNPAID duty on goods
Il. S.-Not clothes" This is the second
sum for the conscience fund which Col
leetor Stranahan has received since ne
beea. nc collector Oh April 4.
Former Gov James s. Hogg of Texas,
!, who has just arrived from London, where
yssfee has been since February, viii remain
here a week or more before continuing
his journey to Texas. Mr.. Hogg laugh
| ingly refused to discuss the knee
breeches" episode, but consented to eX.
press himself on the Boer war. The
| end Of the trouble in South Africa h.
said would crafty every Englishman,
especially as the coronation is SO near.
The people don't want to celebrate
while blood is being she'd
TO his sorrow weIl-dressed masher
! found out the truth of his own words
| on n recent night. The masher an
| mosed Mrs. EdeSon while she was wait
| ing for her husbant, Robert EdeSon, the
| leading man in Soldiers of Fortune,
| playing in the Savoy theater. She raid
| no attention to him, and when her hus
| band came ont she metshim. The man
remarked ina loud tone that an ordinary
/ citizen stood 10 chance with a matinee
! idol EdeSon convinced him Of the
| truth Of his remark by givins him
! good drubbing
Property in Fifth avenue valued ut
more than S1,000,000 has been sold, and
| Il was also reported the Hotel Bristol
/ would be replaced with an Office anil
! store building. A. ]. Thomas sold AS
/ Fifth avenue and 430 Fifth avenue to a
/ Mr. Alexander. The price of 430 Fifth
! avenue is said to have been $250.000. 1t
aljoins the st. Marc apartment house.
! 1t was reported that Walter ]. Solomon
| had obtained lease to the Hotel Bris-
! tol at the northwest corner OF Forty
second street and Fifth avenue and that
| he would alter the hotel into an Office
and store building.
! The name of Charles NJ. Schwab will
! he ever hereafter mentioned fervently in
the prayers of blind Tom, who for
! years has sold newspapers down by the
bleak and wind-swept entrance to the
| Pennsylvania ferry at Twenty-third
| street Fortune has not favored Blind
| Tom of late Newsies who can see the
| patrons and make change far quicker
than the bliud man have proved hard
| competitors TO cope with. But his little
triumph came at last, when Mr.. Schwab
the other afternoon singled hin! out and
bought a newspaper from him. More
than that, he listened for ten minutes to
the story of TOMS long struggle against
misfortune and poverty. Mr.. Schwab
Slipped q fve-dollar bill into Toms hand
and hurried through the gates TO catch
his train.
Women mxisito TO New York will be
happy to hrn that after theater hours.
or at any other time in the evening, in
fact. they can nowadays 60 10 hotel
restaurant or any other restaurant and
be served without having male escort.
Not long ago no woman--indeed, no two
| women--unescorted by man could in
the evening find a irst-elass restaurant
where they would he permitted to dine.
The WaidorfAstoria was the originator
of the new state Of affairs In the best
hotels now women and girls sit about in
the large assembly rooms, read their
newspapers, write their letters at the
many little desks, or chat with one an
other with an ease of manner unknown Il
few years ago. Formerly woman felt
uncomfortable and was stared at if she
appeared in the office OF a hotel. But all
this has changed.
|
An interesting story has developed in
connection with the sale of paintings
from the gallery of the late +. O. Mat
thiesSen George +. Blow who bought
for $4,000 for Rubens' painting of the
Holy family, is survivor of the battle
shin Maine. he was n lieutenant at the
time OF the explosion. Tie was placed
in command Of the Vulcan during the
war with Spain and resigned from the
navy February /, 1900 His wife is an
heir ot the AIatthiessen estate. Mrs.