Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-06-07

worried about ais illness and fear it may
result seriously, though it is denied at
his home he is any worse. He has been
suffering with bad cold for several
days.
Arrangements are reported to have
been made for the introduction of vaude-
vile entertainments on some Of the
ocean liners. The scheme will be given
IA trial on the steamer st. Paul's next
trip out The entertainments will Ire
furnished entirely by male talent. accord
ing to present plans.
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr.. has acquired
800 acres Of land at Lakeville. neaI
Great Neck, l.. l., on which he has com
menced TO build a magnificent country
there are other features contemplated
which will cause an eclipse of all the 9th
err great places owned by milionaires on
Long Island. The reported cost of the
land is S350,000.
The sailors on the first ships that ar
rived from the scene of Mont Pelee'S
activity found Il strong demand and good
prices for the lava dust which they had
collected at no greater effort than sweep
it from the deck Of the ship. Put up in
bottles and properly labelled it appealed
to people who make collections of curios
anu lIle Afdue III II was bFlSh. ne SLOW
or later ships now arriving are bringing
quantities of it. but the demand has fall
len off. One woman who lives in St.
Vincent sent up Il package of il by mail
to friend who had to pay in excess
postage as much as Il large bottle of the
dust would cost here. 1t resembles fine
emery dust.
1t looks as though Coney ISland-the
Manhattan Roach pu1 IF its soon f.,
have a formidable rival within almost Il
stones throw of itself. Anthony w.
Brady. the multi-milionaire. is the man.
it is said, who intends to bring the rival
TO life. He has for 100000 purchased
an immense tract of land with beach
front near Gravesend. 1t is proposed to
FIJI in Gravesend bay to the bulkhead
line a distance of about 2000 feet from
the present shore line. The plan also is
to fill in Harway basin and the meadow
lands. If the rumor is we'll founded
there is to be located on the tract a sum
mer resort that will be made even far
more attractive and select than that part
of Manhattan Beach. where the immense
Oriental hotel is now located.
When a man disappears from New
York so poor that he had scarcely a dol
lar to his name and comes back a few
years afterward a multi-millionaire he
has many friends and admirers. Noah
E. Barnes of London Is a man of that
ilk, and he is now in New York He is
well known to Americans as a horse
man, patron of theatricals, financier and
member of the British Publishing Com
panY, and is now worth, it is said. ST.
100000. He is here to look after a gold
mine deal at Barnes, Col, in connection
with the Rothschilds. Nearly every the
atrica person of any Importance in town
anIl cd IN p Ra n &c hot 10
is to give banquet to his New York
friends when he returns from Barnes,
which town, by the way, was named
after him.
Patrick f. Sheedy, the ex-gambler,
lost in an action to recover, which III
volved the payment of Il $4,000 note
judge announced his decision. Sheedy
and the defendant met in the corridor.
Sheedy walked up to him and said, with
Il smile, "Well, ! am glad it's all over.
and | guess you are. too Asked what
he had to say regarding Justice Glider
sleeves ruling, Sheedy replied; Its all
right. ! never kick over n judges lie.
cision. When | bet on a horse and the
numbers are hung up | never kick.
What's the use?" c. Frederick Kohl Of
Philadelphia was the defendant. Kohl.
it seems, as payment for losses in a card
game 1T Naples, gave 10 one W dlSD the
note in question. which subsequently
came into Sheedy's possession.
Negotiations between the rapid transit
commission and representatives of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company with
reference to compensation to New York
city for the use of the large surface area
neceS earV to the construction of the pro-
posed vast system of tunnels under
North and East rivers and across Man
haitian are nearing completion. 1t is un-
derstood that the railroad representa-
tives have acceded to the demand that
the company shall pay to the city 81
cents annually for every lneal foot of
single track railroad under Manhattan
island for the first ten years of the
twenty-five year franchise. For the re-
manning fifteen years the company is ia
/ pay 81 a track foot. This price will be
charged for all sidetracks as we'll as for
the main line. On the basis Of these fig
ures it IS estimated the city will get
nearly 100000 each year from the
streets alone