Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-28
N GAY NEW YORK.
Scenes and Incidents of Everyday
Life In the Paris of America. -

Ten thousand cloakmakers of New
York have gained advances in wages, in
many Instances from 20 10 40 per cent.
Conrad \. Jordan. assistant treasurer
| Of the United States in New York city.
is seriously ILL., He Is - years of age
and little hope IS entertained for MS re-
covery. He is suffering from complica-
ton of diseases.
Amelia bingham has a new manager.
! Frank Mckee has begun TO direct her
| theatrical affairs. ". \ Mcconnell
| managed her company for TWO seasons
but recently resigned after row with
! her. clyde Fitch tried to patch mp the
trouble, but failed.
Andrew Carnegie has added Sf25. 900
| 10 the endowment fund of the Carnegie
| laboratory Of engineering nj Stevens In
| stitute Of Technology. The gift was in
railroad bonds Mr.. Carnegie in 1900
| gave $4,000 for the erection of the la
| horatory. When the building was ded-
| Gated n year ago he gave 100000 as an
| endowment fund.
DIR. Ashley A. Weber. the champion re-
volver shot of the world and an expo II
wing shot. died at his home in Brooklyn.
! His death IS said TO have been directly
| due to an auto smaShup several months
a 90. His death is greatly regretted
among sportsmen, especially those con-
nected with the Sportsmen's show, in
which he was always actively interested.
M the beginning of the present year
! Horace White signitied TO his associates
| Jf the Evening Post Company his inten-
! ton of retiring from the position of chief
! editor. Rollo Ogden, member of the
! edi, orial staff for nearly twelve years.
| has become Mr.. Whites successor. Mr.,
| White retains an editorial connection
with the paper, and remains president Of
the Evening Post Company.
New York and Brooklyn are to be con
nected with Il tunnel under the East
| river in which fast electric cars will be
operated. The tunnel will run from the
city hall in New York to the city hall
| in Brooklyn, and will be Il mile and a
quarter long. 1t is proposed 10 cover the
| distance in five minutes. and the fare
will be 3 cents. The Brooklyn Rapid
Transit, running over the bridge, charges
| D cents.
In his annual report to President Mich
olas Murray Butler of Columbia Univer
sity last June Dean James T.. Russell Of
| Teachers College announced an anony
nous gift of S250,00O to the college for
the erection and equipment of a building
for physical education. The trustees of
the college announced that the Civ
| or was Mrs. Frederick i. Thompson and
the gift has been increased by a subse-
quent donation of 100000.
The directors of the New York Nation
al Exchange Bank adopted resolutions
calling special meeting of the stockhold-
| erS for March 81 to vote on Il proposition
to issue 100000 addinonm stock, so as
to increase the capital to 81 100000 and
making surplus of $750,0O0. The prop
osition will undoubtedly be adopted. The
stock is to be issued at 5000 per share pro
rata to present stockholders, to whom it
viii be practically an extra dividend, as
the hook value of the stock is $500 per
share.
a Chinese Honeymoon is running so
long ut the Casino that it should he hold
| mp for emulation in American matrimon.
| ial ventures. Little Katie Barry has as
prcl to be a lady in song SO often that
the "dcmned iteration" OF the thing must
be feamully montonous % her. Except
! for "AdonS.' which ran through COT
| performances and ''Florodora." with 541
! presentations, the Honeymoon has
| been the greatest long-winded success.
! with good chance of passing both the
famous runs before closing.
So rapid has been the growth of the
| apartment-house idea in New York that
there are 100000 people living in apart
m"nts i'll Manhattan al0ne-a population
| three times as great as that of the whole
| city in 1853, when the first apartment
house was built. At the present time
there are only 524 two-story residences
in Manhattan, while there are 1889
four-story and 21,931 five-story frame
houses. III the past eight years we have
! expended S363220. 600 for apartment
| houses and hotels last year topping the
list with more than $10,000,00O
The Sturtevant House, at broadway
and Twenty-nnth streets. has been sold
| by the executors of the estate of Albert
| L. and John ID. Sturtevant TO the United
States Realty and Construction Com
pany. The property has been held at
%L2Oo,ooo and the price paid is close to
that figure In its day the Sturtevant
| House was one of the chain of hotels
that made the name of Leland famous.
| II passed out of the control of the family
| long ago. Il was opened in 1871 by
George :. and Lewis Leland, their young
er brothers. jerome Leland and Horace
). Leland of the Leland Hotel in Spring
heId, ILL.,, subsequently coming into the
firm.
Mrs. George Law. the newest star in
the social armament. attracted much at
tention recently at the third conference
given by Count Montesquiou at Sherry'S.
She has long been a prominent figure in
the brilliant cosmopolitan set in Paris,
and hogan her triumphs in New York
Christmas. Mrs. Law is "A dazzling
beauty, with dark-hroWn eyes, luXurian5
brown hair, delicately tinted oval face
and a style all her own. In addition she
las wealth and list of titled Suitors
that ought to warm the heart Of Ameri-
cas- most Indifferent social dictator. As
Alonga Smith she married George Law,
the multi-millionaire, in 1894, and is now
a widow with fortune of S6,00000O.
The Manhattan Railwax COMPANY has