Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-05-16
IN GAY NEN YORK.
Scenes and Incidents Of Everyday
Life In the Paris of America. -

Miss Olga Nethersole has written, ask
ing for the dramatic rights of Pretty
| Peggy
Police Inspector Cross was dismissed
/ from the force by Commissioner Greene.
Cross was tried recently on charges of
neglect of duty.
Lou" Belts, who has been on trial,
| charged with maintaining a gambling
! house III West Thirty-fourth street. was
acquitted by jury.
Three pounds of California cherries.
| the first consignment of the season, have
been sold here at auction for 50 Il pound,
| the highest price ever paid i'll New York.
| Two other trust companies, the New
| York Security and Trust and the Mer-
| camille Trust, have formally decided 70
withdraw from their clearing house con-
| neCtions.
Charles r. Yerkes arrived on the kron-
| prinz Wilhelm on flying trip to Califor-
mia, where financial interests need atten-
| tion, and he will return to London il
| three weeks.
| Maurice Grau, accompanied by his
| wife and Miss Louise Grau sailed for
| Europe on the French line steamship La
! Savoie. He did not know when he would
return to New York. He was through
| with opera, he said.
a cablegram to the Herald from Lon
don. England, says that Miss Gladys
! Checker Of California was married. at the
| church of St. Clement Danes. to Power,
| GOurand. her mothers brother-in-laW.
The wedding was kept very quiet
Actor Harry Rose. the wife slayer,
| who is said 20 have trained the ocCU-
pants of murdererS' row in the Tomhs to
| simulate insanity. was sent 70 the asylum,
| having hatiied the experts. who ut first
declared him to be shamming.
The coroner's jury rendered verdict
! that Benedetto Madonna, the barrel muir
der victim. had come to his death ut the
/ hands of some person unknown to the
| jury. Seven of the witnesses in the case
were held by the jury as being accessories
to the crime.
Cecilia LOTUS and Daniel Frohman
! have signed contract by the terms of
which she will act under Frohman's man
agement for three years, beginning Sep
! temher. 1904, in the new Lyceum theatcr.
| +. III. Sothern will write a comedy for
! Miss LOTUS some time between now and
| the fall of next year.
Surrogate Fitzgerald has issued letters
OF administration to Mrs. Mary Dough
erty Stuart widow of William Henry
Stuart. otherwise known as Stuart Rob
! son, actor. Besides the widow there are
! two children, David Morton Stuart and
Mrs. Alicia Y. Crehose. The property
/ consists of $50 900 personally.
George G. Williams, the president of
the Chemical National bank and one of
| the most prominent men in banking cir
cles in New York city. died at his home.
! Mr.. Williams had been i'll for two weeks
with a severe attack of the grippe. 1t
was in 1873 that Mr.. Williams became
| president of the Chemical bank.
! Miss Viola Allen announces that next
| season she will appear in ShakeSpearc'S
comedy. Twelfth Night play which
she has long contemplated producing.
| She is negotiating with an artist of dis
! tinction TO prepare designs for the pro-
duction. which in scenic effects Miss AL
! len desires to be of unusual beauty.
Elhu Root, the secretary of war. has
| joined the steadily increasing colony
which is endeavOring to establish Upper
| Park avenue as an exclusive residential
section akin to that of old Murray Hill.
Mr.. Root has purchased two lots at 100
and 102 East Seyentv-hrSt street and will
spend not less than $150,000 on his new
dwelling.
Elihu Root, secretary of war. has pur-
chased the two lots in East Seventy-trSt
street and Will build there handsome
city residence, joining the colony that is
fast making q fashionable center of up
per Park avenue. 1t is said that the
purchase price was about 100000 and
that Mr.. Root will spend $3.50, 900 on his
residence.
]. Ogden Armour's representative in
New York city has notified Mrs. Black.
the wife of the canal boat man. whose
child was operated upon by Prof LOrenz
as the consequence of the woman sending
a doll to Lolita, that the Vienna expert
will see little Alvin Black at the State
hospital Tarrytown, when he returns 80
this city on June TO-
The appellate division of the supreme
court has reversed the award by lower
court to Frank ID. Mowbray. former
valet of Howard Gould. of 5000 FOR in
iuries sustained by Mowhray through
the premature explosion of 4 signal rocket
on Mr. Goud'S yacht Hildegarde several
years ago One of Mowbray's eyes was
torn out and he was injured in the chest.
The Boston Marine Engineers Bene-
fetal association has offered q reward
of $1,000 for the recovery of the body
of George \. Kolb. business agent Of the
New York Marine Engineers aSsocia-
fion. or for evidence that will lead to the
arrest and conviction of the ones re-
SponSihle for his death. Mrs. Kolb. wife
of the missing man, said she has been
told the association viii raise the reward
to 5000.