Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-02-07

1t Is announced, semi-oficiallv, that
Daniel t'rohman will assume the mautle
10 be relinquished by Maurice Grau at
the close of this season and become the
tather-In-law, so To say, of grand opera
IN the | ed States-at least until Mr.
Grdu shall have recovered his health.
The New York Theater is to be re
modelled and enlarged AT an expense OF
2lUu.oUO, and the management tl\law Il
ErlanSerl expect to place the house in
the front ranks of American theaters
To test the constitutionality and stand.
ing of the laws for the protection of song
birds, and with the intention of demand
ing rigid enforcement of them if they
are upheld by the courts, suits have been
brought against several department
stores TO recover damages for having on
sale the plumage OF birds which are not
allowed to be killed except for scientific,
purposes.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Cora Oliver. daughter of Gen. and Mrs.
Robert Shaw Oliver. to Joseph II.
Choate, Jr, the son of the United States
ambassador TO the court of St James
Mr.. Choate was graduated from Harvard
| University. in 1897. and. like his father.
followed the law for profession. Miss
O!lYer Is the second daughter of Gen. and
Mrs. Oliver. and great favorite IN Al
bauy society.
The marriage of ]. Clyde Oswald, pub-
Usher of the American Printer. NcB
York. 10 Miss Marie Boeschc was ccic-
hrated at the home OF the bride in New
Bremen, o.
\ cab drove m to The Office Of tie
Western Union Telegraph Company'S of.
ice IN broadway. near Thirty-firSt stree.
one night not long ago and three young
men IN evening dress jumped out. The,
were followed by young woman. an
larentiy negreSS. who was dressed i'm "A
long raglan coat and large white hat
she carried in one hand Il green bag and
III the other brown hat box. She hest
tated moment, looked upon down
broadway. and then walked into the tcle-
graph office. She approached Night
Clerk Shuhcrt and burst ont suddenly:
DO you want y0ur shoes Shincl =
Shubert looked at her in um&xemcnt
While a first She seemed to hc Il ragrcSs.
ne saw after closer look that She had
| her face blackeuCd with burnt cork.
who are youE' asked Shubcrt
why, IN Il bootblack, and | want to
Shine somebody's Shoes" said the young
woman. And then, as if to encourage
him, she added:
And | will not charge you anything. =
Shubert singled out one of the messen-
ger boys who had gathered near the
young woman.
Here Jocko." he said. this lady
wants to shine your 'clods.
The young woman shuddcred. but
opened the hat box and brought forth n
bootblack's outfit. She had produced a
good polish on ono shoe. and was about
to start the other. when she dropped the
brushes and. putting her hands up to her
face. began to sob violently At the sign
Of her breaking down one of the Young
men rushed into the office and assisted her
10 her feet.
You are MI right. Neil" he said.
'and yOu win the het. E0u can have
100 pounds Of candy. Il you want il,
now
Nell rushed to the carriage. The
Young man who entered the Office said
that he was h"r brother.
We live on the upper west side, near
Riverside Drive he said, in way uf eX-
PLANTATION. land tonight tHcrc was "A gath
ering of young people at our home My
sister is known for her daring, and one
of the boys said: ! dare You 10 dress
up rs u boothlack and go out and hnc
somebody's shoes My sister hared mp in
Il minute. III bet Won an even hundred
that | WILL She declared. The Young
man took her nj her word. She immedi-
atcly left the room TO orr aStonish-
mont she appeared a few minutes later
with her face blacllened.
Now order a cab" she demanded.
We thought we'd LET her 20 the limit. 50
we got the cab. We drove to Broad
fourth street before we could hire This
bootblack' : outfit. You saw the rest
John H. Purtis formerly assemhlyman
and last commissioner OF charities for
Brooklyn, is dead.
Mrs. Clara Norton Fuller. profess
Sional pianist of some prominence and
we'll known in musical circles was found
dead in her apartments in the Metro
politau Hotel Indications We're that
death had resulted from n hrmorrEaga
and at least twcnty-four hoUls before fhc
body was discovered. Mrs Fuller leaves
n daughter. an actress. nov said 10 ne
with The Three ROsebuds' Company u
Chicago.
Tie viii Of Abram s. Hewitt has been
filed in the surrogatc's Office at Paterson.
\. !. There are no public requests and
the value Of the estate is not given. To
the widow. Mrs. Sarah Hewitt, the tcS-
rator left all his household furniture. all
his estate known as Ringwpod in Pas
crty in Rockland and Orange counties,
\. y. \ trust fund Of 100000 IS
created. the income to he paid 10 various
relatives. The residue of the estate goes
to the teStator's children.
Application for pardon has been made
to Gov. Odeli on behalf Of Thomas To-
bin. who was convicted of the murder Of
Capt. Craft. whose head was cut of in
the basement Of drinking place in this
city. 1t il asked on the ground that
Tobin was insane and was illegally con
victcd.
Inch by inch two daring harcars
fought with a butler through the lower
room Of +. Parmalec Printice's house at
West Fifty-third street the other
afternoon until one of the thieves was
forced to escape. badly bruised. into the
street. while the other was held in the
grasp Of the butler IN 4 corner Of the par
Tor while a servant called the police. Mrs
Prentice is the daughter Of John D.
Rockefeller, and while the fight was 20
ing on she encouraged the butler in his
uneven battle. The burglars had about
$50 worth Of table silver In O bag when
interrupted by the butler