Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-08-15

the brotherhood OF st. Francis.
Commissioner Stuggis of the fire de-
partment has announced the promotion
OF Deputy Chief Charles ID. Purroy To
the rank of chief of the tire department.
Miss Bessie Abbott. the young Ameri-
ran singer who las peen winning so many
enroal.ums for her work iii Paris. will
appear in English opera in the United
States next season. Pucciui. the author
81 La Euhcme." is writing new opera
f." her.
BY Il vote of IL to n the board of
aldermen has for the second time defeht-
cd the appropriation of $G,332,0OO for the
Manhattan bridge, the opposition being
to the proposed eye bar construction
which had been suggested III place OF
wire cables.
Rev DR.. Charles VI. McHarg, uncle Of
tile late Mrs. Porter. wife of the Ameri-
can ambassador TO France, and one of
the best known Presbyterian ministers
in the state. is dead. He was 80 years
old. His brother William resides ri
Pueblo, Colo.
Several children have been injured, one
probably fatally by runaway horse
which was maddcncd at the explosion of
fireworks set off by enthusiasts of eX-
Police Chief Deyery for mayor who were
raising n banner at Twenty eighth street
and Eighth avenue
Three hundred of New Jerseys state
conyicts ut Trenton have dOnned their
new uniforms for the first time, the
stripes having been abolished for suits of
light gray. The lOckstep and close crop
ping of the COnyicts hair were done away
with some time ago in the New Jersey
prison.
The Pabsf Brewing company has
bought Nos. 25G and 2JS West One Hun
ared and Twenty fourth street, in the
rear of their casino en- One Hundred and
twenty hfth street An addition to the
present quarters will be built to cost
Sin,OOO, and to contain palm garden, a
ballroom and banquet hall.
Fourteen nuns of the Order of the
Sacred Heart arrived from France on
the Lucania in charge of Mother SUI
periOr Coorman. Five of them were
from the department of the Pyrenees and
were ameng those recently expelled from
that country. Mother Co0rman said they
would go to converts in this country,
where they will teach
found in the appendix of II patient who
was being operated upon in brooklyn
hospital. The collection OF stones had
not caused appendicitis, however. Their
discovery was due to an operation of
cancer Of the stomach. After the cancer
Gus growth had been cut away the sur
gtons took away the pits and the patient
quickly recovered.
The largest dog in New York state is
dead He was Kentucky bred, years
old. weighed $50. was 50 inches high and
measured q feet d inches from the end of
his nose to the tip of his tail. He wore Il
cellar that was > feet and / inches in
circumference He was owned by Rob
ert Converse, who had refused offers of
more than $1,000 for him. He was Il
short-haired st. Bernard.
Mrs. Joseph Earl Sheffield lost very
pretty stickpin at Newport. Mrs VIII
liam +, Carter dropped an elegant dia-
mOnd brooch in the form of star and Il
handsome pin of diamonds and sapphircs
fell from Miss Maria DcBOnil'S neck
These three valuable Jewels are believed
to be mingling with the dust of Bellevue
on NaTragan>ett avenue, where many
persons are hunting for them every day
John Alexander Dowie. Elijah. the re.
Storer and general oyerseer Of the Chris.
tan Catholic church OF zion, has leased
Madison Square garden from October Il
10 November ! in order to conduct his
great mission, lie will be accompanied
ny the Zion white rohed choir of loo
voices, Zion City band and 100 officers
of The church. Provision is being made
Tor 1000 members Of the Zion restoration
host.
Miss Gertrude Schafer. who is known
~ the dramatic profession as Miss Bond
mn, was married at Cincinnati to Otis Il
Ihayer of New York. the star of III,
Sweet Glover company. at the home OF
The brides mother this city. Mis-.
Schafer OF late has been the leadins
woman in the Sweet Glover" company
She is the sister of Attorney Victor
Schafer. leading member of the bar o
this county.
Mrs. William Il. Grace sent a fin,
South American condor 10 the Contra
park menagcrie from her summer HON,
ut Great Neck The bird is worth Sl0O
Director Smith said. He put it with tn,
eagles. as It has not attained it's full
growth and might not be able To defen,
Itself from the attacks of the two mug
nAci0uS vultureS imported from Ger
many, The eagles are more peaceabe
tue director explained
Mrs. Mary A. Murphy, who said sh,
Was the widow of Col. Michael c. Muir
pay former polite commissioner of hi
city is dead nj her home in BROOKLYN
from heart failure. Col. Murphy
friends in this city knew nothing Of hi
VILE until after his death not long ayo
Mhen the woman presented her claims 10
his estate and sought To show that sh
married him in 1850 aud that they sen
"fated hfteen years later, drifted apar
ana never were reconcilcd Col Muir
phys rise a politics occurred after tn
separation y that his closest friends o
latter years knew nothing Of his famil
affairs and the appearance of the widoy
caused n sensation.
The new japanese camp in the A,liror
,ackS OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick "
Nanderhilt has attracted so much atter
ton that many new cottages are to b
built IN the same style Even the bi
house at the Twombly camp has put a
new appearance with its JapaneS
porch and entrance. Mr.. and Mrs. Van
derbilt will entertain Il number of guest
between now and the middle of Septenl
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