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

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80 years ago conducted large grocery
business in East Ora nge, y. j.. have re-
ceiyed check for $50 from a conscience
stricken woman who says she has not
enjoyed a night of sound sleep since she
ran M the bill for groceries twenty-seyen
wears ago and left town without paying
it. The woman's lawyer asserts 1hat
after paying the debt the woman retired
and slept until next mornl3S At Io
o'clock.
Phil DAYS Pennsylvania club at Long
,, Branch will not go under the namIner on
The date set for the sehriff' sale to salts
fy a claim for $4,000 held by the excel
tors of the late Edward Marks. The
sale has been adjourned without date.
Some persons think that an effort l. ~, be
inc made to settle the Marks claim. Inc
Ocean club Is in the hands of receiver
John DAILY wants to sell his club al.
though he has taken down the for sale
sign. The New York club apparently Is
not heavily patrOnized-
The rents demanded in the new hotels
for the very limited space set aside for
the barber shop are higher than most
persons would be willing to believe. FOR
the barber shop of hotel not yet COM
pleted the annual rent is $4,000, and the
tenant not onlv has 10 pay the expenses
of fitting up the shop, but bonus OF
$50. 900 as we'll There are three hotels
within block Of the new structure, and
| every one Of them, OF course, has ITS own
shop. So the profits in the new hotel
will have TO he very large 70 enable the
tenant to make money.
Justice Giegerich. in the supreme
| court denied the application Of Robert
| A. Ammon for a certificate Of reasonable
| doubt He is the lawyer who was con
victcd on Il charge of having received
| SIC. 800 of the moneys of the Franklin
! syndicate. the SO-called "get-rich-quick'
concern of which William +. Miller was
| the oStensibe head. AmmOn was sen
| fenced to an indefinite term of impriS0n-
ment not to be less than four years and
not To exceed four and half years The
result OF the decision is that Ammon Will
| b. taken ut once to Sing Sing.
The trustees Of the Newport hospital
| have received from Mrs. Vanderbilt a for
| NAL transfer by letter of the S2oO, 900
| ward which she has caused to be erected
upon the hospital grounds as a memorial
! to her husband, the late Cornelius VAN
| derbilt. Accompanying the transfer was
| notice of generous endowment OF the
| building, the amount of which the otli-
cials are not privileged to make public.
| The ward is for the needy poor. with out
patient maternity and chldren's depart
| ments. and rooms for those who can only
pay nominal sum for treatment
The keepers at the Glen Island Z0Olog-
ical garden had an exciting water hunt
| the other day after their largest Gle
sound and was using it as a bathtuD.
| Several rOwboats and a steam launcl
| took up the chase. The occupants of the
small boats We're drenehed again and
again by streams of water from the ele-
plants proboscis. From distance the
elephant looked like spouting whale.
| He was headed for shore at last and
| was given wide berth as he scrambled
out of the water and shook himself.
A death from the heat that was not
noCed on the police records occurred in
| the Central Park Zoo The victim was
| Arctic. the immense polar bear, which
| had been an inmate of the menagerie for
| twenty-five years. 1t had weathpred
| many hotter summers, but was thirty
years old and weak Keeper SNYDER
found the bear lying helpless ON the rocky
| bottom of its Enclosure. He and other
| keepers played the hose on its head. and
| cooled il with ice bags. Their efforts
| We're of no avail. The bears skin will be-
| stuffed and sent TO the Museum of Nat
ural History.
In removing the large oil painting OF
| Andrew Jackson from its place in the
| old council chamber in the west wing of
the city hall, preparatory to renoyatng
| the room. an old secret stairway leading
| To the upper floor of the city hall from
| the basement has been uncovered An
| old employe said when the Tweed ring
controlled municipal government, the
| stairway was often used by aldermen Ia
escape from the building when angry
| constituents were awaiting them outside
aud to escape the service of legal papers
in suits brought by taxpayers to prevent
| the grants of franchises
| Harry S. Lchr is sponsor for new
| manner of carrying change and other
| things needed in 4 shopping tour. Dur
| ing the last few days he has been very
| busy ut Newport collecting cotillon favor,
for some OF his friends. aud in order Il
have his money handy he has carried
about his wrist a large purse of silver
gilt, attached to n chain. Suspended from
the bag by Il fine gold cord is Il daint,
| pencil used for making notes on a pal
carried inside the bag. As Mr. Lehr car
ries the bag about his wrist it naturall,
attracts considerable attention aS he zoe,
in and out among the stores,
| II. $. Taber, a we'll known actor, die,
at Phoenix. .Ariz., Of lung affection. II
his palmy days he WAS closely associate,
with Miss Edith Barrymore. He was ,
fayoritc before the footlghtS ut DAILY,
Fifth Avenue theater in New York an,
at various times he has appeared in al
the leading theaterS of America. HI
died almost stranger in Il strange land
for he did not choose 10 make himsel
known aud had few acquaintances Hi
last days Were spent apparently in power
ty. He reached Phoenix in II stage o
tuberculosis too far advanced to affort
him any hope of recovery. The remain
will probably be sent To his home in Al
bion, y. Y. for burial.
The police authorities of this city some
times receive from police sleuths Of sub
urban towns some very amusing descrn
tions of people wanted" \ police caa
tain in Asbury park sent Il description
today of one William Peters that take
the cake Here ii is; STRAW hat. s.;
one blue serge coat, three buttons. muc
cut, name on collar; one light pair .
pants cuffs ON; black four-in-hand. whit
: stock; one pleated-front white shirt. al.