Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-07-04

little neck CLAIMS aud four aud half
pounds of steak, or one and "A quarter
pounds Of steak less than his opponent.
While this contest was going on viii
liam Schwanner ate 119 little neck
CLAIMS at one sitting in forty minutes and
Ernest BuXbaum consumed in two hours
81 boiled hardshell crabs. When the
contests were over Schaupauf was I'M
able to stand. He was lifted on the
shoulders of his friends, carried around
the palm garden and loudly proclaimed
the champion eater of Williamsburg.
BY the contents of the will of James
Mcdowell, for many years proprietor of
~ Eoghorn tavern, on Ninth avenue
near Twenty-third street, the fact is dis
closed that he left a widow. Friends
thought him bachelor. Mr.. Mcdowell
leaves the greater portion of his estate,
the value of which is not stated. to Clara
Debrave, who resides at 100 West Nine
ty-fourth street. TO his wife. Elizabeth
Mcdowell, he gives ''in addition to her
dover the sum of $1,000, TO be taken by
her in place of all claims she may have.
We have never lived together since our
marriage. and | have maintained and
supported her for over thirty years. She
never was wife to me" The other two
thirds of the realty are given to Clara
DebraYe, who presents the petition for
the probate Of the will To two cousins.
Loretta and Philip Cusick Mcdowell
leaves his deposits in the Greenwich
Savings bank and the Bank of Savings
The Foghorn tavern is given. with all
its stock, pictures, engravings and per
s0nal property. equally to his two old
employees, Robert Forbes aud Charles
Brady.
In Greater New York property as,
ssessed ut the enormous sum of SOB
J&},33g is exempt from taxation This
fact was made public by President
Wells of the department OF taxes aud
assessments. 1t means that the city
loses S12,OO00O0 annually by reason of
the operation of the exempt provisions
Of the tax law. The chief beneficiary
from this exemption is the city Of New
York and the United States government
which own vast property interests in the
clty. Churches and charitable inStitu-
tons also figure largely in the exempt
class. Old soldiers homes are also fac
tors in the list. Among the churches
the Trinity properties are valued at SlJ,-
G10,eOO and pay no taxes.
If the city were 10 be paid taxes 0c
these valuations" said Commissioner
Wells. Tin a few years the city Of
New York would be as rich as the fed
erai government itself II would be by
far the wealthiest city ia the world.
Special Master in Chancery Thomas
Anderson, sitting at Trenton. \ j.
granted "A divorce 20 Mrs. Daniel r
Campbell from her millionaire husband.
who is a member Of the Watts-Camp-
hell Engine Construction company Of
Newark after one of the most
sensational and bitterly contested iii.
vorce eases in the history Of TIA" state.
II her victory the young and pretty
plaintiff, who appeared III court attired
in a gown OF laces and chiffon, also oh
tains the custody Of their two children.
Elizabeth and Robert. Mrs. Campbell
testified that she had married NJ the age
of II, soon after graduating from q
fashionable school. and that the giamor
of Campbells wealth. had blinded her
"A woman can make no greater mistake
than to marry millionaire. she de-
clared, with emphasis. " By experience
and observation | have learned that they
generally acquire vicious habits along
With their wealth until they believe
themselves superior 10 tn" cares and re
-pOusibilitipS Of ordinary people.