Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-05-02

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/ ny the mayor, say that Arthur, Marquis
| Durrazzo, Is Of good moral character
| and the son of Francois, Marquis of
Durrazzo, wealthy man of Naples
Frugal Uncle sam did a bit of house
| cleaning the other day at the New York
| assay office Wlich melted him something
/ Ike $1,000. Hidden in the dust and de-
| brls OF years accumulation small par
| ticles of geld which have escaped the
smelling pots were gathered up. The
| most difficult part of the work is the
| removal from the tall chimney of its iron
| lining. to which much Of the metal hangs
! The acids used in the process of smelling
/ corrode the iron, and a new lining is need
| cd every year.
! Unless the appellate tribunals interfere
| Albert j. Adams will have TO serve at
! least one years Imprisonment in Sing
! Sing on conviction of violation of the
| antl-poHcy law. He is now in the TombS
under sentence imposed by Judge Scott
| of the supreme court. The policy king"
/ If sent to states prison at once, may be
| released by the authorities there ut any
time between the spring and fall of 1904.
| He must also pay fine of $1,000 or in
| defaul; of this remain in prison one adj
ditionEi day for each dollar.
There is a photographer in Fifth ave
and cat pictures. His art consists chiefly
| in his ability to cajole the pet into as
Suming pretty pOStures. Some of them
| take naturally to posing and seem to un-
derstand it. for they don't move an eye
| lash, many of them, until | tell them
they may. The dogs are the best hold
| ers of any particular pose, and will sit
as still as human being and much more
quietly than 4 child. The cats are not So
tractable." says the photographer.
The detention by heavy weather of the
steamer ChickahOminy of the United
| Trust Company caused her cargo of ba-
nanas to ripen so fast that a million ba-
nanas, prime for eating. but worthless TO
| the wholesaler had to be east away. The
| fruit was hauled to the garbage scOwS
! on the East river. where many italians
| picked out the uninjured fruit to retail in
| push carts. One of the same company
| boats ran aground at Atlantic City and
| the wreckers lightened her by throwing
overheard the cargo. Bananas sold i'll
| Atlantic City at cents bunch in con-
| sequence.
| Surrounded by friends, some Of whom
were present when she and Mr.. Carnegie
were married in the home of the bride in
| this city sixteen years ago, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Andrew Carnegie celebrated their ami
yersary by an elaborate dinner during
| which Mr.. Carnegie gave han .some
present to Mrs. Carnegie. Probably on
the same steamship with ]. p. Morgan
| the Cedric of the White Star line-Mr.
and Mrs Carnegie will sail for Europe.
| 1t could not be learned exactly when Mr..
and Mrs Carnegie will return to this
country but it probably will not be for
! several months ut least.
Harry Payne Whitney, eldest son of
| William C.. Whitney, was arrested,
charged with speeding his automobile
faster than the law allows. Mr.. Whit
ney was riding up Central park west
operating his machine and a policeman
stopped him after a chase of seven
blocks. Mr.. Whitney went to the West
| Sixty-eghth street station and when
asked for his occupation said: Il don't
know what name to give to that" In
| the west side court Mr.. Whitney pleaded
guilty and was held in $500 bail for
trial in special sessions, but was paroled
George Gould's new turbine yacht.
| Emerald, chartered in December last
! from Sir Christopher Furness, has sailed
| from England. The Emerald is the first
vessel fitted with turbine machinery that
| has ever attempted to cross the Atlantic.
| Her dimensions are: Length over all.
| 236 feet: beam. &c feet inches: nodded
depth, IS feet inches. She has three
| sets of steam turbines, each driving one
length of shafting. and five manganese
| bronze propellerS-one propeller on the
center shaft and two each on the side
shafts.
Lowndes Rhett, a Wall street stock
broker, is to marry Miss Frances Marvin
| Fairfax. daughter of the eleventh Baron
| of Cameron. who lives in Baltimore.
| The eleventh Lord Fairfax was born in
| h.a 81,
| ton near northampton, Prince George
county. He married a daughter of Col.
| Kirby of the United States army, and
| six or seven children are now alive.
| Miss Frances is the youngest and Lord
Albert Kirby Fairfax the eldest. Lord
! Albert Fairfax and his father are the
only American-born peers who are
| American citizens.
The question whether a sandwich CON
stitutes a meal within the provisions of
! the Raines law was discussed at length
| in a decision handed down by Justice
Garretson in the application of Excise
! Commissioner Cullinan for the revOca-
ton of the tax certificate OF AXel ].
Young, a hotelkeeper at C0ney Island.
Justice Garretson takes an opposite view
| from that of another justice in a similar
case, who held that a sandwich is a
meal Justice Garretson says that it is
| = mere SuDIGTIuSG. he NGGiSlUl VIII De
| far-reaching in its effect if it is upheld
upon appeal and will be especially hard
on Coney Island.
| Formal announcement of Mrs. Eliza
! beth Mibank AndersOn's gift of $1,000
600 to Barnard College has been made by
! the trustees of that institution. Her
identity as the generous donor was dis
covered some days ago, but Barnard's Of
ticials were pledged to silence until the
| title of the land embodied in her gift
should actually pass to the college. Mrs.
Anderson is the wife of \. \. Anderson.
the portrait painter, and the daughter of
| Jeremiah Milbank Of this city, who at
his death left an estate of S10OO0,000
to his son Joseph and his daughter Eliza
beth. The total of her gifts to Barnard
exceeds 100000.
Pearls and emeralds have become so
scarce that precious stone dealers in New
York are obliged to obtain them from pri-
waite sources TO satisfy the demand 1t is
not 50 much the result of an increased
demand, although pearls are becoming