Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-05-23
N GAY new YORK.
Scenes and Incidents Of Everyday
Life in the Paris OF America. -


At special meeting of the newly elect
Ell board of governors of the New York
stock exchange. Ii. X. Pomeroy was re-
elected vice president of the board.
The American Corporation of Finance,
capital S2.0O0,O00, was incorporated at
Trenton, y. J.. to acquire and hold the
stock and securities of other companies
| and promote corporations of all kinds.
William Brookfeld who was at one
time leader in the Republican party in
New York state. is dead. He was chair
man of the Republican state committee
for four terms.
Mrs. Richard Croker was driving
through Central park the other day when
| her horse took fright and bolted. Mrs.
| Croker chung to the seat of the swaying
vehicle until the horse was stopped by Il
mounted policeman.
Henry c. Everdell. representing the
organization committee, purchased the
entire assets of the Asphalt Company Of
america and the National Asphalt Com
| pany, paying therefor $60O0,0Q0 The
| sale took place in Jersey City.
Police Commissioner Greene in pub
| c speech the other day roasted the
| city magistrates He says that in spite
Of good evidence the police cannot get
convictions on the gamblers because the
magistrates dismiss the cases.
Announcement of the engagement Of
pandrldge SpotSwood. head Of the bro
kerage firm of Spotswood e Co. to Bar
| 9neSS Katherine Won Wolf OF Munich
bavaria. was made public after the 81
cret had been carefully guarded for six
months.
If settlement is not made with Miss
Harriet Schade. who found Mrs. Colgate
Hoyt's $4,000 pearl necklace. for the re-
turn OF which reward of $1,000 was Of
Tered, although only 500 was paid to
her. suit will be begun for the recover
of the remaining $4,000.
A woman who sat in the first row of
the balcony in the performance of 'The
Runaways" in the Casino recently gave
birth to girl in the dressing room after
~" second act. The theater people said
she WaS Mrs. Kennedy. who lives in
west Thlrty-fourth street.
The Lambs club has just paid $40. 900
for the site for a new clubhouse at lbs
and 40 West Forty-fourth street Tie
Lambs have negotiated q loan OF S1G5.-
GOO. giving their present clubhouse in
hIrtI-SIXth street as security. A new
fold will be built as soon as possible.
Assistant United States District At
TTorney Ernest Baldwin and .Postoffice
aiR'g Tifh ql st5 ID # f6e h had Ia
federal building. They VNg separated
by friends. Inspector OlfSSsth had called
ar Mr.. Baldwin's Office to see him about
the postotiice INVESTIGATIONS now in prog
rcss.
\ report is current that George w.
anderhilt contemplates taking M ais
residence abroad. and desires to rent his
residence in this city. Any such decision
by Mr.. Vanderbilt seems to have been of
| recent origin. since he spent Il large sum
within the last few months making ex-
tensiye alterations in his Fifth avenue
mansion.
Karl Gruhn, the inventor of the telau-
toEraph. the machine which reproduces
writing and sketches over telephone
wires, made tests Of his invention in the
offices of FitZhugh Lee. When all was
ready Mr. Gruhn wrote out a message
ana InstantaneouSly, i'll the exact fac
Slmile of the sender's handwriting. it was
received at tho other station, in Il building
near by.
The police department has 1850 appli
cationS on hand for the job of patrolman
and there are only 240 vacancies Ry
t the latter part of July the number of
| vacancies will he increased by retire
mentS. but the total number of vacancies
VIII not even then reach 800. Obesity
Is the deadlieSt enemy to the New York
| policeman, and retirements are constant
I | ON,
No sooner is one street nuisance out
of the way in New York than anothpr
comes in. The street railroads have
/ practically completed the laying of their
wires underground, and the subway has
begun to be filled in at places 1t is now
| announced that ninety miles of paved
streets are to be torn up soon. for the
laying of pneumatic tubes between the
general poStotfice and the branches
Mayor Low has stopped the preaching
! of MormonSm in the streets of New
| York. Several months ago number of
Molmons obtained permits for street
| preaching. The elders were not known
rs MomonS when they obtained the per-
mlts. hut complaint was made to the
mayor against the preaching of Mormon
| ism in the streets The permits We're
| revoked and no more win be issued.
t. -. Mackey. aged 81 years. an actor
and a member of princess Chic" com.
| rany, who had just returned from the
road, died after having taken some pow
| ders recommended as remedy for i'll
ness. An autopsy by the coroner's phySi-
clan showed Mackey died of heart dis
ease. Friends of Mackey said he had
SlI5. and when found dying in his room
not cent was found in his pockets.
The secretary of the treasury has sent
the following telegram to the commits
Sloner of immigration in this city: You
will issue To- the women inspectors of i'm
migrants the following notice: Your
| name not appearing ON the eligible list Of
the civil service commission YOU cannot
be re-employed without executive order.
No such order having been made and
our term of service having expired I'M
der your temporary appointment said
services are hereby discontinued
John Nanamabcr is 10 tear down the