Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-05-16

UdEutAei.
James Swami. member of the cotton
brokerage house of Inman & Swami of
New York city. and president of the At
lanta (GaD National bank, is dead at the
buckingham hotel.
The trustees of Columbia university
announce the appointment Of Prof
James Brown Scott. dean of the law
school of the University of Illinois, to a
professorship in the law school
The trustees of Columbia university
today announced the appointment of
Prof james Brown Scott. dean of the
law school of the University of Illinois
10 a professorship in the law school.
Rev DR.. Rufus johnson. pastor Of the
Fifth Avenue Baptist church, is danger
ously i'll. An operation was performed
which. though said to be successful left
the patient so weak that it is feared ne
viii not survive.
George J. Gould's new turbine steam
yacht Emerald arrived by way of Fayul.
after n rough passage OF eleven days
enced a succession of heavy gales, in
which it behaved admirably.
Kirke La Shelle is reported to have
said that he would pay down $4,000 cash
as advance royalties to the man who
could give him AS good 4 play as The
Earl of paWtucket' f" What manager
wouldn't, if the equality were proved?
4 Bowery combination barber shop and
cigar store has gone into the coupon bust
ness Every time a man buys hair
cut. shave or cigar he gets a coupon.
When he has saved certain number of
the coupons he is entitled to a free shave,
haircut or cigar.
The range finder tower at Fort Adams.
X. l., has been wrecked and its valua
BILE instruments destroyed by a fire. The
tower is a tall structure upon the highest
part of the reservation. 1t was strongly
built of hard pine with heavy armor plate
outside for protection.
Mrs. John f. Carroll has transferred
TO the widow of Coils r. Huntington, ut
a nominal consideration. the new six
story mansion on Fifty seventh street, adj
joining the Huntington mansion, on the
southeast corner of Fifth avenue. The
property is valued at 100000.
Charles NJ. SChwah was reelected pres
ident of the United States Steel corpora
ton at a meeting of the board of direct
orS held in this city. All the other out
going officers were reelected, and John
+. Dryden of New Jersey elected di-
rector in place of the late Abram S.
Hewitt.
On the last voyage of the steamer
Deutschland Capt, Barends gave a din
served. At a signal from the captain
the lights were extinguished and the
walters, in fantastic uniforms, entered
bearing ice cream and ices covered with
flames.
More than 1000 letters are at the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel for John Farson of
Chicago, as the result of an article in Il
Sunday paper saying he would bequeath
$l,O0OOOO for a model servant The
hotel people are holding the letters until
the flood ceases when they will be
shipped to Mr.. FarsOn by express.
The Mr.. Adams who is making mats
IN Sing Sing because he smiled at the
anti-poliey laws, has not relaxed his
business activities. He has taken title
70 S95 q 6 bit of broadway realty, at cost of
SZ90O0O Which shows that even
rich man of New York can be sent to
prison, if he is qualified for the place.
Lack of harmony among the associa-
tons of engineers may nullify an offer of
Andrew Carnegie to give 81 coo. 600 or
more with which to establish Il national
city. Rivalry exists among the vari-
Gus bodies. and q high official said it is
doubtful if all can live in peace under
one roof
Robert T. Wilson, Jr.. brother of the
WIFE of the British ambassador. Mrs.
cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs. Ogden
Goelet, has been operated upon at his
hCme in this city for a floating kidney.
winch, for two years, has been troubling
him. Mr.. Wilson rallied quickly from
the shock and official bulletins announce
lhat he is doing well.
John Kendrick Bangs will soon make
i!lS first appearance as Il dramatst. He
Is writing Il comedy for a young woman
who likes to be known rs "Mabele" Gil
man. Bangs submitted the scenario re
Gently and it was accepted. Miss Gilman
WIN appear as the star in the comedy
next season. 1t will be her first appear
ahce outside of comic opera.
Herman Ridder. the leader of the Ger
luan-AmeTican Reform union, declares
mat ms organization will not 20 into
aH0ther fusion movement without care
iuHy considering what course would be
nest for the interests of the organiza-
Ioh. bidder AYERS that hIayor Low win
NOT be renominated and declares that he
Is IN favor Of an independent Democrat.
John +. Caldcs wood, who came from
hlcago year ago to become assistant
~ the president of the brooklyn Rapid
i''iSlt company, was elected vice presi-
Wtht and general manager Of the com
pa"y' | he promotion was great sur
p.tSe 10 INN. 1t is only few years since
1deFWood was reporter on a Oh; go
RED.
Handbags and monocles at one and the
S"lhe time is the newest feature of
teulnlne impediments notable along the
fashionable thoroughfares. In some
Uses daschund or a poodle clipped
u mode is added. With the advent of
TaFm weather some of these articles Of
doubtful utility must give way, unless
we new summer girl is to be provided
with four hands.
u Mrs. /. 4. Barker. the wife of Thomas
hIrker. who is now serving sentence
ii!F having shot and wounded Rev. Mr..