Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-03

without his knowledge. He won ana AIRS.
Morse found herself the wife of two meu
Thomas Kean, one of the characters
or the Tenderloin, whose profession was
unique, was found dead in his Sixth ave-
nue. office. Kean was known as ''the
Black Eye Artist" He made n business
of treating damaged optics By painting
over the aIscoloration. and had n great
following, which covered all classes OF
society.
DR.. Samuel J.. Holley, prominen,
physician of Lexington, KY, and Mrs.
Holley, who are in New York city, have
reported to the Central Detective bureau
that one of their trunks has been robbed
OF 1eweiry valued at nearly $4,000. The
stolen Jewels consist of string of gems
worth $4,000, an heirloom which had
been in the possession OF the Holley fam
lily for over a century.
+. T. Demarest, lawyer and politician
whose vote elected ID. Z. Hill United
States senator, has been convicted of
fraud.
David Belasco has hired the convention
hall nj Washington, ID. c., and will build
IN 1t q movable stage TO put on Airs.
Carriers new play. All OF the Wash
lngton theaters are under control of the
forced to do this. He declares he will
tight the trust in this way everywhere.
Te stage viii cost $4,000
Tie baroness was proud OF ner fam
lily connections. She was an aristocrat.
though democratic in many ways. She
dld not have as well bred table manners
as one might have expected from her
antecedents, testified James NJ. Giles,
4 witness before Surrogate Thomas, New
1ork city, III the contest of the will cf
bareG@:ss Sarah Norris de Yaugrigneuse.
The baroness LEFT more than $500.000
to her business agent, J. Herbert Car
penter Relatives who were not men
toned are endeavoring to prove that the
testatriX was not competent to make a
VIII, while representatives OF the Ameri-
can Geographical society and Grace
church declare she was of sound mind.
That she was in the habit of picking
her teeth with fork was one of the
points brought In favor of the former
contention.
How much did she drink At meal?''
inquired the surrogate of maid.
'She always took two glasses OF cham
payne, tumbler full Of claret, some Wa
ter. little wine, and a glass of whisky
J. r. Morgan, ex-Lieut.-GOv. Timothy
l.. Woodruff, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, and
others are named as co-defendants with
the state of New York in proceedings to
recover q vast tract of forest lands In
the Adirondacks now being instituted by
the heirs of the late George T. Downing,
mulatto. who died in Newport two
years ago. According to Rufus l.. Per-
7nr, % I, fx-,a No.,
retained by the executors of the Downing
estate, the property involved aggregates
between 5000 and 5000 acres and is val
ued at 81 100000 or more. 1t was sold
by the state for non-payment of taxes.
The present suit will attack the validity
of this sale and incidentally seek to show
that the present holders of the land pur-
chased il under misrepresentation. The
property originally belonged to Gerrit
Smith, the abolitionist and anti-slayery
leader, who signed Jefferson Davis bail
bond, who held it by inheritance from
his father. Smith gave the land TO
Downing.
Miss Katherine Engel of Hoboken and
Samuel n Hertel of Jersey City Heights
were to have been married on the night
of November Il. The bridegroom did not
appear, aud after waiting two hours for
him the guests started TO play euchre and
kept up the game for four hours in the
hope he would arrive, The minister sat
watching the players until he gave up
hope. Then he went home. The pros
pective bridegroom is still missing and
the bride-elect is Frustrated Nearly 200
guests had assembled at the home of the
young woman. Messengers were sent
out, but they reported that they could not
find Hertel. Then someone suggested
progressive euchre. The cards were
brought and the guests played until after
midnight. The wedding presents were
put up as prizes.
We had nice time of it, anyway"
said the bridegroom's closest friend. II
won d nice umbrella that | had presented
the young man who was to have been
married, so l saved that. The more valu-
able articles, however, We left for the
bride"
Losses of 100000 through shoplfting
have been suffered during the last year
by twenty-one department stores in New
York city, whose proprietors, because of
such losses, have formed an alliance to
fight petty pilfering. The fact thPt such
an alliance had been formed calne on:
when q woman was given a fift' enday
sentence in the court of general sessions.
after having pleaded guilty to q charge
of stealing goods valued at $5.04 from Il
department store. Hitherto the store
keepers have been willing TO let Offend
ers off with n fine, and the court, as
rule. has acted accordingly. Before SEN
tcnce was imposed the attorney who had
prosecuted the case said that his law
firm had been retained by an alliance OF
twenty-one department stores to prose
cute every case Of shoplifting. The sew
eral justices declared that they believed
they had been too lenient in shoplifting
cases, because most of the defendants
had been women. Justice Wyatt, speak
ing for the entire bench. said that he
would make the woman's sentence Sc
we're enough TO serve as an example for
others.
Tie last chapter in the love idyn Of
Hen" Sayres, once town constable of
Waynesburg. Pa. and Miss Idalia
Hayes, who, he said. Rugged and kissed
me so l could hardly get away" was
written the other day entirely to Hens"
satisfaction. The jury which for three
days listened TO the history OF the most
delicious rural pastoral ever unfolded in
New York court decided that Miss
Hayes was not entitled TO the 500, 900
she demanded Of her friend Hen" for