Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-09-10
New York Every Day.

The North German Lloyd's fastest
ship. Kaiser Wilhelm H., failed by fifty
minutes to eclipse the Deutschland rec
ord of ; days. II hours and 81 minutes
from Cherh0urg to Sandy Hook. The
former broke her own record by two
hours and tweuty-SjX minutes, coming
over on the trip in , days, II hours and
"A minutes. All hourly average Of tween"
~ three knots.
While examining the baggage from the
French line steamer La Bretagne, GUS
toms officials noticed young woman
who seemed to have 8bnormally De
vel0ped hips Goods worth SO, which
had been purchased for presents, were
found on the woman by u matron. These
were taxed IS, but the passenger refused
70 pay the duty aud the goods were tax
sn by the government.
Kelvin Howard, who has been sliding
from the dreamland tower to the top
of the shoot the chutes, hanging by his
teeth, has decided to quit. lie has had
two bad falls this season, aud the second
one kept him several weeks in the emerg-
ency hospital at Coney island. Luellita,
his partner dreamed three times she saw
him killed by fall and she persuaded
min To cancel his contract.
Sig Ernesto Biondi, the sculptor, has
won his fight for recognition by the trus-
tees OF the Metropolitan museum OF art
aud is tC haze his Saturnaia group
placed on exhibition in sculpture hail OF
the museum The National Sculpture
sociesy, which condemned the group, has
rCscnded its vote and the work probably
wil be exhibited Biondi is likely 10
withdraw his suit for damages
The demand of motormen and firemen
CT the IL" road for an increase in
wages and a decrease in the hours of
labor in the new subway was refused
l,y the officials of the Interborough Rapid
Transit company. The company offers
motormen So for a day of ten hours.
The nOt0rmen on the elevated lines now
receive $3.50. The matter now prob
ably will be turned over to the officers
of the national organization Of street
railway men.
Sir Alfred Harmsworth. proprietor Of
the London Daily Mail and many other
English newspapers and periodicals, is in
New York city. II have come over pri-
marily for the purpose Of investigating
the American paper supply" said Sir
Alfred. But what | want most just
nj this moment is Il rest from business
cares. | am going TO Maine. | shall
remain in the United States about five
weeks, and hope to find time to visit the
II. Louis exposition
Tie theatrical exchanges were never
SO Crowded as they are this year, and
the lines waiting outside the managers
Offices resemble the nightly gathering
outside the Vienna bakery. Salaries are
smaller than ever, as the managers are
practically able to name their own terms
to all but the most popular members Of
the profession. Managers were never
SO slow to make engagements, even un
der these conditions, and the rank and
file of actors face lean winter
After impersOnatng woman for
twenty years Christian Becker, who
claims to have been D'plOyed as Il WON
mn IN President K0osevelt'S family, was
arrested in New Rochelle for masquerade
Ing in woman'S attire and sentenced hy
Judge Van Auken to four months in the
peujtentary. Probably il Recker had
not been taken Sick in Il restaurant at
New Rochelle he would have gone
through life mchallenged under the name
of Emma Becker which he gave when
arrested.
A large party Of Belgian officials. en-
route St Louis exposition. arrived on
the steamer kroOnand. The party in
Cludes Guillaume tie GrOot member of
heiglan Royal academy; A. Honzean de
lie Hac. and Ii. La Fontaine members
Of the Belgian Senate: Emile Van der
Nelde of the Chamber of Representa-
t:res; +. Nerant, director OF beaux arts,
Victor Watteyne director of industry;
Henry Carton de Wharf. secretary of the
p amber Of Deputies, and Frank Noyak.
't.egate of the Hungarian government.
Robert Drouet will appear ms leading
man for Margaret Anglin during the new
season. He Will play the role of Lysan-
der in Miss Anglin's new play from the
German of Robert Msch The Eternal
Feminine" which goes into rehearsal as
soon as Miss Anglin. who is on the Kali
ser Wilhelm der Crosse, shall arrive in
New York. Mr.. Drouet was seen last
season with Clara Bloodgood in "rhe
Girl with the Green Eyes" and in pre-,
yions years rs Leading man for Mary
Mauneting in Janice Meredith and Nio-
Ia Allen in The Christian"
The arrival here the other day of four
steamships with 1870 cabin passengers
marks the beginning of the annual fall
west bound rush OF Americans in Eu-
rope. The American line steamship ST.
Paul brought 462 cabin passengers from
Southampton. the Celtic of the White
Star line brings SO from Liverpool the
Cuuarder t'mbria. COG from the same
port. while the French lined La Bretagne
hriugs 2I3 from Hayre. The steamships
also bring many SteeraGe passengers.
241O in al. divided as follows: st Paul
50: Celtic, zoo; Umbria, 400. and La
Bfetagnc, iIa.
Domestic MISUNDERSTANDING. Scna,3.
tons aud divorces seem to- be- the order af
the day in and about New York rborr
were five eases counted in the courts ami
the newspapers here within "a week Ia,
which the PARTIES concerned were n,rso,,.
Of money aud social position. Indprlyin.
all of them was the odd matter of ,rnn,,-
The perilous lottery at international mar
riase was again illustrated In the ,asn ~
the CollinS-Schenck AFFAIR, Miss Nathal;n
Scheuck MAS che of the great hrantia, 80
the Newport colony. She was brides
maid in the Reginald Nanderbilt-t'atbIn.p
Nelson wedding, aud great fayoritp
Capt. Collins. it appears VAS il man Of
small financial resources ESQ month,
and Miss Sehenck was not gu hp;r..y. .