Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-03-19
New York Every Day.

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Among the passengers who arrived on
the steamer Ce,tic from Liverpool and
Queepstown Were twenty-eight japanese
army and navy officers returning home
from European countries aud the Right
Rev, Joseph {. HaIfzell. missionary bish-
op Of the Methodist Episcopal church in
Africa.
A full-length portrait Of Baron Arnold
Leroy of Holland. painted by Van Dyck,
the Dutch master probably in 1901 has
Just been sold to Il collector for about
S3a,thO. The canvas which was import
ed recently is in excellent condition.
Having learned that the promoters of
x Grand War Concert and Entertain
mciif in Aid of the Red Cross Society of
Japan are using his name to raise sub
scriptions, Mr.. Suchida, the Japanese
eonsul-general, has announced that sUcn
use of his name was not only without his
permission, but was against his declared
wishes.
Abraham Newman, an old and wealthy
money lender and diamond dealer has
been found dead in his office on the
Bowery. Robbery had been committed.
Is a question which the police have yet
to I'lve. There were no marks of vio-
lence on the body and no signs of a
struggle in the place. Newman had died
in his armchair. An iron safe stood with
open door and rified compartments. The
pockets of the mans clothing as well as
of those of dozen shabby suits hanging
on the walls. were turned inside out. On
the floor lay an old-fashOned wallet.
which had been filled with banknotcS the
day before. 1t was empty. How much
the robbery netted is not known.
Philippe Bunau-Varilla. who recently
resigned rs minister from Panama TO til"
United States, sailed for Havre on the
steamship La Lorraine. Capt. Algernon
Sartoris, grandson of Gen. L. $. Grant.
who goes abroad to marry Miss Cecel.a
Nousslard -! Paris, also was on the
steamer.
The British steamer Cape Corrientcs
has arrived in port from an eventful Y0T-
age during which it rescued nine men
from dismasted schooner in midocean
and was itself damaged by an explosion
which set the ship OH ire, blew off two
matches, smashed derricks, blew ropes.
rigging and tarDaulins overheard and Sc
yerely injured the third engineer.
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sociation of America covering raw silk
statistics for the season, shows that
dutiable silk imports in the customs dis.
tricts of New York. Philadelphia. Bos-
ton, Hartford. Fairfield, Chicago, Cincin-
nap and San Francisco for the last three
mdlths of 1903 had an invoice value Of
SStS9,OO0, as compared with S7.23S, $50
in Ihe corresponding period of the year
befbre. OF the total 81 ,S72.56 was the
Violation of piece goods, paying specific
dlbses.
ON the passenger list of the Koenig:o
Lulse, which arrived from the Meliter-
raHean. was the name of Comte Lensahn.
Gustav Schwab and Baron Won pIatteu-
burg were at the pier TO meet the traveller.
who. they said, was the Grand Duke
Frederick August of Oldenburg. reign
ing prince. The name under which he is
travelling is one of lis lesser titles
American tourists in Europe have told
me-" he said. "of the wonderful beau
ties of Niagara Rails in winter. So | de
termined to come over and take n look at
them.
An importer of radium gives out the
startling news that the price of this latest
product of the scientist has increased
S4.200.000 pound in two days. The
commercial rate last week was $780,
been the demand for few grains that
the supply on the market probably will
not last long.
AS an outcome of the fight bciug on
between the telegraph companies and
poolroom keepers. who refused to permit
inspectors in their places of business 81
that the rooms could not send out racing
news without paying the company extra
therefor. has resulted in the drawing "
of Il bill which will be sent to Alhan:
for introduction before the IcgisIa-
ture. BY the terms of this proposed
law those who furnish racing news and
information 10 the keepers of poolrooms
will be placed in the same class as their
patrons and may be prosecuted foT
felony.
That a man Of great wealth. descended
from a long line OF >hrewd. clever. sue
cessful business men. himself reared in
an environment of high-claSS tnanCering
and Investment. and Il member of a wide
ly known and prosperous Wall street
firm. may dissipate Il large fortune not
through high living or reckless Specula-
ton. but by Improbable investments, is
shown by the appraiSement of the eS-
tate of the late Robert l.. Cutting, Just
made public. Only 5000 is left of for
tune once estimated at S2000.000 Near
stocks and bonds of companies which
nave long since gone out of business.
The $1,000 value left in the estate is
represent 10y household goods.
The trustees of Princeton universi,y
held their first meeting of the second
academic term at Princeton. Gifts of
money amounting 10 S25,OOO were an
uouneed Morris IL. Jessup OF New
York gave $1,000 to increase the en-
Gowment of the Jessup fund. \ gift of
SJo00 was announced fro,a Mrs. Charles
Henry of Philadelphia 90 found the
Charles Henry tree fund. Percy Pyne
Of New York also gave $1,000 for the
general endowment fund. y Gift of Jap
anesa ivory carvings valued at SlN,otai
was presented To the university by
Franklin Morse and w. Morse of New
York,
While the exterior proportions nj some
Of the hotels recently erected in New
York are enough to amaze the average
westarner astouishment would grow if
some of the interior figures Were men
toned. For example, one holcl. only
third in line in point of size. has IL miles
az b.,ilNVaVs m sNyppp a. miles of plumh-