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


eepted by Commissioner McAdoo. Mr..
Cowan declares that 1.-THE work was IN
coEgenial and too exacting.''
Augustus Cook, a well known actor
and father of Eleanor Robson died nj
his home in New York of cirrhosis of the
iifer. His portrayal Of the character uf
Napoleon in Catherine KidGer's produc-
/ ton of Mime Sans-tien.." was ,Dnsid-
cred his finest work.
I The driving of the bore of the tunnel
/ under the Hudson river. which was begun
thirty years ago. was completed Just be-
! fore noon March II, and party made mp
/ o President William c. McAdoo of the
/ New York X New Jersey railroad. with
( contractors. officers and guests. made the
/ journey from one end Of the tunnel 70 the
( other. The tunnel connects Fourteenth
! street. Jersey City. with Morton street.
Manhattan. SO accurate were the plans
/ Of Chief Engineer Charles NJ Jacobs that
when the ends Of the tunnel met there
was not the variation Of Il hair in the
I courses of the Jersey section and the New
1ork heading. When the hydraulic jacks
sent the shield forward for the last time
and the last ring of plates was placed in
/ position it was found that the joining Uf
the two sections had been exactly IN line
both as TO level and direction. The bore
I just completed is that og the northern of
pair of tunnels designed for passenger
traffic between Jersey City ann New
York. Work OH the south tunnel is un-
! der way, and it is expected that both,
with their approaches. viii be ready for
service in little more than 4 year.
Gen. II. F. Tracy. secretary of the
navy under President Harrison and for It
number of years q prominent breeder nj
/ trotting horses, has disposed of all his
racing stock and retired permanently
from the business. He Will however. re
tain his property near Goshen. where
many noted horses have been foaled
One of the greatest celebrations ever
| held in New York city is being planned
for the formal opening Of the rapid tran
SIT subway which the officials in charge
are now confident can take place in
June. Already steps have been taken II
secure the presence of important national
personageS TO occupy places in the first
regular train to be sent through the tun-
mel. Invitations will he extended 10
President Roosevelt, cabinet officers. Sti-
preme court justices and others connect
ed with the national government the
governors of all the states, together with
the mayors of the leading cities Of this
country and Europe. The President and
the governor Mayor Harrison of Chi
cago and Mayor Collins of Boston will
be invited to deliver addresses. The idea
at present is to have the first train carry
/ as passengers more distinguished men of
the world than ever has been carried by
any other one train in the history of rail
road enterprises. \ military display,
public dinner and fireworks are also OH
the programme.
Seaman Miller, as referee. ha~ report
ed To the supreme court that Freda
Hitchcock is entitled ~ divorce from
Raymond Hitchcock. the actor, who is
appearing in The Yankee Consul"
They were married in 1891. The report
is based on Hitchcock alleged relations
with Il woman known merely is Alice"
OF the 2O65 Storage passengers
brought here by the steamship Graf
Waldersee, fully 1900 We're Russians.
many of them. it is said. being refugees
who fled to escape possible army service
against Japan. An imperial edict. issued
several weeks ago, suspended the issuing
of passports to any male between the
ages of II and Is, the prescribed period
for army service. The result was, ac-
cording TO some of those on the Graf
Waldersee, a large exodus from all VIII
lagos within reach of the frontier.
Every possible ruse. it was said. is being
resorted to in order 10 yet across the
/ frontier and escape to this country.
Nine. Patti. Baron CederStrom. ana the
rest of the prima donna's suite returned TO
England ON the Lucania. Baron Ceder-
strom said his wife was quite satisfied
with her trip. Patti is tired" he said.
because of the long journey We made
Her manager, Robert Grau. saws She had
earned upward of 100000, which is
! 100000 short of the sum guaranteed for
sixty concerts" Nine. PATHS state Of
mind is said TO he by no means 50 tram
ouii as her husband represented it, Sew
era! times in the last few months the
management of the Hotel Savoy has been
warned to have PATHS rooms in readi-
ness for her arrival. The rea son for this
failure" she asid to a friend the other
day, lis that Pauline was 50 opposed 10 it
she told me not to come. but the baron
was i'll favor of it. He thought it would
certainly be Il success. So for the first time
| went against Pauline's advice. and this
I IS the result" Pauline is PATHS maid
and is almost as famous in musical circles
A. her mistress