Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-16

chemical element Or. Baskerville dis
eoFery Of two new clements is the result
OF tea years of persistent labor
Practically a martyr to his profession,
DR.. John Metcalf Polk. a promising
young physician and medical instructor.
died at the home Of his father. By Il
peculiar coincidence the pneum 9nia which
caused his death was tie disease Il which
ne was making an exhaustive iaypstiG3-
+ ton u the laboratory of Cornell T-niver-
slty Medical college. llr. i'ok was in
ksifuct1r of medicine in the college anl
adjunct assisting visiting physician 10
4 bellevue hospital. Besides the ind pend
/ eat scientific investigations he was pur-
SUNG he also practiced at night lust
before his illness BE sat up for three
nights with one Of his patients. His
! friends believe that in doing o he weak
i ened his constitution. which c0Hld rot Of
+ Ter the necessary resistance 10 thc prog
+ reSs of the disease which carried h;-H OF.
/ \ company has been formed here TO
put on the market an invention 10 take
( me place of both coal ana ordinary illu-
minating gas for domestic consumption.
/ Ihc promoters claim thar it can be
+ placed in an ordinary cooking stove,
/ range. not air, hot water or steam neat
i or. or any heating devices such rs are
/ now installed 1t produces no ashes.
/ aust, DIRT, SCOT or odor. and il is entirely
| free from danger in handling. The fire
/ II made from Il gas made and consumed
IN tie stove from cheap. heavy fuel
OIL, the refuse from Kerosene oil rainer-
/ les. After combustion the heal is caIn-
/ inunlcatcd TO fire bricks evenly distribute
I'd and the claim is made taat a gallon of
1 OIL VIII last FOR twelve hours under con-
tlnuous use and give off heat greater
/ than five times the same quantity of
/ coal, basing the figure on present cost of
/ that commodity.
/ The Peary Arctic club has been incor-
/ poratcd. The incorporators and directors
Inc'ndc Commander Robert t. peaiy. Il.
;. ~. Of Washington, and Morris *.
/ JesSup, Henry Parish. John II. Flagier,
Anton a. Raven and Herbert l.. Bridge
man. New York. 1t is set forth that The
/ applicants desire to associate themselves
/ together for the purpose of promoting and
maintaining explorations in the polar sea.
to be headed by Commander Pcary. there
/ by enabling him TO complete his gcogra oh
zeal data. receiving and collecting such
| objects of scientific interest as may be
obtained through such expeditions; col
Letting, receiving and preparing narra-
/ tiyes and manuscripts relating to Arctic
] explorations IN general; soliciting funds
J
I in general. providing funds for Command
( q Feary' attempts to reach the farthest
I northern pou't IN the western hClnisphcBe.
Mrs. John l.. Gardner did not obey
Il summons commanding her TO appear
| in the superior court al Boston 10 testify
| IN Il suit brought against her by little
Mary Callahan, and counsel asked Judge
Aiken 10 issue n CapiaS FOR her arrest.
I The court did NOT order II arrest but
/ Mrs. Gardner will have 70 pay S1S12 If
/ the verdict "Of the iura andS. Mary
WAS bitten in the leg by uog near Mrs
/ Gardncr'S famous Venetian palace en-
! January II. 1908. The dog was ia
( charge Of George +. Proctor a young
( musician, who was on visit with his
I mother 1T Mrs. Gardeners. Mrs. Gardner
! declared IN her answer that she was not
. the owner or keeper OF the dog, and her
! declaration was borne ont by testimony.
! Proctor said the dog was given 70 him
by Mrs Gardner as a present Oh his
/ birthday, The question at issue was
whether Mrs. Gardner was keeper of the
( dog. Counsel for Mrs Gardner will ask
for a new trial on grounds that the YER
dict * excessive. and may take the case
TO the supreme court.
Vaudeville has lurcd Mrs. Edna Wal
lace Hopper from the legitimate stage.
She yielded to the temptation and
! signed contract by which she is
10 appear in sketch by Cosmo
Gordon Iennox. at Hyde 4 Bell
mans theater, in Brooklyn. The
sketch was first produced Mt the Actors
Fund benefit ut the New York theater
few weeks ago. under the title of ''The
March of Time" Mrs. Hopper appeared
in the east and it was then she con-
/ ceived the idea Of going into vaudeville.
1t IS stated by Robert Grau, who booked
Mrs lioppers engagement. that her
| salary fer ten weeks is to be S2l 300.
which, it is said. would he the highest
price ever paid Il vaudeville performer
IN America for more than one weeks
engagement. Mrs. Hopper's cOmpang
will include ii. Hazard Short, at pres
cnt in Henry Miller's company; Miss
Lila Nane, formerly in Miss Amelia
Clifford. young English actress, After
being given in the large cities in the east
the sketch will be taken to the Pacific
coast
]. Picrpont Morgan enjoyed his semi
annual triumph over the photographing
fraternity when he and Miss Morgan
sailcd for England on the steamship
Oceanic recently. Between neat
>idestep away from many pictuye-talting
instruments he took occasion again to
deny that he intended to take mp his
permanent residence in England and said
he would return in June. Innecent-look-
lug. strategic photographers. who car
RED their dreaded machines under their
coats began 10 maueuyer around the
iinancier. but the latter turned his back
to each instrument that was lcyeled
stealtnily at him, and thwaucd every cf-
fort.
Big Bur- Devery. the best police
chief New York ever had. and not long
ago candidate for mayor, has ahan-
doned politics and is at the Hotel Ru-
dolf, Atlantic City, trying to teach Il new
baby to call him grandpa The infant is
the child of his daughter Anna, who left
her home ia dc Mint" a year ago
ostenSibly FOR the theater. but went 70
The Church Of Holy Innocents instead
and was married 10 Edward Il. Fink.
big Bill says he was only Skylarking
when he ran for mayo. and that if You
take his word for it nc never was in
politics in his life. They used 10 say
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