Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
New York Every Day.


Oresti Vessela. conductir of. the Royal
Italian band, who on May 4 last married
Miss Edna Egan, daughter of Thomas
Egan, a wealthy wool merchant of Gin
cinnati. has been sued for SO, 900 for
breach Of promise of marriage by Gaete-
nina Lombari, a sweetheart of his youth
full days in Italy.
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., has sub
scribed $4,000 for the purchase of APP
paratus for the Vigilant Engine and
Hook and Ladder company of Thomas
ton, l.. l. \ committee from the com
pany called at his resident last night,
when he donated the sum named.
The Gilsey house, Mt Broadway and
TWenty-nlnth street, closed its doors for
the first time since its opening, nearly
thity-hye years ago. ME closing is the
result OF Il dispute between the Gilsey
estate and the management of the house.
president Roosevelt likes to order the
people about, and particularly to tell
women what they ought to do He 5
like Emperor William, wanting to run
everything" was d wOman's comment to
the Equal Suffrage league at Hotel Aston.
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Batch who stood
sponsor for this accusation, is particular
ton in his message that married women
should not work outside their homes.
What are married women TO do!' she
asked. Women with little children to
support; women who have worthless,
shiftlesS husbands, or drunkards, beastly
ones?
Every hour seven children are born,
$4,000 year, and of these 10000 women
are without medical attendance or care,
Has President Roosevelt no sense of
honor that in face of these facts he
should demand that women bring more
children into the world"
The New York section of the Social
Democratic party has issued statement
to the effect that it has laid plans for
establishing school of socialism. There
will be five courses, beginning with Il
course on the history of socialism and
ending with the future state.
Almost prisoner in her beautiful home
at 291 Garfield place, Brooklyn, Mrs.
Catherine Louise Boyer. wife of Frank
and yachtsman, is having trouble with
three detectives employed by her hus-
band. They pushed their way into the
house and behaved so badly that she
dashed them with dog whip and asked
For warrants for their arrest. Boyer ana
his wife have not been on friendly terms
since he was sued for $4,000 in 1898 by
George f. Shepard, a wealthy printer,
who alleged Boyer alienated the alice
tons of Mrs. Shepard. Mrs. Boyer told
Magistrate Manner that the detectives
answered her door bell and telephones,
observed her callers, and, worst of all.
drew pipes from their pockets and filled
the house With the fumes of cheap to-
bacco.
The raging of the wintry seas could
not drown the melody Of 2000 birds. most
" canaries, that arrived aboard the
steamship Hanover from Bremen. None
of the little musicians, including some of
the most expensive and talented tinches
that ever whistled, had Il chance to see
what the weather without looked like,
for they were in cages in the steam heat
ed compartments of the ship. All that
they saw was pleasant, and they had
plenty to eat and drink on the fourteen
days of tumult that made most of the
steerage passengers unhappy. Several
hundreds of the vocaists died, which is
about the normal mortality in so large Il
bird population, but that did not lend Il
bit of sadness TO the notes of the multi
tude of survivors. They were sent over
for the Christmas sales.
Commissioner George Kilbey of the
! Salvation Army arrived on the Lucanid,
accompanied by his wife and seven chill
dren. He was greeted at the pier by
officers of the army and taken to head
quarters, where he met Eva Booth. the
new commander of the army in Amer
lea. Commissioner kilbey will take
charge of the department of the west
He has spent the last five years in South
Africa and has been member of the
army twenty-five years He landed al
| Cane Town two days before the Boer
war began. He says he had special per.
mits and passes and was permitted to 20
anywhere that army officers could go
During the war all the SalvationiSt sta
tons in the Transvaal were closed and
the furniture and other possessions com
Wandered The Cape Town government
recognized the good the army had done
and was doing for refugees and folks
made homeless by the war, and officially
helped in its work by giving it $4,000 q
year. The municipality of Johannes
| burg gives the army $500 year. Com
missioner kilbey was once second IL
| command of the army in Gree Britain
| Broken by overwork, Rev. DIR. William
| S RainSfOrd. rector of st. George
church, sailed ON the Butcher for an in
| definite rest in Europe. DR.. Rainsfort
I
| it was greatly against his will that h,
decided to obey the orders of his ply
| sician.
With one exception the largest coiec
| ton for the poor ever taken up in st
| Thomas Protestant Episcopal church
was announced by the rector. Rev. DR.
! Ernest NJ. Stires, on Sunday 1t reached
| the sum of $4,000. OF $1,000 less than
/ the amount raised two years ago, when
I a similar call fer funds was made in
conformity with his usual custom the
rector made an appeal TWO weeks az,
/ for definite amount. $4,000 The
money is to he used for extending the
mission work Of the church on the east
/ side Of New York city. The sum of ST..
| 600 was given Sunday two weeks ago
mostly in cash, and prominent member,
of the church who were out of the city
sent their checks for the balance.
Bringing reports of heavy seas and
continued stormy weather, the eight
ocean liners detained outside the bar by
! the snowstorm came into port. They in