Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-09-24

also been seventy-two cases Of felonious
assault in that period and no arrests. liz
/ Is learned from authentic records outside
the police department that within the
same period there have been ffty-fonr
cases Of burglary and highway robbery
! n Manhattan and the Bronx without a
| single arrest. This does not include
/ many other cases in which arrests have,
been made. In many of these cases
serious assaults have been made, several
houses have been set ablaze and two
deaths have occurred as a result of the
+ assaults.
+ \ recent real estate transaction report
ed contains some Indication that John
/ ". Gates may make New, York city his
permanent home. Acting through John
y. Golding, Mr.. Gates bought a large
stable at 103 West Fifty-second street.
/ The seller of this property is the Gurnee
estate. which has been holding it ut $780,
gIO. but Mr.. Gates got it for less than
$4,000. The stable is large three-story
brick building, 37l3 feet wide and 100
/ feet deep. Among the owners Of stables
"a this block are u. O. Mills, Elmore T.
/ Cox, c. Cd. Iselin, Charles W Hark-
ness and Chester w Chaplin. Mr.. Gates
usually stops at the Waldorf Astoria
when living in New York city 1t is pre-
sumed, however, that his purchase Of n
i stable is the forerunner of the purchase
] Of private dwelling here.
/ One Of the most interesting foreign ar
/ rivals in New York city of late is Il young
| woman from Germany. She is Miss Lilly
/ l.. Shoebe and is the first German woman
/ holding degree of doctor of philosophy
granted By her native country who has
/ come here to settle. Miss Shoehc was
/ graduated from the University of Heidel-
/ berg last March with her degree. which
! she prehXes to her name in this style
| 'Dr. Phil" She is bright and brimminc
i over with yiyacity She comes here to
teach and expects the distinction her de-
gree will give her over other teachers will
help in putting her in the front ranks.
She is a clergymans daughter from He
nau. little town in the southern part of
/ Germany. She was seen at the Inyer-
mere hotel. She speaks excellent English
/ with a slight German accent
New York is wonderful" said Miss
| Shoebe: but how do people thrive here
on 50 little sleep:"
One way to account for the predomi-
nance OF women over men in the theatcr
audiences this season may he found in
the extraordinary effort the managers are
making to dress the actresses in the most
stunning and up-tO-date fashion The
mere announcement that any show is
particularly noted for the number of
auiditIy uEeSSeu women Is Il guarantee Of
( good attendance, especially on matinee
days. Such a sartoria feast as the New
York theatrical productions offer prob
ably never has been equaled Every de- F.
sign the most artistic minds in the world
of modistes could conceive and the MINI
blest fingers execute is now represented. /
Dazzling variations of centuries nov, !
gone, rich brocades, f0unceS. faces. all |
weaved into poetic creations, are now 10 |
be seen. The cost of these gowns. it has |
oeen estimated, would pay the yearly cx-
penses of multi-mllionaire.
Mrs. Stafford Barstow the New York |
woman who spends her entire time sim I
ply designing on paper new creations in /
the garb of lovely American womanhood I
was asked if the statement made |
IN the dreSSmakcrs' convention that some
women spent as much as so, 900 on their /
clothes IN year was an exaggeration.
That is merely fair average" she |
said. Far from being distorted the fig /
ure named is very conservative. Mrs. |
John Jacob Aston. think, is admitted 10 .
be the best dressed woman in New York.
| am certain that she spends all of $50 /
600 a year on her dresses.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is a close !
second. Her dressmaking bill certainly /
runs over $4,000, while Mrs Stuyvesant I
Fish and Mrs. Joseph Widener for in I
stance, are in big class that easily part
their husbands from upward of So, 900 |
each year for the benefit of the dress
makers, shoemakers, glovers, etc.
When Joseph Weiss was arrested in
Fifth street, and taken TO Union Market
police station he was followed by a score
Of intoxicated eats that turned somcr-
saults and did other peculiar stunts in
the dust and on the sidewalk. In the
Essex Market police court SDecial Police
told Aouietpa4,, -,
while he was walking through Fifth
street, near Avenue e. his attention was
attracted by large crowd of men. wom-
en- and children.
lie said lie found the cause 70 be 4
score of cats and some catnip powder
with which Weiss had strewn the side
walk. The cats We're acting in most
dlsordery manner. tumbhng and rolling
over and over and playing tug of war
with four ON one side and six on the
other. Weiss thereupon was arrested.
When arrested he had some of the
powder III his pockets and the eats fol-
lowed him. Weiss asked for mercy. say
ing he did not know of the effects the
powder would have on eats. He was
fined So
In box which arrived recently on 4
French steamer the customs officials
have found magnificent rousseau, cs-
timated to he worth $20,tSl0 The box
was seized, but there has been no claim
ant and considerable mystery surrounds
the affair. Discovery of the valuable ma
ture Of the shipment came about in a pc
culiar manacr. 4 woman called AZ the
dock Monday and said she expected to
receive by the French steamer case
containing furniture. She described the
box and one was selected. The customs
officials opened it enough 10 show that |
the contents were fine wearing apparel !
The woman declared it was not her prop
erty and left the pier.
The box was taken 10 The seizure room
and upon being examined later wealth
of fincry was found within. 1t comprised
complete wedding outfit of the most /
elaborate description. but nothing to
show the owners identity. Suspicion