Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-07-02

the i0t-Or spend a day in Jail for each
/ dollar of fine Mrs. TebO and son were
/ caught angling by fish warden. Thirty
/ little trout were found in the boys creel,
/ but Mrs TebO did not seem to have any.
The warden, however, thought her shirt
/ waist was too full and upon examination
| found thity-iee fish inside. They were
unable to pay and went to jail.
Ama!yamated Copper has caused the
! loss Of more than Sl00000.000, has been
/ responsible for more than thirty suicides
and has made more than twenty formerly
/ reputable men prison cOnvicts, according
/ 10 Thomas W Lawson. the Boston cop
per magaate. who contributes TO the cur
: rent issue of a magazine a remarkable
article. the first Of a series on 'Erenzicd
/ F!naHCe-Ihe Story Of Amalgamdted.
| He says the Amalgamated is the most
/ fragrant example of a system for the
incubation of wealth from the savings N
banks. from trust and insurance compa-
/ MES and from the public funds. He
makes Macy charges against his former
associates.
While Rev. John J. Murphy. assistant
rector o. st. Bridget's Roman Catholic
/ church jersey City, was baptizing a
baby q few Sundays ago, TWO tons Of
granite blocks forming the coping Oh
ioof If the building slid off and crashed
into 2 narrow yard east of the church
! One big block bored a hole through the
roof and fell into the yestry room. which
was vacant at the time. Twenty-Five Or
thirty persons. principally women. who
We're in the main body Of the church.
We're frightened by the crash and ran
into the street. y short time before the
accident Father Murphy was sitting on
stoop few feet from the spot where
the udes of stones fell.
Tho second consignment cf deep sen
cable, now being laid by the government.
between Valdez and Nome, has just been
shipped in 4 special train Of 81 cars over
the Lackawanna railroad. This ship
meut consists Of 200 tons AMI IS part Of
an order for 1900 miles Of submarine
cable. Some time since. tile Lacka-
wanna handled a consignment cf this
cable and the actual running time Of thu
/ train from HobOken to the Pacific coast
was fourteen days. This was considered
| remarkable, inasmuch as adverse wealth
. er AMI delay Of several days for re-
| pairs had to be taken into account The
/ prompt delivery greatly pleased the gov
! erEment officials directing the laying Of
| the cable.
Ida Howard, alias "Godie" Morn.
npgress who was known rs the queen
Of the tender!oin," was shot and killed
! L.
| Arthur, % years old, a white man. The
| shooting was the elimination OF a quar-
| rel in which the couple had been engaged
! for more than a week, ami occurred after
Arthur had been apparently deserted By
! the woman. Arthur was arrested as he
| was about to fire fifth shot into the
wOman's body as she lay in the street
where she had fallen, and on the way to
| the police station he was menaced by
negroes, who sought vengeance for the
/ death of Il member of their race. Mrs.
| Howard was % years old and was ex-
ceptionally pretty.
An interesting sidelight upon the gel
! eral financial situation is furnished By a
marked falling off in the demand for Of
! ice space. In the financial district this is
admittedly the worst renting situation for
| years. The season dates from the LIST of
May, and there are now thousands of
| square feet for which no tenants exist.
! The blossomins of ito rent signs on
Broadway graphically shows the real sit
uation. There are more of these this
summer than at any time within the last
! five years. Conservative buildings. which
usually have no difficulty in attracting
! tenants, have been forced to make a pub
! lie exhibition of their present vacancies.
! Many new structures are from one-third
to one-half vacant.
John T. Sullivan, for IS years one of
the most popular American actors, Is
dead at his hotel in New York city, from
rheumatism, which finally attacked his
heart Mr.. Sullivan had never before
| suffered from the disease which ultimate
| ly caused his death. As a character
actor Mr.. Sullivan had few equals in
America and had been leading man to
most of the prominent actresses. He
I act cd llNs xtif.,
Rose Coghlan. Recently had been an iu-
valid, He was born ~ years ago in De-
troit, Mich He studied law. taking up
stage work after having been admitted
to the bar. His mother still lives ia
Michigan, but efforts to locate her have
not proved successful.
Webster Davis, former assistant see.
rotary of the interior, failed to appear a.
complainant against Gen. Samuel Pear
sons and Cornelius Nan der Hoght. for
mer commissioners of the late Baer re-
public whom he charged with sending 70
him threatening letters. Is 4 result Of
his noH-appearance the men were dis
charged on their own recOgnigance The
attorney for Mr.. Davis said that his
client was i'll and asked that the case be
postponed After a conference the iuS-
J tees stated that they would discharge
the former B0er commissioners On their
own recognzance. BY this the case NAV
he reopened Il, any future time, which
the district attorney said he would do
when Mr.. Davis was able % appear
Various accounts have been published
in London As TO the immense sum which
viii be paid by Daniel Frohman to
, Franz NccSey. the 11-year-old violinist.
!o' His tour in the United States. The
exact figures are as follows: Necsey is
guaranteed a minimum Of $500 per-
tormanre for at least thirty perform
ance>. BY this contract he is to receive
, = portion Of the gross receipts under GER
tain conditions, with the result that his
average earnings for each concert will
amount 10 about $1,000. Assuming tina.
only thirty concerts are given NecSey's
tour consequently will net him $50, 900
There probably will be forty concerts.
trohman regards Necsey as Il marvel.
whom all nCSic lovers of America should
nave the opportunity of hearing.
The New York detective bureau re-
ceIveS an average OF loo queries dav
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