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

Ieibbey, at one time partner of \. T.
Stewart. Subsequent to his retirement
| from active life in the late 'T0s. Mr.. Lib
hey lived in the castle until his sudden
death in 1898. On election day of that
year he was stricken with heart disease
while on his way to the polling place.
Although not formally declared as such.
an American entry for tht- Gordon Ben
nett cup race practically has been made
/ with the Automobile Club of America.
! Secretary $. NJ. Butler OF the club has
received a letter from DR.. II. f. Thomas
of Chicago, announcing the entry of his
ear and asking how a check for $500,
the required entrance fee. should be made
ont. DR.. Thomas check is expected By
| the end Of the week ana then his entry
will become bona fide.
! The financial district was interested in
| the announcement that 10000 bushels of
/ Oregon wheat, which is now mt Antwerp,
! had been sold by the grain firm of Nc
| I.aren x Muir to -four mills in New York
| city, to be brought back from Antwerp
/ for manufacture into -four. This is the
! trade that exported wheat has been
/ brought back for any other purpose than
! to meet eXigencies caused by corner in
! that commodity. The reimportation this
| time is due to the small crop of wheat
I
( prices now obtaining for it.
Commander Eva Booth of the Saliva
! ton Army was welcomed to this country
at an enthusiastic meeting that filled Car
negie hall. In the course of brief adj
dress she said. ''To follow two such lead
/ ers as your former commando and my
| sister, our glorifed consul, is no easy
! task. When | came here before, [ came
! to go; now | come to stay. Before you
received me PROBATIONARY; now YOU have
taken me for better or for worse. | need
your help. You must hold my hands and
| know you Will"
Fred Stone. who plays the Scarecrow
| in The Wizard of o." and has made
that part famous everywhere the eX-
| travaganZa has been. is of Il statistical
| turn of mind. In the two years he has
amused the public by his athletic antics
he has kept tabs on himself and his
equipment, with the following results
! When he began in the role he weighed
165 pounds; now he weighs MS. Taking
the width of the proscenum arch and the
depth of the stage. he has figured that
| every night he traverses Il distance of
$500 feet, or about a mile. As he has
appeared as the ScarecrCw over 900
times he has just about dal. ced his way
| to Chicago. At the rate of three bales of
straw week, he has used in his makeup
800 tons of straw; he has also used up
! POO cans of powder. 500 sticks of grease
paint. four wigs and POO pairs of gloves
| But he is still wearing the same hat and
| shoes as on the opening night. Mr. Stone
| keeps in as strict training as prize fight
er or Il football player-if the opponents
Of the latter game will admit there is a
difference and is always in the best of
! health.
Paul MacCormick, broker, said to be
! the son of a Poughkeepsie millionaire,
was fined $50 for speeding his automo-
! bile. After the fine was announced he
handed Court Clerk Fuller a 800 bill
and asked him to give him $75 change.
You'll have to wait for an hour or so.
until the judge signs the papers," said
Fuller. ''Wel. l don't think I'll wait
| My time is more valuable. You can keen
the money" said MacCormick I've
already made $4,000 on Il cotton deal
and | can afford to lose $50"
r. Dickinson Jewett, rich man who
is we'll known i'll New York city and in
! Washington, has been sued for SD. 600
damages by Willett G. Smith, young
man Who alleges that he was falsely ar
rested upon the accusation of Mrs Jew
EFT. MIR. Jewett is a lawyer and is prom
inent in the militia of the state Both
Mr.. Jewett and his wife inherited for
tunes. The suit for damages is based
upon an occurrence shortly before Christ
mas of 1908. when the Jewetts were liv-
ing at Eagle Rest. their estate in Nyack,
n. Y. Mrs. Jewett claims she discovered
Smith cutting bushes on her place.
Through his attorney Smith recently in
| stituted suit for $4,000 damages 1t is
alleged by Smith that the young man
MIS-. Jewett found on her property gave
the name of willie Smith" to escape de-
lection himself. Despite the action of
the justice in acquitting Smith. Mrs.
Jewett maintained that she was not mis-
taken and refused to apologize to him.
The four seats on the cotton exchange
held by Daniel j. Sully & Co were auc-
toned off on the floor of the exchange
for $4,000. The three seats held in the
name of Daniel ]. Sully were sold for
$4,000 each.
Great South bay. Long Island the
home of the blue point oysters, is frozen
over. The recent mild weather af-
forded immense shipments of oysters,
both to European and American houses,
but the sudden freeZe-up has stopped all
traffic and tied up many boats. The life
savers on South beach are cut off from
the mainland by five miles of treacherous
ice.
Magistrate Cornell proposes to urge the
passage of IL law to clear New York city
of all suspicious characters, similar to
the law in vogue in Boston and Akron.
.. According TO the Akron law any suS-
plciOus character who cannot give a rea-
sonable account of himself can be fined
$50 and imprisoned for thirty days I'M
der the first offense.
According to the exact figures. the sub
way in New York city is now averaging
100000 passengers daily. The surface
lines claim to have fallen off only about
10000 and the elevated lines suffer a
loss of about 10000. This means that
at least 100000 more passengers are be-
ing handled by the three lines than be-
fore the subway opened