Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-04-29
New York Every Day.


in marble Of the late actress, Mrs. j. H.
Gilbert The society in charge of the
scheme is known as the Mrs Gilbert Me
mortal association. 1t is proposed to
place the statue either in one of the pub
nc parks or upon the grounds of the
Actors home at Stapleton, $. l. 1t viii
show her in the character of Granny"
which She was playing iu Chicago at tho
time of her death.
The run which began on Wednesday
ON the trading stamp store of Benedict
y McFarlane. in Twenty-third street
was continued yesterday by hundreds of
excited women. While they were clam
oring for the redemption Of the books
of hlue stamps they held, creditors of
the concern filed Il petition i'll bank
ruptcy against il. later in the day
United States Judge Holt appointed
Frederick \. Burliugame rs receiver
with bond of $1,000 The Benedict
q McF'arlane company was incorporated
IN August, 1903. with Il capital of ST.
UO0OD. 1t established branches in Chi
eago and many large cities.
It took the immigration officials at
Ellis Island two hours the other day to
decide whether the facial resemblance
was sufficient Identification for Il father
70 claim his boy on. Meanwhile Charles
ID angelo. q years old. looked wondering
~ at his father, whom he had not seen
since he was , months old. The boy
had come alone from Palermo. on the
Carpathia to join his father. Agostino
ID Angelo. 4 tailor. of Lawrence. Mass
The father came to this country SIX
years ago when the boy was two months
old. The mother came four years ago.
At that time the little boy was not well
so his parents left him with the grand
mother.
The signing of the stock transfer tax
bill by Gov. Higgins took by surprise the
Wall street brokers, who had thought
that the visit of ''Some gentlemen" had
turned the governor from his purpose
1t angered Wall street and it is going to
i4AtAard to defeat the bill in the courts.
Henry Clcws said: THE stock tax is a
severe blow to Wall street. The tax
puts an additional burden on the city of
New York for the benefit of the balance
Of the state. / venture to predict that
the life of the stock tax will not exceed
one year" j. Edward Simmons said Il
am opposed to the measure because /
think it unjust to tax the business inter
ests of the community"
:. The Hamburg American liner Deutsch-
land arrived from Hamburg, Dover and
Cherbourg. after a rough passage of
nearly six days. Among the passengers
were the Earl and Countess Of Suffolk
lee Letter. They are here on visit to
Mrs Letter, who is in Washington. They
will go To Chicago for several days. The
earl said that it was simply a family
visit and that he aud the countess would
return to England in about three weeks
otto Won GOttberg, Il German war cor
respondent. was also aboard the DeutSch-
land. He arrived i'll st. Petersburg from
the Orient about the time of the riots.
lie said Father G0pOn was in the rear
Of the people when the firing took place.
The newest mansion planned for Fifth
avenue is setting Il fast pace for the
other jewellers of that ariStocratic thor
oughfare. II is to have Il big automobile
garage on the first floor and squash
court and garden ON the roof. James
\. Garland. the well-kn0wn Wall street
banker. is the builder Of this novel resi-
dence. The mansion is ia be Il SiX-Story
aud basement structure, with Il frontage
Of 40 feet ana depth Of 100. 1t win
he of colonial design. with facade of
Harvard brick and many smallpaned
windows. On the first floor of the
mansion will be not only the automobile
garage, but Il great billiard room. one OF
the largest in any private house in the
city. The estimated cost of the mansion
is S12a.000
Wien the Hamburg-American line
steamer penuSY lyania arrived here from
Hamburg she had on board the largest
number of passengers ever brought to
the port of New York ON Il single steam
or. The whole number, including cabin
and Steera"e was 30SG. OF these $3.50
We're in the steerage. Only once in the
past has this number OF Steerage pas
SengerS been exceeded. That was about
two years ago. when the steamer Bul-
saria of the same line brought in $500
passengers in her third-claSs quarters
The voyage of the Pennsylvania was re-
markahlc in view of her heavy pasSen-
ger list. Not II single death occurred
during the passage and when the steam
or came in there WAS no ease of serious
illness OH board.
RIue in all its infinite varieties Of
shades Will appear in the scheme of
dress for EaSter-that is, for women.
1t will he n gay Easter and blue Easter
lat once. Hats are to- he heavily adorned
with wings and feathers ana dresses are
To he fluffy The gloves are 10 he in
delicate shades. ranging from sheep
tongue pink to iuSde-of-shel starlight
The newest things are silk gloves with
lace cuffs. OF course there is some
thing new in hosiery. and the Easter
most exquisite white silk stockings with
lace instep. TanS and champagne colorS
are the prevailing walking costume col
ors in hosiery, and they are shown in
elaborate embroidery and lace About
the only new things for men are the
plated shirts. and they are not likely to
prove popular.
Mr.. Manula Porter. princess of the
Greek Indian nation. will adopt the stage
as 4 profession next season. having been
assigned part in the play i'm which
in Nordland company will again he
come n stellar ornament to Broadway.
New York city Miss Porter is a lauga-
ter of Gen. Pleasant Porter. chief of the
Greeks. with headquarters at MuSkoEee,
l. T.. who won his title in the Civil war
She is probably the richest Indian heir
cSs in the country She has been under
the tutelage nt a music teacher for some
time. She spent her girlhood in a FIN
ishing school in New York city. The