Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-09-23

the three sleuths were permitted to peep
into every nook and Granny of the studio.
and all they found were sundry bottles
| Of wine and evidences Of a joyous and
| harmless time.
| DR.. Frederick Sohon of Washington.
surgeon of the Peary auxiliary steam
ship Erik, was in Brooklyn on his way
home. DR. Sohon brings news from
| Commander Peary nearly a week later
than the telegram from him. August Is.
lat Etah: Peary reported that ice might
make the. establishment of base at
! Cape Sabine impracticable. DIR. SOhon
reports that shortly after Peary's de-
parture the ice broke and much open
water was visible between Littleton is
land and Cape Sabine: that twelve hours
later no sign of the Roosevelt could be
seen. The inability to see the Roosevelt
is undoubtedly a sign that favorable con-
ditions had arisen, of which peary had
taken advantage to push forward imme-
diately.
Some of the brightest colleens that
manufacture the exquisite laces OF Ire
land arrived on the Baltic. They are
types OF the cleverest workers employed
in that tast-growing industry in the diff
ferent sections of Ireland.
On the Carpathia are weavers from
the mountains of Connemara. These are
Tine types OF the pure Celt. They all
speak their native language, and they
will bring with them their looms. on
which they will weave the weeds and
trleZes-Just as their gredt-grandfathers
used to do. With them are several wom-
en- spinners, who will prepare the wool
stripped off sheep from the twelve
pins" of COnnemara and sing ballads of
their country as they twirl old-fash-
Toned wheels around.
Reports of extensive grating by police
suDordlnates has greatly shocked Com
missioner McAdoo of New York city lust
back from a months vacation Every eff
tort Is being made to keep the story I'M
der cover until after the election The
threatened exposure is no less than the
details of fight between certain men in
the department over graft. These men
went to war over the spoils of gambling
poolrOoms and disorderly houses before
Commissioner McAdoo went away in
July. Mr.. McAdoo is said to be in pos
session of these charges, but is holding
down the lid with both hands until after
the campaign. Several officials in the de-
partment are involved in the gossip.
Deputy Commissioner Thomas +. Nc
Avoy is one of those mentioned. but only
as 4 complainant.
Marie Cahill who fioated into popu-
larity on the wave of n song called
Nancy Brown" and who IS soon to
star in a new musical comedy entitled
"Moonshine, has suddenly turned
philanthropist. She has written Miss
katherine +. Conway that the dream
of her stage career is to establish sum-
mer home for chorus girls" and Miss
Conway has consented to be the New
England sponsor for the scheme.
Miss Cahill's idea is to establish a
-.
ladies of the chorus may spend their
time between seasons and thus be kept
away from the temptations of Il great
city"
She has even written to Nine. Mary
Anderson Navarro asking permission to
name the scheme after her.
Joseph Egan, Jr.. a golden-haired boy
of years who has been one of the SEN
sations of the season at Atlantic City,
y. j.. because of his skilfull swimming,
met a tragic death while exploiting baby
tricks in deep water off the beach at
Ohio avenue, in sight of thousands of
strollers who had stopped to cheer and
watch the youngster dive and gambol in
the heavy swell just outside the break
ers. \ chorus of screams went up
when the little fellow suddenly disap-
peared. and in answer a half dozen life
guards named boats and buoys and
made their way to the spot where the
tot had been last seen, but the ocean
currents had taken their powerful grip
on the little body that was not re-
covered until Il half hour later. when
it came up in Il wash several hundred
yards below the place of the tragedy.
City Collector Mcdonald Of Boston.
Mass. sold at public auction the Boston
real estate of Thomas w. Lawson to Sc
cure the payment of unpaid taxes
amounting to S49i9.52. The property
comprised three parcels. a fourth par
eel. the Lawson winter residence on
Beacon street, was redeemed recently
by the Five Cent Savings bank, which
holds a mortgage on it. The fact that
LawSOn's house was mortgaged was Il
surprise When the parcels were offered
by the auctioneer, Edward MacMulkin,
Il florist, announced that for one-hun-
dredth ST the assessed value he would
take all the property, and it was knocked
off to him. \ vigorous protest was made
by +. w. Kittridge, "a neighbor of Law
son. who wanted to bid the property in
to protect himself. but the auctioneer
would not change the sale. 1t is under
stood that MacMulkin acted for Lawson.
Jacob Fngelhard of Brooklyn was SEN
fenced by Magistrate Higginbotham to
talk to his wife for two hours every
Sunday in the parlor of their home.
Engehard was summoned to the court
by his wife. who alleged that he had
treated her in a cruel manner.
She told the magistrate her husband
had not spoken to her for thirteen weeks.
although he had been living at home.
Various family troubles were rehearsed
and then the magistrate ordered Enge-
hard to pay his wife So per week and
to talk over the days of their courtslin
on Sundays. Mrs. Engelhard was also
ordered to be kind to Jacob.
Magistrate Higginbotham in a similar
case recently ordered a man to kiss his
wife every day for a month and take her
and the baby to Coney island each Sun
day and to report back to the court when
the month was up. They reported
complete reconciliation.
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