Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-04-01
New York Every Day,

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steel magnate, has rented the George w.
Vanderbilt mansion at the northwest cor
nef of Fifth avenue aud Eifty-hTSt
street, and that Mr. Frick and his fam
lily would take up their residence here
after they return from Europe next fall
The Rockefeller ticket was defeated
iii the village election of North larry
town against the citizens ticket, headed
j hy John Nirth, young butcher, for viii
| lage president. This result was unprece
dented in the history of the town, in
which the Rockefellers own extensive
property.
a pew in the Brick Presbyterian
church Thirty-Seventh street and Fifth
lavenue, WAS sold at auction for $500.
/ Other sittings near this pew have
brought from $500 to $500. The price
Ipaid for the seat is practically Il pre-
MUM, as the buyer also pays to the
church ground rent of S2ti2.50 year.
! DIR. Henry IL. Kane and Dr William
III. Hale. indicted for grand larceny
some time ago, pleaded guilty to the
charge and Were remanded for sentence
/ The complainant. John j. McCalmm. al
legged that the two doctors treated him
by what they called radium process,
! for which he paid $4,000 without re-
eeiving any benefit.
As result Of special inspection of
4 apartment house buildings on which
work was begun since December l. the
building department. acting on the re-
port of Inspector Robert Aud. who has
/ since been suspended. has ordered work
suspended on nine houses in the Ienox
avenue district
Among the personal effects formerly
! nd l4ts A III .
/ Cleveland. o., and which have just been
purchased hy Abraham G.. Nelson of
! New Market. \. j.. Il half brother of the
/ late Mrs. Charles l.. Fair was a costly
/ pipe organ for which he paid $4,000 In
lelosing the deal Mr.. Nelson made Il novel
contract with DIR. Chadwick, husband of
/ the woman, which provides that he is to
play the instrument for salary of 500
/ 4 week while the goods are on exhibition,
Wherever they may be. Mr.. Nelson left
for Cleveland to make arrangements for
shipping the goods to New York, where
they will be exhibited. He has half
Interest in a local art gallery.
Borough President Ahearn has APP
| pointed IA committee to make an inyes-
/! LEGATION into the collapse of various
partly finished buildings in the upper
| Dart of the city, recommending that the
/ blame be fixed.
Mrs. Florence ID. Potter. who appeared
before Justice Davis as counsel for
| her husband. Alexander Potter in ii suit
| brought by Potter and William Il. Iu-
| teur against Clinton L. R0ssiter and 9TH
! eES ever Mexican concessions was given
the decision in the suit. She is the see
ond woman to be admitted 70 the prac-
tice of law in this city. The decision
| awards the plaintiffs $4,000 i'll stocks
and bonds of the Tonca Electric Light
and Power company of Mexico and S13,-
900 in cash. all of which Rossiter and
Others We're wrongfully in possession of.
An accounting is also ordered 10 deter
mine wha other claims the plaintiffs
have against the defendants
A crusade against the speculative fiat
house building" craze has been started |
by authorities of New York city. Since
the collapse of nine partly completed fiat
buildings Borough President Ahearn has
taken personal charge of the inyestiga-
tion and has learned that since the first
of the year il has been possible to build
six stories of stone foundation and brick
wall, despite laws which expressly pro-
hibit the erection of wall or pier or parts
in freezing weather Superficial inveSti !
gation showed him seventy-fve instances
of buildings in the northern sections of |
the city, all of which it was admitted had
been rushed to completion. although on
curry failed to fall below the freezing
point
The spring rush of immigration has al
most swamped the government officials at
Ellis Island, \. y. In three days 10000 |
immigrants reached the port. Reports |
received from abroad Indicate that the
rush win increase in April and May. and
it Is feared that Ellis island will he
taxed beyond its capacity. Great de-
mands for steerage passage are being
made at nearly every port of immigrant
embarkation. The storage capacity of
all of the principal steamship lines al
ready is booked many weeks ahead, and
the companies are compelled to PUT on
extra steamers To meet the great Euro
pean exodus Over 100O Russian He
hrews have reached here since the first of
the month. but the immigration from
Italy leads the list in point of numbers.
In the last twenty-five days Ellis island
received $4,000 Italians. The percentage
of Hungarian immigration is also show
ing a remarkable increase.
Ground has been broken at Sandy |
Point farm. Newport, X. l.. the home of
Mr. ard Mrs. Reginald G. Vanderbilt. |
for the private show ring for horses
which Mr.. Vanderbilt has planned |
Work ON it will be pushed 50 that it |
viii be ready for Use when the summer |
season arrives. This show ring will be |
40 feet long by 40 feet wide. Outside |
of the ring there will he several stalls, |
while on one side there will be an obser |
vation balcony capable of seating 100 |
persons. The ring is being built ON a |
prominence on the farm from which 4 |
fine view of the ocean can be had. With |
the building of this ring it is possible |
that society during the coming season |
will hold q society circus, a feature !
which has been talked of in the past, |
bur abandoned because of the lack of Il
proper place To hold it.
\ dminutive lot of only 100 square !
feet, ut the corner of William and South |
William streets. New York city, has |
been sold for about 100000. or about /
$3.50 square foot. This would Toe the |
record price known To have been paid |
for land in New York city.
Mrs. John Mitchell Clark recovered Il |
pair If opera glasses. studded with dil- |
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