Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-01-21
New York Every Day.


]. II. Hanan and wife gave a house
warming party III their new residence a
/ $4,000 dinner being the feature.
| George Edwardes. the theatrical man
ager. was passenger ON the steamer
| Majestic, which arrived from Liverpool
| Mr.. Edwardes brought several members
| Of his theatrical company who will ap-
| pear in The Duchess of Dantzic," in
this city.
| Harvey Grosyenor Forbes Curtis. a
well known character comedian, who
/ two Years ago married Louisa Cutter
! Francis, niece of Ward McAiG>ter. j.
/ dead at 81. Luke'S hospital in New York
] city from heart trouble. lie had been
on the Stage twentN-three years and had
appeared in support of many wei! known
stars.
John Matthews. an actor who for a
/ time was held as Il suspect in connection
/ with the assassination of President Lin
/ coin, died at his boarding house in this
I city. Matthews was Wilkes Booths
/ roommate and one of his closest friends
1 and was on the stage i'll the Washington
theater when the fatal shot was fired.
! Ills innocence was established.
Henry Phipps. the former PittSburg
steel manufacturer will give $1,000 600
! fer the erection in New York city of
! model tenement houses 70" the working
! classes This fact was made known last
night by Robert w. de Forest. former
! tenement house commissioner of New
| York The tencments viii be conducted
! On a business basis. and the earnings ART.
10 accumulate and to be used in building
more houses.
! The theatrical managers have decided
/ 10 bar Mr. Mctcllfe. editor of Lii" II N
| all thCaters Of New York. lucy h
passed a resolution not to let him in. cv.
I if he buys tickets. This is done hecam
/ Mr.. Aietcalte won the libel suit brought
J against his Publication by klaw X Err
4 LANCER who sought 100000 damages ON
I account Of cartoon printed on the Iro-
quois theatcr disaster. Mr.. Metcalfc also
I has heeu publicly threatened with vio-
( Cucc hy the men he defeated in court.
/ Edward NJ. Shepard made $4,000, 600
I Speech before the board OF estimate and
/ apportinnmcut. He wanted that amount
/ of money, he said, Ia complete the work
Of the new college of the City of New
/ York The board voted the money TO
/ Mr., Shepard. not ii dissenting vote being
| recorded. 1t is now understood that,
| with the exception of n few extras,
/ which may cost the city a paltry million
or 80 more the great college building has
| been placed independent OF future tnar-
/ cial favurS from the city. II already has
cost $G,000,000,
Efforts are being made to orGaHize Il
| union of buffers. Wallets aud second men
employed in New York'S homes Of
wealth These statuesQue gentlemen.
/ while not exactly dissatisfied with their
jobs, are taking drastic, though secret,
measures TO safeguard their professional
/ dignity. There are about 5000 men in
| The city eligible to membership.
! 1t is proposed by the promoters To fur
nish legal aid for members. build club
| house and establish an employment. bu-
/ veau in which the characters of Wuuld-bc
employers will be carefully scrurinizcd
| Work on the cathedral of St John the
| Divine was begun in 1893. and with the
! completion of the choir, which Levi +.
/ Morton's gift Of $500 600 now makes pos
! sible. will be about 20 per cent. com
! pleted. exclusive of the bishops house.
/ the synod house. the deaconesscs house
| and other buildings connected with the
! cathedral. Choir. crossing and chapel
| will represent. when finished, nm eXpendi-
/ ture of more than $4,000. 600. The or
1 gan Is to be the joint gift of Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Morton and viii be a memorial for
/ their daughter. who died in Paris last
/ June.
! The Gaelic league of New York is
! making great strides among the young
| American born of Irish parents in the
matter of developing pride IN the old
country. There are over hundred pu-
pills studying the language in the st.
Brendcn branch of the league, hardly
one of whom ever set foot on Irish soil.
Up to "A few years ago a Gaelic scholar
/ in New York was as rare as a white
| blackbird, but now ii is unsafe 10 eX-
plot Il few specially studied phrases in
n mixed group, as someone Is sure 10
open mp a conversation in the Gaelic
tongue
Mrs. Cornciia Baxter Tevis formerly
Of Denver. Colo, and daughter Of for
mer Gov and Mrs. q. w. Baxter Of
Tennessee was married at the Hotel
Walton. Philadelphia, Pa, 10 Andrew
Martupec Mckee OF pitt>lurs The
ceremony. which was performed by Rev.
T.. Yates IIili of the First Presbyterian
church, was witnessed by the parents
Of the bridc and also 10y Mr.. and Mrs
II Sellers Mckee. parents of he bride
groom. Mrs. Mckee was the widow Of
iIurh 'feyir IF California; Mr. Mcker's
forunr wife was granted "A divorce in
I'itlshur".
The body Of Mrs .Iohu H. Spa2er. wife
of the secretary to Chief Engineer Wal
lace Of the canal zone. who died mt pana-
ma Of yellow fever. was brought here
Mr.. Scaeer. who accompanied the body.
was III when the steamer arrived here.
and although the ease mas been diagnosed
as malaria he was sent 10 the observation
hospital at Hoffman island.