Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-13
New York Every Day.

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Samuel Winfield Miller. the young
farmer who voluntarily went to New
York city to prove that lie is not the
! Miller wanted in connection with the
$4,000 bond stolen from the Manhattan
bank, was discharged by United States
Commissioner Shields.
\ handsome woman. about % years
Old who * supposed to be Mrs j. W.
! Gray Of New Orleans. attempted % COM
mt Suicide III room ut the HDtel Inn
perIal by shooting. She was found i'll an
unconscious and extremely serious con
dition, and was removed to hospital,
where she died without recovering con
/ sclOuSneSS.
Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress. is con-
tined % her apartments. reported to be
suffering from severely spraned
ankle, The BelascO theater, where she
| has been playing. has been closed Mrs
! Garter was stepping from her carriage
when the horses started and she fell to
the sidewalk. She probably will not be
able to appear again for some time
Three tendons of the left ankle are said
to be badly wrenched.
Plans for the second Vanderbilt auto
mobile cup race have begun to assume
shape. AT Il meeting of the committee
! having the cup III charge it has been de-
cided to hold the contest ON either Octo-
| Der Z or II. All the members favored
using Long Island roads again this year
and it IS possible that the control sta
tions will be abolished, thus allowing
the racers Il straight run from start TO
finish. -Four American cars already have
been named to go.
Justice Bischof, in the supreme court
! confirmed a flnI nv Hamilton
| 0dell as referee, in which he decides thai |
/ the Metropolitan Street railway is eX-
empt from taxation for the year 1891. |
1 The proceeding was brought by the |
Metropolitan company against the city
tax department to review the assessment
for taxation of the sum Of $40 1874 $50 !
upon its capital stock. The referee found
/ that the taxable assets of the company
Were exceeded by deductibe liabilities 10
the extent of more than $l6,000,000.
Free bathing at Coney Island" has
again become the slogan of the afternoon
| papers. The stories and editorials print
! ed make good reading for sane and fair
minded persons. The World remarks
There is not Il place Oh COney Island
Where poor man or woman can sit
down, no place where the poor can enjoy
a free bath or even Il free view of the
ocean which theoretically belongs TO ev-
erybody and actually is in the clutches
Of certain vested interests that dole it out
to the public who can afford to pay
for it,
Bill Devery uttered one of his impor-
liant speeches recently. He said auto
| speeders should not be fined but sent to
| Jail Fines" scornfully remarks Mr.. |
Devery why. sport. the people that
have got money enough to own autos
! don't care amy more for fine than they
/ do for n spot of gasoline on their pants |
| This thing of tinin' men that have fun
maxim people do kangaroo jumps ON
street crossings is Il comedy For them.
sport, Jail, If these swift boys that hire
| French babies to run their autos was to
stack up against that chuck on the island
for few days they'd put drags on their
machines in the city streets"
The Third Amy Corps union. at
business meeting in New York, elected
! the following officers: President. Sergt.-
! Maj. w. II. Clondman; vice president. |
| Christopher w. Wilson: treasurer. Mai. |
! W. l.. Shreve; secretary, Capt w II. |
Howard; chaplain, Rev. William Il. |
Eastman; directors, Rev. James Boyle, |
gan, Maj. James II. Everett. Mai. vii
liam Plimley, Lieut., Richard Cooper. |
/ Capt Benjamin Murphy Sergt f. NJ |
! Tomkins and DIR. Armand Detloo. Gen. |
| lbanlel Il. SlckelS was instructed to CO. |
operate with Gen. DE Puyster in the |
publication of history of the corps.
On account Of Il strike of 20 small |
| boys. nearly 600 employees of the Stand |
| ard Oil company i'll Long Island CITY |
! are out of employment and it has been |
/ found necessary to shut down the DeYne |
/ Oil works temporarily. The plant is an |
important one and the boys were en- !
Gagged III handling small cans with which |
/ steamers for the far east were being |
| loaded. They quit work three days ago
! because two had been discharged and !
/ Mt once established picket lines. Final |
! ~ it became necessary to suspend opera
| tons i'll the plant and now the young
Sters say they will not return until their
! pay is advanced from 81 to $1.25 day. |
The engagement is announced nj Peo-
ria, Ill.,. of Miss lola Powell of that city
to Robert ii. Manner of New York,
| whose wealth IS estimated at SS.OO0.OO0. |
! The young man is To take the young
woman and her mother to Europe and
| the wedding is IL he il Paris in June
/ Two years ago Miss Powell. daughter of
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. q. Powell. residents Of
/ Peoria left for New York city to study
music. II was with great effort that her
parents were enabled to supply the neces-
sary money To send their daughter away
/ to complete her musical education. Miss
i Powell secured q position in IL prominent
/ church in New York city Ms Il soloist
Robert IL Manner of Peoria was an at
! tendant there ana became Interested in |
the charming singer They met and
/ their friendship became love. Miss Pow |
cll has been warmly received by the New |
/ Nork family. The groom j. TIE Junior |
member of the firm of Holgo,te, X Main !
Ter, bankers. ana inherited $500 900 nj |
/ The death of his father His grandmother |
is said To he worth S4O,OOO00O
\ claim against the United States for
! about S;SSO.Ooo in favor of William X. |
/ Vanderbilt aud others. Us executors of |
A.. the estate If the late Cornelius Wander |
/ hiit. was approved 10y the acting commits |
~ioner IF internal revenue in Washing |