Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-11-11
New York Every Day.


Arthur Foster Bowers. formerly city
editor Of the New York Tribune. died in
New York. Mr.. Bowers was "A son of
Rev. DR.. &. \. Bowers of Clinton. Mass.
He graduated from Brown university in
ISL. Shortly afterward he went to the
Tribune, and except for brief periods of
illness worked for that paper continu-
ously until he died.
There are n number of only fairly
bright young women doing well in vaude
vile these days because they have fine
costumes. The method of gaining favor
among managers is to display Il wardrobe
and then make Il bluff at singing or Civ
ing Il monol0gue. No matter what the
genius of II young woman she has no
chance unless she has a wardrobe. The
che ii taken from the success made by
Lillian Russell with her $4,000 ward
role.
Charles. Count de Nevers, eldest son Of
Oscar, Duke de Nevers, was sentenced
To Sing Sing prison by Judge Foster.
DE Neyers was charged with making IL
false bail bond in obtaining the release
of William {. Douglass. Il chauffeur,
who was arrested last June for exceed
ing the legal speed limit. The bail de-
handed ut that time was 800, ard De
he did not own.
Miss Mary Darlington Of Springfield.
Mass. has the distinction Of being the
most expert typewrtist in the United
States. She won the first prize, 500. in
a tournament at the business Show at
Madison Square garden. in which forty
young women contested. In an hour
Miss Darlington typewrote from dicta-
ton, with her eyes b:indfoided, BOO
words. The winner of tae second prize
was Miss Rose FRITZ Of New York.
Within an hour the other day Mar
ghcrita Auletta was cut with Il razor by
jealous lover, appeared against him
in the Tomhs police court New York
city, and married his rival. She was SO
badly slashed about the neck and face
that only for prompt medical attention
she would have bled to death. She was
married to the man of her choice with
her face so covered with bandages there
was hardly enough of it left exposed for
the bridegroom to kiss.
There has been organized III New York
the American Drug syndicate, which i'll
cludeS 1909 retail dealers. The synd-
cate has il Rhode Island charter and il
capitalized at 100000. The organizer
IS - +. Goddard, formerly of San Fran
stock. The organization is intended for
matual protection. to combat inferior and
injurious drugs and compel a standard
in the staple products. The president
is George Ramsey of New York city.
Il. W. Davis, 50 years old, who en-
gagged passage in Chicago for England on
the steamship Oceanic. was only al
lowed on the vessel after fearful plead
ing on his part to be taken aboard so
that he might die in his old home in
Worcestershire England. He had in
vested what was left of his lifes earn
ings in a steerage ticket. The old man
in New York from Chicago. according
to n physician who attended him.
J. Pierpont Morgan has just had Il
narrow escape from death or serious in
jury. In avoiding Il northbound Madison
avenue car at Forty-ffth street, New
York, he stepped in front of Il rapidly
moving sOuthbound car. The motOrman
quickly applied the brakes. but the car
slid until it was almost touching Mr..
M0rgan's coat. The latter in the mean
time had stood still as if para lived with
fright. The sudden jamming on of the
brakes threw several persons To the floor
Of the car
Mrs. S Ogden Mills received painful
injuries Mt Poughkeepsie, y. V. in a
fall from her saddle horse. The horse
SHED just as she was getting into the
saddle and she fell heavily. with her
right arm bent under her. The arm
was fractured at the elbow. The acct
dent will put an end to all the weekend
gatherings at the beautiful Mills estate
for the rest of the season. as Mrs. Mills
has been ordered by her physician to
cancel all social engagements for the
next few days
Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Hi
uois Central Railroad company. has sat
lStied a judgment tor S1115 obtained
/ against him hy y. .Iaeckel Il Co. fur
rierS Of New York city as the price of =
RuSsian sable mnff and tippet ordered by
Mrs Fish more than Il year ago. She
declined to pay for the furs insisting
| that they We're not rs represented ANA
the skins were inferior ~ those selected
by her. Mr.. Fish testified at the trial,
;lat while he paid the household bills.
he never paid his wife'S bills as She
had an Independent income. Mrs Fish
said it was not her custom tn inform her
husband of her financial transactions.
New York is to have second opera
house, equal in many respects To the
Metropolitan, but not intended To rival
tlat house except in the artistic COM
piateness Of its productions. Interested
in getting up this project is musician
Wei known in New York and in several
of the European capitals. lie intends
| il t. be the home of opera comiQue. \
site has been secured ut a cost of $3.50.
GOO, and plans are being prepared Tor
Tie building. 1t is To occupy the block
front on Central Park West. between
! Sixty-sccopd ami SiXty-third streets. and
to have frontage Of 200 feet. the depth
varying from .2l to 200 feet
Senator I. III. McCarrcn. the Brook
| lyn Democratic leader and race horse
owner. is reported to have gone broke.
He has been betting heavily since tho
/ opening of the Belmont park meeting
and has been q tremendous loser II is