Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-03-11
New York Every Day.

| Jdl1GS EollitH VI new lAhhSlis NOAiAi's
known to Yale graduates and followers
of Yale sports a. Pop is dead. He
1 was 81 years old. For twenty-five years
he figured as mascot" at various Yale
| athletic contests.
The secretary has announced to the
trustees of the Cathedral of st. John the
Divine the receipt of $4,000 from Mrs.
! A. NJ Bailey for memorial window.
Attention was called to the chancel stalls
of an old church in Sicily. 1t was agreed
if possible to secure the stalls for the
choir.
Demands for increased pay and an
eight-hOur day, to take effect May !,
have been announced by the Rockmen and
EXcavators' union. which contains about
$4,000 members in Greater New York.
If the demands meet refusal the men de-
clare they will strike on the GATE mem
! toned.
The published statement that Daniel
G.. Reed of New York, chairman of the
board of directors of the Rock Island
railroad. had recently been married in
London, is authoritatively denied by his
| business associates. Mr.. Reed is not in
London, but is now on his way TO Palm
Beach to join his daughter.
In reply to an inquiry from a reader
| at Kearsarge, Mich, the editor of Gay
! New York" is pleased to furnish the
| following information: Helen Miller
Gould has two residences Her town
residence is at SO Fifth avenue, New
| \ ork city. and her country residence Is
at INSTRUMENTATION, Westchester
| county, y. y.
Those who seek oddities in city life are
/ gloating over restaurant recently opened
ON the lower east side of New York city.
! The most conspicuous object i'll it is a
| large aquarium filled with salt water fish
! of all sorts. Before taking his place at
the table the customer indicates the fish
of his choice. 1t is lifted out with Il scoop
| net, and within twenty minutes it lies
| before him fried or broied
| Mrs George b. Mumford Of East Thir-
| ty-iirst street reported TO the police she
mad lost $4,000 worth of diamonds and
| jewelry by theft. Mrs. Mumf0rd said
! that when she went to her room
she discovered the theft. Among the
stolen articles was a diamond crescent,
which she valued at $500 There We're
also eight rings and many costly pieces
| OF art. There is no clue to the burglars.
| Capt Charles Barr. skipper of the de-
| Tending yachts in the Americas cup
races during recent years, has been en-
| gagged to command the threemasted
auxiliary schooner Atlantic, which is
among the entries for the kaiser's cup
! race across the ocean. The Atlantic,
! " hich is owned by Wilson Marshall, was
completed in 1903 and has won several
! important races in New York Yacht club
| regattaS.
! Rider Haggard the author. who comes
! here as IL special commissioner to inquire
! into the conditions and character of the
| agricultural and industrial land settle
mentS organized in America by the Sal
vation Army, arrived ON the steamer leu
| tonia. The trustees of the estate of Cecil
! Rhodes are paying the expenses of the
| inquiry to be made by Mr.. Haggard, I'M
/ der the auspices of the British colonial
! office. with the view of applying the
| scheme to South Africa.
Maurice Frenlkes, a young American
/ artist. has just completed strikingly
| virile portrait of Cardinal Merry del Val,
which has been ordered for the Vatican.
/ He is the first artist in this country to
be thus distinguished. Mr.. Fremkes
| painted the portrait in the Vatican He
has been n student in the National acad-
envy. He is a pupil of William NJ.
! Chase. is b years old and has studied
extensively in Italy and Holland. His
work shows the influences Of the Dutch
masters.
Who Is to be the grand high custodian
of the bees of New York? There are
thirty official hives In the parks of tne
Bronx and there is such as office
as city apiarisr, the holder of which gets
5000 a year. 1t is Il civil service job
aud candidates have to pass an eXamina-
ton. The position is now vacant. OF
thirty candidates who recently took eX
animation a woman heads the list of elig-
ibles She is Emma v Haggerty Only
thirteen candidates got 40 per cent. on
the examination. Miss Haggerty led
with a percentage of 81. But Miss Hag-
gerty has been semi-olficially informed
that she cannot have the position. She
can't vote and that seems why the job
will 70 elsewhere.
On the passenger list of the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse which ar
rived from Bremen, is the name of Count
c. Cini Count Charles De Cini was
engaged to be married to Miss Elizabeth
Howe, the PittShurg heiress. whose mar
riage to Frank T. Sproul took place re-
Gently. IL is reported the count FASTENED
to these shores to capture Miss Howe
and her fortune, estimated at S1Q000.-
600 He had asked for $4,000 and an
annuity. and the Young woman broke the
engagement. He then decided to come
! to this country and see if he could not
get the prize after all Miss Howe de
cided the best way to shoe off the count
was to get married. Dispatches from
pitlshurg hint that the count viii su,
Mrs. Sproul for breach of promise.