Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-01-28

/ Princeton and woll known throughout
Z Pennsylvania on account Of mis- work
in the coal strike in forming the Citi-
( zeas' alliance, died 1T the New York
/ hospital from the effects Of having shot
( himself in his room AZ the Im3cra! ho-
tel Friends believe 1t WAS an accident
and 50 does the coroner but sac pgice
think il was suicide.
President Roosevelt, who is stated Il,
! have accepted the invitation Of Williams
college 70 attend the commencement in
/ June. will receive the degree Of Ii. u.
The President will reach WilEGmstown
on June - or p, and remain Il day or
/ two as the guest Of President Henry
Hopkins He viii then 60 10 Cambridge
/ 70 attend commencement at Harvard
and the twenty-ffth anniversary Of tho
graduation Of his class.
In fighting her husbands attempt to
take from her their little daughter Oil
via. Airs. Ella V Herkimer Of Brook
/ lyn, \. y makes charges counter 10
/ those of her husband, one being that he
I had been attentive to two young women
/ and his devotion to one going SO far as
to send her pink silk stockings. DR..
Robert II. Herkimer, her husband. is
chief sanitary Inspector Of the health de-
partment of the borough of Brooklyn
Thirty-fourth street crosS-town car, when
he streets We're thronged with people
and while opposite the Waldorf Astoria.
I Charles Il. Van Der B0gart was held
up and robbed of $23 in cash. gold
watch and cham worth $3.50, check and
Il number of valuable papers. The CON
ductor had seen the scuffie and he and
many passengers tried to reach the rear
platform, but could not force the door.
William Henry Bishop the young
English boilermaker and Socialist who
was detained on his arrival here by the
customs inspectors because they do not
know the difference between Socialist
and an Anarchist, was released this aft
erDoon on a Geographic order from See
rotary Metcalfe of the department of
commerce and labor. on the strength of
a long brief and an affidavit filed with
Commissioner of immigration Williams
by his counsel.
Two New York afternoon papers
claim that there ate 100000 unemployed
men in Greater New York, Il number
larger than any heretofore recorded
Strikes and lOCknuts account for only
one-fourth of this number. and the state
ment is made that the rest are not con
nected with labor of any kind. Evictiona
have been numerous during the last
month and the hardships OF the unem-
ployed have been further augmented by
the general increase in the price OF all
foodstGifs
Following the fire at the home OF Vii
ham Mason. lawyer at 1913 West both
street, ut which he. his wife, Glare, their
two children and servant lost their
lives, it has been learned that thieves
looted the house and robbed the dead,
stripping from the fingers of Mrs. Ma
son four rings valued in the neghbor-
hood of $1,000. BESIDES this. the thieves
got 500 in cash from a pocketbook. n
gold watch and chain and other icwelry
bringing the amount of the robbery ms
far as known up to at least $500.
Seven alleged members of a black
hand band which for months has been
terrorlzing Italian tradesmen and mer-
chants of Williamsburg, have been ar
rested by Brooklyn detectives, after two
desperate fights with knives. Nearly all
the numerous letters threatening mer-
chants with destruction of property or
death unless money We're forthcoming
are said to have been traced to the men
just captured. Their leader was found TO
be powerful man speaking excellent
English. He is said to have left Grim
inal record in Sicily.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is to give a din
ner reception at her residence. % East
Seventy-eighth street, on the evening of
January 81 She arranged today with
Sam Shubert. the theatrical manager. to
have Lillian Russell and her company in
the second act of Lady Teaze" appear
at her house. Mrs Fish will have n
stage built for the performance. Gus
tave Kerker and thirty-eight musicians
will go with the company. This will be
after the performance at the Casino. |
AlVS E'jSb will Monooor CLrban+
$4,000 for the services of his players for
an hour.
j. J. Van Allen is still dis0ursing large
sums of money on his home in North. |
Hmptonshire. Eng, although he has only
been able to secure the property on a
forty-threc years lease Should ANYTHING /
happen to him meanwhile it would re-
vert at one to the owner. In spite |
Of this he is expanding something like |
100000. He is having all tine garden !
ornaments fountains. leaden figures. |
even the sun dials, sent from abroad |
One of the anomalies c. he place will |
he Il negro cook, who is said to be quite |
an artist of the kitchen, surprising any |
FrcncA chez yet born.
The substitution of all-steel cars for the
present cOppersheathed wooden coacbes /
will soon begin and 20 on steadily until |
600 steel cars have been installed in tho |
subway. The wooden cars will be turned /
over to the elevated road. The steel ears. |
of which 800 have been ordered are !
more or less of an experiment. All-steel |
cars have never been used before. and
there Is some doubt as to their wearing
qualities. 1T may be that after Il few
years constant service they will rattle
like string of kettles. IT, on the con
trary, they prove satisfactory. nothing
nut steel cars viii be used on the under /