Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-04-15

Bg decIslon OF the nlted States
court Of appeals Mrs. L. Harrison
Dulles, wife OF a wealthy Philadelphia
nlan, wins the suit over the seizure Of
her S2ti.G00 pearl necklace by treasury
agent in June, 1902.
John Newport Telling, coachman,
and his Wife. a servant at the Bible
Training school, New York city. were
arrested charged with stealing several
thousand dollars in money and jeweiry
from the students and instructors in the
school.
The Appellate division of the supreme
court sustained the judgment of the low
er court in Favor Of James e. Blaine
who brought suit against Edward X.
Thomas 4 Co. TO recover damages for an
alleged unauthorized sale of 1000 shares
of Pennsylvania railroad stock which
Were being carried for him on margin.
Automobiles must now pay Il toll of
! cent Il mile for machines holding two
persons and two cents a mile for three
persons or more on all toll roads in the
state Of New Jersey. \ bill TO that
effect. passed ut the recent session of the
Legislature has been signed by Gov
Stokes. Roads on which the new law
Viii apply are, however. not numerous.
Sixteen thousand babies were bern in
New York in the last four months Fig
nTea compiled by the bureau of vital
Statistics show that Fifth avenue has
the lowest birth rate of any street in the
city. Less than ten births We're reported
in the wealthiest section of that thor
oaebfaIe. The heaviest birthrate is on
the east side, near Division street. where
the conditions are the reverse Of those
ON Fifth avenue.
Nicholi Zavolsky. 21 years old. the
adopted son and trusted lieutenant of
Maxim Gorky, the Russian novelist and
Socialist, who recently came 10 this coun-
try, left New York with three cOmpan-
ions He Will make a tour of the United
States for the purpose of spreading the
doctrines of socialism among the poorer
classes. He will travel as a missionary
from G0rky. with the object of initiating
that great Russian writer.
At dinner given to Robert s. Wood
ward, the new president of the Car
former colleagues of Columbia university,
Andrew Carnegie made a brief speech,
in which he said: The charter of the
Carnegie institution pledges it to a
broader scope of learning than any other
seat of learning in the world. Its policy
will be to cooperate with all other insti-
tntons in the cause of education"
The Appellate division OF the supreme
srlIgt recently decided that the alleged
1enssnfT if Brodie l.. Duke be subject
to trial by jury, as petitioned by Law
renee Duke, who asked to have b. l..
Duke declared incompetent 10 manage
his estate valued nj $100,00o. r. l..
Duke recently was before the public in
having married Alice Webb and having
disappeared for several weeks from sight
of his relatives. \ plot had been charged
by the family
Although the nominating conventions
are six months in the future. there are
already two declared candidates for
mayor. Mayor Mcclellan viii run on
the Tammany ticket, while John Ford,
author of the franchise tax law, will lead
the movement started by the municipal
ownership clubs on an independent
Democratic Union Labor ticket. Mr.
Ford's aspirations Were made known by
placards distributed throughout the city.
asking laborlng men to rally to his sup
port.
4 memento of the Slocum disaster
may still be seen in Il florists store. The
wife and children of the florist were
of the Sunday School excursion
on that day. As a surprise for them. the
florist, as soon as they had gone to the
boat. made out of immorteles, a wei
come Home" and hung it over the door
that opens from his shop into the living
apartments in the rear Not one of his
family returned alive from the excur-
sion. lie says he hasn't the heart to
take down that Welcome Home"
At the monthly dinner Of the Patria
club Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant.
who talked about the Philippines. said
\ on near great deal about the force
necessary to keep these degenerate peo-
ne in subsection. There are 10000 sol
diers out there. Aiy department in the
east maintains l4.Qu0 men to keep your
citizens of New York. Boston. phila-
dclphia, Baltimore and other coast places
in the straight and narrow path. As
matter of fact, there is one brigade
mohiized in the Philippines ready to
strike. | think. in favor of the open door
IN China rather than against the Fill
pnoS."
The commission of experts appointed
by President Ahern of the borough of
Manhattan to make an examination into |
recent wholesale collapse Of brick build |
mgs reported that an examination was
made IF eight buildings and in every
ease the collapse or partial destruction
was directly due To the failure of their |
foundation walls. which were found to
he full of voids. built of irregular and
understood stone. improperly bonded aud |
bedjed. and with mortar of |
inferior quality and improperly mixed |
Both the materials and workmanship |
were declared to be in fragrant violation |
OF the building code
Damage by the elements to the tomb Of |
Cen. T. ). Grant ON Riverside drive is |
reported to be causing much anxiety |
among members OF the Grant monument |
association, which is interested with the |
care of the granite pile. Although only |
seven years old, the white granite eX- |
terror shows signs of serious erosion. |
while leaks recently discovered in the |
dome have caused spots of diSculoration /
ON the decorated plaster interior 4 |
Waterproof preparation of paratinc will |
be applied NJ once tn the exterior of the /
dome ana possibly the whole pile will he |
later treated in the same nannar Tho