Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-07-28

Sir Henry Vayasour. who has just
Kept his ninety-second birthday, is the
&remier baronet of the United Kingdom
Sir Henry, who was born a year and a
day before the battle of Waterloo, has
DO heir, so that the dignity becomes eX-
tinct on his death.
Rev. Washington Rodman of Astoria
H., is one of the few living Americans
who was an intimate of Edgar Allan
Poe. They were great friends when
Poe lived at Fordham, y. y, and Rev
Rodman was pastor of the Episcopal
church in West Farms.
An exhibit at Il Dutch church bazaar
at Roodepoort, Johannesburg, was the
family register Of Nicolas Louw, 30
years old of Cayinia, Capt Colony.
The record was in the shape of a tree,
bearing the names of his 3GJ descend
ants to the fifth generation. His young
est son was born two years ago.
Prof. John William Burgess, dean of
Columbia university, sent 1000 volumes
of American history and various phases
Of American development to the Uni
versity of Berlin, where they will be
placed ON shelves in large room set
apart for the American professorship of
which Prof. Burgess is the first Of the
annual incumbents.
Henry Clews, Jr., who left New York
for Paris several years ago, announced
that he was going to devote himself to
art and develop his talent as Il painter.
Mr.. Clews has appeared, however, in a
different role. He has become a drama
list and his first play has just been pub
lishcd in Paris. 1t is written in verse
and deals with the life of a rich Ameri-
can in Paris.
Among the American writer's who are
studying Russia in this momentous pc
riod of her history is Prof. Edward A.
Steiner who has just sailed for Europe
expecting to spend the summer in Rus
sia Prof Steiner, who holds the chair
Of Applied Christianity in Iowa college,
has devoted much time to the study of
land and in America.
w. d. Murphy, a New York artist
has completed a three-quarter length
portrait of Admiral Dewey which is
pronounced by all of the latter's ac-
quaintances to be the best portraiturc
of him ever made 1t shows him in full
uniform and wearing the sword which
was presented to him by the people of
the United States. Both the admiral
and Mrs. Dewey have expressed them
selves as delighted with the likeness.
Mayor Mcclellan has a butler in his
Washington square house who wears
knee breeches and the rest of real but
ier's Quttt-on ceremonial occasions
The mayor invited some Tammany lead
ers over to his house one evening to din.
ner. One Of them came early and was
admitted by the stately butler. The
leader drew Mcclellan aside as soon as
he had reached him and whispered
hoarsely: Say, George, why didn't you
tell me this was masquerade party?
One of the musical events of next sea
son will be the first visit to America @
the eminent French musician Camll
Saint-Saens. who is now II years oil
and for Il number of years has Sutfcrc
from an affection of the throat or lung
which has made him spend much of hi
time in warm climates. He is one q
the half-dozeu or SO greatest living CON
lt.,l ,,..t
lie viii appear at only twenty concert
in this country. SO that only The largcS
cities will be distinguished by a visit.
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\ warning is SCUM Jed by the Unite
States consul Mt Dawson, Alaska, VIII
foresees the determination of the vhal
as a result of the wasteful methods q
the shore fisheries. He says that in on
wear the shore whalers on Point Barro,
struck and probably mortally wounde
over four hundred whales, but secure
the carcasses o. only twenty-five I'll
whale is probably destined to 20 out {
existence with the big animals whic
are big enough to he hit 10y even III
poorest of marksmen
The Martin farm in Yonkers. y. y
consisting of 10 acres of land, has Ice,
purchased 10y Alexander Smith Cobra
IF Yonkers. president of the Smith Ca
pet works. He will improve the pro
erty and erect 3t il a complete sanit
RUM for tue yea nent of tuberculosis
The entire COS, Il land, improvement
buildings and equipment will Toe MOI
than $500 tsu Whom gAfnt}sfa1 tIa ,-