Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-11-09

I police station. He had terrible tim,
the other night. There was head-or
collision near Omaha Junction. and h,
4 was reeiing all over Commercial street
/ yelling for the wrecking crew 10 70 ont
4 When policeman took him in charge
Jimmie" Durkin, Spokane's boniface
non want, railroad protector and tenn
/ perance lecturer, has ordered a monu
ment erected in Greenwood cemetery il
words:
Jimmie Durkin. Born 1859. Diel
- 4 minister said: A man Of hi,
He has retained Attorney ]. t. Rob
read TO Durkin and his family He has
also arranged with an undertaken "a
prepare his body for burial when he dies
Two years ago minister censured
Durkin for window display. He invit.
ed the minister to decorate the window
according to his ideas. The minister was
game, and the result was the most ex,
dow display. Durkin also delivered A
temperance lecture in church. The
minister was satisfied and in a signed
statement TO thA newspapers said:
Mr.. Dnrkin treated me right. He is a
man of his word"
II have told Robertson not to say
anything wrong about me: to tell the
truth-not all, but part" Durkin said
when asked about the grafton to be de.
livered at his funeral.
Durkin says his reason for arranging
with the undertaken now is so his fam
lily will not have TO pay an exorbitant hin
when ne dies.
Count Won Larlarfski is the guest Of
H. i
port, but maintains fine suite at the
Muenehinger King cottage besides. The
cabman he hired to take him from his
suite to the home of his host is chair
man of the executive committee of the
Newport Cabmen's union. When Won
Larlarfski got out he said How
mneh?' and the cabman replied that it
would be SO.
Il will not pay; il is an outrageous
price cried the Russian arbitrator
You'll pay or get jagged" retorted
Jehu.
But his highness dashed for the in.
side of the Martin mansion and so won
temporary surccase.
The cabman reported to the chief Of
police that he had been buncoed by the
''highfalutin' furriner," and when he
spread out the unions rate schedule the
chief of police wrote a note TO Iarlarf.
ski that it would save him great per-
sonal Inconvenience We're he TO pay the
claim at once.
The other morning at a conference
with the cabman in the presence of the
police at headquarters he tried TO shave
down the bin from SO to 81. but cabby
was ohdurate.
II will take back an unpleasant les
son about this free country" said his
highness. with whitening sarcasm But
he paid the cabman the So.
Thomas c. Yeakle is having the time
! of his life.
II was u rapid ascension for Thomas.
| and his balloon of suddenly acquired
wealth has some altitude. He is now
trying to see what pleasures there are IN
life with n roll of $G2,204.43. With
! that amount Of ready cash at his com.
| mand, Chicago has come to realize that
| Thomas Yeakie is in town, and il is
said around the hotels that he is a true
| spender.
| 1t was only a few days ago that Mr..
| Yeakie was employed in an indianapolis
restaurant AZ SIP per week. He thought
! he was doing pretty we'll, ald he was
eating regularly. which Is something for,
/ tune has not always given him the
| privilege of doing.
Thomas is one of the heirs Of Million,
I Hffs A1RoIEt 4. liliit OF tJblCAKp.
He would still be obliviouE of his new
standing in the financial world, but for
| the necessity of locating him IN order to
| settle the estate.
A certificate of deposit for $G2 ,2O4. AZ
| in his favor has been fled in the Office Of
! the clerk Of the circuit court and Mr..
| Yeakle Informed Of the fact He imme.
! diately began To acquire complete new
| wardrobe. In which he neglected 10 in
/ clude walters apron.
| The amount is one-twentieth Of the TO.
! tai realized by the trustees and execn.
| tors under Mr.. Cline's will from saes
| of lands in and around Gary, Ind. Aft
| or four years search Yeakle was 10,
| Gated by the attorneys for the estate
Take off that apron and come with
me, said the lawyer who found Yeakle
mo more biscuit shooting for me. ''
exclaimed the waiter when he found
what was meant by the percmptory or.
der.
After reading story Of promised for
tune in the palm Of Hiss Blanche Cleye
lands hand. Allie Cooper. gypsy for
tune teller at the Carmi fair grounds
near Mount Carmel. ILL.,. immedintely
proposed, was accepted, aud the two
were married less than half an hour
later.
Coopers fine physique, flashing black
tgtes JET bldCh TitglFtNs ltIFtNL uHu nat
teriDe speech appealed to the romantic
ideas of Miss Cleveland and she accepted
him without hesitation. In less than a
half hour a justice Of the peace pro-
nounced the words that made them hus-
band and wife.
My wife's palms revealed stories Of
wealth to me that will rival the riches
Of this fellow Rockefeller" says Cooper.
II was the first to discover her wonderful
future. and by the right of discovery
claimed her as my wife. | loved her
from the moment she stepped into my
tent al the fair grounds. She loved me.
too. and loves me now. Some day ge
will live in a great palace. Her hands
tell me that our lives will be one Of con-
tipual happiness"
The bride is a beautiful and charming
girl Is years Of age. Her parents are
among the most prominent Of White
county.
From early childhood she has been pop.
ular in the community and the young
men for miles around here Wed with each
other in paying her attention. The rein
tives Of the bride were AT first ncensed
and Inundated at what they termed n
freak" marriage. Meanwhile the pair
are stopping in one Of Carmi's leading
hotels. Cooper declares he has given up