Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-16
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Worry over the pure food agitation is
given by the relatives of Mrs. Ieona
Long. Louisville, Ky. as the cause of
her mental arrangement, For four days
she refused to taste any food for fear
she would bo poisoned.
Mrs. Hannah ~ Currier of Manches-
ter. y. H., is to give her entire fortune
Of S1,UOO,O00 for the establishment of
an art gallery at her DEATH The estate
will be left to trustees named in a list
which she already has prepared. Mrs.
Currier is nearly 80 years old
j. W. Leeper Of Metz Ia, after fast
ing month while the guest of hotel
at Council Bluffs, to secure relief from
stomach trouble. died 1t was supposed
that weakness due to lack of nOCriSh-
mcnt caused his death, but an autopsy
revealed the fact that he died from Il dis
ease Of the liver and that he had been
fasting without reason.
Infant Swisher. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
n. = Swisher of Toronto, Can. bears
the unique distinction of having been
born aboard IL Pullman car rapidly NOV
ing over the Big -Four railroad between
! Delaware and Columbus, O. Mrs.
SWisher was on her way to the home of
her parents in Newport Ky. \ doctor
and Il trained nurse happened To be on
| the train.
The anger of the negro population OF
Peoria H.. has been aroused to high
pitch against a livery company because
one of its employees stopped Il funeral
procession, removed the body of Il negro
from the funeral car, and put it on the
street curb until cheaper hearse coulu
he secured. A suit for damages is t. he
instituted by the widow of George Scott
whose body was thus treated.
Preston Legislature Reeves, the first
white child born in Omaha. Neb.. WAS
buried recently in charity grave. His
father, j. {. Reeves. was the first sher-
| if of Douglas county. Nebraska. and his
uncle. A. II. Jones, was the first post
master of Omaha. lie was born Jan
uary is, 1850, the day the first state
| Legislature convened in Omaha, and was
named Legislature i'll commemoration of
the event.
| South Norwalk, Conn, boasts OF hav-
hug the only man III, the world without
stomach. This freak has silver tubes
| in lieu of that organ, and is perfectly
| healthy.
lie cannot, however, bend over to lace
his shoes for fear of dislocating his stom
ach and causing instant death.
The person is Rabbi Schevma Nolski
vitz of Mukumbo, Egypt He was born
| in Arabia, and is black.
After paying back all the insurance he
received on buildings to which he had
| hired a man to set fire. James \. Phil
| lips of Williams Center. o.. pleaded
guilty to a charge of arson and got
| eighteen months in the penitentiary The
| insurance paid back with interest is
1850. Phillips is wealthy. John Van
| lmmons, who, according to his confes-
sion. was the accomplish of Phillips, is
| now serving Il term at Columbus.
| Miss Nab Claire Erwin. formerly en-
| ployed as a reporter by several Chicago
newspapers. has been awarded $4,000
| damages against the Los Angeles Rec-
| ord She alleged that while she was
working for the Record she was sent
| TO interview All Wing, a Chinese prize
! fighter. after which the Record published
| story to the effect that she was Wings
! sweetheart. The plaintiff was recently
! married at Yuma, Arz., to Edmund Ri
Were Herrick, New York man.
Aid Tovey, chairman of the finance
/ committees submitted to the city council
| of Peterboro, Ontario, Il proposition Ia
| tax bachelors, owing tn the alarming in
| crease in the city debenture debt He
suggested the following schedule: Be
| tween - and 30 years of age the pro
/ posed tax will be So a month. From 30
! 10 80 the tax will be so II month. de
ereaSing to 81 again when the man has
reached 40. At 80 the tax is set N so
a year. and after he has passed 60 years
! the bachelor will be exempt.
Long Beach, Los Angeles, will have
women patrolmen next summer. The
| suggestion was made by the Womcn's
| Christian Temperance union, and met
with favor among city officials Of Los
| Angeles The police in petticoats soon
will be appointed They will patrol the
| beach. pier and auditorium. Members
of the WomenS Christian Temperance
union doubtless will be selected, and
they will wear ordinary police stars ana
have full police powers The question
Of arming them has not been settled.
NJ. Polowski. director of the Polish
/ mission at Paris, notified Project of To-
lice Lenine he had received badly
Soldered tin which he believed Ia he Il
bomb. \ special wagon from the hu-
niCipal laboratory hurried To NJ. Follow
skis office and the suspicious object was
taken with infinite precautions To the
government testing building. where
| hydraulic press squeezed out its contents.
| which proved To be caviare, NJ. Poow-
! ski. who adoreS caViare. Is ineon>olahle
over his loss
one Of the most remarkable revival
meetings in the memory of the oldest in
hahitant in southern Wisconsin has just
/ closed At the village of Union tiThve.
I During the ten DAYS session over 2uO
souls were saved. men aud buys who
have used tobacco have abandoned 30
wee residents who played carlS have
thrown the paStcboards into III hr,
dancing feet have been turned 4ut
righteousness: mouths that wera f1,l al
4, rSr~ aye shouting Gods praise ia t.lct.
ije hole town i turned into 4, ~rut
saving settlement.
/ When Julius GrCutzucr. an AGED resi-
I -. e fSr.aDo,-k PA b4ssn ia it,,y