Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-02


Racine. Wis, in revival services being
held there the other night the Sa-
looms closed. That night there were
thlrty-hVe conversions. The services are
being conducted bY Rev. W. j. Perry of
lac First Methodist church there and
Hiss cah'rey. an evangelist
Judge w l.. Kelly of ST. Paul
was approached in his cuurt room
10y Il man who refused 10 reveal his idpn-
tity and who asked the jurist to issue i
permit for the applicant to Kill II man
| The applicant. who is thought 10 be in
sane. claimed he was an inventor and
that his wife and Il man were conSpiring
to steal from him an invention and $1T5,-
600 which it had brought him.
Mrs. j. W. Cobb of Cleveland. O.. was
given divorce from Il man with the
telephone habit" after several years IF
vlcissitudcs i'll the way of collecting ali
mony and keeping away from him. Cobb
is required to pay $500 almony and So
week for their childs support. Cobb
annoyed his wife by phoning her day
and night. He was cnjoined and sent
to jail two or three times for contempt
for tclephoning.
For the rest of her life Mrs. Phoebe
+. Sparkman Of Fairfield, Fla. will re-
celve SIG month from the United
States government. Mrs Sparkman is
probably the oldest pensioner on the
rolls of Uncle Sam. She is the widow of
a soldier who served in the Indian wars
III Florlda. She was unable to get relief
through the regular channels. There
was filed evidence that Mrs. SDarkman
Is now 40 years old
In Appleton, Wis. started a romance
three years ago Last week it eliminated
ut the Hotel Euclid in Cleveland. o..
with 4 wedding. Victor f. Ellcr was
u. Edith Mae Whsner was II wears
old Ihey met and loved ut school.
victor SET out to make home and n
name. Eller came to Cleveland. and
was employed by the Cleveland Con
Siructlon company. The young lady re-
ceIvcd telegram which read: Come"
Miss N6ISner hurried to Cleveland.
Divorced thrty-two years ago. Alphcus
l.. Cowell of San Francisco and Mrs.
Emelinc \. Hunter of Cleveland were
remarked at Mount Clemens. Mich
COwell was Is AT their first marriage and
his bride 10 The groom then lived ut
ST Johns and the young woman AZ Lam
sing. Both married again after their di-
vorcc, but their partners died. Recently
when they came into correspondence
again the love of their youth was re-
kindled and their second marriage was
arranged.
King Edward is skilled dramatic
critic. Not long ago he practically
killed musical piece by demanding in
his strongly accented voice. ''Will SOME
one tell me what the plot of this
damned play is aboutY
The remark was heard in all direc-
ions, and ended III a week or so the
career Of the damned play
III @ likes TO see n theater filed. and |
have known a manager telephone i'll hot
haste 70 friend of mine in the city
asking him 70 send down a dozen couples
to occupy unlocked stalls when the King
had suddenly announced his intention of
visiting Il housc.-Manchester Chronicle.
Prof Jonathan Rigdon of Danvile
Ind. for many years head of the Indi-
ana state normal university at Danville
is to he married TO Miss Alberta Smith.
20-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Smith of Fairfield. Ill, Twenty
five years ago Miss Smiths mother, then
a young woman Of y. was Il student
under Prof Rigdon ut Danvile and
friends reported that they We're be-
trothed. Time separated them and each
was afterward married. The profess
sOr's wife died several years ago. Last
summer he met the daughter of his for
mer sweetheart and their engagement
soon followed Prof. RigdOn is - years
old. ten years older than his hride-elecrs
father.
The citizens of Sheridan tWyOl are
wrought up over discoveries III the local
postotlicc in connection with the removal
of Postmaster w. +. Britain. 1t is am
nounccd that Britain made "A practice
of burning all mail matter which did
not meet with his approval.
The jantor noticed the unusual guam
uy of waste paper sent to the furnace
and discovered that it consisted of letters
and newspapers duly stamped and Iii
rectcd, intrus;cd 10 the pOStoiiice for de
livery.
lie informed prominent citizens, WIN
watched and sorted the waste paper.
with the result that in three months
min" bushels of letters and papers wcr-
found in it
Al the mter->ynodical missionary con-
ference Ul the Presbyterian church al
Omaha last week Robert +. Spcer. |
senior secretary of the board of foreign
missions, asked for the contract of evan
gciIziue the world during the lifetime Of |
the present generation.
Detailed estimates, he said assign L. !
tire Presbyterian church lOOUOOOOO pco- |
pie for eyaugeiiZatiuH
To accomplish this gigantic undertake /
ing Specr told the delegates from the /
hundred preshyterieS il would require /
1000 men and women missionaries and /
X6Hn.oOo annually.
Give as the workers and The $1,000 /
r0 year and We will cuutyac. 10 evan /
gs,Ize the looWo,o00 souls in 80 a.any I!
Years, he said.
The story Of a pink pig Which failed /
To- remain 'piuky" and has turned yell I
low, was told from the platform of tie /
National Woman Suffrage associations /
convention at Chicago and kept the /
delegates in rhroeS Of mcrrimcnt for >ev-
c1Hi minutes
Tho pix is being raised ON an Okla !
hnma farm Icy m enthusiastic woman 4
Su'trasiSt, Mrs. Anna I.a>key. who has
announced her intention To present II ar
next years convention Ia the ma tiolal
suffrage association to he auctioned of
&auda
Information thar the '.hogsic" was he-
lnG raised for the association was