Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-28
BRIEF NOTES OF
GENERAL. INTEE est

Isaac y. Perry. an Indiana pieneer
Whose eiliet boast IN life was Thar he
WAS 4 woman hater and the posseSsnr
ef the secret eff perpetual morton =
dead on his farm at Slate Cur. havin.
reached the age of 90 years. The body
VIII rest in 4 coffin Perry made himself
and a massive stone sarcophagus h.
crected IN his own yard He was never
Inc suburb of Leeds, la. is excited
over the shooting of Roy Holt, a i4-vcar.
Old hoy, by Thomas Il. Chuhb, who was
protecting his melon patch with gun.
The town is divided into two bitter
Factions one of which seeks 10 send
the boy To the reform school and the
otter demands that Chubh be sent 10 the
pententiary. While mass meetings are
being held by both factions the vie
.tm OF the shooting lies in hospital
~ critical condition.
Edward Richards % Dayton took
Professor Smiths place in n balloon
ascension at the Miami IN. " county
fair and Il few minutes later 10000 pco.
pie saw his parachute crumplc in Il
windstorm while he plunged 1900 feet
20 death. Ii was raining when Richards
cut the parachute loose and a heavy gale
began to blow. Suddenly Il part of the
cloth gave way and then the parachute
turned inside out Richards fell into a
tree and was killed Instantly
Dragged from the room of his 'anln-
ity, Miss Ruth Schumacher. by a mob
- twenty enraged men, disguised as
MbItecaps. Rev. IL. HarSha retired
Methodist minister of Nrcmmling. Colo.
was horsewhipped until he begged for
mercy and was then taken To his own
ranch, 4 mile away. where he was told
70 remain with his own wife and children
under pain of a worse punishment. Miss
Schumacher is under arrest on Il charge
OF obtaining money on false pretcnscS.
When moving TO the edge of the roof
Of three-story building ut Ninety first
street. South Chicago, 10 get better
look at 4 girl who WAS watching him nj
work. Peter Shuda. ~ years old. missed
his. footing. He fell To the ground sui
fering probably fatal injuries. While
Singing the roof his attention was at
traeted by the face of young girl on
the sidewalk forty feet below. When fall.
ing Shuda threw out bOth hands 10 pro-
tect his head from striking tine walk.
Both arms were broken ut the wrists.
Rev. Thomas Livingston. pastor of the
North CONGREGATIONAL church. Middle
town, n. u, received sound drubbing
after prayer meeting froms about fifty
Young members of his congregation. The
young people entered the parsonage and
secreted themselves. All were armed with
shingles, and when their pastor entered
he was set upon and shingling was Civ.
en- him that he will not soon forget. The
minister fought off his assailants until il
dawned upon him that it was his birth
day and he took the drubbing good ma.
turedly.
Convicted of having been caught with
thirteen illegally caught trout in the ice
box of his Adirondack home, j. pierpont
Morgan was fined Sl55 by Justice of
the Peace Harrington of Racquet Lake,
\. Y. Guests of MIR. Morgan have been
occupying his beautiful camp. Uneas.
twelve miles from Racquet Lake. since
karly In the summer The lake trout
season IN the Adirondaeks closed on vi.
gust 81, but two weeks later Inspector
Joe" Grenon Of Racquet Lake learned
that the Morgan guests were still fishing
in Morgan's private lake, Mohegan, and
on September II the Inspector raided the
camp
Dared to show his nerve. An,eri +.
Peverette of South Bend serving a term
for the Richland, Mich. bank robbery il,
the Marquette prison. picked up a piece
Of glass and cut off his left hand This
fact came cut in an investigation nov
being conducted at Marquette far the
purpose of learning the truth of the al
legged cruelties practiced in the prison.
According 10 Pevcrette he could 30 long
EHf.t
told 10 prepare himself for another beat
ing he replied that he would cut of one
OF his hands before he would submit Il
further III treatment Jeered nj by The
keeper. he promptly carried his threat
into execution.
Mrs. Dora Hickson. Is years old, of
Redyille. Kan, who, for several days
has been nearly frantic, and has been
urging the St Louis police to find thc
woman who kidnapped her baby. was
made happy by learning that the child
was in founding asylum nj Salt Lake
City. Mrs Ilickson, while checking her
baggage, had given the baby TO Mrs
]. l.. Corey Of Bland. H.. to hold. Mrs
Bland waited in vain for the mother
who had been delayed, to return. When
train time arrived she boarded it. with
the child. thinking that She had been
DN Allt WUlidH NHN NlNhtNl ~
abandon the baby.
Alexander Stanton, wealthy Texas
who claims 10 be a nephew Of
war secretary. was found wan
dering about Nashua. y. H.. his memory
and his money gone When brought
here he could not remember his name.
but said be knew Rev ~ l.. Colby. The
identified him and when lie
spoke Stanton's name the mans memory
returned. Stanton said he had sold a
shipment ~ cattle in Chicago September
:, aud the last thing be remembered was
getting the money, several thousand doll
lars, and starting out into the street.
An old cut on the back Of his head
showed that he had been sluggcd.
Henry Ill Rogers spent an hour the
other day nj New Bedford. Mass. on his
electric automobile with Mark Twain az
his companion.
Mr. Rogers operated the machine. aud
they stopped to call on a few Of Mr..
Rogers friends in the business district.
Mark Twain wore his white suit and
for few minutes an anxious look. This
was when Mr.. Rogers left the auiomo-
bile without throwing the switch com
pletely and went into q newspaper store.
The machine began 10 RET under way aud
Mr. Clemens deserted Il quickly. He