Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-10

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open the door and. rushing in upon the
startled household, yelled: Bear
Going 10 the door the neighh0r found
! 9rhe!a mule there. The animal had
| followed its master out of the barn
| when he started for medicine and had
I run behind him all the way.
EraStus does not like to hear anyone
| ask hun why he ran three miles TO es
cape his own mule instead of a hear.
II makes him wrathful.
There is rush for temperance
| pledges IN Milivale, a suburb of Pitts
burg. Thousands of snakes have in
| vaded the town and the boys are having
a good time hanging them to lamp posts.
where they bangle in the faces of pedeS-
TRANS The reptiles come from an old
coal mine that is burning. having heen
/ driven out by the flames.
The snakes made their first appear
ance the other night as men were re-
turning from clubs. These men are the
ones who hurried TO take pledges. 9th
erS. less superstitious, traced the trouble
u. its real source and are off the water
wagon again.
DIR. Herman V. Hilprecht. orientalist
and University Of PENNSYLVANIA profess
Sor, who claimed that he had dug up au
ancient Bahylonian library at Nippur
and also told how the dream of an am
form inscription, has been ordered by the
American Society of Rjhlical Iitara tire
ana ENeg2sls To make an explanation OF
the charges of taking brought against
HIM III the Nippur matter. DR. John L.
Peters Of New York admitted that he
was behind the resolution. If DR. Hin
recht refuses TO make an explanation he
Will be dropped from the society of
which he is Il member,
Benjamin Braznell young coal oper,
| a;or of Pittsburg, was entertaining j.
| w. McGarvln, II wealthy friend from
! Altoona the otter day and took him
around detective headquarters to intro
| duce him to Captain of Detectives Me
Cough. Both men expressed willing
ness to see the city prison and MeGough
gave them pass and turned Them over
to Sergt, Adolph Metz.
| Sergt Metz was busy and turned them
/ over TO Detective Morgan, forgetting to
/ tell him that they We're visitors. Morgan
1 took the two men back into the celroom
and before they knew what was happen
ing he was taking away their valuahles
! and other possessions. They protested.
| but II did no good. Morgan was aston
| ished, however, when he tsned a $1,000
| bill out of Mr. Rraznell's pocket and as
much more out of Mr., McGarvin's
! clothes. When he had taken everything
! he locked them in separate cells and
/ Anuh Il HHllul ui money diamonds ana
| other valuables into Capt McGough's
! private office.
| While all this was going on Mr. Me
| Cough had been summoned TO another
F! part of the building. aud il was nearly
an hour before he returned.
''Fhem's big guns we've got. cap" he
! from each of EN-"
! McGough is still trying to explain 70
| his friends that ii wasn't joke, but
they refuse TO believe him.
In Italy they have a novel way of ad,
! vertlsing vacant apartments. In place
OF the cards inscribed Apartments 20
! Let, which are seen in this country Il
! white cloth, about the size of napkin.
| ilutters from the easement Ii notifies
! the passersby that the rooms can be
rented.
Herald Marks, aged Is plunged head
first through a hole in the ice while
| skating at Kent. Conn. His legs pro-
truded. but his boy friends could not
pull him out Finally man rescued
| Marks. II was discovered that a six
| pound fish had him by the nose and
| prevented all his efforts To save himself.
| Leonard Loehr, Is years old, who
ran away from mis- home, 29lS Cottage
/ :.
! Louis to go on the stage, is prison
| er at the house of detention, Leonard
| left Chicago with Dell Keefe, IL years
! old.
| At Muscantine. Ia, they met Marie
| keefe, Delfs sister, who paid their fare
| to st. Louis Miss keefc accompanied
| the boys TO this city, and the three found
! shelter ut 1900 Locust street
/ Mrs. John Edward, who conducts the
rooming house at the Locust street adj
/ dress. complained To the police that Leon
| ard was without money and that he had
run away from home, His parents have
! been notified,
| 'Ia Gioconda,' an old Italian opera
| produced at the international theater by
| the Italian Grand Opera company was
! the object Of municipal attention In
! Chicago for the first time in this coun-
| try.
! Two policemen from Assistant Chief
/ Schuettlcr's office interrupted the first
act disconnected many Of the singers and
aroused the anger Of the management
| by going on the stage and ending dice
| game that was part of the show.
Detective Sergeant George Hutchinson
and Sergt. Wade Mills were out OF
| rowing commission and stopped AZ the
| theatef just after the curtain went tIp.
/ In the first scene. in the background,
| dice game is supposed TO be in progress.
| in which boys and men, part Of the
chorus, participate.
| The detectives asked permission to 90
| behind the scenes, and this was granted
! without suspicion. but when they reached
! the rear they walked on the stage, seized
| the dice, broke up the chorus and startled
| the principals Then they walked off,
Chiefs orders said Sergt Mills.
| Orders were given long ago to prevent
| anything on the stage tending to corrupt
the public morals. This was something
| the Law and Order league could have
! taken 01ensc at, and to prevent criticism
on their part we took the dice
! The price Of the most sought for aud
] widely known champaenes will be re-
dueed - per cent.
1t never rains but il p0ura for that
| cheerful announcement follows fast on
| the trail Of the story Of the planting Of
/ l67 100000 lobster fry in the Atlantic
ocean within easy reach Of New York
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