Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-23

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/ tact It Will be necessary to amend the
| law before IL can be of much use Be
cause of the destruction of real estate
records of San Francisco in the big fire
It was necessary 10 provide some means
of restoring titles. This was done BY
means of a special act of the Legisla-
1 ture called the McEnerney act. But little
/ requirements for proof of title under
! this law are much less strict than those
! OF the Torrens act, and in consequence
| McEnerney titles cannot be registered
under the Torrens law. Until change is
made in the latter law there is no meth
| cd 10y which land holders can furnish
| the evidence demanded for the registra.
| ton of titles.
| William Tod Washington, champion
shoe sinner of Ohio, who lost 500 dia-
moud shirt stud a week ago has il
again. Washingtons diamond snapped
| out OF his shirt front and bull pup
swallowed it. The situation was compli-
Gated by the fact that there were sew
eral dogs on hand at the time and i'm
/ the chase that followed the loss of the
Jewel no one could be sure which dog
got the diamond stud Washington says
he got an N-ray machine ana put all the
dogs under the machine in turn. He
saws he never was SO surprised in his
life as when his own dog, Bouncer Bull,
was PIT under the N-ray and the dia.
mond was discovered ia his midst
Or Frederick f. Cook, Arctic explorer,
| IS believed by Anthony Flala of New
York, To be close TO the north pole. if he
has not already reached that target of
many historic expeditions. On March Il
last he was about $50 miles from the
pole. w hen he wrote he was on the eve
OF making a dash for the pole DIR. Cooks
attempt TO reach the pole was umpire
meditated. \ year ago last spring he
started on hunting expedition with
John X. Bradley, wealthy New Yorker
1he hunting trip ended the latter part
| OF August, 1907, DIR. Cook decided to
remain and make Il one man try for the
pole.
In the presence of Capt Ed Coppers,
as referee. and witnesses David Benson
of New York, seated in a chair before
an improvised table in the corridor Of the
criminal courts building, ate in rapid
succession fifty ears of green corn. The
ears of corn, which were served up to
him boiling hot, were of unusual length.
but the gerne!s were tender Mr. Ben
son consumed pound of butter with
the corn.
Jacob, the 9-year-old son of j. h.
Breuneman, Harrisburg. Pa, florist.
was drowned in the Susquehanna river
here this afternoon, while men in boat
nearby looked on. Jacob aud some com
panlons had gone in swimming from the
public bath houses, and eluding the
guard, had ventured far beyond the life
| line. When he sank his companions
cried for help. 1t is common for boys to
raise false alarms in this way, and the
men did not respond at once. This Is the
| hrst fatality along the local park system,
! Of which the bath houses are part.
Jacob was the only boy in a family of
seven children.
| The wrecking crew of "A street railroad
| line IN Washington. ID. c., rescued Il big
! Maltese cat belonging in the household
/ OF John X. Mclean, proprietor of the
| Cincinnati Enquirer. The cat had fallen
/ into sewer, been washed into the conduit
leading 20 the railway tracks, and was
making its way back toward home. A
| boy rushed up to the Mclean mansion
and said that a cat was uplifting its
! voice from beneath the car tracks n
! block away and that its meow sounded
| like that of the Mclean pet. The house
| keeper hastened to the scene, aud iden-
| titled the cat, got Il policeman To make
/ the people stand back, telephoned for the
| wrecking crew, and stood by until the
rescue was effected, Then she carried
! it home in her arms.
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| A little thing like the theft Of three
chickens is not going to stand in the way
! Of Taft's election il Mrs. Lucy Parker
of Cincinnati. o., can help il. She said
So in police court. 1t seems that Mrs.
| Parker, who is colored. had n colorcd
man, named Charles Moss, arrested a
Few days ago on a charge of stealing
three of her chickens. She refused To
prosecute the case. You see, ledge"
she explained. II done heah dat d Bryan
men seq deys gon' to lick de Taf' men
aud ah wants to get cherry vote for Taf'
dat | can. OATS jes why ] done decided
to let dat Moss man GO"
A large bald eagle, frequently seen fly
ing over Highland lake, Connecticut
with chicken in its taons, swooped
down on a lone fisherman, John Hall
AS hs was trying to land large black
bass. The bird. Hall says, did not at
tack him, but picked up from the bottom
of the boat the largest of seven bass he
had caught and carried II away The
eagle made such a noise as IL descended
that Hall was frightened He dropped
his pole and the bass dashed It's tail
against the boat snapped the line, and
escaped Hall declares he will take a
gun with him hereafter when he goes
fishing on Highland lake.
Prosecuting Attorney Covert Of Pom
tiac, Mich, Is also q chicken farmer. He
takes his poultry with him to his sum.
mer home at Sylvan lake. He went
fishing but with poor success. On his
return he stood his pole against the
house with the worm bnited hook
dangling near the ground. The members
Of the family went 10 town, but when
they returned that evening they discoy.
cred one of the prize BOOSTERS with sew
eral yards Of fish line trailing from it's
mouth. The fish hook was firmly inn
bedded in the birds bill II was cut
out and the chicken is now rs clipper
as ever.
Because Brindle a long horned cow
owned by George Koch Of Richmond
Hill. l.. L., will permit no one but a man
10 milk her, Koch, when he appeared at
milking time attired in n long white
apron. had bis face cut open and bruised
hy ii well directed kick from the cows
hind leg. Koch wore an apron because
the board Of health has ordered all per-
SONS milking cows to wear them. Brinde.
while she is woman batter, is easily de-