Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-01-08

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There is far more practically than
humor in the incorporation of the Mark
Twain company, to handle the joker's
literary estate. Corporations never die,
and interests can be handed down
through them without encountering the
entanglements of probate law.
Milwaukee is to be one of the stations
of the new United Wireless Telegraph
company, as a matter of course. AS one
Of the big cities at the head cf Great
Lakes commerce she has distinctive inn
portance as a lake port from the fact
that shipping is on the move in her har-
Dor all the year around.
The departure under sealed orders
of the battleship Maine, which steamed
out of Hampton Roads during the pre-.
yalence of what sailors colloquially style
IA living gale" is evidence of urgency
that will keep the public on the qui vivi
as to her destination, which is probably
the coast Of Venezuela.
Sir Thomas Upton has abandoned his
plan of racing for the Americas cup
next year, because the time limit for the
acceptance of challenges under the terms
of the deed of gift has expired.
There is now full year in which Sir
Thomas and the New York Yacht club
can black and fill" while negotiating
for a contest in 1910
The story that Sir Thomas Upton is
sulking, and will never again challenge
for the Americas cup is not founded
upon knowledge as to the foreign yachts
mans sporting character Sir Thomas
never sulks, and when the New York
Yacht Club recedes from its untenable
position there will be another challenge,
and the British yachts name will be
Shamrock
The health commissioner of the state
of Pennsylvania is advocating the en-.
forcement of an old law which compels
physicians and parents to report all
cases of eye inflammation in newborn
infants. The object of the law is to pre-.
vent blindness by prompt action on the
part of eye doctors. There ought to be
no question raised as to the wisdom of
taking that course.
A voyage of twenty-one days from
Hamburg to New York by the Ham
burg-American liner Pretoria attests the
severity of the weather on the North AT.
lantic ocean concerning which the Off
GERS of all incoming steamers have been
maveling for the past week The Pre-
toria's safe arrival adds to The accumu-
lating evidence of the modern steamers
safety in the worst of weather
The filming of New York business firm
Cor billing piano tuning pins as iron
screws, in order to secure a lower rate
from the railroads, is in conformity with
a provision of the Hepburn law which
guards the railroads against frauds as
the same law guards shippers by pro
viding against rebates The Hepburn
law seems to be a rule that works both
ways, as ali good rules ought to work.
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The burning of Il mail car on the Chi
cago & Alton railroad last night which is
said to have destroyed 100000 worth of
Christmas presents was an untoward in
cident of the holiday rush. Considering,
however, the preference of Santa Claus
for entering houses by means of the
chimney instead of the door, it's really
wonder that the number of Christmas
presents burned in transit is not larger.
The agitation among the sportsmen of
The upper peninsula of Michigan in
favor of increased restriction in deer
hunting will encourage those who favor
more protection for wild animals If
the Michganders try to keep outsiders
from their bailiwick by shortening the
season in addition to raising the license
fee for non-residents the deer of the
north woods" will find more comfort
on the Michigan side of the boundary.
The arrest for bribery and corruption
of number of members of the Common
Council of Pittsburg affords fresh evil
dence of the existence of forces that are
making for civic righteousness. The
graft upheavals in various parts of the
country during the past five years ought
TO serve as warning to public serv-
ants everywhere. But if the charges
against the Pittsburg officials is true
they have been ignoring significant devel-
opments in other cities
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That is interesting news which comes
from Winnipeg, reporting the discovery
of diamond field in the wids of New
Ontario. The diamonds are found ia a
deposit of blue clay similar to that at
Kimberly, and one has been found which
is valued at 5000. The nearest settle
ment to the location of the find is Coch-
rane, on the Temiskaming & Northern
Ontario railroad The wheat-prnvinc.