The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-06-04
0LIO OF EVENTS

Gen. p H. Kritzinger, one of the
best OF the Boer leaders during the
South African war, is in Baltimore
When Joseph Chamberlain made his
first speech in parliament in 1876, Dis
raeli said: He wears his eyeglasses
like gentleman.
Gen. George B. Davis, Judge advocate
general of the army, will represent the
latter at conference at Geneva, Swift
zerland, to consider Red Cross matters.
John D. Long, ex-secretary of the
navy, who has been confined to an in.
Urinary in Boston for three months
has returned to his home in bingham,
Mass.
John Wanamaker having retired
from publication of his department
store magazine, is reported to be about
to try his hand at running a New York
daily John has money to burn.
Edward Rudolph Johnes, an autho,i-
ty on international law and counsel for
Venezuela in the boundary dispute with
England during President Cleveland's
second administration, died recently in
New York
Miss Helen Gould will defray the ex-
penses of DR.. William H. Tolman's trip
TO Europe to study conditions in the
principal cities and collect material IL
Illustrative of economic progress in var
ious municipalities.
/ Governor Abiram Chamberlain, Gin
harmony with established CUSTOM -
has designated Good Friday, April 10,
as day of fasting, penitence and pray
ing in Connecticut, and has appealed to
the people piously to observe it.
Mrs. Robert GOelet. of New York,
will endow an American bed in the
Victoria Hospital in memory Of her
daughter, at Cannes, France. The
only other American bed in the hospi-
tai was endowed by Andrew Carnegie
five years ago.
The health commission of Norfolk.
Va, has ratified the action of the
school board of that city requiring
individual drinking cups for the use of
public children. This action will ne
cessitate the purchase of about 5000
cups for the schools.
The chief desire of the municipality
of Baro, in Chilli, is to have their town
known as second London, and within
the last decade much money has been
spent to make it an exact replica Of the
British capital. The strets have been
laid down and named after those in
| London.
Sweden has proportionately more
forest than any other European coun-
try; it covers about two-fifths of the
territory. The percentage of forest in
other countries is: Russia, 80; Aus
tria, 30; Germany, %; Norway, q;
Switzerland. 20; France 18; Italy, 4;
Spain, 10: Denmark, G.; Great Britain.
DR.. Springer, of Paris, has method
to make one grow tall. This is to ap-
ply static and faradic electricity to the
| knee joints daily, in connection with
massage night and morning. He
j binds the joints in congresses saturat-
ed with salt water each evening and
| puts his patient upon diet of cereals
| to promote the growth of cartilage
! Some thrifty citizens of New Hamp-
shire are reported to look with disfav-
or upon the proposition that the state
accept Daniel Webster's birthplace
| with eight acres of land surrounding
it, in the town Of Franklin, even as a
gift from the present owners, because
OF the expense to be incurred in it's
maintenance and protection from van
dial hands.
] Chicago is to have new religious
non-sectarian weekly newspaper to be
called Christendom. AS claimed, it's
scope will not be limited to any coun-
try. It's editor is to be Smaller Matt
hews, dean of the University of Chica-
go divinity school, and he will be as
sisted by Dr. Frank w. GunsauIus, DR..
/ William Douglas Mackenzie, Prof. H.
l., OF nd NfI, VI,
Der is promised for April.
/ The copy of Webster's dictionary
which was used by the senate of the
Confederate states throughout the
war has come into possession of the
state library of Connecticut as a be-
quest by the widow of United States
Senator Lafayette S. Foster, of that
state. On the leaf preceding the title
page is the inscription, Taken from
the Confederate States Chamber, Apr.
Z, 1865, by J. Lewis Spalding, Adju-
tant Twenty-ninth G. V. c., Assistant
Prov Marshal"
The school teachers of Philadelphia
nave entered upon movement to raise
a fund for the purchase of a memoir
ial to Lewis Elkin, who bequeathed
S1,500,000 for the creation of an an
nuity fund for aged and disabled wo-
men teachers who have taught for
twenty-five years in the public schools
OF the city. A memorial window in
the Normal school is favored There
are 3,700 public school teachers and
principals there, and it is hoped to
raise $4,000 for this purpose.
Six years ago Silas Flemine. pro-
minent member of the Methodist
church at Warren, Ind, bought fine
bell for the church edifice He was ill
at the time the church was dedicated,
and made the prediction that the first
funeral at which the bell would be
tolled would be his own. Strangely
enough, few weeks after the bell was
hung Mr.. Fleming passed away, and
the bell was tolled for the first time at
his funeral. Stranger still is the fact
that few days ago the bell tolled for
the last time at the funeral of Mr.
Fleming's widow. While it was being
sounded on that occasion it broke at
! flaw in the metal, and had to be dis
carded
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