Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-14


600, as compared with the figures for
1902.
At T.aughton-en-le-M orthen, York
shire. live John and Ellen Baxter, sup
posed 10 be the oldest married couple ~
England. John is 96 years Of age and
his wife is IS. They have been married
seventy-fre years and have lived III one
cottage over sixty years.
4 silver manufacturing company in
AIeriden, Conn, has had loving cup
made of some of lot of silver that was
lately stolen from it, and has presented
the cup to Detective Henry j. Donrelly
of New Haven, who recovered the prop
erty and arrested the thief.
The piercing of the first Hudson riy-
or tunnel was completed in March. The
second tunnel. which is parallel TO the
first. will proceed more rapidly. 1t is
smaller in diameter, passes only through
silt, and has a shield Z per cent. more
powerful. 1t has advanced 1900 feet at
a rate Of nearly so feet a day.
There are 1900 churches in Moscow.
They are the wealthiest churches in the
world. One, St Saviour's, cost 100000
roubles-nearly $14,000000-to build.
The Russian church is the nations great
wealth storehOuse-the nest egg which
will be hatched out when the great crisis
comes.
There were 505,J31 tons of manufac-
turcd iron produced in France during
1903. a decrease of AZ, 40 tons as COM
pared with 1902. The approximate con
sumption of coal, coke and briquettes in
France during 1908 was 4T,000,O00 tons,
an increase of 100000 tons as com
pared with 1902
An official document has just been
issued by the Italian government dissuad-
ing skilled mechanics from emigrating to
the United States, as il is expected that
the industrial prospect of this country
will be much depressed in the hear fu-
ture and the number Of unemployed enor-
mously increased.
In population the Russian empire sur
passes Japan nearly threefold. Accord
ing TO the census of 1897 the empire had
129, $50, 71S. Within the last half cen.
fury the increase in population has been
tremendous. In 1915 it was estimated AT
4J,000,000. AT the present time it is
nearly lJ0,000,000
A Norwegian chemist has discovered
a new and cheap process for making al
cohol from SawduSi. SawduSt is treated
under pressure with diluted sulphuric
acid, by which the rclluoisc is trans.
formed into sugar, which, by adding fer.
mentation producers, is converted into al
cohol in the old manner and then dis,
tiled.
The latest development in the colo
weather cure for consumption is :
project for the establishment OF n SAM
tarium for tuberculosis patients in til,
chilly atmosphere of "Grcenland's ic,
mountains This idea probably pro
eeedS from the theory that if Il Httl,
cold is good for consumptives, cold II
chunks must be even more eliicacious a.
a curative.
The United States district court a
Indianapolis has been called upon to de
eide whether pen and ink plans OF build
ings, executed by American artists TEN
porarly living abroad and sent to thei
offices in this country, are works o
a't.' The surveyor of customs at In
dianapohS collected duty of $50 on tn
drawings in question. and the owner ha
protested against the cNaction.
At the Paris Academy of Science a,
March II, NJ. DarhouN read commlni
cation from NJ. Curtis as to the diso1
pearance OF the radio activity induced b
radium in solid bodies. For cxplainin
this phenomenon and the law which go,
ems it Nj. Curie advances the hypotheSi
of radium Transforming itself into a sui
stance that may give rise to a Secon
body, and thus bring about diminutio
IN the intensity OF the radio activity.
By the death Of Mrs. lIcurv Fa
mum, who passed away not long ago. Ya'
Will receive permanent home for il
president. According to the terms OF ii
will Of the late Henry Farnum his han,
some residence in New Haven is to 20
the university upon the death Of his wi,
ow and his son, Prof. Henry w. Ia
mum, TO be used as the home Of the rres
dent The home is filed with art trca
ures which will pass 10 the nuiversit
The gift is valued at $25O,oO0
The following specimen OF Eal
English, extracted from the report Of
Punjab civil service empioye, is CON
the rounds of the press: THE suhpo.
master report that last evening mi
came out from behind the Office doc
and, after walking little. Stammer
and br 'baa its last in the presence
the sub .ud1ter there. As these a