Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-04-06

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Every station on the Pennsylvania
railroad system will be equipped with
cat President McCrea has issued AN
order TO that effect. 1t requires that
feline be maintained at every passenger
station to catch rats that frequently
| dear baggage in transit.
The largest balloon in America is now
being built for the Philadelphia Aero
| club, of which a. \. Chandler is presi-
dent. The balloon, which will hold
| 90 900 cubic fet Of gas. will be christ
ened the Ben Franklin, and is expect
ed to be finished in three weeks. The
basket will be capable of holding nine
| persons.
| Women are 10 be appointed to the po-
! lice force of Client, Belgium, according
TO the plans of Project of Police Won
Mesenmael. The project was the first
to establish Il corps of canine thief
takers and believes now that Client will
be the best policed town in Europe,
| when women, uen and dogs patrol the
! streets.
| Mrs. Mary X. keegan, chief ma iron of
| the Chicago police department, died at
Mercy hospital of rheumatism. 1t was
! her dying wish that she be buried with
police honors, and Chief Collins will COM
| ply with the request. According To her
/ wishes policemen will act as pallbearers.
and there also will be an escort of blue
coated men.
f. NJ. Alvord, general superintendent
| of the Missouri, Kansas q Texas rail
| way, issued a bulletin requesting section
men not to wear red shirts while at
work. The explanation is said to be that
an engineer did not heed n red flag sig
nal recently, and when taken to task he
| explained that he mistook the flag for
the red shirt of a section man.
+. l.. NJ. Dietrich, clerk at the Dryer
| hotel at Oconto. Wis, died after Il short
| illness from Accession in the head. He
was known by the travelling public
/ throughout the state as Shorty. and was
noted for being the smallest Odd Fellow
and knight of Pythias III " isc0nsin.
/ He measured about four and half feet
and weighed ninety pounds. He was Is
| years old.
After giving permission to his two
sons, Clyde and Fern Rhoades, to join
, the United States navy, William
Rhoades. prominent citizen of Pann,
Ill.,. went insane as the train pulled out
of the city and is confined in the city
Jail. He followed the train down the
track in vain endeavor to catch it.
The boys left for Norfolk, Va, with Re
cruiting Officer Miller.
The manifest of the German steamship
Arabia. which arrived at Portland. Ore,
! from Hong Kong and japanese ports
| shows 2S,S45 eases of tirecrackers, des-
tined for forty-siX cities of the United
| States The total weight of this conSign-
ment was in excess OF 100 tons. and sixty
freight ears will be required to transport
! the material 10 eastern cities The Port
land customs will receive S96.2S1 duties
on portion of this shipment.
Ovid Rivord, an Alger county (Mich)
man who lives on the east branch of
the Munising railway. where it crosses
Suits creek, is believed 10 he the
North country's most prominent member
of the anti-race suicide society. He has
been married twice. BY his first wife
he WAS the father Of ten children and
he has just become the parent of still
another daughtcr-the tenth child by his
second wife.
DR.. ]. l.. Daniels of Olivct. Mich.
aged T3. THE grand old man of Olivet
college" was married at Baltimore IA
few days ago TO Mrs. VI. Ellis. aged 80.
widow of Prof. Ellis of Oberlin. Dr
| Daniels has been a teacher mt O1ivet for
forty-one years, and last year. while on a
leave of absence, became acquainted
with Mrs. Ellis. The two were together
| III San Francisco at the time of the
earthquake. The marriage was COM
plete surprise to DR.. Daniels friends
George A. Rundell of Cleveland. O., 20
years old. has become insane as the re-
I suit of an injury received on the gridiron
last fall and was sent 10 the Cleveland
state hospital. He is an all-around ath-
lete. was captain of the football team of
Baldwin university at Berea last wear
and won the Ohio ice skating champion
ship here last December. He was badly
hurt in football scrimmag re and was
carried unconscious from the field. He
grew violent Sunday, and bearing a fan
cied grievance against his mother at
tackled her
For the second time the marriage of
A. MadSen of Racine. Wis. was post
poned in order that proof of death of
the first wife Of Madsen might be cor
rCcted. Madsen was married in Stock
holm and came to America with his
WIFE His wife died and was buried and
| MadSen returned To Stockholm and won
tile hand Of another woman 1t was
necessary to get proof Of his wifeS death
ana the WtuuiH- WIS iiuSb i|tleN. lie
sent here for the record and IL Was for
warded to him. hut there was mistake
In the date and again the wedding was
postponed.
7. c. Jordan. Marshfeld. Wis. and
several other men have bought a full
Hooded buffalo bull which they have
plsced on a farm in Richland county.
where il is the intention IF the promoters
Ia breed a herd of these now almost ex-
tinct animals The hull is a 3-year-old
and was purchased from Huber Broth
erS. who have buffalo farm at Coch-
franc. Wis, ana from which company Mr..