Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-12

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Ezra Rust, millionaire lumberman
and philanthropist, has given the city OF
Saginaw, Mich, $4,000 for the beauti-
fieation Of park he presented two years
ago.
The oldest living retired officer of the
United States army, Gen. Daniel ID.
Rucker, is within five years of being
centenarian. He was lieutenant OF dra-
goons as long ago as 1887.
Arthur Maillet, who translated the
works of Andrew Carnegie into French,
is at the head of party Of French
scientists and engineers now in this
country investigating the steel industry.
Caleb Mills Saville, M. Am. Soc. G..
Il. of Boston, has been appointed con-
sulting engineer by the Isthmian Canal
commission and will be assigned in the
near future to work on the isthmus.
When Rev. Robert Collyer returns
home he will have the right to add L..
Ii. ID. to his name (Qiterarum Human
forum Doctor The degree will be con-
ferred on him IN the University of Leeds
Scotland.
Iieut.-Col. Robinson, u. S. A., retired,
who has just died at his home in Cali
fornia, was the young soldier-nurse who
saved Senator Seward from death at the
hands of an assassin the night that
Booth shot Lincoln.
Thomas Read, who was orderly for
Maj. Robert Il. Lee of the Fourth infan-
try, during the Mexican war, is still llv-
ing in Minneapolis at the age of 81.
Capt Ulysses S. Grant was quartermas-
ter of the regiment.
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Capt. Charles j. Badger, the new SUI
perintendent of the United States Naval
academy, is firm believer in the honor
system, and will leave to the middies
themselves the maintenance of discipline
in matters of morals.
According to report from Washington,
the battleships of 10000 tons, one of
which is to be named North Dakota, are
to have bigger sisters in the near future
measuring $4,000 tons. The much-dis-
cussed limit Of size in battleships is evil
IDENTIFY still matter of speculation.
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]. Pierpont Morgan belongs to four
times as many clubs as does the King OF
England. His majesty is a mem
Der of twelve, while Mr.. Morgan has his
name on the lists OF at least fifty. Some
of the clubs of which he is member he
has never visited, but once member he
never resigns.
Six members of the Congress of the
Confederacy are living They are John
Goode of Virginia, Judge John V.
Wright of Columbia, Tenn; Judge Roe-
er A. Pryor of New York, Col. Arthur
S. Colyar Of Nashville, John ID. c. At
kins of Paris, Tenn, and George T..
Jones of Florence. Ala.
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Col. Edward Duffy of the Sixty-ninth
New York regiment has been appointed
secretary Of the tenement house depart
ment of New York city. Col. Duffy has
been a member of the Sixty-ninth regi-
ment for forty years, and for the last
twelve years has been its commanding
officer. He viii get a salary of $500.
4 monument to James Buchanan is
being erected at his birthplace, near
Foltz, Franklin county, Pa. The con-
tractors promise that it will be com
pleted by December /, 1907. 1t will con-
tain almost 200 tons of material. 1t will
have base of 36x36 feet, and will be
26 feet in height and contain hand
some tablet
Designer Fife viii have plenty of NOR
al support in his determination not to
build another freak 90-footer for inter
national racing, and large share of ii
will be from this side Of the sea There
is a strong sentiment in favor of racing
with yachts built in accordance with the
new rule which are large enough TO cross
the Atlantic with safety.
Mrs Rohrer, who has gone into bank.
ruptcy in New York as the proprietor OF
a restaurant, is the celebrated authority
on cooking. Perhaps she failed because
she revealed the secrets of her art, en-
abling wives to furnish such good fare
for the domestic board that husbands
instead of patronizing the restaurant
preferred to get their meals at home.
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In recognition OF his skill in rescuina
fisherman from dory during severe
storm. the lifesaving Benevolent As
ISOLATION Of New York has awarded its
gold medal TO Capt Robert c. War;
commander OF the Cuuard liner Car
manin. The rescue was made early il
the morning of june 10th last Tn,
sea was exceedingly rough when tn,
lookout sighted "a tlorv with n man bcl,