Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — Christian Wahl Drops Dead. [ARTICLE]

Christian Wahl Drops Dead.

Milwaukee, Wis., te egram: Christian Wahl dropped dead in a street car on his way home. He was one of the best known citizens of Milwaukee. He was wealthy and served the city for a long time as park commissioner. Formerly Wahl resided in Chicago. He was a brother of Louis Wahl, former treasurer of Cook county. Fire at the Buffalo Fair. Buffalo, N. Y., telegram: New Engt land’s building at the Pan-American exposition was destroyed by fire. The contents, consisting of rich furnishings of historic value, costly oil paintings and other articles of great value, were' also entirely destroyed. The building cost 330,000, and the loss of the contents is estimated at >IOO,OOO. The fire was discovered at 11:10 o’clock, and an hour later the building was- in ashes. The structure was one of the finest of the so-called state buildings on the exposition grounds.