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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
3
A railroad advocate condemns high agent commissions as a drain on company treasuries. He cites 5 to 15 percent payments that favored certain lines, claiming Western roads could save about $100,000 annually. A local manager argues agents bear responsibility for past abuses and predicts no resignations due to new policy.
A crowd of thousands in Akron Ohio rioted after reports that Theodor Maus by Lapis Peck, a Black man, assaulted a child. The mob attacked the city prison and Columbia Hall, looted a hardware store, and fired on officers. Two people died, several wounded, and multiple buildings burned as militia moved in to restore order.
Trade updates report heat in business with stable prices and cautious optimism. Iron markets show steady demand, wheat declines, and continued export activity. Bradstreet’s notes irregular trade currents, steady prices amid favorable crop signals, and improving jobbing demand in western markets. Western buyers pursue cautious, selective purchases amid election year uncertainty.
Akron Ohio residents calm but troops kept on duty after rioting. Governor Nash and Assistant Adjutant General Adams discussed precautions in Cleveland. Authorities prepare prosecutions, while civil officials claim capability to handle law breakers. State will safeguard life and property as needed.
New York Aug 27 Gen P Alexander appointed arbitrator in the Scaragua Costa Rica boundary dispute has returned from the two countries after completing his mission His work included a survey of the Ric aragua canal line and indicates the commission may prepare a report later. Population figures from New Orleans census show growth from 1880 to 1890 with a 12 percent increase and total city population about 242,008 in 1890.
The article reports on farm and exhibit prospects, premiums for vegetable displays, and district agricultural shows. It includes census figures: Minneapolis population 203,718 in 1900 and St Paul 163,633, with year 1880 baselines and 1890-1900 growth. It narrates a childbirth on the Pioneer Limited train, a model school ruling permitting kindergarten access, brief city briefs of robberies, new post stations, and local incidents including wind damage and a threshing engine crash.
Peter Bacon, a 17 year old Burmese youth fluent in English and other languages, is detained at the barge office in New York after arriving on the Bucentaun from Port Said. He faces a ten dollar fine for stowing away and seeks two Burmese jugglers believed to be in East Twenty fifth Street to pay his penalty and aid his release.
Thieves stole a bronze tablet from a six foot high bowlder monument erected in October 1896 by the New Jersey Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. The tablet commemorated the beacon and the cannon called the Old Sow, used to summon local minute men during the revolution.
A Japanese concern has launched a 12,000 ton steel twin-screw steamer named Awa Maru, deemed equal in all respects to premier Atlantic liners, with material prepared for two more ships of similar size and four additional under construction. United States Consul Harris reports the feat to the State Department. Also noted is a surge of youths from Ohio migrating to navy training stations, with 400 western youths already enlisting as naval service expands.
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