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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
7
United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew faced a Parisian scare after returning a found purse to a hotel. He then chased a frightened girl, speaking in polite French, but she cried for help. A policeman questioned the matter after a tense exchange.
In L Orient a mariner named Kerbec who believed in transmigration vowed to return as a pet. A dog supposedly spoke to his wife years after his death, describing himself and bidding farewell to his family before dying. Neighbors and a schoolmaster witnessed the event, lending credence to the extraordinary claim.
A Riverside child aged three nearly choked as nine live fish were found wedged in his throat. Mrs Hubbard and parents tried two hours of methods before placing the boy under ether to move the fish aside and restore breathing. The child is expected to recover.
Cardinal Gibbons preached on the New Woman at Southampton Street to an ultra fashionable crowd. He questioned whether Holy Spirit approves of social triumphs or female privileges, arguing the Spirit honors loving wives, devoted mothers, and benevolent homemakers rather than public leadership and advocacy.
Assistant Secretary Taylor and Commissioner General Powderly press an agreement with Canadian railways and trans Atlantic lines to curb European immigration to the United States. Immigrants rejected by U S inspectors will be deported through Canada. Medical exams will be conducted at embarkation ports Liverpool. Passports and U S inspection proof will be required to prevent illegal transport to the U S.
Richard Mansfield White, a New York explorer and mine owner, argues in Skaguay that the ten marine leagues from the coast cannot define Alaska’s boundary. He contends many rivers cross this line and that the coastward boundary is untenable. He also claims White and Chilkat passes do not mark a true mountain range summit. He urges that the entire Yukon valley, including Klondike, be part of Alaska and U.S. territory.
Dr E E Smith, a physiological chemist, reports an experiment testing a chemical to extend breathable air. In sealed jars, two guinea pigs were exposed. one with the chemical stayed calm while the other shown rapid breathing and nearing asphyxia, highlighting potential benefits for caissons, mines, factories, and diving vessels.
Dr. O Hanlon of the New York coroner s office reports an autopsy on William Fraer 32 who was struck by lightning at Ellis Island. He contradicts the notion that electric execution is the same as a lightning death noting lung and pericardial clots and widespread nervous system pliability, with two buckle burns from suspenders.
Reports from The Treasury Bureau of Statistics show 1900 US exports to Spain reached 13.3 million dollars and imports from Spain 5.03 million, near the all time high. Cotton and breadstuffs lead exports, while wine and nuts top imports. iron ore was an important earlier import.
A proposed church complex on St Nicholas Avenue and One Hundred and Fourteenth Street will be a low churchfronted hall style building flanked by two high structures. The basement will host a neighborhood hall, with the main floor serving as parish space including quarters for a curate and two Columbia College students lodging in exchange for social work with cadets and male groups. The linked church will be a single story at the rear. Two years ago Archangel parish was penniless with under twenty members.
Miss Darda Potica of South Brewer Missouri climbed an iron chimney 126 feet high built by Eastern Manufacturing to collect a five dollar gold prize. She mounted the narrow rung ladder with ease and seated herself on the rim to survey the crowd below before descending amid cheers.
Three Chinese fishermen off California City California fought an octopus that attacked their nets. Quong Wah suffered a fractured arm and crushed ribs as the crew hacked apart more than 15 feet of tentacles. The dismembered limbs were shared and cooked as a local delicacy.
Miss Susan Hobinson a Staten Island schoolteacher swam five miles to Hoffman Island and back with Seaman Schlesinger of Rosebank. They started from South Beach and returned to shore at four o clock after a two hour rest. Hobinson used a slow breast stroke throughout the crossing amid favorable tides. Vroseo Wels five tons of frozen cod from New Zealand have been placed on the mus ket at London.
A widening sinkhole on the Baltimore and Ohio line through De Kalb county Indiana disrupts a several mile stretch. Contractors have dumped 103000 cubic yards of dirt into the cavity, but a stable foundation remains elusive as the soft ground yields, forcing earthward pressure and uprooting trees nearby.
A Pintada ranchman reports a buried underground river near Agua Negra in Guadalupe county. On Tuesday residents heard a rumble like an earthquake as hundreds of acres sank ten feet and filled with water without rainfall. The subterranean river was found about 800 feet below the surface. Krupp ordered to stop selling gars to China amid tensions.
A mocked historical note discusses imperial color symbolism with yellow as royal, penalizing private use in the capital. It also claims a gaslight emits carbonic acid equivalent to two sleeping persons, from Gaslignia, presenting a quirky science anecdote.
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