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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
2
Advertises rail travel via the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway on the first and third Tuesdays each month to Nebraska Kansas Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Indian Territory Texas New Mexico Colorado and other states. Stopovers shown and tickets valid twenty one days. For rates times and details consult agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn.
Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates on sale to the territory indicated above via the North-Western Line. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars Free Reclining Chair Cars and The Best of Everything. For dates of sale and full particulars apply Sena Chicago & North-Western.
Havana reports the revolt spreading rapidly as President Palma plans a 10 000 strong force funded by two dollars a day to entice enlistment. United States machine guns with trained gunners are sought, while insurgents seize towns in Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara through skirmishes and advances toward Havana.
The Tokyo report states Japan will pursue its own investigation into the killing of Japanese poachers by Americans in the Aleutian Islands. A Japanese consul may visit the Pribilof Islands to obtain a fuller report. In San Salvador a Union party advocates a Central American republic with a central committee and notable members supporting the concept.
St Joseph Missouri reports heavy rains on Thursday broke a drought harming corn and late fruit. Railroads and bridges washed out in many places and buildings under construction sustained damage. Part of a wall of the new auditorium collapsed causing substantial damage.
New York report notes Wall Street gains with securities rising toward January highs. Trade shows strong activity, high money rates, and growing confidence as furnaces reopen and iron production set to top records in fall. Jobbing fall trade opens briskly with 362 buyers in one New York day. Building permits in July slightly below last year due to fewer city projects, but nationwide increase outside New York. Crops nearing danger threshold and rail warnings up 12.16 percent in August. Foreign trade at port up with imports about 2.28 million and exports about 1.45 million more than 1905.
The Ohio railroad commission will discuss applying the two cent fare law to interstate traffic. A conference of Ohio railroad passenger officials is set for August 30 in Columbus to seek an amicable adjustment. If talks fail, the commission will file a formal complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Ohio railroads currently charge three cents per mile for interstate rates.
Washington August 23 William MacDonald a representative of the agricultural department of the Transvaal South Africa called on Acting Secretary Hays of the agricultural department. He plans weeks in the United States to study conditions and will report to his government with recommendations. Killed by pitched ball Allentown Pa August 23 Caspar Musselman 19 a Lehigh University student and Catasauqua catcher died after being struck in the fourth inning during a Phillipsburg game attended by about two thousand. He collapsed near home plate and died after a few gasps. Train runs into stage coach Los Angeles August 24 one person killed and four injured when a passenger train collided with a stage coach.
The University of Minnesota opens its thirty-ninth year on September 17 with strong attendance prospects. Dr. Richard Burton returns as English chair and Dr. Albert Jenks joins as assistant professor of Sociology. A new College of Education offers two year programs aligned with teacher needs, led by Dean George J. James and Professor Charles M. Holt. Gregory’s Moscow spectacle headlines the State Fair with over two hundred performers, lavish scenery, aerial acts, and Gregory’s Greater Fireworks finale, set for September 3-8 with reduced rail rates.
A laborer named Albert Anderson, employed by Moe Construction, died after quicksand engulfed a trench near Loretto during drainage work. A plank broke flooding the area. all workers escaped except Anderson. The incident, part of a long-running quicksand problem, was witnessed by a party of laborers amid a dangerous site.
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