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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1899
Page
9
An advertisement touts a single cure for a contagious blood disease using S.58. The testimonial from H. L. Myxas of Newark claims dramatic skin clearing after using the product, warning against doctor prescribed mercury and potash. The text also includes unrelated recruitment and sales copy with scattered garbled phrases.
Paris dispatch reports engineer M. Berlier’s plan for a 25 mile Gibraltar Strait tunnel linking Spain and Morocco with a Tangiers to Lalla Maghnia railway. He cites rock solidity, estimates costs at 28.4 million dollars, seven years to build, and 3.06 million yearly revenue, with Spanish consent and Moorish approval sought.
Casualty reports from Manila describe new man trap devices using sharpened bamboo that injure soldiers. Private Carl Peters Cael of Company I, 19th Infantry, was seriously hurt in the Sudlan mountains near Cobry while reconnoitering insurgent positions. Troops from Companies K and L, 19th Infantry, and Company MM of the 23rd Infantry advanced from Mangina River to engage, encountering traps along exposed routes.
William Wilderman of Mont Vail and a friend followed foxlike tracks through the woods toward Pearl River Saturday. They found a tethered young dog and its mother among feathers from at least 50 stolen chickens. The mother had tried to free her pup, then fed it via the rope, while the man fed the pup home.
Four kittens named Dewey George Manila and Cavite were found at the base of the western column of the second pair of columns south of the Dewey arch in Madison Square New York City. The mother and kittens were adopted and christened by a cabman who keeps a stand in front of the Fifth Avenue hotel. Olympia, the mother, appeared on the sidewall today and showed one of her offspring.
The article reviews U S imports of tropical products from Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines highlighting sugar coffee rubber fibers tropical fruits and more. It notes growing demand for American goods in these islands and provides historical import figures from Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines across 1893 1896 and 1898 with drops tied to the war.
Reports to the state department show Mexico's progress with rising machinery imports from 3 754 625 to 5 490.23 in the following year, a near 50 percent increase. New plants rise nationwide as water power is tapped for cotton mills at Juanacatistan falls near Guadalajara. The country expands cotton goods, leather, hats, woolen items, and begins linen and silk efforts amid protective policy boosting industry.
John Baile a 35 year old biker from Tarmowitz Posen eloped with his 14 year old wife and her mother Sophia Brussig. They arrived aboard the St Louis and were detained by immigration officials for examination. Baile said he loved his mother in law and could not live without her. They will be sent back to Posen.
In New Brunswick New Jersey a syndicate of foster mothers plans to adopt 11 month old Gertrude Davison of Carman street. Her mother Mrs John Davison died recently leaving five children. Four siblings have been placed with relatives. The father advertised adoption hoping for guardianship. Charitable women see it as unprecedented.
Four of the oldest senators, Pettus of Alabama age 78 Cockrell of Missouri age 65 West of Missouri nearing 70 and Morgan of Alabama who will be 76 next June, sit side by side on the front row.
A humorous note on the century start and the old debate about arithmetic. The Chicago Record jokes about whether two and two make four or whether I don’t, reflecting a light take on a heavy intellectual topic.
The Globe national bank closure caused uneasy sentiment as business opened. The National Shawmut bank announced it would advance 80 percent of the net deposit to Globe bank depositors today to prevent inconvenience, calming most market activity though some stock trades remained unsettled.
A New Jersey Central wreck at High Bridge New Jersey killed grocer Christopher V. Hulsider and injured five others including Peter Eick Miss Hila Maxwell and Baggagemaster Frank Grant. A coal train failed to hold brakes on a steep grade and struck the milk train causing the fatality and injuries though none were seriously hurt.
A joint committee of senators representatives and citizens fixed January 16 at the Lafayette Opera House for the Daniel Webster statue unveiling presented by Stilson Hutching. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire will preside and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts will deliver the address. President McKinley will accept the gift for the United States. After the theater exercises the party will go to Scott Circle for the statue unveiling.
Washington reports Senator Foraker refutes claims by Payne Merriam Hannah and Proctor regarding the gold plank authorship. Kohlsaat is said not involved in drafting nor forcing its adoption. the issue centers on whether Kohlsaat drafted the plank. Foraker asserts Kohlsaat authored nothing.
San Francisco reports W H Gilbert of Winston N C has declared to United States Commissioner Heacock he will not resist extradition to North Carolina to answer an indictment charging him with diverting a portion of assets to defraud creditors. He will be brought before Judge De Haven for the necessary order. The note also mentions the failure of Heidelberg bankers Kuntz & Co with a large deficit and related sequestration.
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