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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
6
The Interstate Commerce Commission report for the year ending June 30, 1899, records 51 743 railway casualties, with 7 123 killed and 46 620 injured. It notes 71 railways under receivers, 189 204 miles of single track, 1 375 016 cars, and 923 924 workers.
Mare King of the Belgians, after a jaunt from Jaasiel to Brussels, met President Louhet and cabinet members at Salon North to greet a royal visitor. A florist presented a grand floral piece with a pink ribbon inscribed From Your Faithful Little Friend C de Merode. The initials were misread as Chor dy Merode. An aide placed the flowers in a porter and they were left in the waiting room as the royal party left on a special train.
Officers examine a Cleveland tag device said to check gun recoil. Tests reportedly meet inventor claims, with Gen. Miles Col. Michler and Capt. Lewis of the board of ordnance and fortification observing. Reported favorable to the recoil checker.
Anna Held leaves Paris in a four in hand coach with husband A Ziegfield and a party of American actors aiming to drive to London via channel crossing. They plan to reach Nat Goodwin's English country seat on Sunday where Goodwin arrives from America. Other items note a Mexico City report of scarce servant girls and Berlin's 63 public monuments with more planned.
In response to an epidemic outbreak of typhoid fever and dysentery among troops, commanding officers are directed to implement boiling of all drinking water. A daily water and canteen inspection system will be established in every company, and drinking unboiled water will be treated as disobedience.
Prof M I Pupin of Columbia College unveils a choke coil system to modify ocean cable insulation. The device, inserted every eight miles, supposedly limits cable capacity and can boost transmission speed up to 300 times. The claim has drawn broad scientific support and promises cheaper, direct links between New York and Europe.
The Paris Gaulois reports rising goodwill toward Americans in France. It cites Lafayette’s influence on enfranchisement and suggests a future triple alliance linking France, Russia, and America to counterbalance the old European order, potentially drawing England in.
Commissioner Duell reports record cash receipts of 1 358 228 for the year and a record 26 540 patents. Trademark registrations rose as well. A larger force and a new building are urged for the patent office. Also notes a Kansas heir with a 5 million estate and a Hawaiian discovery of sandalwood in Olaa forests.
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