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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
4 TlJN NE i TO a. ERICA
III ~
Gigantic Undertaking Talked OF BY
French Civil Engineer.
Maintains That It Is Perfectly Feas-
ibIe to Bore Under straits OF
Gibrnltar-WouId make Tun-
mel Is Miles Long.

As dispatch to the New York Herald
from Paris says: a gigantic under
taking for tunneling the straights of
NJ. Jean Berlier, the famous civil
engineer, who. is the author of the
project, has just published in book
form the result of his studies in con-
nection with it.
He considersI that an interconti-
mental tunnel, uniting Spain and Mo-
rocco, prolonged by a railway from
Tangiers to Lalla Maghnia, would
prove invaluable for the successful de-
velopment of Frances African coll
onies.
From soundings taken by him, NJ.
Berlier has proved the existence OF a
compact rock formation across the.
straits, which guarantees so}idity and
impermeability. The undertaking, he
says, would be no more difficult than
the piercing of Mount Gents, Saint
Gothard, the Arlberg or the Simplon.
He adds that if the diplomatic OBJ.
ststacles are not greater than the
natural, success is certain.
He estimates that a tunnel of II ki1o-.
meters (251s miles) would cost $24,6oo,-
900, and that the work would require
seven years. He calculates that the con-
nection of the lines of the Algerian rail-.
way system and the extension from
Tangiers to Lalla Maghnia would
cost another 100000 francs or 1900O-
900 francs, SO that the whole enterprise
would necessitate $2S,4O0.000.
To offset this expense, NJ. Berlier
shows that the approximate yearly rev.
enue would be $1,000, 1000.
He already has received the consent
of the Spanish government to the
scheme, anu is working to obtain the
authorization of the Moorish govern
ment to create a tunnel terminus in its
territory. ~. ..s
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
A SYNDICATE BABY.
How YMother1y-Hearted Women or
New Brunswick, N. j., Provided
for Bereft Infant.

AtNew Brunswick, Nj, a syndicate
of foster mothers may adopt Gertrude
DAWSON Of Carman street, and bring
her up on the cooperative plan. The
syndicate baby is IL months old. Her
mother, Mrs. John Dawson, died re-
Gently, leaving five children, four Of
whom have been placed with relatives.
Not knowing who would take Gertrude,
the father advertised her for adoption.
Several charitable women said that it
was the first time in the7century that
child had been so advertised in New
Brunswick, and they began to organize
the syndicate.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
ACCIDENT ON A GRADE.
Brakes Fail to Hold Coal Cars and
They Crash Into Train KILLING one
Person and Injuring Five.


. New York, Dec. 90. "A wreck on the
New Jersey Central railroad at High
Bridge, n. j, late at night, resulted in
one E. d cath and the injury of five persons.
Christopher V. Hulsider, a grocer, was
killed. and Peter Eick, Miss Ella Max
well and Baggagemaster Frank Grant
We're among the injured. "A coal train
was descending the steep grade when
the engineer noticed a signal from a
milk train which was at the station.
The engineer of the coal train applied
the brakes and detached. his engine
from the train and approached the
milk train to find the cause of the delay
and receive orders. The coal cars were
not held by the air brakes and came
rushing down. the grade. striking the
engine, pushing it into the combination
car: on the rear of the milk train. None
OF the injured is seriously hurt.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
STATUE OF WEBSTER.
This Gift to the Nation Will BE I'm
yelled Mt Washington ON
January Is.

. % i
Washington. Dee % The joint com
mittee Of senator's, presentatives and
citizens of the district, appointed to
make arrangements for the unwilling
of the statue Of Daniel Webster,
presented to he government by
stilson Hutehins met and per-
fected the plans. The exercises
will be held att be Lafayette. opera
house January Is. senato tor Chandler of
New Hampshire La will preside and Sen
ator Lodge Of Massachusetts will de-
liver the address. President Mckinley
Will accept the gift on behalf of the
United States. After the exercises at
the theater the committee and the in
ylted guests viii drive to Scott Circle,
where the statue will be unveiled.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
Agrees to Go hack

San Francisco. Dec 80 w. H. Gil
bert, bankrupt hardware merchant
( from Winston, II. g, has tormally de
clared to United States Commissions
aHeacock that he will no longer resist
the legal effort to send him to North
Carolina for trial on the indictment
charging him with having concealed
ia portion of his assets with the intent
to defraud his creditors. Gilbert will
be taken before United States District
Judge De Haven, who will make the
necessary order.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
BORN IN DEWEY !. ARCH.
Kittens That Have the Distinction OF
Arriving In This World In
Shadow of Greatness.

Dewey, George, :" Manila, : and
g"Cavite," four kittens, were found in
the base OF the western column Of the
second pair Of columns south Of the
Dewey arch on Madison square, New
York TX ci ty. The mot her and kittens were
adopted and christened by the ca bmen
who have stand in front ofsthe Fifth
4 Avenue hotel. The mother is called
20 VnpIa, 3 and she appeared upon the
sidewalk to-day bearing IN her teeth
oneae,f her of spring.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
QUESTION OF AUTHORSHIP.
Senator Foraker Denies That Kohl
saat Drafted Gold Plank in Re-
publican Platform in 1896.

Washington, Dec. 20. Senator For.
aker, in answer to the statements con.
corning the authorship of the gold
plank Of the platform Of 1895, said:
THE statements published by Mr.. Payne
Gov. Merriam. Senator Hanna and Sena
tor Proctor do not conflict with any state
ment that has been made by me, neither
do they help in any way Mr.. Kohlsaal
The point in issue was whether or no.
Mr. .Kohlsaat drafted the gold plank an6
forced it's adoption upon the committee
These statements show that he had moth
ing whatever to do with the framing O.
that plank, except. in common with othel
republicans, and refute absolutely hi
claim of authorship
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
Content with Prison Fare.

San Francisco Dec. 23.-Two years
ago ]. Dinglienno was sentenced by
the federal court to serve two years
sentence in. the Folsom penitentiary
and pay a fine Of two dollars for hay-
ing counterfeiting tools in his posses
sion. Dinglienno's term expired on
November %, but he refused to pay
the fine and declines to take the pau
per's oath, saying he is content to re
main a guest of the state. The war
den of the prison has asked for legal
advice as to how he shall proceed to
eject the convict.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
Crew Not Lost.

Cleveland, o., Dec. 3d.. Pickands
Mather & Co., owners Of the whale
back barge No. =115, which it was sup
posed had been lost.with all on board
in the great storm of early last week,
have received a telegram from the
captain of the barge saying that him
self and crew were safe. The tele-
gram is dated Middleton, Ont, and
says the vessel went ashore near Lit
tie Pic river. on the north shore OF
Lake Superior. The message says
nothing as to the condition of the yes
sci.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
Patriarchs Of the Senate.

Four of the oldest men in the senate
sit side by side. on t he front row. Trey
are titus, OF abama, who is IS years
old; Cockrell, Of Missouri, Whois S..
Vest, Of Missouri, who is yerging on 20;
and, Morgan, Of Ala bama, who will be.
IS next June.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
Heidelberg Bankers Fail.

Strasberg, Dec. 23 w Kuntz e CO.,
bankers of Heidelberg, have failed,
with a deficit of 1000 900 marks They
are charged with haying defrauded
their patrons and having also seques-
tered bond s of the value of 500, 900
marks :belon aging to their customers.
Among the sufferers Id this failure are
some Americans Kuntz has been
placed uneie arrest.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
MAN TRAPS.
One Inhuman Method OF Warfare
Encountered in the Philippines
by American Army,

Troops in the Philippines have en-
countered a new device of war. The
casualty reports received from Manila
the other day contain a. novel item.
which show the dangers to which the
American troops are subjected. The
official reports have made some refer
ence to the man traps and pitfalls
placed in the paths Of our troops, and
some damage has resulted from these
peculiar methods of Gripping an army.
The casualty reports which reached
Washington record the serious injury
of a soldier in a man trap which had
been equipped with sharpened bamboo.
The possibility Of implement adds to
the menace Of a trap which hitherto
has offered no great obstacle to the
progress Of a body Of soldiers.
The casualty occurred in the Sudlon
mountains, in Cebu, and the victim was
Private Peters Cart, of company l, Nine
teenth infantry. Forty-five men, under
the commanding officers of companies
Is, 1t and |, Nineteenth infantry, and
company NJ, Twenty third infantry, left
their camp, on the Mananga river at
eight a. IN. 10 make Reconnaissance in.
front Of the insurgent position on Sud-
lon mountains: and came into-a position
above the insurgents. The parry passed
down the stream, examined trails lead
ing up the mountains, and were at
tackled, mostly at long range. The SOL
diers ran across man traps filled with
the sharpened bamboo and Private
Carl was caught in the barbarous con
trivance
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27

.se result. The large red splotches on my
'5est began to grow paler and smaller. and
sfore long disappeared entirely. I regained
~ lost weight, became stronger, and my APP
lite greatly improved. I was soon entirely
y II. L. MYERS, 100 Mulberry ST., Newark, N. J.
EDon't destroy all possible chance of a
ire by taking the DOCTORS treatment
mercury and potash These minerals
ause the hair to fall out, and will
Sreck the entire system.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
Wefghty Problems.

a few amusing newspapers are still
trying to find out when the twentieth
century begins. Having settled & ha I;
point, the Chicago Record suggests that
they should tackle the prot lem whet her
two and two make. four or whef her they
don't
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
MERRY CHRITSMAs AND A HAPPY NEW
YEAR.

Make the holidays merrier by celebrate
~ them with your family or friends.
me Minn"apolis & St. Louis II. II. cou--
;rlAutes t. the OCCASION by making low
Shlon rates to points within goo
,1AGS. Almost half fare! Tickets on
ID C.. %, 81. 25, 30. 81 and JAN 1T,
good for return 10 january 2ud, 700.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
:Bpper o1ored
!. Sp1ot hes.

leretis only one cure for Contagious
~ the disease which has.
ssletely baff1ed the doctors. They
i Kally unable to cure it, and direct
ls.eforts toward bottling the poison
in the blood and concealing it from
sW. S. S. S. cures the disease posi-
ELY and permanently by forcing out
cry trace of the faint.
was afflicted with terrible blood disease.
hch was in Snots at first hut afterua rda
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27

spread all over my body.
These soon broke outinto
sores, and it is easy to
imagine the suffering I
endured. B e fore I be-
came convinced that the
doctors could do no good.
| had spent q hundred
dollars, which was really
thrown away. I tn e n
tried va rious patent
! medicines, but they did
not reach the disease.
When I had finished my
first bottle of S. S. s. !
was greatly improved
an1 1uos olioh tod 11itL
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
Fl e Blood

!. PURELY VEGETABLE, and is the only
food remedy guaranteed to contain no
sotash, mercury, or other mineral.
] Books on the disease and it's treat
lent mailed free by Swift Specific Com
any, Atlanta, Georgia.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27

] WANTED SEVERAL PERSONS
L NM district Office Managers in this
!!f@se to represent me in their own and
nrr"unding counties. Willing to pay
;early 5000, payable weekly. Desirable
employment with unusual opportunities.
references exchanged. Enclose self adj
'ressed stamped envelope. S. "A. Park.
80 Caxton Building, Chicago.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-27
IHG Excel. L.ENCE OF SYRUP OF figs

u due not only to the originality and
simplicity Of the combination, but also
To the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
iEn0Wn to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Go. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. AS the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
4the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
~, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FoRNIA FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession. and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millioaas of families, makes
I'll the name lil ompany guaranty
Of he excel DC its remedy. It is
Far in advaraa dfsan other laxatives,
as it acts on efl1idneys, liver and
bowels without Irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not grippe nor
nauseate. In order to get it's beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
sI11sompany-
%SNCALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. H..
LOUISVILLE. KY NEW YORK, N. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-28

the Rock Island. They were members of
the Kiowa, Choctaw and Comanche tribes
of the Indian Territory.
The Hlacs are just beginning to bloom.
which VIII place temptation IN the way OF
many people who don't own lilac bushes.
Some people don't think II wrong to
''takeS a few lilacs who wouldn't think of
taking anything else.
who is a Congrega tional preacher as well
as Kansas. He lives at Enid, but he can
not write books that stir the whole Eng
lish speaking people. the way Topeka's
a free lecture on Christian Science will
be given at the Crawford theater Saturday
evening by Mrs. Annie M Knott of De
troit Mich who is a member of the internal
church of Christian Science of Boston.
It is almost time to fix the electric
lights 50 the west side of the city gets
section has not been operated for two
weeks. while other portions of the city are
lighted regularly. Pass the thing around
The different towns of the state which
are candidates for the Ioca ton of the new
on locating it a good time More atten-
ton is paid to that committee than would
be given Governor Stanley in the same
towns
spring opened Up at Junction City the
mayor has asked people not to feed them
unless they have a ticket from the city
work enough TO entitle them to sonnet hin
to eat This plan might prove a success
in Topeka
The Tontine Mercantile company. H. B.
Ffeharty president. W. G Ludlow seere-
company proposes to pay after Is months
double the amount invested, after I'VE
kind of a company that got some Topeka
people into trouble few years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-28
RELEASE A. G. STACEY.
Will Probably Be Pardoned in Short
Time

It IS possible that A. c. Stacey, the
veteran Kansas newspaper man, who
was sentenced to the federal peniten-
tiary last fall for misuse of the mails,
will be free man in about two weeks.
It lies with the government pardon at
torney at Washington whether he will
or not.
United States District Attorney Lam
bert has recommended that Stacey
sentence be committed to six months,
and a strong effort is being made to
have the recomm endation acted upon
favorably by the Washington authori-
ties.
when Stacey's friends asked for an
absolute pardon for him. said Mr.
Lambert today, II did not feel like sign
ing their petition, and the pardon attOr-
ney turned it down. Now a lot of the
Kansas newspa per men have taken hold
of the matter and have asked me to get
the pardon attorney to reopen the case
and to recommend that the sentence
be commuted to six months, and have
done so. 1t is now up to the pardon
attorney again, and the president Will
do just as he says in the matter
Stacey's original sentence was Tor
one year, and if his sentence is COM
muted as petitiOned he will be released
on May u.
At present Stacey is in charge of the
prison printing office, in which he reads
proof He says that he viii start a
weekly paper in Kansas when he gets
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-28
WITHOUT FOOD 90 DAYS.
Usage City Woman Accidentally
Locks a Cat in a Trunk While
Cleaning House.

Usage City,ApriI 28.-Four weeks ago
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A Stoddard were
cleaning house, and on the same day
that they finished the work their cat
disappeared. Mrs. Stoddard about that
time went visiting and expected that
she would surely find the cat at home
on her return, but it had not come
back. She worried and wondered and
watched from day to day until the time
lapSed into weeks and no cat.
But a day or two ago she heard a
faint sound near q. trunk in which she
had packed some clothes; it was like a
sound from the grave She listened
again and once more heard the sound.
Then the awful thought came to her.
What if that poor cat has been locked
in that trunk all these daysi" She ran
to get her mother and together they
opened the trunk, when the emaciated
form of the cat emerged from among
the trunk of tangled clothing. II
had just strength enough to crawl over
the edge of the trunk onto the floor. A
dish of milk and one of water were
placed before it and the cat would lap
a little milk, and then little water,
then would lie down a few minutes,
when it would again take to the dishes,
keeping up the procedure all after
noon. 1t had been without food for 20
DAYS,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-28
SNAP SHOTS HONE NEWS

A new flag has been purchased for the
| state house.
Judge W. G Hook of the federal court
| is in Kansas City
Fish stories have now taken the place
of hunters stories
a number of new houses are being built
| in the DOuthitt tract.
The state house base ball team seems TO
have retired into seclusfon-
Judge John Martin was clerk of the first
Shawnee county court in 1850
President G., NJ. Herrick of Washburn
college has returned from the east
Harry Tracey, private secretary TO Cy
Leland, was in Kansas City Thursday
H J. Bone. assistant United States at
torney, was in Kansas City yesterday
Judge w R. Smith of the supreme court
is one of the best story telIers in Kansas
Prof w L Cunningham. principal of
the city schools of Neosho Falls is in To-
peka-
The first county court in Shawnee coun-
ty was held in a hotel at Tecumseh- That
was in 1855.
The quarterly teachers examination will
be held at the office of county superin-
tendent Stout Saturday
The state board of railroad assessors
City yesterday. but rain prevented
County Superintendent Stout will deliver
address before the graduating class Oh
the Rossville school tomorrow night.
Conductor James Donahue. of the Santa
Fe, who was badly injured at Holiday
Wednesday, is said to be improving
The ladies' of the First Baptist church
viii hold a -'ueasgring party at the home
of Mrs. John R. Mulvane this evening
T. y. Davis has bought out the Ro bins
Mercantile company store, which was sold
to J. H. FOUGHT and others two or three
weeks ago.
The wind seemed to be blowing from all
directions at the same time during the
storm yesterday afternoon. and people
thought a cyclone was at hand
Judging from the number sold. there is
no more popular cigar etoaiunununnnn
no more popular sc cigar than the Sim
Drug Co.'S Chauncey M Depew-
Chester L Long in Kansas City yester-
day announced that he and his friends
will help bring the Republican national
convention to Kansas City next year
Large cottonwoods are being cut down
on some of the residence streets Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-28
FAILURE OF HIS WORK
Acknowledged by Surgeon General
Sternberg and Causes Assigned

Baltimore. Md, April 2S.-Speaking
last night at a banquet in celebration
of the centennial anniversary of the
Maryland Medical and ChirurgicaI fac
ulty. Surgeon General Sternberg, q. S.
A. said:
1t is patent that the medical depart
ment Of the army failed under the
great stress put upon it, but the rea-
sons for this failures are obvious
when / was made surgeon general
OF the army six years ago, my first
hight with congress was to keep all the
surgeons we then had. Congress want
ed to cut down the corps The force
then was insufficient When the war
came we had not only this insufficient
number, but there were u vacancies
among the surgeons The places had to
be filled and in some cases we were
compelled to call in very young men
The army was increased suddenly
from $4,000 to 200, 900 men Everything
had to be done in the greatest hurry.
1t was an emergency. The troops want
ed to be mustered in quickly. It was
the duty of the medical department to
equip them for light marching orders
We could not overload the wagons with
bottles of tinctures and syringes and
fluid extracts. They would have proved
altogether too cum berSOme We had
to equip the men for active field work.
1t was an unframed army. Officers
and men alike were raw. For any per
son in Washington TO absolutely con-
troll the situation at Chickamauga or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-28

any other place was utterly out of the
question. This had to be done by the
men on the spot-the surgeons of the
regiment. In many cases these men
had to learn the first principles The
enlisted men themselves were new and
apt to be careless 1t is the history of
new levies of troops everywhere.
1t has been a great disappointment
that things turned out as they did
and that typhoid fever appeared. I is
sued a sanitary circular showing how
1t could be avoided and giving rules of
health TO be followed by the soldier in
the field No attention was paid to it.
You know how hard it is even in cities
for the health officers to prevent cpl
denies of typhoid fever and SMALLPOX
But wish to say that, Notwithstanding
the criticisms that have been made
during the war there has been less
sickness than in any war I know Of
Under the use Of aseptic dressings for
wounds there have been fewer bad
cases, and fewer capital operations. Not
only is this true at Santiago but at
Manila The wounds of the men heal
quickly. But there is one blot which
can be traced to the enlarged medical
department. There were three surgeons
to reach regiment At one time I had
600 acting assistant surgeons under me.
personally. They had to be taken IN
rapidly on the recommendation Of pro-
fessional men. All lacked experience.
Some of the very best surgeons and
good for taking care of sick men in the
field.
You cannot have camp sanitation
without discipline. In nearly every one
of our camps typhoid fever ragged. I
still believe in sanitation as a proven
tative of the disease and in my opinion
doctors do not pay enough attention to
distinction
Another thing that was a source of
worry to me was that the doctors hest
tated to diagnose anything as typhoid
until it was too late and a camp cpl
demic had started. When you diagnose
a case of typhoid as malarial and dose
it with quinine you SOW the seeds of
typhoid throughout the camp. I know
of many cases of men who were held
in regimental hospitals owing to a mis-
taken diagnosis, and who later came to
the division hospital with typhoid 1t
was unfortunate, but it was owing to
the hurry. the inexperience of the sur
geOnS and to the carelesSneSS of the Of
dcers and men themselves"