The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06
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The municipal authorities. Of Berlin |
are. about to make a serious trial of |
automobile fire. engines. Experiments
in this direction have already been
made in@several other German towns.
At Hanover it was found that the an
nual cost Of maintaining an automo-
compared with $4,000 required to main
tain a fire engine drawn by two horses.
This difference was brought about
chiefly by. the discharge of the men em-
ployed to- tend the horses and by the
saving of the rent hitherto paid for
stables. 6 1t was found that the auto
mobile fire engine could leave the fire
station more quickly and reach its des-
tination with greater speed than the
older type. Equally favorable results
one or two other German towns. The
municipal authorities in the capital have
now decided to introduce two auto
mobile fire engines, by way of expert
ment, one Of which will be driven by
electricity and one by steam. Both
will have the same weight and the same
maximum speed Of eighteen miles an
hour. The construction of the steam
eautomobile fire engine will cost $4,000,
fand thatrof the electrical automobile
fire engine $4,000. {
+ The question of female suffrage is one
of the questions of the day just now in
Rome. The excitement began with the
successful application Of Signorina Sac
chi, doctor and professor Of mathemat-
les at Mantua, which was followed by
the inscription upon the lists of a mar
rled woman, wife Of a syndlc and
teacher in the normal schools. Now at
Imola, the names of no fewer than forty
women,H married and single, have been
placed upon the lists. The communal
and provincial law expressly excludes
twomen from the roll Of administrative
! electors, but there is no such proviso in
| the law relatingsto the political elector-
ate. It is. true that this contains no
allusion to the possibility of women
having the right to the suffrage, and
that electors are always spoken of in
the masculine, but the women $ sup
porters make the familiar claim that in
law this always includes both sexes
unless otherwise stated. Few persons
believe, however, that female suffrage
is yet a matter of practical politics. OF
that so fundamental change in the
parliamentary representation can be
brought about SO easily. The applica
tions are thought to have. been made
more with view of educating public
r opinion than with any hope of immedi
: ate result las matter Of fact, thu
i electoral lists are sifted two or three
times before the right to vote:is recog
nized, and even on the polling day oh
I iections may be lodged against votes o.
doubtful legality.
A summary of the latest facts con
corning the fatal sleeping sickness wa
given "a lecture which Professor Kocl
delivered recently. before the German
emperor in Berlin. :: Professor Koch de
clared that at least 100000 persons ha
died already of the sickness, which wa
chiefly prevalent in British Uganda, O.
} The disease now threatens German Eas
Africa. It attacks not only natives, a
> hitherto supposed, but also European:
D He proceeded to explain how the ger1
was transmitted by q singing gnat, tn
!, Glossina palpalis, which he had found i
= the particularly sandy shores Of the il
land lakes: of Africa. The insect az
9 peared to beza frequenter of the shor'
since it was not found further inlant
on the northern shores Of the Victor
q Nyanza was due to the density Of tt
y population. In some districts tt
% whole population Of many villages fe
victims to the sickness, which depop,
N lated large areas. The prevalence {
" the disease made life on the shor,
" of Victoria Nyanza almost impo
70 sible, and would prove an insurmoun
able obstacle to the development
70 trade. The professor said that
"a hoped to obtain fuller and more a
~ curate knowledge of the illness. F
: Ewo1ild try9t to ascertain whether tt
% G1ossina palpais is the sole cause Of tt
: Espread 5aof athe infection, or wheth
e5 Fother insects also transmit the germ
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