Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1899 — Sent 155,000 Words an Hour. [ARTICLE]

Sent 155,000 Words an Hour.

Additional tests of the Pollak-Virag’ system of telegraphy were made Thursday at Chicago. Messages were sent to Cleveland and back on a continuous circuit at the rate of 1 0,000 words an hour, and to Buffalo at the rate of 155,000 words an hour. W. J. Mui-phy has been appointed general manager of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad._ Generals in Cuba report everything quiet Gen. Wilson advises the withdrawal of troops.