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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 21, 1910

— An epidemic of Asiatic cholera in its most virulent form has broken out in Peterhof, Russia, near the czar’s palace. Hundreds of deaths are reported daily as the result of the scourge in Russia.

— The great glacier near Haines, Alaska, is said to be moving forward at the phenomenal rate of twelve feet a day. The National Geographic Society has sent an expedition to Alaska to study the glacier.

— The foremost X-ray expert of this country, Dr. Mihran K. Kassabian, is said to be dying in a Philadelphia hospital of burns received in the practise of his profession.

— A severe outbreak of yellow fever near Port Limon, Costa Rica, the heart of the banana-growing region, threatens heavy loss to the growers and importers of that fruit. Strict quarantine regulations will be enforced on all the ships of the United Fruit Company, only a few of which will be allowed to carry passengers.

— Rice riots are reported from the Shangtung province, China. Demonstrations are made against Chinese officials and millionaires, who are accused of cornering rice, and selling it at prohibitive prices.

— Charles Stewart Rolls, a famous English aviator, who recently flew from Dover to France and returned in a Wright biplane, met his death July 12 at the aviation meet at Bournemouth, England. The tailpiece of his biplane snapped, and the machine overturned, falling to the ground with terrific force.