Current Mention

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 4, 1910

— The Japanese liner “Tetsurei-Maru,” running between Kobe and Darien, sank off Chin-do, Korea, on the night of July 23. Forty of the 246 passengers on board were landed, but the rest, with the ship’s crew, perished.

— Now that the sultan no longer stands in the way, Constantinople is to be provided with an extensive trolley system. The sultan’s objection to the installation of a trolley system is said to have been because of its association with the word “dynamo,” which in his mind was unpleasantly associated with “dynamite.”

— Da Vinci’s famous portrait, “Giaconda,” better known as the “Mona Lisa,” was stolen from the Louvre, in Paris, about a month ago, and a copy of the painting substituted in its place. A New York collector is said to have possession of the original. It has been said that the British government offered $5,000,000 for this painting, but that the offer was declined.

— The Census Bureau presents a report giving the results of the attempt of that bureau to secure official statistics concerning salaries paid to ministers: “The figures cover 164,229 religious organizations, representing 102 denominations, and show an average salary of only $663. The salaries range from an average of $1,223 in cities of the first class, to $1,110 in those of the second class, $1,063 in those of the third class, $672 in those of the fourth class, and $573 in the area outside the principal cities.”

— Judge Richardson, of Boston, in an injunction granted to the Meade-Morrison Company of Cambridge against the officers and members of Boston Lodge, No. 264, of the International Association of Machinists, recently voiced the following significant words: “Every man is entitled to work for any number of hours, for any wage that is satisfactory to him, without interference or threats of violence. The combination of capital into what is known as trusts has aroused much criticism throughout the country, but it seems to me that the labor unions have formed a trust, inimical to that freedom which the laws of the State guarantee to every citizen.”

— Rabies is increasing at an appalling rate in the United States. In Washington, since June 1, over forty dog suspects have been examined for rabies, and nearly every one is said to have given evidence of the presence of the disease. In several instances mad dogs have been killed after biting children. In one popular suburb of the city three children were bitten before the animal was killed. On July 21, in a residence neighborhood, three children, the oldest ten years of age, were badly bitten and torn by a mad dog. In view of the increase of this most agonizing disease, and the danger to which all are subjected, physicians and health officers earnestly recommend the muzzling of all dogs. This has been proved an effective agent in stamping out the disease. In England, where a muzzling law prevails, there has been no case of rabies, either in man or beast, since 1905.