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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 28, 1903

— A severe hail-storm destroyed crops in Pipestone County, Minnesota, throughout a district fifteen miles wide and thirty long, July 20.

— Lieutenant-General Nelson Miles will retire from the command of the United States army, August 8, and General Young will succeed to that position.

— St. Vincent's volcano, the Soufrière, shows signs of renewed activity, puffs of steam coming from the crater, accompanied by rumblings and earthquake shocks.

— Mount Vesuvius is again in eruption, the present outbreak beginning July 22. A stream of lava is flowing from the crater in the direction of Pompeii, but no danger is anticipated from it.

— Severe fighting between Venezuelan government and rebel troops was reported from Ciudad Bolívar, July 19. The government forces were victorious, and gained possession of the city.

— The world's record for fast time on a long distance run is now held by the London and Great Western Railway, 286 miles having been covered by one of its trains recently in 233 minutes.

— Lynching is murder, under any circumstances, says Justice David J. Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court. No incentive, he declares, can excuse that method of dealing with a person accused of crime.

— The United States' foreign crop report shows Russian and German cereal outlook improved; Austrian medium, Hungarian under 1902; crops in Italy damaged by storms; French wheat doing well; British below average.

— Another consumption cure is announced, being a serum prepared by a physician of Genoa, Italy. The serum is administered to a person in the same manner as vaccine for the prevention of smallpox, and the effect is to render the person immune from the germs of tuberculosis. Chicago physicians regard this new remedy as one of great value.

— The king and queen of Italy were participants in an automobile wreck at Rome, July 16. The machine became unmanageable, and the king and queen jumped out, the king escaping uninjured, and the queen sustaining a slight injury to her foot.

— The strike at the Kellogg Switchboard Company in Chicago, which has been the cause of continuous rioting for several weeks, now bids fair to precipitate a general strike of all Chicago labor unions because the Kellogg Company has sought the aid of the courts against the strikers.

— The Rev. W. A. Bartlett, who recently, in speaking of the lynching at Wilmington, Del., said that such occurrences were the outcome of a higher civilization, declares that he is flooded with letters from prominent citizens of many places commending him for his attitude in the matter.

— The war feeling is growing in Japan because of Russia's continued occupation of Manchuria. The United States desires open ports for trade in Manchuria, but China, under Russia's influence, appears to be playing fast and loose with the United States on this important point.

— Recently the United States government took possession of several small islands off the coast of Borneo, apparently regarding them as a part of the Philippine group, the islands being at the same time claimed by the British North Borneo company. The incident may give rise to some international friction.

— A mosquito destroyer, in the shape of a worm-like parasite, has been discovered by Dr. Charles Stiles, of the public health and marine hospital service, Washington, D. C., and it is hoped that it can be propagated in sufficient numbers to rid the country of the mosquito pest. Great importance is attached by some to this discovery.

— At Basin, Wyo., July 18, a mob broke into the town jail, and lynched two prisoners confined there, killing the sheriff, who sought to defend his charges. A state of lawlessness necessitating the help of the State militia to preserve life and restore order is reported from the sections in the northern part of the State, where there is a feud between sheep owners and cattle men.

— Pope Leo died Tuesday, July 21, and Cardinal Oreglia assumed authority at the Vatican, pending the election of a new pope, which will take place after the funeral ceremonies have been concluded. The pope's body will be placed in a tomb prepared by him in the church of St. John Lateran. A message of regret was cabled from Washington to the Vatican by Secretary-of-State Hay.

— At Evansville, Ind., the scene of a recent lynching riot in which a number of citizens were shot by militiamen acting under orders, five members of the local militia have been discharged by their employer at the dictation of the labor unions. It is believed that such action on the part of the labor unions renders them liable for conspiracy. Governor Durbin, who called out the militia at the time of the riot, is quoted as saying: 'I am sorry for those who are so foolish as to turn on their protectors. To discharge a man from employment because he responded to the call of his State is an act of treason.'