p. 20 | Current Mention

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 21, 1909

Current Mention

— Nineteen men were killed in an explosion in a coal-mine at Zeigler, Ill., on January 10.

— The temperance wave has reached the city of Mexico, and the first result is the passage of a law which reduced by about one half the number of saloons in the capital city.

— The result of the trial of the Tennessee night-riders who caused the death of Captain Quentin Rankin, is that six have been sentenced to death, and two to twenty years’ imprisonment.

— Another terrible explosion has occurred in the Lick Branch coal-mine, at Bluefield, W. Va. This occurred on January 12, about two weeks later than the one previously reported in the same mine. In the explosion of January 12 fifty-nine men lost their lives.

— Both houses of the Tennessee Legislature have now voted for State-wide prohibition, to go into effect on July 1 of the present year. It is expected that the governor will veto the measure; but in view of the fact that the governor’s veto, according to the constitution of that State, acts only as a suggestion, prohibition of the liquor traffic in Tennessee seems assured.

— On January 11 Secretary of State Elihu Root and the British ambassador, Mr. James Bryce, signed a treaty for the settlement of international differences between the United States and Canada. This is known as the “Waterways Treaty,” but its scope is larger than the term implies, as it contemplates a disposition of practically all the differences between the two countries.

— The past week has been prolific in earthquakes in various parts of the world. Earthquake shocks have been renewed in the devastated portions of southern Italy and Sicily, while one wide-spread shock has affected the larger portion of the country. The northern portion of the Pacific Coast was visited with quite a severe shock on January 11. Several portions of Mexico have also been affected, and seismographs in different parts of the world have been recording frequent disturbances of this kind.

— A report from Constantinople states that Turkey has agreed to accept Austria’s offer of $10,800,000 indemnity for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus removing the present probability of war. The announcement that Turkey had accepted Austria’s offer has been a bitter disappointment to Servia. The Servian press declares that Austria will have to exterminate the Servian people before being permitted to possess Bosnia definitely. The Servian ministry of war immediately ordered the purchase of 1,200 additional horses.