Current Mention

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 6, 1907

— A number of Russian students have been arrested in Berlin, Germany, charged with plotting against the life of Emperor William.

— A lockout in the building trades is directly affecting 60,000 men in Berlin, Germany, and 40,000 more are indirectly affected by the movement.

— Northern Texas suffered from a tornado, May 25, which resulted in sixteen deaths, many injuries, and the loss of property valued at $100,000.

— The grand jury at San Francisco recently indicted six millionaires on charges of bribery, and returned additional indictments against Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef.

— Mrs. McKinley, widow of the martyred president, died at her home in Canton, Ohio, May 26. President Roosevelt, Vice-President Fairbanks, and some members of the cabinet attended the funeral on the twenty-ninth.

— The revolutionary outbreak in the Kwangtung Province, China, is said to be anti-dynastic, and those participating therein say there is no danger to missionaries. However, some of the missionaries have come in from their stations to Swatow. The cause of revolt is said to be the excessive taxation made necessary to pay the excessive indemnity asked by the “Christian” nations for the losses sustained during the Boxer uprising of 1900.