p. 20 | News and Miscellany

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 20, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 29.

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News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— July 11 a $40,000 fire occurred in Salisbury, N. C.

— At Superior, Wis., July 12, twenty men were killed as the result of a collision between two trains.

— The District of Columbia Supreme Court, July 12, admitted 130 persons to the practise of law, six of whom were women.

— The village of South Waterford, Maine, was practically wiped out by fire July 12, resulting in the loss of $100,000.

— A hail-storm compelled the adjournment of the United States Senate on June 27. The weather never played such a trick before, so old employees at the Capitol declare.

— Eleven passengers and five members of a crew of the Pacific Coast Steam-ship Company, company steamer “Santa Rosa,” which went ashore July 7, were drowned by the capsizing of a life-boat.

— July 12, serious ice riots broke out among the poor on the East Side of New York City. One hundred men and women stormed the office of one large ice company, yelling, “Ice! give us ice!” The intense heat is claimed as responsible for this outbreak.

— The revolutionary movement which has existed in Haiti for some time has been growing in strength, particularly in the north section, and is now threatening a wider invasion. The government forces have been weakened by desertions, and but little headway has been made in checking the revolt.

— The last festival of the coronation season was not the least impressive and beautiful of all the gorgeous series. June 30 King George took 100,000 of London's poorest children to the Crystal Palace gardens for a picnic. Of course he had helpers, but the children had no eyes for anybody save the king and queen.

— The recent earthquake on the Pacific Coast jarred central California and western Nevada, and was a most unwelcome reminder of the day which San Francisco has done her best to forget. The damage done was slight enough, but panic was in the hearts of thousands. The track of the tremor did not follow the old “fault,” which runs north and south along the coast, but ran at right angles to it.

— The town of Oscoda, seventy-six miles north of Bay City, Mich., was wiped out by fire, July 11.

— A fire in Chicago, July 9, resulted in a property damage of $500,000 and the burning to death of 263 horses.

— In consequence of the intense heat of the last few days, electric fans have been installed for the first time in the United States Senate chamber.

— A terrific storm along the Japanese coast, July 10, resulted, it is reported, in the loss of several hundred lives and the destruction of much shipping.

— A train wreck on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, near Bridgeport, Conn., July 11, resulted in the death of fourteen persons, and the serious injury of nearly fifty others.

— The funeral of the queen dowager of Portugal, Maria Pia, was held at Turin, July 8, and was attended by 200,000 persons. The king and queen of Italy and other royal personages were present.

— July 8 witnessed the opening of the Atlantic fleet maneuvers at Princeton, Mass. The entire Atlantic squadron will gather here, making the largest fleet of government ships that has ever gathered at any one point.

— The new administration of Mexico has not yet, it seems, reached smooth sailing. Recent reports state that 25,000 men are operating in the state of Chiapas, with General Torres in command. The government will put forth energetic measures to quell the uprising.

— It is claimed that the high temperature of the last two weeks has resulted in many cases of dementia throughout the country. The majority of these, it is supposed, are persons of insane tendencies, and the intense heat has served to produce mental derangement.

— It is expected that Congress will reach an adjournment early in August. Several important amendments to the reciprocity bill, which were made in the Senate, have been defeated by large votes. This is supposed to indicate in a large measure the sentiment in favor of the bill, which, it is confidently believed, will be passed by the Senate. It has already been passed by the House.

— It is expected that in a few days the peace treaty between the United States and Great Britain will be ready for consideration by the Senate. It has been reduced to writing, and is in the hands of the government printer. It is claimed that unusual care has been observed in its creation, in order that it may serve as a model from which other general arbitration treaties between the United States and other countries may be drawn.

— Cipriano Castro, the former president of Venezuela, has appeared in that country, and has collected an army of more than 2,000 men, with the avowed purpose of overturning the present government, and again assuming the presidency. For several months Castro's return to Venezuela has been prevented by the joint cooperation of United States and European powers. He succeeded, however, in eluding their surveillance, and effected an entrance. Thousands are rallying to his standard in Venezuela.