Current Mention

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 17, 1910

—Former United States Senator Thomas C. Platt, Republican leader of the State of New York for many years, died at New York on March 6.

—Several members of Congress have recently received letters from the vicinity of Chicago, threatening them and their homes with dynamite in case some laws are not enacted to reduce the cost of living.

—At Lisbon, on March 24, two bombs were hurled into a room where a party of clerical candidates were dining, and the explosion killed two, and wounded seven others, including the priest who was presiding.

—A German expedition is being fitted out for the purpose of finding the south pole. Lieutenant Filchner announces that the expedition will start in October of the present year, if the necessary funds can be raised.

—Commander Peary has definitely declined to submit to Congress his proofs of the discovery of the north pole, and Congress has definitely decided to grant no honors until the proof of the pole’s discovery is before them.

—Serious conflicts between the police and Socialists occurred in Berlin on March 6 involving a long list of wounded and hundreds of arrests. About 120,000 persons took part in the Socialistic demonstration. Many of these were beaten and sabered by the police.

—Colonel Roosevelt and party are due to arrive at Khartum, Egypt, on Monday, March 14, where they will be met by Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter Ethel. After a short stay here, Ex-President Roosevelt will take his departure for Vienna.

—At Corinth, N. Y., on March 9, strikers made two attempts to blow up a bridge over which strike breakers were being brought into the place to take their positions. A company of the National Guard is now on duty at the mills to prevent further disorder.

—At Tampa, Fla., on March 7, three Negroes and two white men were killed as a result of a race war.

—Dr. Louis Klopsch, editor of the Christian Herald, and widely known for his philanthropic undertakings, died on March 7 at New York as the result of a surgical operation.

—The heart of the wool district of Boston was threatened with complete destruction by a fire on March 5. The quick response of the entire fire-fighting force of the city succeeded, however, in stopping the blaze, but only after a loss of half a million dollars had been sustained.

—The new king of Belgium proposes to expend $200,000 in the Kongo in a campaign against the sleeping-sickness. One hundred thousand dollars more will be spent to build bridges in the Belgian Kongo, and another $100,000 will be used as a pension fund for civil servants of the Kongo State.

—Rioting occurred at Bogota, Colombia, on March 9, as a result of a quarrel between the manager of an American-owned street-railway and a police officer. The mob forced the suspension of street-railway traffic, and did much damage to the property of the company. The manager of the concern was compelled to seek safety at the American legation.

—Ninety-two men were killed and fourteen seriously injured as the result of an avalanche at Roger’s Pass on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. These men were engaged in clearing away a snow-slide, when a further slide came down, burying them and the train which had brought them to the place. Other serious slides have occurred along the line of this railroad, doing much damage to the tracks and sheds.

—Relations between Chile, Peru, and Ecuador have become severely strained over the pending decision of the king of Spain in the boundary dispute between Peru and Ecuador. It is feared that trouble will result no matter in whose favor the decision may happen to be. The three governments have united in asking the United States to use its good offices to prevent trouble, but Secretary Knox is not disposed to interfere in the difficulty.

—The strike of street-railway men in Philadelphia, with the sympathetic strike accompanying it, is still on, with no immediate prospect of settlement. Efforts are being made to bring about similar strikes in four other cities where street-railway systems are operated by the same capitalists. The State militia is kept in readiness for an emergency call, and reports of riots and occasional bloodshed come from various portions of the city of Philadelphia. The strikers continue to wreck and burn the cars of the company. On March 9, one trolley-car, with twenty persons on board, was blown from the tracks by dynamite, and every person in the car was injured. It is feared that the strike will spread to all the important industries in the State of Pennsylvania. On March 10 the police fought a crowd of 20,000 strikers and union sympathizers in the heart of the city. Hundreds of persons were injured by the clubs of the police, or by being trampled upon by men and horses.