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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 16, 1903

— A report from Amsterdam states that Queen Wilhelmina is ill, her symptoms being thought by some to indicate tuberculosis.

— Three deaths from bubonic plague at Callao, Peru, and four at Pisco, were reported last month. At Lima, also, there were a number of suspicious cases, which were isolated.

— Swarms of flies and other insects were reported to have appeared in the city of New Bedford, Mass., June 8, covering houses, barns, sidewalks, fences, etc., and hanging in clusters from the limbs of trees, like a swarm of bees. The cause of the strange visitation is a mystery.

— The flood which devastated portions of Topeka and Kansas City, after sweeping down the Missouri River to East St. Louis, inundated that city, and occasioned similar scenes of destruction of property and loss of life. The crest of the flood passed the city, June 11. No estimate of the extent of property loss or of the number drowned has yet been made.

— The king and queen of Servia were assassinated in the royal palace at Belgrade, together with two of the queen’s brothers, the premier, minister of war, and a number of the king’s guards, June 11. The crime was the outcome of a political conspiracy to overthrow the reigning dynasty, and place the head of a new dynasty on the Servian throne. The conspirators, who were led by officers of the army, have proclaimed a provisional government, after placing on the throne Prince Peter Karageorgevitch, who is subservient to Russia. The European powers have assumed an attitude of neutrality.

— It is reported from Pottsville, Pa., that the anthracite coal-mining companies are planning to keep the miners steadily at work during the dull summer months, and store hard coal in enormous quantities. More than 10,000,000 tons are to be accumulated, and this supply is not to be touched when the full trade sets in, but will be allowed to remain as a reserve in case of strikes. The companies will then be able to supply the public with coal for some time whenever the miners suspend work, and will not be caught unsupplied, as they were last year. The miners, it is also stated, will probably attempt to limit the production so as to prevent the accumulation of any surplus.