Current Mention

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Dec 1, 1904

—Fire in the business section of Cincinnati, Ohio, November 20, caused a loss of $700,000.

—It is reported that the pope's physicians feel much anxiety concerning the pontiff's health, on account of his liability to attacks of heart failure.

—Fire, in a tenement district of Brooklyn borough, New York City, November 20, caused twelve deaths among Italian tenants, though the property loss did not exceed $10,000.

—Reports of unprecedented cold and stormy weather for the month of November come from various parts of Great Britain, with tales of great suffering and some deaths from exposure. Organized relief has been provided by the local authorities in some districts.

—The following telegram from Colon, dated November 8, gives an idea of the weather conditions which prevail along the route of the Panama Canal during some portions of the year: “Torrential rains are prevailing here. There has been a fall of over thirteen inches in the last thirty-five hours.”

—Sunday enforcement has become a prominent feature of the city government in East Liverpool, Ohio, as an outcome of the recent elections in that city. A press report says: “Mayor Weaver, the only Prohibition mayor in the State, has issued an order against the transaction of any kind of business in the city on Sunday. He will permit only eating-houses and drug stores to be open. There is much opposition to the edict, and a strenuous endeavor will be made to have the chief executive rescind his order.”

—Recent reports from St. Petersburg have described an important movement in the direction of securing a more liberal government in Russia, under the leadership of the zemstvos, or local assemblies. At a gathering held in a private house in the Russian capital, at which about one hundred members of the zemstvos were present, with the consent of Prince Mirsky, successor to the recently assassinated DePlehve, demands for local self-government and the recognition of civil and religious rights were drawn up in writing for presentation to the czar. The latter, according to report, has refused to accede to them.

—The progress of the Sunday enforcement movement in Europe, reports of which have recently come from Spain and other countries, is further indicated by the following dispatch from Paris, dated November 20: “The Sunday rest movement is assuming a practical phase by the vote of the superior council of the ministry of public works recommending Parliament to enact a rigid law providing for one compulsory day's rest weekly. The council also recommended that Sunday be the prescribed day of rest unless the nature of a person's occupation compels it to be otherwise. The movement is the result of the growing disregard of Sunday observance, it now being customary in Paris and throughout France for building operations, shop trade, and most other branches of industry to continue Sundays the same as other days.”