Publishing Meetings and Naval Accidents
By Editor
Four meetings of the stockholders of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association were held last week, two of which are fully reported in the supplement which is sent out with this issue. The discussion of the resolutions presented by the committee on plans was continued through the third and fourth meetings, but no vote had been taken upon them at the time of going to press. Although the report of these meetings seems rather long, yet in view of the importance of the proposed action, we hope all will read the whole discussion. We purpose to continue the report of the meetings in our next issue. The fact is pointed out by the Chicago Tribune that the American navy has since the war with Spain suffered more damage from its own guns than was inflicted on it by the Spanish guns during the war. The bursting of cannon, the breaking down of turrets, and other bad accidents, have laid up for repairs the battle-ships “Illinois,” “Iowa,” and “Maine,” besides occasioning considerable loss of life. The use of modern artillery, especially on shipboard, seems to be getting almost as dangerous to the men who fire the guns as to those at whom they are aimed.