News and Miscellany

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 15, 1911

News and Miscellany

— By the capsizing of a boat in Utah Lake on June 4, six persons were drowned.

— Announcement was made at Mexico City on June 4, to the effect that Gilberto Crespo y Martinez, of Mexico, has been appointed by the new government as ambassador to the United States.

— The squadron of American battle-ships, which has been for some time paying visits at European ports, is now at Copenhagen, where a hospitable reception is being given to the sailors and officers of the vessels.

— On May 31, a severe wind- and rain-storm swept over northern Ohio, wrecking buildings in the vicinity of Cleveland, and overturning boats in Lake Erie. Seven persons lost their lives as the result of the storm on the lake.

— The battle-ship “Wyoming” was launched at Philadelphia, May 25. This is one of the largest battle-ships afloat. When completed, it will have a displacement of 26,000 tons. This is the sixth vessel of the American dreadnought type.

— Figures returned by the census officers give the population of England and Wales as 36,075,269, and the population of greater London as 7,252,963. As the present population of the city of New York is 6,395,719, London still has a lead of 857,244.

— It is claimed that the civil war in Mexico has thus far cost the republic $20,000,000. Of this sum, $2,000,000 is due foreigners on property owned by them. President de la Barra proposes to take immediate steps to adjudicate the claims of foreign residents.

— Secretary of State Knox, and Minister Castrillo, of Nicaragua, have signed a treaty by the provisions of which the United States will superintend the refunding of the public debt of Nicaragua. It is hoped by this means to eliminate some of the danger of foreign intervention in the affairs of this Central American state.

— A report from Rome, Italy, dated June 4, states that nearly 1,000,000 persons witnessed the inauguration on that day of the magnificent monument to King Victor Emmanuel II. This monument is 500 feet in length, 450 feet in width, and rises to a height of 250 feet. The cost of this tribute to Italy’s unifier is about $20,000,000, and represents thirty years’ work.

— The great coffer-dam around the wreck of the battle-ship “Maine” in Havana harbor has been completed, and the work of pumping out the water from around the ship has begun. The water inside the coffer-dam has been lowered five feet, but pumping operations will be suspended until the fifteenth of June, in order to test the ability of the coffer-dam to withstand the strain of the water-pressure from the outside.