p. 21 | News and Miscellany

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 1, 1911

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— At Newark, Ohio, May 21, four persons composing one family were killed by the collision of their carriage with a passing train.

— As the result of a heavy wind-storm on the Oregon coast, the evening of May 21, sixteen lives are reported lost and several small boats shipwrecked.

— The District Committee, May 22, unanimously reported to the Senate the so-called Johnston Sunday bill, providing “for the proper observance of Sunday as a day of rest in the District of Columbia.” The bill was placed on the calendar, and was called up for action May 24. Upon objection by Senator Smoot, it went over for future consideration.

— Work on raising the battle-ship “Maine,” in the Havana harbor, has been progressing for some time. The coffer-dam around the wreck is practically completed. It is planned to pump the water out gradually. A party of engineers recommend that when the wreck is raised, it shall be stripped of all material of value, and the remains towed out to sea and sunk in deep water.

— Active preparation is going on in England for the coming coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. The ceremony proper will be held at Westminster Abbey. Only 7,000 persons will be able to witness it; but millions will gather to view the pageants and the procession through the city to historic old St. Paul. Every foot of space along the route will be occupied, prices for seats ranging from $10 to $125.

— In Paris, May 21, Henri Maurice Bertaux, the minister of war, was killed, and Antonie Ernest Monis, premier and minister of the interior, was seriously injured, as the result of an accident at the start of the Paris-to-Madrid aviation race. The aeroplane was caught in a current of air, and plunged into the crowd of onlookers with the results stated. On the same day at Odessa, Russia, an aeroplane fell into a crowd, injuring one hundred persons, of whom five were killed.

— A peace pact was signed between General Madero and the representatives of the federal government at Juarez, Mexico, May 21. This agreement involves the resignation of President Diaz, and also of Vice-President Corral. Señor Leon de la Barra, at present minister of foreign relations, will assume the power of the executive of the nation. A general election will be called in the near future. It is provided that troops in each state shall be disbanded in proportion as each state is restored to tranquillity. General Diaz, it is reported, will leave the country at an early date, and will spend several months in Europe. While peace has largely been restored in northern Mexico as the result of the treaty, advices from other sections of the country, particularly the southern part, show many uprisings, and that various insurgent parties are still carrying on warfare.

— The Chinese, it is claimed, are pioneers in the art of pottery, the rapidity with which they construct pots being marvelous. One man will mold two ten-inch pots in three minutes.

— Juvenile courts, which have proved of such value in dealing with youthful offenders in the United States, are soon to be introduced in France, if a bill introduced in the French Senate passes, as now seems probable.

— The United States government is planning to increase the size of the New York navy-yard by the purchase of five or six blocks adjoining it. The property is needed for the construction of large piers and other improvements which, it is expected, will cost upward of $14,000,000.

— The case of Senator Lorimer, from Illinois, whose election to the United States Senate it was charged was secured by corruption, was considered at the last session of Congress, and by majority vote he was cleared from this imputation. As a result, however, of recent investigations made by the Illinois Senate, his case is again before the present Congress for action, and another inquiry will be made, investigating anew the charges of bribery in his election.

— What is called a free list bill has passed the House at Washington on a vote of 236 to 109. The Democrats voted solidly in favor of the measure, and the bill had the support of twenty-four Republican insurgents. More than 100 amendments were offered by the Republicans, all of which were defeated. The measure provides for the elimination of duties on agricultural implements, meats, and many other articles of common use. It was specially designed for the benefit of the agricultural classes.