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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jul 14, 1904

—Fourth of July casualties, as computed from reports immediately after the celebration, show 25 persons killed and 1,384 injured. Property loss $177,800.

—A train filled with delegates to the Democratic convention, and visitors to the world's fair was wrecked at Litchfield, Ill., July 3, by an open switch. The train left the track and the cars were overturned and almost immediately caught fire. Nineteen persons were killed and many others injured.

—A flood which has left thousands of people homeless was caused by recent storms in Kansas and Oklahoma. Armourdale, Argentine, eastern Kansas City, Riverside, Abilene, Emporia, Ottawa, and Wichita, Kansas, and Clinton, Oklahoma, are the places most seriously affected. Six lives are reported lost at Clinton, and one at Wichita.

—The list of great disasters at sea was increased by the loss on June 28 of the Danish steamship “Norge,” which, in a fog, ran on Rockall Reef, a lone rock some distance off the coast of Scotland. The “Norge” was bound for New York from Copenhagen, with seven hundred immigrants on board. The captain backed his ship off the reef, whereupon it filled with water, and sank in a few minutes. About one hundred and fifty of those on board were saved in the ship’s lifeboats.

—The Japanese are reported to have advanced to a point within three miles of Port Arthur on the land side, capturing a number of Russian forts. The town of Kaiping, also, an important strategical position, was captured by the Japanese, July 8. The Japanese outposts in Manchuria are said to cover a stretch of territory over two hundred miles in length, and skirmishing with the Russian outposts is almost constant. A general forward movement of the Japanese forces, with increasing activity, is reported. It is rumored that a division of the Russian Baltic squadron will sail under sealed orders, July 28.