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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 2, 1907

— A treaty of peace between Nicaragua and Salvador was signed April 23, at Amapala, but the terms have not been made public.

— Upon the charge of conspiracy in restraint of trade, ninety-one business men of Toledo, Ohio, were indicted, April 20, by the grand jury.

— On April 21 a track walker on the Pennsylvania Railroad just out of Cleveland, Ohio, discovered a maliciously broken rail just in time to prevent a disaster to the Pennsylvania flyer.

— A disastrous typhoon swept over the Caroline Islands March 29, and 230 of the 800 natives of the Ulnithi group were drowned. The cocoanut trees were destroyed, and famine threatens the surviving natives.

— Antonio Infante, of Santiago, Cuba, died at that place on April 23, at the age of 150, retaining all his faculties unimpaired to the end. He was nineteen years old at the beginning of the American Revolution.

— The three hundredth anniversary of the first permanent English settlement on this continent is being celebrated by an exposition at Jamestown, Va. President Roosevelt was present at the opening ceremonies, April 26.

— Two earthquake shocks, the most severe since 1901, were felt at Manila, April 19. On the same day a fire destroyed 1,000 houses at Iloilo, leaving 7,000 persons homeless. The next day a fire in Manila destroyed 400 houses, leaving 2,000 persons homeless, including 100 Americans.

— Earthquake shocks were felt in Charleston, S. C., and its vicinity, on April 19. The volcano Puyehue, between Chile and Argentina, continues active; the ashes being thrown out have fallen 150 miles distant. Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt at Santiago, Chile, on the 20th ult.

— Lynch law has been inaugurated by the nationalists of Lodz, Russia, to put an end to the socialistic outrages there. The victims of nationalist and socialist fights totaled twenty-three killed and fifty-seven wounded in one week. The majority of the casualties were among the socialists.

— Sidney Olivier, secretary of the colony, has been appointed British governor of Jamaica, to succeed Alexander Swettenham, whose resignation was brought about by his conduct of affairs immediately after the great earthquake, especially his refusal of American assistance on that occasion.

— The prosecution in Chicago of the Standard Oil Company for unlawfully accepting railroad rebates has resulted in a verdict of guilty on 1,463 counts. The minimum penalty which the court may impose is $1,463,000, while the maximum may reach $29,260,000. A motion was made for a new trial. In several other States similar indictments are pending. Some of the railroads are also being prosecuted for granting rebates, the Great Northern and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha roads having been found guilty.