— The Colombian rebels are repulsed in an effort to capture Barranquilla.
— Fire insurance rates go up, as the result of the great Paterson, N. J., fire.
— The smallpox scare in London, England, develops a “perfect mania for insurance.”
— The German Kaiser decrees that his brother Henry shall speak the English language while in America.
— The American reconcentration campaign in Batangas Province, Philippines, causes many Filipinos to surrender.
— King Edward of England held a levee at the St. James palace, the 11th inst., permitting favored ones to kiss his hand.
— The Empire Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., was destroyed by fire the 9th inst., eleven persons being killed and eight hurt.
— M. Santos-Dumont, the famous aéronaut, caused his balloon to fall into the Bay of Monaco, the 14th inst., to prevent a gas explosion. He was rescued by launches.
— The great steel trust has a rival in the Lackawanna Steel Company, a $40,000,000 combine just organized at Albany, N. Y. Its headquarters will be at West Seneca, Erie Co., N. Y.
— England and Japan signed a five years’ treaty the 11th inst., intended to check Russia in Manchuria and Korea. The United States approves of the treaty. The Liberal party in England fear this will plunge England into a war with Russia.
— Mr. J. M. Miller, a New York writer, states that in a recent audience granted him by Pope Leo XIII, the latter informed him that the Catholic Church in the United States was “progressive in a high degree, and that the United States had now become the fourth Catholic country in the world. It has 20,000,000 of the faithful.”
— The plague is causing 1,000 deaths a day in the Punjab, India.
— There are in the city of Berlin, Germany, 75,000 persons out of work.
— Emperor William’s yacht “Hohenzollern” arrived at New York the 12th inst.
— Abraham Lincoln’s birthday was celebrated throughout the country the 12th inst.
— The Nebraska University seniors object to Booker T. Washington as their class-day orator.
— The Marquis of Dufferin died the 12th inst., at his Irish seat, Clandeboye, of “worry over financial matters.”
— General De Wet again breaks through the British lines after being completely surrounded by Kitchener’s forces.
— The net earnings of the Northwestern Railway for 1901 were $16,798,968, or twenty-three per cent on the common stock.
— Prince Henry sailed from Bremerhaven, Germany, on the liner “Kronprinz Wilhelm,” for the United States, the 15th inst.
— In a speech at Liverpool the 14th inst., Lord Rosebery declared that “England can never grant a separate parliament to Ireland.”
— There is talk of England’s leasing her Wei-Hai-Wei, China, naval station to Germany, and establishing another station at the mouth of the Yang-tse River.
— The city council of Des Moines, Iowa, decided the 13th inst. to “close all churches, theaters, and to prohibit all public gatherings until the smallpox epidemic has abated.”
— Great Britain will increase her navy still more. On April 1 work will be begun on thirteen new battle-ships, twenty-two armored cruisers, and twenty-eight other war-ships.
— The shortage of $1,592,000 ruins the City Savings Bank of Detroit, Mich. Frank C. Andrews, vice-president, is accused of robbing the bank of over $1,000,000, and has been arrested.
— Dispatches state that Russia is “pleased with the Anglo-Japanese treaty” to prevent the partition of either China or Korea, and that it is the Czar’s ambition “to help maintain the integrity of China.” But, wait.
— Senator Teller introduced an amendment to the Philippine tariff bill, the 10th inst., declaring that “the United States has no intention of permanently retaining the islands, but intends to establish a protectorate.”
— Christian Science and Spiritualism continue to grow in Germany, in spite of the Kaiser’s opposition. The Emperor has directed “that inquiry be made among prominent scholars regarding their views of Spiritualism,” and it is likely that public séances will be prohibited.
— Representative Wheeler, a Kentucky Democrat, made a sensational speech in Congress the 14th inst. He attacked the policy of the administration toward royalties, Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambassador to this country, and Prince Henry, and “demanded the dismissal of the British Ambassador, and called the Americans a nation of flunkers.” The United States government cabled an explanation to Berlin as soon as possible.
— Germany publishes official dispatches proving that England desired to interfere in the war between this country and Spain in 1898, and that the Kaiser vetoed the scheme. England will now retaliate by publishing an account of the Dewey-Diederichs incident in Manila bay, showing that in that case England stood by the United States. Meanwhile, Prince Henry, the Kaiser’s brother, is on his way to this country, and Germany is sending war-ships to Venezuelan waters to collect her indemnity. She hopes that, while she is thus engaged, the United States will look the other way, and not mention the Monroe Doctrine.
— A terrible fire swept Paterson, N. J., the 9th inst., destroying twenty-six blocks (five hundred buildings), which included “practically every important public structure in the city.” One thousand families were made homeless, and the property loss is estimated to be between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000. Among the buildings destroyed were the city hall, public library, old city hall, police station, engine-house, patrol stables, high school, school No. 1. The churches destroyed were the First Baptist, Second Presbyterian, Park Avenue Baptist, St. Mark’s Episcopal, and St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic. Six banks were destroyed, five clubhouses, a great number of office buildings, stores, etc. Martial law was immediately proclaimed. A. J. B.
