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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 12, 1885

SECULAR

—Physicians report 1,000 cases of measles in New Bedford, which is an average of one case to every thirty inhabitants.

—A fire started last week in the wine vaults of Steinhardt Brothers, New York, and destroyed property to the amount of $1,500,000.

—Black measles has broken out in the camp above Moosehead Lake, Me. Two men have died, and four more lie in a critical condition.

—A large number of counterfeit $10 treasury notes, bearing the head of Daniel Webster, have been put into circulation in Philadelphia.

—It is said that there are over 40,000 Irish people out of work in London, and fully one-tenth of them have been discharged since the recent explosions.

—Late rumors in Ottawa, Canada, are to the effect that Lord Dufferin has been shot in India. Much uneasiness and anxiety are manifested over the reports.

—A gas explosion occurred Feb. 2, in a coal mine near Savanna, Indian Territory. One hundred men were working in the mine at the time, three of whom were killed, eight seriously burned, and forty-two slightly burned and otherwise injured.

—Another bank defaulter appears in New Jersey. Glenmore Todd, of Burlington, whose accounts are short $150,000, has been arrested. Fast living is the cause.

—The First National Bank building at Marquette, Mich., was burned with all its contents the night of Jan. 31. Three valuable libraries were destroyed. The total loss will be more than $25,000.

—It is said that danger threatens the New York elevated railways from continuous strain upon the iron structures. The theory is that this causes iron to lose its fibrous quality, and become brittle like a casting. The roads are being strained twice as much as they were intended to be.

—Two southern members of Congress had a “slight misunderstanding” last week which threatened at one time to end in a duel and possible loss of life. The friends of each of the men, however, succeeded in restoring peace between the congressional belligerents, thus saving another national disgrace.

—A Montreal detective, recently in New York, avers that while in that city he attended two secret meetings of dynamiters in which future plans were freely discussed. They propose to establish branches of their order in the principal cities of Canada, and thus prepare to destroy public buildings in those provinces.

—A cablegram from London says that Bismarck, through Sir Edward Malet, British Embassador at Berlin, has made overtures to Earl Granville, British Foreign Secretary, to join the agreement already entered into by Germany and Russia for the extradition of dynamiters. The proposal has been referred to the Cabinet.

—A riotous meeting of Socialists was held at Concordia Hall, on Third Avenue, New York, the evening of Feb. 2. Two thousand persons were present. Soon after the meeting opened, an uproar was started and in the melee that followed, clubs, knives, and pistols were freely used. Many were wounded. Some of the leaders were arrested.

—A train on the Colorado Central Railroad was blown from the track one mile below Georgetown, Col., during a heavy windstorm last Wednesday. Of the twenty passengers on board eighteen were more or less injured. The same storm did much damage in the town, blowing down a number of chimneys, and wrecking some plate-glass windows.

—A clerk was discharged from Garry Brothers’ dry goods store, at Grand and Allen Streets, New York, not long since. A few nights afterward the establishment was injured to the extent of $2,500, by a dynamite explosion. It is generally thought that the Equality Association, of which the discharged clerk is a member, is responsible for the affair.

—O’Donovan Rossa, the dynamite chief of America, was shot Feb. 2, on Chambers Street, New York, by an English woman, Mrs. Dudley. The wound is not supposed to be a dangerous one. The news of the shooting called forth joyous demonstrations in English circles, on both sides of the Atlantic, and a movement has been started in various places to raise funds to defray the expenses of Mrs. Dudley’s defense.

—Great alarm is caused in France by the labor crisis. In Paris alone 300,000 workmen are idle, and in the provinces, at least 1,000,000. The discontent of the unemployed is so great that it is apprehended that labor riots will soon break out in all sections. Already anarchist placards have adorned the walls of Paris, calling upon the unemployed to assemble at a stated time. All are in anxiety as to the result, and the worst is feared by many.

—Intelligence received in London, last week, announces the capture of Khartoum by the Arabian rebels. The fate of General Gordon is uncertain. As the news spread over England, all united in denouncing Gladstone, whom they hold responsible for the unfortunate situation. In London business was practically suspended, and men crowded the public resorts to gather news and exchange forebodings. Intense excitement prevailed throughout the country.

—While a freight train was standing on the bridge near New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 7, another freight came dashing along and plunged into the rear of the standing train. The engine passed through the caboose and struck the oil tanks, of which there were four on the train; an explosion followed, and the burning oil and wrecked cars were thrown down from the bridge into the streets below, setting fire to some manufacturing establishments. The entire loss is estimated to be more than $800,000.