— The Colima, a volcano in Mexico, again becomes active.
— The Boer commandant, Scheepers is executed by the British.
— Mobile, Ala., celebrates the 200th anniversary of its settlement.
— The Chicago Inter Ocean strongly favors the Nicaragua canal route.
— Another earthquake shock was felt at Chilpancingo, Mexico, the 23d inst.
— It is reported that the Boers are about to make overtures of peace to the British.
— The Venezuelan insurgents are still active in their operations against Castro’s government.
— Admiral and Mrs. Schley were received with great enthusiasm by Chicagoans the 25th inst.
— The government is asked to enact laws “providing for the control of wireless telegraphy in time of war.”
— The 1901 census shows that the population of Canada is 5,369,666, or 536,425 more than it was ten years ago.
— The thirteenth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America began the 20th inst., at Indianapolis, Ind.
— Japan invites the United States and other nations to take part in an exposition to be held at Osaka, Japan, in 1903.
— Eleven prisoners escape from the Federal prison at McNeil’s, Wash., “by burrowing through a cement floor into the air pipes.”
— It is stated that J. Pierpont Morgan has nearly completed arrangements with the Italian government for the purchase of the Borghese gallery for $2,000,000.
— The New York Independent states that “the shipments of fruit from southern California during the present season will be about 20,000 cars, against 24,500 last season.”
— Captain Bayly, a naval attaché to the British Embassy at Washington, will be recalled by his government because he has “exceeded the bounds of diplomacy in getting information.”
— A Philadelphia firm ships 5,000 tons of farm machinery to Russia, the cargo being mostly reapers and binders. Another 5,000 tons of similar implements will soon be sent by the same firm.
— According to the Union Signal, “an Anti-Profanity League has been organized for the suppression of America’s most popular sin, that of blasphemy. Rev. Roland D. Sawyer, of Hanson, Mass., is the general secretary.”
— French officials also declare that France “took no part in the proposal for joint European action against the United States in the Spanish war,” but give credit to the Czar for thwarting the movement. If all these denials are to be credited, it will turn out that none of the European Powers ever thought of interfering at all.
— Miss Stone, Mme. Tsilka, and the latter’s child are reported to be well, though still captives.
— The Illinois Central Railway Company decide to supplant its telegraphic system with telephones.
— Marconi’s engagement to Miss Josephine Holman is declared off, at the request of the latter.
— President Roosevelt favors Cuban reciprocity legislation, but is opposed by many congressmen.
— An earthquake shock was felt at St. Louis, Mo., and other cities in Missouri and southern Illinois.
— This country led the world last year in the production of gold, silver, iron, coal, and mineral oil.
— During the year 1901 there were 119 fatalities in the Swiss Alps, or double the number for 1900.
— Sam Jones takes Bishop Potter, of New York, to task for his easy attitude on the prohibition question.
— The treaty for the sale of the Danish West Indies was signed by Secretary Hay and Minister Brun, at Washington, the 24th inst.
Prof. E. J. James, of the Chicago University, is elected President of Northwestern University, Chicago.
— Archduchess Elizabeth, of Austria, renounces her rights to the throne, by marrying the man of her choice.
— Charles Drosky, a Chicago saloonkeeper, becomes converted at Willard Hall, and decides to seek other work.
— A gas explosion in a Lost Creek, Iowa, coal mine, killed twenty-one miners and injured many others, the 24th inst.
— Lord Kitchener confirms the death sentence passed upon the Boer commandant, Scheepers, who was captured last October.
— The United States House of Representatives votes a $500,000 appropriation for a military post at Manila, Philippine Islands.
— Frank Rakowski, a private in the United States army who threatened President Roosevelt, is degraded and sent to prison for ten years.
— Secretary Hay assures Minister Wu Ting Fang that $376,000 worth of silver bullion captured by American soldiers at Tientsin, China, will be returned.
— The first anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria and the accession of King Edward, was celebrated throughout England the 22d inst., with sorrow and with joy.
— A battle between three revolutionary gun-boats and the Colombian government war-ship “Lautaro,” in Panama harbor, the 20th inst., resulted in the destruction of the latter. Many on board perished, including General Alban, governor of Panama.
— It is said that American subscriptions to the new German loan of $75,000,000 “exceed those of any other foreign country.” Prince Henry’s visit to this country will tend to strengthen the friendship already existing between the two countries.
— The German Foreign Office issues a written statement “denying the assertion of Lord Cranborne concerning an attempted European coalition against the United States during the Spanish war,” and declaring it to be “a scheme of the British to discount the effect of Prince Henry’s visit.”
— A Chicago dispatch of the 21st states that “trade unionism was denounced by Rev. Dr. A. H. Heiter, of Buffalo, at a mass meeting of the United German Catholic societies of Chicago, at the St. Francis church school hall,” Sunday, the 20th inst. The 2,000 persons present also adopted “resolutions expressing a hope for the restoration of the temporal power of the pope, . . . and setting forth displeasure at the discouragement of the parochial school.”
— A dispatch from Berlin, Germany, dated the 21st inst., gives the text of a written statement issued by the German Foreign Office, the first part of which reads as follows: “The Foreign Office declares with all positiveness that Germany, neither before the outbreak of the Spanish-American war nor during its course, proposed intervention to other Powers. Neither did Germany support such a proposition made by other Powers. It is true that in several instances suggestions were made to the German government from another source, in the sense of intervention. But the German government without exception maintained a negative attitude toward such suggestions, and made known its negative standpoint whenever occasion offered. It must further be remarked that it was not from an Austrian source that such suggestions reached the German government.”
— The Central Labor Union, of Terre Haute, Ind., declares a boycott on the street railway system there, and upon the interurban line to Brazil. If non-union men are imported, there will doubtless be trouble.
— Emperor William, of Germany, executes a “clever stroke of politics” in sending Prince Henry, his official representative, to this country. Some British statesmen recently tried to offset this friendly visit by stating in Parliament that, at the beginning of this country’s war with Spain, Austria was in favor of siding with Spain against the United States, whereas England refused to join the European Powers in a coalition against this country.
— A Vienna, Austria, dispatch of the 21st inst. states that “inquiries at the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office confirm the essential points of the statement made by Lord Cranborne, the British Foreign Undersecretary, in the House of Commons yesterday. The dynastic relations of Austria with Spain, the Queen Regent being an Archduchess of Austria, led Austria, before the declaration of war . . . to begin a peace propaganda, which was carried on not only in England, but throughout Europe. France was ready to second the efforts of Austria. Germany and Russia maintained a passive attitude.” Then Austria and France “made direct representations at Washington, but ceased their efforts after the declaration of war, from that time forth relying on the efforts of the pope, who was backed by the tacit approval of all the Powers.” This country’s State Department at Washington believes Lord Cranborne’s statements to be true; but deems it “inexpedient to develop all the facts even now, lest nationalities spring up without sufficient reason.” It is evident that both Germany and England are anxious to be on friendly terms with the United States. A. J. R.
