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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 22, 1904

— A long-desired heir to the throne of Italy was born at the royal palace in Rome, September 16. The young prince will be named Humbert.

— Inhabitants of the island of Crete are reported to be dissatisfied with the rule of Prince George of Greece, and are threatening a revolution.

— Socialist agitation is on the increase in Italy, and in some parts of northern Italy is assuming the character of a rebellion, requiring the presence of troops to preserve order.

— Halifax, Nova Scotia, was visited by a conflagration, September 15, which destroyed property to the amount of $500,000, and would have done much greater damage but for a fortunate shift in the direction of the wind.

— Eight occupants of a steam launch who were returning to Philadelphia from a pleasure trip on the Delaware River, lost their lives by collision with a river steamboat the evening of September 11, the launch being cut in half by the steamer.

— A disastrous flood has prevailed for five hundred miles along the banks of the Rio Grande River, doing immense damage to crops and other property in Texas and on the Mexican border. At Presidio del Norte 500 people were left homeless.

— Catholic parents of Cincinnati have been warned by Archbishop Elder to send their children to Catholic schools only, under pain of mortal sin if they disobey. Confessors are forbidden to give absolution to parents who, without permission of the archbishop, send their children to the public schools.

— Seven thousand workmen are thrown out of work by a shut down in the great Pullman car shops at Pullman, Ill.

— Fourteen lives were lost in the great storm which swept the Atlantic coast from Florida to Boston, September 15. There were numerous wrecks of small seagoing craft along the coast. Plate glass windows were blown out of buildings in New York City. Some idea of the damage to property may be gained from the fact that a single county in South Carolina sustained a property loss of $500,000. There was great destruction of crops and farm buildings in Virginia.

— More anti-Jewish riots are reported from Russia. A St. Petersburg dispatch says: “Anti-Semitic rioting took place at Rovno, in the government of Volhynia, September 4, during which many persons were injured and shops pillaged. A similar outbreak occurred at Smela, at the government of Keef, where the troops were called. Ninety-eight houses and 145 shops were pillaged, and several persons were seriously and many slightly wounded by the troops. Many of the rioters were arrested. The affair lasted for two days, September 4 and 5.”

— A treaty has been signed between Tibet and Great Britain which binds the Tibetans to grant trading facilities, demolish all forts between the Indian frontier and Gyantse, and repair all dangerous passes on existing routes of travel; also, to pay an indemnity of 7,500,000 rupees, in three annual payments, and British troops are to occupy the Chumbi Valley until the indemnity is paid and other agreements are fulfilled. In addition, the Tibetans agree not to sell, lease, or mortgage any Tibetan territory without Great Britain’s consent, nor permit any foreign power to be concerned in the administration of the government.

— A court decision favoring Sunday baseball was rendered in Brooklyn, September 12. The case was that of two members of the Brooklyn baseball team who were arrested last May under the Sunday law at the instance of clergymen who want Sunday to be observed as a sacred day. Now that the baseball season is practically over, the case has been allowed to come to trial, the result being the acquittal of the defendants, as was probably foreseen by the prosecution. The press report of the case says: “The prosecution established the fact that an admission fee was charged, but there was no evidence that there was any disorderly conduct, or that the peace of the neighborhood had been in any way disturbed. Police Captain White admitted that he could not secure any witnesses whose tranquility had been interfered with during the progress of the game. The court unanimously decided on dismissing the complaint.”

— No severe fighting has marked the progress of the Russo-Japanese war during the past few days, but the outposts of the armies are in touch, and it is reported that the Japanese commander is under orders to make another effort to crush the Russian army before winter closes the campaign. At Port Arthur the Japanese are reported to be

tunneling under the Russian fortifications, and another general attack upon that stronghold is expected at an early date. The garrison are reported to be much reduced in strength, and to be short of food and ammunition. Terms of peace are being discussed in some quarters, but no move to this end has been made by either one of the belligerent powers.