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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 7, 1902

—Twenty thousand Navajo Indians in Arizona are reported to be on the verge of starvation.

—Crops in England are reported to be almost a complete failure, except in the northern districts, this result being due to heavy and continuous rains.

—In 1896 the importation of diamonds and other precious stones into this country represented the sum of $5,000,000. At the present time the yearly figures for the like purpose are $23,000,000.

—Another glimpse into the corruption that characterizes municipal politics in the large cities of this country is afforded by the arrest, on September 8, of eighteen members and ex-members of the house of delegates in St. Louis, Mo., on information given by an ex-member who has turned State’s evidence. The arrests are for receiving bribes in connection with the granting of street railway franchises in that city.

—Stockton, Cal., was visited by a $500,000 fire, September 28.

—Emile Zola, the French novelist, was found dead in his room at his Paris residence, September 29, asphyxiation being regarded as the probable cause.

—Secretary-of-War Root has announced that he will retire at an early date from President Roosevelt’s cabinet, as he feels obliged for financial reasons to resume the practice of law.

—By vote of the Danish Parliament, September 19, it was decided to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States. It is expected that the sale will be concluded before the end of November.

—Young women of the clerks’ union in St. Paul, Minn., have organized a league, every member of which is pledged not to marry, nor to receive attentions from, any man not belonging to one of the labor unions.

—A Bombay, India, dispatch states that a wealthy Parsee of that country offers the sum of $5,000,000, to be placed in the hands of a trust for charitable purposes, the income to be devoted to the relief of persons in any country who have become the victims of sudden calamity.

—Secretary Hay’s note of protest to the powers of Europe regarding Rumania has elicited this comment from Prince Ghika, of Rumania, which shows how imperialism has robbed the United States of its “world power” in behalf of just government: “Supposing that Europe accepts Mr. Hay’s interference, and consents to act in behalf of the Rumanian Jews, what will Mr. Hay say if Rumania requests the powers to intervene and stop the persecution of negroes in the United States, and demand explanations in regard to the treatment of Filipino prisoners?”

—The war cloud which is always more or less visible in Asia Minor, is at this time assuming formidable dimensions, according to reports which come from that country. Albania and Macedonia are in almost open revolt against Turkish authority, and in Bulgaria the government is unable to maintain order. In Rumania the persecution of the Jews has drawn the attention of the powers of Europe, and a note of protest from Secretary Hay. “It is quite possible,” remarks the Chicago Tribune, “that Secretary Hay’s note marks the reopening of the Balkan question.”

—The pressing problem of finding a way to end the anthracite coal strike has finally been taken up by President Roosevelt, who has invited the coal magnates and President Mitchell of the miners’ union to confer with him on the subject, October 3. It is said that he will try moral suasion first, and coercion afterward if necessary. Meanwhile the mayor of Detroit has sent invitations to the mayors of other cities, and to State governors, asking them to send delegates to a convention to be held in Detroit, October 9, to protest against the continuance of the strike. The National Association of Manufacturers will also use its power and influence to bring the strike to an end. A strong sentiment has sprung up in some sections in favor of federal ownership of the mines.