p. 797 | ITEMS OF INTEREST by A. J. B.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 10, 1901

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

By A. J. B.

— Rumor comes from Constantinople that Miss Stone, the kidnapped missionary, is dead.

— Some members of the Pan-American Congress favor a railway from the United States to South America.

— The Canadian Minister of Justice objects to England’s yielding its “rights” in making a new Nicaragua Canal treaty.

— According to a New York court decision, consumptive immigrants will not hereafter be allowed to enter the United States.

— Henry Hart, an eccentric New York millionaire, leaves property to his niece “on condition that she does not marry a Christian.”

— An expert diver locates the wreck of the Pacific mail steamer “Rio de Janeiro,” which foundered not long ago off the California coast.

— The German Emperor places an order in America for 300,000 tons of anthracite coal, paying less for it than the regular price charged in Chicago.

— A London dispatch of the 29th ult. states that “the invention of a new machine gun, which is capable of firing bullets at the same rate as a Maxim gun, with a range of 6,000 yards, is interesting military circles.”

— On the 23d ult. the Holland submarine boat “Fulton” dove in Peconic Bay, Long Island, and remained under water fifteen hours, “twelve hours longer than any other submarine boat has been submerged.” One of the six persons in the boat at the time was Rear-Admiral John Lowe.

— The Chicago Wrecking Company buys the remains of the Pan-American Exposition, as they stand, for $132,000. There are in the buildings 33,000,000 feet of timber, 2,000,000 pounds of pipe, 200,000 incandescent lights, 20,000 flag poles, and 30,000 flags; and it is estimated that “more than 1,000 freight cars will be needed to transport the material to Chicago.”

— Mrs. McKinley fails to improve healthwise.

— Barney Conway, aged 106, died the 29th ult. near New Albany, Ind.

— Extensive deposits of copper ore are reported to exist in Alaskan islands.

— Natives of New Hebrides are punished for having attacked French ships.

— United States revenue officers discover a “moonshine” whisky factory in Pittsburg, Pa.

— An automatic telephone exchange is invented and successfully operated by a Baltimore, Md., man.

— Canada is accused of violating its agreement with this country “concerning the importation of cattle.”

— Twelve horses were gored to death in a bull fight at Mexico City the 26th ult. Many Americans were present.

— Montana’s governor offers to join Governor Van Sant, of Minnesota, in the fight against the great railroad combine.

— The Harrowah Shirt and Overall plant, Montreal, Quebec, was destroyed by fire the morning of the 27th ult. Loss, $50,000.

— In Marquette, Alger, Ontonagon, Houghton, and other counties of the upper Michigan peninsula, the snow is from one foot to two feet deep.

— Superintendent Machen stated that “in five years rural free delivery will cover the whole of the inhabited territory of the United States.”

— A conference relating to the manufacture of sugar will be held in Brussels, Belgium, the 16th inst., the United States not being invited to send delegates.

— United States army officers are “incensed at the barbaric methods of warfare” now being adopted by the Filipinos. It might be well to inquire whether “civilized” methods of warfare do not accomplish the same purpose as those used by the natives of the Philippines.

— A writer for the Review of Reviews says that Cuba is “a gigantic farm of 28,000,000 acres of marvelously fertile soil. Thirteen million acres remain as virgin forest. Her present population is a little above one and a half millions. Were Cuba as densely populated as Massachusetts, her census would show 11,000,000 inhabitants. An equal density with that of England would give her upward of 22,000,000,000. Her ability to support a population per square mile equivalent to that of England, so large a percentage of which is dependent upon manufacturing interests, is somewhat doubtful, from the fact that Cuba presents little or no possibility of ever becoming a manufacturing center.” However, in view of the much greater fertility of the soil, it is thought that Cuba could provide a comfortable and profitable living for 10,000,000 people.

A. J. B.