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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 15, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 15.

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—Small-pox is reported at Longuiville, Canada.

—Seventy-six Apache prisoners have been sent to Fort Marion, Florida.

—Caleb W. West, of Kentucky, has been appointed governor of Utah.

—The emperor of Japan has sent $500 as a contribution to the Grant monument fund.

—The king of Greece and his ministers have issued an order to abandon war preparations.

—It is stated that ninety per cent. of the pre-emption and homestead entries, during the last five years, in New Mexico, are of a fraudulent nature, and by this means hired perjurers, cattle barons, and land-grabbers have secured whole counties.

—The loss by fire in the United States is estimated at $300,000 per day.

—An order has been issued forbidding the circulation of Anarchist publications in the Belgium army.

—April 6 the English steamship Brinkburn was lost off Cape Henlopen. The vessel and cargo were valued at $180,000.

—Senator Dolph's bill for the admission of Washington Territory passed the Senate on the 10th inst. by a vote of 30 to 13.

—The New York Senate has passed by an almost unanimous vote the bill annulling the charter of the Broadway Surface Railway.

—The provisions of the United States land laws have never been extended to Alaska, and no land titles can be acquired in that territory.

—Prince Alexander has yielded to the Powers, and will accept of the governorship of Roumelia for a period of five years, instead of for life.

—Statistics show that insanity is decreasing in California. In 1876 the number of insane persons was 1 in 950 of the population, but in 1885 only 1 in 1,300.

—The view taken by the Mexican Government relative to killing Captain Crawford is that the Mexican soldiers mistook our troops for hostile Apaches.

—April 7 an express train on the Fitchburg Railroad in Massachusetts was thrown down an embankment two hundred feet high, and a number of passengers were killed.

—Ex-alderman W. H. Miller, of New York, was arrested in Florida, April 9, on a charge of bribery in connection with the Broadway Surface Railway franchise.

—Laredo, Mexico, was, on the 8th inst., the scene of a bloody political riot. Revolvers and Winchester rifles were freely used, and a number of persons were killed and others wounded.

—The schooner Bita, from Halifax, was wrecked on the coast of Plum Island, Mass., on the 7th inst. Of her eight passengers two children were lost. The others, though suffering intensely from cold, were saved. The crew escaped.

—The Pemberton Mills, at Lawrence, Mass., caught fire April 10, and a number of firemen stationed themselves on the roof of the mill adjoining. Their weight was too great; the roof gave way, and the firemen went down with it. Ten persons were buried in the ruins, including four firemen. A number of others were badly injured.

—About four o'clock on the morning of the 7th inst. the steamer State of California was run into by the barkentine Portland, a few miles outside of the Golden Gate. A large hole was cut in the steamer's side down to the water line, and the barkentine was also seriously damaged. Neither vessel sunk, however, and no lives were lost. The damage to the steamer is estimated at $15,000.

—In an able speech in the House of Commons, on the 8th inst., Gladstone made a statement of his plan for the future government of Ireland, and introduced a bill to carry the measure into effect. The bill provides for an Irish Parliament at Dublin, to consist of two Houses; the first to have 103 members and the second 206. The Parnelites will support the main features of the bill; but it is meeting with much bitter opposition in England, and it is doubtful if the measure can secure a majority in Parliament.

—The great strike in East St. Louis and on the Missouri Pacific Railroad still continues, and though some trains are moving, but little is really being done in the way of handling and transporting freight. April 9 a serious collision occurred in East St. Louis between the mob and a party of eight deputy sheriffs who were guarding a freight train and were armed with Winchester rifles. The mob assailed the officers with sticks and stones, whereupon the deputies fired two volleys into the crowd, instantly killing four men, and fatally wounding several others, including one woman. Great excitement prevails, and Governor Oglesby has ordered out eleven companies of militia to preserve order. A fight also took place on the same day at Argenta, Ark., between a sheriff's posse and a band of strikers. About a hundred shots were exchanged, and several on both sides were wounded. The night of the 9th a large amount of railroad property, cars, etc., was burned in East St. Louis by the strikers. The situation is very grave.