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International Tract and Missionary Society · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jul 15, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 27.

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—Two persons were fatally burned in a fire at Chicago, July 5.

—Cholera has appeared at Fiume, Croatia, (in Austro-Hungary), and the people are panic-stricken.

—A fire in Paris, a few days since, caused a loss of 2,000,000 francs, and threw 500 persons out of employment.

—Colonel Corkhill, widely known as the prosecutor of the assassin Guiteau, died at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, July 6.

—In a recent anti-Jewish riot in Russia twenty-three persons were injured, nine of whom are in a critical condition.

—Eight French torpedo-boats were lost a few days since in a storm on the Atlantic. Fifty persons were drowned.

—July 6, the Denver, Col., Academy of Music was totally destroyed by fire. The loss is $179,000. One man perished in the flames.

—The three American fishing schooners recently seized by the Dominion authorities were fined $400 each for violation of the Canadian revenue laws.

—July 7, the propeller Oconto was sunk at Watertown, N. Y. The cargo consisted of silks, cotton, boots, shoes, wire, and iron to the value of $500,000. The loss on the cargo will be at least $300,000.

—The Senate Committee on Appropriations has inserted a paragraph in the Sundry Civil bill, appropriating $56,500 for the Bartholdi statue.

—The great hall and entire right wing of the University of Brussels was burned July 7. A portion of the library was saved. The loss is $200,000.

—July 5, two express trains came into collision between Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland, and thirty-five persons were more or less seriously injured.

—The arrest of four men at Elizabeth, N. J., a few days since, for stealing sewing-machine shuttles led to the discovery of quite a large quantity of dynamite and arms.

—The first through train from Montreal over the Canadian Pacific arrived at Port Moody on the morning of July 4. It made the run in 136 hours and 7 minutes, at an average speed of 21½ miles per hour.

—Among the steerage passengers of the Nevada, which arrived at New York, July 8, were 400 Mormons bound for Salt Lake City. They were accompanied by several Mormon elders, and were from Scandinavia.

—Advices received at London, July 7, say that on the 2d inst., a body of Albanian Mussulmans attacked and pillaged several Montenegrin villages, killing some of the inhabitants and capturing a number of elders. The Montenegrins rallied and repulsed the Albanians, capturing and killing a number of them.

—The rather sensational statement is made that "the late ex-District Attorney Corkhill, of Washington, at the time of his death, was preparing a narrative for publication on the shooting of Garfield, which contained evidence to the effect that the murder was the result of a plot in which many persons were concerned."

—Recent advices from Fort Worth, Texas, state that "the suffering from the long drought in Western Texas is unprecedented, rain to any extent not having fallen in some localities for fourteen months. The cattle are starving. In many localities settlers are selling their farms for mere trifles, and leaving for the East in abject poverty."

—A recent London dispatch says: "The massing of Russian troops in Bessarabia has caused great anxiety. The Daily Chronicle correspondent at Constantinople says that there is a general belief that war between Russia and Austria will not be long delayed. The Russian Government is pressing the Porte to pay the indemnity due Russia."

—Seven hundred rug-weavers who were employed by John Bromley & Son, carpet and rug manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa., went on a strike July 10, because the firm refused to discharge the non-union learners employed in the mill. The strike involves about twelve hundred men and women, as the other departments of the mill will be obliged to stop work.

—What is probably the true story of the Custer massacre has at last been told by the Sioux Chief Gall, who with Sitting Bull commanded the Indians upon that occasion. It will be remembered that Reno and Custer separated their forces. This was a fatal mistake; for while a few of the Indians engaged Reno's men thus leading them to suppose that they were the real object of the attack, the main body of the savages were annihilating Custer's command.

—About two-thirds of the new House of Commons have been elected, and the Ministerialists have abandoned all hope of victory. Much feeling has been occasioned by the elections, especially in Ireland, and there has been some rioting. It is impossible to forecast the probable action of the new Parliament, but at the present time it seems almost certain that the Tories cannot secure a working majority, and the Parnellites will still hold the balance of power. Gladstone will probably resign, and either Salisbury or Hartington will then be asked to form a government.

—A recent London dispatch says: "Russia has informed the Powers that Batoum is no longer a free port. The Berlin press concurs in the belief that this announcement is the first step in the Czar's renunciation of the treaty of Berlin. Fifteen thousand Russian troops have passed through Odessa and are massing in Bessarabia." The European newspapers regard Russia's action at Batoum as a reply to England's sympathy with Bulgaria. The British Government will, however, take no isolated action in the matter, but will merely join the other Powers in a diplomatic protest.

—The Minneapolis, Minn., post-office was robbed of $20,000 in stamps and money a few days since.

—Confirmatory reports of the petroleum discoveries in Upper Egypt, near the Red Sea, have been received at Alexandria.

—The Union and Central Pacific Railway Companies have arranged to put on fast express trains which will reduce the time between New York and San Francisco to five days.

—A sheriff's posse was successfully resisted a few days since in Rowan County, Ky., by a mob. The sheriff was mortally wounded. The trouble was over an attempt to make an arrest.

—July 9, a crank, who claims that he desired to attract public attention to his misery, fired a pistol in the French Chamber of Deputies, the bullet passing close to the head of the President of the Chamber.

—Cholera is spreading in Italy. From July 6 to July 9 inclusive, there were, at Brindisi, 463 new cases, and 136 deaths. The disease is officially reported in six cities, besides several cases in the provinces of Bologna, Padua, and Vicenza.