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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 15, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 36.

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—Montreal is to build new fortifications to the amount of $1,000,000.

—The German Catholic Society had a large meeting at Chicago, September 4.

—The cholera is still at Malta. September 8, there were 10 new cases and 4 deaths.

—Prince Ferdinand has forbidden Bulgarian officers to act as newspaper correspondents.

—The skeleton of a mastodon was recently unearthed in a swamp in Shelby County, Ohio.

—It is said that 31,328 deaths occurred from cholera in Oude, India, during the month of May.

—A railroad collision occurred near Afton, Ia., September 7. One person was killed and many severely injured.

—Reports have been received from Chili to the effect that the cholera is rapidly spreading in that country.

—Many of the Socialistic societies are starting a new labor party in New York in opposition to Henry George.

—News comes from Hungary that the town of Veszprim has been burned. Over 200 houses have been reduced to ashes.

—The schooner Niagara foundered in a gale off Whitefish Point, Lake Superior, September 8. Her crew of twelve was lost.

—The ship Falls of Bruar, of Glasgow, foundered off Yarmouth, England, September 4, the cargo having shifted, five of the crew were rescued and twenty-four drowned.

—An extensive Anarchist plot has been discovered in Spain. Several of the plotters have been arrested in Madrid, Salamanca, and Cadiz.

—It is said that the coming session of the Reichstag will be made lively by a renewal of activity in favor of the extension of Catholic rights.

—While a big gun was being cast in Sheffield, England, September 6, it exploded, killing five men instantly, and fatally injuring three others.

—A band of Cuban filibusters routed a company of 300 Spanish soldiers at Matanzas, September 8. Three men were killed and several wounded.

—Great damage is being done in Egypt by the floods. The crops have been ruined by the rise of the Nile, and a famine is said to be imminent.

—A severe cyclone visited the New Jersey coast September 9. The waves rose to a great height, and many houses on the shore were washed away.

—A large tannery and five dwelling-houses were burned at Montreal September 10. Twenty-six families are said to be homeless. Loss estimated at $200,000.

—Very violent storms have visited New York State. At Saratoga hailstones fell measuring over an inch in diameter. Great damage has been done to crops.

—An explosion occurred at Boston, September 7, on board the schooner War Eagle, loaded with naphtha. Two men lost their lives and six were badly burned.

—A new torpedo boat has been built in England for the Spanish Government. It is the fastest boat of its kind afloat; on a trial trip it made 32½ statute miles per hour.

—The open air meeting at Michelstown, Ireland, ended in a fatal riot in which the police were defeated. The officers fired a volley into the crowd, killing two men and wounding two others.

—A revolutionary force, under Bahona, surprised and took Port La Union, San Salvador, September 6. The garrison was betrayed by two officers, and the fight was very severe. General commotion is feared.

—A desperate fight occurred at Hazelton, Pa., September 6, between some Irish and Italian laborers, in which the women of both nationalities joined freely. More than a dozen of the combatants were very severely wounded.

—There was a riot at Pittsburg, September 7, growing out of a strike in a tobacco factory. Three hundred female employees (strikers) expelled the police and fortified the building. Troops have been summoned to dislodge them.

—The storm at Newfoundland, August 26, resulted in several marine disasters. Several large vessels went ashore on Dog Island, near St. Pierre, and in many cases became total wrecks. Ten local schooners are also missing.

—An association in Paris of six married ladies, all well known and having titles, have discarded the conventional dress of their sex and donned male attire. They wear short hair and drive dog-carts (a vehicle used by sporting men in Europe) in the Bois.

—The World's Winnipeg special of September 7, says: "It has leaked out that Sir John A. Macdonald has written to prominent Conservatives in this province, threatening that if the province continues its opposition to the Federal Government he will certainly go to the extreme limit and send in troops to quell those whom he is pleased to call rebels."

—The prohibited Nationalist meeting was held at Bollycorce, County Clare, September 4. It was addressed by several members of Parliament who asserted the right of free speech. Everything passed off peaceably notwithstanding the strong force of police and large detachment of soldiers who ominously brought with them a supply of ambulance wagons and an hospital corps.

—The Theater Royal at Exeter, Eng. was burned September 5. As usual in such cases the audience rushed en masse for the doors, where many were wedged in an immovable mass, and the flames overtaking them, roasted them to death. One hundred and thirty bodies have been recovered. A number were also rescued more or less injured, more than twenty of whom died a short while after being taken to the hospital.

—The tornado which visited Toledo, September 6, did considerable damage before reaching that place. It first struck the village of Sylvania, leveling all the tall trees. One farmer had fifty acres of fine timber blown down. The brick school-house at Michie was destroyed. The track of the storm is from 100 to 200 yards wide; no fences or tall trees are standing in this track, and houses and barns are unroofed for miles. The smoke-stack of a locomotive was also twisted off.