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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 13.

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—Last year dynamite outrages cost England $250,000.

—Socialist meetings are reported as of daily occurrence in Berlin.

—Recent advices from Athens state that the danger of war between Greece and Turkey is as great as ever.

—March 22, a destructive fire occurred at Helena, Ark. Property to the amount of $290,000 was destroyed.

—Hon. Geo. Hearst has been appointed United States Senator from California, vice Senator Miller, deceased.

—The strike at the National Tube Works, McKeesport, Pa., is ended, and 4,000 men have resumed work at advanced wages.

—A German schooner was recently lost off the coast of Ireland. The captain died from exposure, and the crew suffered terribly.

—Information of the arrest at Hongkong of the Wickersham murderer has been received by the San Francisco police authorities.

—The steamship Rapidan, which sailed February 2 from New York for Port Simon, a Central American port, has been given up as lost.

—The New England bark Surprise, which sailed from San Francisco some months ago, was plundered by pirates off Madagascar, November 21.

—The British troops in Burmah defeated 400 Burmese, killing thirty, besides making a large number of prisoners and taking some military stores.

—The population of Sidney, New South Wales, has more than doubled in the last fifteen years. In 1870 it was 140,000; now it is estimated at 290,000.

—The exodus of Jews from Russia and Poland has reached extraordinary figures. During 1885 no less than 20,150 left the country for America alone.

—Abyssinian troops recently sent out by King John have had a battle with the Arabs near Kassala, Nubia. The Arabs were defeated with a loss of 500 men.

—There is much suffering in the western part of Ireland on account of insufficient food and clothing. The Government has been appealed to for aid, which has been promised.

—A case of disease closely resembling cholera is reported from Michigan. It is thought to have resulted from the use of raisins from one of the cholera infected districts of Spain.

—Thomas E. Taylor, business manager of the Deseret News, the organ of the Mormon Church, was arrested March 24, on a charge of polygamy. His bond was fixed at $1,500.

—The latest invention of interest to Southern planters is a sheet-iron covering for cotton bales. The cost will be about one dollar per bale, and the advantage claimed is protection against fire.

—It is stated that Alderman Jaehne, of New York, recently arrested for bribery, has for many years been a receiver of stolen goods, but was let alone by the police on account of his political influence.

—Crop reports from various parts of California show that the outlook is remarkably good. The acreage sown to wheat is much greater than in any previous year, and the crop will probably be the largest ever harvested in the State.

—March 25, a quantity of dynamite was exploded under the residence of the manager of a colliery in Durham, England. The outrage is supposed to have been perpetrated by union miners who have been locked out from the colliery since January and whose places have been taken by non-unionists.

—Serious complications have arisen between Uruguay, the Argentine Republic and Brazil. Warlike preparations for invading Uruguay are being made at Buenos Ayres. It is believed that Brazil will immediately interfere on proof that the Argentine Government is giving material aid to the movement.

—Jay Gould has declared that there can be no compromise with the strikers on his road, and that he will bring suits for damages against the members of the Knights of Labor organization. He says: "We will show them that we intend to enforce all our legal rights, and we shall bring suits against the members of the order who have property on other lines of railroads in other States. We shall attempt to recover damages from every member who has property that we can attach. It is time that these things should be settled, and this is a favorable opportunity. I propose to fight it out on this line."

—Dispatches from Belgium under date of March 27 state that a large amount of property has recently been destroyed by rioters and strikers in and around Charleroi. Houses have been burned, and factories pillaged, and a reign of terror prevails. Parties of Socialists and Anarchists are going through the country, stopping men from work, and burning and pillaging at will. The civil authorities are powerless, and the regular troops have been called out. In several cases, severe fighting has taken place, and a great many on both sides have been killed. In one fight, twenty of the rioters were killed and hundreds wounded. Great excitement prevails in Brussels, and a serious riot is feared there.

—Salida, Col., had a $120,000 fire one day last week.

—The removal of Governor Murray of Utah "is hailed with bonfires and rejoicing" by the Mormons.

—Jacob Sharp is said to be hard at work in Albany, N. Y., trying to defeat the bill for the annulment of his charter for the Broadway Surface Railway.

—A large number of settlers on the Maxwell land grant in New Mexico were arrested March 25 for refusing to obey the order of the Supreme Court and vacate the lands.

—A bill appropriating $160,000 to pay damages inflicted upon the Chinese at Rock Springs and elsewhere has been prepared by the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

—The Carrollton, Miss., massacre, reported in our columns last week, is denounced by the Jackson Clarion (Democratic) as wholly unjustifiable and without mitigating or extenuating circumstances.

—A rather sensational rumor comes from Washington to the effect that England and Germany are secretly backing China in her demands on this country for indemnity to Chinese subjects for losses sustained from mob violence in various parts of the United States.

—The strike on the Missouri Pacific Railway still continues, and it is with great difficulty that any freight can be moved. The Governors of Missouri, Kansas, and Texas, have each issued a proclamation warning all persons engaged in unlawful acts in connection with the present strike, and calling on law-abiding people to assist in restoring order. At St. Louis the State militia are under arms, ready to sustain the police at a moment's warning.