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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 7, 1892

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 1.

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—The Sands Point Hotel, at Roslyn, L. I., was burned October 23; loss $100,000.

—A cotton compress at Belton, Texas, was burned on the 24th inst.; loss $115,000.

—A fire in Chinatown, San Francisco, last week destroyed over $60,000 worth of property.

—A fire at Jersey City, N. J., on the night of the 27th inst., caused losses aggregating $210,000.

—During last week six persons lost their lives by asphyxiation in the Hyde Park region of Chicago.

—Seven couples who had eloped from Kentucky were married by a justice in Jeffersonville, Ind., on the 26th inst.

—The Western Union Telegraph Company has added $14,800,000 to its capital stock, thus raising it to $150,000,000.

—Intensely cold weather is reported in Scotland, the lochs in Perthshire being covered with thick ice, and snow lying deep on the mountains.

—Warrants are said to have been issued for fifty-eight Kansas undertakers for violating the Anti-trust law and forming a combination to fix prices.

—The new German army bill increases the available force to 4,400,000 men. The present war strength of France is 4,053,000, and that of Russia is 4,556,000.

—On the 27th inst., the steamship Roumania, bound to Bombay from Liverpool, was wrecked by a storm and 113 persons were lost in the sea. Only nine escaped.

—A destructive fire occurred at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, on the 30th inst. It is said that fifteen families were left homeless, and the entire loss is about $150,000.

—George Sontag, the only member of the Evans-Sontag train robbing party that has yet been captured, was convicted after a lengthy trial at Fresno, Cal., on the 29th inst.

—It is reported from Hamburg that the city will not be declared free from cholera for some time. Emigrant steamers are again plying their vocation, but they do not carry passengers recently from Russia or Hungary.

—A great fire occurred in Milwaukee, Wis., on the night of the 28th inst. The fire originated in an oil establishment, and a heavy wind carried it over several business blocks. The loss is estimated at over $5,000,000. Four lives were lost.

—Mrs. Harrison, wife of the President, died at Washington City, early in the morning of October 25. It is said that her illness began with the grippe on April 6, after a brilliant reception in the White House, and but few friends have seen her since.

—A bomb explosion occurred in Los Angeles, Cal., during the march of the Columbus-day procession, which resulted disastrously to a number of children. At last accounts six had died, and several others were suffering from severe injuries. So much for gunpowder patriotism.

—It is again asserted on what is deemed reliable authority that the German emperor has appealed to the pope for his influence with the Catholic party in the Reichstag in favor of the new army bill, which is said to be very unpopular, as it very largely increases army expenses.

—Great damages have resulted from the overflow of the Salado River, in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Fifty persons have lost their lives; 2,000 head of cattle were swept into the ocean by the flood, and the coffee plantations have been damaged, it is estimated, to the extent of $300,000.

—A great strike in the mines at Carmaux, France, is causing a sensation in political circles. Government troops are there to preserve order and protect property, and the authorities decline to withdraw them until the strikers go to work. There is much sympathy in the country with the workmen.

—Officials of some of the unions of railroad employees are said to be planning for a general strike next year, when the business incident to the World's Fair will be so urgent that the railroad companies cannot afford to stop their trains for even a day, and will yield to the demands of the strikers.

—The Indian "Messiah" at Walker Lake, Nevada, has sent emissaries among the Idaho tribes urging them to inaugurate ghost dances and prepare for war in the spring. The runners, however, have been coldly received, and one prominent chief says the Messiah will be killed if he comes there to stir up trouble.

—The National World's Fair Commission has decided not to interfere with the contracts of the local directory for the sale of stimulants in restaurants on the fair grounds. But there will be no liquors sold at saloons or open bars within the grounds. This action will increase the interest of the city liquor dealers in having the fair closed on Sundays.

—The Yaqui Indians in Chihuahua, Mexico, who went on the warpath over a year ago when their heroine, Saint Teresa, was banished by the government at the request of the priests, have at last been overcome. Their mountain strongholds were recently assailed by a large force of troops, and the entire band of hostiles, about three hundred in number, are said to have been annihilated. They had previously won several victories over the soldiers.

—The American ship Joseph H. Spinney struck a hidden rock in a fog, about sixty miles north of San Francisco Harbor, on the 26th inst., and soon after sunk in 240 feet of water. The officers and crew took to the small boats and escaped, being picked up by a fishing tug, after rowing all night and part of the next day. The lost ship was valued at $60,000, and the cargo at $200,000. She was 130 days from New York, and unfavorable winds kept her from entering San Francisco Harbor.

—Colonel Dodds, commander of the French forces operating in Dahomey, Africa, reports that one-half of King Behanzin's army has been killed, and the remainder are in poor condition. It is also asserted that a German firm supplied Behanzin with 4,000 quick-firing rifles and three fieldpieces in exchange for slaves, the last batch of slaves being delivered May 5. The report adds that the shipment of these slaves took place under the personal supervision of the German Consul.