DOMESTIC | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jul 1, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 25.

DOMESTIC.

—Stewart L. Woodford, of New York, has been chosen by President McKinley as minister to Spain, and has accepted the office.

—The missionary steam-sailing vessel, "Morning Star," is preparing for another trip to the South Sea Islands, with a company of missionaries.

—New Orleans is suffering from a severe heat wave. Fifty prostrations are reported from there on June 23, with eight deaths from sunstroke.

—Mrs. Dominis, formerly Queen Liliuokalani, has filed with the Department of State, at Washington, a formal protest against the United States annexing the Hawaiian Islands.

—A company of capitalists has begun work on a railroad in Alaska. The railway will be thirty-six miles long, and of the narrow-gauge style, but by its use the route to the gold fields will be considerably shortened.

—The heaviest earthquake shock that has been felt for years in the State of California, took place June 20. Several large buildings were cracked in different parts of the State; but no serious damage resulted, and no lives were lost.

—Robert Cook, of Boston, is now in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, making arrangements to walk from there to Cincinnati, a distance of 400 miles, on the water of the Ohio River, in a pair of shoes which he has invented for that purpose.

—A tornado which passed through Illinois on June 18 is reported to have caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to property. Four persons were killed and five seriously injured by the destruction of a barn into which they had fled for refuge.

—John W. Foster, who has been in St. Petersburg negotiating with the Russian Government for the protection of Alaska seals, has telegraphed the State Department at Washington, announcing the complete success of his mission. He will soon go on a similar mission to England.

—Several severe storms accompanied by lightning have been reported from the middle and eastern States during the past week, resulting in some loss of life and considerable damage to property. The National History building of the University of Illinois was struck by lightning on June 17, and damaged to the extent of $75,000.