NEW LIBRARY NUMBERS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 17, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 50.

NEW LIBRARY NUMBERS.

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NEWS AND NOTES

FOREIGN.

—A dynamite explosion near Matamoros, Mexico, November 28, killed six men and destroyed property valued at $28,000.

—Special Chinese envoys now in Italy are reported to have placed orders for the construction of several battle-ships and cruisers.

—An additional steamer is to be placed on the line between Victoria, B. C., and Australian ports, as soon as it can be brought out from Liverpool.

—American residents in Constantinople insist, notwithstanding Minister Terrell's denial, that an American house in Haskull suburb was looted, the man in charge killed, and the American flag torn down.

—The Italian steamer Salier was foundered off the coast of Spain last week, and all on board were lost. The steamer was bound from Bremen to Buenos Ayres, and had on board 210 passengers, the crew numbering 65 men.

—A London despatch says that the French Government has at length decided to abolish the penal establishment in New Caledonia, which the Australians have long demanded. Convicts are to be sent to Madagascar instead.

—A press despatch announces that the Madagascar insurgents looted the town of Ambohemanga, ten miles from the capital, on the night of November 18, capturing forty prisoners and all the cattle. The English residents had a narrow escape from being massacred.

—King Leopold, of Belgium, has announced his intention to visit, next spring, his African colonial possessions, the Kongo Free State. He is to be accompanied by Henry M. Stanley, the noted explorer, and will preside at the opening of the Matavai and Leopoldville Railroad.

—After absorbing the great Boleo copper mines in Lower California, besides a number of mines in the United States, the Rothschilds combination is said to be reaching out after the La Paz, Encarnacion, and Espiritu Santo mines, in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. These are all old and very productive properties.

—The noted Jewish rabbi, Emil G. Hirsh, has abandoned the Sabbath, and is now quite generally regarded as the leader of the "liberal" Jewish movement based on the theory of adapting one's religion to the customs of the country in which it may be transplanted. Had he believed Moses, he would have accepted Jesus.

—Advices from Blantyre, the chief town of British Central Africa, dated October 25, state that three columns of British soldiers were advancing against 30,000 warriors under Chikus II., who invaded the southwest Nyassaland and burned the British missionary station, besides killing the inhabitants of several villages.

—Detailed accounts by mail via Hongkong bring serious charges against the Spanish officers who are dealing with the rebellion in the Philippine Islands. They are accused of torturing their prisoners in a merciless manner, using some of the infamous implements of the Inquisition. The property of wealthy natives, non-combatants, is confiscated, and is being placed as security for loans of money. Even the Japanese Government talks of interfering to stop the cruelties practiced upon prisoners.

—It is now stated, on authority of London despatches, that Russia has obtained the right to construct a railroad through the Chinese province of Manchuria, and to fortify, ostensibly for China, the important harbor of Port Arthur. This virtually gives Russia control of the Manchurian province, and a long-sought open winter outlet to the Pacific Ocean. A year ago Great Britain talked war when such a proposition was mooted, but, as the despatches say, the situation is now accepted with merely "a regretful sigh."

—The great Topolobampo Colony, which was organized eight years ago on the community of interest plan, and which was granted a large land concession by the government of Mexico, has finally collapsed, and the grant has been revoked. The effort to build up a great settlement on mutual interest was, as such effort ever will be in this selfish world, against human nature, and consequently a failure. The colonists were nearly all from the United States, many of them colored people. They were without money, and undertook to transact a credit business. One man and a few friends managed the enterprise, and undertook to eliminate a desire for gain on the part of the rest of the community. The lazy and vicious were willing to live at community expense, but the thrifty and industrious soon found that it would be easier to support themselves elsewhere. Failure to fulfil the conditions of the land grant in the matter of public improvement has caused the revocation of the concession.

—It is claimed that General Antonio Maceo, the leading spirit in the Cuban rebellion, is dead. This news has been promulgated so many times that there is a general disposition to discredit it. Altho it is quite positively announced in press despatches, yet there are conflicting stories as to the manner of his death. It is stated on the one hand that he was killed in battle, and on the other that he was lured by a proposal for a conference, and assassinated. The question now exciting the parties most directly interested is, What will be the practical effect on the Cuban cause?