Persia is in the throes of revolution. Despatches under date of June 23 tell of horrible butchery with sword, bomb and fire, in Teheran, the capital, in which scores and probably hundreds of men, women, and children were killed by Cossacks and soldiers, some of whom were also killed. The Shah reluctantly proclaimed a constitution two years ago, but sympathizes with the reactionists who oppose the constitution. It is stated that during the few years of warfare between thirty and forty thousand lives have been sacrificed.
Twelve deaths and a score of prostrations from heat is the record of June 23 in Chicago. The advice of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C., for keeping well in summer, is good: "Moderate eating, moderate drinking, moderate exercise in the open air, and cheerful friends, will keep any good man alive thru the summer."
Iola, Kan., is experiencing the results of Sunday closing as religious zealots demand. Our correspondent says "the citizens in general are raving mad to think a few councilmen governed by religious zealots are thus able to tie up the city and make life miserable on Sunday." Mass meetings have been held to remonstrate.
A bomb thrown into the midst of the congregation at the cathedral of Turin at Rome, June 24, caused a panic among the worshipers, and many were injured in their attempt to reach the doors. It is thought to be an attempt on the life of Cardinal Richelmy, who was celebrating mass at the time.
Many lives were lost in the wrecking of the Spanish steamer "Larache" off the coast of Spain, near Muros, June 24. In a dense fog the steamer ran on an unchartered rock, sinking in eight minutes. Of nearly one hundred passengers and nearly as many of the crew, not more than about seventy were rescued.
Floods in Kansas were reported from a number of cities along the Kaw River, Topeka and Kansas City suffering especially. June 6 and onward the river rose rapidly, destroying considerable property and endangering the lives of those living in the lower lands. Bridges were washed out and crops damaged by high waters.
Forest fires in northern Michigan are reported to have wiped out three villages, Presque Isle, Cheboygan, and Case. Hundreds were made homeless and the property loss reached $200,000. June 20 the smoke was so dense that lamps were used in the day-time.
An explosion and fire in a coal mine in Monongahela City, Pa., June 19, killed six miners and imprisoned thirty others, all of whom, it is feared, will perish in the burning mine. The cause of the explosion is not known.
Oliver H. P. Belmont, well-known capitalist and former member of Congress from New York, died at his home in Hempstead, L. I., June 19, of appendicitis.
A son was born to Queen Victoria of Spain June 23. Salutes from a battery of artillery welcomed the little prince into the world.