Secular News by Editor

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Aug 7, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 30.

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Secular News.

By Editor

—Mr. Welch, U. S. Minister to England has resigned.

—Hon. Charles Foster is the Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio.

—After a rest the "Siberian plague" has broken out among the cattle in Russia.

—Judge Ballard of the United States Court died suddenly in Louisville, Ky., July 29.

—Seven Chinese lepers were discovered in an old building in San Francisco, on the 28th of July.

—A quarantine has been established in Italian ports against vessels from the United States.

—Important changes have taken place in the Ministry of Turkey. She is in constant trouble.

—A little boy was fatally sun struck on the play grounds of the school in San Leandro, Alameda Co., Cal., Aug 1.

—A large starch factory was burned in Vincennes, Ind., July 29, with a loss of $150,000. Five cars were also burned.

—A heavy fire occurred in Hamilton, Ontario, Aug. 1. Loss supposed to be over $1,000,000. Three persons were buried under a falling wall.

—The first fatal case of yellow fever in New Orleans was July 28. Quarantine was immediately established against that city by neighboring cities.

—A destructive fire is raging in Amador Co., Cal. Many buildings have been destroyed, with much fencing. The village of Ione is threatened.

—A man of East Farmington, Polk Co., Wis., drove into a lake, with six children, to water his horses. The team became frightened and dashed into deep water. Himself and five children were drowned.

—A Constantinople dispatch of July 29 says: A terrific fire has been raging since Monday at Orta Keul, a village on the Bosphorus. The Jews' quarter had been destroyed. Hundreds of families are encamped on the roads.

—The Government of Nicaragua has asked that Civil Engineer Menocal, of the U. S. Navy, be permitted to complete the survey of the Nicaragua route for the Isthmus Canal. The request has been granted by Secretary Thompson.

—Maricopa, Arizona, reports a heavy and extensive storm, Aug. 1. Rain commenced about 6 P. M., and rained hard most of the time till 2 A. M. The railroad track was washed away in some places, and telegraph poles demolished by lightning.

—Dr. Alexander Clark, the only Methodist Protestant editor who was able to make his mark, whose recent death is regretted by all, was overworked and underpaid. Not long before his death a move was made to reduce his salary. An effort is now being made to assist his family.

—There have been seized in a printing establishment in Rome copies of a programme for the reign of the Universal Republican Association. The programme, which was intended for circulation throughout Italy, says that the time for action has arrived, and invites members of the association to be prepared for an impending movement. Several arrests have been made.

—The American delegates to the Paris Canal Congress declare that the adoption of the Panama Route was a matter of speculation, and secured by unjust means. That the route is impracticable, and no details were understood by the voters. Their statements seem to be entitled to much credit, as it was conceded that the American engineers had far the best understanding of the country and the routes.