News of Recent Events

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jan 29, 1880

News of Recent Events

-The fatal wounding of a Liberal journalist by a Hungarian nobleman in a duel, has resulted in serious riots, at Pesth, Hungary.

-A terrible explosion occurred in the Lycett Colliery, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, Jan. 21st, resulting in the death of some 70 miners. Fire-damp was the cause of the accident.

-The New York police have been actively raiding dance-houses and other disreputable resorts. A notorious resort, known as the Hotel Mabille, was raided on the night of the 17th instant, and 300 men and 100 women were taken prisoners and marched to the station-houses.

-The dispatch boat Lively, with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh on board, collided with the British ship Arnott Lyle, as it was returning from the Sarmatia, whither their highnesses had been to bid farewell to the Princess Louise. The party were taken off in safety.

-A visionary scheme is now before Congress to secure the proper authorization for the construction of a railroad from the United States through Mexico, Central America, and the South American republics. The line would be some 4,500 miles in length; 1,200 through temperate, and 3,250 through tropical regions. No estimate as to the cost has been given.

-On Jan. 24, an engine on the New York elevated railway, which was running at the rate of thirty miles an hour, was thrown from the tract by a misplaced switch and fell to the street below, a distance of twenty-five feet, landing squarely on its wheels. The single car which it was drawing remained on the track. The engineer, fireman, and conductor, who were in the cab of the engine, were severely but not fatally injured.

-A Congregational minister in London, England, Mr. Williams, has addressed the other ministers of the denomination in a pamphlet, in which he urges that special prayer shall be made for the conversion of the devil." Men are saved by preaching; perhaps Mr. W. will consent to go and preach to the devil. We shall not be surprised if his conversion is soon announced.

-The population of our globe, estimated at about thirteen hundred millions, is ruled by 12 Emperors, 25 Kings, 47 Princes, 17 Sultans, 12 Khans, 6 Grand Dukes, 6 Dukes, 1 Vice-king, 1 Nizam, 1 Radai, 1 Imam, 1 Bey, and 28 Presidents, besides a large number of Chiefs of wild tribes. Of the Republics, nineteen are found on American soil, leaving only nine for the rest of the world.