p. 135 | News and Miscellany by Editor

California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, Cal. · Mar 4, 1875

News and Miscellany.

By Editor

"MEN'S hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth." Luke 21:26.

—A fire at Emporium, Pa., Feb. 22, destroyed $10,000 worth of property, burning several frame buildings.

—The extensive glue factory of Wahl Bros., Chicago, was entirely destroyed by fire, Feb. 22; loss about $350,000; insurance, about $86,000. Three hundred men are thrown out of employment. The factory was the largest in the West.

—A cargo of coal in the hold of the British ship Hoogley, at Harrison-street wharf, was discovered to be burning on Saturday afternoon last. An engine was sent for, and after four hours of pumping succeeded in extinguishing the fire.—S. F. Chronicle, Feb. 23.

A BRITISH STEAMER LOST.

LONDON, Feb. 26.—Intelligence has been received here that the steamer Hongkong, from this place for Japan, foundered off the island of Tenria. Nineteen persons are reported saved; six are known to have been drowned, and eighteen are missing.

SEVERE STORM ON THE ATLANTIC.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Incoming vessels report that about a week ago a wind of great violence, amounting to a hurricane, prevailed all along the coast, and disasters and shipwrecks were the consequence. Vessels were driven about for days at the mercy of the winds, all losing spars or other gearing, and the crews were badly frozen. The bark Annie Maude sailed from Liverpool December the 12th, and has not since been heard from, and it is feared she is lost. A number of other vessels are due.

—An Idaho paper says: "There are said to be droves of cattle along Snake river famishing with thirst as well as hunger. The river being frozen over they can get no drink, and many of them venture out to the air holes, break through the ice, under which they are carried down by the current, and are seen no more.

TERRIBLE TORNADO IN MISSOURI.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24.—A tornado passed over Pettis County yesterday, destroying several dwellings. The storm was only one hundred and fifty yards wide, but was terrific in its power. A freight train was hurled from the track at Housatana, and some cars were carried a distance of one hundred yards. W. H. Porter was mortally wounded, and Dr. Williams had several ribs broken; he will probably die. Several others were more or less injured. The loss of property is about $40,000.

A DESTRUCTIVE FRESHET IN KENTUCKY.

KNOXVILLE, (Ky)., February 25.—The river is four feet above low water mark and is rising eight inches per hour. It is now five feet below the great flood of 1867. Atkins’ planing-mill and factory, and many houses have been destroyed, and the weather is still threatening, with a prospect of a considerable rise from the Upper Holstein and the French broad rivers and their tributaries. The gas-works are under water, and there have been several heavy slides and washes on the railroad. Two spans of the bridge over the Hiawasse are gone and more damage is apprehended. Mills in all directions have been swept away.

THE FLOOD IN TENNESSEE.

KNOXVILLE, February 26.—The most destructive freshet for years has visited East Tennessee. The bridge over the Hiawasse river on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad is gone, and the mails were not received yesterday. It will probably be a week before the trains are running again. The Tennessee river has thirty-eight feet of water and is still rising. Bridges, mills, barns, and houses have been swept away by the flood. The Knoxville gas works are submerged and the city was in darkness last night. The losses in the city and country are large.

DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD IN THE SCHUYLKILL.

PHILADELPHIA, February 26.—The ice on the Schuylkill, at Manayunk, broke up yesterday afternoon. During the night the river rose rapidly 25 feet above the usual hight, and only four feet below the highest point ever reached, submerging all of the houses in the lower part of the town, and forcing the occupants to abandon them and their contents. The gas-works were overflowed, the streets were in darkness, and all the mills except one suspended, throwing at least 2,000 persons out of employment.

COMMUNISM IN CHICAGO.

The Communists of Chicago have for some time assumed a threatening attitude. On the 24th they became more violent than usual, and every precaution was taken by the authorities to prevent their obtaining the public arms, and to guard against an uprising. From the S. F. Chronicle reports, we gather that "at their meeting, last night, the Communists indulged in the wildest denunciation and most bloody threats, but the precautions taken by the authorities will probably cool their ardor, and if the leaders persist in their insane folly, they are certain to be arrested and confined before night."

THE MOB IN FORCE.

CHICAGO, February 25.—A mob of about 2,000 people, composed chiefly of Communists, have assembled at the corner of Randolph and La Salle streets, in the vicinity of the offices of the Relief and Aid Society. The most intense excitement prevails among the crowd. With the exception of a few stones thrown, no violence has been attempted on the part of the mob. A large police force is on hand, and the command relative to keeping the neighborhood of the Relief Society clear is being strictly enforced. Further demonstrations are expected during the afternoon.

The firm, decided tone of the Mayor, who assured them that no violence would be tolerated or permitted, has thus far prevented an outbreak. But the element is a dangerous one, and by no means confined to Chicago.

THE ACAPULCO MASSACRE.

Six of the survivors of the massacre in the Protestant chapel in Acapulco have arrived in San Francisco on the Colima and have taken quarters at the National Hotel, on Pacific street. Their narrative of the massacre agrees substantially with that already given by the Rev. Mr. Hutchinson. They further aver that the Roman Catholics of Acapulco presented a petition to Diego Alvarez, the Governor of the province, asking that he should use his authority to prevent the opening of any more places of Protestant worship in the city. This Alvarez promised to do. Justo Denada, the Roman Catholic pastor of Acapulco, they say, furnished the assassins full forgiveness of sin and 200 days indulgence for every Protestant they killed. Four men and one woman were killed in the church, and a large number wounded.—Chronicle.