— An earthquake shock was felt in Oregon the 13th inst.
— A Sturgis, Ky., bank was robbed of $35,000 the 13th inst.
— Italy arranges new commercial treaties with Germany and Austria.
— Chile submits a new proposition to Argentina for a settlement of their dispute.
— Charles A. Prouty, of Vermont, is reappointed Interstate Commerce Commissioner.
— Fourteen lives were lost the 12th inst. by the foundering of a Belgian fishing boat in the North Sea.
— The British bark “Penmore” was wrecked off the Washington coast the 10th inst., seven men perishing.
— Congressman Foss introduced, on the 13th inst., a bill for the organization of a national naval reserve.
— President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained the British Ambassador and others at the White House the 12th inst.
— The National Convention of the Federation of Labor, in session at Scranton, Pa., decided on the 11th inst., among many other things, to endeavor to organize the teachers of this country into a union.
— Tiring of Dowie’s attacks upon a pig diet, twenty-two citizens of Melrose Park, Chicago, organize a “Pig Club,” pledging themselves to eat nothing but pork for six weeks three times a day. What next?
— A dispatch from Berne, Switzerland, dated the 12th inst., states that “Dr. Joseph Zessip, of Lucerne, Vice-President of the Federal Council, has been elected President of the Swiss Confederation for 1902.” He is a Catholic Conservative.
— In an attempt to capture General DeWet, Colonel Wilson, with a force of English troops, met 2,000 Boers near Heilbron, and was nearly surrounded. So says a London dispatch of the 10th inst. The news was held by the press censor.
— The decision of the Schley Court of Inquiry was made public by Secretary Long the 13th inst. Rear-Admiral Benham and Ramsey declared Schley guilty of most of the charges against him. But in his minority report, Admiral George Dewey declares that while he might be blamable in some respects, “Commodore Schley was the senior officer of our squadron off Santiago when the Spanish squadron attempted to escape on the morning of July 3, 1898. He was in absolute command, and is entitled to the credit due to such commanding officer for the glorious victory which resulted in the total destruction of the Spanish ships.” The court’s recommendation is: “Let no further proceedings be taken.” It is said that this tedious inquiry has practically ruined Admiral Schley financially. The decision of the court majority surprises all, and the case will doubtless be appealed to Congress.
— Secretary Hay is selected to deliver the McKinley eulogy in Congress.
— A coup d’état seems imminent in Belgium. The present cabinet is about to fall.
— Miss Stone is still a captive. The United States may send an ultimatum to Bulgaria.
— The National Bureau of Identification will make a collection of photographs of anarchists.
— Mrs. Jane L. Stanford transferred to the Stanford University $18,000,000 in bonds and stocks the 9th inst.
— New York anarchists hold a meeting in which they assert that Mr. Roosevelt was responsible for McKinley’s assassination.
— The executive committee of the Grand Army of the Republic selects Washington as the place of the next national encampment.
— A negro was arrested at New Decatur, Ala., the 10th inst., “charged with kidnapping others of his race and selling them into slavery.”
— On the 8th inst. New South Wales enacted a compulsory arbitration law, to prevent labor strikes, thus following the example of New Zealand.
— In a debate on the budget, the French ministry declared, the 9th inst., that the government could not consider a reduction in the size of the French army at present.
— The American Federation of Catholic Societies, after a three days’ session, elected its officers the 12th inst., adjourning to meet in Chicago, July 15, 1902. Its headquarters are to be in Cincinnati, Ohio.
— Count von Bulow declared in the German Reichstag, the 10th inst., that “the Powers concerned in Polish affairs were united to prevent agitation looking toward the independence of Poland.”
— According to a London dispatch of the 12th inst., Messrs. Collbrand and Bostwick, American electricians having a factory at Seoul, Corea, “have obtained a government concession to open an American bank there.”
— Cadiz, Spain, was “in a state of partial revolution” during the entire night of the 11th inst., riotous mobs attacking citizens, pillaging shops, and fighting the gendarmes, shouting: “Long live the social revolution,” and “Down with the bourgeois.” Lawlessness is on the increase everywhere.
— Representatives of German transatlantic steamship companies meet in conference at Cologne, Germany, “to reach an understanding” with the British and American companies “to minimize destructive competition, such as the laying up of vessels when trade is slack, and to apportion business,”—in short, to form a steamship trust.
— The Hepburn Canal Bill is now ready for Congress to consider, having been favorably reported upon by the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce the 13th inst. It contemplates “an expenditure of $180,000,000, and makes an initial appropriation of $10,000,000,” and authorizes the President to “acquire from Costa Rica and Nicaragua the right of way deemed desirable and necessary for a canal from a point near Greytown, via Lake Nicaragua, to Brito, on the Pacific coast.” The canal will accommodate the largest vessels afloat.
— A pro-Boer meeting was held at the Auditorium, Chicago, Sunday, the 8th inst., 4,000 people being present. The principal speaker of the evening, W. Bourke Cockran, declared that “the peace of America, the future of the Monroe Doctrine, and the constitution of England were endangered by the prolongation of the struggle.” “Let the President of the United States but utter the word, ‘he further declared,’ and the war will end on the day his action is taken.” A relief fund of $6,000 was raised for Boer prisoners in the South African military camps.
— Commander Richardson Clover, United States naval attaché at London, arrived at Washington the 13th inst. He says that this country’s navy is of but little consequence when compared to the British navy, or the navies of other European Powers. He also asserts that the British Admiralty encourages the English habit of berating and belittling England’s navy, since it “serves to deceive foreign observers in regard to what is being done;” and that he has “known the Admiralty to employ placard men to parade the streets making comparisons of navies to the detriment of the British service,” thus exciting “popular apprehension and interest in that subject.” The English navy, he states, is “equal in strategic strength to [those of] any other two continental powers who make any pretense to supporting navies,” and is “much stronger than anybody has any idea of.” Unlike many Americans, he is of the opinion that as a naval power, the United States “would stand no show at all in a conflict with most of the European nations,” and that “we ought to get over the absurd notion we have in regard to our invulnerability,” since “we do not fool the foreigners, who know us for just what we are.” The United States Naval Department may find it convenient to adopt the policy of its cousin, the British Admiralty, as outlined above.
A. J. B.
THEY EAT VEGETABLES ONLY.
The Vegetarian Society of New York met Friday night at the home of Dr. Olive F. McCune, 53 Orange St., and held a reception in honor of the Rev. James Clark and Miss Clark, representatives of the English Vegetarian Society, who went to England on the “Campania” yesterday. Previous to the reception, the party dined at the First Vegetarian restaurant, on Fulton street, corner of Cranberry, where a hundred sat down to a course dinner composed entirely of vegetables. The vegetable chicken, vegetable beefsteak, fricassee, mock turtle, and nut roast were among the novel but palatable dishes served. Rice pie was a dessert.
Ernest H. Crosby presided at the subsequent meeting. The other officers are John Walter Scott and Mrs. William M. Kingsley, vice-presidents; Charles A. Montgomery, treasurer, and Arthur Haviland, secretary. The Rev. James Clark, president of the English Vegetarian Society and for fifty years an abstainer from animal foods, spoke at length. He is a fine, healthy-looking man about seventy-five years old. He was followed by the Rev. Henry Chubb, of Philadelphia, John W. Scott, and J. W. Donaldson, of Otsego, who has been forty years a vegetarian. He is seventy-four years old, and is in perfect health.
It was announced that the society had more than doubled its membership in 1901, and that Nikola Tesla, Professor Goldwin Smith, and a prominent surgeon of this borough, who does not desire his name mentioned, has become a vegetarian. It was also stated that the restaurant established by Mr. Rasmussen at 170 Fulton St., is the only one in Greater New York. Mr. Rasmussen is a graduate of the Sanitarium at Copenhagen.
One of the speakers who excited attention was Dr. Julian P. Thomas, who has eaten nothing but raw vegetables and fruits for three years, and claims to have been benefited physically and morally by the diet. The society was invited to a raw-food dinner in the near future.
There were a number of the Philadelphia society at the meeting.
MANUSCRIPTS RECEIVED.
By A. J. B.
The following are titles of prose manuscripts which have been received at this Office, and will be examined in due course of time:—
Early Training (4 pp.) — Love Is Infinite and Unchangeable (3 pp.) — Seal of God (12 pp.) — Words of Cheer from the Battlefield (4 pp.) — Where Are the Old Paths? (14 pp.) — Retroaction of Prophecy (17 pp.) — Five Divine Object Lessons (5 pp.) — A Mansion in Heaven (3 pp.) — The Love of God (Bible reading) (4 pp.) — Be Patient — The Home of the Saved (6 pp.) — The Word of God (12 pp.) — The Roman Church and the Bible (10 pp.) — The Voice of the Spirit and the Bride, Nos. 1-3 (5 pp.) (2 pp.) (4 pp.) — The Gateway of Prayer (5 pp.) — The New Year (5 pp.) — The Present (19 pp.) — I and My Father Are One (12 pp.) — The Love of God, No. 2 (6 pp.) — Change of the Sabbath (28 pp.) — The Mystery of Iniquity (7 pp.) — The Ordinances of the Lord’s House (14 pp.) — The Paraclete (5 pp.) — He Healeth Us (9 pp.) — How I Came to Accept the Third Angel’s Message (7 pp.) — “Fiery Trials” (6 pp.) — The Famine of the Last Days (5 pp.) — Try It (4 pp.) — “As Calves of the Stall” (10 pp.) — Jezebel (5 pp.) — The Importance of Being Prepared (7 pp.) — The Rise and Fall of Nations (20 pp.) — The Seventh Trumpet (4 pp.) — Icebergs (10 pp., 4 lacking) — A Lesson from a Field Glass (2 pp.) — Not Wanted on the Earth, a Dialogue (3 pp.) — Communion of the Holy Spirit (2 pp.) — One of Satan’s Lies: “It Makes No Difference” (6 pp.) — The Sheep and the Goats (6 pp.) — The Present Truth (6 pp.) — When Will Christ Come? (7 pp.) — “The Same Yesterday, and To-day, and Forever” (8 pp.) — The Work of Faith (2 pp.) — Children (1 p.) — “The Lord’s Vineyard” (7 pp.) — Forgiveness (7 pp.) — Christian Help Work (4 pp.) — Sabbath-keeping for the Little Ones (4 pp.) — The Great Gathering at Jerusalem (2 pp.) — Two Sad Facts (10 pp.) — Tithes and Insurance (5 pp.) — Criticism (1 p.) — The Child’s View of It (1 p.) — Are We Deceivers? (2 pp.) — “It Is High Time to Awake” (5 pp.) — The Gospel (1 p.) — Pleasure and Sorrow (4 pp.) — A Covenant by Sacrifice (1 p.) — A Suggestion (3 pp.) — The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (5 pp.) — Woman’s Mission (5 pp.) — Be a Christian (4 pp.) — “Open Thou Mine Eyes” (6 pp.) — Be Perfect (4 pp.) — Serving the Lord (2 pp.) — A Plea for the Children (7 pp.) — “Wait on the Lord” (3 pp.) — “Where Is He That Is Born King of the Jews?” (5 pp.) — From Exodus to Revelation (2 pp.) — Is the Seventh Day the Sabbath? (6 pp.) — The Secret of True Happiness (6 pp.).
Many of these manuscripts are excellent, and will be used as soon as possible. The titles of those we are unable to use will be announced in this department later on.
Will those who send contributions to the Review kindly remember to write upon only one side of a sheet, and to avoid, so far as possible, the use of a lead pencil? A neat, correctly written manuscript, of words well chosen and properly spelled, will always receive a careful consideration, especially if the article is reasonably short.
A. J. B.
VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT IN NEW YORK.
By George A. King
BROOKLYN, Nov. 20, 1901.
Review and Herald,
Dear Brethren:
I will inclose two notices from Brooklyn papers concerning our new restaurant. One is from the New York World, and the other [which is given below] is from the Brooklyn Eagle.
Will you please give the restaurant a notice in the REVIEW? and publish as much of the inclosed articles as you think best, and in your comments make two points: (1) Notice how well our restaurant is received; (2) state that Brother Rasmussen would be glad to have all our people who visit New York City make his restaurant their headquarters. All our missionaries passing to and from Europe will find a good home with him.
As I go among the people, I learn that the restaurant is well liked, and good people are interested in it. As ever yours,
GEO. A. KING.
From Georgia: Sister Wightman Writes from Thomasville
FROM GEORGIA.
Sister Lulu Wightman, of Canandaigua, N. Y., writes us from Thomasville, Ga., under date of the 25th ult., as follows: “Accompanied by my husband and little girl, I came here last week from Canandaigua. We shall stay here until May, returning to New York for the summer work. What an ideal place this would be for a sanitarium! People are coming in rapidly from the North, for throat and lung troubles. The piney-woods atmosphere is beneficial. If you will let the brethren know I can use tracts and Signs of the Times here, I will be much obliged.”
DETECTING COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
The following pointers, found in an interview reported in Mail and Express, will enable any person to detect many of the false bills in circulation: “Talking of counterfeiters puts me in mind of one, a notorious rascal, who was caught not long ago in this city while at his nefarious trade,” said an ex-Treasury official. “The paper money this man produced was absolutely perfect in every detail but one thing, and it seems strange that a man of his knowledge and experience of the art of counterfeiting should not have known it.”
Here the Treasury official took a one-dollar bill from his pocket. It was new and crisp, and he pointed out a diminutive letter C on the right under the bill’s number, and another down in the other corner.
“Now,” he continued, “I don’t suppose there are ten men in a hundred outside the Treasury Department who know that these seemingly unnecessary letters are on United States bills. And even if they had noticed them, probably not one of them could tell what they signify.”
Handing another bill to the reporter, the ex-Treasury man asked him to read the last four figures. They were 5,321. The Treasury man said, almost instantly, “The letter on that bill is B,” which was correct.
Half a dozen other bills were produced, and when the Treasury man was told the last four figures of their numbers, he was able to tell, with lightning rapidity, what letter would be found on each bill. In each case the letter was either A, B, C, or D.
“The explanation is simple,” said he. “If you take the last four figures of the number on any bill, no matter what its denomination, and divide them by four, you will have a remainder of naught, one, two, or three. If the remainder is zero, the letter on the bill will be A; if it is 1, the letter will be B; if it is 2, the letter will be C; and if it is 3, the letter will be D.”
“This is one of the many precautions taken by the government against counterfeiters. You can tell instantly whether a bill is bad or good by making that test. I wouldn’t give a five-cent piece for a one-thousand-dollar bill, no matter how perfect it seemed, if its little letters did not correspond with the remainder obtained by dividing the last four figures of its number by four.”
Michigan Central
“The Niagara Falls Route.”
Corrected Nov. 3, 1901.
EAST
8 1 Night Express
12 2 Detroit Accom.
6 Mail & Express
10 1 N.Y. & Bos. Spl.
14 2 Eastern Express.
4 1 N.Y. St. Sp.
36 1 At’ntic Express.
Chicago
pm 9.35
am 6.45
am 10.30
pm 3.00
5.30
pm 11.30
Michigan City
11.25
8.45
pm 12.08
4.09
7.00
am 1.20
Niles
am 12.40
10.15
1.08
5.55
7.55
2.30
Kalamazoo
2.10
am 7.30
pm 12.10
2.08
6.45
9.08
4.10
Battle Creek
3.00
8.10
1.00
2.42
7.17
9.37
8.00
Marshall
3.33
8.38
1.30
3.09
7.43
5.80
Albion
3.55
9.00
1.50
3.30
8.03
5.62
Jackson
4.60
10.05
2.35
4.05
8.40
10.50
6.40
Ann Arbor
5.55
11.10
3.47
4.58
9.30
11.40
7.45
Detroit
7.15
pm 12.25
5.30
6.00
10.00
am 12.40
9.15
Falls View
pm 5.09
Susp. Bridge
5.32
Niagara Falls
5.40
Buffalo
am 12.20
am 7.00
7.50
6.30
Rochester
3.13
9.00
10.00
8.40
Syracuse
5.15
10.05
pm 12.15
10.45
Albany
9.05
pm 2.30
4.50
am 2.50
New York
pm 1.30
6.00
8.45
7.00
Springfield
12.16
6.10
9.32
6.06
Boston
3.00
9.00
11.30
8.46
WEST
7 1 Night Express
17–21 N.Y. Bos. & Chi. Sp.
5 Mail & Express
3 1 East Mail.
23 1 West’n Express.
13 2 Kalam. Accom.
37 1 Pacific Express.
Boston
pm 2.00
pm 4.15
pm 6.00
New York
4.00
am 8.45
6.00
am 3.15
Syracuse
11.30
am 2.00
10.20
Rochester
am 1.20
4.05
pm 12.10
Buffalo
8.20
pm 6.25
5.20
3.50
Niagara Falls
6.02
4.32
Susp. Bridge
Falls View
6.31
5.07
Detroit
pm 8.20
8.25
am 7.15
am 12.30
pm 12.40
4.35
11.15
Ann Arbor
9.38
9.25
8.40
1.20
1.38
6.45
am 12.20
Jackson
11.20
10.20
11.05
2.20
2.40
7.25
1.35
Battle Creek
am 12.40
11.34
pm 12.25
3.30
3.50
9.00
3.00
Kalamazoo
1.40
12.10
1.20
4.05
4.28
10.00
3.40
Niles
2.25
1.22
3.25
5.28
6.05
5.08
Michigan City
4.47
2.20
4.45
6.22
7.05
6.06
Chicago
6.55
4.00
6.40
7.55
8.55
7.30
Trains on Battle Creek Division depart at 7.45 a. m. and 4.00 p. m., and arrive at 12.40 p. m. and 6.30 p. m. daily except Sunday.
O. W. Ruggles,
General Pass. & Ticket Agent, Chicago.
R. N. R. Wheeler,
Ticket Agent, Battle Creek.
