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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · April 22, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 17

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Notes of News.

—Yellow fever has broken out at Vera Cruz.

—Great floods, causing much distress, are reported from Turkey.

—The report that the King of Burmah had sacrificed 700 persons is contradicted.

—Nearly $2,000,000 worth of petroleum was exported during the month of March.

—During the month of March nearly 22,000 immigrants landed in New York and Baltimore.

—A Chinaman voted at the recent election at Fond du Lac, Wis. He can read and write English.

—It is said that a new national bankrupt bill will at an early date be reported to the House of Representatives.

—The Liberal victories in England have created a profound impression in Turkey, and in the palace, almost a panic.

—Rumors of starvation, and that 5,000 families are unable to obtain sufficient food, come from Orenburg in Russia.

—Otero, who on the 30th of last December attempted to assassinate the King of Spain, was executed on Wednesday, April 14.

—April 11, Theodore L. Cuyler delivered his 20th anniversary sermon as pastor of the Lafayette Avenue church, Brooklyn.

—Information has been received that in Rio de Janeiro, for the two weeks ending Feb. 28, the deaths from yellow fever aggregated 299.

—Two New York merchants who had been partners for 40 years, and adjoining neighbors, died recently, on the same day, and were buried together.

—Spain, like France, seems to have had about enough of Romanism; and many of the people appear ready, and even eager, to listen to Protestant missionaries.

—On the third day after the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, there were nearly 7,000 visitors, notwithstanding the day was rainy.

—Prince Gortschakoff, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, is dangerously ill. In case of his death, it is thought that N. von Giers, his assistant, will succeed him.

—A railroad bridge laid on the ice across the St. Lawrence at Montreal, was taken up April 1, after having been used continuously through the winter without accident.

—Two whaling barks, the “Mount Wollaston” and “Vigilant,” are imprisoned in the ice of the Arctic Sea. A revenue cutter is to be dispatched in search of the crews.

—The Emperor of Austria has declared his intention to carry out to the letter his promise to grant complete religious freedom to the Nonconformist sects in his dominion.

—General Tibbitts, recently deceased, left $100,000 for the establishment of a soldiers’ home in Troy, N. Y., on condition that $50,000 additional be raised within five years.

—A national art school will soon be opened at Ottawa, under the patronage of the Governor-General and the Princess Louise. The teaching is to be after the South Kensington system.

—The New York Legislature has passed a bill appropriating $2,250,000 for the completion of the East River bridge. It is believed that the bridge will be ready for use in about a year.

—There are reports that the Mormons are emigrating to Arizona, under instructions from the president of that church to secure the most desirable locations and exclude other settlers.

—A New York dispatch announces that Cyrus W. Field has resigned the presidency of the Wabash-Pacific Railway, and Frederick S. Ames, of Boston, has been elected to fill the vacancy.

—On the accession of the Liberal Ministry, the project of building a monument to the Prince Imperial in Westminster Abbey, which is so distasteful to the English people, is likely to be abandoned.

—A “home for convalescents” has been established in New York City, for homeless patients who are dismissed from the hospitals cured of their diseases, but without having regained their strength.

—The Swedish military bill has been rejected by the Second Chamber of the National Parliament. In consequence, the Ministry has resigned, and the formation of a new cabinet has been ordered.

—Count Ferdinand de Lesseps has returned to Europe with his family. While here, he showed an energy which few men at the age of 75 possess, and exhibited an enthusiastic interest in all scientific matters.

—The effect of the new German army bill is seen in increased German emigration. April 4 to 11, 5,800 persons, many of whom were skilled workmen, left Bremen for the United States and Great Britain.

—The centennial anniversary of the signing of the treaty of peace and the recognition of American independence is to be celebrated in New York by an international exhibition of arts, manufactures, etc., in 1883.

—Russia has decided to send a “corps of observation” to Turkestan, on the Chinese frontier, and a fleet of 10 or 15 war vessels to Chinese waters. These will, of course, be ready for action on the shortest notice.

—A few years ago Prof. Ritchel made a flying machine that would really fly. This air-ship he has been perfecting, and he believes the problem of the north pole can better be solved by a voyage by air than by one on water.

—President Diaz, in his speech to the Mexican Congress, said: “The United States government has finally decided upon rescinding its order of June, 1877, which permitted its troops to enter Mexican territory in pursuit of criminals.”

—The 50th anniversary of Belgian independence occurs next summer, and will be celebrated by various national fetes, which will attract visitors from all parts of Europe. An international exhibition will be opened at Brussels on the 1st of May.

—The Earl of Dunmore, who owns 30,000 acres of land in Scotland, has gone to Montana, where he proposes to buy a farm of several thousand acres, and stock it with Texas cattle. His object is to make money by shipping beef to England by the refrigerating process.

—The Cabinet has sent District Attorney Townsend to conduct the case of the colored cadet, Whittaker, which is now before the court of inquiry at West Point. Whittaker was bound, and his ears were clipped; and the question is, Did he mutilate himself? or did others do it for him?

—Harper’s Weekly suggests that one reason for the great advance in the cost of paper may be its extensive use in various arts and manufactures not connected with writing or printing. For example, an astronomical tower 29 feet in diameter has been recently constructed of this material at the Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.

—A suit in the United States Court on the oleomargarine patent discloses the fact that nearly 100,000,000 lbs. of oleomargarine is made and sold annually; and yet it is not quoted in the market reports, nor is it for sale at the shops. This may indicate to what extent oleomargarine is palmed off for pure dairy butter.

—The McAll missions in France, numbering 32 stations in Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux, and Boulogne, have hitherto been conducted without church connections; but they have become so important that a committee has been appointed to take charge of them; and each mission station will be placed under the direct patronage of some one of the churches.

—By Prof. Nordenskjöld’s Arctic explorations, a tract of country larger than all that portion of our own country which lies west of the Mississippi has been shown to be accessible by sea. Nordenskjöld considers this country capable of producing almost inexhaustible quantities of corn and wheat; it is also rich in mineral deposits, and abounds in fur-bearing animals.

—The King of Siam, who is soon to visit this country, is 27 years of age, and has reigned 12 years. One of his first acts, on coming to the throne, was to liberate all prisoners of state. He afterward issued a proclamation giving absolute religious freedom to all his subjects. Another royal proclamation provided for the abolition of slavery, and the remuneration of slave-holders by a general tax.

—The Afghan chiefs, according to a late dispatch, have been informed that British troops will be withdrawn from their country as soon as they can agree upon a ruler whose government will be likely to be stable, and friendly to England. The demeanor of all was respectful and friendly, and the way has been paved for a favorable solution of the question. Perhaps a policy of justice and mercy may augment, rather than decrease, England’s prestige in the East.