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Review and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 38.

Religious Liberty AMMUNITION
Earlier text: Financial Summary for 1907

Section 1 — Educational Institutions

Denominational Institutions — Table No. 2

Section 1 — Educational Institutions

A. Colleges

NAME LOCATION ASSETS2 BUILDINGS ACRES CAPACITY ENROLMENT TEACHERS
1. Avondale Cooranbong, N. S. W., Australia $68,977.20 11 1,100 250 220 10
2. Claremont Kenilworth, Cape, South Africa 34,184.46 2 23 150 90 6
3. Emmanuel Berrien Springs, Mich. 89,938.65 23 264 150 101 13
4. Friedensau Friedensau, near Magdeburg, Germany 44,063.52 1 45 150 130 10
5. Loma Linda Loma Linda, near Redlands, Cal. See Note3 .. .. 75 60 16
6. Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon, Ohio 32,361.36 3 25 150 127 13
7. Pacific Union Healdsburg, Cal. 56,297.29 10 10 150 75 23
8. South Lancaster South Lancaster, Mass. 52,320.98 2 43 250 275 15
9. Southern Training-School Graysville, Tenn. 27,473.58 3 45 200 140 9
10. Stanborough Park Watford, England 4,873.71 1 55 80 70 8
11. Union College View, Nebr. 224,747.87 5 140 600 560 44
12. Walla Walla Walla Walla, Wash. 76,323.33 1 60 350 348 10
13. Washington Washington, D. C. 51,624.27 4 16 80 71 8
Total, 13 $761,186.22 66 1,826 2,635 2,267 185

B. Academies

NAME LOCATION ASSETS2 BUILDINGS ACRES CAPACITY ENROLMENT TEACHERS
1. Adelphian Holly, Mich. $17,970.34 3 77 60 40 7
2. Alberta Leduc, Alberta 8,367.65 2 160 40 36 3
3. Battle Creek Battle Creek, Mich. 10,000.00 1 1 200 160 5
4. Beechwood Fairland, Ind. 1,556.56 3 13 60 49 5
5. Bethel Bethel, Wis. 26,442.17 6 195 150 179 7
6. Cedar Lake Cedar Lake, Mich. 11,271.59 4 80 100 88 4
7. Colorado Western Palisades, Colo. 3,939.83 1 2 90 90 3
8. Diamante Diamante, Argentina, South America 5,000.00 2 40 100 93 4
9. Eastern Colorado Loveland, Colo. 7,820.00 2 6 60 25 2
10. Elk Point Elk Point, S. Dak. 14,651.69 2 40 60 60 4
11. Fernando San Fernando, Cal. 24,835.82 4 12 130 150 13
12. Fox River Sheridan, Ill. 12,949.47 5 42 60 43 6
13. Gravel Ford Gravel Ford, Oregon 3,900.00 2 2 60 40 4
14. Hazel Hazel, Ky. 4,500.00 2 52 50 35 3
15. Hildebran Hildebran, N. C. 6,000.00 2 300 90 80 3
16. Keene Keene, Texas 35,486.37 9 154 275 254 12
17. Latin Union Gland, Switzerland 1,000.00 1 30 40 25 5
18. Laurelwood Gaston, Oregon 8,695.00 2 58 80 75 3
19. Lornedale Lorne Park, Ontario 12,050.00 5 50 70 40 3
20. Manson Port Hammond, British Columbia 12,483.78 1 10 50 30 2
21. Maplewood Maple Plain, Minn. 18,751.74 2 94 75 80 7
22. Mt. Ellis Bozeman, Montana 6,623.95 4 20 60 52 5
23. Nashville Madison (near Nashville), Tenn. 20,000.00 12 400 50 84 7
24. Oakwood Huntsville, Ala. 20,029.68 8 358 120 46 6
25. Portage Plains Portage la Prairie, Manitoba 9,455.27 1 130 30 25 2
26. Pukekura Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand 19,422.54 4 170 96 60 6
27. Royal Cottage Grove, Oregon 1,000.00 2 4 60 35 4
28. Sheyenne Harvey, N. Dak. 28,027.91 2 400 52 50 8
29. Scandinavian Union School Nyhyttan, Sweden 15,388.92 1 100 75 60 4
30. Stuart Stuart, Iowa 18,968.29 4 60 60 75 4
31. West Indian Riversdale, Jamaica 11,279.63 4 664 50 30 6
32. Williamsdale Williamsdale, Nova Scotia 8,701.00 5 200 40 33 4
Total, 32 $406,569.50 107 3,904 2,593 2,222 162

C. Intermediate Schools

NAME LOCATION ASSETS2 BUILDINGS ACRES CAPACITY ENROLMENT TEACHERS
1. Clearwater Eagle River, Wis. $2,736.00 1 70 40 25 2
2. Cumberland Daylight, Tenn. 1,000.00 3 100 40 31 2
3. Darling Range Heidelberg, West Australia 3,896.00 1 50 50 30 4
4. Devall Bluff Devall Bluff, Ark. 900.00 2 40 40 10 1
5. Eufola Eufola, N. C. 3,000.00 3 20 65 25 3
6. Fiji Buresala, Fiji, Pacific Ocean 1,500.00 1 5 100 80 4
7. Forest Home Mt. Vernon, Wash. 5,680.71 2 40 80 75 3
8. Fort Ogden Fort Ogden, Fla. 1,500.00 2 42 50 37 2
9. Korean Wonhare, Korea 3,250.00 7 50 100 100 2
10. Meadow Glade Battle Ground, Wash. 6,865.08 3 20 100 98 6
11. Pine Grove Amory, Miss. 3,200.00 1 80 40 20 6
12. Pua Pua, Chile 462.64 1 40 25 20 2
13. Rarotongan Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Pac. Ocean 500.00 1 10 60 50 3
14. Rome Rome, Italy 500.00 1 .. 100 90 7
15. Singapore Singapore, East Indies 500.00 1 .. 30 20 2
16. Strode Oswego, Kansas 2,400.00 1 10 70 52 3
17. Takoma Takoma Park, D. C. 5,000.00 1 .. 100 63 4
18. Taquary Taquary, Brazil, South America 4,000.00 1 20 50 30 2
19. Toluca Toluca, N. C. 2,500.00 2 16 70 35 3
20. Tonga Nukualofa, Tonga, Friendly Is., Pacific Oc’n 600.00 1 .. 60 50 3
21. Tunesassa Tunesassa, N. Y. 3,800.00 1 202 25 20 2
22. Walderly Hawthorne, Wis. 4,300.00 3 400 40 25 3
Total, 22 $58,990.43 42 1,215 1,335 966 68
Grand total of educat’l institutions, 67 $1,226,746.15 215 6,945 6,563 5,455 415

Section 2 — Publishing Houses

NAME LOCATION ASSETS2 OUTPUT FOR 1907 BUILDINGS EMPLOYEES LANGUAGES
1. Avondale Cooranbong, N. S. W., Australia $9,554.21 $5,052.41 1 6 3
2. Berrien Springs Berrien Springs, Mich. 7,056.22 1,377.53 1 3 1
3. Brazil Sao Bernardo, Brazil, S. America 12,915.44 7,000.00 1 3 2
4. British Watford, England 51,336.13 81,142.00 1 35 3
5. Buenos Ayres Buenos Ayres, Argentina, S. America 4,015.83 5,000.00 1 2 1
6. Canadian Publishing Association Toronto Junction, Ontario 9,431.27 8,330.01 1 1 1
7. Chinese Shanghai, China 3,100.00 200.00 1 8 3
8. Christiania Christiania, Norway 35,910.00 30,487.00 1 11 3
9. Danish Copenhagen, Denmark 7,731.05 13,649.94 1 3 1
10. Finnish Helsingfors, Finland 10,200.68 8,512.05 1 2 2
11. Hamburg Hamburg, Germany 51,992.69 110,096.35 2 41 15
12. India Karmatar, India 2,600.96 1,400.00 1 10 4
13. International Publishing Assn. College View, Nebr. 31,105.14 21,651.50 1 30 5
14. Latin Union Geneva, Switzerland 6,565.41 7,036.18 1 2 4
15. Mexican Mexico City, Mexico 2,548.62 1,271.45 1 2 2
16. Pacific Press Mountain View, Cal. 248,495.66 266,789.29 8 100 7
17. Review and Herald Washington, D. C. 237,800.06 168,989.26 4 60 1
18. Signs of the Times Warburton, Victoria, Australia 96,442.56 86,010.00 1 50 1
19. South African Cape Town, South Africa 15,616.89 9,087.10 1 3 2
20. South Lancaster South Lancaster, Mass. 12,670.44 12,000.00 1 10 2
21. Southern Publishing Association Nashville, Tenn. 101,180.44 157,726.95 4 70 1
22. Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden 14,319.40 20,370.10 1 4 1
23. Watchman Port of Spain, Trinidad 6,325.04 4,925.98 1 10 2
Total, 23 $978,894.14 $1,028,105.104 37 466 See Note5

Section 3 — Sanitariums

A. Under Conference Supervision

NAME LOCATION ASSETS2 BLDGS. ACRES CAPAC. PATIENTS TREATED IN 1907 PHYS’NS NURSES OTHER EMPLOYEES TOTAL EMPLOYEES
1. Atlanta Atlanta, Ga. $11,960.71 1 .. 12 50 .. 2 2 4
2. Avondale Cooranbong, N. S. W., Australia 10,315.88 2 10 20 150 .. 2 2 4
3. Boulder Boulder, Colo. 113,652.55 14 90 100 200 4 40 40 84
4. Calcutta Calcutta, India 7,511.19 1 .. 20 150 1 7 20 28
5. Cape Cape Town, South Africa 30,935.76 2 .. 24 175 1 9 3 13
6. Caterham Caterham, Surrey, England 22,857.59 2 1.5 40 400 2 15 5 22
7. Christchurch Christchurch, New Zealand 19,985.76 1 14 25 300 .. 6 4 10
8. Christiania Christiania, Norway 2,136.10 1 .. 35 250 .. 20 15 35
9. College Springs Mt. Vernon, Ohio 5,000.00 2 .5 10 60 1 10 1 12
10. Friedensau Friedensau, near Magdeburg, Germany 107,711.87 2 45 60 328 1 23 10 34
11. Frydenstrand Frederikshavn, Denmark 22,482.91 1 8 50 250 1 12 8 21
12. Glendale Glendale, near Los Angeles, Cal. 56,064.66 3 5 80 525 2 25 20 47
13. Graysville Graysville, Tenn. 19,000.00 2 45 35 180 1 14 10 25
14. Hydropathic Adelaide, South Australia 8,105.15 1 .. .. 800 1 5 1 7
15. Iowa Des Moines, Iowa 37,812.67 2 .. 50 500 2 25 15 42
16. Kansas Wichita, Kansas 42,712.87 2 20 50 300 2 20 4 26
17. Kimberley Kimberley, South Africa 19,248.09 1 .. 5 200 .. 2 2 4
18. Knowlton Knowlton, Quebec 4,200.00 3 1 20 55 2 10 .. 12
19. Kobe Kobe, Japan 3,390.00 2 .. 30 .. 2 5 21 28
20. Lake Geneva Gland, Switzerland 14,181.45 3 70 50 195 1 30 13 44
21. Leicester Leicester, England 2,324.61 1 .. 15 126 .. 5 4 9
22. Loma Linda Loma Linda, near Redlands, Cal. 92,262.61 12 110 75 400 2 55 25 82
23. Madison Madison, Wisconsin 83,658.59 8 9 60 310 2 26 14 42
24. Mussoorie Mussoorie, India 9,000.00 1 50 10 50 1 2 3 6
25. Nashville Nashville, Tennessee 57,849.59 1 10 50 100 1 10 10 23
26. Nebraska College View, near Lincoln, Nebr. 71,893.00 4 5 100 450 3 20 30 53
27. New England Melrose, near Boston, Mass. 177,129.94 6 42 100 450 2 41 27 70
28. North Yakima North Yakima, Wash. 28,141.21 2 6.5 45 150 1 6 7 14
29. Paradise Valley National City, Cal. 44,845.19 2 30 50 80 1 5 12 18
30. Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa. 59,771.01 3 .. 30 400 2 15 8 25
31. Portland Portland, Oregon 67,262.36 2 2 80 558 3 30 14 47
32. Rostrevor Rostrevor, Ireland 8,085.20 3 130 14 85 1 4 1 6
33. Skodsborg Skodsborg, near Copenhagen, Denmark 141,169.11 4 3.5 100 700 2 50 33 85
34. St. Helena St. Helena, Cal. 189,651.08 25 600 200 1,000 5 75 80 160
35. Sydney Wahroonga, near Sydney, Australia 79,726.04 7 90 60 600 2 30 13 45
36. Tri-City Moline, Illinois 48,324.02 3 2 30 345 3 18 3 24
37. Wabash Valley La Fayette, Indiana 37,930.78 4 25 50 100 2 15 10 27
38. Walla Walla Walla Walla, Wash. 16,756.89 1 2 15 142 1 8 4 13
39. Washington and Branch Washington, D. C. 151,655.17 3 32 100 .. 4 38 8 50
Total, 40 $1,866,811.97 140 1,459 1,900 11,114 64 735 502 1,301

B. Under Private Supervision

NAME LOCATION ASSETS2 BLDGS. ACRES CAPAC. PATIENTS TREATED IN 1907 PHYS’NS NURSES OTHER EMPLOYEES TOTAL EMPLOYEES
1. Acushnet New Bedford, Mass. $1,000.00 1 .. 20 75 · 1 3 7
2. Adirondack Lake George, New York 3,000.00 4 12 50 90 3 6 6 15
3. Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 3,000.00 1 .. 20 250 .. 4 4 8
4. Arizona Phoenix, Arizona 8,000.00 2 120 45 200 2 4 4 10
5. Boise Boise, Idaho 5,000.006 1 .. .. .. 1 2 2 5
6. Black River Valley Watertown, New York 2,500.00 1 1 15 100 1 1 2 4
7. Buffalo Buffalo, N. Y. 2,400.00 1 .. 15 175 1 12 2 15
8. Chamberlain Chamberlain, S. Dak. 60,000.00 3 20 41 100 3 20 6 29
9. Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, Colo. 4,000.00 1 .. 15 150 1 3 3 7
10. Fort Worth Fort Worth, Texas $1,700.00 1 .. 10 175 1 3 2 6
11. Garden City San Jose, Cal. 60,000.00 4 10 50 650 2 6 5 13
12. Hinsdale Hinsdale, Illinois 50,000.006 7 10 60 430 3 18 29 50
13. Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. 24,808.00 2 .. 35 400 1 14 5 20
14. Long Beach Long Beach, Cal. 5,000.006 1 .. .. 100 2 5 4 11
15. Lowville Lowville, New York 30,000.00 1 6 20 56 2 5 4 8
16. Middletown Middletown, New York 15,000.00 1 .. 15 77 1 6 2 9
17. Montrose Montrose, Minn. 7,000.00 2 1 8 100 1 3 2 6
18. Mountain Springs Botzum, Ohio 20,000.00 3 130 8 .. .. 3 2 5
19. Nauheim Oakland, Cal. 75,000.00 2 .. 35 600 2 10 5 17
20. Northwestern Port Townsend, Wash. 42,063.68 1 19 100 249 1 7 10 18
21. Nauheim Springfield, Mass. 2,000.00 1 .. 16 100 1 4 5 10
22. Riverside Montrose, Colo. 18,000.00 4 22 22 250 .. 7 3 10
23. Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Cal. 10,000.007 1 .. .. .. 1 3 2 6
24. St. Peter St. Peter, Minn. 28,000.00 3 300 15 100 .. 3 3 6
Total, 23 $477,471.68 49 651 615 4,427 31 149 115 295
Grand total of all sanitariums, 63 $2,344,283.65 189 2,110 2,515 15,541 95 884 617 1,596
Grand total of all institutions, 153 $4,549,923.94 441 9,055 9,078 … .. … … 2,477

Comparative Standing Outside the United States

Dividing the countries of the world roughly into Protestant, Roman and Greek Catholic, and non-Christian, the comparative standing of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in the various countries, outside the United States, is shown in the following table, which indicates the number of countries, churches, and communicants at the close of 1907:—

Protestant Countries

COUNTRIES CHURCHES COMMUNICANTS
Alaska 1 .. 11
Australia 1 75 3,138
Bermuda 1 1 48
Germany 1 79 5,032
German-Switzerland 1 10 421
Great Britain 1 47 1,807
Hawaiian Islands 1 1 22
<page-break/> | Holland | 1 | 5 | 185 | | New Zealand | 1 | 15 | 613 | | North America | 2 | 71 | 2,094 | | Prussia | 1 | 22 | 739 | | Roman-Switzerland | 1 | 14 | 516 | | Scandinavia | 6 | 81 | 2,744 | | Total | 19 | 421 | 17,370 |

Catholic Countries

COUNTRIES CHURCHES COMMUNICANTS
Austria 1 .. 87
Balkan States 1 2 127
Belgium 1 1 73
France 1 8 227
Greece 1 .. 4
Hungary 1 3 414
Italy 1 1 43
Mexico 1 2 121
Portugal 1 .. 9
Russia 1 41 2,566
South America 8 63 2,277
Spain 1 .. 29
West Indies 13 74 3,918
Total 32 195 9,845

Non-Christian Countries

COUNTRIES CHURCHES COMMUNICANTS
Abyssinia 1 .. 4
Algeria and Tunis 1 .. 4
British East Africa 1 .. 5
British West Africa 1 1 60
China 1 4 177
Egypt 1 1 10
German East Africa 1 1 8
India 1 4 221
Island Missions 11 19 448
Japan 1 4 134
Korea 1 5 155
South Africa 4 20 795
Syria 1 1 21
Turkey 1 21 276
Total 27 81 2,318
Grand total 78 697 29,533

Summary of Statistical Reports, 1863 to 1907—Table No. 3

Year Union Conferences Local Conferences Missions2 Ministers Licentiates Licensed Missionaries Canvassers Total Laborers3 Churches Membership Sabbath-Keepers4 Tithe Per Capita Offerings to Missions Total Sabbath-School Offerings Book and Periodical Sales
18631 … 6 … 22 8 … … … 125 3,500 … $8,000 00 $2 29 … … $3,000 00
18641 … 6 1 24 10 … … … 130 3,800 … 10,000 00 2 63 … … 3,500 00
18651 … 7 1 25 10 … … … 140 4,000 … 12,000 00 3 00 … … 4,000 00
18661 … 7 1 27 10 … … … 150 4,250 … 15,000 00 3 53 … … 4,500 00
18671 … 7 1 28 10 … … … 160 4,320 … 18,663 39 4 32 … … 5,000 00
18681 … 8 1 32 10 … … … 159 4,475 … 23,366 57 5 22 … … 6,000 00
1869 … 8 2 33 24 … … … 167 4,900 … 18,952 77 3 87 … … 6,500 00
1870 … 8 3 37 35 … … … 179 5,440 … 21,822 46 4 01 … … 7,000 00
1871 … 11 2 35 48 … … … 185 4,550 … 23,066 42 5 07 … … 6,000 00
1872 … 12 1 41 47 … … … 205 4,936 … 25,956 42 5 28 … … 8,500 00
Total, 10 years. … … … … … … … … … … … 176,826 03 … … … 56,000 00
1873 … 13 1 51 83 … … … 239 5,875 … 30,687 49 5 22 … … 10,578 40
18741 … 13 3 60 70 … … … 300 7,000 … 31,000 00 4 43 $5,000 00 … 14,000 00
1875 … 13 2 69 76 … … … 339 8,022 … 32,618 62 4 06 7,000 00 … 18,000 00
1876 … 14 2 96 70 … … … 398 10,044 … 43,968 47 4 38 8,000 00 … 20,000 00
1877 … 15 3 106 97 … … … 478 11,708 … 47,176 56 4 03 10,000 00 … 25,000 00
1878 … 16 6 117 154 … … … 549 13,077 … 47,637 29 3 64 12,000 00 … 27,000 00
1879 … 20 9 144 151 … … … 599 14,141 … 51,714 38 3 65 15,000 00 … 31,780 66
1880 … 24 8 144 116 … … … 640 15,570 … 61,856 88 3 98 22,000 00 … 40,000 00
1881 … 24 7 148 126 … … … 640 16,916 … 74,185 55 4 39 26,000 00 … 45,000 00
1882 … 26 6 167 134 … … … 660 17,169 … 84,261 36 4 91 30,000 00 … 47,000 00
Total, 10 years. … … … … … … … … … … … 505,136 60 … 135,000 00 … 278,359 06
1883 … 26 3 165 135 … … … 680 17,436 … 96,418 62 5 53 34,000 00 … 55,000 00
1884 … 28 3 176 145 … … … 705 18,702 … 105,543 41 5 64 37,000 00 … 62,409 12
1885 … 28 3 186 151 … … … 741 20,547 … 122,641 69 5 97 38,000 00 … 41,692 36
1886 … 28 3 213 166 … … … 798 23,111 … 146,036 78 6 31 41,000 00 … 76,210 52
1887 … 30 6 227 182 … … … 889 25,841 … 192,720 99 7 44 45,000 00 $26,751 83 113,795 06
1888 … 32 7 232 168 … … … 901 26,112 … 163,129 23 6 90 49,468 36 18,485 77 250,000 00
1889 … 34 7 229 183 … … … 972 28,324 … 224,743 78 7 93 55,998 98 22,541 24 500,000 00
1890 … 34 8 227 184 … 411 … 1,016 29,711 … 225,433 98 7 59 59,728 61 28,662 75 794,397 00
1891 … 34 8 230 166 … 396 … 1,066 31,669 … 258,037 27 8 11 60,611 20 29,435 05 819,749 00
1892 … 34 11 244 156 … 405 403 1,102 33,778 … 302,310 19 8 94 75,206 59 37,542 27 706,690 33
Total, 10 years. … … … … … … … … … … … 1,837,915 94 … 490,100 84 153,398 91 3,359,912 39
1893 … 35 11 267 193 … 460 … 1,151 37,404 … 350,690 56 9 37 108,572 11 37,936 11 146,044 52
1894 1 35 12 301 214 … 515 … 1,225 42,763 … 321,517 06 7 51 108,420 10 39,562 42 310,434 33
1895 1 36 22 326 257 … 583 … 1,331 47,680 … 309,142 76 6 45 73,322 54 37,336 35 250,000 00
1896 1 37 27 336 237 … 573 … 1,439 52,202 … 341,978 37 6 55 83,682 47 40,125 13 250,000 00
1897 1 37 24 407 249 … 656 … 1,574 56,436 … 363,415 16 6 43 140,355 97 41,541 40 250,000 00
1898 2 39 27 446 260 … 706 … 1,654 59,447 … 432,158 08 7 26 70,170 45 40,201 87 200,000 00
1899 2 44 41 490 331 543 1,386 … 1,785 64,003 … 490,656 16 7 56 75,662 42 39,071 79 300,000 00
1900 2 45 42 510 337 571 1,500 … 1,892 66,547 75,767 510,258 97 6 73 95,615 24 46,794 40 250,000 00
1901 9 57 41 553 340 611 1,991 … 2,011 69,356 78,188 578,628 13 7 40 100,000 00 43,819 67 300,000 00
1902 13 72 41 553 323 528 826 2,278 2,077 67,150 73,522 643,747 83 8 75 115,000 00 51,642 01 430,027 71
Total, 10 years. … … … … … … … … … … … 4,342,193 08 … 970,810 30 418,131 15 2,956,506 58
1903 13 78 48 616 324 662 1,032 2,704 2,120 69,072 77,554 684,030 54 8 82 137,315 67 55,823 85 477,714 98
1904 13 78 52 625 335 713 1,053 2,750 2,243 71,891 81,721 691,819 33 8 47 144,712 20 60,460 80 436,600 68
1905 13 80 56 647 339 719 1,068 2,797 2,340 77,443 87,311 858,016 16 9 93 169,335 11 68,643 71 548,067 01
1906 16 86 66 693 408 948 1,218 3,502 2,416 79,422 91,531 998,275 82 10 91 193,005 88 75,068 55 824,027 69
1907 22 93 68 712 394 1,013 1,382 3,587 2,504 80,897 94,048 1,064,755 43 11 32 264,323 16 85,105 89 1,035,505 66
Total, 5 years. … … … … … … … … … … … 4,296,894 03 … 968,692 00 345,072 80 3,321,076 00
Grand Totals. … … … … … … … … … … … 11,158,965 68 … 2,504,603 14 916,602 86 9,972,754 93

Current Mention

— Two more battle-ships of the “Dreadnought” class are to be launched for the British navy before the close of the present year, and work on still another one will be begun.
— Experiments have been made upon an obsolete war-ship of the British navy for the purpose of determining whether the suction gas-engine can be successfully used on ships in place of the high-pressure steam-engine. It is said that favorable results were obtained.
— A despatch from Milan, Italy, states that the pope has promulgated a secret bull abolishing the privilege hitherto appertaining to certain governments of vetoing the election of the pope. This bull is said to impose major excommunication upon any cardinal daring to submit to such a veto.
— Advices recently received indicate that all the provinces of Persia are in a state of anarchy, and that the country is on the eve of a civil war. One despatch declares that the revolutionists have sent an ultimatum to the shah demanding the formation of a ministry composed of members of their party, the exile of reactionaries from Teheran, full amnesty, and the immediate convocation of a national assembly.
— A gale which swept over the English Channel one day last week did much damage ashore as well as on the sea. The wind, at times, blew at the rate of seventy miles an hour, which is almost unprecedented at this time of the year. A large number of vessels were driven ashore or obliged to seek shelter. Fortunately there was no great loss of life, except in the case of the British bark “Amazon.” Twenty-five of her crew, which numbered thirty-three, were lost.
— The town of Eureka, Cal., was visited by sharp earthquake shocks on Tuesday morning of last week. More than a hundred chimneys were thrown down, many plate-glass windows in the business portions of the town were shattered, crockery in the homes was broken, and the people were driven into the streets in terror.
— Recent advices state that Abdul Aziz has given up hope of retaining the rulership of Morocco, and has disbanded his army. It is said, however, that Germany will not proceed with the policy outlined in her recent note with reference to the recognition of Mulai Hafid as sultan of Morocco. Battles still continue between the tribesmen and the French troops.
— Last week Chisholm, one of the cities of the Mesaba range in Minnesota, was totally destroyed by forest fires. Much damage was also done in many other places. The total number rendered homeless will reach twelve thousand, and conservative estimates of the damage place the total at $3,750,000. This disaster is without parallel in the history of Minnesota, and in view of the appalling calamity the governor of the State has appealed to the generosity of the people of Minnesota for liberal aid.
— Holland has demanded of Venezuela the revocation, before November 1, of the decree issued by President Castro on May 14 last, which made obligatory the transshipment of all goods from and to Maracaibo and other ports in western Venezuela at Porto Cabello instead of Willemstad, as previously had been the custom. The minister of foreign affairs, Jonkhern van Swinderen, admits that some of Venezuela’s grievances are well founded, but takes exception to the summary dismissal of the Belgian minister, stating that the Dutch government would undoubtedly have recalled him if it had been requested so to do.
— There was a falling off of $2,899,508 in the internal revenue receipts for July, 1908, as compared with the receipts for July, 1907. The decrease in the receipts from the retail liquor dealers’ special tax indicates that between eight and nine thousand retail liquor dealers went out of business during July. This result is largely attributable to recent prohibition legislation.
— Two thousand socialists and unemployed in Glasgow, Scotland, attempted forcibly to invade the Catholic cathedral during services last Sunday. A large body of police who had been stationed there to prevent such an occurrence dispersed the mob. Several were injured.
— The public press during the week has been giving much attention to the work of the aeronauts, especially those operating machines that do not depend upon balloons to keep them afloat. In France, Wilbur Wright, of Ohio, and Leon Delagrange, of the French Aero Club, have been giving interesting exhibitions in their heavier-than-air machines, while at Fort Meyer, near Washington, D. C., Orville Wright, brother of the aeronaut above named, has astonished the world by his performances in a machine similar to that used by his brother in France. With the last-mentioned machine, Mr. Orville Wright, on September 9, remained in the air, soaring about over the proving grounds, one hour, two minutes, and fifteen seconds. This followed a performance earlier in the day in which he remained in the air fifty-seven minutes, guiding the machine in every conceivable direction with astonishing ease. The last feat of the day was to take another passenger in the flying-machine, and demonstrate its ability to fly with them both. On the following day Mr. Wright remained in the air one hour, five minutes, and fifty-two seconds. In these performances the American aeronaut has broken three world’s records.

Gifts to Missions in 1906 From Some of the Principal Religious Bodies in the United States

“These figures are compiled from the latest statistics at hand, such as ‘Blue Book of Missions,’ and reports from missionary boards.”
Name Membership No. Missionaries Am’t Donated to Missions Am’t per Member Proportion of Missionaries
Baptists (North) 1,075,833 549 $ 883,166 $.83 1 to 1,960
Baptists (South) 1,862,720 181 324,009 .17 1 to 10,291
Christians (Disciples) 1,235,294 239 484,167 .39 1 to 5,168
Congregationalists 687,042 580 913,159 1.33 1 to 1,185
Free-will Baptists 86,322 25 1 to 3,453
Presbyterians (North) 1,087,973 889 1,171,867 1.08 1 to 1,224
Presbyterians (South) 246,769 206 266,317 1.08 1 to 1,198
Cumberland Presbyterians 185,786 38 173,488 .93 1 to 4,889
Lutherans (Gen. Synod) 228,436 35 137,208 .60 1 to 6,527
Lutherans (Gen. Council) 378,379 16 68,718 .18 1 to 23,649
Lutherans (South) 45,703 6 11,945 .26 1 to 7,617
Methodist Episcopal (North) 2,910,779 810 1,822,468 .63 1 to 3,594
Methodist Episcopal (South) 1,595,014 251 623,755 .39 1 to 6,355
Protestant Methodist 183,894 15 24,484 .13 1 to 12,260
Protestant Episcopal 817,845 163 729,374 .89 1 to 5,018
United Brethren 255,695 46 79,071 .31 1 to 5,559
Seventh-day Baptists 8,773 6 12,802 1.46 1 to 1,462
Seventh-day Adventists 57,784 746 310,401 5.37 1 to 77
Seventh-day Adventists (1907) 58,557 832 329,850 5.63 1 to 70
The foregoing table, with the exception of the last two lines concerning the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, is taken from the Signs of the Times, published in Mountain View, Cal., under date of Nov. 6, 1907. The following explanation regarding Seventh-day Adventists may be given: The membership shown in the first line is for the same time as that given for other denominations, and is for the United States only. The amount donated to foreign missions is the total gifts from the membership in the territory named, during 1906. The figures for 1907, with reference to the Seventh-day Adventists, being now available, are also inserted, to bring the items up to date. The number of missionaries includes all ministers and missionary laborers and secretaries outside the United States, but no other classes of any kind.
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