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Review and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 44.

MRS. E. G. WHITE
Earlier text: A NOTABLE ANNIVERSARY

PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE.

By W. T. Knox

Tuesday evening, August 6, in company with Elder Mc Clure, I left San Francisco to attend the camp-meeting at Los Angeles. My intention was to remain at this meeting for the first days only, and to leave as soon as the Conference was organized, as a meeting had been appointed for Utah at the same date, August 8–18. The organization of the Conference was completed Monday, the 12th, but other interests of the meeting seemed to demand my presence until its close. This, and a council meeting in Oakland in the interests of the sanitarium in Los Angeles, rendered it impossible for me to meet with the brethren in their meetings at Bountiful, Utah, and Bozeman, Mont. The brethren present at these meetings have reported an excellent interest and profitable meetings at both places.
Leaving Oakland again, August 21, after a number of delays, caused by forest fires, burning of snow-sheds, and railroad accidents of different kinds, I reached Missoula, Mont., late Saturday night, having spent the Sabbath with the church at Butte. The meeting at Missoula will long be remembered by me as one of the most enjoyable meetings I have ever attended, much of the blessing of the Lord attending the work of all the laborers. The brethren returned to their homes with courage renewed and their faith strengthened, and there was a good interest in the town to hear more of the truths presented.
The four days intervening between the close of the Missoula meeting and the beginning of the meeting at Seattle were taken advantage of to visit the Spokane Sanitarium and the Walla Walla College. The sanitarium in Spokane had been enjoying a good degree of prosperity. Much of the time their facilities have been entirely inadequate for the demands made upon them. Early in the year steps were taken to provide more room and better facilities. When I visited them, September 1, I found their new building of something over twenty rooms well under way, and those in charge were hoping to be able to occupy it inside of sixty days. This building provides for offices, treatment rooms, class rooms, and apartments for the patients, and will, with their present building, give them over forty rooms, besides the cottages they are now renting. I found Dr. Leadsworth, with the regular medical work and the down-town offices, extremely busy, but he has found relief from many of his former cares by the placing of the business management of the institution upon Brother S. A. Anderson. I believe that this is a very promising field for the sanitarium, and, with proper care upon the part of the brethren, and with the blessing of the Lord, we may expect to see great results from the institution that has been planted at this place.
I was fortunate to be able to visit College Place at this time, being there September 3 and 4, during which time the college opened its doors to students for the new year. This was an earlier date than in former years, which may partially account for the fact that the attendance was not as large as ordinarily; but, later on, when the work in the orchards is over, a decided increase in the attendance was expected. I was pleased to meet Elder Breed here. I found him busy planning for, and putting into execution, aggressive work on various lines. The work for “Christ’s Object Lessons” has not been at all satisfactory to the brethren, and another earnest effort will at once be put forth in behalf of this book for the relief of the college.
I reached Seattle September 5, in time for the opening meeting. The camp was pitched in a thickly settled portion of the town. Besides Elder Loughborough and myself, there were present Elder C. N. Martin, of California; Elders Decker, Ward, Nellis, and Cole, of the North Pacific Conference; and S. C. Osborne, from the Pacific Press. A good work was accomplished at this meeting for our people, especially for the young. Sinners were converted to Christ and backsliders reclaimed.
The North Pacific Conference Committee is planning for a strong and united effort on the part of all their laborers in the sale of “Christ’s Object Lessons” during the next three months,
A visit to the Portland Sanitarium revealed a very satisfactory condition in that institution, except for the lack of room and proper facilities. Like the Spokane Sanitarium, they are taxed to their utmost.
Thursday, September 19, had been appointed for the opening of the camp-meeting at Weiser, Idaho, but the people were slow in gathering. By Sabbath there were probably seventy-five or eighty present, with but little evidence of any interest in the town, which might probably be accounted for by the stormy and threatening weather. Although this meeting did not prove to be all that had been hoped for, yet it was greatly enjoyed by those present, and good was accomplished. Elders Loughborough, Breed, Martin, and Sharp, besides the writer, were present, also Brother Osborne, in the interests of the publishing work.
From September 26 to October 6 was spent with the laborers in Utah, the churches in Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake City being visited. Notwithstanding the difficulties of this hard field, I found the workers all of good courage and planning for an active campaign in Salt Lake City this winter. At present meetings are being held at Wood’s Cross and Farmington, between Ogden and Salt Lake City. Brother and Sister Fries are working hard in the Salt Lake Mission, and are meeting with some encouragement. While in Utah I met Brother Booker, of the St. Helena Sanitarium Food Company, who was visiting the State to arrange for the sale of the food company’s goods. He has secured a very desirable store room in a good location in Salt Lake City, and by this time the store is probably open and transacting business. With the three or four trained nurses already there, I believe our health work will be called to the attention of the public in such a manner that soon there will be a demand for other lines.
W. T. KNOX.

Canvassing Report from Prescott: Orders and Deliveries

By I. Ernest Bond; Frank S. Bond

PRESCOTT.— We have nothing but an encouraging report to make. We are continually confronted with evidences that the guiding hand of our great Captain is directing our course and crowning our efforts with success.
Since our last report $321.80 worth of orders have been taken, at times about $60 worth, or even more than that, being taken in one day. The harvest truly is white. It certainly is a source of extreme pleasure to the God-fearing canvasser, as he unfolds the grand and glittering truths contained in those heaven-inspired works, “The Desire of Ages” and “Christ’s Object Lessons,” to observe how readily the sin-parched soul drinks them in. If you cannot appreciate this as being really the case, hesitating brother or sister, just launch out for yourself into the field of activity with some one of these good books. Take a “lay off” from your usual vocations. Go out into the byways and hedges for a few weeks, and canvass, and thus share in getting the last message of mercy to the dying world. If you do this, there will come rushing into your life blessings which only the worker together with Christ can experience, and doubtless other souls will be saved in the glorious kingdom above on account of your efforts.
We have just completed a very successful delivery. Out of orders amounting to $266.80 only six were lost.
While one of us was retracing the road already traveled, to deliver the books ordered, the other made a four days’ tour of Verde Valley. This is a long, narrow valley, through the center of which flows a beautiful little river known by the same name. A narrow strip of land on either side of the river is made very productive by its life-giving waters.
As we look at the beautiful fields of alfalfa, the thrifty orchards and vineyards, away out here in the midst of a barren desert, and realize that it is only the water of this stream which produces the contrast, we long to be the means in the hand of God of administering to the many souls all around us, which are vastly more barren than even these arid wastes, the life-giving waters, of which, if a man drink, he shall never thirst.
The Lord blessed the work in this valley, giving for the four days’ work orders to the amount of almost eighty dollars.
After making our delivery in Prescott the first of next week, we expect to go to Skull Valley, about twenty miles distant.
There is a brother and family living here who desire to have some work done, so, besides canvassing, we hope to hold a few meetings and do Bible work, and thus awaken an interest in others to know more of God.
We desire an interest in the prayers of all God’s people, for if there ever was a field where the worker needed the power of God and heavenly wisdom, it is here.
I. ERNEST BOND.
FRANK S. BOND.

Tent and Church Work in Utah

By A. G. Christiansen

Utah.

FARMINGTON.—I began work in this State the first of May, and have been working with Brother Charles Nelson. After visiting and holding some meetings in Logan, Cache Valley, in the northern part of Utah, we baptized one person, and organized a church of twelve members. The present membership is fifteen. We have also held two tent-meetings in the same valley, one in Hyde Park and one in Smithfield. The attendance at Hyde Park was fair. At Logan two began keeping the Sabbath, and one was baptized and united with the church. Meetings had been held at Smithfield before we came there. Some became interested, but no visible results are yet manifest.
About the first of August we went to Bountiful, ten miles north of Salt Lake City, to attend the camp-meeting. Meetings were held every evening in the large tent for five weeks. The outside attendance was good, and a few have begun keeping the Sabbath. Since closing the effort at Bountiful, we moved the tent to this place. We have held meetings here a little over a week, and the people are turning out well.
We hope and pray that there will be some of the people of Utah who will receive the Third Angel's Message. A. G. CHRISTIANSEN. Sept. 24, 1901.

MAINE

By H. C. Basney

BUXTON.—Two weeks ago we began meetings here. The weather has been wet and cold, and the roads quite bad, but still the attendance has been fairly good, as well as the interest. Some we are inclined to think stay away for fear they may hear “Advent doctrine,” but we shall not shun to declare the plain truth as far as we know it. There are other matters in the Conference which need our attention, so we may not be able to remain here as long as we hoped. We are glad to report that the work looks prosperous throughout the Conference. The last letter we received from Calais breathed a spirit of good courage and success. During the last few months some very nice people have taken hold of the Sabbath in Portland and vicinity.
H. C. BASNEY.

Calais: Interest Grows After Move to Hall

By H. H. Dexter; C. W. Richmond

CALAIS.—God is still working in this city. We have just removed from the tent to a pleasant and convenient hall on Main Street, and the interest among the greater number who attend is the same. From eighteen to twenty are keeping the Sabbath, and becoming more thoroughly established in the truths of the message. We hold services Sabbath afternoon, Sunday afternoon and evening, and Wednesday evening. October 2 we held our first service at Baring, a village five miles distant. The people there showed us their good will by giving us the use of the Baptist vestry, and by a large and increasing attendance. Sunday evening there were a hundred and twenty present, and all manifested keen interest in the words spoken. We look for good results from the effort there. We ask the prayers of the brethren for this part of the Lord’s vineyard.
H. H. DEXTER, C. W. RICHMOND.

Young Man at South Woodstock Begins Living Truth

THE librarian of the South Woodstock church reports that another young man there has begun to live the truth.

J. B. GOODRICH

By J. B. Goodrich

Aroostook County.— Since camp-meeting we have visited Crystal, Dyer Brook, Westfield, Easton, Linneus, and Mars Hill. At Dyer Brook we met with the church in Sabbath services, and although few in number, the Lord came near by His sweet, melting Spirit. We preached twice at Linneus; had a good attendance; found one new one keeping the Sabbath; sold one copy of “Christ’s Object Lessons.” At Mars Hill there are three who have begun the observance of the Sabbath, where we have previously held meetings. At Westfield the young people are interested. Praise the Lord for victory.

J. B. GOODRICH

SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE.

By C. McReynolds

The camp-meetings of the season are now past. They have been occasions of much interest. Five of the Conferences composing the Union Conference have held their annual Conference meetings in connection with the camp-meeting.
The attendance at some of the earlier meetings was much hindered by the drought. However, a goodly number came, and the Lord gave especial blessing as we entered upon the work of re-organization in Conference, tract society, and Sabbath-school plans. In all the Conferences those separate organizations were made departments of the Conference, and in most of them some minor changes were made. A more liberal method of choosing committees was adopted, and all members present were recognized as delegates. Wherever this method was adopted, the most perfect freedom prevailed. The messages borne by the ministry were of such a nature as to stir deeply and in a practical way all who attended, and in every meeting a goodly number responded to the call of the Spirit of God, gave their hearts to the Lord, and followed their Saviour in baptism.
The Texas camp-meeting was the largest one held in the Union Conference, there being about thirteen hundred people camped on the ground. In every place the interest demanded the continuance of the meetings, and in some cases excellent results followed. The various interests of the work were considered, the mission work receiving much attention. In almost every Conference the ten-cent-a-week plan was adopted with such an enthusiasm as gives good promise that it will be carried out in the weekly practice of the people. The canvassing work was made a specialty everywhere. No second place was given it in any of the Conferences. As a result a goodly number entered that branch of the Lord's work who had never canvassed before. The medical missionary work was taken hold of more intelligently and earnestly than formerly.
The camp-meetings in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado were favored with the services of the Drs. Paulson, whose labors were much appreciated, and will, I am sure, prove valuable to many who will make the instruction practical in the home life. The health work in the Union Conference is encouraging. The Keene Sanitarium has not sufficient room to accommodate all who wish to enter that institution, some having been recently refused admission on that account.
The Boulder Sanitarium has had a splendid year. That institution also has insufficient room to accommodate its patrons. Its condition has been much improved in every way the past year, repairs having been made, improvements added, and facilities increased. The debts have been encouragingly reduced. Kansas and Texas voted to pay the second tithe, and other Conferences will do likewise in the near future.
Since the close of the annual camp-meeting in Arkansas, the Lord has signally blessed the work there. Four new churches have been organized by the Conference workers. The Union Conference has undertaken the work for the colored people in Arkansas, and employed Brethren S. S. Ryles and Sidney B. Scott (colored laborers). These brethren went to a place near Van Buren and began house-to-house work. Later they opened public services. They distributed much reading-matter, and Brother Scott sold a good many books. They found a church which excludes tobacco, and holds the truth on the second coming of the Lord. A recent letter from Elder Field states that the whole church has accepted the Sabbath, and some will become students of our school at Huntsville, Ala. Thus we see how the Lord is blessing the colored laborers in their efforts to bring the truth to their own race.
Plans are being laid to take up the German work in St. Louis under the direction of the Union Conference. There are three hundred thousand Germans in that city, and no work has been done for them. As means comes into the Union Conference treasury, we shall enter other missionary fields according to the amount of funds within our reach, but no debts will be contracted in establishing great missions. There are many openings within the borders of the Union Conference for missionary operations; and when you have faithfully paid the ten cents per week into the general mission fund, besides liberal Sabbath-school donations, and all your tithes to the church, and the Lord has blessed you abundantly, remember the work for colored people in the Southwestern Union Conference. There are hundreds of thousands of these people in this Conference, and many of them will yet rejoice in the truths of the message, and be ready to meet the Saviour. May the Lord roll upon us a burden to save them. C. McREYNOLDS.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE.

By Henry Scott

SANTA ROSA.—This is the name of a thriving little town in beautiful Sonoma Valley. To many it is familiar as at one time being the center of the work of the denomination on the Pacific Coast. It was here that our people built the first house of worship west of the Rockies. Years ago there was a debate held here between Elder W. M. Healey and the president of the Christian college of this place. The results are still fresh in the minds of some, as a grand triumph of the principles of truth and righteousness, on which our work rests, over the spirit of misrepresentation, misinterpretation, and error, which is ever striving to pervert the right way of the Lord.
How often the Lord would have gathered the people of this place is shown by repeated camp-meetings, lecture courses, and personal house-to-house work. But the great majority would not hear. Still His long-suffering is not exhausted. He still entreats. How like our God!
The Master is blessing His faithful people who are holding up the light here. He has enabled them to recently complete a neat, comfortable addition to the church for school purposes. Miss Lela M. King has been engaged as teacher, and a church school was opened Monday, September 30. We hope for good results in this line.
Just what my hands will find to do here, the future will develop. I will trust in the Lord with all my heart, and lean not unto my own understanding. In all my ways I will acknowledge Him, and He shall direct my paths. Pray for us and the work at this place.
HENRY SCOTT.

Brother M. H. Brown's Notes from the Field

Brother M. H. Brown contributes the following notes of interest to the Pacific Union Recorder of the 10th inst.:—
W. G. Bond, who was obliged to return home on account of sickness, has returned to the tent work near Angel’s Camp, California.
E. J. Hibbard and his family have arrived from the east, and located at Healdsburg. He has been chosen Bible teacher in the college.
J. W. McCord is to attend Healdsburg College for a time, in order to secure a better preparation for the work.
Pastor Isaac Morrison and wife have begun their work in Sacramento, and Brother Henry Scott has located for a time in Santa Rosa, to look after the work there and at Sebastopol.
The work at Vallejo is being looked after by F. R. Shaeffer and wife and Florence Mendenhall. It is hoped that a church may be organized there soon, and the work put on a permanent basis.
A warehouse for the storage of Conference property, such as tents, etc., has been erected in Oakland, on the north side of 34th Street, between West and Market. It is high enough for storage in the loft. It has ample capacity for all the property of the Conference.
Evelyn M. Riley, who has labored earnestly in missionary work, both home and foreign, has taken up the work of teaching in a private family, in order to be self-supporting.
Healdsburg College opened the 9th inst. with a fair attendance.
Members of the San Francisco church say that they find more openings where Bible readings can be given than can be supplied.
Sister Georgia A. Burrus, who was for a number of years connected with the Bible work in California, but for the past eight years has been in India working to extend the everlasting gospel to the millions of that land, is now in this State. She is planning to visit as many of the leading California churches as her time will permit, laying before the brethren and sisters the conditions and needs of the great Indian field.
Nevada.—En route to the Carthage camp-meeting, I spent a few days with the church at Nevada. We enjoyed a very pleasant occasion, and I believe it was not an unprofitable meeting. The meetings were well attended by both the church and the friends from the city. The continued attendance and appreciation of the word spoken is clear evidence that there is still an interest there to know more of the message. R. C. Porter.
Boonsboro.—We closed our meetings at Boonsboro October 6, having spent two months at the place, but preaching only about half the time, on account of the smallpox scare. Seventeen declared their intention to obey the truth and keep the commandments of God. Two of these renewed their covenant, having formerly obeyed the truth. A Sabbath-school has been organized, and supplies ordered. W. S. Cruzan.
Lisbon.—September 22-29 I held meetings at Lisbon in the Baptist church of that place, while Elder Terry remained at Boonsboro, holding Bible readings with the interested ones.
Congregations at Lisbon were large, and the people seemed anxious for me to hold a complete series of meetings, and promised the use of the house at any time. W. S. C.
October 11-13 I was with the Armstrong church in quarterly meeting. A good meeting was held, the ordinances were celebrated, three united with the church, and the tract and missionary work was revived. The brethren seemed of good courage. The elder of this church, Henry Quantock, was not present, being in England on a visit.
In connection with Elder Terry I have enjoyed the work the past summer. W. S. C.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE.

By Clarence Santee

The brethren at Nordhoff have not yet presented the Sabbath truth, but one has accepted the truth, and others are listening with deep interest. The opposition of the “holiness” people has been bitter.
The tent is now pitched at the Soldier’s Home, between Los Angeles and Santa Monica, and Brethren Hare and Thurston are beginning a series of meetings. We ask the prayers of the brethren and sisters that these old veterans, who are many hundreds in number, may be led to weigh the truth with unprejudiced minds. With many it will be the last hope, as they are rapidly dying off with old age.
The Los Angeles church-school building will be inclosed before this will reach its readers. It is 40 by 28 feet, with a first and second floor. This will accommodate the children nicely. We are glad that the church will not be used this winter for school purposes.
The managers of the Santa Ana Bank, at Santa Ana, have promised to fit rooms in a building that they control, free of charge, for our church school; that is, they will cut a double doorway to connect rooms for the school.
There are quite a number of our youth who are preparing to attend Healdsburg College this winter.
The Southern California Conference has thirteen organized churches, and they will have eleven church schools this fall. CLARENCE SANTEE.

September 22

By D. T. Fero

MONTEREY.—I have now been in Monterey over three weeks. Brother D. A. Parsons and wife have been here over two weeks. We are thankful to report that the Lord has blessed the work, and some persons of deep Christian experience have been led to take a firm stand on the truth. The number is not large, but the experience and religious connections of some who have come in are such that there is every indication that the work will extend through their influence. In view of this the success is greater than appears. The object is partly to build up the church here, and, to do this, the meetings are held within reach of a comparatively small population. So our attendance has been small. Conditions and results have justified this course, so far as we can judge, and the interest is extending.
Brother and Sister Parsons are giving faithful service. Personally I wish to say to all my friends in this and other Conferences that my heart is fixed trusting in the Lord. D. T. FERO.

September 22

H. F. COURTER

By H. F. Courter

GUERNEVILLE.—We have just closed our tent effort at Guerneville. On the 14th instant we buried five precious souls in baptism in the Russian River, and Sunday, the 22d instant, we baptized two more. Twelve grown persons have signed a covenant, and expressed a desire for church organization. We hope to organize there soon. There is one more person who is keeping the Sabbath, and who will probably soon unite in church fellowship with the company there.

H. F. COURTER

Peachland post-office, via Sebastopol.

Souls Won at Buckeye Church Report

By W. L. Sims

BUCKEYE.— The Lord is blessing and giving us some souls for our labor in this place. We expect that six will obey the Sabbath commandment next Sabbath, and we have hope of several others. Pray for us, that we may be able to establish them in the truth as it is in Christ. W. L. SIMS.

News and Notes

By A. J. B.

Leading Events of Week: Oct. 13–19.

—Turkey warns Greece not to make “any attempt to secure the independence of Crete.”
—The steamer “Alebar” was nearly swamped by a waterspout near South Haven, Mich., the 22d inst.
—A Chinese dispatch of the 21st inst. states that the son of Prince Tuan is “soon to be deposed as heir to China’s throne,” and that a Boxer leader will succeed him.
—A Balltown, La., mob burned William Morris, a negro, at the stake, the 24th inst. He was accused of assaulting a white woman after having robbed her husband’s store.
—It is reported, under date of the 25th, that J. Pierpont Morgan is paying $45,000, or the entire expense of the installation of an electric light system in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.
—It is learned from a London dispatch of the 24th, that “Chile has occupied the disputed territory in the Cordilleras without waiting for Great Britain’s award.” A serious break with Argentina may result.
—Joseph Chamberlain declared in a speech at Edinburgh, the 25th inst., that the government would be obliged to make “new rules for the House of Commons, to prevent obstruction of business by the Irish members.”
—On the 22d inst. the Chicago Tribune received the following dispatch from Manila: “It is not likely that the troops will take any more prisoners, as the war against the treacherous natives will be carried on without asking for or giving quarter.”
—The French parliament reassembled the 22d, “under circumstances which imperiled the continuance in power of the Waldeck-Rousseau ministry.” The Socialists withdrew their support, but there were enough conservative accessions to sustain the ministry by a majority of sixty-six.
—From Barcelona, Spain, comes the news, dated the 24th, that “the anarchist propaganda in favor of a general strike is proving fruitful in Spain. Leading anarchists assert that committees throughout the world, representing 8,000,000 workers, are only awaiting the signal to inaugurate the universal strike proposed by the German workmen and approved by the American and European committees.”
—Botha again outwits the British, securing a better position.
—The Borden Mills, Fall River, Mass., advanced wages five per cent the 22d inst.
—Bloomfield, N. J., schools were closed the 22d inst., because of an epidemic of diphtheria.
—On the 21st inst. the Pittsburg, Pa., post-office was robbed of $2,000 in stamps and $500 in money.
—On the 22d inst. the French Chamber of Deputies defeated the bill “to fix minimum wage scale for miners.”
—On the 23d inst. a statue to Gladstone was unveiled at Manchester, England, John Morley making the address.
—Postage stamps to the value of $74,610 were taken from the vaults of the Chicago Post-office Sunday, the 20th inst.
—Three hundred sophomores and freshmen of Armour Institute, Chicago, fought all day the 24th “over class pennants.”
—Colombia insurgents were defeated by government troops in a battle near Bogota, the 23d inst., 100 rebels being killed.
—The walls of an elevator at Manitowoc, Wis., gave way the 22d inst., allowing 30,000 bushels of corn to go into the river.
—A dispatch from Buffalo, N. Y., dated the 23d, states that the Pan-American Exposition “probably will default in the sum of $4,100,000.”
—The night of the 23d, a fire at Hammond, Ind., destroyed the Hammond Packing Company’s plant. Loss, $900,000. The building covered three acres.
—On the 23d inst. President Roosevelt, while driving near Farmington, Conn., “jumped a fence and helped a farmer round up some refractory cattle.”
—Eighteen lives were lost in the Philadelphia fire, which on the 25th destroyed the nine-story building occupied by Hunt, Wilkinson & Co., furniture dealers.
—On the 21st inst. M. Santos-Dumont made his balloon trip around the Eiffel tower, Paris, France, and to St. Cloud, on time, and was given an ovation by Parisians.
—The Pan-American Congress was formally opened on the 22d, in the City of Mexico. It is composed of “delegates from every country of North, Central, and South America.”
—It is stated, under date of the 23d, that in a recent letter to a friend, General Chaffee “declared it would be necessary to keep a large force in the Philippines for twenty-five years.”
—An express messenger on a Southern Pacific train near Eugene, Ore., prevented the looting of his car by robbers the 23d inst., fighting the hold-up men off with a revolver, after the car had been blown open.
—A dispatch from Constantinople, dated the 24th, states that “the missionaries who are operating from Samakov, Bulgaria, are at last in touch with the brigands who abducted Miss Ellen M. Stone and her companion, Mme. K. S. Tsilka.”
—A message from Vienna, dated the 24th, states that “the Neues Wiener Tageblatt reports a serious inundation at Broussa, near the Sea of Marmora. The water rose with terrible suddenness in the night time, eighty persons being drowned, and 776 houses destroyed.”
—In opening the new Servian parliament on the 20th inst., King Alexander pledged himself to “uphold the new constitution, expressed gratification at the correct and friendly relations maintained by Servia with foreign states.” He also emphasized Servia’s “traditional policy of securing the friendship and confidence of Russia.”
—From Willemstad, Curaçao, under date of the 20th, comes the news that “the sum of $8,000 became due this month to the United States from Venezuela, on account of mixed American claims, and it has not been paid. The claims arose out of damages sustained during the revolutions of 1892. Venezuela agreed to pay $32,000 per year in quarterly payments,” and this is the first time she has failed to pay.
—On the 22d inst., Rear-Admiral Rodgers sent the following dispatch from Cavite: “Active insurrection in Samar. ‘New York’ leaves to-day for Catbalogan with 300 marines, to return to Basey and Balangiga to co-operate with the army. Nearly all naval force concentrated on Samar patrol. Services ‘Arethusa’ and ‘Zafiro,’ two colliers, needed and being utilized.” Evidently the Samar insurrection is no insignificant thing.
—The date definitely set for the electrocution of Czolgosz is Tuesday, the 29th.
—An unknown man attempted to blow up the residence of Ermand Shultz, near Laporte, Ind., the 25th.
—Thieves who robbed the house of D. C. Stover, Freeport, Ill., the 21st, threw away securities worth $250,000.
—General French is appointed to succeed General Buller as commander of the First Army Corps of the British army.
—Lord Curzon is recovering from his attack of spinal neuralgia, and starts November 4 on a tour of Assam and Burmah.
—On the 20th inst. was begun the celebration at New Haven, Conn., of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Yale University.
—Dispatches of the 20th announce the discovery of new plots, in the island of Samar, Philippines, to massacre American garrisons.
—M. Santos-Dumont states he may attempt to cross the Atlantic in an air-ship in 1902. He will doubtless keep putting it off a year.
—Charles Treys, of Jacksonville, Ill., is appointed “orderly to the governor” the 23d instant, and will be required to “protect the governor from cranks.”
—On the 22d the general convention of Universalists, assembled at Buffalo, N. Y., elected Hon. W. D. Washburn, of Minnesota, as president.
—The German Industrial Union held a meeting at Berlin the 21st inst., and “indorsed the proposed European trade alliance against the United States.”
—On the 24th two attempts at smuggling, by passengers of the steamship “Deutschland,” were laid bare by New York customhouse officials. Diamonds were found hidden in apples.
—Twenty-four passengers were seriously injured the 24th, in a wreck on the Kansas City line of the Chicago, Burlington, and Kansas City Railroad, near Exline, Iowa. Wreck caused by a loose rail.
—Sunday, the 20th, four Chicago preachers took for their text the entertaining of Booker T. Washington, the colored leader, at the White House, all approving President Roosevelt’s action in the matter.
—A meeting was held in Havana, Cuba, the 22d inst., which had for its object the annexation of that island to the United States. It is said that planters, manufacturers, and business men favor it. Of course!
—At Detroit, Mich., the 24th inst., Alexander Winton, of Cleveland, Ohio, broke all automobile records for one to ten miles. One mile was made in one minute, six and two-fifths seconds, and ten miles in eleven minutes and nine seconds.
—A London dispatch of the 21st inst. states that “the British cruiser ‘Pylades’ reports that it has annexed Ocean Island, west of the Gilbert Islands. The island, which has hitherto been a British protectorate, is rich in phosphates.”
—It is stated that Holland will, so far as possible, refuse to purchase British goods. For instance, “a coal merchant recently cancelled an order in Great Britain, and negotiated for 850,000 tons in the United States, to be delivered before January, 1902.”
—An exchange states that on the 22d inst., “in order that his destitute wife and children might be provided for, Joseph Pabst, of Wichita, Kan., an escaped convict, for whose capture a reward of fifty dollars was offered, caused a friend to deliver him to the authorities and collect the reward for Pabst’s family. Pabst was returned to the penitentiary.”
—The British general, Sir Redvers Buller, was, on the 22d, “degraded by removal from the command of the First Army Corps. He is retired permanently on half pay for having admitted in a luncheon speech on the 10th that in the Natal campaign he advised the abandonment of Ladysmith after having failed in his effort to relieve it by attacking Colenso.” Buller says he gave this advice “to justify the commander at Ladysmith, his subordinate, in the event of the latter’s deciding to withdraw.”
—Mrs. Anna E. Taylor celebrated her forty-third birthday the 24th inst., by purposely going over the Niagara Falls (Horse Shoe Fall) in a barrel. With the exception of a few bruises, she came out physically uninjured. An anvil was fastened to the bottom of the barrel. Mrs. Taylor entered the barrel at Grass Island at 3:50 P. M., said good-by to her attendants at 4:05, plunged over the Horseshoe Fall at 4:23, and was rescued at 4:40, the barrel being half full of water. Many other foolish persons will now doubtless attempt to make the trip in like manner.
A. J. B.

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WANTED.—A good, intelligent girl in a S. D. A. family, as clerk in store and to help in light housekeeping. Address R. W. VanNest, Toledo Health Food Co., 1821 Adams St., Toledo, Ohio.
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