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Signs of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 25.

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CHURCH SERVICES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

Baltimore, Md.—Harlem Hall, North Stricker St. Public services: Sabbath 11 A. M., Sunday 7:30 P. M. S. E. de Bruyn, Clerk.
Birmingham, Ala.—Odd Fellows' Hall, Fox Building. Public services: 2:30 and 3:30 P. M. every Sabbath, Sunday 7:30 P. M. R. D. Hottel, Pastor, 1005 N. 20th St.
Boston, Mass.—694 Washington St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M. George B. Wheeler, Pastor.
Bradford, Pa.—Ladies' Club Room No. 1 Chautauqua Place. Public services: Sabbath 2 P. M. H. T. Morian, Clerk.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Wurzler's Hall, 315 Washington St. near city post-office. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M.
Camden, N. J.—Wildie Hall, cor. Fifth and Pine Sts. Public services: Sabbath 2, and 3:15 P. M.
Chicago, Ill.—On 46th St. bet. Michigan and Wabash Ave. Public services: Sabbath 9:30 and 11 A. M. and 12:30 P. M., Sunday 7:15 P. M., Tuesday 7 P. M., and Thursday 7:30 P. M.
Cleveland, Ohio.—249 Cedar Ave., bet. Sterling and Hayward. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M. (sun time), Sunday 7:30 P. M., Wednesday 7:30 P. M. Willard H. Saxby, Pastor.
Detroit, Mich.—424 Trumbull Ave., bet. Perry and Bagg Sts. Public services: Sabbath 10 A. M., Sunday 7:30 P. M., Wednesday 7:30 P. M. A. O. Burrill, Pastor.
Duluth, Minn.—123 First Ave., East. Public services: Sabbath 2 and 3 P. M. John Clark, Elder.
Hartford, Conn.—Room 6, 254 Main St. Sabbath-school at 2, and preaching at 3:15 P. M. O. M. Hatch, Clerk.
Jersey City, N. J.—Second S. D. A. Church. Public services: 49 A South St., Sabbath 2:30 and 3:30, Sunday and Friday 7:45 P. M. A. R. Bell, Elder.
Louisville, Ky.—Second S. D. A. Church (white) mission rooms 2431 W. Broadway. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Sunday and Wednesday 7:30 P. M. J. W. Collie, Pastor.
First S. D. A. Church, Broadway, bet. 8th and 9th Sts. Sabbath-school at 9:30 and preaching at 10:30 A. M. J. R. Buster, Pastor.
Lynn, Mass.—Lee Hall. Public services: Sabbath 1:30 and 3 P. M., Tuesday and Friday 7:30 P. M. A. B. Jernegan, Elder. A. B. Felton, Clerk, 35 Union St.
Nashville, Tenn.—Hall 415 Woodland St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Sunday and Wednesday 7 P. M. Minnie M. Hoyt, Lib., 56 Ramsey St.
New Bedford, Mass.—Church at Willow St., west of Cedar. Public services: Sabbath 10:30 A. M. and 12 M. J. B. Hall, Clerk, Box 72, Acushnet, Mass.
New Orleans, La.—Jefferson Hall, cor. Magazine and Philip Sts. Public services: Every Sabbath at 10 and 11:15 A. M. J. E. Evans, Pastor, 6245 Patton St.
Philadelphia, Penn.—Public services at 1724 N. 15th St.: Sabbath 10 (Sabbath-school 11:15) A. M., Sunday 7:45 P. M. E. A. Merrell, Pastor, 1724 N. 15th St.
Pittsburg, Pa.—Hall of Bank Building, cor. 5th Ave. and Stevenson St., entrance on Stevenson. Public services: Sunday 3:00 P. M., Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M. J. G. Excell, Pastor, 211 Dinwiddie St.
Portland, Me.—Williams' Hall, Congress St., Sabbath-school 2 P. M., social meeting 3:15 P. M. H. C. Basney, Elder, North Deering.
Providence, R. I.—Olney St. Congregational (Unitarian) Church. Public services: Sabbath 2 and 3 P. M., Friday 7:30 P. M. Wm. H. Warfield, Clerk, 27 Susan St., Providence.
Richmond, Va.—Meetings at 501 North 25th St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M. J. P. Neff, Pastor.
Syracuse, N. Y.—109 Harrison Place. Public services: Sabbath 9:30 and 11 A. M., Sunday 3 and 4:30 P. M., prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 P. M. F. H. De Vinney, Clerk, 505 Bear St.
Washington, D. C.—On 8th bet. F. and G. Sts., N. E. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11:15 A. M., Sunday 7:30 P. M., Wednesday 7:30 P. M. V. H. Lucas, Pastor, 209 8th Street, N. E.
Wilmington, Del.—Red Men's Hall, 515 Shipley St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Sunday 2:30 P. M. Edwin F. Eckel, Clerk.
Worcester, Mass.—118 Austin St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11:15 A. M., Wednesday 7:30 P. M. F. C. Bee, Clerk, No. 6 Furnace St.

SPECIAL NOTICE.

By Editor

The tract society office of the Upper Columbia Conference is to be removed from Spokane to College Place, Wash. After July 4 all correspondence should be directed to the latter place.
"FROM EDEN LOST TO EDEN RESTORED" is the title of a series of lessons issued by the Bible Correspondence School, conducted by Clifford G. Howell, at Battle Creek, Mich. Send a stamp for circulars and sample lesson.

MANITOBA CAMP-MEETING.

By W. H. Falconer

This meeting will be held in Winnipeg, July 2-11. Elder A. T. Jones and Elder J. T. Boettcher will be present to assist in the meetings. It is hoped there will be a full attendance of all who are interested in the truths for our times. W. H. FALCONER.

WANTED.

By John Harvey Kellogg

FIFTY good hygienic cooks. The Sanitarium summer school will conduct a special course for the training of persons who desire to become practical hygienic cooks. There is an increasing demand for such persons to take positions in connection with our schools, sanitariums, city missions, and in private families. Those interested should address the undersigned at once. J. H. KELLOGG.

THE AMERICAN MEDICAL MISSIONARY COLLEGE.

By John Harvey Kellogg

THERE are now sixty medical students in the American Medical Missionary College. Another class of twenty-five students will be admitted at the opening of the school, the 1st of October next. The course of study in the American Medical Missionary College is equal to the best schools in the United States in grade. Those of our young people who are thinking of obtaining a medical education should address the undersigned for a copy of announcement of the American Medical Missionary College for 1897-98. J. H. KELLOGG.

CHURCH SERVICES WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

By Editor

THIS column of church services, especially in our larger towns and cities, will be printed from time to time as we have room, for the benefit of strangers who may read the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, or brethren passing through. We have found it necessary to condense in the smallest possible space. The word "Sabbath" always refers to the seventh day of the week. These services consist of Sabbath-school, preaching, Bible study, missionary, and prayer-meetings. The first Sabbath service is, with but few exceptions, Sabbath-school. The first address is that of the church, or place of meeting; the second, if given, that of pastor or clerk.
Alameda.—Foresters' Hall, cor. Santa Clara Ave. and Park St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M. and 2:45 P. M. W. C. Chamberlain, Elder.
Atchison, Kan.—Cor. 9th and Santa Fe Sts., German M. E. Church. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A.M., Tuesday 7:45 P. M. City Mission, 1124 Atchison St. I. A. Crane, Elder.
Colorado Springs.—311 Boulder Ave. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., and 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting Tuesday 7:45 P. M. D. H. Sogge, Elder.
Denver, Colo.—Cor. W. 11th Ave. and S. 11th St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Wednesday and Friday 7:45 P. M. Ira A. Haskins, Elder.
East Portland, Or.—North Pacific Tract Society, No. 508 East Everett St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11:30 A. M. and 7 P. M., Wednesday 7 P. M.
Garden Grove, Cal.—Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Sunday 3 P. M. Harriet A. Rainsey, Clerk.
Helena, Mont.—307 N. Warren St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Sunday and Wednesday 7:30 P. M. W. T. Henton, Elder.
Kansas City, Mo.—Cor. 12th and Woodland Ave. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Tuesday 7:45 P. M.
Los Angeles.—145 Carr St., bet. Main and Hill Sts. Public services: Sabbath 9:45 and 11 A. M., Tuesday and Thursday 7:30 P. M. Belle P. Baker, Clerk, 926 Hill St.
Oakland.—Cor. 12th and Brush Sts. Public services: Sunday at 7:30 P. M., Sabbath 9:30 and 11 A. M., Wednesday 7:30 P. M.
Omaha, Neb.—Near cor. N. 25th and Indiana Sts. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Sunday 6 and 7:30 P. M., Tuesday and Wednesday evenings 7:30 P. M. Also at South Omaha Sabbath at 3 P. M. A. J. Howard Pastor, 941 N. 25th St.
Pasadena.—Cor. of Summit Ave. and Mountain St. Public services: Sunday 7:30 P. M., Sabbath 10 and 11:30 A. M. Mrs. H. A. Chapman, Clerk, Station 1, Pasadena, Cal.
Phoenix, Ariz.—Cor. 4th Ave. and Washington St., upstairs. Public services: Sabbath 9:30 and 10:45 A. M.; Wednesday 7:30 P. M. (Elder, C. D. M. Williams, absent.) Leader, Eugene A. Browne, 306 N. 2d St.
Sacramento.—G St. bet. 18th and 19th Sts. Public services: Sunday 7:30 P. M., Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Wednesday 7:30 P. M.
Salt Lake City, Utah.—Room No. 30 East 4th S. St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Sunday 7:45 P. M., Wednesday and Saturday 7:45 P. M. J. M. Willoughby, Pastor, 1227 Emerson Ave.
San Diego.—Cor. 18th and G Sts. Public services: Sunday 7:30 P. M., Sabbath 9:45 and 11 A. M., Wednesday 7:30 P. M. Chas. Sandell, Elder. Hattie Hoff, Clerk, 624 Franklin Ave.
San Francisco.—914 Laguna St. Public services: Sunday 7:30 P. M., Sabbath 9:45 and 11 A. M., Thursday 7:30 P. M.
San Jose, Cal.—Church, San Salvador St., near Delmas Ave. Sabbath school 10, Bible study 11 A. M.; missionary meeting, Sunday 7 P. M.; prayer-meeting Wednesday 7 P. M. L. M. Hodge, Elder.
St. Joseph, Mo.—Cor. 15th and Locust Sts. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Wednesday 7:30 P. M. Mrs. Harriet W. Talbert, Clerk.
St. Louis, Mo.—2955 Sheridan Ave. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11:30 A. M., Wednesday 7:45 P. M. Mary S. Yener, Clerk.
St. Paul, Minn.—On Wacouta bet. 8th and 9th. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Sunday 7:30 P. M. H. F. Phelps, Pastor, 1634 Carrol St.
Stockton.—Cor. Miner Ave. and Stanislaus St. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Wednesday 2:30 P. M. Henry C. Mathews, Elder.
Tacoma, Wash.—Cor. South 16th and K Sts. Public services: Sabbath 10 and 11 A. M., Sunday 6 and 7:45 P. M., Wednesday 7:30 P.M. F. H. Smith, Elder, 1507 South I St.

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QUESTIONS.

  1. Relate in brief the circumstances attending the pouring out of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
  2. How were the different people present affected?
  3. Who enlightened the people as to the real nature of the event?
  4. Whose talk is recorded for us?
  5. What prophecy did Peter say was that day beginning to be fulfilled?
  6. Having quoted this prophecy, of whom did Peter begin to speak?
  7. Of whom did he say that Jesus was approved? How was this approval manifested?
  8. How were these miracles and wonders and signs wrought? What did Peter say that those very people present had done to Jesus? How did they have power to do this deed? Nevertheless, what was the character of the deed?
  9. After the people had slain Jesus, what had God done? Why were the pains of death loosed?
  10. What passage did Peter next quote from the Psalms?
  11. In this psalm what did David say as to the presence of the Lord? What would be the result of the Lord's immediate presence?
  12. What would be the condition of heart and tongue? What about the flesh?
  13. In what hope did he say the flesh would rest?
  14. What did he say that God had made known? And what does the face of the Lord produce?
  15. When and in what condition was David when Peter quoted these words from him?
  16. In what capacity had David spoken them? What did he know?
  17. Of what, then, was he speaking in the psalm from which Peter quoted? Whose soul was it that was not left in the grave? And whose flesh did not see corruption?
  18. What did Peter say that God had done for this crucified Jesus?
  19. Having been raised up, to what position was he exalted? What had he received of the Father? From his seat at the right hand of God, what had he done?
  20. What did Peter again say of David? What had David himself said as to who should sit at the right hand of God?
  21. How long is the Lord to sit there?
  22. What, therefore, may all the house of Israel assuredly know?
  23. What effect did this discourse have on the men who listened to it? What did they say to the apostles?
  24. What reply did Peter make?
  25. In whose name should they be baptized? For what should they repent and be baptized? Having done this, what would they receive?
  26. How far-reaching was the promise of the Spirit?
  27. What exhortation did Peter give the people?
  28. What was the result of this discourse?

Additional Questions and Suggestions.

  1. What may we learn from the fact that Jesus has given to his disciples the same Spirit by which he worked and taught?
  2. What brings death, and what gives it its power? What was the character of Jesus? Give definite Scripture answers to each of these questions, and then state why it was not possible for Jesus to be held by death. Was he ever conquered by death? What words of Jesus show that death did not have the victory over him, even when he went into the grave?
  3. "By the right hand of God exalted." Compare margin of Revised Version. What scriptures tell us as to what place Jesus ascended after his resurrection?
  4. Peter told the simple story of the crucifixion and the resurrection; why was there such a wonderful result? 1 Cor. 1: 17, 18.
  5. According to the inspired words of Peter, who and how many will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost?
  6. What proof have we in this lesson that the righteous do not receive their reward at death?

The Sunday School

By Editor

International Series.

LESSON III.—SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1897.

PAUL AT THESSALONICA AND BEREA.

NOTE.—Read 1 Thessalonians, chapters 1 and 2, and commit verses 10-12 of the lesson scripture. The lesson section includes Acts 17: 1-14. Study also 1 Thess. 3: 5-10; 4: 9, 10; 2 Thess. 1: 3, 4; 2: 1, 2, and Philippians 4: 15, 16. Note the various ways in which the cause of Christ and his salvation were advanced,—by preaching Christ, by the use of the Scriptures, by the opposition of wicked and unprincipled men, and by searching the Scriptures. The time of this lesson is the twelfth year of the reign of Claudius Cæsar, emperor of Rome; Agrippa II. was then ruler of Judea; the Jews, being in a state of revolt, had been expelled from Rome; a famine was raging in the empire, and the commonest necessaries of life had risen to many times their ordinary value.

Lesson Scripture, Acts 17: 1-12, R. V.

"Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagog of the Jews; and Paul, as his custom was, went in unto them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures, opening and alleging, that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ. And some of them were persuaded, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people. And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; whom Jason hath received; and these all act contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. "And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Beroa; who when they were come thither went into the synagog of the Jews. Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so. Many of them therefore believed; also of the Greek women of honorable estate, and of men, not a few."
Golden Text.—"They received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily." Acts 17: 11.

SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.

(1) Through what places did the apostles pass in going to Thessalonica? (2) What was situated at this place? Verse 1. Note 1. (3) What course did Paul take at this place? (4) What custom of his work is here alluded to? Verse 2. Note 2. (5) What did he affirm in regard to the work of Christ? (6) What did he affirm of Jesus? Verse 3. Note 3. (7) With what success was Paul's teaching accompanied? Verse 4. Note 4. (8) What action was taken by the unbelieving Jews? (9) Whose house did they assault? (10) What was their object in this? Verse 5. (11) Not finding those they sought, what did they do with Jason (Hebrew, Joshua) and his brethren? (12) What charge did they bring against the work of the apostles? Verse 6. Note 5. (13) What charge did they lay against Jason? (14) How did they try to prove them traitors to the government? Verse 7. Note 6. (15) How were the people affected by these charges? Verse 8. (16) What was required of those who were brought before the rulers? Verse 9. Note 7. (17) What was done with Paul and Silas? (18) Why may we infer that this was done secretly? (19) To what place did Paul and Silas go? (20) What in this verse shows their continued courage in the work? Verse 10. (21) What is said of the people at this place? (22) In what way did their nobleness manifest itself? Verse 11. (23) What was the consequence of their counsel? (24) Who were included in the believers at this place? Verse 12.

NOTES.

1. They.—The student will notice that in the latter part of the previous chapter, as also in this chapter, the writer of the book uses the word "they" in speaking of the apostles and their work. In the first portion of the previous chapter the pronouns are "we" and "us." This would indicate that the writer (Luke) did not accompany Paul, Timothy, and Silas when they left Philippi, neither was he with Paul and Silas in the prison at that place.
2. As his custom was.—A similar expression to that found in Luke 4: 16, showing the example which Paul was following in teaching in the synagog on the Sabbath day. It was the same day of the week also as that upon which Christ taught in the synagog, the day on which the Jews met for worship. Notice also that this Sabbath upon which the Jews worshiped is still denominated by the Spirit of inspiration "the Sabbath." Had a change of the sabbatic period taken place, in consequence of Christ's resurrection, to the first day of the week, the Spirit of Christ, who indited this record, would not now be calling the seventh day "the Sabbath."
3. Opening and alleging.—Not simply asserting, as the word "alleging" has now come to mean. The Greek word means "setting forth" arguments, reasons. Paul, with the open Scriptures, was proving to them that he who was the Messiah, in order to fulfil the prophecy, "must needs have suffered;" that he who claimed to be the Christ, and did not suffer as predicted in Isaiah 53, could not be he for whom Israel looked. Then he described the sufferings of Christ, showing in these the literal fulfilment of the words spoken by the prophets.
4. Chief women.—"In Macedonia, as in Asia Minor, women occupied a much freer and more influential position than in Athens."—Professor Ramsey. "In Macedonia monuments were erected to women by public bodies. Macedonian women were permitted to hold property, and were treated as mistresses of the house."—M. R. Vincent.
5. Turned the world upside down.—The charge was an unjust one. The world had been already turned upside down. The apostles were engaged in turning it right side up. The world had been so long in the unnatural position, through the influences of sin, that they could see no light in the overturning process.
6. The decrees of Cæsar.—Decrees forbidding treason and rebellion. The mob claimed that the decrees were broken because of the teachings of the apostles that there was another king, "one Jesus." The mistake of those times, and the blindness, has a counterpart in these days. Christ is not the political king of this world, as is witnessed by his own words. See John 18: 36. Therefore his kingdom will not "enter the realm of law through the gateway of politics." This erroneous doctrine of the union of the Church and State, or religion and the State, is responsible for the Christian lives that went out during the Dark Ages, and for all the persecution for conscience' sake this world has ever seen.
7. Security.—That is, they were required to give bail, either pledging their own persons, or depositing a sum of money, which would be forfeit if the missionaries remained in that place. This is regarded as one of the ingenious devices of Satan to prevent the return of the missionaries, and as the reason why Paul did not return there, as he desired to do. 1 Thess. 2: 17, 18; 3: 10.

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The Sabbath School

International Series.

LESSON III.—SABBATH, JULY 17, 1897.

Lesson Scripture, Acts 2: 22-41, R. V.

CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED.

22 "YE men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know; 23 him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay; 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death; because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. For David saith concerning him, I beheld the Lord always before my face; For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved; 25 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope; 26 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption. 27 Thou madest known unto me the ways of life; Thou shalt make me full of gladness with thy countenance. 28 Brethren, I may say unto you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto 29 this day. Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he 30 would set one upon his throne; he foreseeing this spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left in Hades, 31 nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus did God raise up, 32 whereof we all are witnesses. Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath poured forth this, which 33 ye see and hear. For David ascended not into the heavens; but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 34 Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. 35 Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified. 36 "Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Breth-37 ren, what shall we do? And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, 38 and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of 39 the Holy Ghost. For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off; even as many as the Lord 40 our God shall call unto him. And with many other words he 41 testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation. They then that received his word were baptized; and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls."

News and Notes

FOREIGN.

—There are said to be actually 16,000 sick soldiers in the government hospitals in Cuba.
—Twenty persons were killed and ninety injured by a cyclone near Paris, France, on June 18.
—The Greater Republic of Central America is making arrangements for a general currency for use in all five of the countries comprising that union.
—President Faure, of France, has consented to act as arbiter in the boundary dispute between the Central American republic and Costa Rica and Colombia.
—A report from Athens states that Emperor William has requested the sultan to evacuate Thessaly. No settlement has yet been reached in the peace negotiations of the powers.
—The queen of England is now said to be suffering from almost total blindness. The malady is a most unusual one, a peculiar film having formed over the retina of the eye, which it is impossible to remove.
—Fort Mogoles, near Santa Clara, Cuba, has fallen into the hands of the Cubans after a spirited battle, in which most of its defenders were slain. All the ammunition was captured and most of the survivors were taken prisoners.
—Anti-foreign riots have broken out in the province of Kian-Si, China. The English mission at Wu-Chen has been destroyed, and the refugees have arrived at Kin-Kiang. The Catholic mission was saved by the intervention of troops.
—Stories of shocking cruelties are now coming from the little town of Guiñes, Cuba. The new mayor of that place has christened his office by slaughtering innocent men and women and heaping their unburied bodies near a cave one mile from the city.
—A Havana despatch to the New York Sun states that the railway train which was blown up last week by the insurgents carried $200,000 in $5.00 gold pieces. This was secured by the Cubans and will be sent to New York to purchase arms and ammunition.
—Extensive strikes and other labor demonstrations are reported from the manufacturing centers of Russia. It is stated that the authorities are unable to cope with the difficulty. Sixty of the advocates of a general strike have been imprisoned, and will be sent to Siberia.
—The Uruguayan rebels have won another victory over the government troops. The battle was a severe one and hotly contested, resulting in much loss of life on both sides. The government forces are being reënforced and preparing for a decisive engagement.
—Fuller reports from the recent earthquakes in India state that the ruin in the province of Assam is appalling. It is estimated that 6,000 lives were lost. Almost the whole of that province has been laid waste, and renewed shocks have been reported from various parts of Bengal.
—It is reported that since January 1 Spain has expended $8,100,000 on her navy; and orders have recently been received at Havana to transform twenty of the best transatlantic liners into armed cruisers for use in West Indian waters, in view of the strained relations existing between Spain and the United States.
—The town of Tehuantepec, Mexico, containing 15,000 inhabitants, was completely destroyed by an earthquake last week. Every house in the town was shaken down, and the inhabitants are living in tents. Not many fatalities are reported, as the destructive shock was preceded by lighter ones, giving plenty of time for escape.
—A riot occurred at Dublin, Ireland, on June 21, in connection with the celebration there of the queen's Jubilee. A mob bearing a black flag came in collision with a squad of students who were bearing the Union Jack, and a fight ensued in which several were injured. The Irish members of parliament have refused to join in the Jubilee proceedings.
—A despatch to the New York World from Havana states that extermination in the island is an appalling, actual fact. The death rate is increasing, and during the next few months it is expected that it will be doubled. Spanish soldiers and pacificos are dying side by side of the pestilence. A Spanish medical official estimates that if the war continues fifteen months longer, the entire western end of the island will be depopulated.
—The superstitious inhabitants of some of the interior provinces of China, through which the new Chinese railroad is to be constructed, are preparing to make sacrifices of children to propitiate the Chinese devil and thus forestall any fatal accidents that may occur on the road, for they consider him responsible for such casualties. So strong is this superstition that it is feared even government interference will not be able to completely hold it in check.
—Primo de Rivera, the new governor-general of the Philippines, has reached the islands and finds about 50,000 armed rebels to contend with, who, it is expected, will soon make an attack upon the principal towns of the islands. In a recent engagement the Spanish troops suffered a severe defeat, and the rebels are making preparations for active hostilities during the rainy season which is now on, when the Spanish will be least able to cope with them.
—June 20 to June 26, inclusive, was Jubilee week throughout all England's possessions, and was likewise observed by all loyal subjects throughout the world in whatever nation they chanced to be. The celebration was in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne of Britain. An extensive program was provided to cover the entire week. Sunday, June 20, was accession day, and was honored by special services in every Church of England Church in the world. On Monday the imperial and royal guests and the diplomatic representatives of other nations were received at Buckingham Palace. The principal event of the week was Tuesday's imperial parade, which was characterized as the grandest moving spectacle of modern times. Military and official representatives of every country subject to the queen took part in the great pageant, in which Victoria herself rode behind her eight cream-colored Hanoverian horses gorgeously caparisoned and decked with royal blue and bullion fringe. The celebrations of the week closed with the review of the fleet at Spithead by the Prince of Wales.

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—Stewart L. Woodford, of New York, has been chosen by President McKinley as minister to Spain, and has accepted the office.
—The missionary steam-sailing vessel, "Morning Star," is preparing for another trip to the South Sea Islands, with a company of missionaries.
—New Orleans is suffering from a severe heat wave. Fifty prostrations are reported from there on June 23, with eight deaths from sunstroke.
—Mrs. Dominis, formerly Queen Liliuokalani, has filed with the Department of State, at Washington, a formal protest against the United States annexing the Hawaiian Islands.
—A company of capitalists has begun work on a railroad in Alaska. The railway will be thirty-six miles long, and of the narrow-gauge style, but by its use the route to the gold fields will be considerably shortened.
—The heaviest earthquake shock that has been felt for years in the State of California, took place June 20. Several large buildings were cracked in different parts of the State; but no serious damage resulted, and no lives were lost.
—Robert Cook, of Boston, is now in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, making arrangements to walk from there to Cincinnati, a distance of 400 miles, on the water of the Ohio River, in a pair of shoes which he has invented for that purpose.
—A tornado which passed through Illinois on June 18 is reported to have caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to property. Four persons were killed and five seriously injured by the destruction of a barn into which they had fled for refuge.
—John W. Foster, who has been in St. Petersburg negotiating with the Russian Government for the protection of Alaska seals, has telegraphed the State Department at Washington, announcing the complete success of his mission. He will soon go on a similar mission to England.
—Several severe storms accompanied by lightning have been reported from the middle and eastern States during the past week, resulting in some loss of life and considerable damage to property. The National History building of the University of Illinois was struck by lightning on June 17, and damaged to the extent of $75,000.

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