— Eight men were drowned off Anglesea, N. J., on July 29 by the capsizing of two fishing sloops.
— The Kansas State Agricultural Department has issued a crop report showing the State's yield of winter wheat to be more than 91,000,000 bushels. The yield of spring wheat will swell the total to 100,000,000 bushels, the greatest crop in the history of Kansas.
— The French minister of the interior has published the government's official reply to the pope's recent encyclical on the separation of church and state. The reply takes the form of a circular to all prefects to seek rigorously all educational religious establishments which have remained open or have reopened despite the laws of July 1, 1901, and July 7, 1904. This means that the authorities will put into full force these laws, definitely closing such institutions as have hitherto escaped.
— The freight bores of the Illinois Tunnel Company under the streets of the city of Chicago began to carry merchandise of all kinds in car-load lots about the middle of this month. This movement marks the practical completion of the Illinois Tunnel Company's system of underground freight roads, the construction of which was begun five years ago, and has cost its owners about $30,000,000. The company now has forty-five miles of tunnel equipped with rails and overhead trolley.
— Advises from Peking state that the dowager empress of China plans to summon a conference of high officials, including several viceroys, to discuss the adoption of a constitution. The Chinese commissioners who recently returned from the United States and Europe recommend a gradual change to a constitutional government, taking ten to fifteen years to educate the people thereto. A report from Persia indicates the agitation of the same question there, and that a constitution will soon be formed, “based upon the Koran.”
— The condition of unrest in Russia shows little change. The terrorists continue their work of threats and murders, companies and regiments continue to mutiny, and the peasantry continue to be in a state of chronic disorder. In the Caucasus there is real war between Russian troops and strong forces of well-armed Tartars, and the Armenians are suffering at the hands of both parties. The same ugly rumors of threatened Jewish massacres are afloat in different parts of the realm. The government, seeking to forestall the acts of the next Parliament, is planning the distribution of immense tracts of crown lands, for which the peasants are to pay in small instalments in scrip. It is thought that this will appease the land hunger of the peasantry, and place them on the side of the government and against the agitators.
— At a reception given by the new Russian premier on August 25, Russian terrorists threw a bomb into the midst of the assembled guests, which exploded with terrible force, demolishing a large portion of the building, killing twenty-eight persons and injuring twenty-four. Two of the four conspirators were killed, and the other two badly injured. The bomb was meant for the premier, but he was only slightly wounded. His daughter was killed, and his son badly injured. Some of those present were literally torn to pieces. M. Stolypin has been waging war upon the “fighting party” of the Russian Socialists, and over one thousand of their members have been arrested. They have declared their intention of fighting a duel with the government on these lines.
— The Marquise de Fontenoy declares over a signed statement in the public press that the reason why the governments of the Old World are so loath to take up the matter of King Leopold's enslavement of the Kongo natives is because Portugal's treatment of the natives in Portuguese Africa is as flagrant as that of Belgium in the Kongo. The Marquise declares that the slave-trade goes on openly in Portuguese East Africa, convoys of newly captured natives being brought down from the interior under guard of native captors and Portuguese troops, to be publicly sold in the open market. They are then shipped to the islands of San Thomé and Principe to labor on the plantations under the lash of an overseer, without pay, till they die. With Catholic Belgium on the west and Catholic Portugal on the east practising unmentionable barbarities upon the natives, certainly Africa has her afflictions as well as do the civilized countries.
— The text of the pope's long-expected encyclical to the archbishops and bishops of France concerning their future conduct in view of the enactment of the law providing for the separation of church and state appeared last week. The document urges the bishops to adopt all means within the law to organize their forces, assuring them of the papal co-operation and support. The pope counsels against seditious or violent action, and says firmness will give better results than violence. United action, he says, can be learned from those who have imposed the stigma of this criminal law upon the nation. In conclusion, the encyclical says: “In the hour of hard trial for France, if all united in defending the supreme interests of the country, the salvation of the church is far from desperate. On the contrary, it is to be hoped that her dignity will be raised to its former prosperous height.” As the pope refers to the law providing for the separation of church and state as “this criminal law,” the attitude of the papacy on this question may be easily understood.
— Considerable interest and discussion have been stirred up in Catholic circles recently over an open letter to the pope, published in the Freeman's Journal, of New York, in which the pope is importuned to open the tomb of St. Peter in Rome. The writer of the open letter, who is an Italian archeologist of note, claims that there is no tomb under the Michael Angelo statue, and no body of St. Peter there. This is the statue before which successive popes have bowed before taking up the task of governing the Catholic Church. Several noted men are joining the archeologist in asking that the excavation be made. The pope has made no reply to this request.
— The republic of Cuba is now in the throes of a revolution. It is difficult to give an accurate statement of the extent of the revolt, as some of the reports are more or less contradictory. The movement seems to be spreading, and there does not appear to be any great rally of the loyal people to the support of the government. Rebel forces are occupying San Luis, San Juan de Martinez, and are threatening Pinar del Rio. The government is planning to send 5,000 troops to Pinar del Rio; but reports indicate that the revolutionists have about 7,000 men already in that vicinity. The killing of the revolutionary leader, General Bandera, has given the insurrection a heavy blow. If the rebels succeed in taking Pinar del Rio, their next objective is the city of Havana itself. Rebel forces are now operating in Santa Clara, Pinar del Rio, San Luis, and other places. The mayors of Havana and Cienfuegos are raising forces to guard those cities from the insurgent bands. The Cuban government has ordered an equipment of field artillery from the United States. The manager of the Western Railroad, an English corporation, has received from the leader of the insurgents a threat that in case government troops are transported over the road, the bridges and stations would be destroyed.
— The full results of the terrible earthquake which visited Chile on August 16 have not yet been ascertained. While great damage was done at Santiago, the loss of life there was comparatively small, and is placed at between twenty and thirty. Every house in Valparaiso is damaged, and in large sections fully four fifths are completely destroyed. Every church in the city of Valparaiso but one, and all the theaters and hospitals, were completely ruined. Estimates of the damage in that city alone place it at from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000, while the property loss through the whole earthquake-affected district is placed at more than $100,000,000. Refugees declare that already one thousand bodies have been recovered and buried. Some estimates place the loss of life at 3,000. In the collapse of the Valparaiso prison 140 prisoners were crushed to death. The authorities are taking stern measures to preserve order, and looters have been summarily shot. The government of Chile has appropriated $4,000,000 for the relief of the sufferers, and Brazil has appropriated $666,000. Contributions are being sent in from other lands as well. There has been considerable suffering on account of lack of food, and the people are still camping in the open on account of the continued severe shocks.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By Editor
Camp-Meetings for 1906
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Chesapeake and District of Columbia,
Washington, D. C. ............Sept. 11-16
New York, Phelps (State) ......Sept. 6-16
Central New England, Lawrence,
Mass. ............Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
Greater New York (Conference)
....................Sept. 27 to Oct. 7
Cumberland, Knoxville, Tenn. ....Sept. 6-16
North Carolina, High Point.....Sept. 7-16
Florida, Lakeland .............Nov. 1-11
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
East Michigan, Holly.....Sept. 27 to Oct. 8
North Michigan, East Jordan
......................Aug. 30 to Sept. 10
Northern Illinois, Galesburg......Sept. 13-23
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Nebraska, Gothenburg.....Aug. 30 to Sept. 9
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
California, Sebastopol ........Sept. 20-30
AUSTRALASIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Union Conference session, Cooranbong,
N. S. W. ....................Sept. 13-23
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to forward any additional information which will enable us to publish a complete and correct list of the camp-meetings appointed for the present season. If any changes are made, of either time or place of meetings already appointed, notice should be forwarded at once.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Obtaining Special Rates From Railroads
By Wm. Covert
I WISH to say to our friends who wish to obtain special rates over the railroads that there have been some very strict laws enacted lately which the railroad authorities propose to observe. They can not, in harmony with present laws, grant favors to any class of people, only such as have been designated by the law that applies to this question. Ministers are still favored with special rates as before. We can not obtain stop-over privileges, but it is possible to get permits in sections so as to secure stop-over privileges to those who desire to travel. The law forbids the granting of favors to any person that can not be freely granted to any other person. Another thing I wish to notice is this, that those who desire favors should personally sign applications themselves. I therefore give notice to any who may ask for permits to provide themselves with application blanks and fill them out and sign them. This applies to those securing annuals, and also to those securing special trip permits. It may be well in most cases to send postage to meet the mailing expense.
I would advise ministers who wish to travel in the territory of any association where permits are granted, to provide themselves with annual permits. We are willing to render any service that we can, but many requests for favors come that it is impossible for us to secure. I gather from my correspondence that more favors can be obtained in the West than we are able to secure in Chicago.
Wm. Covert, Trans. Agent.
Chicago, Ill.
Some Advantages Enjoyed by Students of Washington Training College
By J. W. Lawhead
THE city of Washington became the seat of the federal government in the year 1800, so that almost all the history of our nation is centered in this city, which is, because of this, one of the richest in storied memory and in historical associations. The city itself was located by Washington during his first term of the presidency, and it was under his direction that the city was laid out, the sites of the public buildings located, and all the detail work done incident to establishing a city for the purpose of making it the capital of the nation. In this respect Washington is unique, as the capital cities are almost without exception chosen because of the commercial importance or other facts which make the cities prominent.
All the government buildings are open to visitors, who are freely admitted to all departments, under such restrictions as have been found wise by the officials in charge of the different departments, and an acquaintance with the contents of these buildings and of the scope and character of the work done in them is in itself an education.
Perhaps the most important of all the public buildings is the Capitol, where the sessions of Congress are held, where the Supreme Court sits, and where the statesmen of former days have won their fame and have swayed the destinies of the nation for weal or woe. When we think that in this building laws are enacted for the government of upward of eighty millions of human beings, when we consider the vast and varied interests centering in that legislation and the amount of human interest connected with every action of the Congress, it makes this one feature of our city of the greatest interest to every student. And the school has arranged to give its students opportunity to visit Congress from time to time for the purpose of studying parliamentary law in practise, and of becoming acquainted with the issues confronting the nation and with their presentation as given in the speeches of the different members. The students of the past two years have found this one of the most engrossing studies, and have received not only pleasure, but profit, from attending these sessions. Some of the young men have likewise enjoyed attending the sessions of the Supreme Court, which present a study quite the reverse of that offered by Congress. During the sittings of the Court the utmost decorum is rigidly enforced, and the proceedings are scrupulously confined to the routine established by long usage, while every argument presented is an illustration of pure reasoning, since the Court deals with logic, and can not be swayed by emotion. Aside from the living, moving facts of recurrent events, we find here centered the greatest of American historical associations, and one can spend many days in the studies suggested by painting and sculpture and by facts and conditions here existing. To all who are interested in the history of our nation, here is offered one of the richest possible fields for study.
Another very important public building is the Congressional library, which is altogether modern in its structure, and is ranked as one of the greatest, if not the very best, building of its kind in all the world. This one library has books and pamphlets aggregating between one and a half and two millions, bearing on every point of human study. Every one of this vast number of publications is freely accessible to every student, and the building is so constructed that it can accommodate a thousand readers at a time, and give them the privilege of undisturbed and quiet study, with a trained attendant close at hand to procure any book that is desired, or to aid one in the selection of books if he will but state the topic in which he is interested.
It is impossible in this connection to enumerate the list of public institutions or the advantages for study or for inquiry afforded by them. A mere mention of some of the leading ones, such as the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum, the Corcoran Art Gallery, the Patent Office, the Bureau of Education, the Bureau of Ethnology, the Army Medical Museum, the Naval Observatory, the Botanical Gardens, and the Zoological Gardens, will suffice to suggest the scope of the possibilities that are open to our students, as all these institutions, with the varied libraries and their millions of books and the subjects in the museums, are freely accessible to the students of all colleges incorporated in the District.
Aside from these purely governmental institutions there are many others, chiefly educational in their nature, such as the Georgetown University, the George Washington University, Howard University, the National University, and the American University. The officers of these institutions are very kind and cordial, and the advantages offered by these different institutions are freely available to any who want to take advantage thereof.
J. W. LAWHEAD.
Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.
Location of the Pacific Union College
By L. A. Reed
At the camp-meeting recently held in Oakland, Cal., a decision was reached with reference to the location of the Pacific Union College for the ensuing year. It was decided to conduct the school one more year at Healdsburg.
We wish all those who are expecting to attend the school the coming year to take special notice. The school will open September 19. The Home will be open for students September 16. Persons who come to school by way of San Francisco will come by the California Northwestern Railway, which leaves San Francisco daily at 7:30 A. M. and 3:30 P. M., except Sunday, when the morning train leaves at 8 instead of 7:30. These trains arrive at Healdsburg at 10:40 A. M. and 6:40 P. M. Those who do not wish to pass through San Francisco can come by23the Southern Pacific Railroad on the morning train to Santa Rosa, wait there until the afternoon, and then take the California Northwestern Railway to Healdsburg.
All who come between the sixteenth and twenty-eighth will be met at the train, and those who come later will be met if sufficient notice is given.
We now fully expect to have as many of the Home as we can take care of comfortably. We expect to make it a home in the fullest sense of the word.
We have considerably strengthened our courses of study, and expect to give as good work in our classes as it is possible to give. We shall introduce some new text-books this year, which will also greatly help the educational work.
Address all inquiries or send for calendars to Pacific Union College, Healdsburg, Cal.
L. A. REED, President.
New York Conference and Conference Association
By S. H. Lane
THE next annual session of the New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held at Phelps, N. Y., September 6-16, for the election of officers and the transaction of such business as may properly come before the conference.
The second annual session of the New York Conference Association will be held at Phelps, N. Y.; first meeting at 9 A. M., Sept. 10, 1906. S. H. LANE, President.
Important Notice
By GEO. W. WELLS
At the recent conference of Seventh-day Adventists of Georgia, held in Marietta, a change was made in the office of secretary and treasurer of the conference, also of the Georgia Tract Society; hence all moneys due the conference, or orders coming to the Georgia Tract Society, should hereafter be sent to J. A. Starr, 406 Polk St., Marietta, Ga., instead of to M. L. Woodall, 613 E. Fair St., Atlanta, Ga. I trust the brethren will take note of this, and thus save confusion.
GEO. W. WELLS, President.
Change of Address
ELDER SYDNEY SCOTT'S post-office address is changed from 903 Walker Ave., Kansas City, Kan., to 1506 Third Ave., Birmingham, Ala.
Notice!
THE office of the North Pacific Union Conference is located at 221-222 Temple Court Building, Spokane, Wash. All mail for the office secretary and treasurer, should be addressed to Box 1800, Spokane, Wash.
Important Notice to “Little Friend” Subscribers
By Editor
If you are a subscriber to Our Little Friend, please fill out the following blank and mail it to Pacific Press Publishing Co. A portion of our subscription list was burned, and we need this information immediately. Address Pacific Press Publishing Co., Mountain View, Cal.
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copies of Our Little Friend. My address is
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Obituaries
Conover.—Died at Tillamook, Ore., July 22, 1906, Elver Garland, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Conover, aged 4 years, 11 months, and 12 days. Garland's death is keenly felt in the home. The funeral service was conducted by the writer; text, Jer. 31:16.
C. L. BUTTERFIELD.
Clanton.—Died at her home near Spartanburg, S. C., Sister Sarah Clanton, aged about eighty-one years. She, with her husband, who now mourns his loss, accepted the Sabbath truth and united with the Spartanburg church about two years ago, rejoicing in the light. The funeral service was conducted by the writer in the Liberty M. E. church.
E. W. CAREY.
Wilson.—Died at Chitwood, Ore., July 25, 1906, of cancer, Milton H. Wilson, aged 46 years, 6 months, and 7 days. He embraced the views of Seventh-day Adventists thirty-two years ago under the labors of Elder J. N. Loughborough, and remained faithful till the last. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder Bartholomew (Methodist).
J. E. WILSON.
Osborne.—Died at Woodland, Cal., Aug. 8, 1906, of acute peritonitis, Florence L., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Osborne, aged 7 years, 9 months, and 11 days. Little Florence was a faithful member of the Woodland Sabbath-school, where she will be missed by all. The funeral sermon was from the words, “He shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom.” We believe she will awake to live again when Jesus comes.
ISAAC MORRISON.
Hamilton.—Died in Oswego, Kan., July 28, 1906, Mrs. Julia C. Hamilton, aged 39 years, 3 months, and 27 days. She was educated at Ottawa, Ill., and Battle Creek College. She was a great sufferer during the last year of her life. She was not a churchmember, but she said her peace was made with God. She was married to Clinton L. Hamilton in 1890, and leaves one son, a father, four brothers, and three sisters to mourn her death. Appropriate remarks were made at the funeral by Elder Jones (M. E.).
MRS. M. E. HAMILTON.
Masters.—Died at Jenison, Mich., July 23, 1906, of internal cancer, Mrs. Hattie B. Masters, aged 43 years. Sister Masters was a faithful member of the remnant church for ten years. Her life was fragrant with the spirit of Christ, and all who knew her were impressed with the genuineness of her Christian experience. She was fully resigned to the will of God in her case, and looked forward to a part in the first resurrection. A husband, mother, and daughter remain to mourn. Words of consolation were spoken by the writer.
M. N. CAMPBELL.
McKean.—Died at her home in Deerfield, Warren Co., Pa., May 12, 1906, of heart failure, Martha M. McKean, née Pratt. She united with the Presbyterian Church when but seventeen years of age, and was a faithful member of that church until she joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church about fifteen years ago. Always a loving, devoted wife and mother, she leaves to mourn their loss a husband, three sons, four daughters, twenty-seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Marks (Presbyterian). The remains were laid in the family lot in Tidioute, Pa. *
Harlan.—Died at Industry, Ill., July 20, 1906, Alma Harlan, daughter of Geo. T. and Talitha Harlan, aged 36 years and 2 days. She was baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist faith about ten years ago, and afterward lived a consistent Christian life. She will long be remembered by many to whom she administered in times of sickness. Besides her parents, she leaves three sisters and one brother, five brothers and one sister having preceded her in death.
F. ZEN BURKETT.
York.—Died at the St. Helena Sanitarium, Aug. 5, 1906, of carcinoma of the stomach, Mrs. Rachael Frances York, aged 63 years, 3 months, and 28 days. She was born near Independence, Mo., and when only three and a half years old she crossed the plains with her father, who settled at Walnut Grove, Cal. Her husband and two daughters survive her. The funeral service was conducted in the church at St. Helena, of which she was a member. Words of comfort for the relatives and friends were spoken from John 11:25, 26, by the writer.
J. H. BEHRENS.
Pettegrew.—Died at the home of her parents near Oelrichs, S. D., July 28, 1906, from injuries received two days previously, from a runaway horse, Caroline Pettegrew, daughter of Brother and Sister L. A. Pettegrew, aged 15 years, 10 months, and 19 days. Though young in years, she was an earnest Christian and a member of the Oelrichs Seventh-day Adventist church. Tenderly we laid her to rest, feeling that the Father deemed it best to let her sleep during the evil to come, and certain that at the Life-giver's call we shall meet our dear one again. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Rev. 14:13, 14.
E. A. MATHWIG.
Kiser.—Died at his home on Parrot Mt., Ore., June 9, 1906, Calvin Kiser, aged 60 years, 8 months, and 18 days. Brother Kiser accepted present truth about two years ago, and united with the Newberg church. Although a constant sufferer for some time, yet he bore his pain patiently, and looked forward with hope to the home where “there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain.” He leaves a wife, two sons, four daughters, seventeen grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder B. C. Tabor at the house, and the service at the grave was conducted by the writer.
C. L. BUTTERFIELD.
Truex.—Died suddenly at West Plains, Mo., of heart-disease, Mrs. Addie Merriam Truex, wife of J. A. Truex, aged 61 years. She had been an ardent believer in the Seventh-day Adventist faith for thirty-nine years, but as there was no church of that denomination in the place where she resided, she attended the services of the Baptist church. Her many acts of charity and kindness have linked her name with those of others in the city noted for their Christian deeds. There survive to mourn her death, a devoted husband, one son, one grandson, a sister, and a brother. The funeral service was held at the Baptist church, being conducted by Rev. E. H. Robinson in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends. Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery. *
Smith.—Died at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich., of pneumonia, my beloved brother, F. J. Smith, aged 27 years. He was born at Halfmoon Bay, Ruafield, Spanish Honduras, Central America. At the age of twenty he was converted, and was baptized by Elder H. C. Goodrich, after which he had a desire to labor in the Master's vineyard. In 1902 he became a student of the Oakwood (Ala.) school, after which he went to Lincoln, Neb., spending some time in Union College; he then went to the Battle Creek Sanitarium to take the nurses' course, where he succumbed to the dread disease. He leaves to mourn their loss an aged father and mother, five sisters, and one brother. We believe he will come forth in the first resurrection clad in immortal beauty.
C. O. SMITH.
Business Notices
BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A minimum charge of one dollar will be made for one insertion of forty words or less. Three cents a word will be charged for each additional word, and remittance must accompany each order. Initials and figures count as words. Name and address must be counted.
All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.
In the case of poor persons who wish employment the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.
FOR SALE.—In College View, Neb., nine acres in fruit—apples, peaches, plums, cherries, grapes, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, gooseberries, and currants; room for garden. For further particulars, address Mrs. M. Lenker.
FOR SALE OR RENT.—An improved 160-acre farm two miles from Parker, county seat of Turner County, South Dakota. A company of our people and a nice home. Address C. A. Dorcas, Lisbon, Iowa.
WANTED AT ONCE.—A good, consecrated gentleman nurse and a lady nurse, experienced or inexperienced; and also a girl for general housework. Address J. E. Cross, Portland Treatment Rooms, 652 Congress St., Portland, Me.
Publications Wanted
[SPECIAL NOTICE.—We learn that objectionable literature is being sent in response to these requests, and we urge all to examine with special care any periodicals or pamphlets received outside of our well-known denominational publications. Be sure that the literature which you distribute teaches the truth.—ED.]
The following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
Mrs. S. A. Speck, Shaver, Ark., Signs and tracts.
E. A. Kingman, Tallapoosa, Ga., periodicals and tracts.
Miss Lucy Marr, Box 389, Carmen, O. T., periodicals and tracts.
E. G. Bennett, Chunchula, Ala., German periodicals and tracts.
Mary Pennewell, Box 316, Humboldt, Iowa, periodicals and tracts.
Mrs. Jane E. Harris, 330 Plain St., Columbia, S. C., Signs and Life Boat.
R. W. Logan, 106 Anno St., Orlando, Fla., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Liberty, and tracts.
D. A. Fisher, Brunswick, Ga., periodicals and tracts in Spanish, Greek, Norwegian, and German.
George E. Burch, R. F. D., L. Box 21, Shoshone, Wyo., Signs, Bible Training School, and other periodicals.
George Golder, 1 Seafield Terrace, Link Rd., Blyth, Northumberland, England, Signs, Little Friend, and tracts.
C. H. Blake, Orchards, Wash., Signs, Life Boat, Watchman, Instructor, Little Friend, tracts and health publications.
John Nokes, West Fourth St., Roswell, N. M., Signs, Watchman, Liberty, Instructor, Life and Health, leaflets and tracts.
Death of Elder S. H. Lane
By Editor
ALTHOUGH we knew that Elder S. H. Lane was not in good health, yet we were shocked last week to receive a telegram announcing his death. We learn that Elder Lane had gone to Bangor, N. Y., to fill an appointment. His condition became so serious that the friends sent for his wife, who arrived the day before he died. The cause of his death is reported to be congestion of the liver, with complications. Elder Lane has been prominently connected with this cause since the early days, and many readers of the REVIEW were personally acquainted with him. His sudden death will bring sorrow to many who esteemed him highly. We shall publish a full sketch of his experience in this work as soon as it can be obtained.
Oakwood Manual Training-School
THE purpose of the Oakwood Manual Training-school at Huntsville, Ala., is thus expressed by the management: "Oakwood Manual Training-school is devoted to the betterment of society through such culture of the negro as will make him a more helpful servant, a more suitable neighbor, a more prosperous and law-abiding citizen, and a more intelligent Christian worker." The twelfth annual announcement of this institution gives the necessary information in an attractive form, and can be secured on application to the business manager, O. R. Staines.
Elder E. W. Farnsworth
ELDER E. W. FARNSWORTH has been detained at Takoma Park since the Virginia camp-meeting by an attack of fever. He has now so far recovered that he started last Sunday for the Vermont camp-meeting.
Elder Haskell Laboring in Oakland
CONTRARY to his expectations, Elder S. N. Haskell has been detained in California, and is now laboring in Oakland. The interest awakened by the camp-meeting in that city is being followed up and further developed.
Forest Home Industrial Academy Announcement
The third annual announcement of the Forest Home Industrial Academy, Mount Vernon, Wash., contains such information as is required by prospective students. It can be obtained by addressing the principal, L. I. Stiles.
Camp-Meetings Reported Favorably
By Editor
We have received from different States copies of local papers showing that our camp-meetings have been favorably reported. We are gratified to see these evidences of successful efforts to employ the secular press in calling the attention of the people to this truth.
Removal of the Echo Publishing Co
By Editor
THE manager of the Echo Publishing Co., our Australian publishing house, furnishes for this issue an account of the removal of their business from Melbourne to a location in the country. The article, which will be found on the eighteenth page, will be read with interest, we are sure.
Elder Spicer Returns to America
AFTER spending about seven months in Europe and South America, Elder W. A. Spicer, the secretary of our Mission Board, returned to America last week. Brother Spicer has already reported through the REVIEW his work in these fields, and will doubtless write further concerning it. We are glad to welcome him to the home field again.
Military Drill in Educational Institutions
A FULL-PAGE advertisement of a literary institution, printed in a religious paper, has across the top a striking picture of young lady students engaged in a military drill, and a similar picture at the bottom, of young men in military uniform bearing arms. Is not the war spirit sufficiently strong without stimulating it in educational institutions?
Conferences Supporting Foreign Missions
Two other conferences, Nebraska and Southern California, have followed the excellent example set by Iowa, and have appropriated from their tithes five thousand dollars each for the purpose of carrying the message to other lands. We are confident that this liberal attitude toward the mission fields will bring an added blessing to the work within the borders of these conferences.
Obituary Notice Requirements
By Editor
WRITERS of obituary notices are requested to write legibly the name of the deceased, date, place, and cause of death. If any of these essential facts are omitted, we are unable to supply them. To place some post-office address at the top of the sheet is not sufficient, as we are then by no means certain of the place where the death occurred. We hope these suggestions will be remembered.
North Pacific Union Headquarters Move
THE headquarters of the North Pacific Union Conference, which have been located since the organization of the union conference last spring, at College Place, Wash., are now being moved to Spokane, Wash. That place is more centrally located for union conference work than is College Place. The North Pacific Gleaner will hereafter be published in Spokane.—Pacific Union Recorder.
German Translation of Education
AN excellent work for use among the Germans is the German translation of Mrs. E. G. White’s book “Education.” The title of this German edition is “Erziehung,” and it is published by the Internationale Traktatgesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany. The book contains three hundred and seventeen pages, and is bound in cloth. Those canvassing in a German community or doing missionary work with German families could use this book to advantage.
Eufola Academy Annual Announcement
THE first annual announcement of the Eufola Academy of Industrial Mechanics, Eufola, N. C., has just been issued, although the school has been in operation in a limited way for several years. It is stated that “the founder of this school has spent some fifteen years in missionary labors, both in this country and in ‘regions beyond,’ and it will ever be his endeavor to keep this matter of Christian service constantly before the minds of the students.” Accompanying the announcement is “A Statement” giving in a brief but clear form the reason for closing the shops of the institution on the seventh day of the week.
The Signs of the Times Printing Delay
The publishers of The Signs of the Times were compelled to omit one number of that paper on account of the fire which destroyed their printing plant. In the issue of August 8 they say:—
We regret beyond words to express the dropping of another number of The Signs of the Times. August 1 issue was almost made up; twelve pages were in the foundry when the fire came. There was no office which could get it out then, our mailing list was an uncertain quantity, and we could possibly do no better. Even now for a few weeks we may have to print only eight pages. But we will soon have installed a new plant large enough to print the entire sixteen pages. Then we will try to make it a better paper than ever, so that our subscribers will feel that there has been no loss to them.
