A RECENT Sunday-law case in southern Mississippi will doubtless be of interest. At the November (1904) term of the circuit court of Jackson County, Miss., the grand jury indicted Brethren Steven and George E. Case for working on Sunday, the indictment reading as follows:—
“The grand jurors of the State of Mississippi taken from the body of the good and lawful men of Jackson County, elected, impaneled, sworn and charged to inquire in and for Jackson County, at the term aforesaid, of the court aforesaid, in the name and by the authority of the State of Mississippi, upon their oath present, that Steven Case and George Case, late of the county aforesaid, on the first day of November, A. D. 1904, at the county aforesaid, were found laboring at their trade of business, to wit, they did then and there labor and work on a certain part of a wagon commonly called a wagon top, rebuilding and repairing the same, on the Sabbath day, commonly called Sunday, the same not being ordinary household offices of daily necessity or charity: contrary to the form of statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.”
“J. R. LOLLY, District Attorney.”
The statute in question reads as follows:—
“Violation of Sabbath: If any person, on a Sabbath day, commonly called Sunday, shall himself be found laboring at his own or any other trade, calling, or business, or shall employ his apprentice or servant in labor or other business, except it be in the ordinary household offices of daily necessity, or other work of necessity or charity, he shall, on conviction, be fined not more than twenty dollars for every offense, deeming every apprentice or servant so employed, as constituting a distinct offense. Provided, that nothing in this section shall apply to railroads, or steamboat navigation in this State.”
The facts in the case are that the brethren were making some necessary repairs on their wagon in order that they might go to town early next (Monday) morning to obtain provisions for the home and their stock on the farm. A neighbor, whose hogs had been driven off the premises of the brethren, saw them at work, and used the occasion to show his displeasure at Sunday work on the part of Sabbath-keepers, by appearing before the grand jury then in session, resulting in the indictment. The case was fixed for the May term of the court. Brethren Thurston and Shaeffer requested the writer to be present at the trial of the case, which was to have been called May 8; but owing to the enforced absence of the judge, court was not opened on that day. After counseling and planning for defending the suit against the brethren, we left Scranton, Miss., and went to the General Conference at Washington. While there a letter was received from Brother George Case, a portion of which is here given; it is self-explanatory:—
“The judge called for the reading of the charge. When it was read, he said, ‘Working on Sunday, eh? They ought to be commended for that in this country!’ . . . The judge had a laugh over the matter, and they all seemed to think it a good joke. A lawyer, Mr. Ford, arose and said that he would defend the case free of charge. ‘Any one who will work,’ he said, ‘do not stop them.’ So the judge said, ‘You may go.’ We arose and thanked the judge and the lawyer and walked out.”
This case presents two features: one illustrative of the wickedness of Sunday legislation,—the prosecuting witness in this suit against the brethren took advantage of the Sunday law to avenge a personal grievance,—the other indicative of God’s overruling providence. These brethren had much at stake. Their crop was growing and was soon to be harvested. They could not feel that it was proper to pay the large fine of fifty dollars each; and to go to prison would mean, under the circumstances, financial distress. This was all prevented, praise the Lord. Besides this, a lawyer offered his services free to defend the brethren, and the judge of the court was impressed to dismiss the case. Doubtless the Lord’s Spirit directed in this to his glory and to the good of the brethren.
S. B. HORTON.
A Sunday Law in France
By Jean Vuilleumier
FRANCE has had no Sunday law since 1880. At that date an absolute law, voted in 1814, was abrogated by the Senate on account of its religious character.
In 1889 a Rest Day Congress was held at Paris in connection with the International World's Fair Exhibition. The year following, a Sunday League was organized, which has labored energetically and successfully to bring about popular demand for a Sunday law. The demand having been so great, during the last two or three years, the Senate concluded to place the matter in the hands of a committee.
The committee presented its report Feb. 21, 1905. Article 1 of the bill forbids employing the same worker more than six consecutive days, and adds that the weekly rest day shall have a duration of twenty-four hours consecutively. Sunday is not mentioned in the bill.
Senator Poirrier, who presented the report, explained that this law made it possible to have the work going on every day in the week; the resting of the employees being carried on by rotation, every day in the week some would be resting, and every day some would be working. There is thus no obligation to rest one day in the week for either20the employer or the employee, as the latter remains free to find some other work elsewhere on his resting day. Farmers and servants do not come within the scope of the law.
Such was the majority report made by Senator Poirrier, who explained at length the whole working of the law, but especially advocated his bill against the minority and the many petitions demanding that Sunday be expressly recognized as the weekly rest.
The discussion of the law was to take place Thursday, May 25. The workers here in Paris thought that we could do no less than to give the senators an opportunity to know the relation existing between a Sunday law and the truth for this time. A letter was therefore written to Mr. Poirrier congratulating him for refusing to insert Sunday rest into his bill, and calling his attention to the working of Sunday laws in the United States. Several of our religious liberty tracts were sent with the letter. This was done May 16. May 19 a letter and two tracts were mailed to each of the three hundred senators.
The result was that May 25, after the general discussion was opened, and when the senators on the minority (especially M. de Las Cases, a Catholic and Royalist) began to attack this bill most vigorously, demanding as a Catholic that Sunday be enforced, M. Poirrier got up and read part of our letter to show that if Catholics wanted Sunday to be enforced to make it agree with their faith, others might demand another day for the same reason. Senator Poirrier stated that he had not heard the “Seventh-day Adventists” mentioned before. Yet these very Seventh-day Adventists, who had so unexpectedly come to his notice, gave him a complete victory in the defense of his bill.
The next day, however, M. de Las Cases and another gentleman made another attack, and presented another bill, and the whole matter was referred back to the committee.
We thank God for this victory, and trust that this discussion may redound to his glory by the salvation of some souls.
JEAN VUILLEUMIER.
Religious Liberty Notes
By W. A. COLCORD
The Minneapolis Journal of June 3 publishes an article headed, “Must Keep Sunday.” This echoes the spirit now rising in the religious world.
Article 15 of the Belgian constitution of 1830, provides that “no one can be compelled to contribute in any way whatsoever to the rites and ceremonies of any religious worship, nor to observe its days of rest.” Such a provision is right and just; but if applied, it would sweep away every Sunday law in the world.
Echoes from the Field (Colorado) reports the following: “Raton, N. M., has been the center of religious persecution for some time, and Brother E. K. Cassell, of that place, was put in jail because he would not refrain from working on Sunday. As a result of this agitation an interest has been awakened, and Elders Hoover and Richards will hold a tent-meeting at that place.”
The Young People’s Society of Pittsburg, Pa., the hotbed of National Reform, recently ordered thirty-six thousand pages of religious liberty leaflets to be distributed in the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny, where the Allegheny Sabbath Observance Association is seeking to have the Sunday law enforced. A good example for other Young People’s Societies to follow where the question of Sunday enforcement is being agitated.
June 5, Magistrate Furlong, in the Gates Avenue court, of New York City, discharged two Jewish peddlers, charged with violating the Sunday law, on the ground that “the law had been complied with in its spirit, even if it seemed to have been broken in the letter.” The men declared that they observed another day in the week as their Sabbath, and the court therefore held that they had not broken the Sabbath observance law. This is a more liberal interpretation of Sunday laws than can generally be expected.
A committee of ministers and churchmen, headed by a former mayor of the place, appeared recently before the council of Dover, N. J., and demanded the enforcement of the ordinance prohibiting Sunday selling. Notices were accordingly served on storekeepers by the chief of police to the effect that violators of the ordinance would be prosecuted. All history attests that law and the police force are the best arguments there are in favor of Sunday observance. The Dover ministers and churchmen, it seems, have discovered this fact.
Article 23 of the bill separating church and state now pending in the French Parliament, pronounces a fine of sixteen to two hundred francs, and an imprisonment of six days to two months, against “those who by means of threats or violence shall cause any one to attend or refrain from attending religious worship, or cause him to support or refrain from supporting religious worship, or cause him to celebrate certain feasts or to observe certain days, and, as a consequence, to open or close his shops or stores, and to perform or quit certain jobs.” This is similar in character to Article 15 of the Belgian constitution, above referred to, and carries to its farthest logical conclusion the principle of liberty of conscience as applied to the matter of observing religious rest days. Neither Sunday enforcement nor any other relic of church and state union could exist where such a regulation prevailed.
The disposition to secure Sunday rest and Sunday closing by force, which is so wide-spread, is despotic, and is so regarded by men who rightly understand the question of rights. Recently certain merchants of Kansas City, Kan., urged the passage of a strict Sunday closing ordinance by the council of that city, to which the mayor, Mr. Rose, replied: “You ask us to utilize the police department to protect you against the greed of a few men who will not close on Sunday. I sympathize with you, but I disagree with your method.” He then intimated to the merchants that the proper course for them to pursue in the accomplishment of their object was “by an honorable agreement” among themselves. This is the only proper course to be pursued in such matters, if men desire uniformity in practise, and it would be well if more officials were as ready as Mayor Rose to say so to those who are constantly besieging them for enforced Sunday closing.
W. A. COLCORD.
Field Notes
A CHURCH of fifteen members has been organized at Ladelle, S. D.
ON a recent Sabbath five persons received baptism at Kalamazoo, Mich.
A SABBATH-SCHOOL of fifteen members has been organized at Farlington, Kan.
ELEVEN students of the church-school at Lagrange, Ohio, were baptized Sabbath, June 17.
A CHURCH of fourteen members was organized at Trinway, Ohio, June 24. Twelve new converts were recently baptized at this place.
THE Indiana Reporter states: “The brethren at Muncie expect to push their new church enterprise forward to completion within the next three months.”
THE Kansas Worker mentions that “Elder J. W. Lair reports splendid success with his meetings at Mineral. Eighteen have been added to that company during the last few weeks.”
“THERE is still a good interest at Martinsville,” says the Indiana Reporter. “There are now over forty Sabbath-keepers at that place. Brother Olmstead will continue the work there while Elder Bubalts holds meetings at Franklin.”
THE executive committee of the Virginia Conference have planned for four tent efforts in that field during the summer. One tent is to be at Roanoke, in charge of Elder M. S. Babcock; one at Fredericksburg, in charge of Elder H. W. Herrell; one at Pool Siding, Dinwiddie County, in charge of Elder C. B. Rule; and a fourth tent at Lynchburg, if suitable arrangements can be made.
A SUCCESSFUL year has been experienced at the Boggstown Academy, Ind. Brother B. F. Machlan in a recent report says: “Many precious experiences have come to us during the year. God has greatly blessed us, and many souls are rejoicing in the truth. On Thursday, June 8, Elder Curtis baptized eleven of our students. The day was all that could be desired, and the ceremony most impressive. A number of our students expect to engage in the canvassing work during vacation.”
A RECENT report from Connersville, Ind., says: “The work here is taking on new life. We have reorganized the missionary society, appointed committees to see that the different depots are furnished with paper racks, besides a very important committee on finances. Our missionary offerings have increased three hundred per cent within the last two months. Sabbath a week ago six were added to the church. Two of the candidates came from the Baptist Church, but were desirous of being rebaptized.”
The One Hundred Thousand Dollar Fund
By Editor
No name ................................ $192.43
Mrs. M. Newton ......................... 100.00
Mrs. Celia Steele ...................... 100.00
Missouri Conference ..................... 96.75
Logan (Kan.) company .................... 91.00
Mrs. C. W. Frick ........................ 75.00
James K. White .......................... 75.00
O. Soule ................................ 51.64
Emily Hall .............................. 50.00
Ithaca (Mich.) church ................... 50.00
E. C. Widgery ........................... 50.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cole ................. 50.00
Hazel (Ky.) church ...................... 41.65
Minneapolis (Minn.) church .............. 40.58
Atlanta (Ga.) sanitarium workers ........ 35.00
D. and E. Isaac ......................... 28.54
Wolf Lake (Ind.) church ................. 26.90
Prattville (Mich.) church ............... 26.50
Mr. and Mrs. W. Liter ................... 25.00
W. F. Hastings .......................... 25.00
Niels Nissen ............................ 25.00
Jacob Buller ............................ 25.00
Henry Brant ............................. 25.00
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Erickson .............. 25.00
S. Lindholm ............................. 25.00
P. B. Chambers .......................... 25.00
Elder and Mrs. R. M. Kilgore ............ 25.00
R. A. Craig ............................. 25.00
Individuals (East Michigan) ............. 23.25
Reno church .............................. 21.60
W. I. Bell .............................. 20.00
Long Beach (Cal.) church ................ 20.00
N. Heinrich ............................. 20.00
J. Warren Wright ........................ 20.00
Newark (Ohio) church .................... 17.86
M. L. Andreasen ......................... 17.09
Greenfield (Ind.) church ................. 16.00
Anna Nelson ............................. 15.50
Lentz (Mich.) church .................... 15.35
Mrs. Euretta Stoddard ................... 15.00
Perry Price ............................. 15.00
Uncompahgre (Colo.) church .............. 15.00
Greenwood (R. I.) church ................ 14.50
Lansing (Mich.) church .................. 13.91
Jackson (Mich.) church .................. 13.64
New Bedford and Dartmouth (Mass.) churches 13.41
Spartanburg (S. C.) church .............. 13.00
Arthur R. Evans ......................... 12.77
Boise (Idaho) church .................... 12.30
Redlands (Cal.) church .................. 12.21
John Loveday ............................ 12.18
H. K. Petersen (collector) .............. 12.05
Young People's Society (Algona, Iowa) ... 12.04
Minetto (N. Y.) church .................. 11.03
J. E. Colloran .......................... 11.00
A friend ................................. 10.80
George S. Wesner ......................... 10.60
Mrs. Minnie Suelflow .................... 10.00
J. H. Allen ............................. 10.00
E. M. Crandall .......................... 10.00
A friend ................................. 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Darling .............. 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rothrock ............. 10.00
George A. Bickford ...................... 10.00
Helen Mai Steele ........................ 10.00
Alvira Austin ........................... 10.00
Anna M. Nicholas ........................ 10.00
L. G. Peterson .......................... 10.00
Mrs. F. Thiele .......................... 10.00
J. A. Stuart ............................ 10.00
Jacob Brickman .......................... 10.00
Fred Bernhardt .......................... 10.00
Mrs. A. W. Bartlett ..................... 10.00
W. J. Stone ............................. 10.00
Nancy Lautenslager ...................... 10.00
George Parker ........................... 10.00
G. G. Brown ............................. 10.00
R. T. Harrod ............................ 10.00
Charles Kahlstrom ....................... 10.00 A. J. Iden .............................. 10.00
Pulaski (N. Y.) church .................. 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Townsend ........ 10.00
Mrs. Laura Pattison ..................... 10.00
Jessie C. McElvain ...................... 10.00
George A. Brickford ..................... 10.00
J. H. Quinn ............................. 10.00
A sister (North England) ................. 9.74
Graysville (Tenn.) church ................. 9.15
A. Whitehead ............................. 9.00
Dana (Ind.) church ....................... 9.00
Niantic (R. I.) church ................... 9.00
Baker City (Ore.) church ................. 8.25
Owosso (Mich.) church .................... 8.20
Harry H. Gerhart ......................... 8.00
North Liberty (Ind.) church .............. 8.00
Memphis (Mich.) church ................... 8.00
Rapson (Mich.) church .................... 7.78
John Haffner ............................. 7.50
Friends ................................... 7.00
O. H. Maxon .............................. 7.00
St. Louis (Mich.) church ................ 7.00
J. C. Curtess ............................ 7.00
Anderson (Ind.) church .................. 6.90
Dryden (Mich.) church ................... 6.50
Walkerton (Ind.) church ................. 6.15
J. P. Connell ........................... 6.00
A friend ................................ 6.00
Mrs. Sarah R. Kerby ...................... 6.00
Westerly (R. I.) church .................. 6.00
Belleville (Mich.) church ................ 5.85
Ann Arbor (Mich.) church ................. 5.35
Bonaparte (Iowa) church .................. 5.25
Micheals (Ind.) church ................... 5.15
J. W. McCord ............................. 5.01
FIVE DOLLARS EACH
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Nelson, E. A. Lamberton, Mrs. M. E. Peoples, J. N. Johnston, Ellen Frederick, Mrs. Annie Bartlett, John Carpenter, S. S. Post, Miriam E. Sharpe, Laura Foster, Howell family, F. O. Johnson, Lina Lundell, Aaron Lundell, Gust Youngby, P. Svenson, George Kennedy, Frank Peabody, Mrs. Frank Peabody, John Nelson, Clarke, Mrs. Charles N. Robie, Mrs. E. E. Davis, Bell Hackett, Mrs. Mary E. Webster, Fred Nydell, John Steinel, Emilie Zager, Minnie Liebau, William Hoeckendorff, Mrs. Perry Sherman, William Stapp, Harvey Lechtenwaller, a friend, Mrs. E. C. Reichenother, Rathdrum (Idaho) company, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Clarke, A. D. Aycock, T. J. Sutherland, Mrs. Mary Spencer, E. N. Spencer, a friend, Henry Weber, George Meyer, Petter Haffner, Fred Neiss, Conrad Glance, Fred Haffner, Fred Winter, Gottfried Haffner, George Heinrich, Fred Riffel, F. F. Riffel, D. D. Ehrlich, Frank Cummings, Ray Goss, James Butka, C. S. McCalpin, Carrie Huling, C. F. Kaupke, John and Jane E. Harrison, E. Hayes, Willie Bradburn, Kennard (Ind.) church, Frances Packard, Watrousville (Mich.) church, Birmingham (Mich.) church, Linnie Jacobs, D. E. Davis, John F. Welch, Rock Hall (Md.) church, Mrs. L. F. Jardy, George Elwin Wales, Mrs. M. C. Mantz, Mrs. H. W. Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. L. Lockwood, Mrs. D. D. Smith, Mrs. L. A. Ferris, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allen, Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Galloway, Mrs. Louise Bassar, Mrs. M. R. Towers, Letta Densmore, Mrs. M. Harry, Charles G. and Mina Subka, F. H. Schramm, North Carolina Conference.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jensen (England), $4.87; Mrs. Emma Foord (England), $4.87; A. Palmquist, $4.80; Barbers Mills (Ind.) church, $4.32; a friend, $4.25; Omer (Mich.) church, $3.63; Lyons (Ind.) Sabbath-school, $3.33; A. Schindler, $3.30; Lydia Legg, $3.10; Connersville (Ind.) church, $2.75; Pearl Cook, $2.60; Grand Rapids (Wis.) school, $2.40; West Liberty (Ind.) church, $2.10; C. A. Skinner, $1.75; Lester L. Fredericks and A. Lavaun Iles, $1.66; Mrs. Amanda Fetter, $1.30; Hopewell Cape Sabbath-school, $1.15; a friend, $.98; Silver Cliff (Colo.) Sabbath-school, $.92; Mrs. Lissa Brown, $.75; Chesaning (Mich.) church, $.75; Filion (Mich.) church, $.60; a friend, $.55; Dora Baker, $.44; Mrs. E. L. Castle, $.20; W. H. Miller, $.20; Harrison Rogers, $.02.
FOUR DOLLARS EACH
A. Dobser, Wilmington (N. C.), Mrs. Norris L. Robie, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beasley, Mary Williams, F. H. Garms, A. E. Devereaux, Mrs. M. E. Moore.
THREE DOLLARS EACH
Eva E. Clark, Mrs. Lula M. Murphy, Mrs. Minnie Norcross, E. A. D. Goodhart, Uriah Parker, Mary Smith, George Schneider, William Schiffner, George Haffner, Mrs. M. McGuire, N. Sandhagen, Percy Winslow, a sister.
$2.50 EACH
A friend, Ada Peoples, L. B. Austin, M. E. Austin, a friend, H. Manzels, James Klostermyer, John F. Klostermyer, Henry Brickman, Christ Rauh, Henry Anbrecht, K. E. Haffner, Katie Haffner, George Krieger, Isaac Krieger, H. S. McKyes, E. A. Bowe.
$2.25 EACH
Anvil church, Mrs. Caroline Kysor, A. Louise M. Dryer.
TWO DOLLARS EACH
Dave Perry, Timothy Hallock, Mrs. A. T. Stickney, Mr. and Mrs. C. Nesten, James Varington, David Wahl, Mary Vender, M. W. Graves, Kathryn Foster, Lena Weiler, Archie Wilson, E. J. Boo, Mr. and Mrs. Mortenson, P. Nelson, M. V. Downing, Mrs. Jane Kirtley, Norris L. Robie, W. W. Jones, Mrs. Jennie Gregory, Mrs. William Martin, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cook, Y. Smith, William L. Hayes, Mrs. Alice Hayes, Mrs. Frances W. Herring, Mrs. Huebner, Jennie Peterson, Mrs. S. A. Condon, Ellen A. Richards, Minne E. Porr, Pipestone (Minn.) church, Yazoo City (Miss.) friends, Philip Heinrich, Sam Riffel, S. A. Neufeld, Frances Wheaton, L. E. Reed, Inwood (Ind.) church, N. Carahoff, E. R. Lauda, Fred Holland, Grand Rapids (Mich.) church, L. and A. Roth (Tahiti), Mrs. M. E. Griswold, Mrs. R. A. Whaley, A. A. Johnson, A. J. Wood, S. E. Wood, Mrs. A. Wood, L. C. Ladd and S. A. Blankenship, J. K. Batten, L. S. Lauritsen.
$1.50 EACH
Flushing (Mich.) church, Angie Thomas, Eva Gesles, Ida Brandt, Katie Haffner, John Ordner, John Friesen, David Riffel, Katie E. Brickman.
[NOTE.—The donations have come in so rapidly that we have not been able to publish all the names of the donors to date, but we shall acknowledge all in due time. The amount of the list furnished to us is now $102,187.61.—Ed.]
A further list will follow.
Send all donations to W. T. Bland, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.
Current Mention
— Secretary-of-State John Hay died suddenly at his summer residence in New Hampshire in the early morning of July 1. Elihu Root, W. H. Taft, and Joseph H. Choate are mentioned as possibilities in determining the question of Secretary Hay's successor.
— The sinking of a Danish training ship by collision with a British steamship at Copenhagen, June 26, caused the drowning of twenty-two of the cadets on board. The same day thirty children were drowned in Lake Como, Italy, by an accident to an excursion party.
— An expenditure of $50,000,000 for the defense of India is called for by General Kitchener, commander of the military forces in that country. His plan of defense calls for an increase of the field army from 80,000 to 140,000 men, and a complete re-equipment of the Indian army in field artillery.
— A hurricane swept over a large district in central Italy, June 27, doing immense damage to crops, amounting to several millions of francs. The storm was accompanied by an unprecedented downfall of hail, which beat down everything before it. The government will take measures for the relief of the impoverished victims.
— The federal grand jury which has for several months been sitting in Chicago for the purpose of conducting an investigation of the beef trust, has returned indictments against seventeen men prominent in the beef-packing industry for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, also against five corporations for the same offense, and against four officials for illegal rebating agreements with railways.
— The Cook County grand jury of Illinois has for a month been investigating the causes and conditions of the present teamsters' strike in Chicago, and has returned indictments against four men in connection with the brick trust, against thirteen men for conspiracy to injure the business of Montgomery, Ward & Co., and against thirty-two members of the teamsters' union and sympathizers with that organization for assault.
— Reports from Sweden indicate that the separation of Norway from the Scandinavian union will be acquiesced in by Sweden without bloodshed, though at sessions of the Swedish Riksdag where the subject has been considered, some very warlike speeches have been made. Norway's request to allow a prince of the house of Bernadotte to occupy the Norwegian throne has been refused by Sweden. The Swedish government is preparing a bill to serve as a basis for a settlement of the questions arising from the dissolution of the union. Both Sweden and Norway are reported to be secretly preparing for a crisis.
— One of the most significant facts of the times is the rapid growth of a national sentiment throughout China, of which there is indisputable evidence, and for which the Japanese victories over a great European power are supposed to be mainly responsible. This sentiment finds expression in the motto "Asia for the Asiatics." It is profoundly stirring the peoples of India, and in China it is expressed in an intense anti-American feeling, in view of the rigid Chinese exclusion law of the United States. The chief objection to this law on the part of the Chinese, however, is not its application to the United States, but to Hawaii and the Philippine Islands. Native Chinese papers refuse to print advertisements of American goods.
— Serious dissatisfaction is reported to exist among the Hindus of India with the British government as administered by the viceroy, Lord Curzon. Of the testimony on this point of a high-caste Hindu who has recently arrived in the United States, it is said: "He cites the fact that famine is now almost continuous; that pestilence is always raging; that the population has almost ceased to grow; that the British administration is doing virtually nothing for the industries of the country; that the taxes are increasing; that the cost of the durbar has been laid upon the people, and that the already overburdened population is now charged with the cost of the Tibet expedition, which, he avers, was undertaken by England solely as a political move for the protection of her Asiatic prestige. It is reported that a movement is on foot for a petition to the crown for a change of viceroys, and alongside of this, late dispatches indicate, runs a movement for the establishment of an Indian parliament."
— The revolutionary movement in Russia continues to spread, and such have been its developments that it has entirely eclipsed in interest the progress of the war in Manchuria. The latest feature of the revolt against the autocracy is its spread to the navy, where it occasioned a mutiny on the battle-ship “Kniaz Potemkine” of the Black Sea fleet, one of the newest and finest remaining ships of the Russian navy. The mutineers, whose chief complaint seemed to be about the quality of food served, seized and killed the officers of the ship, and then brought the latter into the harbor of Odessa with the red flag raised. Rioting soon began in the city, the rioters being emboldened by the presence of the battle-ship, the guns of which were trained on the city in token of hostility to the ruling authorities. Events soon led to a general combat throughout the city between troops and populace, in which the battle-ship participated, and it was reported that thousands of people had been killed, and other thousands injured, and millions of dollars' worth of shipping, warehouses, and other property in the city destroyed. Several smaller naval vessels joined with the battle-ship in the revolt, and the remaining ships of the Black Sea fleet were ordered to proceed to Odessa and sink the “Kniaz Potemkine” if she refused to surrender. Conflicting reports as to the surrender of the battle-ship's crew have been received. At Libau 5,000 sailors mutinied, and fought a pitched battle with troops in the woods near that city. A similar spirit was shown at Cronstadt. Martial law has been proclaimed at Sebastopol, Nicholaieff, Erivan, and some other places.
Western Pennsylvania Camp-Meetings
By E. J. Dryer
ACCORDING to arrangements at our conference held in Pittsburg in April, we will hold a camp-meeting at Erie for the north-western part of the conference, August 2-7, one at Bradford about a month later, or the first week in September, and the Greensburg meeting the week following that one. We trust that all our people will plan to attend one of these meetings, as no one will have far to go if he attends the one nearest him. We expect to have efficient help at each meeting. It is expected that Elder Cottrell will attend a part of these meetings, and possibly all of them. We also expect Elder Lane, from the New York Conference, and23Elder Haskell, who will give us some very interesting Bible studies. All those intending to come are requested to write to Elder Williams, Corydon, Pa., so that we can arrange to accommodate them. We hope these meetings will prove a great spiritual blessing to all. I trust all will remember the tent companies in the field this summer. May there be many daily prayers for the success of the work in this great field.
E. J. DRYER, President.
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
Camp-Meetings for 1905
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Southern New England ........ Aug. 31 to Sept. 11
Western Pennsylvania ........ Aug. 2-7
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
North Carolina, Newton ........ July 7-17
Georgia, Smyrna ........ Aug. 3-13
Tennessee River, probably Nashville ........ Aug. 17-27
Florida, Plant City ........ Oct. 11-22
Cumberland, Richmond, Ky. ........ July 20-30
Cumberland, Spring City, Tenn. ........ Aug. 31 to Sept. 10
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
Southern Illinois, Mattoon ........ August
Ohio, Mansfield ........ Aug. 10-21
West Michigan, Allegan ........ Aug. 17-28
Indiana, Connersville ........ Sept. 7-18
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
North Dakota (English and Scandinavian, local) Towner ........ July 11-17
Alberta, Canada, Wetaskiwin ........ July 4-10
Manitoba, Canada, (near) Winnipeg ........ July 20-25
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Missouri, Sedalia ........ Aug. 3-13
Nebraska, Omaha ........ Aug. 10-20
Colorado, Denver ........ Aug. 17-27
Kansas (conference), Hutchinson ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 4
Kansas, Valley Falls ........ July 20-26
Kansas, Broughton ........ July 27 to Aug. 2
Kansas, Downs ........ Aug. 3-9
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
Texas, Hillsboro ........ Aug. 3-13
Arkansas, Bentonville ........ Aug. 17-27
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
Oklahoma, Elk City ........ July 12-17
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
California, Humboldt District .... Sept. 8-18
California, Hanford District ..... Oct. 19-29
California, Santa Rosa District .... Aug. 17-27
Southern California ........ Aug. 3-13
Montana, northern ........ July 6-16
Upper Columbia ........ July 20-30
Utah, Ogden ........ Aug. 15-22
Western Washington, Seattle ........ Aug. 24 to Sept. 3
British Columbia ........ Sept. 7-17
GENERAL EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
German-Swiss ........ July 4-9
Latin Union (union conf.) Gland, Switzerland ........ July 11-16
German Union (union conf.) Friedensau, Germany ........ July 20-30
British Union (joint meeting) .... Aug. 4-13
Scotland and Ireland ........ Aug. 14-30
MISCELLANEOUS
The East Caribbean Conference, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana ........ July 19-28
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.
