The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-14
Secular News Of the Week.

Secular News OF the Week.
Estimates of the loss of life in the
flood that overwhelmed the town of
Austin, Pa, on September 80, place
the number of deaths at about $50,
while the less hopeful place the lost
of fatalities at 800. The property loss
will exceed $6,000,000, and it is the
general opinion that the town never
will be. rebuilt. Two, at least, of the
large plants will not be reconstructed
and majority of the business men of
the place have been financially ruined
Two and half million dollars was
on deposit in the postal savings banks
August 81, according to official COM
putation made recently. There was an
increase of $1,000,000 during August.
1t is estimated that the aggregate of
deposits September 80 will be $4,000
900.
Germany, which is watching the
Turco-Italian situation with the clos
est interest, is directing her endeavors
toward concerted action with the 9TH
er powers to limit the area of hos
tilities. 1t is announced that she has
consented to undertake the protection
during the hostilities of the property
and lives of the Italians in Turkey,
who number $4,000.
AS a result of failure to make re-
turns under the corporation tax law
more than 10000 corporations in the
northern district of Illinois face the
probability of prosecution by the
United States district attorney next
month. Only 200 of the 10000 cor
porations listed sent in their reports
when they were due June l. Since
that time several score have paid pen
alties for delinquency amounting to
$4,000. The opportunity to compro-
mise will end next month, and all re-
naming cases will be turned over to
the federal prosecutor by collectors.
Prevalence of typhoid fever in
practically every section of the
United States has inspired the public
health and marine hospital service to
express publicity it's belief in the ar
tifcial immunity, with certain limita-
tons, afforded by anti-typhoid vaccina-
ton, already compulsory in the Amer
lean army for soldiers under As years
of age. In report just issued the
public health service reproduces the
summary of the findings of a COM
mission of the academy of medicine of
Paris which investigated the subject.
"Anti-typhoid vaccination" the French
commission declares docs not &C
complish the complete disappearance
of this infectious disease in the COM
munities where it is practiced, but 1t
diminishes very notably it's frequency,
Moreover, such of the vaccinated who
contract typhoid fever notwithstand-
ing have much milder attacks than
non-vaccinated subjects. The percen-
tage of deaths supervening among the
! former is one-half that of the non
vaccinated typhoid patients" In the
judgment of the commission the vac
cination should be practiced only upon
| healthy subjects.
K. Staaf, the Swedish liberal leader
has succeeded in forming cabinet to
succeed the one of Premier Lindaman,
which resigned September 80. Count
Alert Ahrensvard, Swedish minister to
the United States, will become minister
of foreign affairs. Other members of
the new ministry are: War, DR.. D. K.
! Bergstrom; justice, M. Landstrom;
marine, Deputy Jacob LARSON; in
terror, Deputy P A. V. Schotte;
finance, Baron A. T. Adelswaerg.
Estimates for st. PaaIs city govern
ment for next year aggregate
s4,034 ,96719, an increase of $685.
599.19 over this years budget For
this year $3,766,368 was appropriated,
The estimates for this year amounted
to $3,802, 1921, so that retrenchment
must be practiced for 1912 if the
| budget is to be kept down to this
years figure. Of these estimates, the
city must raise $2.747,34219 by direct
taxation. The other $1,2S7 ,625 is
made up of receipts from other
sources For this year such receipts
amounted to but $913,035, so that the
sum to be raised by direct taxation
for 1912 is $151, 930.19 in excess of the
amount raised this year.