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wIMi'slifji The President Attends the Centennial of the Military Academy. A RADFT UNUSUALLY HONORED Toeng ^Itu, Who Was the First to Seal* fee Pektn Wall. Receives Xtdkl Prom rmldtat ItooMTtll'a Darxia? Secretary Boot. General MIIm ami the Italian Atnboaaador Hall* Speecbcs. West Point, N. Y.?Wednesday, the great day of West Point's centennial celcbratioa, was marked by the arrival of President Rcoserelt. He was met at the station by Colonel Mills, SuperJ-4 - a. -J 4.U- ?V*^4 T)Alnf MIIUmmt sneuu^ui 01 mt* HWI A vim 4uuaui^ Academy, and bis staff, and tbc Acad* emy band. A salute of twenty-one gun* was fired as the President appeared on the top of the hill, on the way to Colonel Mills' quarters. The cadets were paraded in front of the barracks and stood in attention as the President and party passed on the , * way to the superintendent's bouse. A review cf the corps cf cadets followed immediately. The scene at the review was un usually onuuiDi. 111c po>i uau uct-u decorated on a lavish scale with the national color*. With the President as he passed la front and back of the long lice of cadets, all In dress uni- v form, were French officers, ministers from oriental countries ia their distinctive garb of office, and many others represent la* the home Government and the foreign embassies. Some of the representatives of the Army, Navy and militia were Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, Majcr- < General Brooke. Major-General Corbin, Major-General Samuel B. M. Young. Brigadier-General Joan C. Bites, Brigadier-General Joseph C. Breckinridge, Brigadier-General Luddlngton, Brigadier-General Leonard Wood. Captain F. E. Cbatwlck and Major-General Charles F. Roe. < A feature of the review was the presentation to Cadet Calvin Titus of a medal provided by Congress for his bravery In scaling the wall at Pekin. China. The order was read by Captain Rivers, and President Roosevelt pinned the medal to the coat of the i young man. and as be did so extended his congratulations. After the review a reception was beld at Superintendent Mills' quarters. , Following the reception luncheon was served for the Invited guests and the alumni In Memorial Hall The gue*ts and the alumni assembled at the quarters of Colonel Mills at 2.43 o'clock, and escorted the President to the cen- , tennlai exercises In Memorial HalL The crder of march wal rho radot < corps, the President, the Invited guests. < slomni, staff and former oflcere and cadets of the Academy. \ Throughout the program the Acad* , emy band played martial melodies and the audience applauded martt&i speeches wildly. Saluting the colors ] was the first thing on the program, i and then a prayer by the chaplain. I followed by an address of welcome by i Cclonel Mills. The latter tben Intro- i duced President Roosevelt, who made ] an extemporaneous address. Llentenant-Gcneral Schotlold. the only survivor of the United States Army , commanders in the Civil War. followed the President. With a brief speech be unveiled a beautiful bronse tablet donated by the Association of Graduates to commemorate the Academy's successful hundred years. The orator of the day. Horace Porter, Ambassador to France, wss then introduced. General Porter talked nearly an hour, telling of West Point's history, her famous sons, and her great place among the country's institutions. When be said that the Academy's graduates played * great part in recent events that bad Dade the United States a world power, the President and others in the audience applauded enthusiastically. Secretary Root followed with an extemporaneous speech. Adjutant-Gvneral Corbln and Signor Mayor des riancnes, tne Italian Ambassador, also , uade addresses. Twj congratulatory cablegrams were recelred by Superintendent Mills dur- I leg the exercises. One was from the Academy's alumni in Manila, where 110 of theu held a centennial banquet. The other came from tbe Imperial Russian Military College in St. Petersburg. When the exercises were over and |hs Presidential procession started back orer the plain to the tune of "The Slar-Spangled Banner," the cadets went to camp to prepare for the last parade of this year's graduating class. The grand banquet was in tbe "ilMl" Hflll nnd tria K? oil of the guests of honor and old graduates. Daring the banquet there were fireworks and illumination of the post. BATTLE WITH YAQUI INDIANS. Tw??ty-foar Htsletu ud Mar* Tbta 100 Yaquls KUlad. Hermosillo, Mexico. ? A messenger luo just arrived here, bringing the latest details of a decisive battle between 2500 Mexican soldiers and 121M Taqul Indians. Tbe battle took place at noon on Sunday. Twenty-four Mexicans were killed, including s.'Vetal officers, and over 100 Yaquls were slaiu. Tbe Mexican army took over 200 prisoners, a mujoritj of tbem were women and childreu left behind by the retreating Yaquls. Tbe latter left eighty dead on the held. Pratr Xottmrit of Ttkwt. Ther: has been a slightly freer move, ueut of winter wheat, but shipments cf spring wheat from the Northwest have continued very suialL Crop condition, on the whole, have been favorable. Figaro* of British Budget. ] Th? revised figures of the British Eudget placed the total expenditure at bout 9882.UUU.0U0 : ad the revenues at JTOi000.000, a consols loan of about 115X000,000 being proposed to uieit the ueficit and for a contingent fund. Noway (iliuiip Chio bns a trolley line which has inL;c Juced sleeping-cars or its long run. The British remount station at Lath. ron, Mo., is to be transferred to Torojto. Canada. A p?*o visional government, with M. Eoisrond Canal as President, has been formed in Haiti. t Tender* bare been invited for the immediate construction of a deep wharf in Quebec Harbor, in anticipation of U? eatabi Inherent of a fast transatlantic line of steamers. KING DINES WITH CHOATI Unprecedented Honor io the Ameri can Ambassador at London. Or? ?fth? Moat latartitlai Incidental tbs Pr?a?at Rilgs, and All London Talkod About It. Lfndon.?It is not only unusual. Ih almost unpreredentiMl for a reiffnia monarch to honor the Ambassador < a foreign nation by dining with Liu Therefore, the fact that Kins Ed war find Oueon Alexandria dined at til bouse of United States Ambassadc Choate must be looked upon as an e: traordinary mark of favor and esteei to blm as the official representative < the United States. In no way con! the Kins more clearly express his wis to maintain the closest, most cordi: relations with the United States tha by thus signally honoring the America Ambassador. The visit was one of tl most Interesting incidents of the pre ent reign, and all Loudon talked of 1 A big crowd collected outside of An bassador Cboate's residence to witne* th<? arrival of the King and Queei The exterior of the bouse was illumii a ted with designs representing tl American flag and the royal crowi with the letters "E. R." The Interic was elaborately decorated with ros< and palms. - All the gentlemen guests wore kn* breeches, white waistcoats and coal similar to those worn as court drvs There was a sumptuous menu. Tb dishes, bearing American names, wet prepared by the best cooks In Londoi including the chef of the Carlton Ilote About forty guests were presen Ther included Mr. and Mrs. Whitelai Reld, the Russia m Ambassador, tb Bishop of London. Sir William nn Lady Vernon-Harcourt. Mr. Arthu Balfour. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. M and Mrs. Henry White and Miss Whifc Mr. John S. Sargent. Mr. Robln*oi Mrs. Johnston, Mr. Woodward. Mn Cowles and the staffs of the Embass and the special American Embassy. After the dinner a concert was glvet TORNADO'S SWEEP INILL'NOIS. Great Doatractloa of Property la Vartba Tart* of the Stat*. Chicago.?Illinois was &wept by tornado. The destruction of propert was widespread. Many lives were los' The whole State suffered, but th greatest daman* was done In the cet tral and southern regions. Of the cities reached by telegrap Bloomlnmon seems to hare been th greatest sufferer. Damage estimare at $500,000 was done there, and a Herua, ten miles from Bloomingtoi three young women were killed an< half a hundred hurt by the wreckin of a dance hall. The railroads report* many xvasbonrs. and traffic was serl ously crippled. Dispatches from Pekin. 111., state that a tornado passed over Tazewel County, killing three and fatally ic luring two persons at Kingston mine." south of there. The entire east en >f the village of 1000 inhabitants wa damaged. The storm traversed part of Iowa [n Des Moines considerable damag svas done, and at Burllngcon set-era boats were sunk and many building (vere unroofed. There were many othe reports of damage in both Illinois ac Iowa. LYNCH, IRISH M. P.t ARRESTED. riu Boer Fighter Chancad TTllh Trtuoi ?Held Without Ball. Chicago.?Illinois was swept by iras elected a Nationalist Member o Parliament for the District of Galwaj Ireland, while be was fighting In rh Boer Army, arrived at Newhaven froc Dieppe. France. Colonel Lynch was formally arrest fd upon bis arrival at Victoria Sta tlon. Detective Flt*gerald recognize* him as.he left the boat at Newhavei ind traveled to London in the sum railway compartment. The warrant o irrest charges Lynch with treason Colonel Lynch was remanded. Lieu enant-Colonel Nolan, XatioualM Men Member of Parliament for Galwaj applied to the Magistrate at the Bo* Street Court for leave to give bail fo Colonel Lynch, but the Magistrate sail that he had no authority to acceii ball PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS MEE" Udft PiBiyyMkn Nominated Fo; Gov raor?Administration Indorsed. Harrlsburg. Pa.?Judge Samuel Pennypacker. of Philadelphia, wa aomlnated for Governor over Attorney General John P. Elkln. of Indinua. b, the Republican 8tate convention by vote of 2iW to 152. Former State Sec ltor William M. Brown, of Newcastle and Major Isaac B. Brown, of Brit were nominated by acclamation fo Lieutenant Governor and Secretary o Internal Affairs respectively. Senator Quay was uuanimousl; chosen Chairman of the RepuhlU-ai fftmnilfftfu hr n ?nuni>iwli>n 11 (be rules requiring tbe State Cbairma to be cboseu by tbe nominees and tb presiding officers of tbe conventior iud be will conduct tbe campaign fo tb<> State tickets. Tbe platform indorses tbe adminii (ration of President Roosevelt, real tirms loyalty to tbe principles of pr< tectlve tariff, declares for pure au uuurai utiiivi ivivi ui, tuuucuiuo viuau approved tbe action of tbe Prealden mil Attorney-General Id proceedin igainst tbe Beef Trust, and makes n uention of tbe State administration. "ftsptlin*" Out of Favor, "Ragtime" music will no longer b itlayeJ by tbe Marine Band in tb White House concerts in Wasblogtoi ? C. ?\ W. NeolT BilHMd. C. F. W. Neely. wbo was sentence 0 ten years' imprisonment and to pa 1 line of SGo.TOl. for complicity in tb Cuban postal frauds, wlvi released a Havana under u bill signed by Pres lent Palma. grunting amnesty to a. Auitrriiriius vuu?ivmi ui rriuiifs iu vuu luriug the term of the American occi i>atlon and those awaitius trial. Three New BrtjradUra Retired. Brigadiers-General Simmer. Llncol ind Samuel M. Whiteside. U. 8. \ ecently promoted, have been retired. Cocrrea* Miy Adjourn July 1. Chairman I'ayne said be believed th justness of Congress would be shape <o as to permit an adjournment aboi luly 1 "So Policy of Coercion." President Roosevelt, in a letter t he National Unitarian Associatioi mid that tlu*re was now "almost a wlicy of coercion" In the Philippines. Sulphur Spring* Very Active. The sulphur springs in Bernatill Jouuty N. M.. are showing uuusui ictivity. The twenty-eight geysei ire nulsatinir everr thirty seconds. : AVERAGE CROP PROMISED i- ,i Genera! Outlook the Country Over in Cereals lip to Past Decade. SPRING WHEAT THE BEST OF ALL it ,j Twelis State* Roport Bad Apple Pro?;f pects, While the Peach Yield Is Battier 3. Batter to XIatt Sections?> Oat Crop J PreialMa Fair, H blla the Clover Crop IC ll la Doabt-f prlac Wbaat Acrease. >r Washington, D. C.?Preliminary r> | c* j pjrts of the 6pring wheat acreage ^ indicates a redaction of about 2.511.003 ^ acres, or 12.8 per cent. The average li condition of spring wheat on Juno 1 il was 95.4. as compared with 02 on t'je n corresponding date laat year. 87.3 on n Juae 1, 1900. and a 13-year average of s. C2.G. The present reported average t. c33d.tion has been exceeded only three > times in the last fifteen years. 18 The average condition cf winter ^ wheat on Jane 1 was 73.1. as compared io T7ith 70.4 cn May 1. 1932: 87.8 on Juno a. i inoi SC2.T nn Jino 1. 1900. and 80.3. >r the naooa ct the June averages of the s last ten years. The total reported acreage in oats is * a'jont fjur-tentts of one per ceat Id ta excess of the acreage harvested last * year. Th? changes in acreage are very e evenly distributed and are generally in'o considerable. The average condition of >. oats is CO.ti, against 85.3 on June 1. j9J1; 01.7 at the corresponding date in t- 1900, and a 10-yenr average of 90. w Tj2 acreage of clover for the country e as a whole cannot be satisfactorily ded terciined. The condition of the cr?JT ir tccecds the lC-year average by 2 points r. in California, 3 in Minnesota, 5 in Michigan and 8 in South Dakota and ?. Wisconsin. In Iowa, Nebraska and - AM- TIIRa 1 AA?I ? UJI'J CUUUIliUUO iqivi icu uu u UUI- & y respond with their respective 10-year .averages, and tbe principal clover i- States reporting a condition below such averages are: Illinois, 1 point; New York. Pennsylvania and Indiana. U; u Kansas. 7. and Missouri, 11 points. Tbe average condition of apples is on a Ij: whole unfavorable. Of tbe 14 largo y producing states but two report a cont. dltiou above tbe 10-year average, as e follows: North Carolina, 6S, a gain of i. 1 point, and Michigan, 87, a gain of G points. In Maine tbe condition is 93, h corresponding with the 10-year aver* o age in that State. New York reports J a condition 5 points below tbe 10-ycar t averages: Illinois and Iowa. ;? points: (t Ohio. 12; Pennsylvania and Kansas. 16; j Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. 17; R Missouri. 18, and Indiana, 19 points. A and in tbe remaining States it is nrcb[. a'?b that considerably less than an average crop will be produced. d Tbe present prospects of tbe peach i. />?m ?rn nnlfii tnrnrnhlo nnhrithntiinH. i. lng the fact that several important i peach-growing States report eooditioos j considerably below their 10-year avs erages. Tbe States showing such redactions are: Tennessee, 5 points; i, Georgia. S; Kansas. 32, and Missouri, e 33 points. On the other hand, Missis1 sippi reports a condition 1 point; Vlr8 ginin, 2; South Carolina. r?; North Carr oliaa. 7; Alabama, 10; Texas, 13; California. 16. and Arkansas 25 fslnl* above such average. ARRESTS FOLLOW A FIRE. 1 A Doiec Aceated of lUipoMlblUty Fox Lmi of Life la Chicago. a t Chicago.?Twelve persons were held ( by the police in connection with tbe e St. Luke Sanitarium horror. City ofQ trials were quickly aroused from lethargy by tbe people's unanimous denun cianoa 01 me mcwiy. us njfiuui vi handcuffs, of drugging, cf operating ,1 without a lincense and Its violation of u city ordinances. e The prisoners arc O. E. Miller, Prcsf ideut of the Society, once indicted la , Denver in connection with a bauk tl failure; Michael Connors, bead attendant; J. P. Xagel, inventor of a gasoline , which destroyed tbe building; William ^ tteruer. engineer; A. C. Davis, buslr cess manager; H. O. Luce, attendant; j 1\ S. Johnson, attendant; William Laalt r.Lan, fireman; T. T. Miller. I. J. Davis, Cecrge F. Scrlbner, Amos Allie, ialtates. held as witnesses. r It U of record that the society was refused a Urease to operate a sanl* tariuLi la the building and that the p building was condemned. T? uake the deathtrap perfect, a gasoliue plant was 8 installed aad all light and power cut '* rff cxcept that generated by gasoline. ? Tjis la a neasure explalas the raj; Id 4 spread of the Ore. t J] TWO NEGR3 BOYS LYNCHED. ' Crcthtri, Tblrteon Mid Sliteea Tears Old ' Hu^wl For a ITotnaa'a Murder. _ Charlotte. X. C.?HarrieoL aud Janes Q Gillespie, negro boye, sixteen anJ mineeu years tin. respectively, wuo Q murdered Miss Nellie B<u?ou, were e taken frcu the jail at Salisbury and , handed. After the lynching the mob j perforated the todies with revoiver builets, and before departing applied lm ouruing splinters to the fee: of the Joys tc see if life still lingered. . The two boys were arrested for tha j murder cf Miss Nellie Benson, a white f girl, near her father's home at Sailsbury. The boys were crossing a Held uear the house and Miss Bensou caiue * jut anl ordered them to leave the premises. Instead of doing so one of the toys picked up a stone and threvr it, striking Miss Benson in the temple. Then with Jagged reek3 the boy* Leat e Miss Benson's head until tliey crusL.J i# it completely Boer* tTIU II* Good Coloalata. .1 r- i n l- t. i.i?> u i. jjiuuuuuui roucu'.', iu uupvn taiug y th: surrender cf tht Boer eouiuauds e Id Cape Colony, sahl the Boers had it l.cen good citlzcos cf their oiva coun* I- try. nod tb?x would be equally gco-1 11 cltizcno uiuiur ttlu* HiCti&h. Goveru* ucnti. i Tax oa rruivaal Ulnti Doubled. In South A.'rica a rn clauaticn has been issued substituting h tax of tea a p r cent, net on the protits of i liuiug ... cf^rrtljus for the five p?r < ut that was imposed by the late Volksraad. Prominent People. ie d Secretary of War Root will po to it Germany in August to bring liouo liis family The Cuban Congress L.;s grantel General Maxiuo Gjjiez a pensioj ot 0 $0000 a year. J President Roosevelt has premise J to attend ttK> fair at San Antojio, Texas. In October, if possible. The Premier of Newfoundland, ?ir 10 Robert Bond, has gone to Londcn as a 11 special guest in the coronation cereuo1 niea and expects to be absent about three months. i DROWNING FATALITIES Many Parsons Lose Their Lives ii and Rear New York. Storm* tad Tornadoes la IlllaoU ? Tw? Killed by Llibtnlnt la Gaonrla ? Woman Frightened to Doatii. New York City.?Four young met who bad been fishing from a row boa I In tbe East River off Hunt's Point, or the Bronx side, opposite College Point, were caught between two sand bargef that were being towed up the East River. Tbe rowboat was smashed to bits and three of the boys wew drowned. They were William Heiferlch; nineteen years old; Alexander Willow, twenty-one years old, and Maurice Slivers, twenty-two years old. John Helferlch, who was two yeara oiuer iuuu uu uraiuu ?uu ?? drowned, was the only one In tbe party saved. Tbe Helfericb family bas been a most unfortunate one of late. Tbe father, who was a policeman, was shot and killed a few years ago. A son. who was a piano mover, was killed by a piano falling on him, while another son was rendered totally blind not long ago in a Fourth of July celebration. THKEI DROWNED WHILE FIIHCTO. On# Fall Overboard, tad la His Straggle Upaot Um Moat. New Bochelle, N. Y.?A rowboat containing Ernest and Harry Lelffler, of New York City, and two other men. David Kerr and Hugh McKean. of Mount Vernon, who were Ashing in Long Island Sound, off this place, cap*lxeO, and Ernest Lelffler and the two Mount Vernon men drowned before u.? -u ?.&.? tr.vnf r^imor utriy wuw icw.u uicu>< ? j - -was tbe only one in tbe party who could swim. Lelffler fays that while he was fixing the bait he beard a uplash and saw one of the Mount Vernon men, who bad been leaning over tbe aide at tbe boat, struggling in the water. Tbe man grabbed the side of the boat and In trying to get in capsized it TORNADO'S HAVOC IJf ILLINOIS. Lira Stock Killed, Wire* Down ud Ktaj Bsildiari Destroyed. Chicago.?Cloudbursts and tornadoes occurred in different parts of the 8tate. At Mt Carroll many persons had narrow escapes from death. A large amount of live stock was killed and property valued at $25,000 was laid In mlna Klein Buffered eeverelv. The first bolt of lightning struck the Swedish Lutheran Church, where a funeral was In progress. Wires were down. The homes of Jacob Pinkney and Georgci Goff were destroyed by Are from lightning stroke. Mrs. Plnkney was closing a window when the lightning utruck her. Coming down the chimney, It struck both her feet tearing off her shoes and severely burning the flesh. Every down-town street was flooded. and Fox Hirer overflowed its banks for the first time In years. Sight of Death KtlWd n?r. Hoboken. N. J.?Thinking she had seen her own boy dashed to death before her eyes. Mrs. Thomas Feeley cried "Oh. my Charley!" and sank to the floor. In five minutes she was dead of heart disease. Mrs. Feeley had been ill for three weeks, and bad been able to be around the house for only a day or two. While she wfes standing by an open window a neighbor's child fell from a second-story window. Jftra. Feeley thought It was hers. Two Killed by Llfhtalag. Columbus, Ga.?A heavy wind and thunder storm which passed over this city caused the death of two people, fa tally injured a third and did considerable damage to balldlngs. The dead are J. P. Willis. a carpenter, and Louis McClaln. They were struck by lightning. Went PUhlof. Fonnd Drowsed. Wilmington. Del ? Jacob Oerrwiniiky, aged forty years, of this city, was found drowned at the Delaware Railroad bridge, over the Christiana River. The last seen of him was while he was fishing. HISSED AT THEIR MARRIAGE. 1000 Woomi Show Their Scorn For Dr. Qalmn and Bride in Worcnter, Nau. Worcester. Mass. ? More than 1000 women gathered In St John's Catholic Church and rented their disapproval of the marriage of Dr. Maurice W. Qulnn. of Brockton, to Miss Mary C. Donaber, of this city, by a storm of groans and hisses. The detail of police stationed at the church entrance had anticipated trouble, but their efforts to prevent the hissing were unavailing, and not until the bridal couple bad left the church did the hostile demonstration cease. The angry women crowded In the ctturcn were cnompioning me cause 01 Bertha E. Condon, who figured in an alleged attempt to kill Dr. Qnlnn at Brockton on May 14. Miss Condon fired four shots from a revolver at Dr. Quinn, who she asserted bad ruined her upon hla promise of marriage. The young woman was arrested and Is now held In $1000 bonds for trial. It was feared that she would make an attempt to kill Dr. Quinn at the altar, but she did not appear, to the evident disappointment of the large crowd of women who sympathized with her. Dr. Qnlnn and his bride left on their wedding Journey, and the couple were guarded by a sqoad of police until they Tocre aboard the train. Lion Ch*w* Bli Trainer. A Hob In a show at Cleveland, Ohio, fatally chewed a trainer named Joseph McPhee. Opth?lmU DMUrad Contagion*. Tho Board of Health of New York City has placed the disease of ophthalmia on the list of contagious diseases. This will make It necessary for every physician to report such cases to the Health Department Kraffvr Ifttdo't Swear Allegiance. The British Oorernment has decided that, owing to his age nnd lntirmltles, Mr. Kruger would not be required to acknowledge British sovereignty, anil that all the Boer delegates In Europe could return to South Africa. Sporting Brtrluei. A. EL Fenn established u new record of 71 for the Sevr Ilaven Golf Club links. The annual cruise of the New York Yacht Club will Degin on uonuay, August 4. Lakcwood I. team defeated tbe Country Club of Westchester at polo by a score of 8% goals to 4. Arthur Featberstone's four-year-old Ally Relna has won the Brooklyn Han dlcap at odds of sixty fo one. The success of tbe American pok players abroad has been well received by their friend* In the United 3t*t?i ' BRITISH THANKS FOR PEACE Services Held in London and Throughout the Empire. BOER LEADERS' OPEN LETTEB It Vu Addressed to the Burghers la the Field When Peace Wee Signed?The) Are Urged to Forgive sad Forget and to Strive For the Welter* of Theli Country?Krager Utays Is Holland. London.?The noisy jubilation wltb which London has resounded for the past week, wan succeeded by solemn and Impressive public demonstration! of thankfulness for tbe return of peacs In South Africa. Thn thnnkxcrivlnir services held In I London were typical of tbe service* ! held throughout the Empire, but the presence of King Edward and othei members of tbe royal family at tbe principal devotional service In London, and the progress of the roynl personages to and from 8L Paul's Cathedral through c'.eering thousands of British subjects and visitors in London gave thanksgiving day In the metropolis added features of interest. General Kitchener attended a thanks* giving service at Pretoria, at which i'-OOO British troops were pruaent. BOERS LAY DOWN THEIB ABXS. OlMnnuMDt ProcMdlaf Satisfactorily, ud Good Spirit DlipUrtd. London.?The War Office has been 1 notified bj General Kitchener that the disarmament of the Boers Is proceeding satisfactorily, and good spirit la llsplaycd everywhere. The following formalities are observed when General Botha, General Dc Wet or any of the Boer commandants accompany the British officer who uas been detailed to receive surrenders. The Boer leader goes oat to meet a commando and returns at its head. Tbe Boera who come In are generally lressed In dilapidated clothing, but have a smart and soldierly bearing, rhe Boers who are to surrender are as Mm bled and the Boer leader delivers an address to bis men, urging them co) listen to the British officer wbo has been detailed on this work. The British officer then makes a i*peech to the men of the commando in which be Informs them of the ad* nlratlon of King Edward and the British nation for the gallant struggle and the bravery of their people and promises that the British authorities will do their utmost to help them resettle on their farms. A meal Is then provided for the Boers, after which the formal surrender occurs. In many such Instances the Boers bave cheered Kin? Edward, and they sometimes hare expressed surprise that ao army was sent oat to receive their surrenders. The Boers are allowed to retain their horse* and saddles, and the majority of them appear to be glad that the war Is at an end. and that they irlll sow be able to Join their families. Among the men who surrendered to the British authorities at Balmoral, Cape Colony, were four Americans, who will be granted free passage to Delagoa Bay. The open letter of the Boer leaders to the burghers. In which peace Is anaounced and In wblch the burghers are counseled to loyal acquiescence. Is an eloquent and pathetic document In It the leaders thank the burghers for their aoble sacrifices and express their sympathy for the bereaved. The letter condudes as follows: "Now tliat there is peace, ana although It Is aot a peace such as we longed for. yet let us abide where God has led us. We can with clear consciences declare that for two and a half years our people have carried on the strjggle in a manner almost unknown to history. Let us now grasp each other's bands, for another great struggle Ues before us. a struggle for the spiritual and racial prosperity and welfare of our people. Casting aside all feelings of bitterness, let us learn to forget and to forgive, so that the deep wounds caused by tills war may be healed." Sniffer to Lin la Holland. Brussels, Belgium.?Mr. Krugcr declares that be will end bis days in Holland. CHINAMAN'S ODD PLIGHT. Out of Nicaragua, Caaaot La ad l?rt, Mast Bamala oa a Stoaanor. New Orleans. La.?Fong Jung, a Chinaman. of Blueflelds, Nicaragua, has become, in consequence of our Chinese exclusion laws, a man without a country. and the Blueflelds Steamship Company has trouble on Its bands. The Chinaman has lived in Nicaragua for several years, where he acquired a small fortune. Wishing to retire from business be took cabin passage on the steamer John Wilson for the United States. Captain Hansen, of the Wilson, regarded Fong Jung, as a merchant When, however, the Chinaman reached here, the customs officials decided that be did not come under the category of merchants and ordered his return to Nicaragua. Here the Nicaragua law com?s into play, for a Chinaman who leaves that ' ountry cannot return. Fong Jung cannot land here or return to his former borne, and the Bluellelds Steamship Company will have to carry blm to and fro until it strikes some ves*?l at sea that will take the passenger to a country where Chinamen are admitted. London Bu > X?w "Blppor." The remains of a young woman, sawed and chopped up into a dozen pieces, have been found in an alley in the Lambeth district, of London. The Itody bad apparently been baked or boiled, and the horrible mutilation recalls the mad work of the "Jack the Hipper" of years ago. S*w Papal D*l?(*tr. Mgr. Falconlo. the Papal Delegate in Canada, baa been definitely selected to succeed Cardinal Mr.rtlnelll as Papal Delegate In the United States. Minor Mention. Bell Rock, with Its adjoining lands. ? - ? a Am>? at Maiuen, .ua.ss.. wuere s-uuu i-uc uuk meeting bouse erected in 7-lalilcn il'WOi. Is to be taken bj that ciCv for a public park. The Antomobile Club of Philadelphia has Inaugurated a crusade against the use of the city's asphalt-paved , streets as playgrounds and roller-skat| lng rinks by children. Nineteen Parisian electors are claiming $1000 damages each from one of I the candidates at the French general elections who described them as "desnibble foreigners" on hla posters. ll * . , . _ I - in 1 v 1 . ?-' 2' ? v -r *r -f-- ?7 ' - -.-c. - rr " -> ^*?5 'drouth hurting crops Rainfall Has Bean a Little More Than a Third of Normal. Growth of Garden Track on Long Idud, In Now Jersey nnd Section* of New York Retarded. Now Yor!c City.-Tbe l>est varieties ol strawberries cost the consumer Just about double the usual price at tlib season of the year. The cause Is uot tbe Food Trust or a gentlemen'# agreement among strawberry growers, but lack of rain. During tbe months of March and April there was more than tbe usual precipitation of moisture, but during May only 1.23 Inches of rain fell, where the normal standard called for 3.l? inches. During the tirst nine days ol June only .13 of an Inch of rain ha? fallen where tbe normal standard called for .90 of an Inch. This somewhat protracted dry seasor taken together with tbe cold days and cooler night* has retarded tbe growtli of all kinds of garden truck in Long Island. Htaten Island. New Jersey Mid up the Hudson Hirer. But It has fallen the most heavily on the strawlwrrj j crop, as in May and June is tbe season i of Its principal growth and ripening, j Maryland and Delaware have supplied the local market with the greatig* pari | of the strawberry crop so far. When | It came time for the New Jersey. Stat ! on falnmt T^tnor Nliiml nnd un-rlvei berries, they were not forthcoming in the usual quantities. So the eomiuis | sion merchant* put put up prices. The dealers hear that the crop in Northern New York State, knowi among the dealers as the Oswego*, is alfto going to be short on account of the lark of rain. Thus, while the Southern crop, be ginning with the Florida* in Febru ary and ending with the Delaware* and Maryland* in May, ha* been ol ordinary proportion*, the Northern crop 1* decidedly short. One dealer *ald that the shrinkage in the crop wouid be a good thing for the growers, a* the crop wa? usually *c large that the prices were ruinouslj low. causing many New Jersey farm or* to quit growing strawberries. A smaller crop with high price* wouh! be better for tbe farmers, this dealei said. Such early vegetable* as radishes asparagus and lettuce have also beet injured by the scarcity of rain. Rad ishes are selling for double their usua! price. Asparagus will spindle up tc seed unless It has plenty of water, sc the farmers have to supply water it order to get any crop ut all. The acreage of potatoes in Long Isl and and New Jersey is extraordlnariij large this year, and the crop has l>eei kept back for two or three week* bj lack of rain. The Injury to the vegetable crop if general cannot yet be said to be serl ous. hut continued cool weather and no rain is pinching it wore and mor< each week. Th* farmers are hopinj and praying that the life-giving show era will come soon. GUARDS KILLED BY PRISONERS. Successful Attempt to Escape From tin Oregon Penitentiary. Salem. Ore.?Two desperate prison ers. Harry Tracy, sentenced to twentj ears, and David Merrill, a thirteen-yeai man, serving sentences for assault am robbery committed in Multnomah Coua ty. escaped from the penitentiary aftei I.Illl.... . ...... I/... ..1, L"..-....J1 miiiug iijicc f)uaiun ? tr iaiia rciicu shop guard. nnd S. R. Jones and Bei Tiffany. fencemen. The prisoner* employed in the foun dry were marched to work at 7 o'clock und had entered the molding room with Shop Guard Ferrell Inside am Guard Stapleton in an adjoining room Without warning Tracy aud Merrill ap peared with rltles. Tracy aimed a Ferrell. wheu Ingram, a life prosoner attempted to reach and disarm Tracy Instautly Merrill shot Ingram nui Tracy shot Ferrell. the latter dying al most instantly. Tracy aud Merrill scaled the wal Gear the northeast corner stockade hi a ladder. From outside the wall Guar* Jones was shot twice and killed. Tiffany was also shot and he droppe< from the fence, engaging the fugitive ill a tight. His gun was soon empty and h-i was taken by the courlcts au< used as a shield while they made fo; the timber. When out of the rauge o the prison they stopped and deliberate ly killed Tiffany, escaping into the tim bor immediately. Duncan Ross, a new guard, was a!s< shot, one bullet striking him in th< forehead, inflicting a sllgtit scaij wound. Ingram, the wounded prisoner. wai sentenced from Linn County for killiaj his brother in 1X>1. FATAL TRICK FOR FREEDOM. Killed by Soap Eaten In Prlaon to Pro doc* Consumption Sjuiptom*. Frankfort. Ky.?Joseph Snyder. serv ing live years in the State peui'entiarj for picking the pockets of Judge James D. White, of the Court of Appeal*, ot ihe day Governor William Taylor wa> inaugurated, died as the result of t, long diet of soap. Snyder hail marriec a beautiful Chicago woman Just r week before he was convcted. lit fcigued insanity ami subsequently made several attempts to escape. When all else failed and he learnet that be could not see his wife until b< bad served bis term. Snyder begat mating the prison soap. This is a tricl well known in prisons. The soap pro duces all the symptoms of cousuiup lion, and often brings about a prison er's freedom in the l>elief that he is : ? K IIUI Vi lilC TORNADO KILLS TEN. VlnBttola Silo Thrf# Mil** Lone anr Two Milw Wide Swept. Lake I'ark. Minn.?Ten i?ersous wen killed unit many hurt in a tornadi wlii?-ti swept across the country twelvi tulles north of here. The storm dcras ated a strip of country three miles Ion; imI two miles wide. Nine farmhouse wete destroyed and their inmate! riished and maimed. Barn* andoih-i )tl(houses were I down down anil crop' were ruined. Labor World. The strike of woodworker* at Bait: more. Mil., has been compromised. The uiaehinl*ts on the entire Tox.11 Paeitie sy.strui have ?tru<k for sliortei hour*. The strike of carriage workers ir Washington. D. C.. lias been eouipro llliscil Fifteen huiulred garment worker; have strii'-U at Syracuse, X. Y.. for a line-hour day. Tlic strike >u the building trades ai Sr. Paul. Minn.. Is over, because of t raise in wages, but without recogni jou of the unions \ MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK I """ ~~"" WAMUXOTOK ITEMS. The recent explosion on the subma* rln<* boat Fulton was due to contact iwtween sulphuric acid gas and hydrogen gas. The Liberty Bell arrived, en route to Philadelphia from the Charleston Exposition. and thousands of persons. In- ' ! eluding school children, paid It honor. t Senator Hanna's lame knee comt polled him to remain seated while finishing his argument for the Panama Canal route. The Senate confirmed the nomlna tions or coiouel Samuel w. \> uusiae nod Colonel Sumner H. Lincoln. Tenth . luTantry. to be Brigadier *Jenerals. As a result of the battleships Alabama and Kearsarge being kept In tropical waters repair* aggregating $10,000 must be done on the former and $0000 on the latter. President Roosevelt sent & report to Congress on British operations at Chal- \ metre. La., holding that there hits been no violation of the neutrality laws. OtTR ADOPTED IRLAKDI. Extensive floods in San Juan, Porto Rico, destroyed much m-operty and caused considerable suffering among the people. Captains of two vessels arriving at Honolulu reported <ui eruption of the volcano of Mauna Loa. on Hawaii Island. Bishop Bleak, of Porto Rico, saw Secretary Root concerning Catholic Church affairs in the island. The United States Is fortifying Culebra Island, Porto Rico, commanding the approach to the proposed isthmian canal. Ladrones captured seven American soldiers and civil officials in Binango* nan. P. I. DOMESTIC. A change of venue was granted at St , Louis. Mo., to millionaire Edward Bat* ler. under indictment for bribery, i An explosion at the Aurorl mine. > Ironwood, Mich., killed three men. > The conviction of John Most, An' arrbist, for publishing an improper article, was confirmed by the New l York Court of Appeals. ' Secretary Root notified the Hygeia Hotel and other private establishments on Government land at Fort Monroe, Va.. to vacate. Saturating his clothing with oil. Joseph Rejch. of Bay City. Mich., set himself on fire at the altar of fals church and burned to death. Captain Cyril W. Kins, former quartermaster at Fort Morgan, Ala., convicted of accepting a $3000 bribe in connection with work done on forts. whs sentenced to thirteen montl)*' imprisonment an;l to pay $3000 fine. During a quarrel in Burlington. Mich.. Mrs. James Smith fatally shot her divorced husband. Mrs. McKinley received through the pension agency at Columbus. Ohio, the first Installment of her pension. The amount was $632.78. Hereafter she will recieve every three months. Labor Commissioner Wright and President John Mitchell, of the Miners' , Union, were in conference in New York City. Mr. Wright was gathering information for President Roosevelt r The Steel Trust was restrained la r New Jersey court* from carrying out j Its conversion plan, while the United States court* In New York City refused r to entertain a similar Injunction. An eruption of a volcano near Grant, i N. M . excited the people of that town. George L. Harrison, a prominent * young business nnd society man at . Baltimore. Md.. committed auiclde by . shooting himself in the head. The only 1 phiiuii aulvmul la ill h?*1lh Jewelry valued at $10,000 was stolen * from the apartment* of Mrs. Klngdon, 1 in the Waldorf-Astoria. New York City. Bellamy Storer. Minister to Spain, j started from Cincinnati. Ohio, to return to Madrid. The teamsters' strike in Chicago was 1 settled by an agreement between tbe v men and the packers. 1 The Legislature, executive and Judiciary of Virginia must take the oath of 1 allegiance to tbo new State Constitu* tion. Tbe Supreme Court of Misnouri set * nsi le the order of ouster against tbe ? packing companies. FOREIGN. A British committee on military ' training and education condemned the : practice* at Sandhurst ana wool men. 1 and demanded an annj system of proaiotiun for merit. Their action created 1 excitement in political and military cir- j I cles. A landslide at Viadikarkaz. Northern Caucasia. quite destroyed ?he village l?ut the inhabitant* ail escaped. A memorial service for Martinique'! dead was held iu Rome. According to the I'nris Figaro, the r Kin? of Italy intended to issue a ? proposal for disarmament in conjunci tiou with the Czar. ? emigration from Copenhagen to the i United States was assuming increasI ing proportion*. The immigrants are - ? ?*A 1 tUOSMy young on mw. ??uo unuc iv ' escape the stringent military service regula'ions. . The Pope conferred the red hat at a Consistory up?a Cardinal Martinelll and appointed two American bishops. . There was evidence that Archduke John of Austria, vrbo took the name of Johann Ortli. and was reported to Ik* living in South America iu 1399. , perished at sea twelve years ago. but that hi." wife may 1*? living yet. The German Reichstag passed the third reading of tb-.* bill alwllshiug the Dictatorship in the Reichsland , i Alsace-Lorraine*. Accordiug to the latest mails from 'he ?>ri'-ut. Hong Kong had l?een suf, fertng from a water famine, the wells . I af the .Itv having run dry. * I'ires in Pekin. China, did some damI age to the French and Austrian lega? lions. * I Some twenty-one Italian soldiers r j taken after the battle of Adowa in I lvK. were reported to l>e still kept j prisoners by the Abyssiulans. Overcome tiy at ?h?? sunvuder HI of t!i.> Boers. Winkler, a M .M-hitnl'ioy. thirteen years oM. shot au*I k iil. -l himself in his pa reals' IioUih> at H Vienna. Austria. H The new* French Cabinet wan an- BE Mm M ? omlies was Premier ami 1 (ieueral An<lri> and M. Delca**c were B retained in their old posts. |9 A boat containing eight Spanish nrtil-Hj ' I.-rr otfl. ers was run down l?v a steam-Hi i ?>r at Anjou. Spain, and live of the etll-^l i ers were drowned. (H t An immense volume of smoke was^B i thrown our by Mont IV.ee in a u nv^B erupt ion. darkening St. Lucia nod St.H Kitu. H