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It is expected that His Majesty will support Dr. von Koerber's position. To Pension Portland "Woman. WASHINGTON, June L Representative Moody has Introduced a bill to pension Reglua F. Palmer, of Portland, at $30 per month. PEACE IN AFRICA Briton and Boer Stop Their Long Fight. TERMS SIGNED SATURDAY After I wo Years and Eight Months of War, N GREAT REJOICING IN ENGLAND Unexpectedly Early Receipt of the Aerr Avoids Unruly Demonstra tionsPapers Spealc of Great Worlc Yet to Be Done. 1800. October 10 Transvaal issues ultimatum. Dctober 12 Boera Invade Natal. October 20 Klmberley besieged. October 20 Battle of Dundee October 21 Battle of Elandslaagtc October 20 Ladysmlth besieged. October 30 British defeated at Lady smith. November 2 Communication with La dj smith cut off. November 0 Boers shell Mafeking November 26 Battle of Modder River. December 10 Boers ambush British near Stormberg. December 15 Bnlfer defeated at Tugels, BX cr. December IS Roberts ordered to Africa. lOOO. January 6 Roberts and Kitchener ar rive. January 0 Heavy Boer loss at Lady smith. February 12 Roberts Invades Free State. February 15 French relies es Klmberlcy. February 27 Cronje capitulates. February 2SL-Lord pundonald enters Lads-smith. uarch 13 Bloemfonteln surrenders to Roberts. 4arch 27 Death of Joubert. Vlay 3 Roberts advances on Pretoria. Hay 10 British occupy ICroonstadt. May 10 Boer envoys in 'New York. May 16 Mafeking relievediaf ter allege . of 217 days. May 2S Free State annexed. May SO British enter Johannesburg. June 5 Pretoria surrendes. fuly 1 Guerrilla warfare by Boers be ' gins. Julj 203310 Boers surrenderat Naauw poort. August 2S Buller occupies Machado- dorp. September 1 Transvaal proclaimed part of British Empire. September 12 Kruger abandons Trans vaal, i No ember 22 Krugers oation at Mar seilles. November 30 Kitchener succeeds Rob erts. December 14 Mllner appointed Adminis trator of Orange Free State and Transvaal Colonies. 1001. February C Delagoa Railway cut by Boers. March S Botha, granted an armistice. August 7 Proclamation of banishment, October 0 Martial law declared in Cape Colony. 1002. March 7 General Methuen captured. April 10 Peace negotiations on. May 31 Peace terms signed. LONDON, June 2. Peace has been de clared after nearly two yoars and eight months of a war which tried the British empire to its uttermost and wiped the Boers from the list of nations. The war has come to an end with Lord Kitchener's announcement from Pretoria that he. Lord Milner and the Boer dele gates had signed "terms of surrender." This announcement had been anticipated for several days, and it was definitely forecasted In these dispatches, but Its re ceipt Sunday afternoon took the nation by surprise, as everybody had confidently believed that the House of Commons would hear the first news today. The edge of the anticipation, with which Great Britain awaited the promised state ment in the House of Commons from Mr. Balfour, the government leader, was still further dulled by the following message from King Edward to his people, which was issued after midnight: "The King has received the welcome news of the cessation of hostilities In South Africa with Infinite satisfaction, and His Majesty trusts that peace may speedily be followed by the restoration of prosperity In his new dominions, and that the feelings necessarily engendered by war will give place to. earnest co-operation on the part of His Majesty's South African subjects In promoting the welfare of their common country." How greatly King Edward's Insistence that peace In South 'Africa be secured prior to his inauguration influenced the present agreement will probably not be known, until the private memoirs of the present regime are given to the public. Krnseir Said "Impossible." According to a dispatch to the Dally Mall from Utrecht, Holland, Mr. Kruger was Informed shortly after 3 o'clock last night that peace had been declared. He had been asleep. 'My God," he said, "It Is Impossible!" Mr. Kruger and his entourage, the dis patch continues, hope to be permitted to return to the Transvaal. This, however, is quite unlikely. Hovr the Xctt Cnine. The news which Great Britain was so anxiously awaiting came characteristically on an entirely pacific and uninteresting Sunday afternoon, when London presents a deserted appearance, Very late Satur day night a dispatch was received from Lord Kitchener, In which he salt the Boer delegates were coming to Pretoria, that they had accepted Great Britain's terms and they were prepared to sign terms of surrender.. Mr. Brodrlck. the War Secre tary, personally communicated this mes sage to King Edward, who was at Buck ingham Talace. But the government de clined to take any chances and nothing concerning the receipt of this message was allowed to leak out At about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the War Of fice received the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Saturday, May 31. 1P.13 P. M.: "A document concerning terms of sur render was signed here this evening at 10:30 o'clock by all the Boer representa tives, as well as by Lord Milner and my self." The clerk on duty at the War Ofllce transmitted this message to i Buckingham Palace, where King Edward was lunching. At about 5 o'clock word was- received per mitting the publication of this message, and tne small notice which was stuck up outside the War Ofilco consisted of a copy of Lord Kitchener's cablegram. A similar -notice was put outside thevColonial Ofllce. Beyond these two skimpy bits of paper, London knew nothing of the great event, Inr the clubs, the hotels and the newspaper offices, which were almost all deserted, the momentous news was ticked out on the tape. London Woke Up. Then like wildfire, at about 6 o'clock London awakened to the fact that the South African War was over. The in habitants df the East End flocked to the Mansion House, the' Mecca of the bois terously patriotic. Just in time to see the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale, come to a balcony and announce that the terms of surrender had been signed In South Africa. Amid many cheers the Lord Mayor made a short speech. In nhich he expressed his hope that London would show its appreciation of the good news by behaving itself decently, and In an orderly manner. "Let us," said he in conclusion, "now pray for a long and a happy peace." At this statement the assemblage yelled lustily, and at the instance of the Lord Mayor gave hearty cheers for King Ed ward, followed by others for the men who hod died in South Africa since the war commenced. , Comparatively .Orderly Demonstra tion. By 8 o'clock last night the news had become generally known. A few belated extra editions of newspapers were ped dled about the streets, but before their appearance the enterprising hawkers, who for a long time past had kept union jacks, feathers and horns stored up In anticipations of tho present event, were much in evidence. The efforts of the hawkers received lucrative rewards, with the result that until long after midnight .th .national flaxr were. , waved ladlcrim- tlonal flag were .waved todllm--i On the balance of the state ticket the by well-meaning roystcrers. Th< -has .been hVemffi and the election lnately was scarcely an omnibus or a cab which was not adorned with the national em blem. Impromptu processions marched up and down the Strand and Piccadilly. Sporadic cheering and much horn-blowing atoned for the sllmness of the crowds, which, had their volume been greater would dodbtless have rivaled "Mafeking night." At It was the demonstrations of the night resulted In a genial and harm less sort of jubilation which continued long after midnight. Outside of Buckingham Palace, where Klnff Edward kept himself in seclusion, a crowd of fairly good proportions gath ered, and here, as elsewhere, the -national anthem was sung lustily. Two sentries and many policemen guarded the historic message outside the War Office. It could scarcely be read by the flick ering gas light After reading this no tice the people passed In eager crowds into the more eastern districts of London, where there were no Illuminations such as made the clubs on Pall. Mall notice able. Bloomln' Glad It's Over. "Good old Kitchener," and "Wejre bloomln glad It's over," were among the phrases shouted by the crowds. A large number of those who had relatives at the front participated in tonight's street scenes and lent a serious and often pa thetic touch to what would otherwise have been an amusing scene. "Dear old Bill," or some such name would bo called out by someone In the crowd, with an added, "He'll soon be 'ome." When the general public celebrated the peace news In the streets, society was equally Joyous, although not quite so demonstrative. Many references were made to the coincidence of the declar ation of peace In South Africa with the "glorious first of June," ever memorable in Great Britain's history by reason "of Howe's victory over the French fleet in 1791. Americans Joined In Entbuslasra. At the fashionable hotels and restau rants patriotic airs were played, and thosa present repeatedly stood up and cheered when the bands played "God Save the King." At the Carlton Hotel particularly a brilliant crowd of fashionable people cele brated the news In this manned. Among- the people at the Carlton were a good many Americans, who good naturedly joined In the enthusiasm. In the mean while, the news had been convejed to most of the churches, where bells clanged out the message of peace. Preachers stopped in their prayers and their ser mons to read Lord Kitchener's message to their congregations. At St Paul's Cathedral the Bishop of Stepney made the announcement and Impressively pre faced the reading of Lord Kitchener's message by saying: "God has been pleased to answer our prayers and give us the blessings of peace." Dr. Parker electrified 4000 listeners at the City Temple by suddenly Interjecting the dispatches received at the War Ofllce, to which he added an expression of hope that this would also mean peace In Eng land, and that there would no longer be anything heard of pro-Boers or pro-Britons. The Archbishop of Canterbury will shortly appoint a day of national thanks giving. In which Cardinal Vaughan will join In behalf of the Catholics. The Cabinet will meet this morning, and will probably discuss the wording of the statement to be made by Mr. Balfour, the government leader in the HOuse of Com- r (Concluded on SeCond-paje. CAMPAIGNATANEND Republican Leaders Confi dent of Furnish's Election, HARD FIGHT FOR CHAMBERLAIN Make Load Boasts, Bat Do Xot Talce Republican Bets Xo Doubt About Congressmen Williams Will Beat lamas. The political campaign of 1302 Is over and the balloting- begins this morning; The most significant indlcaUon of the probable outcome is that no one has yet been found who stood ready 'to take any of the offers of the bets on the election pf Furnish. Chamberlain men claim his election by 5000 majority, an esti mate so wild that no one takes it serious ly. If such a majority -were possible, a hundred men would be ready to put up money on Chamberlain. Three weeks ago Portland sporting men offered to bet $1000 on each of the following propositions: That Furnish will carry Multnomah County, Umatilla County, Eastern' Ore gon, "Western Oregon, and that he will be elected Governor. No one has taken any of the" offers. Saturday morning a Seattle sporting man sent down $1000 to be put up on Chamberlain, but on advice from Portland friends he wired Instructions 'to take It down. Confidence In the elec tion of the entire Republican ticket, is expressed by the leaders at Republican headquarters. The state campaign has been a fight over the Governorship from start to fin ish. W- J., Furnish has made a clean campaign upon principle, avoiding: any personalities or demogoguery. Those who expected that Mr. Furnish would spend money to aid in his election, have been disappointed, for there have been few campaigns in which less money was spent than in the contest now closed. Only those expenses which are necessary In the campaigns of both parties have been incurred, and the campaign of boodle, talked of by the Democrats, has not ma terialized. The only unfairness In the whole campaign has been the wholesale dissemination of falsehoods by those who wished to defeat the Republican candi date for Governor. The disposition in some localities to scratch the Republican ticket has- been curbed by the manifest outcome of such a course. Those who are not satisfied with some particular candidate know that It may be their turn next to be with the winnlng faction, and then the knifing style of politics would he exceedingly embarrassing. While many Republicans will scratch Furnish, the number will not be nearly so large as has been represent ed by the Democratic leaders. practically conceded. As. a matter As. a matter of fact all the' effort has been to boom Chamberlain and other Democratic Candi dates have been given back seats. Chief Justice Bean. Secretary of State Dunbar, State Treasurer Moore and Superintend ent of Public Instruction Ackcrman will be re-elected by about 12,000 majority, and A- M. Crawford, nominee for Attorney General, and J. R. Whitney, nominee for State Printer, will be elected by nearly the same margin. There has really been but one Congres sional campaign that in the Second Dis trict Congressman Tongue, of the First District remained at his work In the National Houso of Representatives, and,' as his election is certain, no particular effort has been made In his behalf. His opponent J. K. Weatherford, of Albany, has made a brief canvass of Southwestern Oregon, but has apparently done this rather as fulfilling what he felt to bo his duty to his party rather than with an expectation of success. Mr. Weather ford Is a popular man, and will get his full party vote, but no more. In the "Second District J. N. William son has made a campaign characterized by that spontaneous enthusiasm which is an element of Eastern Oregon life. Known far and wide as the "shcepherd er," and generally beloved for the loyalty and self-sacrifice with which he has do voted his energies to securing the legis lation, state and National, conducive to the development of his section of the state, he has been the admired of all 1 admirers. Men rode across the prairies as far as 100 miles to hear him speak and to grasp his honest hand. Nothing is too good for Williamson in Eastern Oregon. In that portion of the Second District west of the Cascades Mr. Williamson will run well, not because of his personal popularity, but more particularly because he is a representative of those Republic an principles which have strengthened the Republican party and increased Its membership. Williamson's opponent W. F. Butcher, has made a canvass of Eastern Oregon, and has spoken twice in Portland. He claims to believe he will be elected, but with the exception of Democratic State Chairman Sam White, no one appears to share with him that confidence in suc cess. "In many counties In the state very sharp local battles have been fought, and In some cases the results of the local contests have become more Interesting than the state election. In Baker, Linn, Lane and Union -counties the fights have been particularly warm. There Is no question that the next Legislature will be Republican by a good majority, though perhaps by no greater majority than that of 1301. In Multnomah County the fight has been centered upon the majority, the fusion forces trying to carry the election against the Republican nominee, George H. Williams. One of the men who has been prominent In this fight said last nighti "Williams will be elected. We have given him a hard fight but we cannot overcome the prestige his stand ing In the community gives him" The fusion leaders, however, do not concede his election. The absolutely fearless and independ ent campaign Judge Williams has made has added to his already great popularity. By taking the stump in his own behalf, and speaking for an hour at a time out of doors, as well as In crowded halls, he "has shown that he is yet a man of strength and activity a man whose days of usefulness in the City of Portland are far from ended. His arguments have been unanswerable; no one has dared to say ought against his character, and his never-falling spirit .of fairness has made him a desirable candidate at this time. On the county ticket the principal fight has been made upon the shrievalty. There are five candidates, but the elec tion lies between W. A. Storey, Repub lican; John Drlscoll, fusion, and N. H. Bird. Independent The fight has been made principally by a personal canvass of Ihe city and county by the several candidates. Storey seems to be decidedly J krthe lead. The fuslonlstg attempted" to give out the Impression that the Repub- ! lican managers had lost Interest in Stor ey's campaign, but the ruse failed to suc ceed. Whatever contest there has been over the legislative ticket has been a very quiet one, and there is little question of the election of the Republican legislative ticket The fusion bosses tried to dic tate to those Republicans who voted with Simon in the primaries, but a very largo majority of Senator Simon's friends hold the party above persons and are disposed to acquiesce in the party nominations, especially when those nominations are made after a fair and honest primary election. A number of the fusion candidates for county offices asked for nominations In the Republican convention, and went over to the fusion only In order to get nom inations. Some of them have held office in Portland for years. The people arc pretty generally disgusted with their style of politics, and will give them little encouragement TO LEAD FRENCH CHAMBER Bourgeois, Radical, Succeeds Des cbanel, Moderate Republican. PARIS, June L The new French Cham ber of Deputies met this afternoon for the first time. The house and galleries were crowded. M. Raullne, Rightest, the old est member of the'Chomber, presided, and delivered the Inauguration speech. In which ho appealed for parliamentary peace. The important business of elect ing the provisional president of the Cham berwhich election Is Invariably ratified was taken up. Although the president of the Chamber is supposed to stand above parties, today's election to fill this post was a purely po litical one. M. Deschanel, the president of the former Chamber, was the presiden tial candidate of the Moderate Republi cans. He was opposed by Leon Bourgeois, who represented the Radical groups. M. Deschanel was defeated by a vote of 005 to 267. and his four years' tenure of the presidential chair ended. His defeat was almost a foregone con clusion, and, in view of the results of the general election of April 27, which gave the Radicals a majority In tho house. It occasions no surprise. The election of M. Bourgeois, however, makes the politi cal situation quite clear, and Indicates to President Loubet where to choose suc cessors to the Ministry of M. Waldeck Rousseau. Various lists of a new Ministry have already been brought forward, but nothing In this respect is yet certain, nor is it likely that anything will be definitely known until the middle of the week, ex cept that M. Delcasse, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will probably retain his post After the election of two Radicals, Eu gene Etlenne and Louis Maurice Faure as vice-presidents, the Chamber adjourned until next Tuesday, as a sign of mourning for the Martinique victims. FATAL ROCKAWAY FIRE. Fo-ar Dead and Property Worth, $120,000 Destroyed. NEW YORK, Juno L Max Kastan, 31 years old, and Mrs. Lydla McKrow. the same-age, lest their lives today in a fire which swept away man7 buildings at Rockaway Beach. Thomas S. McKrow and his 5-year-old son, Frank; Martin Hansen, 2S, and Morris Kastan, 75, were injured and taken to a hospital in Long Island City. Several hours later young McKrow died, and the father was report ed to be dying. The fire started In the frame dwelling occupied by the Kastans. In a short time it spread to an unoccupied brick, building, and then in succession leveled the follow ing structures: Kastan's Hotel, the Col lonado Hotel, the Casino, Walter's Hotel. Sagamore Hotel, Burns Hotel, Seaslde Avenuo Museum, the Annex Hotel, one story frame hotel, unoccupied, Peterson's Hotel, the Mousette Hotel. The buildings for the most part were of the frame sort found at the seaside, and the los3 is estimated at about 5120,000. After the fire had been controlled tho body of a man was found burned to a crisp In one of the buildings. He is sup posed to have been a candymaker. A num ber of persons received a few alight burns. The lire appears to have been started in the kitchen of Kastan's Hotel, probably from the explosion of a gasoline stove or from a pot of candy boiling over. KILLED TROOPS BY MINES Hovr the Revolutionists Slcvr an Ar my of Colombia. KINGSTON. Jamaica, June 2. The Bri tish steamer Atrato arrived here from Colon, Colombia. She reports that there was heavy fighting at Bocas del Toro lait week. The revolutionists are said to have mined the town of Bocas. While the government trdops were marching Into Bocas to recapture it, the mines were exploded and almost all the government soldiers killed. The revolutionists still remain In possession of Bogas. Colon and Panama are the only towns on the Isth mus now In the control of the govern ment and troops are being poured into these two porta with the hope of stem ming the revolutionary advance. The revolutionists are winning so much sympathy upon every hand that the gov ernment has decided to reorganize its forces. The Atrato carried 40 govern ment field officers from Savanllla to Colon, including General Gulveras, who has been selected. It Is rumored, as the new Goc ernor of Panamaf The revolution In the Isthmus now greatly hampers the fruit business there and it Is Impossi ble to predict when quiet will be re stored. Philippine Receipts and Expenses. WASHINGTON. June 1. A statement of the public civil revenues of the Phil ippine archipelago and the expenditures therefrom since the date of American oc cupation, August 28, 1SS8, to June 30, 1901, shows: Re enues Fiscal ear 1001 $10,672,732 Total for three years 20.044.0G2 Expenditures Fiscal year 1800 5 2,370,005 Fiscal year 1000 4.75S.C78 Fiscal year 1001 5,632,076 Total expenditures for three years. $12,786,702 Excess of receipts over expenditures. 8.133,200 In addition, there were funds seized amounting to I6S0.515. All the computa tions are In American money. Another Victim Dead. NEW YORK. June l.-John Bogart, of Castleton, Statcn Island, one of the in jured In the automobile accident on Stat en Island on Saturday, died today, mak ing two dead, six severely Injured, and a dozen or more slightly Injured. W. C. Baker and C. E. Denzer, his as sistant, who were In the machine, and who spent the night In an Infirmary, were released on b&ll tonight. Americans In Berlin. BERLIN, June L There are 230 Ameri cans at one hotel in Berlin, and other ho tels are entertaining numbers of travelers from across the Atlantic The hotel men tliJnlr AmriMnR arc mrvrn mimirnm! . J Berlin this year than eVer before. MORE BOXER WORK The Insurrection Resumed in Southwest China. ' STORM AND FIRE IN JAPAN' Hundreds of Fishermen Lost Their Lives 1400 Houses Burned Plans for Increasing the Japan ese Jfa-iy, VICTORIA. B. C, June 1. Advices re ceived by the steamer Claverlng state tha in Southwest China a new Boxer In surrection has broken out, led by Mochl hlng, who killed his wife and family Others emulated the example, before the campaign commenced. The Boxers first murdered a French missionary and later killed a Belgian priest, and 50 Chinese of cials engaged in collecting taxes wero killed. A church was destroyed at Wei Heln, where a native missionary was killed and a large number of converts, slaughtered. Troops were sent against the Boxers, who defeated them. The reb els are credited with a programme to overrun Honan and Shantung and then make -for Pekln. They are well armed. Pekln correspondents say the semi-foreign uniformed soldiers of Yuan Shlh Kal, who guarded the imperial cortega en route to the eastern tombs, created a reign of terror on the way, the villagers mistaking them for foreign troops. The country people fled as soon as the pen nants were seen. News Is received that the organization of a police force has been commenced at Wuchang, and an Englishman. Charles Preston, has been, engaged in Shanghai as superintendent The police will num ber 600. It has further been decided to organize a police force In Hankow with an American as superintendent Correspondents in South China report the defeat of the Kwangsl rebels near Nannlng and the capture of Hung Yung Seng, their leader. The Wlnchow corre spondent of the Hong Kong Telegraph, describing the battle In the hills neir Nannlng, says: "From an eye-witness I learn that the affair seems to have been a very bloody encounter. The troops at first were un able to rout the rebels, but with the help of two Maxims and a couple of Impound ers they forced them to scatter. It was whilst leading his men and encouraging them against the imperial troops that the leader was wounded by a fragment of a shell and captured. He was sent to Canton for punishment and execution.." Storm and Fire In Japan. News was received from. Hokhalda of the drowning of 300 more Japanese fisher men in terrible gales of the beginning of "May oft that coast Off the Island of Teurl and Yokishlrl there were 122 Boats engaged In fishing for herring, when the storm began. No less than70 boats were cast away and out of a total of 1353 men, 220 were drowned. One hundred and ninety-two corpses had been recovered at the date of latest advices, but 28 -nero still missing. Tho men who lost their lives were mostly from Akita Prefecture. From other fishing districts wrecks wero reported and the loss of life is great. The Japanese cruiser Yayeyama, sent to re lieve the wrecked Musabl at Neumuro, was wrecked in the same harbor during the storm. Her crew was saved. From many parts news Is given of dam ago and disaster. Altogether there were seven conflagrations and the total num ber of houses destroyed by fire was 1499. Floods also caused tho destruction of houses and loss of life. Toklo papers give news of large In creases to Japan's fleets. It Is said' that the present 255,202 tons of warships in commission and building will be increased by the addition of five first-class line battle-ships, two first-class cruisers, eight second-class cruisers and 10 torpedo-destroyers, a total of 25 vessels, with an aggregate displacement of 135,900 tons. Rumor alleges that funds will be found by continuing or even increasing the pres ent rate of land tax, and by imposing a tax on silk fabrics. Anxiety Is being occasioned at Toklo and vicinity by the fact that rumbling sounds are being heard from. Mount Tsu kaba. Beautiful Woman Dead. )DERBY, Conn., June 1. Mrs. Henry Shelton Sanford, widow of Henry Shelton Sanford, Minister to Belgium during President Lincoln's term, died at Tier home here this morning. Mrs. Sanford was known as the most beautiful woman at the Belgian court during- her husband's term. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. Pacific Coast. Oregon's first slUer mine has been opened la Josephine County. Page 3. Man V.&3 fatally shot in quarrel at Fairhaven. Wash. Page 3. Conditions for opening the Fort Hall Indian reservation. Pace 3. Transport arrived In San Francisco with Twenty-first Infantry. Tzge 2. Foreiffn. Peace terms have bee signed by Briton and Boer. Page 1. Another Boxer insurrection Is reported in Chi na. Page 1. Storm and fire do great damage in Japan. Page 1. French Deputies elect a Radical to supersede Moderate Republican President. Page 2. Both volcanoes In Lesser Antilles are still act .He. Page 5. ' Domestic. Senate will ote on Philippines bill Tuesday, after which Ul come consideration of Nica ragua Canal and Cuban bills. Page 2. Critical stage has been reached In the coal miners' strike. Page 1 Striking Chicago teamsters gained 125 recruits josterday. Page 1. Rochambeau commission sails for home. Page 3. Four persons v ere burned at Rockaway Beach. Page 1. Commercial. Our exports of manufactures hold up to big fig ures. Page 5. Has week's adance In London stock market discounted the peace news? Page 5. Berlin bourse is also optimistic. Page 5. Amorlcan wares established In markets of Ger many. Page 5. Portland and Vicinity. Local political campaign Is closed. Page 1. Victor B. DollU er ad lses voters not to fcrget the days of past hardships. Page 12. Colonel Pat Donan dies. Page 10. Funeral of ex-Goernor Syl ester Pennoycr. Page 8. "Woodmen of the World and Women of Wood craft dedicate monuments to the dead of both orders. Page 12, , Real estate market dull and building operations suspended. Page 10. I bD 101.2