THE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL BUILDING. (To be erected at Richmond, Va.) Broadway Rouss, who came from Virginia to build up a fortune in New York, gave $100,000 to this purpose, on condition that a like sum should be added. The memorial will stand as a pleasant evidence of the success with which Southerners worked out of the res angusta of the post THE LATE REV. DR. RICHARD S. STORRS. bellum years, and of their readiness to devote the first fruits of their prosperity to the honor of their soldiers. Obituary. In the necrology of the past six weeks are the names of several very eminent American clergymen and theologians. The Rev. Dr. Richard Salter Storrs, who died in Brooklyn, N. Y., on June 5, had long been regarded as our greatest master of sacred rhetoric. For more than half a century he had been pastor of the Brooklyn Church of the Pilgrims, and his was the distinction of representing, down to our own day, the traditions and the influence of the New England pulpit of generations past. His methods were not the methods of to-day, and yet his labors for the advancement of religion in our time were effective and far-reaching. His ten years' service as president of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis. sions, in the most critical pe Photo by Anderson. THE LATE BISHOP WILMER, OF ALA BAMA. riod of the board's history, will never be forgotten by the friends of Christian missions. Dr. Storrs' death was preceded by that of the Rev. Dr. A. J. F. Behrends, another distinguished Congregationalist of Brooklyn. Dr. Behrends had thought and written much on current theological problems. That patriarch among American theologians, Prof. Edwards A. Park, of Andover, has also passed away, at the age of ninety-one. Professor Park had taught in Andover Theological Seminary from 1836 to 1881; and among his students were hundreds of men who rose to eminence as preachers, including Dr. Storrs himself. The Rt. Rev. Richard Hooker Wilmer, Episcopal Bishop of Alabama, died on June 14, at the age of eighty-four. Bishop Wilmer was an orator of rare power and a religious leader of great influence in the South. RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. (From May 21 to June 21, 1900.) PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. May 21.-The Senate passes the post-office appropriation bill, with the amendment of Mr. Lodge (Rep., Mass.) appropriating $225,000 for the continuance of the existing pneumatic-tube service. A motion of Mr. Morgan (Dem., Ala.) to proceed to the consideration of the House Nicaragua Canal bill is defeated by a vote of 21 to 28....The House passes bills providing for an eighthour day on Government work, and prohibiting interstate transportation of convict-made goods. May 22.-In the Senate, Mr. Spooner (Rep., Wis.) defends President McKinley's Philippine policy....The House considers the Alaskan civil-code bill. May 23.-In the Senate, Mr. Platt (Rep., Conn.) speaks on the Cuban postal frauds....The House passes the Judiciary Committee's bill to amend the extradition laws, so as to cover cases like that of C. F. W. Neely. May 25.-The Senate begins consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill. Mr. Morgan (Dem., Ala.) speaks in opposition to the Philippine resolution of Mr. Spooner (Rep., Wis.)... The House considers the Alaskan civil code. May 26.-The Senate adopts the resolution of Mr. Bacon (Dem., Ga.) providing for an investigation into Cuban financial affairs....The House adopts resolutions calling on the Postmaster-General for information as to Director Rathbone's reports, and on the Secretary of War for reports on expenditures in Cuba and Porto Rico. May 28.-The Senate debates the sundry civil appropriation bill.... The House passes the Alaskan civil-code bill. May 29.-The Senate adopts an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the exposition at St. Louis in 1903....The House adopts the conference report on the post-office appropriation bill, including the provision of $225,000 for pneumatic-tube service. May 30.-The House passes 190 private pension bills. May 31.-The Senate passes the sundry civil appropriation bill....The House begins consideration of the proposed anti-trust constitutional amendment. June 1.-The Senate passes the Military Academy appropriation bill, with amendments giving the senior major-general commanding the Army the rank, pay, and allowances of a lieutenant-general, and giving Adjutant-General Corbin the rank, pay, and allowances of a major-general in the Army.... The House defeats the joint resolution providing for an anti-trust constitutional amendment by a vote of 154 to 131 (36 votes short of the requisite two-thirds). June 2.-The Senate passes the general deficiency and the emergency river and harbor appropriation bills, and the bill to provide a method of extradition from the United States to Cuba of persons who have committed certain crimes in Cuba....The House, by a vote of 273 to 1, passes the anti-trust bill introduced by Mr. Littlefield (Rep., Me.), amending the Sherman act. June 4.-The Senate, in executive session, ratifies the new extradition treaty with Switzerland. Mr. Morgan (Dem., Ala.) favorably reports a resolution declaring the Clayton-Bulwer treaty abrogated. June 5.--The Senate, by a vote of 43 to 23, refers the House anti-trust bill to the Judiciary Committee. In executive session, the nominations of John R. Hazel to be United States Judge for the Western District of New York, Gen. Elwell S. Otis to be a major-general, and Gen. Joseph Wheeler to be a brigadier-general in the Regular Army are confirmed, and the nomination of William D. Bynum to be General Appraiser at the Port of New York is rejected by a tie vote. June 7-After a bitter contest between the two branches over the coast-survey item in the naval appropriation bill, the House finally yields to the Senate, MR. J. L. BRISTOW. and all the remaining appropriation bills having been passed, the first session of the Fifty-sixth Congress is adjourned. POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT-AMERI CAN. May 21.-E. G. Rathbone, director-general of posts in Cuba, is suspended from office by Postmaster-General Smith....The United States Supreme Court refusing to interfere in the Kentucky governorship contest, on the ground of lack of jurisdiction, the office goes to Beckham (Dem.); W. S. Taylor, the Republican incumbent, dismisses the militia. (Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, now in Cuba investi gating Cuban postal frauds.) May 22.-The Louisiana Legislature elects United States Senator McEnery (Dem.) to succeed himself, and ex-Gov. Murphy J. Foster (Dem.) to succeed Senator Caffery (Dem.). May 23.-Cuban Roman Catholics petition for a change in the marriage law, by which the religious ceremony may be legalized. May 24. In the Virginia State election, the proposition for a constitutional convention is carried; the Democrats carry all the municipal elections. May 28.-Alaskan Democrats in convention at Juneau declare for Bryan for President, and denounce trusts, expansion, and favoritism to Canadian shipping and commercial interests. May 31.-New Jersey Democrats refuse to instruct for Bryan. June 2.-President McKinley nominates Morris M. Estee, of California, to be United States District Judge for Hawaii. June 4.-In the Oregon elections, the Republicans carry both branches of the legislature and elect both members of Congress, together with State officers. June 5.-Maryland Democrats refuse to instruct for Bryan, but recognize his strength in their platform. ....New York Democrats instruct for Bryan, but refuse to reaffirm the Chicago platform of 1896; Richard Croker, David B. Hill, Edward Murphy, Jr., and Augustus Van Wyck are chosen delegates-at-large to Kansas City. June 6.-North Dakota and South Dakota Democrats instruct for Bryan....Indiana Democrats instruct for Bryan, and nominate John W. Kern for governor....Missouri Democrats nominate A. M. Dockery for governor, reaffirm the Chicago platform, and instruct for Bryan....West Virginia Democrats pledge support to Bryan, and nominate John H. Holt for governor....Idaho Democrats indorse Bryan.... The Socialist Labor party of the United States nominates Joseph F. Maloney, of Massachusetts, for President, and Valentine Remmel, of Pennsylvania, for Vice-President. HON. DOUGLASS M'ENERY. (Reelected U. S. Senator from Louisiana.) June 7-Connecticut Democrats instruct their delegates to support Bryan. June 8.-Colorado Democrats instruct for Bryan. June 9.-Mayor Van Wyck, of New York, admits in court his ownership of 4,000 shares of stock in the American Ice Company. June 12.-Wisconsin Democrats instruct for Bryan, and reaffirm the Chicago platform.... The Rhode Island Legislature reëlects United States Senator Wetmore. June 13.-Ohio Democrats instruct for Bryan, and nominate a State ticket....Governor Mount, of Indiana, refuses to honor the requisition of Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, for the return to that State of ex-Gov. W. S. Taylor, under indictment for complicity in the alleged plot resulting in the assassination of William E. Goebel. June 14.-California and Kentucky Democrats instruct for Bryan....Vermont Democrats nominate a State ticket, headed by John H. Senter for governor, 2nd declare for Bryan. June 16.-Good order prevails in the Cuban municipal elections; Gen. Alejandro Rodriguez, Nationalist, is elected mayor of Havana, receiving 13,073 votes, against 6,534 cast for Señor Estrada Mora, the Independent candidate. June 18.-A bulletin of the Porto Rican census, issued by the War Department at Washington, gives the population of the island as 953.243....Governor Roosevelt, of New York, issues a statement declining the Republican nomination for Vice-President at Philadelphia. June 19.-The Republican National Convention meets at Philadelphia. June 20.-The Republican National Convention adopts a platform.... Minnesota Democrats declare for the nomination of Charles A. Towne for Vice President on the Bryan ticket at Kansas City....Florida Democrats declare for Bryan. June 21.-President McKinley is renominated by unanimous vote in the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia, and Governor Roosevelt, of New York, is nominated for Vice-President. POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT-FOREIGN. May 21.-The Australian federation bill passes its second reading in the British House of Commons. May 22.-The French Chamber of Deputies reassembles....The Chinese authorities send troops to put down the "Boxer" movement. May 23.-The German Reichstag passes the meat inspection bill by a vote of 163 to 123. May 25.-The three men charged with an attempt to blow up the Welland Canal with dynamite, at Thorold, Ont., are found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. May 28. By a vote of 293 to 246, the French Chamber of Deputies declares confidence in the government. May 29.-The Marquis de Galliffet resigns his post as French Minister of War, and is succeeded by General André. June 2.-By a vote of 283 to 34, the French Senate passes the Dreyfus case amnesty bill. June 3.-In the general elections for the Italian Parliament, the Constitu tionalists secure a majority of the seats. June 6.-The resignation of the Japanese Cabinet is reported. June 7.-The German Reichstag passes the naval bill on second reading. June 8.-Emperor Francis Joseph orders the session of the Austrian Reichsrath closed. June 9.-The Chinese Government orders the withdrawal of the imperial troops opposing the "Boxers." June 12.-The German Reichstag passes the naval bill....Premier Schreiner, of Cape Colony, resigns office. HON. MURPHY J. FOSTER. (Newly elected U. S. Senator from Louisiana.) June 16.-In view of the threatening Chinese situation, the Marquis Yamagata consents to retain the premiership of Japan. June 19.-A convention of Irish Nationalists opens in Dublin. June 20.-Lieutenant-Governor McInnes, of British Columbia, is dismissed from office by the Dominion Government, and Sir Henri Joly is appointed in his place. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. May 21.-Secretary Hay informs the Boer delegates that the United States cannot interfere in the South African war. May 22.-The Queen Regent of Spain signs the postal convention with the United States. May 23.-The United States makes a more peremptory demand on Turkey for the prompt settlement of the missionary indemnity claims. May 24.-The European powers demand of the Chinese Government the immediate suppression of the "Boxers." May 25.-Secretary Hay instructs Minister Conger, at Pekin, to inform the Chinese Government that the United States expects it to suppress the "Boxer" society without delay, and to provide guarantees for the protection of the lives and property of Americans in China. May 30.-American, British, German, Italian, French, Russian, and Japanese troops are ordered to guard the legations at Pekin. June 11.-The Chinese Emperor appeals to the powers for the deposition of the Dowager Empress and the establishment of a protectorate. June 12.-President McKinley issues a proclamation of a reciprocal commercial agreement between the United States and Portugal under the Dingley tariff law. June 16.-An arrangement for the arbitration of claims of American sealers against Russia for illegal seizures off the Siberian coast is announced. June 17.-The Chinese forts at Taku, at the mouth of the Peiho River, fire on the foreign warships, which forthwith bombard the forts and compel their surrender. June 18.-United States troops are ordered from Manila to China; Admiral Kempff is directed to cooperate with the naval commanders of other powers in the protection of American interests in China. June 19.-It is announced the French Government will dispatch a cruiser and 4,200 troops to China. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. May 21.-A squadron of Colonel Bethune's Horse is surprised on its way to Newcastle, six miles southwes* of Vryheid; total casualties about 66. May 22.-General Hamilton reaches Heilbron, after a series of engagements with the Boers under Commandant De Wet. The Population is shown by a man; Revenue by the obverse side of a sovereign; Expenditure by the reverse side; Railway Mileage by a train; Imports by a black ship; Exports by a white ship (the figures within brackets denote the proportion of the imports and exports, which is purely intercolonial). REV. J. W. HAMILTON. REV. D. H. MOORE. (Newly elected bishops of the M. E. Church. May 23.-General French reaches Prospect, about five miles to the north of Rhenoster River; the Boers leave their positions south of the Vaal and trek north. May 24.-General Hunter reaches Vryburg, and the railway is repaired to that town. May 25.-The Boers reoccupy Heilbron; General Hamilton occupies Vredeport; Taungs is garrisoned by the British. May 26.-Lord Roberts' advance force crosses the Vaal near Parys, General Hamilton's column being at Boschbank General Rundle occupies Senekal without opposition: Ficksburg is occupied by Brabant; General French crosses the Vaal at Lindigue's Drift. May 27.-The main body under Lord Roberts crosses the Vaal at Vereeniging; Lord Roberts announces the annexation of the Orange Free State; British positions at Ingogo shelled by the Boers. May 28.-Lord Roberts' force reaches the Klip River, eighteen miles from Johannesburg; General French pushes northward toward Johannesburg; the British occupy Zeerust (thirty-five miles northeast of Mafe king), and move in force on Lichtenburgh; Orange Free State formally annexed; in heavy fighting at Senekal, in the Orange River Colony (new name for the Free State), General Rundle loses 32 men killed and 150 wounded. May 29.-Lord Roberts arrives at Elandsfontein Junction, and announces the capture of some rolling-stock. May 30.-The British enter Johannesburg; President Krüger leaves Pretoria; the burgomaster is authorized to receive the British. May 31.-The British flag is raised over the public buildings at Johannesburg....The Thirteenth Battalion (Irish) Imperial Yeomanry is compelled to surrender to a superior force of Boers near Lindley, Orange River Colony. June 4.-The Boers resist Lord Roberts' advance on Pretoria at Six Miles Spruit, but are finally repulsed. June 5.-Lord Roberts enters Pretoria, the town being formally surrendered by the Boers. June 6.-General Buller's troops capture a mountain west of Laing's Nek.... The Boers cut General Roberts' communications north of Kroonstad. June 7.-At Roodeval the British lose 117 men killed and 69 wounded of the Derbyshire and Cape Pioneer Railway Regiments, the remaining force of the Derbyshires being made prisoners. June 8.-General Buller's troops succeed in forcing Botha's Pass. June 11.-General Buller forces Almond's Nek, and the Boers retire from Laing's Nek and Majuba; British casualties about 100. June 12.-The Boers under Botha are defeated 15 miles east of Pretoria; Generals Kitchener and Methuen defeat the Boers under De Wet on the Rhenoster River; communication is restored between Pretoria and Bloemfontein. June 15.-President Krüger transfers the Transvaal seat of government to Alkmaar. June 18.-General Hunter occupies Krügersdorp. June 19.-General Methuen defeats the Boers under De Wet at Heilbron, Orange River Colony. OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THE MONTH. May 22.-The Methodist General Conference at Chicago elects the Rev. Drs. D. H. Moore and J. W. Hamilton bishops.... The Boer envoys to the United States are unofficially received by President McKinley, and informed that this government cannot intervene in the South African war.... Two companies of Filipinos surrender to the American troops at Tarlac. May 23. The Methodist General Conference, by a vote of 433 to 238, abolishes the pastoral time limit, now fixed at five years....The Presbyterian General Assembly refers the question of creed revision to a committee of fifteen. May 24.-Queen Victoria's birthday is celebrated with unusual enthusiasm throughout Great Britain.... The brokerage firm of Price, McCormick & Co., New York City, fails with liabilities estimated at $13,000,000. May 28.-The total eclipse of the sun is observed under extremely favorable conditions along the whole line of totality both in Europe and America. May 29.-Filipino insurgents rush the town of San Miguel de Mayamo, north of Manila, killing 5 of the American garrison, wounding 7, and taking Capt. Charles D. Roberts prisoner. May 30.-The Confederate reunion is begun at Louisville.... President McKinley and Secretary Root speak at the unveiling of the monument on the battlefield of Antietam, Md. June 8.-Gen. Pio del Pilar, the Filipino leader, is captured at San Pedro Macati, near Manila. June 10.-In a St. Louis street-car strike riot, 4 persons are killed, 1 fatally wounded, and several others severely injured. June 12.-General Grant reports the capture of a Fili pino insurgent stronghold in the mountains east of Samiguet, Luzon. |