. Review of reviews and world's work. MRS. E. H. CONGER. July 27.—After killing three policemen and a boy,and wounding several other persons, a negro desperadois shot to death in New Orleans and order restored inthe city. July 29.—General Prinsloo and 3,348 Boers surrenderat Naauwpoort. August 3.—Four cases of plague and two deaths are reported from London, Eng The summit of Mount Marcy, in the Adirondacks, is covered with snow Fire starts in the, forests of the Yellowstone NationalPark. August 4.—Fire in the lumber district of Ashland, Wis., destroys property valued at $1,000,000 The Boers at
. Review of reviews and world's work. MRS. E. H. CONGER. July 27.—After killing three policemen and a boy,and wounding several other persons, a negro desperadois shot to death in New Orleans and order restored inthe city. July 29.—General Prinsloo and 3,348 Boers surrenderat Naauwpoort. August 3.—Four cases of plague and two deaths are reported from London, Eng The summit of Mount Marcy, in the Adirondacks, is covered with snow Fire starts in the, forests of the Yellowstone NationalPark. August 4.—Fire in the lumber district of Ashland, Wis., destroys property valued at $1,000,000 The Boers attack the British garrison at Elands River:Harrismith is surrendered to General Macdonald. August 5.—Four thousand cab-drivers in Paris go onstrike, demanding a lower rate for vehicles rented. August 7.—Preliminary steps toward the formationof a farmers trust to control the agricultural output ofthe Mississippi Valley are taken at Topeka, Kan,, by a. UNITED STATES MINISTER CONGER. (From a photograph of Mr. Conger taken in his privateoffice in tlie American Legation building, at Peking, onMay 15 last.) conference of farmers representing eight States andOklahoma Territory. August 11.—In the French naval maneuvers off CapeSt. Vincent, Portugal, a collision between the battle-ship Brennus and the torpedo-boat destroyer Frameeresults in the loss of 46 lives, including 3 officers. August 12.—In a grade-crossing accident near Slat-ington, Penn., 15 persons are killed and 7 seriously .In the telescoping of two sections of a trainnear Rome, Italy, 12 persons are killed and 40 injured. August 14.—Rain falls generally in the famine dis-tricts of Hamburg-American steamerDeutschland completes the run from New York toPlymouth in 5 days, 11 hours, and 45 minutes. August 17.—General Kitchener relieves the Britishgarrison at Elands River, in the Transvaal ; conspira-tors accused of a plot to. capture Lord Roberts a
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