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FAILS FROM 4 WINDOW.
Tragic Death of Adelbert S. Hay,
Eldest Son of the Secre-
tary Of State.
1RAeEoY OCCURS At new haven, CONN.
Was. Attending Commencement Ex-
Which He Was q Graduate-suc-
ceeded Macrum a. Consul to Pre-
tOFla.

New Haven, Conn.,, June 25.-Adel-
bert Stone Hay, former consul of the
United States at Pretoria, South Al
RIGA and eldest son of Secretary OF
State John Hay, fell from window
in the third story of the New Haven
house in this city shortly before $3.50
o'clock Sunday morning and was in
stantly killed. The dead man was a
graduate of Yale, of the class of 'eS,
and his death occurred on the eve of
the university commencement, which
brought him here Saturday, and in
which, by virtue of his class Office, the
young man would have been one of
the leaders. The terrible tragedy has
cast a gloom over the whole city and
will undoubtedly be felt throughout
the day which heretofore has been SO
brilliant and full of happiness for Yale
and her sons.
The full details of the terrible acct
dent will never be known. Mr.. Hay
had rooms at the New Haven house for
commencement week. 1t is generally
supposed, however, that after going to
his room he went to the window for
air, and, sitting on the sill, he dozed
off, and, overwhelming, fell to the pave
ment below, fall of fully GO feet. The
fall resulted in instant death, and
within Is minutes the body had been
identified as that of young Hay. How
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Of its loss until after q fuller contin-
gent is present. There is a disposition
on the part of many Of the class to
abandon entirely the elaborate fea-
lures of the triennial reunion and wait
upon the pleasure of Secretary Hay
and the members of the bereaved fam
lily.
Mr.. Hay was appointed consul to
Pretoria to succeed Consul Macrum
December 4, 1899. 1t was charged that
Macrum had shown undue favors to
the Beers. As the representative OF
the United States Consul Hay had
charge of the interests of British sub
iects in the Transvaal and was several
times the medium Of communication
between the contending forces.
Secretary Hay Reported Better.
New Haven, Conn.,. June 25.-After
passing a fairly restful night secre-
tary Hay, who, arriving late Sunday
afternoon at the residence of Seth H.
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tween this city and Ravenswood, w.
Va. The Kanawha is q rushing tor
rent. Timber men were unprepared
for The food, and much timber was
carried away. Withers & Vandevend-
ar, Parkersburg Mill company, Will
son u Sons, and the Old Hickory COM
pany are the great losers.
Ia Ca lhoun and Writ counties much
damage was done to crops. Lee creek,
Mill creek, Pond creek and Cove run
are raging torrents. Along these
creeks houses and stores were flooded
and crops washed away.
Williamson, w. Va, June est is
estimated that the damage from the
cloudburst over Mcdowell and Mingo
counties in West Virginia and Pike
county, KY, is more than half mill
lion dollars. The greatest losers are
the w. NJ. and C. L. Ritter Lumber
companies and r. E. Woods Sandy
Hun mills. The Norfolk & Western
railroad is also heavy loser, and
nearly 1000 men are now at work re-
pairing the tracks. Loss of life is
feared in the interior of these coun-
ties, from which no report has been
had. Tuig river rose 10 feet in three
hours during the flood.
Montgomery, w. Va, June est
is estimated that the storm and
washouts of Sunday did $4,000 dam
ages to property in this vicinity.
The, greatest damage was to the
coal tipples, which were partly de-
molished, but no lives are known to
have been lost.
Reports Conflicting.
Richmond, Va, June 25.-Conflicting
reports received here place the loss
of life in the Flat Top region from
the food at from 200 to 800. 1t is
pretty certain that Keystone has been
virtually washed out, but the loss of
life there probably is overestimated.
The Norfolk & Western people here
know nothing except that they have
suffered heavy damages to tracks.
The track of the C. & o: near Hinton
alsosis heavily damaged and trains are
tied up. There has been q tremendous
food at Charlestown, w. Va. Several
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IN OTHER STATES.
Damage by Wind and Rain i'm Hi
~ nQia and Ohio.

Damage by Wind and Rain in 1lli-
IT, nois and Ohio.
Lincoln, ILL.,, June 25.-This city and
vicinity was visited Saturday night by
a destructive tornado which did $780,
600 damage. The storm came from the
southwest and it's path was 1h miles
wide by IL miles long. The Lincoln
mattress factory was almost totally
destroyed, while severe damage was
done to the Illinois asylum for feeble
mind ed children, Illinois odd fellows
orphans home, Lincoln college, the
roller flour mills and the county poor
farm. l. Several stores were unroofed,
houses wrecked and thousands of
trees torn up. An elevator at Middle
town was destroyed and stores were
damaged. Reports of damage by the
st orrn came from rural districts. At
Elkhart freight cars were blown from
tracks, and great damage was done to
wheat. corn and oats.
Pittsburgh, Pa, June 25.-One OF
the fiercest wind and transforms
known since the United States wealth
er bureau has been established swept
Pitts burgh and vicinity Saturday.
Three lives are reported lost. Within
40 minutes 1.19. inches of rain fell, and
during that time the lightning and
thunder was almost continuous.
In Pittsburgh the Soho district was
completely blocked with the great
masses of dirt and stones washed
from the hill, and all street car serv-
ice to and from the East end was sus-
pended for about two hours.
Columbus, O., June 25.-There were
severe storms in many sections of Ohio
Saturday and Saturday night, and con-
siderable damage was done to property
and crops. No fatalities have been re-
ported, but number of people were
injured.
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it all happened became a matter OF

IL I'll 0dppeucu OcCdulc d mater u
speculation on the part of the throng
of curious spectators who gathered,
and subject of mournful inquiry for
the class mates and friends of the
young man. Halfsa dozen physicians
who were hastily summoned were un-
able to do anything and the body
awaited it's disposition at the orders of
the coroner's deputy, Medical Exam
liner Bartlett. That official pronounced
it a case of accidental death and re-
ported to his superior. Coroner Mix.
Witnessed the Fall.
There was a solitary spectator to the
terrible tragedy, laborer on the city
streets. At the hour mentioned the
workman saw the form of man fall
ing through space. An instant later
there was sickening thud and the
body lay directly in front of the main
hotel entrance. The Mortified laborer
rushed to the spot and his shouts
brought others. Theusual crowd gath
cred. In it were several belated Yale
graduates. They bent over the body.
One of them, Julian Mason, a son of the
late Edward G. Mason, of Chicago, and
a classmate of young Hay, drew back,
and, horrcr-stricken, cried: my God!
it's Del Hay!" By this time the hotel
clerk had reached the scene and made
the identilicat tor complete. The body
was clad III pajamas. On the window
sill of the room occupied by young
Hay was found partly consumed ciga-
rette. On the floor near the window
was ring worn by the victim. His
clothing had been neatly arranged and
the bedclothes were drawn back. The
bed, however, had not been occupied.
Here the mystery becomes intangible.
The popular theory seems to have it
that the young man, having prepared
for bed, thought to indulge in good
night smoke" that he chose the cool
of the window, possibly 1ozed, lost his
balance and fell from the window. The
presence Of the ring on the floor, how
ever, gave rise to the fancy that pos
sibly while toying with the ring it
dropped. and that in an effort to re-
cover it the fall resulted. However i.
happened, the known facts seem to
make it conclusive that it was all
frightful accident.
An examination of the remains dis
closed a discoloration on the right
forehead, confusion on the right arm
and abrasion of the right leg. A plain
ring worn on the right hand was bent
and cut. No bones were broken and
there was no external fracture of the
skull. In the GO feet fight downward
the body escaped striking balcony
one story below and crashed upon the
pavement with all the force of mo-
mentum increased by the weight of a
man of such large physique as young
Hay. Those members of the class of
'9s who are in town, after the examina-
ton by the coroner's hysician, escort
ed the body from the undertaking es-
tablishment to the private residence of
Mr.. Seth Moseley, of the New Haven
house. Here it awaited the arrival of
the relatives.
The triennial class of '9S, of which
Adelbert Hay was member, has gone
into mourning. New arrivals of the
class. many of whom heard the news
for the first time on reaching the COL
lege town, ar. shocked, and it has been
practically decided to make no formal
arrangements for class recognition
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A..ouuces Caller Surrender,

Washington, June 25.-Gen. MacAr-
thur has cabled the war department
announcing the surrender of Gen.
Cables in northern. Luzon with 1856
rifles s. 1000 rounds of ammunition
and 600 officers and men. Cables has
taken the oath of allegiance. Gen.
Macarthur also announces the ar
rival Of the Lawton at Manila, with
companies X and L, of the Eleventh
infantry
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Presidential Appoint ents.

Washington, June 25.-The presi-
dent Monday made the following ap-
pointments: State department.
Chandler Hale, Maine, secretary lega-
ton at Vienna, AUSTRIA; James J.
Bailey, Kentucky, secretary Legal
ton Guatemala and Honduras.
Treasury department - William L.
Gerrish, collector of customs district
of saco, Me. Interior department.
Charles F. Nesler,, New Jersey, 1ndi-
an inspector (reappointed).
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ohio Republicans Meet.

Columbus, O., June 25.-The repub-
lican state convention convened here
at four: p. m. Monday to nominate a
state ticket and organize for the cleo
ton 81 state officers and members OF
the legislature which will select the
successor of Senator ]. B. Foraker.
The indications are that the old tick
ct, headed by Gov. Nash, will be re-
nominated with the exceptions OF
candidates for supreme judge.
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Fighting i'm Cape Colony.

Cradock, Cape Colony, June u.s.
The detachment of the colonial
mounted rifles which. was attacked
by the Beers at Waterkloof, June 20,
was pursuing Commandant Malan,
when Gen. Kritzinger' surprised the
rifles camp at Waterkloof while the
colonial troopers were saddling up.
The fight lasted two and half
hours
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ADELBERT s. HAY.

Moseley, where the body of his son
lay, was stricken with physical col
lapse, was very much improved Mon
day morning. At nine o'clock he re-
ceived call from DR.. Gilbert, his
physician. The doctor found Col. Hay
so much better that he permitted
him to sit up, and, while directing
that he remain quietly in his room
for the day, expressed his belief that
he would be able to leave the city
Monday evening, if necessary.
Immediately after the departure OF
the physician, Secretary Hay arose
and had breakfast brought to his
room.
1t is stated that no definite plans
for the funeral will be fixed upon
until the arrival of Mrs. Hay and her
daughter, who are expected soon
from Newbury, N. H., their summer
home. Meanwhile, however, arrange
ments are being made tentatively
for departure with the body later in
the day.
kilograms of coincidence from
President Mckinley, members of his
cabinet and many others reached Sec
rotary Hay at the Moseley residence
Monday.
Glass Passes Resolutions.
New Haven, Conn.,, June 25.-The
class of '98 of Yale university, of
which Adelbert S. Hay was men,
Der, took action Monday by passing
a resolution. deploring his untimrlely
death and expressing appreciation
of his noble character and admirable
qualities" Two hundred members
of the class who are here to attend
their triennial reunion-the largest
class reunion known in Yale's his
tory-were present at the meeting,
Frank E. Simmons, of St. Louis, pre-
siding.
The ball game which was to have
been played by members of the class
with a team representing the class
Of '95, and which was to have been
notable feature of commencement
week festivities, has been given up.
A committee consisting of Robert
Reynolds Hit, son of Congressman
HIT, of Illinois, Payne Whitney, son
of ex-Secretary of the Navy William
C. Whitney, of New York, James T.
Wadsworth, son of Congressman
Wadsworth, of Genesee, N. Y, Robert
Garrison, of New York, and Julian
Starkweather Mason, of Chicago, will
represent the class at the funeral.
Mr.. Hit was a roommate of Adelbert
Hay in college.
The News I'm London.
New York. June 25.-People in Lon
don, says the Tribune's London cor
respondent, are not unmindful of the
fact that during the early days of the
Boer war Adelbert Hay discharged
his honorable duties on behalf of the
British prisoners in Peoria with the
utmost tact and discretion. It is felt
in London that his tragic death
closes one of the most promising ca
rers in the American diplomatic serv-
ice. All the papers refer with en-
phasis to the debt Great Britain
owed the late Mr.. Hay for his many
kindly Offices.
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Inxeatixatea Truata.

Washington, June 25.-The DEPART
ment of justice is making a secret
investigation to ascertain if the
great industrial combinations are
operating in contraventioh of the
Sherman antitrust law. If so the
government will take action to vitiate
the combinations.
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tuhC SOhCtAAiS uSA"A ~ "AAA Nv A>A~~ " -
within the next "a hours.
TELEGRAM from Mayor Land.
New York. June 25.-Mayor Land, of
Bluefields, w. Va, wires as follows:
"It is estimated that 200 lives were lost
in the Elkhorn flood. The damage to the
Norfolk & Western Railroad company Is
estimated at 600, and to the coal COM
panies and individuals at 100000.
There is no communication with any
point further down the valley than Elk
horn I am unable to tell whether outside
assistance will be needed until further in
formation comes in
Gov. Nash Offers Assistance.
Columbus, O., June 25.-Gov. Nash
Monday sent the following telegram
to Gov. White of West Virginia.:
1.-THE people of Ohio sympathize with
your people in the great calamity that mas
come upon them. Do they need help, and
if SO how much can we assist them?
Fears Heavy Death List.
Huntington, w. Va, June j25.-Gov.
White is here making arrangements
to get tents and provisions for the
food-stricken district along the Nor
folk e. Western railroad. He says he
fears the death list will exceed 1000.
In Other Districts.
Parkersburg, w. Va, June 25.-One
of the most destructive rain and wind
storms ever known in this section
passed over this county Saturday
night and Sunday morning. Thor
oughfares were flooded and traffic on
the Ohio River railroad was suspend
ed until five o'clock Sunday afternoon
by the washing away of trestles be-
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children were drowned near Taze-
On able to Esti mate Damage.

Enable to Estimate Damage.
Roanoke, Va, June 25.-NoEfolk &
Western officials here say that owing
to wires being down and no direct COM
m un ication, they are unable to ,esti-
mate the damage caused by the food
in the coal fields. They do not believe
the damage to property will amount to
$5OO,OOO, as at first reported. Esti-
mates of 200 lives lost are now thought
to be too great.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-26
D1ED AT A CHRISTMAS DINNER
zIOyIsTs AT COOPER UNION.
CROWDED MEETING TO CELEBRATE THE
OPENING OF THE CONGRESS AT BASEL.

A meeting was held last night in Cooper Union In
oIbra. .,o, or +he fifth international Zionist con-
Grass which will begin it's first session in Basel
Sutherland to-day Meetings similar to the one
that filled Cooper Union were held last evening al
over the world. ,.,
Those interested in Zionsm are awaiting Win
interest the report of DR.. Theodore Herzei. tne
1onder Of the Zion movement. in regard to MS IN
terview with the Sultan of Turkey Ihis aulie'I0
was granted by the Sultan to enable Ut. t1eiE 70
nresent his project for establishing IN faes'i''e
colony of Hebrews. The immediate success OF tne
oiac+ ts believed by many of its advocates to de-
pend upon the concessions to the coonists tna 'he
Sultan is willing to grant
Owing to the illness OF Professor Rlcharo 1o'-
tbeiI of Columbia University, and the attehodice
at his beside of his father, the Rev. Dr- OustaN
Cottheil the presiding officer at the meeting last
evening" was \ TavIor Phillips. The Rev. DR.. H
Pereira Mendes had been selected as a suosucu'e
chairman but confined at home by Illness
Az pbiIIIns said that Zionism carried 10 tne
baar+ Of every Israete of the lottiest ideas
~, - vas posstbe for the human mind to hoio II
- on accented fact with the Hebrew masses thdr
Palestine was to-day. it had been IN the past
the natural home of their people HioIlS.s - 20
no longer struggling band of experlmentanstS' LUZ
the movement they had conceived ana aosocaeeu
had become great force and was COMMANDING '4io
ot,artion of even the Christian world
Mr.. Phillips said that Zionism presented lhcdl-
culable advantages to Hebrews IN material anu
no,tical sense for it welding them tosether IN
a body so cohesive and powerful that they "oulo
no able 10 resist tyranny and oppression through
the work OF organization. -. :. I,A5
The Rev Dr. Bernard Drachman said he hope9
.ba. aftar nineteen centuries of wonderInSs ana
nersecutions the movement might lead Heors"S
bac, ~ the land which they had never ceased 10
pa and cherish as the natural home of their ma
| ton. 49, Ds;,.z ara tho
Rev Joseph Seef Music furnished oy Ine MIL
tary band Of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardlan, VI
nbar Asylum and the Glory OF Zion Society choir
A telegram Of greeting from Zionists OF q boSton @
u,as read and on motion OF Dr. LiDTnan II was
Voted ~ telegraph congratulations to the interna-
| tional congress in BaSle.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-26
CHEER THEIR SICK BENEFACToR.
NEwsBOYs EAT Mr.. FLEIss's TURKEY ANT
HEAR ADVICE FROM RANDOLPH
GJGCFNHFTNFP
GTGGENHEIMER.

Five hundred hungry neWsboys were once more
the guests of William NJ. Fless at the annual
Christmas dinner given by him at the Newsboys
Lodging House, in Duane-st. as Brace Memorial
Is better known. last night. While the big crowd
Of youngsters were putting away turkey they were
addressed by Randolph Guggenhemer. The retir
ing president of the Council gladdened the hearts
OF the boys by promising that he would give them
another big dinner at Brace Memorial Washing
toms Birthday. This speech received with
uproarious applause.
Long before o'clock. the time set for the dinner
Duane-st. in the vicinity of the big lodging house
was a bowling struggling of humanity. A
big squad of policemen from the Oak-st- station
tried TO keep order and get the boys in line When
the doors were thrown open the long line started
upstairs the dining with that
could be heard for blocks. A glad sight faced them
when they reached the dining Piled high
the long tables were great plates of turkey
mashed potatoes. celery. and nuts. There
each diner he passed out OF the
While the dinner was at its height President
Guggenheimer walked in. AS his identity
became known the boys set up vociferous cheers.
to them that II duty. promptness and the
hardest kind OF work that gained success in this
world.
Last nights dinner was the thirty-ffth tha t
present. being i'll his home with rheI1-
matism. He sent letter 20 Superintendent r.
Eeig, in which he wished the boys Merry Christ
and a Happy New Year. After the letter had
been read j. Mckeon. one of the newsboys. proposed
toast to their benefact McKeon said that he
hoped, and knew that all the boys Joined with him
in hoping. for Mr.. F1eiss's speedy recovery Three
cheers were then given by the boys for Mr.. F1eiss
New-York tribune., 1901-12-26
HAPPINESS on LONG ISLAND.
MEMBERS OF MEADOW BROOK HUNT Cbtf
LAVISH WITH GIFTS TO POOR.

Hempstead Long Island. Dec. % (SpeciaD.-Genu-
inc Yuletde cheer and much happiness were brought
into the homes Of many Of the poorer classes OF
Hampstead. Westbury Rosiyu. Wheatey Hills
I-niondale East Meadow Brook and Port Washing
ton to-day by the many gifts that were unostenta-
tio1islv given by President Roosevelt Mr.. and Mrs
James /. Kernochan. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gould
W Bourke Cochran Z. y. Morgan. former commo-
iore of the Nev-York Yacht Club, and Mrs Morgan
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Van Rensselaer, Kennedy, Mrs.
Sidney Dillon Ripley. Mrs L. T. Gushing, Villa m
G whitney, Mr.. and Mrs, Harry Payne Whitney.
Mr. and Mrs. FoXhalI p. keene, Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence II. Mackay General and Mrs. Lloyd Brice
and a number of the other well known members OF
the Meadow Brook Hunt Club.
Mrs. James l.. KernoCnan played the good fairy
and Santa Claus in true fashion to the inmates Of
the amshouse at U7iondale by presenting each with
a Christmas dinner. In addition she gave many
individual presents. 8ir and Mrs. Howard Gould
gave presents the public school children of Port
Washington.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-26
AT LEWIS CAss LEDYARD,s

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard assisted by
Mrs. Romulus r. Colgate. gave Christmas tree
at their home. No. 2n lexington ave. yesterday
afternoon to two hundred poor children attending
the Avenue B Industrial School of the Chrdren's
Aid Society. Each child received some present and
was also provided with clothing Stockings
gloves. caps and shirts distributed and the
children also entertained with ice cream and cake
The Avenue Industrial School was erected In
1887 by William Waldorf Astor in memory OF Mrs
Astor and is situated at No 533 East Sixteenth-st
The number OF children enrolled In the year was 57
and some 6S47S meals were supplied. The children
attending these industrial schools OF the Chdren's
AID Society are too poor to attend the public
schools, and are not only fed but also clothed
Glasses IN cooking. woodwork and ironwork and
a large kindergarten class maintained
New-York tribune., 1901-12-26
NOT SATISFIED WITH PRESENTS.
STEAL A MKINLEY MEMORIAL BANK
AT A CELEBRATION.

Among the thousand children who were the
guests of the Little Sock Tree Society Of the West
Side at Christmas festival in a hall at No 1l3
West Seventy y-nirth-st., yesterday there was one
bad boy. He soon came 10 grief. for he was ar
rested locked up in the West Sixty-eighth-st sta
ton and later the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty Children
All day poor children nocked to the hall where
they received candies. fruit. toys and clothes In
the afternoon they We're entertained by profess
sional vaudeville performers, and all was merry
until Lawrence Reding fifteen years old. of No.
532 West Fifty-third-st.. nearly broke up fes-
tivities. According TO the police he stole a McKin-
ley memorial bank. which was on the wall The
lad had received a suit OF clothes and pair OF
shoes and candies and oranges but he wanted
money. and while the festivities were at its height
he broke the chain on the bank and wrenched It
from the wall. He then started run. Mrs. Caro-
line Crawford. president of the society, of No 1871
West Seventy-ninth-St. grabbed him. Reding
struggled to get away, and his cries excited the
children Many started to run for the door