Yesterday afternoon Lord Lady' Willingdon, who had arrived from Peking the previous evening in a special car on the ordinary afternoon train, departed from Mukden on their journey homewards by the Trans-Siberian route. They were farewelled at the station by many Chinese officials and members of the foreign community, while the Marshal's private band red appropriate music as the train steamed out of the station.
The consecration of Pagoda Lodge, ind A. M., Massachussets Constitution, which had been scheduled for Saturday, June 26, has been postponed.
The prolonged drought which has been causing so much anxiety here was ended yesterday when several showers fell. These have barely been heavy enough to do more than lay the dust, but there is the promise of more copious showers and it may be hoped that the needed measure of moisture will be forthcoming.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.