Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1900 — THE BOER PEACE ENVOYS. [ARTICLE]

THE BOER PEACE ENVOYS.

Art in New York and Given • Formal Reception in Weak Ing ton. Thursday afternoon the Boer envoys were officially welcomed by Mayor Van Wyck of New York. The Mayor gave the envoys the freedom of the city, pre•ented to them copies of a resolution passed by the municipal assembly and Incidentally voiced the hope that it would be followed by the preservation of their freedom in their far-distant homes. The congressional and citizens’ committee which escorted the peace commissionera from New York to Washington installed Senators Allen, Mason, Heit'feld and Wellington, Representatives Sulzer, Ridgely, Rhea (Ky.), Clark (Mo.), Daly, Die Armond, Robinson (Neb.), Miers (Ind.) and Little and Messrs. 0. T. Bride and 8. S. Yoder. On their arrival in Washington the envoys were met by the reception committee and taken to the Arlington Hotel, where an Informal reception was given in their honor.