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HAS NO ACCIDENTS ON THE WAY
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pean Ports Tli nt Has Lasted Fifty
three Darn Demonstrates Her
Exceptional Ability.
To demonstrate the staunchness and
speed the battleship Kearsarge is sent
across the ocean from Liverpool at
full speed, at the close of a voyage
lasting 53 days, during which tlmeshe
covered 8200 miles. "
The last 2000 miles are made In nine
days four and one-quarter hours, an
average speed of 13.10' miles an hour,
without accident.
Captain Hemphill says he can start
right now on a' return voyage and
beat even this time.
BAR HARBOR, Me., July 26. The
United States battleship Kearsarge ar
rived at Bar Harbor at 5;42 P. M., and
dropped anchor in the upper harbor at
6:13. All day the shore path had been
thronged with, people anxiously watching
the eastern horizon lor the first glimpse
of the famous ship, but it was not until
5 o'clock that her immense hull appeared
out of the mist in -the east Coming at
full speed, the battleship passed the other
ships of the squadron at anchor, and then
proceeding to the upper harbor, where the
battleship Illinois, with Admiral Barker
on board, was anchored.
After the usual formality, the represen
tative of the Associated Press was re
ceived on board, and was the first to
greet Captain Hemphill, who expressed
surprise that their trip should bo of ln-
-terest to others outside the Navy. Depart-'
ment- He s"ald:
"We left the Needles at 1:23 P. M., on
Friday, July 17, and reached Mount Desert
Rock at 12:30 today, covering the distance
of 2900 miles in 9 days 4& hours, an aver
age speed of 13.16 miles an hour."
Highest Speed, 15 Knots.
The highest speed attained was a little
over 15 knots an hour, and the slowest
was 10. Three times during the trip the
ship was slowed down, once on account
of being in the vicinity of an Iceberg
and twice on account of a very thick fog;
Head winds and thick weather retarded
the tipeed of the ship and, under favor
able conditions,- she would have covered
the distance in less than .nine days. Cap
tain Hemphill says that he could start on
a return trip at once, and beat the record
made on this voyage.
Since the Kearsarge left New York, 53
days ago, she has visited Germany, Den
mark and England, has steamed 8200
miles, has been at sea 24 days and In port
29 days, and during all this time there has
not been a single accident to the machin
ery,, or a stop of any kind. She Is ready
for action. When she left Portsmouth
she carried 1640 tons of coaL She now has
on board. 410 tons, consuming 1230 tons on
the voyage, an averago of 135 tons dally.
As her coal-carrying capacity Is but 15S1
tons, some coal was taken on deck.
The trip of the Kearsarge has demon
strated that a ship of her class can main
tain an average speed of over 13 knots on
a long Voyage without Injury to her ma
chinery; that her coal-carrying capacity
is adequate for a trip of 4000 miles under
full speed; that in time of war ships of
her class can cross the ocean and engage
an enemy at once; that the Kearsarge is
one of the most perfect ships in the world
and fully equal to any emergency.
Receptions Have Been Cordial,
Captain Hemphill and his officers are
very enthusiastic over the way1 in which
they have been entertained while In for
eign waters. Bwsrywhere the Stars and
Stripes were cherred as the Kearsarge
moved in -and out of port A big crowd
watched her departure from Portsmouth
as she started on the voyage that has
ended so successfully.
Captain Hemphill will not give out the
details of dally runs),, etc., until he has
made his report to the Navy Department
The Kearsarge will leave this port tomor
row morning at 5 o'clock and proceed to
the coaling station at Lamolne, where she
will fill her bunkers preparatory to par
ticipating in the naval maneuvers, which
oegin August 13.
UXDER ESTIMATED TIME.
Though. Conditions "Were Not En
tirely Favorable for Speed.
WASHINGTON, July 26. A great deal of
Interest was taken by naval officers in
Washington in the run of the --Kearsarge
from Portsmouth to Frenchman's Bay. It
was estimated before the vessel left Eng
land that with good weather, she would
make the run across the ocean in ten days,
and the prediction has been verified.
Estimating that she traveled about 3000
miles, the speed of the Kearsarge would
average approximately between 13 and
13.23 knots per hour. While the run the
vessel just made is not at all remarkable,
yet it is very satisfactory for n heavy
battleship and indicates the engines were
in good condition. Admiral Taylor, chief
of the Bureau of Navigation, speaking
about the voyage tonight said:
"There was no test of maximum speed
possible, but only a test of the usual run
ning under all boilers. It Is customary
in ordinary cruising to use only about
two-thirds or threefourths of -the full
boiler power of the ship. All the boilers
are used when it is desired to make 'a
better speed and sustain it for a long
period, while, for short periods of ex
cessive speed, forced draught on the boil
ers Is used. This is done, however, only
for short periods, because the strain on
the boilers and on the endurance of the
firemen is very great The bottom of the
Kearsarge, although not necessarily very
foul. Is not at its best condition, because
the I'essel is not Just out of drydock."
PANAMA IN A PANIC.
Governor Mutis Takes Refuge in the
British) Consulate.
PANAMA, Colombia, July 26. Not since
the days of the last revolution, when an
attack upon the city by the Liberals was
feared, has there been sUch a panic in
Panama as occurred last night Shortly
after 9 o'clock the office of El Laplz, the
organ of the Liberal party on the isth
mus, was visited by officers of the gen
eral staff of the army, who destroyed yes
terday's edition of the newspaper. One
of the" directors was slightly wounded, but
managed to escape.
The news spread rapidly. In the Santa
Anas neighborhood, where most of the
Liberals reside, sentiment rose to a high
pitch and a few of the prominent people
counseled retaliation. They took no ac
tion, however.
The next event came like a bombshell.
A company of soldiers, apparently under
the orders of General Vasquez Cobos,
commander of the national forces, sur
rounded the residence of Governor Mutis,
but the Governor and his wife, who Is an
American woman, having "been warned a
few minutes "before the artival of the
troops, succeeded In escaping.
General Huertas, commander of the bat
talion of Colombia, when he learned of
the El Laplz Incident retired to head
quarters, where he found General Cobos.
According to current reports, the latter
ordered General Huertas to remain in
quarters. Exactly what has taken place
Is unknown, but it Is said that Dr. Aris
tldes Ardljona, Secretary of the Govern
ment; Fernando Arango, Chief of Police,
and Etram Nakla, a member of thede
partmental Superior Tribunal of Justice,
are under arrest the last named for try
ing to argue with General Cobos the ille
gality of his action.
, An attempt also Is said to have been
made to arrest Senor Guerra, Secretary of
Finance, but he refused to accompany the
officer who went to arrest him. When
the officer returned with soldiers to ef
fect his capture, Guerra had departed.
The only civil official on the street this
morning was" Mayor Ossa. Governor Mutis
spent last night at the British Consulate,
but It is rumored that he will take refuge
In the American Consulate.
It Is rumored that General Cobos offered
the Governorship to different Conserva
tives who refused to accept and that he
will himself assume civil command. It Is
said that Consul Gudjer attempted to
send a cablegram to Arthur M. Beaupre,
the United States Minister at Bogota, but
that the agent refused to accept the mes
sage. As this dispatch is being sent it Is
learned that Dr. AJona and Judge Navla
have been set at-llberty and that Chief
of Police Arange is under arrest.
The Associated Press correspondent has
Interviewed General Cobos, who admitted
differences with Governor Mutis, because
of the Jatter's Tefusal to pay the soldiers
who, he said, were hungry. He said that
Governor Mutis had systematically op
posed everything -fesirms.tnig- Irctrr thS
military authorities, but deniediliat' he
had Intended to arrest the Governor. He
said:
"I was asleep last night when Informed
that the, editors of El Laplz had been at
tacked by some officers. I ordered 70 men
out to punish the offenders. Passing the
Governor's house, I went upstairs to in
form him what had happened because of
his leniency toward the Liberals, who
dally Insult the military authptftles.
"Governor Mutis sent word that ho was
out which being untrue, I decided he had
refused to see me. It was far from my
mind to arrest the Governor who had no
reasons to side against me. I am anxious
to end the situation, which was really
created by Governor Mutis himself."
General Cobos assured Bishop Junguito
that for his part the controversy wa3
ended. General Cobos statement was
transmitted to Governor Mutis this af
ternoon by the American Consul. The
Governor says that yesterday he com
municated to General Cobos a decree
from Bogota suspending the general staff
here. General Heurtas, he says, ignored
it yesterday, but today offered to protect
the civil authorities.
COLON, Colombia, July 26. This city Is
perfectly quiet as last night's coup on
the part of General Cobos against Gov
ernor Mutis of the Department of Panama
Is known only to a few here. Develop
ments are expected tonight or tomorrow.
General Luis Maria Gomez, Governor of
this province, has been called to Panama
and left In haste on a train this after
noon. Danish Colony for Mexico.
MONTEREY. Mexico, July 26. The "Val
halla Colonization Improvement Company,
composed principally of California capital
ists, is looking for a colony site in Mexico
for 500 Danish families. The company
hopes to obtain a sufficiently large tract
soon, as 100 families now at Tillamook,
Or., are awaiting Its decision. When they
have been settled the company will pro
vide transportation for other colonists
from Denmark until the full quota of 500
families has come over.
Norway's Trade With, Cuba.
HAVANA, July 26. The Norwegian gov
ernment has notified Cuba that unless cer
tain features In the reciprocity treaty be
tween the United States and Cuba are
modified Norway will apply maximum
duties to Cuban products.
Mexican Rates Increased.
MEXICO CITY, July 26. The govern
ment has Issued a decree granting to the
railroads such an Increase in their pas
senger and freight rates as will practically
put them on the same basis as though
their receipts were In 50-cent dollars.
Talk of Gold Standard.
BOGOTA, Colombia, July" 15. via Pan
ama, July 26. The Colombia Congress Is
discussing the creation of mints and the
creation of the gold standard.,
RODE ACROSS CONTINENT
Dr. Jackson Arrives In New York In
an Automobile.
NEW YORK, July 26. Dr. H. Nelson
Jackson, of Burlington, Vt. and Sewall
H. Crocker, his chauffeur, today completed
an automobile trip across the continent
which began at San Francisco May 23.
It Is the first time that an automobile has
made the trip from ocean to ocean.
A bull terrier named Bud. which Dr.
Jackson picked up in Idaho, made the
journey to Now York with him.
Teleicrapfe Manager Advances.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., July 26. R. H. Bohle,
who, since 1SS6", has been manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, in
St Louis, has been appointed assistant
superintendent of the second district
SHOOTS ST LEES
Danviile Sheriff Didn't
Want to Kill.
BRAVE ViFE STANDS BY HiM
V
Soldiers of Illinois Guard
-Patrol the Streets. .
CITIZSKS RESENT PRESENCE
Commiximrj- Department Hns Great
Trouble in Providing Rations for
the Men Cursing1 Crowds Scat
tered at Bayonets' Points.
While a mob of COO men were on
their way to the County Jail to lynch
James "Wilson, a Burlington nejrro.
who haoV-confesscd to assault on Mrs.
Thomas Burgess, wife of a farmer, J.
W. Mayfleld, colored, shot and killed
Henry Gctterman, a young butcher.
The police barricaded the City Jail,
but their prisoner was taken out.
hanged, his body cut in bits and
. burned In a fire.
The mob then attacked the County
Jail, but was repulsed by the deter
mined Sheriff, backed by his shotgun.
Twenty-two were wounded by buckshot
DANVILLE, 111., Jqly 26. Two killed
and 22 wounded, the police station
wrecked, the County Jail with, few of Its
windows left unshattered, the city in the
hands of the state troops, and a feeling
of uneasiness and dread prevailing every
where Is the situation left by the race
riots of last night and early this morn
ing. The revised list of dead and Injured
from last nighf s catastrophe is as fol
lows: The dead:
JOHN MEDBALFE, negro; lynched and
burned.
HENRY GATTERMAN, killed by negro Me
dea If e.
The Injured:
Blcknell, buckshot In right leg.'
Clement Mobaker, buckshot in right leg and
arm.
Edward Hart, shot in right hand.
A. W. Saflord, injured internally.
Fred Loreiis, buckshot In legs.
W. Lattern, buckshot In legs.
Henry Rennlck, of Taplln, 111., buckshot in
left foot and leg.
Two unknown men, wounded in the arms
and hands with buckshot, refused to give
their names when their wounds were dressed.
Henry Blade, of Pavilion Heights, buckshot
in left side.
Two unknown men, ono shot in left arm
and the other "in the hand; refused to give
names when wounds were dressed.
Unknown young man, wounded in hand, re
fused to give name. ,
Four unknown negroes, beaten into insensi
bility by the mob.
Unknown woman, carried away in a buggy
after she was seen to fall.
H. Hines, shot in neck.
Otto Helnke, shot in arm.
Restless Crowds in Strcetii.
Many of the Injured, are at the hos
pital. Arrangements are being made for
the funeral of Henry Gatterman. After
daylight this morning there were restless
crowds on the streets. Hundreds of farm
ers came Into the city, each surrounding
town sending quota. There were many
miners seen on the streets. Great unrest
and a threatening attitude was reported
from Westvaie, five miles away.
Early In the morning Wilson, the al
leged negro assailant of 'Mrs. Burgess-,
was secretly taken from the County Jail,
but was returned shortly afterward.
Four companies of militia arrived at
9:30 this morning from Springfield. Com
panies A, I, B and H, of the Seventh
Illinois Infantry, were sent in reply to
urgent requests sent at midnight to state
officials. The troops marched to the
.market-house, opposite the Jail, and
camped. Streets were cleared and the
threatening attltudo of the crowds disap
peared. There were sullen threats heard,
but no attempt at an outbreak was mani
fested during the day. Tonight 100 sen
tinels are patrollng the streets in the Im
mediate vicinity of the Jail. Each soldier
carries 40 rounds of ammunition. Sheriff
"VYfaltlock said today, In giving hl3 version
of the shooting Into the mob:
3Iob Was Warned Off.
"After I saw from the Jail that the mob
was determined to attack, I went to the
veranda and attempted to talk to the
maddened men. As I stepped into view
of the crowd, two bullets were fired, one
striking the wall back of me. I fired two
shots' In the air. Some one shouted that
I was only bluffing, and was 'shooting
blanks.
"I warned the mob that I would resist
an attack on the jail with powder and
lead. There was another shot from the
mob, and it surged forward.
"I then fired a shot from my shotgun
into their legs. This drove them back,
but they returned a moment later to the
attack on the front door. I was alarmed
for the safety of my wife and children.
My wife took a gun and said she would
stand by me. I got her and the children
out of the way, and then, as the leaders
coming with the rail to batter down the
walls, I shot along the rail to make them
drop it This accounts for so many being
shot in the hands and arms. I fired eight
or ten shots In all."
Sheriff Whltlock had four deputies and
three Constables with him In the jail
guarding the prisoners. He says no one
fired Into the mob but he. A strained
situation is noticeable, but the 200 sol
diers here, it is thought, will prevent fur
ther outbreaks for the present at least.
Half of these will be on duty all the time.
Leading citizens say the outbreak has
been expected for a long time, as a bit
ter feeling has existed for several years
between the negroes and a certain class
of white persons. A number of minor out
breaks have occurred during the past
year.
Soldiers Are Xot Welcome.
The feeling against the soldiers is no
ticeable. The Commissary Department
today had much trouble getting restau
rants to serve meats. Many refused to
feed the soldiers. Crowds gathered dur
ing the day near the lines and cursed the
soldlera. They were scattered by bay
onets. y Several other companies of tho
regiment are under arms at Springfield,
awaiting orders. Officers of the guard do
not anticipate any attack, however.
NEGRESS LYNCHED BY MOB.
Had Given Poison to Young White
Girl, Who Died.
SHREVEPORT, La., July 26. The ne
gress, Jennie Speer, who administered poi
son to Jennie Dolan, 16 years old daugh
ter of John Dolan. from the effects of
which she died, was lynched by a mob
last night The woman was pursued by a
posse, who found her crouching In a hay
loft She refused to come out, and had to
be dragged from the place. -She asserted
her Innocence, but was identified.
The mob took her to a near-by tree,
placed n rope around her neck and again
asked Tier to confess. She was stubborn
to the last however, and was strung up
without making any admission. While the
body was dangling In midair several bul
lets were fired into It
Miss Dolan was a beautiful young whlte
girl. She died fn horrible agony, and her'
death caused-fntense excitement. .
NEGROES FIGHT IX CHURCH.
Two Are Killed and Six Are Badly
"Wounded.
CAMAK. Ga., July 26. Two were killed
and six wounded, four of them, it is be
lieved, fatally, as the result of a row at a
negro church here today. In which pistols
and razors played a deadly part.
The entire negro population of the town
Is terrorized as a result of the affray,
which started over a dispute of some
srt There whs a wild rush to get from
the building, and women and children
were trampled under foot.
TIMBER DEAL IS DENIED.
Hill Says He Doesn't Want Any
Weyerhauser Says Xo.
ST. LOUIS. July 2.-James J. Hill, when
Interviewed In regard to a story published
yesterday under a San Francisco date say
ing that he, with E. H. Harriman, were
uniting in a great timber deal whereby
they, with a number of associates, will
control the lumber market of the world,
said:
"It might just as well have been said
we had bought the moon. There is no
truth In it. I do not own any timber, and
I don't want any timber. There Is noth
ing to the report whatever." When told
of the story. MrrWeyerhauser said:
"The telegram is newa to me. I have
not contemplated any such purchase. It
la a . mere fancy. Whatever the others
mentioned, have, op, har4 I dongt know,
buSnrndP (ffitfjfgpf tjffc&aiure.'vVi.
BRING HUSBAND'S LETTERS
f
Mrs. Kelly Hns Evidence Aprnlnst Ex
Lieu tenant-Govern or Lee.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 26. Mrs. Daniel
J. Kelly arrived tonight from Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario, where her husband,
D. J. Kelly, of New York, who Is under
indictment In this state on the charge of
legislative bribery, is staying.
Mrs. Kelly Is on her way to Jefferson
City, Mo., to present the letters received
by her husband from Ex-LIeutenant-Gov-ernor
John A. Lee as evidence in the
trial of Senator Farris, under indictment
in connection with the legislative Dood
ling, which begins on Tuesday. Mrs.
Kelly has been subpenaed to appenr as
a. witness. She went Immediately to her
hotel, and refused to be Interviewed.
. CONTENTS OF T0DAVS PAPER.
National.
Chairman Proctor, of the Civil Service Com
mission, makes formel answer to ex-Postmaster-General
Smith. PCge 1.
The battleship Kearsarge arrives at Bar Har
bor frora Liverpool, after record time across
the sea. Page 1.
Foreign.
Cardinal Gibbons says the Roman Catholic
Church is committed to social democracy.
Page 1.
Will of Pope Leo declares the family has no
interest in property coming to him as pon
tiff. Page 2.
Governor Mutis, of Panama, takes refuge
In tho British Embassy. Page 1.
Servian King's son Is pronounced a degener
ate; examined at command of Russia.
Page 3.
DonicHtlc. ,
Crop expert Snow has pessimistic view of the
wheat crops. Page 3.
Utah woman tells Michigan police of killing
man who attempted assault. Page 3.
Four are killed and 30 Injured In collision on
Chicago Great Western, near Hastings,
Minn. Page 2.
Engine crashes Into East St Louis electric
car; three are killed and 20 injured. Pago X
Danville, 111., the scene of the race riot in
the hands of the state troops. Page 1.
H1U and Weyerhaeuser deny story of attempt
to control world's timber supply. Page 1.
Paclttc Coast.
Burning of sheep pens In Brldger Creek
country. Montana, threatens to cause se
rious trouble. Page 4.
High line ditch in Southern Oregon will open
mines and water rich lands. Page 4.
Body, of C. W. Griffin, of Eugene, found,
floating In the Willamette at that place.
Page 4.
Willamette Valley Chautauqua has paid off
all debts and has a balanco of $1250. Page
10. .
Sports.
Paclflc Coast League games: Portland 0. Sac
ramento 4; Seattle 6, Oakland 5; Los An
geles 1-4. San Francisco 0-1. Page 5.
Pacific National games: Salt Lake S, San
Francisco 4; Spokane 4-12; Butte 5-8; Ta
coma 0, Seattle '2; Los Angeles 4, Helena 0;
Page 5.
San Francisco team starts for Portland rather
crippled. Pace 5.
Portland and Vicinity.
South Portland agitated at possible law suit
against Marquaxn Gulch bridge. Page 10.
New sawmill on Ea3t Side to start today.
Page 12.
Great activity in building; Eastern man look
ing for hotel site. Page 12.
Tillamook Bay people arranging for right of
way for Portland. Nehalem & Tillamook
Railroad. Page 11.
'Friends of the referendum amendment rally
to its rescue. Page 12.
Mazamas return from climbing the Sisters.
Page 8.
Dr. David Starr Jordan discusses the salmon
Industry. Page 12.
Attempted suicide of a divorced husband.
Page 7.
STEPS
Pope Leo Has Commit
ted theXhurch
TO SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
America Has Claim for the
Credit-
REPUBLICS NOURISH THE FAITH
Proof of Tills Ik Shown inthe Re
murlcnble Development of Cathol
icism in tbc United States
Recognised at Rome.
In regard to future conclaves Car
dinal Gibbons says:
"This Is the first time that the voice
of the United States will be heard In
the election of a pope. Cardinal Mc
Closkey arrived too lato to participate
In the last conclave.
"Future conclaves will be attended
by more than one cardinal from tho
United States. The church Is making
such strides with us . that Its prom
inence must be recognized at Home. I
hope America will get more cardinals
because she deserves them."
(John J. Conway, special cable to New York
American.)
ROME, July 26. I was introduced to
Cardinal Gibbons on the train bearing
him to Rome at 6 o'clock this morning,
between Ciueta Kechla and Rome.
The cardinal said he had had a pleasant
trip, having dined with Senators Elkins
and Depew In Lucerne, and that the Ital
ian government had supplied speclaj ac
commodations for the cardinal's traveling
to the conclave. He did not know that
the cardinal in the next compartment to
him was Richards, of Paris. Cardinal
Gibbons said:
"The policy laid down by Leo regarding
labor and democracy will and must con
tinue. "Whatever change may occur will be In
h!eirrietJf1-developIng these principles so
clearly put. before, the .world, by Leo.
"Leo has orrce and forever committed
the church to the support of social dem
ocracy in the Christian sense. The
church never goes back.
"No matter who may be the next pope,
no matter what changes may be Intro
duced In minor points, the policy of
Christian democracy Is perfectly safe.
You cannot put back the hands of time.
"The great point for the church will be.
to Christianize the movements of democ
racy. Credit of tbc United States.
"America may Justly claim a large part
of the credit 'for the Inauguration of the
principles embodied In Leo's greatf en
cyclical of the condition of the tolles.
"The question was first brought forcibly
before Rome by the dispute over the
Knights of Labor. Leo's encyclical ap
peared two years later, and many re
marked the close parallelism of numerous
passages In the wonderful encyclical.
Every line breathes Leo's love f i r the
working people, and the church i: now
so Impregnated with this love that uture
pontiffs cannot ignore it, if they - ,-ould.
This has an extraordinary slgnlflcan :e for
us, because the United States Is ostensi
bly the land of the workingman. The
teaching that honest labor ennobles man,
as laid down by Leo. Is embodied in the
future teachings of the church. Thl3 doc
trine goes straight to every American
heart, teaching us that every class of
tollers" should have at least sufficient re
muneration to enable the worklngmen to
support his family in reasonable comfort.
"This teaching Is founded on the law of
nature; hence It is older than any bar
gain between man and man. Hencefor
ward the teachings of the pope and the
church 13 that any workingman that is
obliged, through, necessity, to accept In
sufficient wages for his toll Is the vic
tim of force, and the injustice of some
employers who think themselves Justified
in cutting wages to the lowest point, re
gardless of the value of the labor. Leo
denounced this. His successor similarly will
hold It unjust and pernlcfS'us to society.
"No sane man now In the United States
or elsewhere would dream of accusing the
church of being opposed to the republican
form of government. Leo's successor will
recognize that republican form of gov
ernment has shown Itself as favorable in
the United States Indeed, more favorable
to Catholic development than any
other."
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GENERAL DAVIS RETIRES
TransferM Command of Philippines to
Mnjor-Genernl Wade.
MANILA, July 26. Major-General Davi3
has transferred the command of the De
partment of the Philippines to Major
Gencral James F. Wade, General Davis
having been retired for old age. General
Davis last act was to review all the
troops about Manila.
The records in the case of First Lieu
tenant Foley, of the Fifth Cavalry, who
was court-martialed on charges involving
the embezzlement of solaiers money and
other financial Irregularities, have been
forwarded to Washington.
Xo More Sunday Excursions.
SCRANTON, Pa., July 26. Bishop Ho
gan today vigorously denounced Sunday
excursions, and commanded all Catholic
organizations to desist from conducting
them in the future. The denunciation
has caused much concern to a number of
Catholic organizations, which have ar
ranged for Sunday excursions this Sum