Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-10-24
HOMEWARD BOUND.
Two Transports Leave Porto
Rico for Home.
President Mckinley Again at Home
from His Western Trip.
Latest from War and Navy Departments on
War Situation.

Latest from War and Navy Departments Of
War Situation.
Washington, Oct. 23.-Two dispatches
were received at the war department
today, from Gen. Brooke. One dated
| at Ponce, says: Relief sailed from
| Ponce, yesterday, with 246 patients .
The other from San Juan follows:
Manitoba sailed from Ponce, this
| morning, with Sd Wisconsin, So officers
and 764 men, so discharged soldiers and
| 80 passengers.
! A most impressive ceremony in
| Washington, Sunday, was the unveil-
| ing of the peace cross on the summit
| of Mount ST. Albans, the sight for the
| new Episcopal cathedral. The cere-
mony was in lieu of that of laying the
corner stone of the edifice which will
be known as the cathedral of Saints
Peter and Paul. President Mckinley
was present and delivered a brief ad-
dress.
President Mckinley returned to
2.30 p. NJ, Saturday The President
made no speeches on the journey
through Pennsylvania, although at
Harrisburg, where a small crowd had
gathered and raised their hats as the
train pulled out, Mr.. Mckinley stood
in the doorway for minute bowling to
them.
The civil service commission is max
ing a vigorous campaign against
political assessment of federal officials
| and employees, in view of the approach
ing elections, and in addition to it's
own circular has brought out an order
from the post office department, to be
followed by one from the treasury,
looking to it's full enforcement.
The circular is accompanied by a
warning from the commission that its
duty is to enforce the law strictly, and
that it will employ every legitimate
and available means to secure the
prosecution and punishment of who
ever may violate it.
All postmaSters are ordered to sign
! the following: All employees connected
with this Office are hereby notified that
they are under no obligation whatever,
by reason of their being in the public
service, to make contributions or sub
scriptions for political or other pur-
| poses, and they will not be molested
or in any way Disseminated against
for failure to subscribe or contribute.
The attorney general has rendered
an opinion, in which he holds that
where railroad company leases the
express privileges of it's road to an
other company, one consideration be-
ing that the express company shall do
the business of the railroad company
free of charge, no receipts are required
under the law, and therefore no
revenue stamps are necessary.
The application of the following per-
sons for authority to organize "The
National Shawmut Bank of Boston,"
Massachusetts,. with a capital Of 3d.
10000, was, Saturday, approved:
James P. Stearns, go Congress street,
Boston, Mass; Frank G. Webster,
Henry L. Higginson, Fred Schereley,
Robert Winsor.
The remains of Capt. Alexander M.
fantry, a hero of the charge on San
Juan Hill, and prominent in Grand
Army circles, were inferred at Airing
ton, Saturday. with full military hon.
ors.
The body was brought from New
York, and large delegation from La
fayette Post, 40. G. A. R., of New
York, came on with it. Battery K, 5th
Artillery, U. S. A., with the 4th Ar
tillery band, and the men of Lafayette
Post formed a special escort for the
funeral procession to the cemetery,
where the exercises We're conducted
under the G. A. r. ritual.
AS the procession passed through the
city, President and Hrs. Mckinley
were driving to the White House on
their return from their Western trip.
The President Immediately had his
horses whipped up, intercepted the pro-
cession in front of the war department
and, stepping upon the curb, barehead-
ed, watched the procession file by. Sec
retary Alger stood beside the President
and Mrs. Mckinley remained in the
carriage.
The 5th Regiment, Massachusetts
Volunteers, now at Camp Meade. Penn
sylvania, will soon go South. Col. Cor
by of the 4th Missouri, which Is in the
same brigade with the Bay State boys,
was here, Saturday, to see about
camp site. The brigade was offered
camp in Spartansburg, S. c.. but Col.
Corby, who inspected it. says 1t was
right in the town and between two
railroad tracks. So he reported
against it.
The brigade will go to Georgia soon
after the peace jubilee in Philadelphia,
next week. A battalion from each reg
iment in the brigade will take part in
that parade. Col. Corby says it is get
ting cold at night in the camp. The
troops will be glad to go South.
According to the annual report of the
of the Yellowstone Ma
tiOnal Park, the, aggregate number Of
tourists visiting the park from the
opening of the season. June /, to Sept.
30, last, was 6534.
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