Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-09
MAY EMBARK TODAY
Another Expedition TO Start
for Porto Rico.
FIRST KENTUCKY TO GO
Remaining ST. Com sanirs ord rec, =,
Aboard Tho Trans, nrt .slu,nu
Today. obiam n. nrIy
Ready to Sail. "

"o. transports. the OLDHAM and Ala-
mo- may sail late this evening for pnr
-. !" isic". though the probability is INA,
. .e steamers, Will not weigh anchor In.
| lore tomorrow
General Grant is doing all he can IA
| get the expedition off bur i, r...,,,i,....
tilHe to load the large. amo,,n, ~, .,,
p'ieS on the vessels. The Fifth Hints
regiment Will embark on ,h,. Ohd,n,
according TO original plans ana the re-
iilal,ii'S SIN companies of the Irirs,
kentucky regiment, Colonel t,ost,o,,,,,'
commanding. have been or,lnran t'', 80
PACK and be ready to 20 aboard ~.
Alallo today. Wien the order v:,s
ftao at dress parade ut the Casino
Srou1us last evening the men gave >is
lble signs Of delight
ne Aia mo arrived in port yesterday
u. tefhoon at O'Clock and dropped an,
.'iot IN the stream. but later in thc ar
'srhoon she moved into the south side
~ pier to take on. supplies. The
steamer came here r N New yn,.l,
she is u comparativelyne,v vessel ,r1
IN ~, appearance is much handsomer thun
e.i. opua.i', though not quite as large,
e1ene'al Grant had intended to embarls
on the latter. but ii is nov thou.h, ,h,i
ne VIII so on the Alamo
ne Firth Illinois is under orders In
De ready TO leave this afternoon. mn
camp viii not be broken until Colonel
- 10 .iSStlTtu the Steamer. a.,
ready FOR embarkation
he departure Of the troops vii, M.
generally regretted by the people ~
.h'S city. With Il few rare exceptions
80. ~. deportment of the men has been anil
mat could be desired. Much of ths
sood order that has prevailed is due Ia
the work Of the provost guard in cc,n,
mand of Captain Noe. Gaines lSi,s7
Lieutenant Fl. l.. Casey and second |
- =, .ieutehant Robert Payne of Company |
liz ~ WHH f'icked men -unusr ti5l,n Nc
Iatr"iied the streets. arrestiny ana III
ing back r. r:"r,, 49,. ~" We're 'otiI
without passes or who We're drunk ana |
disordcry. The guard has secured tho |
city. picking up men wherever they |
We're found. Under the system adopted |
by General Fred D. Grant troops can
not create amy disorder in the city.
TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE
Private Horne Fifth Illinois Infan-
try. whose home is at Quincy. H.. has
been discharged from the SERVICE On
the train which brought one of the de-
tachmcntsS of the regiment to Ne,s.pnrI
News. Private Horne attempted to
commit suicide. His body was found !
in an apartment on the train. suspend
ell from the top hinge of the door by 4 |
Stout handkerchief. which WAS wound |
tightly around the mans neck
Lieutenant Mcclellan. Of Company f
discovered the mans plight ana saved
his life in the nick Of time Flor
me. it is said. is demented He at
tempted IN commit suicide on Il pyevi-
Gus occasion by choking himself
QUICK WORK BY SOLDIERS
The residence occupied by MIR Mix.
Ward. 2l2 FnrtN-secnnI street. narrow
~ escaped destruction by fire sun
day afternoon at O'Clock by the
prompt work Of two soldiers y gasa-
line stove iii the kitchen exploded. MAX
ing a large blaze ut the time there
was no one in the kitchen. The sol
dicrs. whose names could net be learn
I'd. saw the blaze from Washington
avenue and ran Immediately to the
house. quickly eXtinguiShinS, tl,r H., n, >.
Had the blaze gotten five minutes
Roadway. nothing could have saved tic
house and probably the whole row of
frame buildings would have suffered