Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-01
ADVANCE ON SAN JUAN.
General Miles Initiates a Gradual Movement
from Ponce 10 lhe North.
AMERICAN RULE IS WELL RECEIVED.
Mayor of Ponce says II !. Desirable Je,-
uii- Informed that oo,-rnmsnt WIN
Not seaport Their Church.

Ponce. Island Of Porto Rico. July %.
pm. via the Island % g. Thomas.
u. W. L--Majir General Mlics hourly
expects the arrival of the transports
having on board nrIg. Gen. Srhwan's
division ~ G,00o mon and also thc 40.
hawk. with The Fifih regular cavalry
Gen. Henry'a division. consisting N
$500 men and including &c piocoa "
artillery. has been ordered 90 march
Immediately from Yauco 90 Ponce 90
be ready 60 Join the movement north
10 san Juan.
The sixteenth Pennsylvania regl-
mont was sent this morning toward
Juann uInE, eight miles ulrth ut
Ponce. on rlufe 90 San Juan.
Word reached here This afternoon
that tho Spau|arlH wsrr murdgluE
native Porto ttriuf. violating women
and lndulEng ln general uurlFrH
The sixteenth psnuaylyanIu roEi-
mont will be reinforced m necessary.
The drsi real resistance D. expected
when our troops reach AIhuultl, DO
miles northeast " here. Atomic has
thousand fsrt elevation.
Gen. AlI'sH says b. hu no Intention
OF making d landing Of troops al. San
Juan, eHIis clally a. The place IL only
r1adstcld. where transports are liable
10 suffer from tho prevalent storms
Tho railroad from Ponce 90 ilucl lH
now ga fhr possession nl our troops
Gen. Stone found hyr mIurH uu ne
track. These were destroyed and IN
track o. unlniurgd.
our TROOPS found n splnIard. IN the
Ynuc1 hospital, 400 ~ whom had been
wounded in Tuesdiya fight.
Two uf them have since died.
"a N.HH
the authorities ~ NiuCl ~ United
staisf city. expressing dollsht al am
ne2atIHu ana che administration ~
Cen. NI'ef ana welcoming our troops
The mayor NJ Ponce has called upon
90 lhr residents nf mat place 90 CN,f-
cHa calmnesH and cireumHps elton un-
dfr tho new ana desirable conditions,
o. also urges flrb'Irance toward cone
qurrsd Cnemlor
Much enthusiasm IL everywhere
manifested at tEe s.gh. OF the stars
and stripes
Gsn. Muss has lasssi a lengthy or-
der lf Instructions ln Cen Wilson, mil.
taTY governor vi Ponce province and
city, until Con nrIkn.s arrival i,I
is 10 the Same tenor gs the Instructions
which Neu. Miles gave 90 Gen. shIfirr
nom arI.rs are based ON hs admin
la.rAllu instructions given t1 Gen.
M.rrat regarding Che government OF
me Philippine Islands, The local
mayor and judges ana police w'll Zoe
main In authority subject % tho orr
ders W Cen. Wilson.
The custom house office Will also d.
conducted J formerly Tor the present.
Their receipts amount Co a consider
able sum NJ money,
The question of The proper discount
on Porto WIrln silver gives some
trouble 90 Cen Miles but ho says this
viii settle Itself lu due time.
Chaplain Ch.dwi1k 1f tho Cincinnati !
formerly 0f tho Maine, introduced fO /
Con. Wilson This morning two uf thr ]
leading Jasuiri of Ponce, representing |
a thousand churrhD ana their dUnsnd- |
eufH Iu th.H province. The priests /
wanted Information regarding lhuir
Funplrt. and Gen. Wilson said that /
under ih Com tliut'un W the United /
gnto1 10 wIr Hut r1Fsih.a 90 apply any /
governmental money Tor church pur.
noses. Father Chadwick said II would /
bs an Inc bHtier Tor the church N DO. ]
own people learned 20 contribute 10 its /.
support
Spanish volunteers continue 90 come |
In and civ, themselves mp,
The hnlllh lf the troops so FAR "A /
good, though the weather Is hot