Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-05
WILL SAIL TODAY
Manitoba 10 Leave for Porto
Rico With Troops.
YALE EXPECTED SOON


The transport Manitoba will sal! soma
time this afternoon for Porto Rico. on
board the steamer will be BATTERY \,
captain Warburton: BATTERY O. Cap
tain Waters: Governor's Troop, of rInr-
risburg. ana sheridan's Troop, of 1y-
rome. Pa. All Of these troops are from
the State Of Pennsylvania. Besides the
troops the Manitoba will take over 400
horses, eight 3-inet guns and the
equipments. She Will also carry the
mail for Porto Rico. There ar.. now
two wagon loads OF mail in tn. post
office TO be sent tn thu American troops.
on the island. The mail Will be put
aboard the Manitoba ut O'Clock this
afternoon. .. #|.... IT,.
The arli!lcryn,en ana cnvalrym IL
went aboard the Manitoba ycslcl day
afternoon. ard as S,,,,n as the w.rl, Of
storing the provisions i'll the holds OF
the steamer is completed tho vessel Wilt
sail.
I, is probable, that the AIinnswaslla
will sail for Porto Rico tomorrow. SIZE
is being hurr;edly load 4 and should lie
ready to take WI truhpS tomorrow
morning. 1t is Thought that the re-
nainAe: of the First kentucky regi-
1nent ard The battalion of the sixteenth
Pennsylvania regimen, will embark on
This transport.
1t is now certain that the Third Ken
tucky regiment and General Fred u.
Grant ANA his staff Viii ne; emba.ii be-
fore Monday. They are &oin. on the
auxiliary cruiser Vale. AID informa.i m
was received from, Nashia GIN Nester-
day stating that tie Vale wauid H.
reach this rurt h+fole Monday morn
ing. However. Ge:e!ai Grant expects
to get. off so,uc tl:uc daring: the day.
He Will have everything in readiness
so i1hat, tl,,, troops chm embark inside
Of rFl1rtc hours.
Tha. transport Hudson. With six CON
panifa of the First Kentucky on board.
weighed anchor yesterday mornin:; ~
& O'Clock and steamed out If Hampton
Roads. The Huds m is Il slow boat. her
speed being about eight knots an hour.
1t will require At least six days Tor her
10 make the voyage
TROOPS AT LOC;GERHEADS.
Bad feeling is said to exist between
the First and Third Kentucky regi-
ments, and for that reason it is. said
1T Mas deemed " az 1Visabl e esterdaYs
morning to separate the two egiments.s
The. trouble. it is understood grew
ont of the fact that two companies
We're selected from the Third to provost
guard. Every night since the troops
arrived the guard has secured the city
ana placed under arrest all troops who
We're out Of casnp without !, pass. The
first night the guard came dawn Town
il arrested about $50 men belonging to
the First regiment. Since that time
trouble. has been brewing. On several
occasions it is said that ro"s between
the Two regiments have been inmineu;
ana had to be suppressed. For the
good Of the service. il was decided 10
Separate The Two regiments. and he
First regiment was marched To the Ca,
s!no grounds Wher. lice troops went
int" camp and will remain unil they
embark for Porto Rico.
DRANK POISON.
Private William Morris t'DrDp1nC X
1G0th Indiana Infantry. drank the con-
tents OF small butte OF cyanide OF
potash yesterday morning about II
o'clock ana for several ours his cnli,ii-
lion was serious .s
The soldier was drinking ana drug
ped into III. tintyi.. establishment ON
Washington avenue near Twenty fifth
street. While in thert. 10 picked up i
bottle of the poison and drink from it.
Leaving the building he went 4 few
yards in the direction Of Twenty fourth
street and fell to the grdund. For some
little time he lay there. suffering from
the effects Of the poison. until found
by several of the hospital men. who
took him back to the tlitype place and
summoned medical aid. He WAS soon
placed OH: of danger