Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-16
Government Will Send ? More
Shiploads of Supplies.
SITUATION is DESPERATE
Old Dominion S. S. Co., Atlantic Coast
Llue. Postal Telegraph and West Via.
Steel Co. Lend a Helping Hand to
the Storm Sufferers.
Iv Photography

WASf1ENGTuN. Aug. l-.-Tha War
Department has arranged to send TWO
more Shploads of supplies to Porto
Rico. TN. steamer Evelyn Of The New
from Nov York next Friday With Il full
cargo Of supplies. Tn. use Of the Yes
sol was rendered by the steamship COM
rany free III expense. Tho :;ovrriri, mt
transport Mcclellan is scheduled TO
leave New York for san Juan Wedn"s-
day i week. The auxiliary cruiser
ErsOlutc will also be utilized in cas- it
* found necessary.
@. y. $. s. 60. LENDS AID.
Secretary Root has received .ke fol-
lowing despatch from w. l.. C:uilau,lru.
New York.
Il have read With sincere regret Of
the devastation Wrought in Porto RICO
ny recent hurricane: lso note your call
for aid addressed to mayors OF cities
and in this connection beg to say that
il you will designate Il responsible rep
rcScntaive To whom such contributions
shall b" consigned, the old Doml!iiun
Steamship Company will most cheer
fully transport such contributions over
It's lin" free Of charge.
j. NJ Emerson traffic manager OF the
Atlantic Coast Line, has rendered,
through District Passenger Agent Reed,
the Use of that system Tor the tr:lnsp ur-
tat!on 81 relief supplies. Secretary Root
has accepted the offer with Il letter or
OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
G. w. Ribblc. manager, announces
that the Postal Telcgra phi Gable Com
pany will handle free Of charge all gov
"rlmrnt kilograms regarding Porto
ltlcan storm sufferers and through it's
connection With the Bermuda cable
Company and West India and Panama
Gable Company, will also handle cable
sA':l:ns OF the same class gratuitousiy
The secretarS-Of war was today no
tilted BY the West Virginia Steel Com
pany that they have. forwarded 4 car.
load or corrugated iron TO New York
city for use in building operations iii the
devastated districts of Porto Rico. The
IRON was accepted with thanks ana will
be shipped ut the first opportunity
More contributions Of money for the
benefit OF the Porto Rican sufferers
We're received at the War Department
today Among them $4Oo from thu. Ma
iinn:tl Relief Association OF the Colo
NAL Danes.
SITUATION rs DESPERATE.
me secretary OF war believes that tho
appeal To the governors Of the several
states for aid in raising funds will bring
a ready response. There is no question
put mat the situation in Porto Rico is,
desperate. but il is believed that the
United states will meet this call rl,un
l'S SElhl'lthies rs generously as it h:.-
always responded to the calls of the
SulerlhS both at home ana abroad
'!nc officials IF the War Department
VINO nave t. 40 with the administrator,
OF 'nSnlar affairs, say that the present
emergency Will at least serve To SHOW,
l"rtn iHcanS what it means to be under
the direct care Of the United States bet
TER than would Il decade OF tranui1il ana
evenllcss association With this country.
Secretary Root today directed th.
purchase or 800 900 pounds Of goldfish Tor
ne storm sufferers. This purchase. was
(,nnaT11 M,
practically taking the place of near
Win ". l:oorcr classes throughout The
west india Islands. 1t is known in the
vcrnacular rs Halifax chicken