The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-18
FOOD FOR PORTO R|eANS|
Two More ShiplOads:to
be Sent There.
THE SITUATION DESPERATE
the People OF the Sections Dee
vastated by the Hurrfcane-Rsilway
and steamship Lines Offer Transpor.
tation Free Tor All Supplies Intended
for These Peopl--Free T~elegraphing
Also offered h Government by the
Postal Company.

Also offered the Government by the
Postal Company.
Washington, August 1.-THE war
department has arranged 10 send two
shiploads Of supplies TO Porto
Rico.
The steamer Evelyn, Of the New
York and Porto Rican line, will sail
from New York next Friday, with a
full cargo Of supplies. The use Of the
vessel was rendered by the steamship
company free of expense. The govern
ment transport Mcclellan is scheduled
to leave New York for San Juan We'd
nesday, a week. The auxiliary cruiser
Resolute will also be utilized in case
it is found necessary.
FREE TRANSPORTATION AND
TELEGRAPHING.
Secretary Root has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from w. L. Guillaudeu,
of New York:
Il have read with sincere regret Of
devastation wrought in Porto Rico by
he recent hurricane; also note your
call for aid addressed to mayors Of
cities, and in this connection beg to
say that if you will designate a respon-
sble representative to whom such con-
tributions shall be consigned, The Old
Dominion Steamship Company will
most cheerfully transport such contri-
buttons owe its line free of all
charge"
Mr.. T. M. Emerson, traffic manager
Of the Atlantic Coast Line has tend
cred, through District Passenger Agent
Reed, the use Of that system for free
transportation Of relief supplies. Sec
rotary Root has accepted the offer with
a letter of thanks.
C. w. Ribble, manager, announces
that the Postal Telegraph-Cable Conn
pany will handle, free of charge, all
government kilograms regarding Porto
Rican storm sufferers, and through its
connection with the Bermuda Cable
Company and West India and Panama
Gable Company will also handle cable
grams of the same class gratuitOusly.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE DES-
TITUTE.
1uc SECRETARY vi Wal was IOUdy IOll-
fed by the West Virginia Steel Com
pany that they have forwarded a car
load of corrugated iron to New York
city for use in building operations in
the devastated districts of Porto Rico.
The iron was accepted with thanks and
will be shipped at the first opportunity.
More contributions of money for the
benefit of the Porto Rican sufferers
were received at the war department.
Among them was $500 from the Ma
tional Relief Association of the Colonial
DANES of America.
SITUATION IN PORTO RICO DES-
PERATE.
The secretary of war believes that
the appeal to the governors of the sew
eral states for aid in raising funds will
bring a ready response. There is no
question but that the situation in Porto
Rico is desperate; but it is believed that
the United States will meet this call up
on it's sympathieS as generously as ii
has always responded to calls of the
! suffering, both at home and abroad.
The officials of the war department
who have to do with the administration
of insular affairs say hat the present
emergency will at least serve TO show
the Porto Ricans what it means to be
under the direct care Of the United
States better than would a decade Of
tranquil and eventless association Witt
this country.
Secretary Root today directed thu
purchase of 300, 900 pounds OF cod1sf
for the storm sufferers. This purchase
was suggested by General Davis, cod
fish practically taking the place OF mea
with the poorer classes throughout tn'
West Indian islands. 1t is known II
! the ~vernacular as Halifax chicken"