Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-13
BUSINESS SUSPENDED
 IN HONOR OF CORRAL
Col. w. c, Greene and Munich paIity Entertain Ramon
 Corral and Torres.

The following concerning the visit Vice President Ramon Corral. of the republic of Mexico, and General Tor res, governor of Sonora, is taken from the Cananea Herald:
 Business was suspended through out the city and the Cananea Con solidated Copper company Sunday shut down its mines, smelters, con centrators, stores and offices to pay homage to two of MeXico's most dis tinguished citizens. Practically the entire population of the city and surrounding country assembled 10 greet Colonel w. c. Greene and his guests. The route of parade extend ed from the crossroads below the railway station to MT. Greene's resi- dence and was lined with thousands of people all bent on showing loyalty and doing honor to the guests of the day. MT. Greene, Vice President Corral and General Torres came over land from Nogales ill an automobile sent for them by MT. Greene, and ac- companied by a body of rurales. At the outskirts of the city the guests were met by the foremost citizens of Cananea in carriages, large number of ladies being present, mounted po- lice and about two hundred rough riders under Captain Samuel Pescay | and Lieutenants Gage and Demeke, constituted the escort from the city. | Headed by bands of music the pro cession entered Cananea under the great arch erected at the foot of Chi huahua avenue in honor of Vice Pres | ident Ramon Corral. At the arch the school children of the city joined the parade, bearing flags and flowers.
 Vice President Corral's visit to Cananea at this time is in response to an invitation by Mir. Greene, sec onded by the municipality of Cana nea at the time MT. Greene visited | MT. Corral at his home in Hermosillo few weeks ago. This is the dis | tinguished officials second visit to Cananea and he expressed himself as
 greatly pleased with Is rapid growth and evident prosperity.
 Owing to the recent death of MT.
 Corral's son there were no fireworks
 or unusual demonstration of noisy 1 character, but the celebration dem
 onstrated the good will and esteem in
 which the leaders of the republic are held by a population composed Of
 many nationalities.
 No public demonstration in Cana
 nea ever gave so full expression tC
 the cordial feeling and good fellow
 ship prevailing among the people o
 the city as the celebration so hearti
 ly carried out for the pleasure ana
 honor of the visitors.
 i General Torres expressed himsel as highly pleased at the general gooC
 fellowship that exists in Cananea a the present time and says that Cana nea cannot be Outdone when it come to the question of hospitality.
 In honor of Vice President Cora and General Torres the Plaza Juare was brilliantly illuminated with cleo
 tric lights and an excellent setting O 7 moving pictures were shown in iron
 of the municipal building Sunda evening.
 The success of the program
 throughout was due to much exten to the determination Of Colonel w. ( , Greene. Dr. Ricketts and Mayor Al mold in making it a notable event i , the history of Cananea and the sOutl Il west. Colonel Greene's palatiaI hom had been thrown open to receive tn : 1 city's guests and every thing wa ' done to make their visit a pieasaI ,. one.