Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-01-16
TO PAY HONORS TO FLEET.
According To Schedule, The Fleet Of
American BattleShips Under
Rear Admiral Evans VIII
Reach Rio JdDeiF0
Today or To-
Morrow.
Morrow.
Especial to the ARGUs.)

Washington, D. c., Jan. 1Q.-Ac-
cording to schedule, the feet OF hmer-
lean battIeships under Rear Admiral
Evans will reach Rio Janeiro today or
tomorrew, thus completing the second
lap in the long trip to the Pacific coast.
Recent dispatches from the Brazilian
metropolis have told of the elaborate
preparations being made there for the
entertainment of the American officers
and bIuejackets.
Rio Janeiro is by far the largest and
most important city that will be visi-
ted by the feet on its long trip. It
II low has population OF nearly q mil
lion, and ranks as the fifth city of the
| Western hemisphere. The fleet will
C asst anchor in harbor that has been
pronounced by experienced travellers
to be the largest and most beautiful in
! the world. During the past few years
the Brazilian government has expend-
ed millions of dollars in the construc-
ton of docks, basins, piers and other
| harbor improvements that are eapa BILE
of accomod dating the steamships and
sailing craft of the world.
! Rio Janeiro is now in the full tropi-
cal glory of summer time. The city is
situa ted just about as far south of the
equatorial line as Havanah is north of
it. Between IS and 50 degrees F. is
the average summer weather. 1t is
seldo ON so high as the latter figure,
| no IN
cession, followed by sultry nights, and
then comes a heavy rain which contin-
ues twenty four hours or more, leav-
ing the air fresh and pleasant for sew
eral days.
The dispatches from Rio Janeiro
state that forty rooms in the best hotel
at opolis have been reserved for
the use of the American visitors. Pc
tropoIis is the fashionable residential
suburb of Rio Janeiro. It is located
about thirty miles distant from the
ca pital and three thousand feet higher,
easily accessible by rail. In recent
article, John Barrett, one of the best
intoam ed men in the United States on
all that relates to South America, paid
the following tribute toiPetropolis:
"Here the diplomatic corps have
their homes and offices, and enjoy life
as if they were spending the summer
: at Newport Or Lenox. Its capacious
palaces, handsome residences, public
buildings, pretty gardens, pleasing
drives, resttul paths, and silvery
STR cams, all gracefully and contented-
: ly situated amid exquisitely verdured
hills and mountains, make 1T spot al
ways to be happily remembered by
those who have lived there or visited
its unique locality and environment
The crowning feature Of the official
entertainment programme is to be a
: dinner given by President Penna in
honor of the American admirals. DR..
Alfonso Agusto Moreira Penna has
: been President of Brazil something
more than a year. He is described as
a dignifed, scholarly little man OF
simple manners. His chief character
istics are said to be modesty and a love
for hard work. He has had q thor
ough and extensive classical education,
being a graduate of the famous college
at Caraca. He is lawyer by profess
ion, but has spent much of his life in
the public service. Under the Empire
he held at various times the portfolios
of war, agriculture and State. It was
while he Westminster of State that the
law was passed which gave freedom to
all slaves over sixty years of age.