The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-10-08
\ NENEZUELA ABANDONED.
R REVOLt TEONiSTS ARE SUCCESS
FiL THE PRESIDENT AND
WGNESTRX Escape
No Wentionin Dispatches That Amer
lean Fla" Has Been Fired Up
Subject Before the
Cabinet

Ry Telegraph to the state Chronicle
sWAsHINGToN, Oct T. Confirmation of
the report that decisive battle had
taken place between the government
forces and those OF tle revolutionary
party in Venezuela was not received at
The navy department until to day. Early
this morniag a dispatch came to Secre-
tary Tracey from Rear Admiral Walker,
commanding the United States vessels
in Venezuelan waters, saying: 1T
is reported that an engagement has
taken place resulting IN the total
defeat of the government and cap
ture of the Venezuelan commander
in chief near Caracas. Revolutionsts
will occupy Caracas 10 morrow This
message was dated at LaGuayra and
came to the navy department twenty four
hours after it was filed. Shortly after
came another also dated LaGuayra last
night and read as follows: president
and Venezuelan ministry have abandoned
! Venezuela Revolutionists successful. )"
1t will be noticed that neither of the
i dispatches contain any mention of the
! report that the United States consul, w.
! NJ Hanna, was fired on by a Venezuelan
war ship while in the harbor of Manto
in his Naphtha launch, and because Of
this omission and from the fact that
neither consul Hanna nor minister
Scruggs has sent a statement OF such an
occurrence to the State department, 1t IS
believed in official circles that the report
is not true An official Of the navy de
partmcnt, whose position entities him TO
speak authoritively, said to q United
! Press reporter this afternoon in reference
to the matter that had any assault been
made onMr Hanna, admiral Walker would
undoubtedly have notified the navy de.
partment of the fact. II can hardly be
iicve the report is true he said, for
With two United States vessels near by
The Neuezuclans would not have dared TO
fire on our flag. They could not hope to
cope with our vessels and if an engage
ncut had taken place the small guns of
the Chicago would have been sufficient
10 quickly silence the Venezuelan craft. :"
No message OF any sort from either
minister Scruggs or consul Hanna had
been received at the State department up
to the closing hour to day The only
official information IN the possession of
acting secretary Adee was contained in
the dispatches from admiral Walker.
These messages Nerc laid before the cab
iuet at its IneetlI ~ dav and the report
that consul Hanna had pren attacked was
also discussed but in siow of the fact
that no official information concerning
the reported outrage against him and the
flag had been received, the subject was
passed over without action. The
United States has Two vessels-the Chi
cago and the Kearsarge in the harbor Of
LaGuayra, and another vessel-the Con
cord-ls within Gays sailing distance
The Chicago aud the Concord are two
Of the new vessels and are thoroughly
equipped ior warfare, SO there is no fear
felt in official cs.cics that the interests
of this country viii not be protected
Germany and Italy are each represented
on one war shin at la(Iuayra