The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-21
MAY BE SENT TO BRAZIL.
Cruiser New York and Monitor Mianto-
nomah Being Placed in Readiness.

CRUISER new fOrK apu monitor m1antO-
nomah Being Placed in Readiness.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-That the
cruiser New York will go to Rio de ia
metro in the event that it is necessary to
strengthen the United States feet in
Brazil, has been decided by Secretary
Herbert. No orders have been sent to
her commander, Capt. j. w. Philips, to
proceed to the Brazilian capital, but he
has been directed to prepare his vessel
for sea without delay in order that she
can leave for Brazil immediately upon
receipt OF orders to that effect.
1t is stated at the Navy Department
that the New York will not be ordered
to Rio IL no change takes place in the
present situation there, but it is be-
lieved that affairs are nearing crisis
that will call for her presence at Rio.
Orders have also been issued by the
department. directing that the monitor,
Miantonomah, now at the Brooklyn
navy yard, be prepared for sea as
spec Oily as possible. The Miantoncmah
will be fitted out subject to the same
conditions governing the preparation of
should occur, the two vessels will pro.
coed to Rio in company.
There was no secret made to day at
the State and Navy Departments OF the
reasons that have induced the Govern
ment to increase its naval force in
Brazil. The United States Govern
ment feels that the commerce of this
country has been interfered with by
the Brazilian trouble. The line of fire
is directly across the prescribed anchor
ago for merchant vessels. All the
Americon business houses are in the vi
entity of the custom house and the
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the transact ton of business.
American ships cannot. from their
present position. communicate with tho
shore, and commerce is being seriously
crippled. In addition to this it is ex-
pected that when the final battle begins
in earnest the business houses of Amer,
leans will suffer considerably. 1t is to
prevent this interference with com
MERGE and destruction of American in
terests that the imposing naval demon.
stration will be made by the United
States at Rio.
Expectancy of q turn in events is
acute in both the State and Navy De
partmentS, and almost any moment NAV
witness the United States taking part
in a controversy which it has endeavored
to escape by policy OF non recognition
and non-interference.
The Kearsage Ordered to San Domingo
The State Department has been in
formed that an attempt was made sew
eral days ago to assassinate President
Hureaux, of San Domingo. Conse-
quentlY, the United States steamship
Kearsage, which started this morning
from New York for the West Indies, is
ordered not to tarrY on her way to des-
troy derelicts in accordance with orders
previously given her.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius has
been assigned to the duty of blowing up
derelicts, and the Kearsage will go
straight to San Domingo, though no
serious disturbance is feared
Heavy Firing at Brazil.
LONDON. Dec. 2O-The Times has
this dispatch dated at Rio on December
Is, and forwarded via Montcvedio:
"Since the sending OF my last dispatch
the Insurgents have maintained heavy
fire with rifles and % Machine guns on tho
shore front They have driven the
troops from the custom house and Largeo
do Paco and other points.
The heavy artillery fire continued
Thursday afternoon when the garriso n
of Villegaginon was dining, she'll from
ten inch Armstrong in Sac Joao pene-
trated the casemates, killing We and
severely wounding nine.
On Friday five were wounded at Vii.
legaginon Nichteroy is quiet, only oc-
casional shots from it's batteries being
fired against Cobras.