The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-19
AN EMPEROR FOR BRAZIL.
MGllO'S Proclamation More Radical
Than First Reported.

Count d'Eu, Known AS Prince Pc
dro, and Is a Grandson of EN-
peror Dom Predro -- After Issuing
His Proclamation the Admiral
Puts to Sea to Try to Intercept
Transports, Conveying Men and
Munitions of War to the Ex-
listing Government at Rio Janeiro.
London, Nov. 1S.-A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company says that
Admiral Mello, after his proclama-
tion declaring Prince Pierre Dalcontora
Louis Phillippi son of Count DEu, en-
peror of Brazil, proceeded to sea with his
vessels with the object of fintercepting the
the NictherOy, or other vessels purchased
abroad by the Brazilian government for
use against his fleet.
A dispatch from Lisbon, received here
to-day, says that a messenger who has
arrived there from Brazil announces that
Senor Joseph E. Patrocinio, editor of a
newspaper which has been continually
and strongly opposed to President Piexotto
has been shot, by order of the president.
The messenger adds that among the
killed during the recent fighting in
Brazil, was Col Pedro Alfonso, COM
mander of the Cadets of Santa Cruz.
MELLO'S SHIP TOO SLOW.
A telegram from Buenos Ayres says:
"The latest dispatches from Rio Janeiro
refer to Admiral Mello's intention to sail
out to sea with the Aquidaban and
intercept the governments vessels
American ports. His success seems
doubtful, as the 'Aquidaban's' en-
gines are second-rate and her going IA
cilities are inferior. Business in Rio
proceeds as usual, and the city is quiet p"
The steamship Thames has arrived at
Southampton from Brazil. The officers
deny the reports that President Peixotto
seized insurgent refugees aboard her
Nothing of the kind happened.
NOT SURE OF INTERCEPrING THEM.
The Exchange Telegraph says: After
Admiral de Mello had proclaimed Prince
Pedro as emperor he put to sea with
several of his ships in order
to intercept President Peixotto's
new transports, which are con-
veying supplies of men, ammunition
and provisions to the existing govern
ment at Rio de Janeiro 1t is not believed,
however, that the insurgent admiral is
certain of intercepting the transports, as
the point of debarkation of the munitions
of war is believed to have been kept Sc
cret.n
PRINCESS ISABELLA IN RACE.
Paris, Nov. 1S.-Chevalier d'Quimares,
the chief political adviser of Count dE Eu,
returned from Brussels to-day He de-
clined to say anything as to his mission
there, and denied that he had any direct
news of Admiral Mello's proclamation Of
an emperor. He was in high spirits,
and spoke with an air of repressed
glee. Count d'Eu and his wife
are still completely in the dark as re-
ora ride tho "a fhn 1aGf fays7 Iat In
Brazil. Princess Isabella, who has a
burning desire to reign, was thrown into
rage by the announcement in this
mornings newspapers that Admiral
Mello had proclaimed her son emperor
She declared that her own rights had
been ignored. She taunted her husband
with his apathy and bullied and re-
preached him, while he tried to calm her
with the assertion that the report of Ad-
miral Mello's action was false
There is no longer any doubt that much
Of Admiral Mello's money comes from
the monarchist committee in Paris, who
have done all in their power to aid Ad-
miral Mello. Count dEu and the Prin-
cess Isabella, however, have been kept
ignorant of the committees work The
committee meet at the Grand hotel. and
the money which they collect is delivered
to Senor RamOr, who sends it to Admiral
Mello.
The Brazilian minister here says he has
not received any word confirming the re-
port of Admiral Mello's proclaiming the
empire. Dispatches dated from Rio, on
Nov. II, he said, represented the situation
as unchanged
PROCLAIMED PEDRO EMPEROR.
Madrid, Nov. IS.--A dispatch received
at the foreign Office here, says that Ad-
miral de Mello has proclaimed Prince
Pedro emperor of Brazil. and not presi-
dent as at first announced. Prince Pedro
is Dom Pedro's grandson.