St. Paul daily globe., 1894-02-04
BRITISH TuGsE1zED.
Fresh Sensation Created by an
Order From PeiXoto

| Fresh Sensation Created by an
Order From Peixoto.
Copyrighted, 1894, by the Associated Press
RIO JANEIRO, Feb. 3.-1he excite
ment created in this city aud harDor by
the action of = United States Admiral
| Benbam few days ago in firing upon
| one of the inSurgent Admiral DeGama's
| war ships, in order to teach the revO-
lutionists the lesson that they must not
Wantonly lombard vessels carrying the
stars and stripes, had not died out
when a fresh sensation was created
yesterday by the summary seizure of a
British tug by order of Peixoto. The
English friends of De Mello and Da
CANA it has been asserted and re
asserted, have not only given rifles.
powder and balls TO the insurgent sail
orS, but have gone so far as to attempt
to supply them with dynamite.
PeiXoto and his advisers have for
long period felt good deal of anger on
/ this point, and the Braziliaus who favor
the government cannot be persuaded
that the explosion some time ago in the
harbor. by which party of English
ooiiOA . NohO hiliOos w DO ilOt ouC " IllC
fact that these sailors were just then en-
gagged i'll manufacturing dynamite for
the rebel navy, and they Insist that the
explosion was caused by an order from
PeiXOtO to throw shell into the midst
of the dynamite manufacturers and put
all end to their attempt to
AID THE INSURGENTS.
The boat captured by Peixoto's men
is the tug Cardiff. She is the property
of an English coal company. She sailed
from Cardiff on Nov. 2, touched at st.
Vincent Nov. rs, and arrived here some
days ago.
She was loaded with coal. which she
promptly proceeded to discharge. and
has since remained in the harbor.
Shortly after she left the wharf at
which she had been loading with a
cargo about which her men We're reti-
cent, she was overhauled by one of
Peixoto's boats. With some re-
luctance her captain obeyed the
order, and the Brazilian officials
promptly went aboard, despite the
vigorous protests of her captain. The
Cardiff. it was then found, was taking
the dynamite to the inSurgenJ war ship
TrajanO, which is lying just outside the
entrance to the bay. Informing her
captain that he had been detected in the
act of smuggling the explosive aboard
vessel belong to the enemies of the
government, the Brazilian officials
compelled him to return to
the wharf, where the dynamite was
taken ashore and put in possession of
those loyal to Peixoto. The matter
is reported by the captain Of the Cardiff
TO the British officials. but nothing has
So far been done except the cabling of
the captains statement and of PeiXoto's
reasons for making the seizure TO the
home government.
The action of Great Britain over this
incident is awaited with good deal of
interest and anxiety. The English
residents here are disposed to condemn
Reixoto, and to grow. indignant over
what they term the ill'treatment of
THE CARDIFF'S CAPTAIN;
but In ali other quarters Peixoto is con
sidered to have been fully justified in
doing as he did. Outside of the Eng
lish colony, Great Britain's pretense
about observing the neutrality between
the belligerents receives little credence.
and people cannot imagine how she will
be able to explain so violent breach of
faith with PeiXoto. 1t is believed here
that the rebel war ship Republica is
lowering around the coast near Santa
Cruz, and that she will in very short
time try to land troops. These troops
are intended to march against Nicthe-.
roy and join in combined attack with
the naval fleet upon that city. Admiral
de Cana has again asked the foreign
ministers i'll Rio to recognize the insur-
gents as belligerents. They have
however, up to the time of sending this
dispatch, made no reply to his message.