New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-10
ADMIRAL STATIONS VISIT.
r,or WORDS ON THE NEWARK
.ow CAPTAIN TERRY OBJECTED TO
..YIINc ON ADMIRAL DE MELLO.

-, DIARY OF A SEAMAN ON THE cHoiSS"
.,.rns AN INTERESTING STORY OF WHAT
.pprNrp WHEN THE CRUISER ARRIVED
AT RIO DE yANEIRo-INvArLD MAN
or-wAR.s MEN RETURN HOME
~n.r,s. Muehleck. a seaman on the Um'eo
-. .r,,.sr Newark and Charles Sullivan.
80. an thu cruiser Charleston, arrived nero
..-d.v IN the steamer Herschel captain
49,. thew were sent home as invalios Inc
sr"-~.n. comes from ports in Brazil. She LETT
-" -, Decerber Is. and Pernambuco on Decem-
49,, q Muehleck kept diary on the iast CRUISE
:, the Newark and parts OF this diary make III
..-..t,ns reading. He refused to discuss the
ar IN Brazil, but the following extracts from
-. atarv throw some light on the doings OF Al
to-, Stanton In the harbor OF RIO Inc most
,rt.resting portion runs as follows:
october x.-The Admirars orderly reported to TO
Admnn Admire and about to board ship The Ad;
spps q, once dressed in fudress to meet Admiral
MeS at an ns pisasSse The Admiral showed
samra de Mello to his sta'eroom: Ihey s,ay~ go
s ssn aSSss o Admiral de Mso requested that no
s sniute be given him, but Flas-J.dtenant Smtn
aad already s xsr ns De mo Meo The
;us leaving when the salutes were orsy 70 san
n fe5 TSe second and third shots had BY this time
followed and the full salute was sn,ned his launch
:Sa took Of his hat salute n sS,%,r,
October 23Between u and ! O'clock terdecS
ga Se wanted him and Flag Lieutenant Smith to
him sand9n ,n at % no V captain
% Tsray said he would be id Il he would They icy
parted S, p m his the Boat A' was re S. The
orderly told him it was just being tanneu ne
m came ss out Sa snS wse mes
captain e pss Sn h said he woad a Be
Then. said Admiral Stanton Il shall take steps
% They sWt parted. the Admiral going to his state,
room and telling his orderly to let him r Know wS Msea
ten minutes TO then 10 Ss room. At about
ten o'clock Admiral stanton INTO on 9esk
ry S Ms1. saf
Terry remarked that Admiral de Melio was q ,rch
:Sudf fsat b n Ma na sood and
!Hey them we ganswsy and got into ,b the
boat r ren VISIT the AaudaSan they were saluted
fnsy arrived about fifteen minutes later.
A SALUTE TO ADMIRAL DA CANA.
Under date Of October 20 the diary reads:
sighted land at ran along coast no .ntil
sSssS e 3 sVSnsae
Su Statutes s Of
man and Italian men-of,war In the n, n acton
ilo D. m fred thirteen guns in honor Of the Bra "a
siliai Admiral and salute was returned gu" i'f
Sun from one Of the Brazilian SHIPS.
Continuing, the sailors diary reads
october 2l-Admral 9. F. Stanton paid t ofna nn
leaving s each aas o a. e & paid
ofcial visit to Admiral Stanton. upon lea'iis '"'
ship os,sSs1 K Ssns ne "ifa rain
bow s' fashion, with German flag at main and
III communications from shore stopped Rebel ana
government forces preparing Tor STaWn close to
e,t p'e Nothing Of any Importance took place o-
December made upon the island by Gov
'' pecember s~f1rng at intervals from Nictheroy
the eeh of about
1000 men. turned over to the repei IoISeS was
December Frng shore at n' snne S dSFns
sns .hip burned to water caused by shell burst;
; ns fred from Nictheroy. Continual firing all
Afbs December 49, morning-F1ring from Castle Hill
b shore.
Muehleck said that one day he saw the bodies
~ a couple Of dead soldiers floating In the bay
He assisted in towing one Of them ashore. On
October 20 he wrote this memorandum: "On
Thursday evening last the Government magazlne
At the arsenal was blown up at $40 FRIDAY
evening the military academy was destroyed py
Are. Our Admiral was recalled Saturday. He
will leave the ship Tuesday. He expressed hl"-
oen TOO muCu III lawn VI eAS AS~~'~'
THE CHARLESTON STRUCK BY SHE'LL
During the firing at Rio one wild shot struck
The United States cruiser Charleston. The shell
after striking the side Of the vessel fell into the
water and burst There was some excitement on
board the Charleston. The shell made dent
In one of the plates. The next day Brazilian
ofbcer visited the cruiser and apologized for the
accident. The Charleston moved further up the
bay out Of the reach Of the shots.
Yellow fever is beginning Its ravages IN Rio
For three weeks before the Herschel left no
shore leave was allowed to the men on BOARD
Quartsrmaster Thomas Allen. OF the Charles
ton was stricken with the fever on December
Hospital. where he died there two days after
ward and buried.
On December a steamer Of the Brazilian
Navigation Company's fleet with supplies and
provisions for the insurgent feet attempted to
enter Rio harbor. She was flying the flag OF the
Argentine Republic and had on her decks num-
the force under Admiral Da Cana. These men
were disguised as women. in order not to at
tract the attention Of the forts on shore The
Government force then took possession OF the |
vessel The insurgent sympathizers were Inn |
prisoned and the cargo Of supplies confiscated.
On the night Of December IA an old receiving |
snip, which had been captured from Peixoto by |
Aello. was burned at anchor. Admiral da |
Cama's family had been living on board the old |
ship. but as there was report OF loss OF life 1t
was presumed they escaped in safety
Marine Hospital, who signs the Herschels bill |
OF health, writes: Health of port is good; |
could not visit this ship. could the captain |
come ashore. as no boat can be procured and |
there is no communication with the American |
Meet, 80 that protection might be afforded"
Although sixteen days at Rio. Captain Salter
never once went on shore. the vessel being
loaded from lighters.
The invaded man-ofwaI g men said they
plainly saw the Nictheroy at anchor in the |
harpor She was not coaling. One Of the |
onicers OF the Nictheroy J. J. Conway and sixty
OF the men wished to leave the Brazilian SER
wee. out they were detained. and Captain Salter
vessel.
GUARDING THE VALIANT JURORS.
THEIR HOMES TO BE CLOSELY WATCHED
WHILE THE TRIAL PRocEEDa
Paris. Jan. S.-The Figaro" says that the homes
= the jurors who will the trial OF Auguste
valiant the Anarchist who threw the bomb in