The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-21
MIXED TALES FROM BRAZIL
Reports from Different Sources High
ly Contradictory.

W1VnuIaW Inelr financial Assist /
ance from the Insurgents-D Cana |
Apt to Lose an Arm by Amputation.
Government Troops Reported De-
feated Near Itapeva.
London, eFeb 20. "A dispatch from |
Buenos Ayres, dated yesterday, says: "A |
battle has been fought at Itapeva, 100 |
miles west of the city of Sac Paulo, be-
tween insurgents and government forces. /
President Peixoto's troops were defeated. |
The dispatch further says that Admiral |
Mello, who is on the insurgent warship !
Republiea, intended to lombard the city |
Of Santos as soon as the insurgent land |
force under Gen, Saravara arrived from |
Sac Paulo"
THE NEW YORK AT MoNTEvIDEo.
Montevideo, Feb. 20. - The United |
States cruiser New York, upon which
case of yellow fever occurred while she
was lying in the harbor of Rio Janeiro, |
has arrived at the quarantine station |
here.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro, dated |
Feb. l6, says that the wounds sustained |
by Admiral da CANA in the recent fig hit |
are not dangerous. The insurgents are in |
good spirits and ready to fight at any |
moment.
Admiral da Cana says he has sufficient |
provisions and ammunition to last several |
weeks and will make every endeavor to |
maintain his position until the arrival of |
the troops expected from the south. Ad- |
miral da Cana obtains many supplies |
from the vicinity of Mage and Teroso-
polls.
In the recent fight at Armacao point, |
~ tot oil 40,
were thirty-five men killed and wounded, |
and sixty taken prisoners. On the in
surgent side l46 men were reported
missing.
THE FIGHT AT LAPA.
A dispatch from Desterro says that the
strong position held by the government at
Lapa, their last foothold in the state of
Parana, was taken on Feb. 9, after severe
fighting. The general commanding the
government forces was wounded and 900
men were captured Admiral Mello was
then at Desterro with the warship Repub-
lica. He expected TO go northward shortly
The commander of the Santos district
has reported to the government by tele-
graph that the insurgent general Saraiva
is near Starrare on the Sac Paulo boun-
dairy, and that the government forces
will be insufficient to resist
the insurgents unless they be
reinforced. The government is. there
fore, increasing the national guard in Sac
Paulo to resist the invasion, and has or
dered the garrisons at Porto Allegro and
Pelotas numbering 1000, to march north
ward,
MOVEMENTS OF THE NIOTHEROY.
The government dynamite cruiser Mic
theroy left Bahia on the evening of Feb.
- bound southwark with troops. She
was under orders TO call outside Rio
asv uzI 70
One of the dynamite gunuers deserted
from the Nictheroy at Bahia. The re-
mainder of the government feet was
at Bahia on the 10Th. The Destroy
ers engines were reported to be broken
down The vessels had much difficulty
in obtaining crews. The general opinion at
Bahia is that not one of the government
vessels is formidable except the Aurora.
The insurgent cruiser Aquidabau was
under orders to sail from Rio on Feb Is
To try TO intercept the Nictheroy.
DE MELLo MAKING NO GAINS.
Copyright, 1894, by the United Press)
Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 2O-The United
States cruiser Detroit, which has been
cruising south, has returned to Rio de
Janeiro. The government is in peaceable
possession Of all southern points, except
DesterrO, where Admiral de Mello mas
appointed president and two ministers.
The Detroit was unable TO find Admiral
de Mello. At each port she visited the
officers we're informed that he had just
left. Admiral da Cana, who is in COM
nand Of the insurgent forces here, has
tod the representative of the United
Press that he has cOuntermandcd the
order he had placed for supplies in the
United States, for the reason that the
war will be at an end before the order
could be filled ana delivered.
THE CHURCH LEADERS TIRED.
The church leaders, who have CON
tracted with the insurgents, should they
triumph, for the restoration of the church |
privileges that were abolished upon
the establishment Of the re-
public, and, who have supplied the in !
surgent leaders with large sums in gold, |
have notified Admiral da Cana that the |
supply of money furnished by them will |
cease unless decisive progress is made |
soon.
DA CANA TO LOSE AN ARM.
Admiral da Cana, who was wounded in |
the neck and left arm during the recent |
attack on Armacao, expects that it viii |
be necessary for his arm to be amputated. |
His general health is good, and he will |
probably survive the operation.
He promises to push the fighting, but |
he plainly Is unable to do so. He seeks |
an honorable road TO escape from the con- |
sequences Of the insurrection, but II is |
probable that he will not be able to find |
one. Even some Of tho younger officers |
among the insurgents. who have hitherto !
refused to listen to anything but warlike
proposals, are now anxious for the strug- !
gle TO be brought to an end.
SUSPICIOUS or THE NICTHERoY.
The ins1rgent warships Aquidaban
and Libertade were under steam last
night their commanders thinking that
the dynamite cruiser Nicthoroy, which
left recently for the south, would return
The insurgents deny that there has been
any revolt among the sailors on Engonho
Island. They say that the firing that
gave rise TO the report grew out Of an at
tack upon the island by government
troops. This story, however, Is not gen
orally believed. IL is thought that there
was a revolt among the insurgents on the
island
DON'T RANK AS BELLIGERENTs.
London, Feb 20.-In the House Of Com
mons this evening Sir Ellis,oAshmead-
Bartlett asked the government whether,
In view Of the fact that the Brazilian in
surgents had now maintained for five
months a successful blockade Of Rio
Janeiro. and had occupied a large portion
OF the Brazilian territory, the British
government would recognize them as
belliRerents.