The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-02-03
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RIO JANEIRo, j u 30-A nAsat battle
between the American fleet on OD= side
and the ships of the insurgents, under
Admiral da Cana, came a. near being
preci ipItated IN the haIbur of Rio yeste
day as one could possibly be. Three
American bsrks notified Admiral Ben
ham they wished TO GO to the S ,ndro
piers. and thes We're assured they would
be protected Da CANA, learning this.
mortified Benham that if the vessels az
tempted Ia 60 10 the piers he wouid fGe
upon them. Benham replied that the
vessels would go 10 the piers protected
by the entire American fleet If necessary.
Early in the morning five insurgent tugs
| lowered about the American barks, evil
IDENTIFY wsi,lng for them to get under
, way, when they would fire on them
| Meant me great activity was going On on
the American werships. The shriii
! whistle of The boa,swa'Ds clearing the
dec ks for action coui0 be heard comlOg
| from a | the ships OF the American heei
Al 8 O'Clock tue Detroit hoisted anchor,
| and with sh"tted guns steam atung
| sIhe the lnsurgent warshIps Irajdn0 and
| Guand6ara, both of which were lying
c.ose to the Good Nelos. one Of the Amer-
| ican 6arks. As the Detroit took her pu-
| sltion a shot from the Guana3ara WIS
| fired at the Good Neo0S. The Detroit at
| once sent II sIx-pOunder across The DOW 5
OF the Guana@ara, where upon the latter
| replied with what is supposed t" have
| neeu blank siirt. The Detroit then
| shot small shell iuto The Gudnubara's ;
| sternpost and was on the point of deliv .
ering a broafslde at the Guandb1rl, when
the .a.ter signaled she would stop firing
Meantime an agent OF Da Cana had VS.
tied all three of me American barks and
| offered to tow them at the expense of he
insurgents 1t they would not go to the
piers. This tbee agreed to do. This ar
rangement was sIgualed TO De Cana,
who replied TT is ste; the glass is
broken | must VI, } this foreign
fleet or superior force. / will resign and
give my sword to the American admiral"
1t was expected later in the day that all
the insurgeut officers would seek an asY-
lum on the American ship, but the
younger officers would not yield. Ben
ham said last night that Da CANA. ny
his failure to surrender, has lost an easy
way out OF his trouble. He addrd:
However, that's nothing TO me. We
have established our principle"
LONDON, Jan. 30-Rothschlld's bank
ing-house mas received i dispatch from
Rio de Janeiro saying that AumlraI da
Gann hos curr, pHprpH
Baron R).hschl!d SAID his cable an
nounc!Bg the surrender OF Admiral da
Cana came from the most reliable
source. He had no reason to doubt its
accuracy The Brazilian Minister said
he had no doubt the news was true, and
that the final collapse of the revolution
was only question of few days. The
highest officials of the British foreign Of
fee expressed the opinion that Da Ga
mas surrender to the United States ad
miral was the easiest way out of his dit
ticulty. The chief question was what
would Admiral 8enbam do with him.
He could not very we'll surrender him 10
PeixOto to be shot, and could not very
well feed Da Gama's followers indef-
nitely.