The morning call., 1894-01-25
MAY TAKE A HAND.
Yellow Fever Would Soon Set tie the
Rebellion.

Rebellion.
NEW YORK, Jan. M. - The Herald's
Montevideo correspondent cables: The
Herald's correspondent in Rio Janeiro.
writing under date of January 19, says
that the rebels are still trying to land
troops In Nictheroy, but the Government
forces offers stubborn and successful de-
fenss. The battery on Governors Island
keeps up a continuous fire upon the Ia
mandane and Aauidaban, forcing them to
change their anchorage every now and
then.
Admiral da Cana is much encum bered
by the care of the prisoners be has made,
besides having to supply with food large
number of the wives and children of his
followers who feared to remain IN Rio, an 1
are being kept in the bay on the steamer
Alagoas.
One Of the sailors on the Portuguese cor
vette MindellO was shot On January 18.
1t is not known whether the stray rifle-ball
which hit him came from one of the rebel
launches or from the shore, as bullets are
continually flying about the wharves and
pepperiDg the sides of vessels in its vicin-
ity.
One prominent English merchant here
said this ruinOus trouble, he felt sure,
could be settled quickly if both sides
would accept the mediation Of United
States Minister Thompson or Rear-Ad-
miral Benham. These would be the only
mediators acceptable.
The heat there is steadily increasing.
and there is fair chance of yellow jack
taking an important hand in the fight If
this deadly fever should break out on the
rebel ships it would soon end the rebel
lion. The number Of its victims in the
city has risen to about a dozen daily The
health of the men in the United States
squadron is reported as excellent.
Later dispatches from the Heraid's
Rio correspondent say that President
Peixoto sent word yesterday to Admiral
Duarte, who commands his new feet at
Pernambuco, to bring his ships to Rio
immediately, and no longer await the
arrival of the expected torpedo-boats from
Germany to engage in great naval fight.
If Duarte disobeys this order some other
. officers will be put in charge Of the squad
ron.
The Herald's correspondent in Pernam
buco, writing under date Of January IA
says that PeixotO's admiralty board has
condemned the new cruiser America, pur
chased in the United States, as unfit TO &c
into battle. They say she must have new
boiler tubes, as the American engineers
who brought her down from New Yorl
have burned them out. They also declare
that her gun decks must be materially
strengthened before she is fit to fight.
All her munitions have been landed anC
stored in Pernam buco arsenal, and work
men have been sent aboard her to make
the needed changes. This will be accom-
plished about January %. She will tber
be renamed the Andrada. Her American
crew were ticketed home by the Govern
ment on the steamer Wadsworth, her off
GERS having signed papers for furthe
service.
The torpedo-boat San Paio. on her speet
trial, showed sixteen knots an hour.
The Nictheroy has an entire Brazilian
crew now. She lies anchored in the cute
harbor by day and cruises outside by night
Captain Belfort has offered his resignation
on account of clash with Captain Baker
1t has been accepted. and the command O.
the Nictheroy has been offered 10 othe
Brazilians, but they all decline unles
Baker is replaced by a Brazilian. Com
plications have arisen over THIS state