The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-04
AIDING THE REBELS
British Tug Captured by PeixOtO
i'm the HarbOr of Rio.
The Vessel Seized While Carrying a Car.
GO of Dynamite to the Insurgent
War Ship Trojans.

Copyrighted, 1891, by the Associated Press.)
ment created in this city and harbor by the
action of United States Admiral Benham,
a few days ago, in firing upon one of the
insurgent Admiral Da Gama's war ships in
order to teach .he revolutionists the lesson
that they must not wantonly lombard YES
sells carrying the stars and stripes, had not
died out when a fresh sensation was Gre
ated yesterday by the summary seizure of
a British tug by order of Peixoto. The En-
glsh friends of De Mellc and Da Cana, it
has been asserted and reasserted, have
not only given rifles. powder and
ball to the ;nsurgent sailors, but
have gone so far as to attempt
to supply them with dynamite Peixoto
and his advisers have for long period
felt a good deal of anger on this point. and
the Brazilians who favor the government
cannot be persuaded that the explosion
some time ago in the harbor. by which a
party of English sailors were killed, was
not due to the fact that these soldiers were
just then engaged in manufacturing dyna-
mite for the rebel army, and they insist
that the explosion was caused by an order
from Peixoto to throw a shell into the
midst OF the dynamite manufacturers and
put an end TO their attempt TO aid the in
surgents.
tug Cardiff. She is the property of an En-
glish coal company She sailed from Car
diff on Nov. 2. and touched at St. Vincent
Nov. q, and arrived here some days ago.
She was loaded with ccal. which she
promptly proceeded to dicharge, and has
since remained in the harbor Shortly after
she left the wharf at which she had been
loading, with cargo about which her
men were reticent, she was overhauled by
one of PeiXoto's boats. With some re-
luctance her captain obeyed the order. The
despite the vigorous protests OF her cap
tain. The Cardiff, IT was then found was
taking the dynamite to the insurgent 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 ex-
plosive aboard a vessel belonging to the
enemies of the government the Brazilian
officers compelled him to return TO the
wharf. where the dynamite was taken
ashore and put in possession of those loyal
10 PeiXoto. The matter was reported by
the captain Of the Cardiff 10 the British
officials, but nothing has so far been done
except the cabling of the captains state
ment and of Peixotos reasons for making
this seizure to the home government
The action OF Great Britain over this in
cident is awaited with good deal of in
terest and anxiety. The English residents
here are disposed 10 condemn Peixoto, and
to grow indignant over what they term the
ill treatment of the Cardiff's captain. but
in all other quarters Peixoto Is considered
To have been fully justified in doing ne
did. Outside of the English colony Great
Britains pretense about observing the neu-
traliIy between the belligerents receives lit
tie credence, and people cannot imagine how
she will be able TO explain so violent a
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 a very short time try
TO land troops.