Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-02-01
TAUGHT A LESSON.
Brazil an L surgents Brought to
Time by Adm. Benham.
The Rebel Admiral Notified That His
Reckles firing Must lie stopped
The People Greatly
Excited.
Brought Up Standing.

Brought Up Standing.
Rio DE JANEiRo, Jan. 30.-Yesterday
was one of the most excit .ng. days that
Rio de Janeiro has experienced since the
cemmenc.m Mt of hosii tiles between
the insurgents and the Brazilian gov
ernment The United States naval
fleet stationed in this harbor fur
nished the excitement. Provoked be-
yond the endurance of patience by the
continued careiessness of the gunners
aboard the rebel warship Aquida ban
and tired bv the Indifference shown on
the part of the revolutionary admiral to
all his protests that A merican vessels
entering and leaving the harbor were
not afforded proper protection by the
reuel fleet, Adm. Benham made dem
onstration with the American war yes
sells nnder his command which has
taught much needed lesson to the
belligerents on both sides and which
Will undou btedly have the effect here
after of securing proper recognition of
the rights of vessels under the Ameri-
can flag. In the events of yesterday the
foreign colony was particularly inter-
ested, and the action of Adm. Benham
will furnish d precedent by which the
commanders Of other foreign vessels in
this port will be guided in the future
The cause of IL the trou lie was the
tire tment to which three American
bariss were subj acted on last Saturday
by the indiscrininate fusilade from the
in urgent warships
ifter suffering a great deal of an
'yance AMI running great risks in the
hope that the insurgents would realize
the folly of their action and stop their
Ill
held hurried conference and deter
mined to appeal for protection to the
United States warships and to request
that the bartxs be given an escort to the
wharves- Capts. Kiehne. Myriclz and
Blackford put off in small boats, at
great danger to themselves. and pulling
up to VIII re the flagship New York
was stationed asked that they be al
lowed a conference with Adm. Benham
Upon stating the object of their visit
their request was readily granted and
they went aboard the New York. Adm.
Benham listened attentivelv to their
story and appeared to take the great
est interest in it, and when the cap
tains had finished their statements he
promised that he would do every thing
in his power to afford them the fullest
protection. He said, however, that be-
fore making any display of force on
the part of his fleet, or giving the cap
tains the escort which they requested,
he thought it only right to first notify
the insurgents ~admiral, Adm. da
Cana, of the captains complaint. Per-
haps, he said as a result of his Motif
cation, da CANA would promptly order
his gunnerS to stop endangering Amer
lean ships and this would terminate ali
further cause for complaint Accord
ingly Adm. Benham sent one of his Of
fcers to the Aquida ban with orders to
acquaint Adm. da CANA with the facts
in the case and to ask him to have an
end put to the reckless cunning.
Da CANA was apparently in a very
bad humor when the American officer
arrived on board and with many ex-
carnations of impatience. he listened
to the c.tal of the captains griev-
ance. He was evidently still annoyed
over the unsatis factory conferences
which he had held with Adm Benham,
and was indisposed to do anything
which would prove pleasing to the
commander of the United States fleet.
When the American officer had finished
making his statement, da CANA, with
a shrug of his shoulders, said, in very
sharp tone: 'It is not my fault. The
American ship captains should know
enough to keep themselves and their
crews out of the range of our guns. l
shall not take any notice of this mat
ter
This curt response to his message
aroused the ire of Adm. Benham, and
he determined to make showing that
would produce a lasting effect upon
the insurgents. Early yesterday morn
ing, therefore, the greatest activity pre-
vailed on board the fleet. Shortly after
daybreak the decks of the flagship
New York, of the Newark, San Fran
cisco and other United States war ves-
sells were cleared for action and their
anchors were raised.
Adm. Benham then sent word to the
captains of the Good News, Julia Roll
Inns and Amy that he was prepared to
keep his promise to them, ana that as
soon as they were ready to proceed he
would escort them to the wharves-
And he did.
The Detroit took the leading part in
the procession. The fleet as it APP
preached nearer to Rio came quite
close to the shore, causing intense eX-
element among both the soldiers and
civilians on land aud the sailors on
boari the various vessels.
The Amv proceeded on her way to
the wharf and was safely moored there.
Not until her captain had reported that
he was fully satisfied did his powerful
escort leave him.
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