The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-02-02
SHOW OF FORCE.
Adm o,nham Escorts American
Vessels Into Rio.
Adm. DA CANA TAUGHT A LESSON.
The Re bel Admiral Notified That His
Reckless Firing Must BE stopped
The People Greatly
Excited.


Rio DE JANErRo, Jan. so-Yesterday
! was one of the most exciting days thai
Rio de Janeiro has experienced since the
commencement of shostilities between
the insurgents and the Brazilian gov.
: ernment. The United States naval
J fleet stationed in this harbor fur
nished the excitement Provoked be
yond the endurance of patience by the
continued carelessness of the gunners
aboard the rebel warship Aquidaban
and tired by the Indifference shown on
the part of the revolutionary admiral to
all his protests that American vessels
| entering and leaving the harbor were
not afforded proper protection by the
rebel feet, Adm. Benham made dem
/ onstration with the American war yes.
sells under his command which has
taught much needed lesson to the
belligerents on both sides and which
will undoubtedly 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 a precedent by which the
commanders of other foreign vessels in
| this port will be guided in the future.
| The cause of all the trouble was the
treatment to which three American
barks were subjected on last Saturday
by the indiscriminate fusilade from the
insurgent warships. The American
vessels were the bark Amy. Capt. Black
ford, built in Bath, Me-, in 1883, and
owned by w. S. Wilson; the bark Good
News, Capt. Myrick, built in Baltimore
in 1889, and owned by C. Morton
Stewart & Co, and the bark Julia Rol-
Inns, Capt Kichne, built in Baltimore
in 1884, and owned by Thomas Rollins,
of that city.
The Amy sailed from Baltimore on
December o, and arrived here last Fri
day. The Good News arrived in Rio
harbor on January from Bahia. The
Julia Rollins arrived here on January
23 from Baltimore, from which port she
left on December 4. On Saturday last,
while lying at anchor all three vessels
were endangered by the chance shots
fired by the insurgents. The bullets
whistled through the rigging and
passed the men upon the decks. Many
of the crews of the three vessels mar
rowly escaped being shot
After suffering great deal of an
noyance and running great risks in the
hope that the insurgents would realize
the folly of their action and stop their
hA
held hurried conference and deter
mined to appeal for protection to the
United States warships and to request
that the barks be given an escort to the
wharves- Capts. Kiehne. Myrick 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 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 attentively 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 everything
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 notifi-
cation. da Cana would promptly order
bis gunners to stop endangering Amer
lean ships and this would terminate all
further cause for complaint. Accord
ingly Adm. Benham sent one of his Of
ficers to the Aquidaban 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 very
bad humor when the American officer
arrived on board and with many ex-
clamations of impatience, he listened
to the recital of the captains griev-
ance. He was evidently still ANNOYED
over the unsatisfactory 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 a very
sharp tone: ut is not my fault. The
American ship captains should know
enough to keep themselves and their
crews out of the range of our guns /
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
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 Rol-
Inns and Amy that he was prepared to
keep his promise to them. and 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 feet as it ap-
preached nearer to Rio came quite
close to the shore, causing intense ex-
citement amorg both the soldiers and
civilians on land and the sailors on
board the various vessels
The Amy proceeded on her way to
the wharf and was safely moored there.
Clippings.
There are six members of the senate
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