The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-31
Brazilian Rebel CANA Shoots at
an American Ship
AND IS FIRED ON IN RETURN.
The Insurgent Leader Talks of Sur
render 10 Admiral Benham.
As the Rebellion IL on Its Last leg. and
Feixote Intends TO shoot the Pirates
Who stole His warships. CANA May
Copyrighted. 1894. BY the Associate, Pres.

NossItkase0, AsSss oy TIE Atsncis1et iresS
RIO JasKlRa. Jan. 80 The following
statement has been made to the Associ-
ated Press correspondent by Admiral
Benaam. commander United States sieet
Ia this hAroor:
The insurgen; forces on Cobras island
last Friday iired upon a ship dying the
nited states hag. protested to Ai-
mlrAi Gama against such action, aad his
response was that he had warned the
commander of the ship when at tho
bar nj Rio - TO the whereabouts
OF the danger line. l ordered CANA TO
cease hring. The guns on both
the island Of Cohras. and she guns Of the
insurgent warship Trsjano opened fire
Saturday upon the bark Agate, vessel
sailing from New York | warned CANA
at once that If the fire were repeated I
would flre back. | slso warned him that
II he touched an American ship or Ameri-
can goods | would consider MIN pirate
told him l would protect American prop
erty from the fire of his guns, and I
should retaliate upon him for any damage
done unless il was entirely apparent that
the damage was due to chance shots"
Admiral Benham says he notified Gama
ofsicially that firing by the insurgents
upon wharyes for the purpose of creating
terror and prolonging the blockade would
sells we're concerned. To this communica-
tion the insurgent admiral made no an
swer. The captains of American vessels
intimated that they wansed to go To
the wharves. and the American admiral
notified CANA that IL was his intention 90
convoy them in at sunrise Monday.
Fearing trouble, Renham ordered the ves-
sells of the deet cleared for action. The
tntr IF xsNFs ~. -,
failed TO come into the harbor The Amy
was the only one that ventured IN. and
she was escorted by the United States
cruiser Detroit.
As "a precaution against possible aggres-
sive action on the part of the insurgents
the cruisers New York. Charleston and
Newark were assigned to watch the actions
OF Gamas ship Aquidaban, while the De-
troit and San Francisco were signaled to
take positions near the Trajano and Guana-
bara. These precautions certainly proved
effective. and the insurgents. in ths face
of the formidable array OF Ameri-
can vessels. made but feeble attempt
to hinder the Amy's progress to the wharf.
No guns we're opened upon her BY Gsma's
vessels, and as matter of course the
Americans did not fire on the insurgent
ships. The insnrgent protest consisted Of
this: As the Amy got abreast Of the
Guanabaraa marine on the last named
vessel aimed n musket at her and fired.
Two muske. shots were fired at the Guiana
bara aud Trajano from the Amy's escort,
the Detroit. in return. This was all the
firing done during the Amy's trip. and il
was enough. All opposition ceased at
once. and the use Of heavy guns vas not
considered necessary At any time. A,
later hour CANA conferred with HE on
GERS upon the advisabiiity of snrrsnderine
to the Detroit in consequences of IN. mus
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