News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-06-29
IN BRAZIL.
SERIOUS POSITION.
STARTLING EsCAPADE OF A BRIT.
ISH SHIP
no de Innelrn SAM

SlARILlNG ESCAPADE OF a BRIT
lSH SHIP.
| Rio de Janero, Sept. g.
"A situation OF exceptional gravity ha
| evidently arisen on the island of Frernand
do Noronha, whence, 1t is said. ex- Presl
dent dc sylvia recently attempted to es
cape. battleshlp and two cruisers hav
been dispatched thither under force,
| draft. No public kilograms have been re
ceived from the island during the pas
| week, and the authorities absolutely re
/ fuse any information as to earlier events
though the local press hints at some ex
| traordlnary developments not unconnectee
| with the appearance off the island of {
| British steamship known as the Androm
| eda.
Later.-De Sylvia landed last night a
the small port of Maceio, in the province
| of Alagoas, a hundred miles south OF
| Pernambuco 1t is currently reported thai
| Fernando Noronha was captured by e
| gang of British freebooters. De SYLVIA,
return is unquestionable. Today he is
| sued a proclamation, and his partlsans
| have seized some portion of the railway
Excitement here Is at fever heat
Verify glared at the journalist He
laughed almost Historically.
"The Andromedar' he gasped. "Wot
rot. Wot silly rot!'
The shipowner grasped another print
ed slip This time he was able to read
more lucidly:
p,,,,,,, a., 4,,oz4 INC, ~ no tDuCo' SEPT t.
70 roi,s+a4a -. 60, 800 w alle"ipl
-, u, 80 oe ~ IVA as
fanred i,to go, ao+i,.i4,' "ilsn II vas
reached this port today. It appears that
on the 31st ult. a daring effort was made
,,oiristars o1,aTia5 "i'i eati olliei
oin+ion of ~ 80, ~ ~ tee
an 10 is,ond % Tovr '5 -" ,! p iSoiiei
IIo,,I,s go az 49,, W una ma
~ p,i+ts .+n, '2is'-iN eLoi 10 ma,
hv Dotid varit, e. 10 20. ,I.o -"
Ito Sontb fa,r,o,o ~ . - % poHi, pus
a. g., e'o 0iCo vi
inc nf A,e- q 80 ~ &c ~ ne liio IN
,nission U.os r. to1a Do ST. .,,s. 10 ~ ~
oor,,,lo,1i CO. ~, - IVA anu ms
U,arred I+ ~ ae,ot,a, a. ~
,1t ~ tl - - ~ O. ~ ',iu a.
,,eoro,,oa ~ tL; ,o,fSt e.-1 ui9p
go, - prisoners
40 hn5ror1ada o tot5Gileu M VI,
ta, $500 ~ sue ieVealeu
The stea1ner beiner rs go. 49, .r,oao
4t,,,.,t -. 5eos LEE iiiaue ~
a., ''etpe ~ Sh iIeIseil qItu WIS speed
,,tes nfe tha 80 lir til, ~ mn,
toS5 va, 1870, ioNN WIN Oh vi
,oar,1o ~ - ~ iiet IN
ond hn,,so d. ,,,Ia sto - ats as iiaI'
ing down, thus establishing her identity
beyond a shadow of doubt A note of
pathos is added to the tragedy by the
undoubted presence of a lady on board
probably De Sylva's daughter though it
was believed here that the ex-presidents
family were in Paris. Telegrams from
the island are strictly censored and tn,
foregoing statement is unofficial, but your
correspondent does not question its gen
credit widasnraad r,'ron I tha9 tba SIonS
is still in a very disturbed condition. No
one knows definitely whether or not De
oyrxa mas as oeei aecaptuTeat II IS quite
but the reticence Of the authorities as '' TO-
the state of affairs on Fernando Noronha |
leads to the assumption that he and
in one Of the r,onw nat,, Tetii i1t reu
with which the island abounds.
The British community on the littoral !,
is deeply stirred by the drastic treatment
by the Andromeda. 1t is pointed
out that another ship, the Andros-y-Mela, |
believed to have been chartered by the
is under arrest at Bahia, and
the similarity between the two names is
as singular, to say the least |
Were it not that Lloyd's agent, whose |
cannot be questioned, has stated |
explicitly that the Andromeda put into |
South bav a noint Significantly far re.
moved from the regular track Of tradine
vessels, it might be urged that a terrible
mistake had been made In any event
crG WY 't lra'te f 81 pS ssiry IN
stationed in the south Atlantic should
visit the island at the earliest date posi-
Die. Delayed IN transmission
something buzzed inside Neritys
head and stllled all sense OF actually
lie gazed at the reporter unbllnklngiy,
as though thought Itself refused TO act.
rs that the lot? ne inquired me
Nearly all, at present. Here, how
ever, is a short telegram from Paris
which is OF minor interest"
And Verify read again:
MI, Paris Sept; e.
snan eori,, ttis r,orning ~ ~ ths
Hotel Continental DENY that anv lady