Show PEIXOTO SEIZES A BRITISH TUG She Was Carrying Dynamite to an Insurgent Warship Rio Janeiro Feb Copyrighted 1894 by the Associated Press 97A fresh L sensation was created yesterday by thesummary < seizure of a British tug byorder ofJPeixotb English friends of De Mello < and Da Gama it has been asserted have not only given ammunition ammuni-tion to the insurgent sailors but have attempted to supply them with dynamite I dyna-mite The boat captured by Peixotos men is tho tug Cardiff the property of the English coal company She arrived ar-rived here some days ago loaded with coal which she discharged and has since remained in the harbor Shortly after she left the wharf she was overhauled over-hauled by one of Peixotos boats and the Brazilian officials went aboard despite the vigorous protest of the captain The Cardiff was taking dynamite dy-namite to the insurgent warship Tra jano The Brazilian officials compelled the captain to return to the wharf where the dynamite was taken ashore and put in possession of the government The matter was reported by the cap tain to the British officials but nothing noth-ing so far has been done except the cabling of the captains statement and Peixotos reasons for making the seizure seiz-ure to the home government goverment The action of Great Britain over this incident is waited with much interest English residents here Englsh are disposed to condemn Peixoto and grow indignant over what they term the Illtreatment of the itreatment Cardiffs captain L I but in all other quarters Peixoto is I I considered justified in doing what he did Outside of the English colony I Great Britains pretense about observ ing a neutrality between the belligerents belliger-ents receives little credence and the people cannot imagine how she will explain so violent a breach of faith faih with Peixoto I is believd the rebel warship Re publica is hovering arount near Santa Sant Cruz and will in a short time try to I land troops These troops are intended to march against Nictheroy and join in a combined attack with the naval fleet upon that city Da Gama has again asked the I tIe foreign foreig ministers in Rio to recognize the in I surgents as belligerents They have however up to the time of te tme sending this i dispatch made no reply to the mes sage V News has been received here of a battle at Curitiba 108 miles west of Parangua on the left bank of the Curi 1 tiba river At first the government troops seemed to have the advantage but the insurgents regained what they had lost and finally drove the enemy from the field It is said between feld I sad 3000 and 4000 mere were engaged met on each side The government troops had 200 killed the insurgents also suffered a considerable loss sufered Admiral De Mello has apparently le covered from his recent illness Word is I received that he < has been very ac I 1 live wumn ine pat few days in he southern part of the republic and has succeeded in sending a thousand men north The victory of the insurgents at Curi tiba will undoubtedly lead to the two insurgent forces joining in an advance upon the north and a Peixoto is making every effort to check them an engagement between the opposing armies is imminent near Santos Thanks to Benham Washington Feb 3The following resolution was orfered in the House The House of Representatives regards re-gards with pleasure and satisfaction the prompt and energetic action of RearAdmiral Benham on the 27th ult in the harbor of Rio de Janiero in the performance of his duty to protect the Americans and commerce of the United Unit-ed States |