| Show american commander CAPTURE is fired upon by rebels disposition of the U S fleet by admiral benham but one cruiser now in tho harbor balance of the fleet sent out to prevent infection by fever complications in nicaragua small fox on the concord in chinese waters new york feb 17 A worlds rio de janerio dispatch says tho cruisers new york and charleston leave gone to a email town outside of the bay thirteen miles from rio a short distance above fort santa cruz they have been been ordered there admiral Benham to escape yellow fever infection for which reason he sent the newark and the detroit to rio de la plata the cruiser ban francisco alone of the united states squadron now remains in the bay at rio it is benhams intention to have three cruisers belt in this section to take turns in watching inside of rio bay the course of events and in giving protection to american interests the american ethamer santuit San which towed the tiny destroyer from new york to arrived here last night captain fc turges the commander on coming ashore in a launch was pursued and pred upon by the rebels he had n narrow escape fron capture the fever at itlo rio de janeiro feb 17 copyright 1894 by the associated press there were forty live deaths yesterday from yellow fever and fifteen from other fevers the united states cruiser new york haa gone to aea suddenly it ii is tainted with fever the detroit left hero a week ago to look into the state of affairs at sanitoa santoa jaragua paragua and desterre desterro Des terro she had no fever on board only seven foreign warships are here and little is doing there is absolutely no truth in tho sensational report that one of tho rebel warships recently fired on a steam launch belonging to the united states cruiser newark the long inaction of the Nic theroy and america is due to the lack of ammunition for the powder guns and also to the fact that the weakness of the government forts at rio was such that these hips could not depend upon them for protection in carrying out their plan of operations in rio harbor the plan was therefore abandoned and the two cruisers have been lying at fernambuco pernambuco awaiting the arrival of ammunition from new york the nic theroy and america leavo now received ammunition and are in good fighting trim on atlo buenos ayris feb 17 advices were received today from rio that state the insurgent squadron has suspended the bombardment five thousand insurgents from the southern part of brazil have entered the state of bao paulo and are marchine in alio direction of rio they have bad beveral skirmishes with the government troops and in each in defeated them peixoto has sent artillery infantry and volunteer companies to defend alio frontier state of rio do janeiro the inhabitants of rio are loudly demanding the cessation of hostilities and tho restoration of peace complication in nicaragua washington feb 17 alie seizure of Grey town by the troops of the nicaraguan government unofficially received here today is not believed to indicate that american interests have been placed in jeopardy the idea that tho mosquito territory lying within the limits of nicaragua and including Grey town is under british protection is shown by the official records to be erroneous all arrangements which alie united states has made or attempted touching the nicaragua canal has been directly with the nicaragua government no intercourse has been had will the local at Grey town and our consular agent in the town holds an from the nicaraguan government small fox on the concord washington feb 17 some anxiety was excited in naval circles by the report that small pox had broken out on the united states steamship baltimore at giong hong it eloms how ever that the disease has not appeared on the baltimore but there is one case on board the concord which is closely quarantined in the came harbor |
