Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 4, 1893

Mr. Thompson to Mr. Gresham.

[Telegram.]

Legation of the United States,
Rio de Janeiro, September 14, 1893. (Received September 14.)

Mr. Thompson reports that the fort commanding the entrance of the harbor and the arsenal situated on a wharf in the center of the city were bombarded at 11 o’clock in the morning by the revolting squadron, which also fired a few shells into the city, one woman being killed in her house. He adds that commercial telegrams are again forbidden, and that the U. S. S. Charleston has not yet arrived.