The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-11-21
LAST OF AN EMPIRE.
Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil
DepOsed and a Repub-
lie Formed.
Princess Isabella, said to be
tie Cause of the
Revolution.


Minister of Foreign affairs Equintin
Bocayura
Minister of Finance, DIR. Barboza.
Minister of justice, Campos SALES.
Minister of War-Ben amin Constant.
Minister of Marine-Admiral Wander
holtz.
Minister of Agriculture-Dem Ribero.
Senor Secayma is journalist. Senor
BarboZa was member of the chamber of
deputies. Senor Constant is journali:t
and a professor i'll the polytechnic
school. Gen. da Fonseca held COM
mand of the province of Minas
Gcraes. He was recently punished for in
subordination. The chamber of deputies
has dissolved, and the council of state has
been abolished. Public opinion appears to
be in favor of peaceful trial of the new
form of goucrnment. Everything is quiet.
The imperial ministers have been
PLACED UNDER ARREST
and are kept in close confinement. The
provisional government has guaranteed
protection to the members Of the imperial
family. The emperor is at his summer pal
ace at PetropOlis, twenty-five miles north
of Rio de JaneirO. All business in the city is
suspended, but there is no danger to life or
property. A dispatch received to-day states
that the ministes of marine was not killed,
as reported yesterday, but that he was shot
and seriously wounded by rebels. An
/ other dispatch says that the question
as to the nature of the future
government will be submitted to a
plebiscitc The new Brazilian government
has issued manifesto announcing that the
monarchy has been abolished. Various
provinces have sent assurances of sup
port to the new regime. The former prime
minister has been arrested, The emperor
will be treated with the greatest cOnsidera-
! ton.
TO IMPRISON THE EMPEROR.
LISBON, Spccial.-The Commerce. Do
Portugal publishes dispatch dated at Rio
Janeiro $50 p. M, Friday, stating that Sc
nor Constant BOcaquava and Gen. Fonseca
virtually constitute the government of Brazil
FOnseca being the actual leader. At the time
of writing the despatch troops had started
for the palace, outside the city, to make
prisoners of the emperor and his family.
The popuIace are dazed at the uprising and
revolt Of the army but cling to the hope
that enough troops remain loyal to the en-
pcrOr to put down the rebellion and crush
the rebels.
CAUSED BY A WOMAN.
! LONDON, Special.-The news received here
of the revolution in Rio de JaneirO, as the
result of a desire on the part of the pOpulace
for she establishment of republic on the
ruins of the empire, created a feeling of pro-
found surprise, but aroused no excitement
For many years the empire Of Brazil has
been regarded as existing under the most
liberal OF all the monarchical governments
of the earth, and as according to its subjects
as great degree Of liberty as enjoyed by
the citizens of any republic, with the
possible exception of the citizens of the
United States, and certainly more
than the citizens of the nominal
republic of France ever dreamed
Of Scarcely more than a year ago the
daughter of the venerable Dom Pedro, en-
peror of Brazil, acting as regent in the alb
sence of her father, who was at the time
critically i'll in Europe, signed a decree
emancipating the slaves throughout the
empire in advance of the time when
they would hccomc free by the operation OF
law fixing the time for their manumission
This act, while it was hailed with joy by
the ma Sc, was execrated by the upper
ciaysls yS an ;ttrnHl on the part of Princess
lsal eli TO WIN popular favor at their
her :athcr, in whose ostensible inter
est she was actirg. The operation of the
decree failed to modify the detcstation in
which the heirs to the throne were held by
the people, and it certainly did not en-
hance the respect felt 10y the powerful
classes for Dom Pedro since they openly
declared their belief that the emperor
should have remained at home ard
instead of going abroad, even in quest OF
improved health, and leaving them at the
mercy of an intriguing woman, who had
nothing to distinguish herself but we'll
earned national hatred. The compli'
cations growing out of the di-
rect violation of the governments
faith with the slave-holding class
involved in the emancipation of the slaves
in advance of the time fixed by law, were
undoubtedly the beginnings which culmi.
mated in the present uprising, whatever may
!. be it's immediate cause, and the dread Of
the succession of Princess Isabella to the
throne which chills the hearts O
the lower classes is not unlikely
another factor in the popular Ell
deavor to add one more to the lis
of South American republics. No monarch
was ever more beloved by his people thar
is Dom Pedro, but the very spirit of de
, mocracy which he has evinced in his every
day life and contact with his sub
jects has unquestioably given then
taste for more license and {
closer participation in public affairs
than is contemplated by or is possible under
any form of monarchy. Everybody here il
anxiously awaiting the arrival of a reliable
l and comprehensive account of the revolu
ton and eagerly discussing the meager re
ports received meanwhile. General sympa
thy with Dom Pedro is expressed, but no
body believes his restoration to the throne
I possible. Although not wealthy maI
4 as compared with many of the rulers ant
ex-sovereigns of Europe he has fortune
S sufficient to enable him to pass the remain
der of his days in comfort on the continent
0 and his early departure for the continent
S looked for. Financial confidence in Bra
4 lillian securities seems not to have beer
4 much shaken by the turn affairs hav
j taken in the South American empire, ant
d the falling off in prices was much less THAI
might have been expected
FRIENDS OF THE EMPEROR.
{ WASHINGTON, Spccial.-"The importan
! question in this revolution" said Senor d.
= Costa, of the Brazilian legation, to areporte
/ to-day, lis where the navy stands. !
t is a most unfortunate thing that this shoult
D have happened when the men who are th
controlling power in the navy are here a
: Washington attending the marine confer
. ence. One man-of-war could have pu
4 down any rebellion that could arise.
( Capt. Da CANA or Capt. Maturity were il
8 | BraZil either could mt down the reVolu
9 ton in one hour They are boil
friends of the government and per
! sonal friends of the emperor.
t is most unfortunate that these tw,
$ strongest men in the navy should be ava,
from home at this time. But there ha
g been no possible reason to expect such
: thing to happen. ! am at loss to under
] stand it." From gentlemen intimatel
acquainted with Brazilian politics it