Telegram-herald., 1889-12-27
RIOTS At RIO.
Further Reports OF ths Brazilian
Monarch ists Revolt
BSUaGgyIS CAUSE AUCa TROUBLE.
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T0Nn8N. Dec. Z5-tlgher telegFsms
received a. Lls5on from Rio Is J4nelfo
give Brle4l4rs u formidable revolt
against lhe nes rep4ltlc sa4 lA fAFor -
. restoration of Dom Pedro TIE In
sargents, cou- poss1 Of . lsrge BODY y
soldtsrs and sailors and hundreds %
citizens Who oppose the rep4bIlo,
uarched Ihro "a ghe streets Of the cspi-
tal on the morning % December Il. ana
were lalned by naval and military
officers until the force MAS TOO large
20 be- dispersed ~ the troops On
duty in Rio de Janeiro. The
m9narchists lait siege 70 the Govern
mens baild.ngs, hut were held az bay
unul rsiuforcements arrived from san
paalo. Peteop5ls AMI >aa Salvador,
ani attacked the rebels. President "a
Fonseea and his Cabinet took refuge ia
tao treasury, which was literally sup
, led wirh provisions, and were not re-
leased until the 23th. Repeated at
taczs upon the building by tho in
surgents were repeled by company Of
infantry. AMI many OF the assailants
were wounded.
The military force az the capital lad
been unwisely weakened b. the dis
patch o. troops 20 the province OF
Bahia, where much disafectiOn still ex-
lists, nOrWithstsniln the formal
adhesion OF the province % the republic.
Messengers were dispatched 20 san
Paul0, S-n salvador and Petrop-
oils Immediately after The out
break, aud considerable dctachments OF
troops were sent post haste 70 the cap
itaI 70 engage tho insurgents. The
rebels had meantime been apprised Of
the Governments intentions and made
preparation 70 attack the troops upon
their arrival. Leaving sufficient
force on guard AZ the Government
buildings 20 prevent the escape OF tho
officials, the remainder Of tho insurgent
forces were divided into two bodies, one
being stationed in the western suburbs
= intercept the troops from san Paulo
and the other and larger force placed on
the northeast. between the roads from
PetropOlis and san Salvador, where they
were available by rapid marching TO en-
gage troops from either OF those cities.
The Petropolis reinforcements were
discovered approaching early on the
morning Of the 10Th and the rebels
moved behind a low hill just outside Of
the city and awaited their advance.
The relief body, consisting of two com
panies Of infantry with two siI-pOund
cannon and twenty horsemen, was am
bushed and retreated with loss of six
killed and twenty wounded and fifteen
prisoners, the rebels losing two killed
and six wounded.
Pursuit Of the retreating body was i'm
possible without leaving the San Saliva
dor road uncovered, and accordingly the
mOnarchists concentrated their forces on
thai road. Meantime the san Salvador
troops were advancing rapidly, and were
met several miles out by the defeated
troops from Petropolis, and the aug
mented force continued TO march
toward Rio. The reinforcements
from san Paulo encountered tho
western division Of the rebels at
about 10 o'clock and put them 70 rout.
The insurgents were greatly outnum-
bered. and after the first fire retreated
toward the city in disorder. The force
had move. ecome merely a mob and
gradually dispersed as IL fed before the
Government troops. The losses on both
sides in the slsirmish did not exceed ten
killed and thirty wounded. Twenty of
the rebels were captured by the San
Paulo troops.
The insurgents on tho San Salvador
road had meantime retreated before the
united Petropolis and San Salvador
forces to the Government buildings,
where they joined the troops on
guard1 over the officials. Both bodies
of reinforcements arrived half
an hour later and gsve bat
tie 20 the rebels, who were dispersed
after sharp skirmish. in which several
more lives we're lost on both sides and
many prisoners taken by the Govern
ment forces.
President Da Fonseca and his advisers
we're then released from the treasury
building and guards placed throughout
the city. Intense excitement prevails
a. Rio and al diacent cities and there ars