St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-16
Five Hundred Persons Report-
ed Killed in One of the
Brazilian Provinces.
A Clash Between Militia and
Imperialists With Fearful
Loss Of Life.
Eight Naval Officers Said to
Have Been Secretly Shot
By Republicans.
Viscount Preto Says Revolu-
tion Resulted From Army
and Navy Treaehery.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The steamer
Horrox arrived here to-day from Brazil.
She left Rio Janeiro on Nov. 23. The
Horrox was at Saulos when the news
of the deposing of the emperor was first
announced. The Republicans placarded
the place with handbills on which was
printed the official information, and also
a paragraph requesting the people not
to hold any pOlitieaLfneetings until
later. This had its intended effect, az
the situation was accepted by the peo-
pie without any manifest dissatlsfac.
ton. At Rio Janeiro the Horrox lay
two days. Althou gh everything aps
peared quiet when she arrived there,
Capt. Hennlng and First Officer Black,
when they went on shore, heard
many rumors of dissatisfaction
with the new order of things. One
man, De Cana by name, a collector
of customs, held the flags of the empire
and refused to remove from his uniform
the buttons on which were stamped the
crown. Threats were of no avail, and
the collector locked himself up in his
house to escape the wrath of the Rep ub-
licans. Ten days after the news OF the
deposing of the emperor had been made
public, De Cana subm itted to the de-
mands of the new government, res
moved the Objectionable buttons and
gave up the imperial flags. De Cana
was not deprived of his Office. A num-
her of men Who had Office under the
empe ror were retained in the same
positions by the republic. On the
second day of the revolution cipher
dispatch was received at Rio Janeiro,
announ cling that there had been an
UPRISING At BAHIA
and that fight had taken place between
the militia and the i'm perialists, and
that 500 persons had been killed.
After that the government at once.
stopped all cipher telegra phic commdni-
cation. and placed strict watch on al
the ordinary messages that were sent
on the wires. The Republicans left no
stone unturned o accomplish their pur.
pose. SO comp lete were their arrange.
ments that when the republic was an-
nounced all of the imperial war vessels
that for weeks had been lying in the
harbor were so fixed that it was impos-
sible for them to participate in any up
rising that might have possibly oc-
Cured. The man of war "Nitheroy''
had been placed in dry dock several
days before, and was half dismantled
when the Republicans made their
great move. Another rumOr heard
by the Horrox's officers was one
regarding the fate of eight naval off
GERS who had refused to submit to the
Republicans. 1t was said that on the
first night of the revolution these Off
GERS climbed on the Liverpool steamer
Chatham. which lay at her dock, and,
securing boat, rowed out upon the
harbor bearing aloft an imperial flag.
A party of Republicans gave chase in
another boat, and some shots were ex-
changed. The naval officers were cap
tured and incarce rated in prison on
one of the small islands in the harbor.
None of the men had been seen up to
the time the Horrox left Rio, and Capt.
Henning said that the general belief OF
the people was that they had been Sc
cretlv shot while in prison. as the noise
of the discharge of firearms had been
heard in the prison the next day by
some people who were near the spot.