Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-12-19
LATE NEWS FROM BRAZIL
THE STEAMSHIP HOROx ARRIVES AT
BROOKLYN FROM THAT PLACE.

Inhabitants Greatly Astonished When
They Received the News of the Depos
ing of the EmperorA Strong I'm
perialist Holds on to the Flags of the
Empire and Refuses to Remove His
Buttons-Naval Officers Imprisoned.
New YORK. Dec. 16-The steamship
Horox, from Brazil, arrived at her docks
at Martins stores, Brooklyn, Sunday
morning. She left Rio Janeiro on Nov,
% with cargo consigned to Buck &
Jevans, and her officers bring some in
teresting news of the recent formation
of the Brazilian republic. The HoroH
was at Santos when the news of the de-
posing of the emperor was trst an
nounced. The inhabitants of the place
were astonished when they received the
news and many were inclined TO disbe-
lieve 1t. The Republicans placarded the
place with hand bills on which was
printed the official information. and also
a paragraph requesting the people not tc
hold any political meeting until later.
This movement had its intended effect,
as the situation was accepted by the
people without any manifested dissatis-
faction.
At Rio Janeiro the Horox lay two
days. Although everything appeared
quiet when she arrived there, Capt.
Herring and First Officer Black. when
they went on shore, heard many rumOrs,
which indicated that the people had not
received the news of the revolution with
that degree of calmness that character
lied the actions of the inhabitants of
Santos. One man, DeGama by name, a
collector of customs at that port and a
strong Imperialist, held on to 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 him
self up in his house to escape the wrath
of the Republicans. Ten days after the
news of the deposing of the emperor had
been made public DeGama submitted to
the demands of the new government,
removed the Objectionable buttons and
gave up the imperial flag.
Old Officers Retained.
Capt. Herring heard that during one
of the nights DeGama was holding out
small party of Republicans surrounded
the house and tried to set fire to IL as
well as to riddle its inmates with bullets.
DeGama was not deprived of his Office.
A number of men who held office under
the emperor were retained in the same
position by the republic.
On the second day of the revolution a
cipher dispatch was received at Rio an
nouncing that there had been an uprising
at Bahia, one of the northern provinces.
1t was said the dispatch contained the
information that a fight had taken place
between the militia and large mass of
the people refused to believe the news,
and that nearly 500 people had been
killed. Capt. Herring said that the gov
ernment at once stopped all cipher tele
graphic communication, and placed
strict watch on all the ordinary MESA
ges that were sent on the wires. The
news of the uprising caused a little ex-
citement at Rio, but it was afterwards
given out that there was no truth in the
report. Where the contradiction came
from was not known to the officers of
the Horox. They heard it talked of by
the people at Rio.
Lett No stone tnturned.
The Republicans left no stone I'M
turned to accomplish their purpose. So
complete were their arrangements that
when the republic was announced, all of
the imperial war vessels that for weeks
had been lying in the harbor were so
fixed that it was impossible for them to
participate in any uprising that might
have possibly occurred. The man-of-war
Nitheroy, had been placed in dry dock
several days before and was half dis
mantled when the Republicans made
their great move.
Defied the Authority.
1t was on the first night of the revolu-
ton that these naval officers, eight in
number, are said to have defied the au-
thority of the new government. The
story goes that the men climbed on the
Liverpool steamer Chatham, which lay
at her dock. and securing boat. rowed
out on the harbor, bearing aloft an I'M
perial flag. A party of Republicans
gave chase in another boat and some
shots were exchanged. The naval Off
GERS were captured and incarcerated in
prison on one of the small islands in the
harbor. None of the men had been seen
up to the time the Horox left Rio, and
Capt. Herring said that the general be-
lief of the people was that they had been
secretly 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. The
Chatham, on which the naval officers
are said to have climbed. belongs to
Lanepont & Holt, the same firm that
OWNS the Horox.