St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-18
Latest Reports Indicate Al
most Certain Disruption
Of the Republic.
Dictator Fonseea Asks for a
Credit to Secure War Ma
terial.
His Opponents Credited With
Continued Success in
the Fighting.
Many Provinces Reported on
the Verge Of Declaring
Independence.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Telegraph
gives publicity to sensational news from
Rio JaneirO. No explanation is given
as to how the news was allowed to be
cabled, and as it is known that the gov
eminent of the dictator has taken COM
plete control of the cables and has
refused to permit any intelligence
not favorable to its interests TO
be telegraphed out of the country. to-
days dispatches are not accepted here
as certain to be accurate. The EX-
change cOmpany's adviceS from Rio de
JaneirO report complete prOstratIOn of
the postal service. This, it is asserted,
was suspended today. 1t is sup
posed that this refers to the
general postal service of the
republic, though it may mean that of
the capital. At the same time the gov
eminent has put stop to the transmits
sion of all press dispatches by tele-
graph lines to the various cities of the
country. This step is interpreted
as meaning that the opposition
TO the dictator's rule is grow
ing in the provincial centers
and that the authorities are determined
as far as practicable tOprevent one cen
ter of dissatisfaction and incipient re-
bellion from gaining encouragement
and inspiration from prompt intelli-
gence OF revolutionary movements or
uprisings in other parts of the republic.
a State of Siege.
In RiOsde Janeiro it is declared that a
practical state of siege exists. The city
is i'll the hands and at the mercy of the
dictatOr's soldiers. The most stringent
measures have been adopted to prevent
disorder or organized opposition to the
present regime. If this report proves
| to be founded on fact it would
seem to be very clear that 4 very large
element in the capital is opposed TO the
dictatorship, and is only prevented by
the strong hand of the military from as
sertng itself. As all the papers who
refused to support the dictator have
| been suppressed, the opposition has no
| public mOuthpiece.
Today's dispatches report that the
! forces of the opposition or party of Sc
eession in Rio Grande Go Sui are al
| ready in the field and are marching fully
| equipped to meet the army of the cen
! tral government. The armies are
not far separated from each other
and decisive battle may be eX-
pected within very short period.
I Il
army of the Seceders to be $4,000 in
number. How numerous the dictator
forces are is not known. 1t is also as
serted that the principal naval and mill
tary officers stationed in the state of
| Para have held meeting, and de-
cided in favor of a declara-
ton of independence from the
Brazilian union by that state.
Many familiar with men and matters
in that state believe that for some time
to come anarchy will prevail and that
! business will be at practical stand
| still. With two of the most important
| states of the union, one at the extreme
south and the other on the Amazon, in
secession, and with threatening dissatiS-
faction in other states, and with even
! his capital in a state of siege, the out
| look for Marshal DeOdOrO da FOnseca.
dictator of all the Brazils, is not par
ticularly alluring.
The Situation Critical.
Rio JANEIRO, Nov. 17.-Marshal ola
| FOnseca mas issued decree authorizing
! q special credit of 13,000,000 milreiS to
be expended for war material.
LONDON, Nov. 1S.-A Rio JaneirO tel
| egram from a government source rep
resentS that the army and navy hesitate
! which cause to eSDOuSe, but it is eX-
| pected that they VIII join the lnSur-
gents. A dispatch to the Times from
| Rio JaneirO says: 'All kilograms,
cipher or other, are prohibited to OF
from Rio Grande do Sui. All postal
service from here has also ceased. The
province may be practically considered
independent. In the north the army is
not in favor of Fonseca. The whole sit
uation is becoming more SeriOus.''
New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Anglo
American Telegraph company an
nOunces that code kilograms by the
Lisbon route to the province of Rio
Grande in Brazil are being stopped
kilograms are accepted at the sender:
| risk