The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-11-06
Rio De Janeiro and Suburban Town Declared
in State of Siege and q New Election of
Congressmen ordered by the President.
Englishmen Charged with Fomenting
theTrouble for Commercial Reasons.
Seeking the Downfall ofths Ministry That Sc
cured Reciprocity with the United States
--Da Fonseca Master Of the Situation.


Congressional Election Ordered and Two
Cities Declared to BE in q State OF Siege.
Rio DE JANEIRo. Nov. Sit is officially
announced that the President has convened
the nation to elect new representatives at
date to be determined upon later. The
federal capital lRio de Janeirol and the
town of Nitheroy Tor Praia Grande), five
miles east of the capital. have been de-
clared to be in q state of siege for two
months. The President has been provoked
to take these steps by the proceedings of
Congress and by the efforts of the pro-
moters of restoration to overturp Repub-
lican institutions. The President, in q
manifesto issued to the nation, declares
himself to have been fully justified in TAX
ing the steps referred TO. The army and
navy support tho government, and public
tranquility, according to the official an
nouncement. is perfect throughout the
States. In conclusion il is said that the
government is ready to MAINTAIN order by
every means. that the Constitution will be
respected and that the government will
also be answerable for all national en- gage
ments. The Governors OF the leading
provinces have congratulated President
Da Fonseca upon his success in maintain
ing order.
4 later dispatch says The general
situation is unchanged. The crieis arose
from Congress accusing President Da
Fonseca with having unwarrantably as
sumed sovereign power. The freedom or
the press is suspended. The embargo has
been removed from cipher kilograms, but
press kilograms and newspaper comments
are subject to rigorous censorship.
Rio De Janeiro Full of Soldiers.
LONDON. Nov. 5.-Very little news is OBJ
tainable here in regard to the revolution in
Brazil for it is now generally admitted
that another political upheavsl of an i'm
portant nature is in pro gresS Only traffic
cable messages are allowed by the Brazilian
authorities TO be transmitted to Europe
from Brazil, and even these messages are
carefully studied by the officials. so as TO
make sure that they are not cipher mes
sages. The latest cable news received In
this city before the censorship was estab-
lished over the telegraph Offices in Brazil
was to the effect that there was no room for
doubling that q revolution had broken out.
Rio de Janeiro. the capital was said to be
full of soldiers quartered in the barracks.
in the public buildings, camped in the pub
lie equares and billeted upon the hotels
and other such places. The continued i'll
health of President Da Fonseca and polit-
ical intrigues as TO the choice of his sue
cessor are said to be at the bottom of the
uprising. 1t is said that there has been
fighting in the streets of Rio Janeiro, but
the report cannot be verified.
A dispatch published here by the Ex-
change Telegraph Company says that
President Da Fonseca. of Brazil, is suffer-
ing severely from cancer. 1t is presumed
that this fact has become public, and that
it has led to an outbreak which has been
smoldering for some time past. and which
owed its origin to the jealoueies of political
parties and to the intrigues of public men
ambitious to succeed to the presidency. In
addition to these disturbing factors in
Brazilian affairs. there is the working of
the old Dom Pedro party, which still
counts for great deal in the affairs of the
Brazilian republic. Little or no news as TO
the real state of affairs at Rio Janeiro can
be obtained under present conditions.