Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-28
CHEEKY PRISONERS.

lillian Government, But Are Quickly SUBJ
dued.
Rio JANKIRo, Jan 21.-After a season
of comparative tranquility, this city
has again become violently disturbed
and the citizens have been thrown into
state of excitement approaching the
feeling which prevailed here during
the uprisings which resulted N the de-
thronement and Punishment OF the
late Dom Pedro and the overthrow and
subsequent retirement to private life
of the dictator, Gen. De Fonseca-
The trouble began yesterday even
ing, when 100 prisoners, confined for
various offenses in Fort Santa Cruz,
situated on the east side of the entrance
to the harbor of Rio Janeiro and two
miles south of the city, mutinied and
succeeded in overpowering and dis
arming the guards and soldiers sta
toned at the place
Emboldened by their success the
prisoners resolved to extend their
scope of operations Armed with the
weapons taken from their former guard,
they advanced upon Forts Pico aud
Lage, overcame the soldiers on duty
and took possession of the two forts
and all the ammunitions of war which
they contained
Flushed by their victories. the
prisoners. after perfecting all their ar
engagements for guarding the forts
against the attacks which they knew
| the government would surely make to
| dislodge them, boldly deman led the
restoration to power of the dep-sed
dictator, Gen. De Fonseca-
The government officials, when they
became aware of the gravity of the
situation. hurried all their available
| forces to the scene of the uprising The
| troops were SO placed as 10 surround
| the forts held by the rebels on the land
side, while the Brazilian warships
which were in the vicinity were
stationed so as to guard the side of the
forts which faced on the harbor.
| The troops eventually obtained pos
session of all the forts which had been
seized, but the prisoners, after their
brief and intensely exciting period of
freedom. were again placed in cells
and a strong guard was detailed to
watch over them to prevent repe tition
| of the stirring scenes which followed
the outbreak from the fort
The leader of the rebels. when he saw
| that further resistance was useless and
knowing the fate which would un.
doubteily befau him should he be cap
| trred, resolved to take his own life. and
| when the soldiers reached the place
| where he had been fighting they found
| his dead body lying on the ground
The firing during the attack on the
forts was plainly heard throughout the
| city and caused the greatest consterna.
| ton among the residents. Many timid
| persons sought places of safety until the
| firing had ceased, and a number O!
| storekeepers and others closed their
places of business and securely bolted
and barred their doors and windows
| A Dynamite Cruiser Nearly Ready
| NEW YORK, Jan 2L-The United
| States dynamite cruiser Vesuvius will
be ready for active service in forty days
The delay is occasioned in providing the
vessel with proiectiles and supplying
the thin armor protection along the
sides in the wake of the machinery
| and boilers The Nesurius is in
| commission and en- proceed to sea any
day. She is commanded by Lieut.
/ Cation Schroeder and carries crew OF
| about eighty men, Next TO the torpedo
| boat Cushing the Vesuvius is the tastes,
| vessel in the United States navy. She
has made a mean average of zig knots
per hour over a measured course