Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-15
FROM PRESIDENCY TO PRISON
Usurper Jnlio de Castilhos's Brief Sway
in Rio Grande do Sui.

RIO JANElRo, MsfGa "A Tie history o.
,hg fevor III RIO G-AAde do Sol b:i fl I'd
| Is hi jul Dc CAsiilLos. a. tho he al OF
body Of HE psrusans, torS posses.i II
Fao Of tie tns an ~ Iub ic Isrts INC
VS. lhere IF clslme PreFide / Of the stat.
Ga he same dsy, a. IL 80 p NJ , an b :
tac5 vas made IN the relrer,ph rffice, a.
counts If VII On diff Opr ver.ion ia hsi
The attack Gas mate ~ the TDi'teen h
Ba-ts ior. under he lead - commander,
Col. ihsmez hoHos =, Fires.
This Sc3Cun- stst = III, the ss'si'ss's
r har 'epulaed left Oh the fad fifly killed
and wounded e. d considerable qusnlsr
4 arms This, however has been fiic sllN
cottrsd ciFd. Another scrount says hist
The attack IN the tel7gap6 fiji :a was made
oy twenty armed civilians AID that Only
ore man was killed
The Governor to- refuge m the CUR b "a.
Msrsj1 and cert 10 the city Of Rio Grsn lie
FOR The T.elf Battalion. He does OF
seem. however, 10 have needed this ,eii =
tarcement. The disbsnded volunteers At
once flew to arms AID were joined by the
cadets Of the n Hilary school ard by many
ci,izens, 80 that in few hours the Cover
nor hsd 1900 men at his o,dsr:.
% the 9Th reinforce ments began to ST.
rive from other paris and the governor
left the gunboat and returned to bis official
residence.
On the 9th all the officers in the tity in
u1ipg EEose of The Two dlssfected bat
t. i ne, the thir .eerth AID thirtietb. called
on the governor to pay their respects.
Many arrests have been msde, inc!u leg
shst Of d.. Julio de Ca.tiIhos.
The rsvo.uEoIa'y movement was not
confnei to toe espit.i of The state. Al
Cschotirs par, Of the Twenty ninth Bat
taii0n fevolted and the remainder couinu-
ing faith al to ,he governor, fight Ell, uei
between he tao f,cuoas,
After several soldiers had been billed
~ d wounded the mutinsers decided 70 re-
turn 10 their qusrteI.. Before doing So,
however, they destroy ed ee5 ersl miles Of
railway,
AT Cruz Alta body OF insurgents under
he leadership Of former member Of the
state legislature was defeated.
AT sarto Augelo, Piah-Eo Mschsdo, =
federal seGs'o,, ats' m2ted to rsi.s an IL
surreciiCn, bu, failed ard rsu away
At San Estriel there was sn decisive
fight between insurgents ard pAttissns Of
ihs governor.
At Peht,s tn f shteenth B,'taliou Of
Infantry demand sbAt tbs y .Ionsi Guard
. tina. p9ict shoGli be disstmed, bus the
Latter m,rch Gus of tom md enctu ped
in The vic.Gi :. being there Iiaed b macy
ii Ems who hsd taken 40 srms. his
force, which DO Uum 'ers 20 men, d, =
psad that the Esttvenih BsHs!Iol snail
De rfmovsd In Peolas.
The who'll 1lmber # v1l1.t5ers Who
have taken up arms 10 defense OF the Gov
ern'r is var,ously es.imsssd a, from $4,000
to &c, 0C0
Els mater siIveirs Martins, the re-
tnrnej lie, reached Rio 9rspds on the
sh ard was cordially and enthusiastically
welcomed
Rspl5 i7g 70 formal spec ches he sid that
the ystem xrovn as the Presidential Re-
pubic, that Is, the government o: the
country bF Irresponsible ministers, had
proved q failure in s!l South American
Republics, while boIb ia Republican France
AID Mousrchical England parliamentary
government; had produced the most salts
factory results.