Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-01-23
PRISONERS REVOLT.
Convicts Attempt to Overthrow
the BRAZILIAN Government.
4 CALL MADE FOR FONSECA.
The Ne6els Succeed la Capturing Three
Forts. but Are subsequently Dislodged
By the Government Troops sSid
Returned to Their Cells.

RIO JANEIRo, Jan. ol.-After season
of comparative tranquility, this city
has again become violently disturbed
and the citizens have been thrown into
u st ate of excitement approaching the
feeling which prevailed here during
the uprisings which resulted In the de-
.throncment 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 Tor
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, mutipied ana
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 theirformer guard,
they advanced upon Forts Pico ana
I.ase, overcame the soldiers on duty
ard took possession of the two forts
and all the ammunitions OF war which
they contained.
Flushed by their victories. the
pris oners, after perfecting all their ar
rangements for guarding the forts
against the attacks which they knew
the government would surely make to
disIodge them, boldly demanded the
restoration to power of the deposed
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
aroops we're so placed as to surround
the forts held by the rebels on the land
side. while the brazilian warships
viii h were in the vicinity were
stationed so Us to guard the side OF the
forts which faced on the harbor.
The rebels were very defiant and
kept up desultory fire while the gov
.crnmcnt forces were making prepare
lions for the attack. The insurgents,
however, were evidently without dis
-cipline or organization and the shots
fired from the forts were lily directed
and did no harm to the troops. Matters
continued in this state until the fors-
noon, when the arrangements for TAX
ing the for.s by storm were perfected
The order to advance on the rebels
was at length given, and the troops at
once m 9ved on to the attack, while the
guns of the war vessels IN the harbor
began to thunder forth and hurl their
oeath-dealing shells through the air.
The efforts of the soldiers were directed
against Fort Pico They made n
combined grand assault on the works
and after O show of resistance by the
xrebcls, the troops carried the fort and
the government was again placed In
possession
In the meantime the gunboats were
-5ombarding Fort santa Cruz and SO
effective was their work that the rebels
were soon forced to throw down their
arms and surrender themselves to the
authorities
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 repetition
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'
.(oubte lily befall him should he be cap.
,tured, resolved to take his own life, and
when the soldiers reached the place
where he had been fighting they found
Ibis 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 plaess0 f safety until the
firing had ceased, and a number o.
.storekeepers and others closed Their
places of business and securely boltec
and barred their doors and windows