Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-01-29
STORIES FROM BRAZIL.
How Rumors OF Revoiuticns Are Started
English Motives for Exasgeratiap.

How Rumors OF Revolutions Are started
English Motives for Exasgeratiap.
A gentleman who Is familiar with the
situation in Brazil, speaking to reporter
recently, characterized recent statements
concerning revolutionary movements IN
Brazil coming to this country ria London
as false. malicious. and inexcusabie.
!" Do you not suppose he SAID. that
If the three principal states of Brazil had
seceded-ttose that stand to Brazil as
New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio do in
the United States--the United States min
lister there. Dir. Conger, or the consul
general. Mr.. Dockery. would have sent
some notice to the Department Of
State The fact Is that nothing
has occurred in Brazil since the dissolu-
ton of the Congress that MIR. Conger has
considered worth telegraphing, and that
means good deal. Tie reports sent out
from London are intended to affect the
stock market first, and second TO destroy
confidence in the present Brazilian Gov
eminent, because the political and COM
mercial relations between Europe and
Brazil can never be under repub-
lican form of government what they were
under the empire. Believe no news OF
Brazil that comes by way OF Valparaiso
and believe no news of Central America
that comes by way of Mexico. i have the
latest Brazilian papers this morning and
they contain accounts of the last 'reyolu-
ton that occurred there a month ago.
You will remember that we got some very
entertaining dispatches about the destruc..
ton of tho republic and the restoration OF
the empire. the overthrow of the Fonseca
Government and martial law.
THE FACTS OF THE CASE.
THE facts were these:
"Some young rowdies in Rio de Janeiro.
becoming dissatisfied with the performance
of a certain actress. made disturbance IN
the theatre. The manager and the
ushers being unable to restore quiet
called in the police. The police
made several arrests. While they were on
their way to the station the friends
and sympathizers of the prisoners attempt
| ed to rescue them and street riot fol-
| lowed. The police down there carry guns,
and are very reckless with them some
times. They fred into the crowd and
killed three or four men. There was ire.
mendous excitement all over the city. with
rumors of revolution. and 1t was three Oh
| four days before the people quieted down.
| In the mean time. either IN ignorance
| of the true cause of the disturbance
or for malicious reasoas-probably the lat
| ter-the correspondents of the London
papers had given brief accounts OF an
outbreak The correspondents OF Amer
| lean papers in London elaborated these
brief accounts to suit themselves. adding
corroborative details from their fertile
imagination. BY the time the news got tc
| New York the entire republic OF Brazil wa
in the throes of revolution.
| ONLY wAaoS-LoAD OF BARRELS.
| IAN interesting story is told of q SIM
| ler revolution in Brazil that was caused bJ
some mischievous youngsters cutting
rope that bound lot of empty barrels OF
a wagon. This wagon stood on one of tn,
| principal streets of the city near the Stool
| Exchange, and near TIE Quartet or head
| quarters OF the troops, These weri
| fifteen to twenty barrels on ,
wagon held by slender cord
| The youth, like he who fired the Ephe
| sian dome, thought he would create llttl'
sensation, so he cut the rope and the bar
rels came banging down on the cobble
stone pavement. You can imagine what
racket they made. Instantly there was
panic in all that part Of the city. Th'
brokers in the stock Exchange, supposin!
they heard the reports of cannonading, fec
to the woods vhila the military garrison
in the Quartet grabbed their guns. rushed
into the street, and fred away at what
ever they saw. In an hour the entire city
was torn up with excitement and it tool
several days TO quiet down again. In fact
although there was an investigation by I'll,
authorities, large number or good peopl
have never yet been able to determine II
their own minds what caused that revolu
ton ana what results were accomplished
by it.