Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-16

BUENos AYREs, September 15.-It Is
almost impossible TO obtain further
news from Rio de Janeiro at present.
though ID may be added that all the
facts attairable have been cabled TO
the Associated Press. After the bonn
bardment OF Gambod ceased on Wednes-
day evening. the authorities Of RIO de
Jan eirO admitted that the damage done
by the rebel shells was more severe
than they at first were willing 20 ac-
knowledge. The government no longer
attempts 70 conceal that "a few people
were killed" and that some buildings
were injured"
A huge shell from a 7O-ton gun on
board the AQuidi6an is reported 20 have
fallen at the junction OF the Largo do
PacO and the Pua PTimeriO de Marco,
on Rue Dieleta, but II did not explode,
the dispatches say, and the she'll Is there
now, half buried la the street.
All Wednesday the housetops OF Rio
were crowded with people watching the
shrieking shells as they whizzed through
the air. The fire OF the rebels seemed
to have been concentrated upon the
arsenal and navy yard near Gam0od,
and the firing was very wild. The
shells which fell in Rio proper are sup
posed TO have been intended for the
powder magazine near the arsenal. RIo
bay is full Of Islands, large aud small,
and il was FROM the lee Of these Islands
that the rebel ships fred upon Gambod
and the arsenal.
One shell struck the National Museum
in the Campo ST. Anna, but did little
damage. Another shell exploded above
the Pau do POgsriO,a portion OF II caus-
ing conservation in q cafe crowded
with people discussing the latest news.
Only one man OF this crowd WAS serious
ly wounded. however, though all the
tables and the counters were oyerturn-
ed. The hole made in the wall and noor
of the cafe is bringing largely In
creasd custom TO :ho praprietors Of the
establishment referred 20.
The Passei0 Pub.icO, Santa Theresa
Hill, the Largo da Lafayo, Gloria Hill
and other places were also struck, while
crowds of people were gathered at or
upon these places. The Hotel Dos Es-
trangeiros also had she'll drop ln Its
vicinity, but the dispatches received
here say that there IS no record OF ITS
being damaged A shell fell throug q
the roof OF q house in the side street
near the Largo do Paco and exploded In
the cellar, Wrecking the building and
buryinR an old woman In the ruins.
Other buildings were more or less dam
aged, but the sum total OF the injury
done 70 Rio is small.
The forJs 10 the bay did their utmost
10 answer the fire Of the rebel ships,
butthe safe position the latter occupied
behHi the islands prevented the
artilleymen serving the guns from
doing effective WORK. To fact, there
are people who claim that some OF the
shells which fell in Rio came from the
guns OF the forts. Firing is said to
have been renewed yesterday with the
same results as on the day before.
The fire upon the arsenal drove away
the operators Of the Eastern Telegraph
and Cable Company, an English con-
cern, as they feared that the shells
would drop into their building, owing
20 powder magazine being near them.
The forts apparently remain loyal TO
Peixoto's government, and the reported
surrender OF oue OF their number has
not yet been confirmed.