Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-19
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LoSpaN. ne, ls--The following dis
,sseh frosa Rle he 3sa,eire * given prem
iaeaee in tssisy's isssse os The Times
The manifesto q Admiral IA 6ams,
the insnrssnt sslnirsl il command at Rie
de laaelsa daring she stseaas of Ssisaivsl
dc Me!io, hss prcslucsa exeitemeat ard
greatly inrAasss the popularity Of the rev,
eiutsen,
4 assSSengsr wka hAs rctariaca troal
Sao Paulo and Santos, states thai the
monsrehis; vlrnieat prrssemsnsted every,
where, The Peopie are prepared TO follow
the lead ef Admiral ns t;Rma
Fersainsssslo Leh0. minister Of justice
and IT tAe interior, resigned yesterday in
consequences of tiserSeRee of eplliiau
with P;ySi.te,F relxeso cnaevrnlng present
events. This shows that the position Of
Ps-siaeRi Pesyoia IL weakenins
have seem copy af two ofscial dis.
pStuaes seps hs she war minister to Rio
tiysAde, she y iss@inuAuG 20 use every
effort - protect she retrst of General
oS.'ai snd 70 retrieve the great disaster
rv~oigiug FROM the deisat ~ tioaersl Isl
aoro On NV "A
Several a,licers durlag the past week,
have hten arfset,zi ga suspicion ot com
plieity in The revolution, The govern
taenI has suspended fhe Rio News, Sn
Eugltsa uesSpaRcy, Whose editoT Is an
American
During thp Psst eeek there has heen
Somv slight ,AitmiShiag iu the vicinity ef
SscthcCpy aud Armacae with small es1su-
alties and ue r,-Sult The artillery tire of
tl D..
tnues daily without apparent alteration
OF The situation,
WA Last rwa Months
TIN Wednesday night { visited Fort
Nu'v2ssgnun iu an iu>grgent launch
W hen Nc passed heiwgeu CohraS island
aud foi7 Nillvraiguoa he troops tiuing
the Shorv frani opcned heavy rih, IRE
aud Fort NiIltgaignon replied miiskls
killing aiid wnunGing fiH soldiers.
found the fortress, 10 he mach damaged.
all the hnlld'ugs arc iu ruins aud the
masonry of The center, toward the mouth
oi the harhUr, w much ra,t away III conse
quence oi the shvlliug Il has rrcriycd frnm
the government forts
The s}lns we're workiug well. but were
greatly rNra>cd, aud rhrar If them were
dlsmouu5ed Two hundred officers and
men form the garrison, ali werc cheprg
and euutented aud confident Of ultimate
success | cNuninvA the fortress thoro
uGhis and consider that 1t can resist for
two months longer
I'm SATURDAY night l.sn government
troops. lining tAa -i,ore Urar the. Naf aud
mAr'uf arsenai-, opoued heavy irv trum
machine gtns md rifle. upon Col,ras i~l
aud tnt be purpose af covering the nd
vance o. storulng pertio~ tnhras island
replied >iruugiv. causing the traops 80
ahandnu thv attempt after two bourS'
heavy firing, ho guNerpmyut losing over
io0 u"n aud the iHsurDrn,. having oniy
two Wrn woundod TIM firing on hith
sides wa. YER, Wiid
iasatgcnt~ Prepared 10 H"si.t,
Tin government proposes landing
trnop- upon the island of ~ ecrnador,
now hclnng,ue 10 Tho insurgents, for The
purpo-'' ~ preventing supplies reaching
the in.lre,m, Tie latter are prepared
to rtsld. Tomorrow tne insurgents ia
tend k@cl.iVg up "a cuu,iHnous fire upon
the custom hnus, aud lhus preventing all
future hu-iucss
Vest sriay thr inturRrnt~ seized the
steamer ratahttR. npina the Argentine
flag oJal3 iuE war ma'vtiaiand provisions
nud preceding tp -aitins and Rio Grtnic.
The vessel refusing to hcaNc To, the in
sPrgents fired killing one aud wouuding
four. The iusurgrit4 then hoarded her,
Admiral dr Mollo vifcd "n saturday ask
ing A'tujHi pn tapa to send him
Rputhrt tran pori t9 rafrt truup-.
Mauy umprian, business tou-r- propose
closing insir door. ,uri ths end If the
tr,olni tiu. t- they caueidoi fhtl tl,r pr,'=-
eui situation IS iro dangerous The
British minister hss nptiHet tbc cnnHn
nit, iiHi mu,h dHul,a exists az tide pres
cut time pud liyte.e resident Go lcaVe the
city Nsr1 ppp' "Hs der hat the time
has mrivoi for recognition nf the belii-
gcrrut stetHs ol th" Insurgents.