Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-30
THE LATEST NEWS FROM RIO.
rcoprfqat, 1893 oy the As,oeiq,ed Press.I

CODyrfqAt, 1898. By the As50ct1'ed FresS.
ST. VINCENT, December ga dis
patch from PernaDbuco dated Decem-
Der %, and apparently delayed, says
that there was serious fighting al
Aguas Bellas, in the interior, yester-
DAY (probably meaning December p,
unless the date December % is an
error
According to this dispatch fifty SOL
diers were killed and a number were
wounded while making an attempt TO
arrest Senior Constantine Rogoberto,
who had sought refuge in a house stu
ated on a hill and which he had forth
fed 10 a very effective manner. From
the number of soldiers killed, IL Is be-
lieved that Senor ROgoberto sue
ceeded in beating off the force sent ID
attack his house.
Senor Jose Maria, editor OF the Pro
Umcid, a newspape. which was recently
suppressed at Pernambuco owing TO It's
bold utterances upon the topics OF the
day, publicly charges Governor Lima
with being an accomplice Of the persons
who nStigated tue attempted revolt OF
the national guard and other troops
here in September last.
Editor Jose Maria also charges Gov
erDOr Lima with betraying bis friends
in order TO save himself. The charges
have caused a great sensation and are
liable 10 lead 10 the arrest of the editor.
As the dispatch was sent from Fer
nambucO report had reached there OF
a serious revolt on the island OF Fer
nando DeNornnha, the convict settle
ment and place of Punishment TO the
north of Pernambuco. 1t was asserted
that agents of Admiral DeMello had
succeeded iu landing upon the islands
and that they had corrupted some OF
the guards with the result that a num-
ber Of the exiles and Convicts gathered
together, obtained arms and succeeded
in liberatinS q number OF the con
vctS. the latter IL was added, had en-
trenched themselves in a secure
position on the island and were threat
ening 10 capture one OF the forts and
turn the island over TO the insurgents.
A number Of the government troops and
convict guards were said to have been
killed during the uprising OF the con-
viCts. 1t was also reported that one or
more of the insurgents war vessels was
expected at Fernandino De NOronha
and it was said that the insurgents in
tended 10 liberate all the conYicts and
exle3, numbering from 1000 to 2,0OO,
according to the report, and these men
we're to be added to the land and naval
forces Of the insurgents.
Il is also stated that the main object
Of Admiral De Mello in leaving Rio De
Janeiro was TO obtain a force OF men TO
convey to the Brazilian capital in order
to enable him TO effect landing there.
Finally it was said that the government
torpedo cruiser Parnahyba had been
despatched TO the island of Fernando
De Noronha with instructions to assist
the Governor of that island in sup
pressing the revolt, and to prepare to
defend the island against landing Of
the insurgents.
RIO JANEIRO, December 29.-In-
Quiries were made to-day In. govern
ment circles as to the cause Of the gov
ernment's inaction in regard to the
Nictheroy and America, the two
cruisers fitted out at New York and
which have been in Brazilian waters for
some time past. 1t was reported here
that both vessels had been de-
layed at the ports where they
arrived on account of the intrlgues Of
the agents OF Admiral De Mello. In
reply, il was officially stated that the
government does not intend TO attack
the rebel warships until after the ar
rival in Brazil Of the torpedo boats pur-
chased in Germany, as the government
is not considered strong enough to en-
gage the rebel feet uTul these rein
fOrcements arrive.