St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-30
CONVlCTS REBEL.
And Will Join Thsir Fortunes
With Admiral Me!IO.

Copyright, 1893. by the Associated Press.
ST. VINCENT, Dec. pa dispatch
from Pernambuco, dated Dec. %, and
apparently delayed, Says there was
serious fighting at Aguaz Bella. i'll the
interior, yesterday (probably meaning
Dec. q, unless the date Dec. % is an
error. y According to this dispatch fifty
soldiers were killed and a number
wounded and captured, while making
ali attempt TO arrest Senior ConStantin
RogobertO, who had sought refuge in
house on hill ami which lie had fortI-
fed in a very effective manner. From
the number OF soldiers killed it Is be-
lieved that Senior Rogoberto succeeded
in beating off the force sent 10 attack
his house. Senior Jose Maria, editor
OF the Provincian, newspaper which
was recently suppressed at Pernambuco,
owing to its bold utteranceS upon the
topics of the day, publicly charged Gov.
Lima with being an accomplish of the
persons who instigated the attempted
revolt of the national guard aud other
troops here in September last Editor
jose Maria also charges Gov. Lima with
betraying his friends il order to save
himself. The charges have caused a
great sensation, and are liable 10 lead to
the arrest of the editor. 'i go"
As the dispatch was sent from Per-
nambuco, report had reached there of
q serious revolt on the island of Fer
nando de Norunha, the convict settle
ment and place OF Punishment to the
north of Pernambuco. 1t was asserted
that general or Admiral de Mello WHO
has been upon the island for some time
has corrupted number of guards,
with the result that number OF
eXile5 and conyictS gathered to-
gether, seized arms and succeeded in
llberatlng number OF c0nvictS. and it
Is rumored that they Will attempt to
capture one of the forts and turn the
island over TO the rebels. A number of
government troops and convict guards
were said TO have been killed during
the uprising OF the convlcts. 1t was
also reported That one or more of the in
surgent war vessels were expected at
Fernando Norronha. and it was said
that the Insurgents intended to liberate
all the convlctS and eXileS, numbering
from LOCO TO 1000, according to the re-
port, and these men were to be added
to the land aud naval forces of the ill.,
SurgentS. 1t is also stated that the
main object of Admiral de MellO in
leaving hlo de JaneirO was to obtain a
force of men TO convey back 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 dispatched
to the island of Fernando de Norronha,
with instructions to assist the govern
ment of that island in suppressing the
revolt and TO prepare to defend the
island against landing OF the i'll
SurgentS
LATER RUMORS,
which are not confirmed, say that the
cOnvictS and eXiles, assisted by the
agents of Admiral de Melio, had sue
| ceeded in obtaining possession of almost
| the entire island, and that the governor
| was beSiegcd in one of the forts. Re-
| ports received from Rio de Jeneiro say
| that President PeiXoto is reduced to
| desperate financial straits, and that he
| is leaving no stone unturned to raise
money with which to carry on the war
against his enemies; and it is again re-
| ported that he is willing to resign in
favor of Admiral de Mello.
| Some surprise has been expressed at
Rio and elsewhere at the inactivity of
| the Nictheroy and America. So far as
| the movements and dOingS of the latter
are concerned, very little is known. 1t
| IS presumed that she is having an eX-
| perience similar to that OF the Nicthe-
roy, regarding the completion Of her
crew and the obtaining of supplies, but
one thing is safely established, ana that
is that Pernambuco contains a number
of people who are in sympathy with the
| rebels, and they have done everything
! possible, and thus far successfully, to
| prevent the Nictheroy from sailing
| south.
Among the Brazilians shipped on
board the dynamite cruiser there are,
| III place Of the Americans who have re-
fused to go any further, several men
who are strongly suspected of being in
sympathy with the insurgents, and who
are reported to be doing everything in
their power to continue the spread OF
dissatisfaction on board. OF course
there are many worse interpretations
than these placed upon the failure Of
the Nictheroy to sail south, as we'll as
upon other matters, but the above is a
| conservative view of the situation