The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-18
One Hundred Government Soldiers Said
to Have Been Killed and Wounded
by a Rebel Battery.
BUSINESS ABOUT SUSPENDED
Sac PaulO and Santos in Favor of
Restoring the Monarchy.
Governors Island Recaptured by Peix-
Oto's Forces-Story of Man Who
Sailed on the Nictheroy.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE Times tomorrow
will publish dispatch from Rio de Janeiro.
dated Dec. 3, via Montevideo, Dec 10, say
ing:
1.-The manifesto of Admiral Da Cana, the
insurgent admiral in command at Rio de
Janeiro during the absence of Admiral De
Mello, has produced excitement and greatly
increases the popularity of the revolution
A messenger who has returned from Sac
Paulo and Santos states that the monarch
list element predominates everywhere The
people are prepared to follow the lead of
Admiral Da Cana. Berdando Lobo, Minis
ter Of Justice and of the Interior, resigned
yesterday in consequence of a divergence
of opinion with President Peixoto concern
ing present events. This shows that the
position of President PeiXoto is weakening.
at have seen a copy of two official dis
patches sent by the War Minister to Rio
Grande who is beginning to use every eff
fort to protect the retreat OF General Oscal
and to retrieve the great disaster resulting
from the defeat Of General Isidoro on Nov.
%. Several officers, during the past week,
have been arrested on suspicion OF COM
plicity in the revolution. The government
has suspended the Rio News, English
newspaper, whose editor is an American.
During the past week there has been
some slight skirmishing In the vicinity Of
Nictheroy and Aramacoa, with small cas-
ualties and no result The artillery fire OF
the forts upon Fort Villegaignon continues
daily without apparent alteration Of the
situation. On Wednesday night visited
Fort Villegaignon in an insurSent launch
When we passed between Corbas island
| and Fort Villegaignon the troops lining the
shore front opened a heavy rifle fire, and
bic bill
and wound!ng a hundred soldiers 1 found
| the fortress to be much damaged; all the
buildings are in ruins, and the masonry of
| the center towards the mouth of the har-
| Dor is much cut away in consequence of
| the Smelling 1t has received from the gov
| eminent forts. The guns were working
well, but were greatly exposed, and three
| OF them were dismounted. Two hundred
| officers and men formed the garrison. All
were cheerful and contented, and confident
of ultimate success. l examined the fortress
\ thoroughly, and consider that 1t can resist
| for two months longer.
ION Saturday night fifteen hundred gov
| eminent troops, lining the shore near the
| war and marine arsenals, opened a heavy
| fire from machine guns and rifles upon
| Cobras islandsfor the purpose Of covering
the advance of the storning parties. CO.
bras island replied strongly, causing the
| troops to abandon the attempt after two
hours heavy firing, the government losing
| over one hundred and the insurgents hay-
| ing only two men wounded. The firing on
| both sides was very wild. The govern
ment proposes landing troops upon the
island Of Governados now belonging to the
insurgents. for the purpose of preventing
supplies reaching the insurgents. The lat
1 for
insurgents intend keeping up a continuous
| fire on the custom house, and thus pre-
venting all future business. Yesterday the
insurgents seized the steamer Parahyba,
flying the Argentine flag carrying war ma
| terial and provisions and proceeding TO
| Santos and Rio Grande. The vessel re-
fused to heave to. and the insurgents fired,
| killing one and wounding four men. The
| insurgents then boarded her.
Admiral De Mello wired on Saturday,
! asking Admiral Da Cana to send him an
| other transport to carry troops.
| Many important business houses propose
closing their doors tomorrow until the end
| of the revolution, as they consider the pres
| ent situation is foo dangerous. The Brit
| ish minister has notified the community
| that much danger exists at the present time,
| and is advising residents to leave the city.
| Many people consider that the time has ar
| rived for the recognition OF the belligerent
] status Of the insurgents
| The special correspondent of the Times at
| Rio Janeiro under date of Nov. q, describes
the sinking of the Brazilian war ship ia
| vary. He says that on the previous Monday
| it was found that some of the ships plates
| had been loosened by It's own artillery fir
ing. and on Wednesday the Javary was
| abandoned, as she then known to be
/ sinking. About 1 O'Clock in the afternoon
| there was heavy list to starboard, and an
Island This, however. Was found i@poss
| sbe to do and she sank at 4 D. m When
she was first noticed to be sinking an incl
| dent happened which speaks well for her
| crew. The troops lining the shore in
front Of the vessel opened a heavy
mInshstry fire on ~, her and the three
| board the Javary stood this fire for time
and then, about half an hour before the
vessel went down. opened with her turret
and Quick-tiring guns upon the shore peo-
pie. At $50 p. m. the last gun fired
from the Javary.. AT 1855 she plunged for
ward and went down head first in a per-
pendicular condition. When the water
reached the funnel an explosion took place
and the he, decks We're s blown out This was
the auxiliary engine which the Javary was
WORKING for pumping purposes and moving
off. Only one man was wounded by the
heavy rifle fire poured upon the sinking
The correspondent adds that President
| Peixoto is becoming more and more die
tatorial in his methods and has alienated
during the last few days most of the SYM
pathy which UP to that time he had re-
| tained. Every day people are being ar
rested by the governments orders on the
| ground that they suspected of revolu-
| uonary tendencies. Over 1900 persons, the
| Times correspondent says, are now I'm
| prison In Rio de Janeiro on account OF
| their supposed political tendencies. They
| are treated with scant courtesy and herded
| with criminals and malefactors of all de-
| scriptions. few days ago orders were
sent by the government 10 Minas Geraes
to arrest the Visconde Our Preto,
| the head OF the rnonarchst party in Brazil
| The provisional authorities refused point
| blank TO execute the order. This fact the
| Times correspondent saws, indicates plain
| ly the feeling in that State. From Bahia
| he adds. news has also been received that
the people there are quite prepared TO de-
clare in favor of the insurgents. This is
chiefly due to the fact that the people of
Bahia foresee the probability of the restora-
| ton Of the empire.
In conclusion the Times correspondent
says that the Insurgents are raining
| adherents in Rio de Janeiro, and that
men are constantly joining them. In a
| body OF /, 200 troops sent to the south 20 on
| pose the advance OF Gomercindo SaraiYa
over one hundred deserted en- route.
MeIlo's Movements.
| NEW YORK Dec. 1.-THE Heralds cor
respondent at Montevideo says It is now
known that Admiral Mello is preparing to
fight the America and Nictheroy with the
! Aquidaban, Republica and others OF his
fleet News has been received that the
State of Pernambuco was ready to revolt
Letters detailing the plans were inter-
copied and the government Immediately
took steps which prevented the consumma-
ton OF the plot. The correspondent in Rio