Evening journal., 1894-03-14
THE WAR ENDED.
Brazilian Insurgents Surrender
Internationally.
DA CANA IS NOW A REFUGEE.
He Is Supposed to BE Ou Board II Brit
ish Ship.


ish Ship.
At the Expiration OF Forty-eight Hours
Notice the Government Forts Opened u
Fierce Fire. which HAD Lasted hut an
Hour when tne Rebels Struck Their Cot
ors Rio Jaueiro. Amer Suffering From
War Tor Many Months and Being Almost
Depopulated. Is once More Enjoying
Peace Government Fleet at Last Enters
the Hsrbor- Welcomed by the People.
RIoJANEIRO, March A. THE war il pr0c
tically over. and the cause OF the insurgents
is a lost one. There s. much rejoicing in
this city at the elimination of the struggle
which has continued 80 many months. with
no object seemingly but to hamper busi-
ness and destroy property.
The rebel forces have surrendered iin.
conditionally and almost without firing
shot.
The officers of the insurgent feet have
taken refuge on board French and Portu-.
guese warships
One French vessel has put to sea with
many of the rebel officers on board.
Da CANA In Hiding.
1t IS said that Admiral da Cana is on the
British warship Sirius.
When the fact became known that Da
CANA had offered to capitulate, the gov
ernment fleet entered the harbor quietly.
As the vessels made their way up the hay
they We're saluted by the various govern
meut batteries.
The greatest excitement prevails Ia the
city. The streets are crowded. and every
where can be heard the cry of "Niva peiyu.
to-, For the last two days the streets have
been packed with people. and all the avail
able trucks and handcarts have been busy
carrying household goods amt personal cf
fects out of the city. The street ears were
iammed until noon, when it was learned
that the struggle was over. This was most
joyful news TO the people, who fully eX-
pected that a battle was at hand.
There has been much suffering in the
city All business houses have been closed,
and it has been very difficult to get food.
The whole available police force has been
on duty constantly, but there has been lit
tie disturbance. Almost the whole popu-
lation is gathered in the center of the city.
city Partly Depopulated.
Probably 100000 persons have left the
city. Railroad transportation 10 the sub
urbs is free. The government is feeding
the poor. Great crowds collected on the
hills with the expectation of witnessing a.
battle between the two forces.
The insurgent warship Aquidaban isnot
in this harhor. Admiral de Mello was false
to the emperor and to President Fonseca
and President Peixoto. lie now proves
false to Admiral da CANA. Where he and
his vessel are is not known.
At noon precisely the bar fortress opened
fire upon Fort Nillegaignon. In short
| time the government forces at Fort Arma-
Gao and Fort Gragoata joined in the bonn
| bardment. The lire was not returned by
the Insurgents The bombardment was
| continued until 3 o'clock. when It ceased
Castello, san Dento. Saude, Curyello aud
| all the city batteries then opened furious
/ fire upon Fort Nillegaignun and the insur-
/ gent warship lamandare. The fire was
also directed upon the insurgent works at
/ Cobras island and at other places. The
| forces ut Enchadas lowered the hospital
/ hag and hoisted the insurgent ensign, The
garrison at Governors island also took
part in the attack ON Fort Nillegaignon,
which was badly hammered by the govern
ment guns
Furious Firing For an Hour.
The works ON Cobras island took fire. bul
| the flames We're soon eXtnguished. TN,
! firing of the batteries lasted for an hour
No great damage was done. The insur
gents did not fire shot, outstanding theii
ammunition
AT O'Clock the government feet mp
peared Off the harbor, the torpedo boat
! Aurora leading The other vessels in the
fleet were the Nic;heroy, America, Itaipu
| Bahia, Tiradentes and Parahyba and tw,
steamers and five torpedo boats lmme
diately upon the appearance of the squad
| ron the rebels hauled down the white en-
sign from one of the ships lying near En-
chadas and hoisted a signal, which wa
| answered from ashore. A launch contain
ing an officer then went from one insur
gent ship to another, and each vessel low
cred the white flag Two torpedo boat
from the government fleet outside then en-
tered the bay. One of them went to For
Nillegaignon and it was shortly FOLLOWED
by the launch from the rebel ship.
A few minutes later the white ensigl
came down from the fort, and at quartz
to 6 o'clock the government fleet came M
the bay, being a welcome sight to the anx
ious people on shore