The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-01-13
BELLIGERENTS.
Insurgents Attack the Govern
ment Forces at Rio.
They Lost Heavily and Did Not Gain {
Foothoid Expecting Eeinforcements
-Socialist Riots In Roms-Fight
with the Police.

Fighting at Kin.
Rio DE .ANIERo. Jan. I, via MONTE
vIDEo. Jan. s-Adm. da CANA still
holds out, stating that he expects the
Aquidaba and Republica with REIN
forcements from the south. He appears
confident of the ultimate result and re-
ceived e12, 200 on Saturday from SYM
pathizers in order to pay his men.
There has been some rain recently
and the fighting has only been inter-
mittent A fleet of insurgent tugs,
commanded by Adm. da Cana, has been
brought along shore several times in an
attempt to drive back the government
forces and land troops. Although
the insurgents fought with reckless
bravery their efforts were in vain. They
lost heavily. but did not gain even n
foothold. Desperate resistance was
offered yesterday afternoon and last
night to the government advances
Five insurgent steamers were engaged
for hours. There was much noise, but
little blood flowed. 1t transpired that
some men got ashore by way Of the
marine arsenal whose traitorous COM
mandent gave them permission to land.
The diplomats have refused to recog-
nize the belligerent status Of the in
surgents, on the ground that the pro-
visional government has not q sufficient
standing.
Adm Chavas, the minister of marine,
resigned his Office on account of the
difference of opinion with Peixoto re-
garding the imprisonment and general
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ed of sympathy with the insurgents.
His successor. Adm Meatto, is consid-
cred honest, though he has no special
ability.
Public opinion compelled Adm. da
Cana to issue the manifesto distributed
on Saturday. The manifesto denied in
these words the correctness of the in
ference drawn from the Cana mon
archistic manifesto of week ago
''The documents attributed to me were
falsified in the printed copies. With
the victory of the revolution will come
the establishment of q civil republican
government"
An unsigned manifesto denouncing
the employment Of North American
mercenaries on the government cruiser
Nictheroy has been distributed. The
sentiment against hiring North Ameri
cans TO serve on Brazilian vessels l,
very strong. even among friends of the
| government, and to this sentiment Il
due much of the trouble with the
| Nictheroys crew. The recent disnis
sal of several North Americans was due
probably to the popular prejudice
which existed against them. The long
shoremen left the barges used in coal
ing the Nictheroy and joined the in
surgents The foremen who are re
sponsible for the desertions have beer
obliged to bring them back or suffer
the penalty of Imprisonment. TIL,
Nictheroy is still in Pernambuco.
Riots ~ Rome.
ROME, Jan. S.-A crowd of workmer
assembled in the Tranver quarter ant
marched to the center of Rome, bear
ing two red flags and shouting "Liv,
socialism," Live the Sicilian mar
tyrs." The police We're on guard a
the passage of Garibaldi bridge, ant
ordered the crowd to disperse, but tn,
latter opened fire upon the police will
revolvers, and during the riot whicl
| followed policeman was sta obed witt
a dagger. Finally the police spcceede,
in dispensing the crowd and in captur
ing the two red flags and two anar
chists.
The police seized about 1000 letter
at the house of Father Urse, cure O
Santa Lucia The police found tina
Urse was ignorant of the contents o
the letters and merely acted in tn
cagacity of keeping them in his house
He was arrested. but later released
Many of these letters are in ciphe
from Cypriani
Hand-bills in the evening wer
thrown from the galleries of the the
aters inscribed, down with the pee
pies sweaters and taxes" live tn
Sicilian martyrs" Several of the an
archists who threw these kand-bill
were arrested.
\ mob yesterday evening astaclxe
and disarmed q corporal who refuse
to join in their seditious cries, an
afterward brutally beat with cud
gels some gendsrmes who intervened
A sharp conflict followed between tn
police and rioters, ending in the di.
persal of the mob.