The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-03-14
The CRUEL WAR IS OVER
aellO |; Lost and D. Glnl Wants Oily
Ptaca and Mercy.
IT WAS A SCRUBBY AFFAIR
There Was Very Little Powder
Burned and Whiskey Did Nearly
al the Fighting That
Was Done.

Rio JASElRo. March lathe Brazilian
rebellion, so far as Rio hay is concerned
at least, will probably soon hr at an end.
Yesterday Admiral DO Cana, commander
Of the insurgcnt forces here. sought q
refuge on board the Portuguese warship
Mingelo and sent President peiNoin a
message offering 10 surrender on the fol-
lowing terms:
The rebel admiral to surrender the forts
IN possession OF the insurgents in the bay
and turn over TO the government all war
ships in the hay in the insurgents hands,
surrenderlng the garTisons and crews Ia
the government on condition that the adj
miral and all his followers be allowed 10
withdraw to a foreign country under tho
protection of Portugal and that the lives
Of the insurgent soldiers and sailors be
spared.
The presidents reply has not yet been
made known, but il is believed some kind
of an arrangement will be arrived at. aud
as far as the insurgents feet in these
waters is concerned, the warts ended. In
the meantime, nothing seems known of
the whereabouts of Admiral Mcllo. leader
| of the rebellion. with his warships, the
Aguidahan and epub!ica. but il is sup
posed that, seeing tho helplessness OF tho
situation, at Rio, he has gone south with "a
view of carrying on the fight by land. Tho
government expresses confidence in its
ability TO meet and defeat any force which
he can muster in the south. 1t is under
stood also that as soon as tho
rebels hero surrender, the government
feet will bc sent south 10 attack aud
destroy the headquarters of the IN
surgent juuta and that the members of the
rebel crews have been sounded ~ TO
whether they will serve the government in
such an expedition. II is said they are So
disgusied with Mello's apparent descrtion
that many of them are ready 10 take gov
ernmcnt service. The AZ hours notice of
tho intention OF the government To open
| fire on the rebels have expired, and unless
! the terms of surrender are speedily ar
rived al. the rebels will ho exposed To such
| a fire that they will he compelled to sur
! render at discretion. Al arrangements
for the attack are completed and the
rebels are caught like rats in trap.
There are forts which have not yet taken
part IN the fighting, besides the dynamite
cruiser Nictheroy and the torpedo boats
| DtpUHut llbIl llf
States. The dishcartencd rebel crews are
now said TO he reduced toG0o. Meanwhile
| Peixo,o's forces number 5000. Merchant
vessels have Withdrawn out Of harms way
and there is nothing TO prevent a general
engagement.
| The war is practically over aud tho
cause of the insurgents is lest. Tho rebel
| forces surrendered Internationally al
most without firing shot. Tho officers
| of the insurcent fleet have taken refuge
on board the French and Portuguese war
| ships. Ono French vessel has put to sea
| with many Of the rebel officers on board.
| II is said De Cana is ON board the British
war ship Sirius.
When the fact became known that De
Cana had offered to capitulatc, the gov
ernment feet entered the hnrbor quietly.
| As the vessels made their way mp the bay,
they were ssluted 10y the government bat
| teries. The greatest excitement prevails
| in this city. The streets are crowded and
everywhere can be heard the cry of "yiya
| Peiyoio."
| For the last two days the streets have
been packed with people, and all available
trucks and handcarts have been busy car
rying household goods out Of the city un.
| Ill this noon, when II was learned that the
| struggle was over. This is most joyful
news to the people, who fully expected n
battle. There has becu much suffering in
| the city. All the business houses have
been closed and IL has been very difficult
| to get food. Probably 10000 persons havo
left the city, railroad transportation being
| free. the government is feeding the
poor.
LSBoN. March II. - The government
has cablpd Captain Castillo, commander
Of tho Portuguese naval forces at Rio do
Janeiro. telling him to follow tho insiruc.
tions given tho charge d'airlirs. Comte
! Paraty, at Rio d" Jnneir0, ordering tho
Portuguese representatives not to .utgr-
vene in the Brazilian struggle and 10
conflne themselves 10 cooperating with
tho other foreign representatives at liio
Janeiro In measures which they may con-
slider necessary. According to the dis
patches received here from tho portu.
gucse commander at RIO, Admiral De
| Cana has not sought refuge "a tie PDrtu-
giese war vessel. Admiral De Cana re-.
mains on board his own vessel, according
10 adyiccs received here.
To-day al T. o'clock precisely the bar
fortress opened fire upon Fort Yil!egaig.
non. In short time the government
force at Fort Armaco and Fort Gragoatl
joined in the bombarlmsnt. The fire was
not returned by the insurgents. The
bombarlment continued uniil 3 o'clock,
when il ceased. Clstello, san Beuiio.
Saude, Cnryello aud all the city batteries
then opened furious fire upon Fort Vile
gaiguon and the insgrgent works AZ
Cobras island and at other places. The
forces at Enchadas lowered the hospital
flag and holslcl the insurgeut ensign.
The works Of Co5ras island took FIRE, but
the flames were soon eXtiugu.shri.
Tho firing Of the batteries lasted an
hour. No great damage was done. The
insurgents did not IRE shot. husband!nr
their ammunition. AZ I o'clock the goy-
ernmeut feet appeared OF the harhor, tho
torpedo boat Aurora leading. O.hcr YES.
sels were tho Nioiheroy, the America. the
ltaipu, tho Eahil. the Tiradcnic, the pAra.
hyha. and two steamers and live torpedo
5onts. Immediately upon The appearance
Of the squadron, the rebels hauled down
the white ensign from one of their ships
| and hoiated n SIGNAL which was answered