The record-union., 1894-04-16
De MellO'S Forces Meet With De-
feat and Flee to Uruguay.
TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THE REBELLION
IN THE SOUTH.
Portugal Complies With the Demand
of Argentine to Give Up the Brazil
ian Refugees Which Her Warships
Carried From Rio, and Who Escaped
at Buenos Ayres and Were Re-
captured.
Special to the REcoRD-UNroN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
RIO JANEIRo, April 15.-Advices have
been received by the Government which
confirm the total collapse of the revolu-
ton in the south and the complete vic
tory of the Government.
Admiral Mello's flagship. the Aquida-
ban, was found inside the anchorage of
Santa Catalina. She had been abandoned
by the rebels. The other ships were also
abandoned. The Government officers
took possession of the abandoned vessels.
They will be brought back here. 1t was
also found that the rebel Junta had fled
to the south.
The loyal authorities have been rein
stated i'll Parana. The land forces under
General Salgado are fleeing toward Rio
Grande, via Paso de Gogen. Colonel
Pinas' forces have been shattered near
Porto Allegro.
A report was received here that Ad-
miral Mello had taken refuge on the
British gunboat Beagle, off the coast of
Uruguay, but it has not been confirmed.
Official advices of the repulse of the
rebels in attempting to make landing at
Rio Grande do Sui have been received.
The rebel squadron, composed OF the Re-
publica and the armed transports Ura-
nus, Pallas, Esperance and Iris, reached
the bar of Rio Grande do Sui. They
crossed the next morning, and the forces
under General Salgado were landed
under the protection of the guns of the
ships. 1t was the intention to march
from San Jose del Norte to Rio Grande
City.
The Government forces met them i'm
ri otalx fff,,l n Int fnI-
lowed. The fighting continued for four
days. the heavy guns on the ships throw
ing shot and shell into the Government
forces. Near the railroad station in
Quinta the Government forces, under
General Telles, were reorganiZed and a
general engagement was fought.
The battle lasted four hours and re-
suited in the defeat of the rebels, al
though the Government losses were the
heavier. The loyal troops lost 100 killed
and thirty -one prisoners. while the rebels
escaped with but ten killed and many
wounded.
The squadron recrossed the bar at II
o'clock at night under heavy firing from
the forts.
PORTUGAL COMPLIES WITH ARGEN-
TINA'S DEMANDS.
NEW YORK, April ia Herald s
Montevideo special says: Portugal has
dCceueu 10 IHe uelIlaHuS Vi AIgeHllHa.
The commander of the Albuquerque has
been ordered to return to Buenos Ayres
and deliver the Brazilian refugees to
Argentina. He has also been ordered to
salute the Argentina law.
The correspondents informed by Gov
ernment officials that Admiral De Mello
has not surrendered to Uruguay. With
the Republica, Esperanza. Urano and
three other vessels, laden with coal and
IA, 800 marines, he sailed north yes
terdav, after landing General Salgado's
division unarmed upon the coast of Uru-
quay, near Salta Teresa on the previous
evening. General Martinez intimates
that Mello has sailed for Pernambuco,
and ex plains the separation of Salgado's
division by the fact that these men had a
strong aversion to going north.