The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-25
% seperate husband and wife.

to seperate husband ana WiIe Ine
husbands devotion remained un
shaken. however, through months OF
torment, his love for bis mother
compelling him to submit to her
abuse aud taupts. Then came the
day when his mother seeing no other
way to accomplish her end, told her
son that his wife was unfaithful to
him The great intensity OF Constl-
neil o's nature was aroused, but he
did not believe: he demanded proof.
This his mother undertook to fur
nish
HIS MOTHERS PLOTTING ENDED.
At his mothers request .Consel-
heiro left the hou.e few nights
later with the statement that he
would not return until mex, day
THIS was a part Of the N 'sher'-
plot Taking riff, Consei"e ro
concealed himsalf IN the shruhb rs.
where he could see int, bis f.
room through an opsn win low
There he waited, ,rn 10y d u 1t aud
fear, until be saw maus torn ap
pear in the doorway of his w,f-'s
room and start toward hsr. -Sh~
extended her arms to the ,nnui-r.
Goaded into all the fero'city of
his nature by this sight, Conselheiro
in his hiding place raised his rife
aud fred There was scream and
the stranger in his wife's 70 IN fell
dead at her feet Then like savage
the husband went crashing through
shrubhery, threw himself into the
window Of his wife's room, tluug her
ASIDE. stopped over the body Of his
victim, aud gazed into the face Of
bis mother She had carried her
plotting agaioss her sons happiness
too far
Crazed by grief Conselhe;ro turn
ed his back on his old home from
that hour. leaving all he loved be
hind bin; his mother dead, his wife
sens2less across her body on tht
, floor Little was ever known OF hi.
mode OF life from that hoar unit
November Of last year, when he ap
peared in the department of Ri
n G,aade do Sui.
Rio Grande do Sui is populated
largely by the Portuguese Their
had been considerable disconten
! there because of the administratio
- Of President Moraes. which SCENE
9 to lack the necessary force to keep
certain element under control. Fol
,o mer presidents OF Brazil had alway
ruled with an iron hand, aud ha
, little trouble
g When Conselheiro, therefore, al
O peared in Rio Grande do Sui with
o band of few hundred grotesque
!. clad men and women, he immediat
ly began sowing broadcast tt
SET de of sedition They fell on ric
O. ground, and before the goverumel
.. of Brazil had realized that reb
os moveme t was under way Co,s'
i, heiro had gathered about h,mse
ho several thousand men and women
r, whom he had inculcated his fana
.. cal religious views. The streng
.. of the character of the man and I
i, power over his fellows were the
ho shown for the first time. He taug
- his followers to kill or be killed
=, their fight for God and King"
II. Beginning OF THE REBELLION
ID Within few weeks placards be-
er; ing inscriptions hostile to the
ms public were posted secretly and CT
M sp,cuously In the principal cities
lat that potion of Brazil. Even Ii
all the government did not fear ssrie
las trouble, and it was not until the
ly. ter part of November, when Cons
On heiro. at the head of 1000 followe
"n appeared in the streets of Canud
q a that there was conflict.
OF Marching under the flag vh
nst was found beside him when he '
SO killed, singing the hymns of
7er empire of Brazil and shouting thre
OF against the republic, the fanat
I'll. practioat ally took Dnssassion of Ca,