Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1892 — REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL. [ARTICLE]

REVOLUTION IN BRAZIL.

The Slate of Malto-GroaHo Ilan Declared It* Independence. Rio Janeiro is in a state of siege. A number of prominent military and naval officers have been placed under arrest for having participated in a groat public manifestation in favor of ex-President Fonseca. The prisoners will be tried by a council of war. There is a revolution in the state of Matto-Grosso. The Legislature has proclaimed the state's independence of the republic. The river is obstructed by hulks. Col. Barbosa is in charge of the rebels. The new Governor, Eubank, who was prevented from landing from the steamer which took him to Matto-Grosso from Rio Janeiro, was fired upon from the fort. He is now on the Paraguay side of the river.