Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1890 — REVOLT IN BRAZIL. [ARTICLE]

REVOLT IN BRAZIL.

One Hundred Soldiers Killed at Bio de Janerio—Ringleaders Shot. Captain Grimes, of the steamer Herschel, • from Rio de Janeiro, which arrived at New'. York Jan. 15, gives news of an encounter’ Between soldiers in that city. It seems! ‘hat on Deo. 18 it was discovered that a! j»rt of the army, about two hundred men! in number, was opposed to the republic! and strongly favored the monarchy. Thai provisional government sent a company of artillery to arrest the insurrectionists.! They opened fire on the soldiers, and it : was reported that over one hundred of* them were killed. One of the correspondents of Mr. C. R.l Flint writes from Rio de Janeiro under! date of Dec. 23,1889: “The outlook here! just now is not reassuring. Last evening; parts of two regiments of artillery mqtin-! ied, tore up the republican flag, and hoisted the-old imperial flag; and it required all the other regiments, cavalry, infantry and irtillery to subdue them. They fought at the Sao Christovao artillery quartel till after 12 o’clock, and one hundred of the rebels were killed and wounded before tho rest surrendered. “To-day twenty-one of the ring leader's were shot. None of the commissioned! officers were in the mutiny, but all the) non-commissioned officers were. The! trouble was owing to the dissatisfaction j of the soldiers with their pay. The! police are paid two milreis a day," and the ooldiers claim that they were promised) the same. It is said a number of the oldj Conservatives and Liberals have been) ampering with the soldiers, and were at the bottom of the row.”