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Show THE NEWS FK03I EIO. AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL JUST PROCEEDING PRO-CEEDING the dictatorship. Riots Jietween Students and Police Which, However, Had no Special Political "significance The Laitst Turn of Affairs by Cable. New Yohk, Not. IS. The steamship Earn-dale Earn-dale frori ttio Janeiro arrived at Brooklyn yesterday morning. The ship left before serious trouble began in Bruzil, but the officers offi-cers bring some muresiiug news. The iLarndme s:ued irom liio on the morning morn-ing ot October 24, naving been m port about two weeks. During thul time Uiere wero no Lnited elates war Vi&seis in tiie uarbor, but there were two rSriash and u. French cruiser. All the Brazilian mec ol war were in K10 navj j ard, aud only two appeared to be in commission, tio tiie reports wLich reach here 01 the activity in ihe Brazilian navy were very probably exaggerated. '"ihe oniv uou )les KiHA,n ot," said one of the r.ariui'ue's . iUcers, '-occurred the nitrht of October -. A grsa'i crowd of medical .udenio gathered in one of the theaters, where a ruit,cr popular actress waathe cause or a good deal ol cheer.ug a. .a snout.ng. The police objected to th: uis jrder ..nd mcd ! to put a stop 10 it. ine iesiut was a rush of students against thi police, who drew their swoias and pistols and t ugnt the crowd. et vcr.il students were killea aud a number oi comuaCdiiis on l oth sides badly injured." I "On the following night the police aud I students met in j. row v hich resulted in the j death of two of the latter, and a number of minor casua.ties. A young Lnglisi.maa who Happened to be passing lov'n tlie street where the tigli', occurred was kmed instantly I by a stray bunt. As a result of this noting mounted pohcj patrolled the streets of the capital night and day, and alter dark it wus unsafe to go into the streets. The garrison was not taiied on xor assistance, probably because the army would have sided w ith the civilians. The Midlers hate .he police. The latter is made up of the worst classes. They are mostly negroes. "Was there any political significance in this student riot?" was asked. "I thmt not, the republican form of gov-1 gov-1 ernment panned out as they ex-pec ex-pec Led. There is a powerful faction desiring the reinstatement of the empire They want to put Dom Pedro's grandson or his nephew on the throne. Since the iall of the emp.re the prices of every commodity have doubled. The government imposed a high tariff. The olticer said ftjiilipr txiai-T-iL-TCM.,!! general opinion at"Tuo uffn lie leit ihattne ' go-vernmmt would not last many months longer. He was hot surprised when he read of the revolution movement. The Latest by Telegraph. Loxdox, Nov. IS. No confirmation is yet received of the Exchange Telegraph company's com-pany's Rio de Janeiro advices yesterday reporting re-porting that the naval and military officers stationed in Para, had taken steps looking to a declaration of the independence of that state. The most important news received here today relates to affairs in Rio Grande do Sul. This is given in a dispatch to the Times from Santiago de Chile. According to this the differences which have been interfering with perfect unity of action by the provisional junta now in authority in that state is disappearing and the members mem-bers of the junta are now acting in harmony. They have made one of their number, Drassiz Brazil, minister of war. Active measures are being taken to improve im-prove the defenses and increase the effective strength of the army. The mouth of the Rio Grande, the principal river of the state, was obstructed by sinking two ships in the channel and the river is protected by heavy artillery. The junta is in full control of all the military stores in the state and of the government factory for the maXiug of the munitions of war. The provincial banks and private pri-vate persons are offering to furnish the junta with ample funds to carry forward plans that may be decided upon for maintaining the independence of tlie state. The Alters sent by the dictator take the places of those, who cast their fortunes for-tunes with the insurgents in Rio Grande do Sul have arrived " at Montevideo, and propose to proceed at once to their destination. They assert that several men-of-war are now- on the way to Kio Grande, and others are being made ready to follow. The refugees from Rio de Janeiro who reacned Montevideo express the opinion opin-ion that Fonseca will not be able long to maintain himself. His cause is lost they say and only the fear of mob violence, in their opinion, now restrains re-strains the discontented opposition at the Brazilian capitol from active steps against Fonseca. Loxdon, Nov. IS. A Rio de Janiero telegram tele-gram from government sources still asserts that tee Rio Grande agitation is confined to Port Allegre. A revolt is expected in Para. The army and navy hesitate which cause to espouse, but it is expected they will join the insurgents. A dispatch to the Times corroborates the statement that all telegrams from Rio Grande are prohibited aud that the postal service has also ceased. New York, Ncv. IS. The Anglo-American company announces that code telegrams tele-grams to Rio Grande, Brazil, have been stopped. Rio de Janiero, Nov. IS. Fonseca has issued a decree authorizing a 6ptcial credit of 13,000,000 milreis, to be expended for war material. |