NEW YORK, N. Y., March 11. — The Herald special cable from Buenos Ayres says: “Rio Janeiro advices state that martial law has been declared In the State of Bahia, where the fanatics, under Antonio Conselheiro, are engaged in a serious rebellion.
The Government has dispatched General Cantuzia to Bahia with a large force of artillery, the rebels in the last battle with the Brazilian troops having captured many of their guns. Within eight days the Government will also send 6000 infantry and cavalry re-enforcements to Bahia.
The War Department has received information to the effect that the fanatics are now more than 15 000 in number, and that their strength is daily increasing. Business in Bahia is completely paralyzed.
The San Francisco Call, San Francisco, CA, March 11, 1897