Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 4, 1893

Mr. Thompson to. Mr. Gresham.

[Telegram.]

Legation of the United States,
Rio de Janeiro, March 13, 1894. (Received March 13.)

Mr. Thompson reports the unconditional surrender of the insurgents which took place thirty minutes after the city batteries opened fire and without a shot being fired from their side. It is believed that Da Gama has taken refuge on a Portuguese war vessel.