River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
pRENchEn VIII BLOOD.

DRENCHED WITH BLOOD.
Over 1000 Persons Killed or Wounded
In Battle at Buenos Ayres-Almost Ger
tainty of the Overthrow of the Argen-
tine Republic Government by the Rebels.
WASHINGTON July GA telegram
has been received at the State depart
ment from Mr.. Pitkin, United States
Minister at Buenos Ayres, saying rev.
olution with arms was in progress. The
army is divided and state of siege has
been declared.
BUENos AYREs, July 29.-The reyolu-
tionary movement continues to spread.
The fighting between the Government
troops and the revolutionists Sunday
was desperate. The Government forces
were defeated and 1000 of them killed
or wounded. The navy has joined the
revolutionary movement Insurgent
artillery bombarded the Government
house and the barracks. A twenty-four-
hour truce has been arranged between
the opposing forces.
The leaders of the revolution have
issued a manifesto. They declare that
the people, with the First artillery,
Ninth and Tenth battalions of infa ntry,
the engineer corps, and cadets of the
military school, have resolved to re-
move the anarchical and corrupt govern
ment OF Juarez Colman. The National
guards were reorganized and divided
into two battalions and placed under
the command of Nicolas Menalez, the
already appointed chief of police. The
manifesto is signed by Provisional
President Alem, J. J. Romero, Minister
of Finance, and Senior Govena.
Fighting began Saturday at dawn and
ceased at dark, both sides maintaining
their positions. Celman's police
and cavalry suffered terribly in
attacking the civicas and troops.
The PROFESSIONALS were intrenched
in the artillery barracks. The city dur
ing the night was like a city of the
dead, but behind their shutters the
citizens were on the alert armed with
rifles. After nightfall the civicas adj
vanced two blocks The PROFESSIONALS
reopened a heavy artillery fire at dawn
Sunday on the troops under Vice-Presi-
dent Pellegrini.
A terrible mistake occurred during
the fighting The Eleventh Regiment,
suddenly turning in favor of the pro-
visional Government, approached the
artillery. and before they could make
their friendly intentions known to
the insurgents they were moved
down within narrow street The
Minister of War was wounded and the
Minister of Finance was taken pris-
oner. Colonel Marmendia, Major Cam
pos and many other officers were killed,
and the commander of the firemen was
shot by his own men.
short armistice was held at noon
and an effort was made to stop the
butchery The armistice lasted one
hour. At o'clock the ships began fir
ing on the Government house,
Pellegrini having refused to accept
the terms of the provisional
Government The civica union seized
twenty tugboats and the gunboats
Chacabuco, Mespu, Cannonade and
Betiro. The British gunboats Beagle
and Bramble have arrived to protect the
English inhabitants. The whole navy
has declared in favor of the provisional
Government The Patagana bombarded
the Government house and the Parana
shelled President Celman's residence
The war-ships have ceased lombard
ing. Bulletins announce that the revo-
luton has triumphed. 1t is certain
that the PROFESSIONALS up to the present
have had the best of the fighting. The
armistic negotiations continue at the
Government house.
President Celman's officials assert that
the civicas are treating for surrender,
but this is disbelieved. Forty-six can
non have arrived for Celman's forces,
also /, 200 troops. The foreign minis
tiers have instructed the commanders of
the American, British and Spanish gun
boats, if the feet resume bonn barding, to
protest jointly that it is contrary to the
rules of war to lombard an open city
without notice.
THE LATEsT-The Government troops
have resumed firing. The streets lead
ing to the Plaza Mayo are blocked with
bales of hay Celman offered terms to
the Civicas, promising not to pro-
coed against civilians surrendering,
and to permit officers support
ing the Civcas to resign. The
troops of the Civicas show no signs
of yielding. Celman's troops tried to
carry the artillery positions of the Civil
cas-, but were repulsed with heavy loss.
The chiefs of the Civica union have
rejected Celman's terms. The troops
hailed the decision with vivas. Firing
has been resumed.
THE revolution in Buenos Ayres Is probably
due in part TO the state into which the finances
Of the Argentine republic have fallen. The
financial troubles were brought before the
world about July I, when the London
Times published a dispatch from Buenos
Ayres announcing that the National
Bank had suspended payment of the quar-
terly dividend that had previously passed the
annual meeting of the board OF directors. En-
glish capitalists are the chief creditors of the
republic and the immediate effect OF this
announcement was big drop in the shares
OF the Argentine National Bank and
in the "cedulas," which are the re-
public's promises to pay. 1t was at once an
nounced that what the directors Of the bank
had really done was TO postpone the declara-
ton of the quarterly dividend until october for
prudential reasons and there was some re-
coyery in Argentine securities.
While Argentine credit in Europe has been
good il has lately been well known that the
country's finances were drifting into rather
chaotic condition. The National debt amounts
to $685., 34i 442, white the province and the
city Of Buenos Ayres, owe re re
On this aggregate Indebtedness of 1870
O6S 446 an immense tribute in gold has annually
been paid, chiefly TO England. The interest
charge on the national debt amounted to SIG,
04o 352; with decline in imports, the duties
upon which are the Governments chief source
of income, il has required more than one-fourth
thu annual revenues to meet the interest
charged