Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-19

but don't suppose the public will ever
know how many, as both sides will try
to suppress the facts. There was no
more fighting during the night, Tuesday
at II 80 p. M, one of the gunboats be-
gan firing over into Plaza Victoria and
kept it up occasionally till 3 or o'clock,
when the Union Civica laid down their
arms and all was ended.
"There are many rumors as to the con-
ditions of the surrender. Some say it
was unconditional others, that the Pres
ident was to resign. Nothing has been
done with any of the revolutionists yet,
so far as | can learn. The most proba-
BILE theory is that the very men who
started the revolt sold the rest out, get
ting large bonus from some one.
YESTERDAY wednesday, we went over
the battlefields once more. There are
breastworks thrown up of paving-stone,
dead horses and bales of hay. | should
say 30 or 10 horses were killed In the fra
cas-. a good many estimate the number
of men killed at 1000 to 1900, but think
both estimates too high. 1t was not
stand-up, open fight, but the shooting
was around the corners of the blocks and
from the housetops. The tracks of the
bullets show that their shots were all
high. They would hold their guns around
the corner and fire, with no idea of where
the bullet was going If the citizens had
kept off the streets and in their houses,
not nearly as many would have been
killed and wounded but as soon as there
came a lull in the firing the streets would
be full of people, and many a stray bull
let wounded some one. Numerous Incl
dents of the fight are told Some police
men wanted to enter saloon and get
whiskey. The proprietor barred the door
and refused them admission, whereupon
they walked across the street and DELHI
erately fired a volley through the door.
In front of Mr.. Raymond's three or four
men were shot down and lay there for
a hours. Wounded policemen broke
into his house and got under Mrs. Closes
bed in order to escape being put into the
ranks again. There is no doubt that
fully as many have been murdered and
cut with knives for the purpose of rob
berry as killed and wounded by bullets.
Only short distance below us Page Pot
ter saw, but two squares from Santa re,
one of the largest streets, two policemen
and a soldier dead by the side of the road,
and he thought they had been there more
than day, as one was partially eaten by
the dogs. 1t was not safe to be out after
dark on hardly any of the streets and on
many of them not in the daytime. 1t is
reported that the police suffered more
than any other class, as they are gener-
ally disliked by the public. The chief
: was killed at the first, or so badly wound
ed that he died. Most of the milk in the
city is furnished from cows driven around
from door to door, the attendants milk
ing what each customer wants Hun
dreds of these animals are kept in differ
ent parts of the city. The soldiers would
take the cows out and butcher them on
the streets for food. They also contiS-
Gated all the horses they met, but after
the first day not horse or team of any
, kind could be seen on the streets with
; the exception of those belonging to the
: Red Cross society engaged in picking up
the wounded. Yesterday few teams
ventured out and today it is perfectly
safe. have not heard of any foreigner
j being molested in any way
"All here from our section are well so
far as know. | hear that the stock eN-
change has been closed till the 18th of
August. Where gold will go is ques-
ton. | heard of some being bought for
SIPS. Times are Just terrible. There is
=. no sale for anything and everything in
: : the way OF food is very high. The post
office has been closed since Saturday un-
til today and there have been no papers
,, out since Sunday morning. And this rs
. the glorious Argentine republic Gt is an
insult to the name republic), the pro-
duets of which our secretary of state
wants to admit free. 1t is one of the
> most rotten if not the rottenest govern
ment on the earth, and | hope our Con-
gress will never consent to any such ar
rangement AS that proposed. Quite
enough goes into the United States free,
:, already: and to let in the wool of this
n country (Which is all it produces for ex-
= port except hides would be to ruin the
- sheep industry. You might as well let
a in Australia then.
: ''The revolt did stop the races one sun
a day, but they are advertised for next
d Sunday all the same. The sooner we
v fellows give away our horses and get out
n of here, the better, in my opinion, as
Il there is little show of making anything
Il out of them. Gold, think, must go out
I of sight, and there is an entire lack OF
e confidence. More paper money is being
n issued, and can they redeem III