The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-09

during the evening a rumOr spread
through the city that Cen Bara tieria.
when he became aware of the full eX-
tent of the disaster, wrote a letter TO
his successor, Gen. Baldissera. and
then committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart with a re-
volver At the ministry of war. how
ever, the rumOr was discredited
Rome, March 6.-The kingdom of
Italy to-day is in condition of excite
ment, grief and anger almost beyond
description. Words cannot adequately
portray the situation, for every dis
patch received from MassOwah adds
to the gravity of the disaster to the
Italian army at Adowa, Abyssinia
Throughout the night the garrison
here was kept under arms and
mounted patrols traVerSed the princi-
pal streets. The masses, however,
do not seem to have retired to rest.
The streets were filed with people
until daybreak, and after early morn
ing every public place was crowded
with excited men and women. A
number of disturbances, which have
called for police interference, have oc
Cured to-day. The indications are
that the people are assuming most
threatening attitude, not only in
Rome, but throughout Italy.
Demonstrations against the CriSpl
ministry, and even against the crown,
are reported from a number of towns
in the provinces, in spite of the fact
that the authorities are straining
every nerve to suppress all alarming
news. All fetes have been indefinitely
Of
the souls of the dead have been cele.
brated this morning in every Catholic
church in the city, and crowds of
weeping women and Borrowing men
were in attendance. The receptions,
ETC., in celebration of the coronation
anniversary of the pope have been
dispensed with. Rome, in a word.
is to-day a city of mourning and of
sullen anger ready to break out into
open resentment.
Riots Break Out.
Later in the day news from the
provinces became more alarming. 1t
was stated that in a number of places
the police have been unable to cope
with the pOpulace and that the troops
have been called upon to restore or
der The soldiers, however, appear
10 HGIplcSS dS Iuc pOIiCc.
and in several places crowds have
been fired upon
Further details are being received
this evening of the violent scenes en-
acted to-day at different points all
over Italy, which the government had
sought in vain to prevent the publ
cation Of The alarmist rumorS
which were circulated earlier in the
day are cOnfirem by the later reports.
and the whole of Italy seems to be in
the hands of the aroused pOpulace,
indignant at the government. which
is apparently powerleSs to quell the
outbreaks of wrath.
Poplar demonstrations of the most
violent character have occurred
throughout the Italian peninsula. The
most serious of these, as was indi-
Gated in the earlier dispatches which
it was permitted to send from here,
occurred at Milan, where 10000 per-
sons took part in the disorders.
amounting to a popular uprising. The
police of that city had their hands
full to bring the crowds under con-
troll. and were forced to charge
through the streets with fixed bayO-
nets before they succeeded in dis
persing the mob. No statement is
made of the amount of harm done
to the inhabitants by this rough usage,
beyond what was reported to-day, but
it is known tat a large number of per
sons were injured more or less seri-