The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-12

ening attitude. This caused the polic'
TO make an attempt to disperse the VIC
lent position Of the crowd and in tn.
conflict which followed six policemen
were injured and one rioter was killed
The mob raised revolutionary erie.
while the fighting was in progress, re
voivers were freely used, many person.
in the crowd were injured and twenty
Of thel eaders Of the disturbance wer.
arrested. The condition Of three of tn,
wounded policemen is serious.
Midnight-The streets nave been que
this evening. A special detail OF police
is patroling the district that was the
scene Of the disturbs nee. In all there
have been twenty-nine arrests. The
rioter who was killed has not yet been
! identified. but appears TO have been a
workman. The project OF police has or
! dered the dissolution OF the Roman So
cialist union. Tomorrow the pro-Syndi2
of Rome and the president of the cham
| Der Of commerce VINO headed the process
| sion. will be received by the Marquis
| De Rudini, WHOM Ill discuss the appli-
cation for the income tax.
1t is estimated that there were at least
10000 people in the procession that es-
| cortei the deputation to the Offices of
the minister of the interior. The au-
thorities, 1t was evident, had failed to
| make adequate provision for maintain
ing order in such a vast and crowded
assembly.
The people were irritated at being ex-
cluded from the building by the csrbi-
neers. and presently a second detach-
menr issued with fixed payonets and
tried to clear the piazza. The crowd
then resisted, the stone-throwing began
and the conflict speedily became gener-
al until an infantry detachment appear
ed on the scene and by repeated charges
drove the crowd into adjoining streets,
the mob still showering stones. Some
of the soldiers became Infatuated and
fired in the direction of the crowd. and
the streets were only cleared after a
severe struggle, a second resort to free
arms Ding necessary to disladge par
ticularly determined group. 1t is be-
lieved that nearly forty were more or
less severely injured. Hints are thrown
out in some quarters that the disorders
were fomented by agents-proca tours.
as. until the sudden outbreak, the crowd
had been quite peaceful.
NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION
San Francisco, Oct. u.-Marisno Lo-
peg, one of the prominent citizens OF
Nicaragua, now in this city. has receiv-
ed the following dispatch from the lead
er of the insurgents in his native land:
"Tapachula, Oct. 9.-Mariano Lopez:
$v;,, 7 rvx,lr 70
to you in detail the particulars of the
battle against the despots.
(Signed) "MORALEZ"
Mr.. Lopez has also received other mes
sages. of which the most important tells
Of the fusion liberals. He tells that the
so-called taking OF Quessltenango was
merely an abandonment of that point
for stragstic reasons, al shown in his
dispatches. In regard to the forces at
the command of the revolutionary army,
the latest information is to the effect
that there are 1900 men, all well
equipped and wanting for nothing either
in supplies or ammunition.
TT BEGINS TO SHOW.
Havana, Oct. n-As evidence of more
liberal treatment Of affairs on The part
Of the Spanish authorities, La Lucia has
been permitted TO reproduce interviews
printed in the New York Herald with a
number of Cubans of New York City, in
which the latter say they are fighting for
the independence of Cuba and not to OBJ
tain home rule for the island.
Madrid, Oct 1.-THE new captain gen.
eral OF Cuba had a long conference with
the queen regent today.
The Spanish party of Cuba, the Com
mercial association Of Havana and the
Independent party of Porto Rico have
ca bled the government, assuring II their
support
A cable message has been received !
from General Weyler saying that he en-
parks for Spain On October 20. the first /
steamer sailing on that date.
The cabinet ministers, at the meeting 4
held today. discussed the question of /
financing the Cuban and Philippine /
Islands military operations.
THE ENTIRE SWINE.
London, Oct. 11.-An official telegram
here from Yokohama says that
Japan has accepted the invitation 10
send representative to the sealing con-
'erence soon to be held in Washington,
IN the understanding that the whole
sealing question is to be discussed and
lot simply the questions which are COW
red by the Paris award, Japan having
10 interest in the Pribyloff Islands