Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-11-15

he so greatly needed : but his efforts wer,
fruitleas, for he was suffering from al
excitement too intense, at the decisiv,
hour, for Heep to come and close hi
eyes.
Already the bells Of the churches wer,
pealins out. and nlling the air with theil
joyous notes. In all the streets. and IL
All the squares, boys Inc Isperos wsrs
letting on crackers, and u~ttering deafen.
ing cries. which more resembled bursts
OF fury than demonstrations Of joy. This
people. dressed In their holiday cloches
were leaving their houses in masses, and
spreading like a torrent over the city.
In review was arranged for seven
ociock q. m. 20 that the troops might
be spared the great heat of tbs day.
Iney were masssd on the Pase de Buca-
relli and the road connecting that prone
made with the Alameda.
We have already stated that the Mexi-
can army, 10000 strong. has 2,4OO Off
Gers. Hence, in the enormous crowd as
sembled to witness the review uniforms
were In a majority, for all the officers liv-
ing on half pay In Mexico, for some rea-
son or another, considered themselves
bound to attend the review as amateurs.
At a quarter to 8 o'clock the drums
beat, the troops presented arms, a deaf
cning shout was raised by the crowd, and
the President Of the Republic arrived,
followed BY a large staff, glistening with
gold and lace, and with a cloud Of feath-
ers waving in their cooked hats.
General Guerrero had Joined the Presi-
dents stan in bis full dress uniform, as
Colonel Lupo and other c~onspirators had
also done the rest, dispersed among the
crowd.
In the meanwhile the review went on
without any hitch. 1t is true that the
President restricted himself to riding
along the front, and then ordering the
troops to march past, for he did not
dare, owing to the notorious ignorance of
the officers and soldiers, risk the execu-
ton of any manGuvers, for 1t would not
have been understood, and would have
broken the charm under which the spec
tators were fascinated. Then the Presi-
dent, still followed BY his stat, proceed
ed to the cathedral. We will not say
anything about the Official reception, etc,
which occupied all tho morning.
The hour for the bull fight arrived.
Since the review no one troubled him
self about the troops, who seemed to
have suddenly disappeared-not a soldier
was visible in the streets; but the people
did not think Of them, for they were let
ting Of fireworks, laughing and shouting,
which was quite sufficient to amuse them.
1t was only noticed that these soldiers,
though invisible about the city, had APP
parently passed the word to each other
to be present at the bull fight. Nearly
the whole of the palcos de sol in the cir
the sun, were thronged with. soldiers.
grouped pell-mell with the leperos, and
offering the most pleasant contrast with
these ragged scamps. who were yelling
and whistling.
The President arrived, and the circus
was in a second invaded by the mob.
Since an early hour the jamaica had be-
gun, that is to say, the framework of
verdure raised in the center Of the arena,
forming refreshment rooms, had since
daybreak been filled with countless num-
bers Of leperos, who ate with cries of
ferocious delight.
Suddenly. at q given signal, the gate
the torril was opened and a bull
rushed into the arena. Then began an
extraordinarily Undesirable scene, resem-
bling one OF those diabolical meetings SO
admirably designed BY Cabot.
The leperos, surprised by the arrival
Of the buli, darted. shouting, pushing
and Apsetting zach other, over the frame
work. which they threw down and tram
pied under foot in their terror, while
to escape the pursuit Of the en-
bollado, who. also excited BY the turmoil,
hunted them vigorously. In 4 second the
arena was deserted, the refreshment
rooms swept clean, and the performers in
the jamaica sought any shelter they could
find on the edge of the palcos or upon
the columns, from which they. hung in
hideouA yelling and grimaciny clusters.
The bull, after amusing himself for
minutes In tossing about the re-
mains OF the framework, stopped and
looked cunningly around. and soon no.
ticed the tree, the only obstacle left to J
remove in order to completely empty the /
arena.
He remained motionless for an instant, |
10 II hesitating ere he formed a resolu-
ticn, then bowed his head, made the sand |
~ with his fore feet, dashed his tail
md rushing at the tree, dealt
It repeated powerful, blows.
The leperos uttered a cry Of despair.
tree, which was overladen, and in
c~essantly Slapped at its base by the bull, |
and at last fell sideways, carry
Ing down in its fall the leperos clinging |
to fts branches. The audience clapped
their hands and broke into frenzied
which changed into perfect yells |
Df delight when a poor fellow who was
away was suddenly caught up by
The bull and tossed ten feet high in the
Air.
All at once. and at the moment when
he joy was attaining its %paroxysIn, sev-
eral rounds of artillery were heard, fol-
by a well sustained musketry ERE.
If by magic the bull was driven bnck
the torril. the soldiers scattered about 4
The circus leaped into the ring, and be-
actors instead of spectators, drew |
Up in good order and leveled their musasets
1t the occupants of the galleries and
boxes, who remained motionless with ter |
ror, for they did not understand what
was going on.
A door opened and twenty b~andsnen.
BY eight officers and escorted by
\ dozen soldiers, entered the ring and be-
beating the drums. It was Al gov |
bapdo. SO soon as silence was
restored martial law was proclaimed md
sentence OF outlawry passed on General
Don Sebastian Guerrero and his adner- |
enss, who had just raised the standard OF
government
Mexico was once again the prey of one
Of those scenes of murder and carnage
which, since the proclamation of indepen-
dnnra has too offan Sfniurd her Sfrpats