The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-02
LOSSES ARE GREAT.
Destruction of Property at Barcelona
Has Been Enormous.

Barcelona Aug. 2.-Order is today al
most completely re-esta blished. in Bar
celona proper, but the trouble con-
tinues on the outskirts of the CITY
Iona has not been re-estabIished. The
losses suffered by commerce during
the rioting of the last week have been
enormous and the destruction of prop
TINS of the military court martil IL are
two members of the chamber of depu-
ties and eight aldermen of Barcelona
Executed 119 Insurgents
London, Aug. "A special dispatch
received here from Cerbere on the
Spanish frontier, says the reports that
119 insurgents of Barcelona were SEN
fenced by court martial to death aHd
executed by shooting yesterday at the
fort of Montjuich, have been officially
confirmed.
General Strike Ordered.
BayOnne France. Aug. 2.-ReIiabie
news regarding the situation in Spain
received here this morning from San
Sebastian reports conditions as grave
throughout the northern part of the
country. where all the trades unions
have given notice of the beginning of a
general strike today.
The government has seized all the
telegraph and telephone wires in the
affected provinces to prevent communi-
cation among the leaders of the strike
movement. The transmission of news
paper dispatches has been stopped en-
tirely, forcing a suspension of a ma
jOrity of the journals The greatest ex-
citement reigns among the working
classes.
Reports received here. direct from
Madrid say King Alfonso is greatly de-
pressed over the interior situation. He
desired to throw his personal popular
ity in the scale, and it was with diff
fcuIty that he could be dissuaded from
going to Barcelona in person. Premier
Maru told him it would be equivalent
to suicide to enter that hotbed of an
arChy.
Little Is Really Known.
Paris. Aug 2.-The facts as to the |
situation at Barcelona still rema II
somewhat in doubt as no correspond |
ent has reached the city. which is lso-
lated by land and sea Nevertheless it |
has restored a semblance of order in |
the city and today a serious effort to
resume work will be made. At the !
of the authorities. the en- |
pIoyers of Barcelona have agreed to |
offer a premium of weeks WaSeS to |
every person coming back to work.
At what cost in life and property |
comparative tranquility has been re- /
stored in Barcelona, however, still re- |
mains unknown. Refugees arriving at |
the frontier speak of the terrible !
and estimate the dead d.
thousands.
Whether or not the ringleaders who !
were captured and condemned by court |
martial have actually been executed is /
not yet clear. 1t is known that Enilian0 !
Iglesias editor of the Progresso, was /
shot without trial in the fortress.
But if order has been restored at
Barcelona i. seems equally certain the !
outlying country, especially the district
north of the city, still is in the hands Of
the revolutfonaries and even the official |
from Madrid. speak of the
necessity of restoring order in the in
terror of the province and the difficulty
of disIodging the anarchists who have
taken refuge in the mountains. Some
reports insist that a republic already
has. been proclaimed and that regular
iunta is directing the operations of the
revolutionists.