Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-08-06


Madrid, July 31.-The military
governor of Barcelona today pub
lished a decree ordering the inhab-
itants of the city to return to their
homes. After "a hours, anyone
found in the streets is liable to be
shot on sight.
Madrid, July 31.-In view Of tho
grave situation at Barcelona,
which is steadily growing more Sc
rious, the naval infantry has been
ordered to that city.
Senior Lacierva, minister of the inte-
wior, now termed the Spanish Trepoff,
today announced that any newspaper
printing reports disagreeing with Of
ficial information would be prosecuted
and the editions suppressed.
Treasury Has $4,000 ,oO0.
A statement was issued this
morning by the ministry Of finance,
designed to stop the fall OF Span
ish securities. 1t says the treas
ury balance is SIS. 600, 900. of which
49, GOO, 900 is in gold. No extraor-
binary taxes are contemplated.
Since the declaration Of martial law
throughout Spain yesterday, the CEN
sSorship oVer news has been more Sc
we're.
HI complete mobilization Of the
Spanish army has been ordered. All Of
ficers on leave have been recalled. The
reserves of all classes have been sum-
moned to the colors. The railroad mes
i'm the north of Spain are strictly
guarded and no n is allowed to enter
Spain without permission Of the mill
tary authorities.
Garrisons at Burgos, Logrono, Wit
toria and other towns are under arms.
tTsI. nArl
munication with Bilbao.
Royalty to Madrid?
The royal family is hastily return
ing to Madrid from San Sebastian. 1t
is reported that Premier Maura has
rendered his resignation, but that King
Alfonso has declined to accept it.
Paris, July 31.-The internal insur-
rection I'm Spain now completely over
shadows the war In Africa in the eyes
of Europe. The decision of Premier
Maura's cabinet yesterday to place the
country under martial law and employ
the army to repress the revolt in Cat
alonia as an alternative to ~convoking
parliament, may provoke an extension
of the insurrection which would en-
danger the dynasty.
Preparations now being made in Ma
ddrid to quell the disturbances include
LIE utSpdLNi W SdtCtoilhd VI NiC III
third and fourth army corps and the
Madrid cavalry brigade, under COM
mand of Prince Charles, of Bourbon.
Prince Ferdinand, of Bavaria, is me OF
the squadron commanders of this bril-
sgade.
Will Spare None.
The scale upon which the military
intervention Is planned proves that the
government entertains no Illusion. and
10 rao6u m tako the rnQnnnSihilitU of
putting down the revolt ruthlessly.
Both official and frontier reports
leave little doubt that the workmen's
organizations and revolutionaries and
anarchists made common cause in old
catalonia. The withdrawal Of troops
for the campaign in Africa left
less thai 5000 men in the garrison at
ting ell sorts Of excuses. including the
burning and sacking Of churches every
where, erected b~arricades In order to
hold their positions.
London, July Authorization re-
.Tceived through diplomatic channels in
London tend to accentuate the gravity
of the situation in Spain. 1t is init
mated that there is eason to fear the
garrison at Madrid itself has been tam
pered with by the insurrectionists.
Cerbere, France, July 81, Spanish
Frontier.-Spanish couriers arriving
here today report that artillery Is bat
tering the barbados behind which the
insurgents are desperately fighting IN
Barcelona.
Heavy fighting is now in progress on
the Rambla in San Anne Square and
the Gale Del Epino. The number Of
dead and wounded cannot be estimated.
Five converts and several private
residences have been burned at Llama.
Madrid, July 3t.-OficiaI dis
patches received here today, admit
that the battle between Moorish
tribesmen and the Spanish forces
outside of Meliila, July q, was a
disastrous defeat.
The Moors cut off the commuica-
eions with the Spanish outposts, and
the main force Of the Spaniards was
driven back under the walls of the
city, where fighting continued desper-
sately in the city.
The Spanish killed and wounded
numbered almost 5000, which takes
no account Of the men at the advance
posts who evidently were cut off and
abandoned to their fate. Melilla is full