Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-04
THOUSANDS
ARE SLAIN
REFUGEES CLAIM BARcELoNAs
CITIZENS OPENLY REBEL
AGAINST GOVERNMENT.
BOATS HASTEN TO MELILLA TO
TAKE OFF FRENCH
RESIDENTS.
MooRs REINFORCED OUTSIDE
OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NEARLY EXHAUSTED.

Madrid, July 30.-Spain last night
was rent by two fears-the fate o.
the army in Morocco and the situation
at Catalonia. At the outskirts OF
Melilla the Spanish arms have SUI
fered a serious check Three thou.
sand soldiers have either been slain
or wounded and Moorish hordes are
fighting at the very walls of the city
News from Barcelona, the center of
the revolutionary outbreaks, is meagre
and unsatisfactory. From Lisbon
comes the report that the revolution
lists are using bombs and that 100 per-
sons were killed, and 200 wounded dur
ing the earlier stages of the conflicts.
Premier Maura's announcement that
the situation in Barcelona showed a
little Improvement and word from
Melilla that the Moors were retreating
from Mount Guruga only slightly APP
peased the general uneasiness. The
official judgment that $4,000 Spanish
troops are needed to overcome the
tribesmen, would indicate that the
Melilla army OF Spain is in sore
straits
Insurrectionary outbreaks are re-
ported from many points in Spain.
The revolutionists are active at Llansa
and Figueras. where railroads have
been dynamited The financial insti-
buttons are sending their funds across
the frontier.
A report that a provisional govern
ment has been established at Bar
ceIona and that the governor has been
assassinated is unconfirmed, but rum
ors are persistent that premier Maura
will resign and that military clc-
tatorship will be set up in Madrid.
Az soon as the revolueionists were
corralled in St Martins square the
artillery opened fire, moving down the
revoh,tionists. who sought to- escape
hut were met at every point with snot
and she'll Those of the Insurgents not
killed or seriously wounded 0hrew
down their arms and surrendered
The instruction continues in neigh
boring villages whittier troops are
proceeding. The commanders OF the
soldiers are under orders to spare
none who attempt to resist
Lisbon, July 30.-Refugees VIM
bova arrived here from Barcelona say
that city is in a state OF complete an
archv. the population being in open
rebellion against the government re-
nression. They report thai terrorlsls
are throwing bombs freely, causing
GREAT destruction of property ana los'
of life.
The most violent scenes occurred
at meetings called to protest agalhs.
war in Morocco, and thousands OIL
armed men behind heavy barrlcaoes
raSisted the attacks OF troops III
nitched battles. During the nrsI IL"
DAVIS of fighting the refugees declare
more than 100 persons were killed.,
and several hundred wounded
All reports received here lndicate
that the hostile feeling against the
Moroccan war is spreading Throughout
Spain.
Sends Refuge Boats.
paris Julv 30.-The French gov
eminent has decided to dispatcn
cruiser and chartered French hne
steamer to Melilla to take on Une
French residents in case of danger.
Will Not Dispatch Troops
Lisbon. July 30-Official denial is
Given to a statement that Portugal
will send troops to the frontier II as
ordars occur in the neighboring Span
ish province.
Gunboat Hastens to Alnucemas.
Melilla Morocco, July 30-The pat
tlesbip Numancia has been hastliy dis-
Matched to AIhucemas, around when
the tribesmen are concentrating ior
attack. The Moors outs de OF TINS
Mace have been reinforced by 5,ooo
mon The Spanish forces, who have
been fighting desperately, are wen
n;oh exhausted, but are hoping tnal
aid soon will reach them.
The battle Tuesday was shamole,
and as a result the Moors abandoned
their nositions on the Spanish rlght
flank and retreated to the otner sue
of Mount F'uruga- The greatest nero
ism was shown by the officers who lea
the troops up the hillside. Tney were
tba first to fall from Moorish bullets
General Pintos was slain at the mo-
ment he attained the summit and
lieutenant colonel fell, pierced by
bullet while in the act OF offerlng ms
water sourd to a dying solder I'M
Snon;sh dead we're buried in the MIN
ing excavations leading TO NOUN
Guruga.
Expect Fall of Melilia.
Paris, July 30-French army o
GERS familiar with the topography OF
- p;a Con consider that the Official