The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-04
PREPARING FOR
A GREAT BATTLE


out from the foothills of Mount Gu
raga and rained bullets for three hours
upon the half complete fortress. The
small Spanish contingent made val
liant defense and then six Spanish
companies hurried 10 the rescue and
dispersed the enemy.
During the lighting the Moors de-
lstroyed $50 meters of the railroad line
a large number OF their dead were
carried off in tho retreat
General Marina has issued urgent
| orders for the restoration of the rail.
! road and the completion OF the block.
house, which Is necessary to assure
communication,
a captive balloon was sent UP today
and observations were made OF fftv.
four gorges and ravlnes on Mount
Guruga, whore thousands of trlbesmen
were seen preparing for n great battle.
Paris. Aug. S.-The Journal today
publishes a diary of correspondent
who has arrived from Barcelona. It
presents graphically each days events
After describing the first days when
the strike grew quickly into rloting
and Barcelona was cut off from the
world and the general uneasiness was
augmented by the riot of news and up
| rlsings and the destruction of property
! in other places, the diary says that on
the morning of July q the first bar
ricade was erected In the Gracia quar-
ter and a murderous fire directed
against the cavalry while other insur-
gents applied torches to churches. con-
vents and colleges.
Tho diary continues:
"Nightfnll, and with 1t an increase
OF the sinister CLEANS of new conlla-
| Grations. These are churches and con-
vents burning We understand now
that it is no longer a question Of the
protestation of the people against the
| expedition to Morocco, but an ilsur-
rectionary movement prepared in ad-
vance by the radical Socialists and an,
archlstS and others.
Among the religious orders leaps a
warning that the rcvolutionists are
sworn 10 eXterminate all the religious.
| The latter abandon without resistance
| their establishments. although some
of them, like the Marists. struggle but
are forced to flee after on has been
killed and several wounded
The correspondent gievs a list OF
thirty-six converts, chapels. schools
and churches burned during the night.
July 2S-Thc silence of death
relgned the morning in the deserted
streets but tumult soon broke out
General Santiago was leaving the bar
racks with a small eScore when rife
balls whistled past his ear. Very
We'll said Santiago. softly to his fellow
officers. Now we will treat these Cat
alonians on their merits Citizens
were arrested right and left but many
of them were released. Insurgents
fred from windows and bombs
launched by terrOrists landed and eX,
ploded in the streets There is a ter
rife bombardment from every house,
from which came bullet OF bomb.
July 29-Hunger stalks The revo.
lutionists are in possession of the
arms of a battalion Of veterans and
there arc now fierce conflicts The ar
tillery cannonades the insurgents and
from the deathly belchings of the guns
the rioters. headed by the women and
quarter and audaciously set fire TO the
Convent of the Conceptionsts. The
troops tire without pity.
July 30-More charges and moro vi.
olent collisions [ walk In pools OF
blood and by walls riddled with bull
lets and projecties. At night there
are professions of stretcher bearers
transporting dead and wounded.
July 3l-The revolutionistS attack
converts. Rioters are executed and
incendiarles condemned by courtmar
tial. Seyenty-four are lined up and
shot.
August 1-2-Quiet returns slowly to
the stricken city. We will never know
the exact number of the dead and
wounded Seventy-fivc insurgents
have been buried. All members OF
the revolutionary committee have
been executed and all others grayely
compromised VIII be condemned to
lfe Imprisonment. Calm has returned
but only in appearance. for / think the
CataIonians Will ayenge themselves
terribly"
London, Aug 4.-The Daily Tele.
graphs correspondent who has just
arrived In Barcelona, sends TO his pa.
per a dispatch giving a curious picture
of the indifference or Ignorance the
Spanish people have TO the events In
Barcelona
THE tranquility and gaiety of tho
populace of Madrid" the correspond
ent says, seems to me incongruous
and absurd. Barcelona is not loved
much In the rest of Spain. and the old.
deep hatred between CATALONIA and
Madrid is aroused on every occasion.
The cannonadeS on Barcelona dis
turbed Madrid about as much as If
they had occurred In foreign coun-
try"
Even in approaching Barcelona the
correspondent observed few indlca-
tIons of the recent bloody events there.
The railways were running and work
and amusements were being resumed.
Entering Barcelona at night little out
of the ordinary was noticeable except
the blackcned and burned churches
and converts The streets and cafes
were gay. noisy and brilliant There
was nothing to recall the revolt but
an occasional military fanfare.
Somewhat surprised and disillu"
stoned" the correspondent continues. |
Il made tour of observation, Every
thing surprised me. One sees that the
of normal life has been
slight. The revolution must have been
superficial II 1t has not even upset
the good humor of the town"