Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-14
Regiment of Cavalry, Infantry
and Police Called-Seven
Persons Killed.
ENTIRE TOWN is ENGAGED
Husband Attacked BY Unsuccessful
Rival and Pitched Battle
Ensues Eighty Are
Arrested.

LISBON. special: "A scene OF jealousy
recently occasioned the calling out OF q
regiment of cavalry, a battalion of in
fantry and the entire police force and
resulted IN the killing of seven persons
and the %wounding of twenty others Ia
h streets OF Oporto.
A well-known and wealthy local mer-
chant a a few weeks ago married q
rich and beautiful woman. While walk
ing on n OF h principal streets OF
h city he met an unsuccessful sutton
for his wife's and Hot words passed
between the two men. quickly followed
by blows, and revolvers were drawn.
Meanwhile a number OF friends of tho
two men had come up. In all some $50
persons assembled around the two dis
putants. Sides were taken and q regu-
lar pitched battle ensued, ~arousing the
city.
The governor turned out the whole
police force and directed them to the
battlefield. but at their appearance the
their weapons upon h police, who
were completely routed. leaving two
killed and six wounded On the ground.
h Twenty-ninth infantry regiment
and the Seventh cavalry we're hen
called out. The soldiers surrounded
the combatants n after a short re-
sistance scattered them in all direc-
tions. the troopers riding hard at their
heels. Eighty people were arrested.
The growth Of c%landesttne emigra-
ton from Portugal is causing consider
able anxiety to the Portuguese author
tiles and 1t Ia understood that the Por-
tuguese government will shortly de-
nounce the Hispano-P Portuguese con-
vention OF 1897 for the suppression OF
the traffic.
The measures taken by the Spanish
DnVornroonf II 10 n1o}mnd - <otoI1Vy
inadequate to stop this traffic, which
Is proving a serious drain on the agri-
cultural population. Labor contractors
from Fuentes d'Onoro, Vigo and Cadix
freely engage Portuguese laborers. who
are shipped off to North and South
America. it Is declared. with the tacit
consent of the Spanish authorities, in
total disregard OF the provisions of tho
convention. all complaints from the
Portuguese government passing UNI
| needed.
The result Of this traffic is that
Portuguese emigration to the two
American continents. which q short
time g averaged only 10000 to 40, 900
annually. has now increased to over
1900. n the country districts, es-
pecially In the north. are threatened
with rapid ~depopulation.
The famous fighting bulls of Portu-
gal displayed their aversion to motor
cars recently when an automobile ON
nibus with ten passengers was pro-
ceeding along a country high road near
Cintra. Portugal.
A herd of fighting bulls from a cele-
brated breeders establishment sud
denly appeared around a corner.
Frightened by the throbbing Of the en-
CINE. the bulls got out of hand and
driver hastily turned his machine and
fed pursued by the herd of Infatuated
animals, but being ignorant OF the
n%eighborhood he drove the heavy con-
veyance over q precipice into a ravine
eighty feet below.
The driver. and three passengers were
killed outright. while the others were
all seriously injured.