Salt Lake Herald | 1901-02-14 | Page 1 | Disturbances in Madrid

Disturbances Di in Madrid 1 Madrid Feb 13 At nightfall every approach to the Puerta Puerto Del Sol Sob u was is jammed with the idle populace lu lii suiting remarks were hurled at the p ps lice Uce and the civil guard A A trumpeter sounded a charge whim which was male made ma with swords drawn Heads Pleads were not spared pared many nany per persons IJ fJ sons eons were injured and there were nu numerous numerous arrests The scattering crowds sought the shops and hotels All the front do duo dors is S of the Hotel de Paris we wet smashed in ina I n na a great ireat crowd assembling as li g there The Tue police pollee and guards charged cha ed into the lie I streets but the dispersed throngs thrones quickly reassembled As was anticipated the funeral of f Don Ramon de Campoamor the rH poet and philosopher was attended with 8 ilous disturbances The weather w was ts as beautiful saud l enormous crowds gath gathered gathered ered along the route by the fu Lu Considerable CIl disorder order marked t the lie ie passage pU age of ff the procession but i J tie ile troops stood at strategic c points and a ud prevented any very outbreak out outbreak outbreak break until the end of the city was wag 18 reached At that point the demonstrators ors ora who included many students stud n tH raised the cry of Long Lo live liberty and aad having broken up late into small par parties parties parties ties proceeded to various pert parts of Ma Madrid Madrid 1 to renew the demonstration One band of students Atoned a con convent conVent convent vent Many Riots Tak Take Place In fn the evening fresh riots rIot took place at several points 18 Gendarmes charged with drawn swords and a number A Were ere wounded or bruised The demonstrators replied to the charges of the gen gendarmes darmes dannes with showers of stones Altogether some thirty arrests erre ts were made during the day including a mili miti military miLitary tary tar officer whose arrest resulted in a protest by hi his brother officers the mat matter ma mattee t ter tee being referred to the captain general gen general general eral The authorities have bave warned the t he newspapers to abstain from the pub publication pu publication b of news or comment calculated ted to fan tan the present agitation tation MusIC MUSK on the die public squares and a general holiday had been arranged as of the Asturias Asturia A Bourbon Bourion marriage festivities fe but all II this has been abandoned on account of f the attitude of the populace popO to