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Show TROOPS QUELL QDEBECRIOTERS Four Civilians Killed, Soldiers and Citizens Wounded Stern Measures Adopted. QUEBEC, Que.. April 2. Fighting between the rioting element in Quebec and the military forces which resulted last night in the killing at least of four i ivili n .'nd the vsounding of a number num-ber of civilians and soldiers, continued into the early hours today. After midnight mid-night the firing died down to a very great extent but men on the house tops sniped the soldiers for hours. The guard placed on the public buildings and in the area where fighting fight-ing took place was maintained all night. This forenoon the city was comparatively nuiet. Authorities declare there will be no I let up in the stern measures adopted to crush rioting. Soldiers had difficulty diffi-culty in picking actual rioters as targets tar-gets and it is believed some of those killed were bystanders. |