Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1898 — HER DAY OF WOE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HER DAY OF WOE.

Spain’s Flag on the Philippine Islands Is Destined to Come DownCommodore Dewey Demands Surrender of All Warlike Stores and Entire Stock of Coal. Spanish Government Said to Have Instructed the Captain General to Comply with Ultimatum. ~ i .... - Grave Complications May Result to Sagasta Ministry—Martial Law in Madrid. Latest Details Kegudlng the Great Victory Gained by Commodore Dewey at Manila.

London, May 3. —Commodore Dewey, according to a reported dispatch from Madrid, gave Capx. Gen. August! 24 hours to comply with an ultimatum Which demanded all warlike stores and the entire stock of coal in charge of the government officials. The ultimatum asserted that no money levy would be made upon Manila. The dispatch says It is believed in Madrid that the government has already cabled Capt. Gen. Augusti authority to comply with the demand, no other course being open. Grave events may follow public knowledge of this compliance. Martial Law in Mndrid. London, May 3.—The Madrid correspondent of the Standard, telegraphing at midnight, says: Senor Aguilera, the civil governor of Madrid, has just posted on the walls of the home office the customary proclamation intimating that the civil authorities consider the circumstances justify the handing over to the military authorities the mission of keeping order. Lieut. Gen. Daban, captain general ol Madrid, has assumed charge, and the first military patrols have just ap-

pcared in the Puerto del Sol. The measure has been taken in consequence of the attitude of certain political partie* since Sunday. The whole gurrison is ready in barracks. Just before martial law was proclaimed a mob tried to break Into the Apollo theater to hold a demonstration against the government. The police charged the mob and dispersed it, not daring, however, to make any arrests. The mob threw stones at the theater and adjoining buildings, breaking windows, but doing no further dnmage. Madrid, May 3, 2 a. m.-r-At this hour hussars, police and civil guards hold the principal streets and squares. Remarkably few people are about, considering the extraordinary precautions Proclaim State ot Sir**. Madrid, May 3.—The cabinet council after a late session, decided to proclaim a state of siege immediately. Ministers deny the existence of a cabinet crisis. Haa Manila Surrendered I Chicago, May 3.—The Record's staff correspondent at. Washington telegraphs that paper as follows:

"The president received the first nevus of th« capture of Manila about six o'clock Monday evening from the British embassy. Sir Julian Pauncefote had been trying all day to get Into communlcataton with the British authorities at Hong-Kong and the consul at Manila without success, until about five o'clock In the afternoon he received a cablegram announcing that the city had surrendered, but giving no details. A oopy was at once made and sent to she white house by an attache, who received the president's thanks for the good news. "It Is expected Acting Admiral Dewey Wll take charge of the cable office at onoe aad that soon we shall begin to receive authentic Information concerning the battle aad the loases upon the American aide concerning which the president and hla advisers are very much concerned. It la not believed, however, that the damage to the American fleet could have been very serlous or Admiral Dewey would not have been able to follow up his victory over the fleet by snob a vigorous attack upon the fortification* Altogether It must havo been •ne of the greatest naval buttle* on record." Leek for Important Developments. Madrid, May 3.—ln political cirolea Important developments are hourly expected. Benor Romero y Robledo {leader of the Woylerlte party) will Interpolate the government In congress to-day on the events st Manila, and the Carl is t a and republicans will participate i. the debate, which is expected to have important results. Will Not Intervene. London, May 3.—The Vienna correspondent of the Times says: u In awell•nformed circles it is positively denied

that the powers will intervene at the present juncture, nor has any agreement been arrived at for mediation at any future time. The disparity of views is considerable, enough to render highly improbable the cooperation of all six powers in any diplomatic step, either at Madrid or Washington.” London, May 3. —A special dispatch from Madrid says all classes,especially politicians, hope for intervention of the continental powers, especially Germany and Russia. Fleet Still Knsßßcd. London, May 3.—A dispatch from Honk-Kong to the Daily Mail, dated Monday, says: “Commodore Dewey’s fleet. Is oft Corregldor island, hotly engaged with the forts there. Electrical experiments show that the cable has been cut at or near Manila.” Hong-Kong, May 3.—There is no

news o! the American squadron, beyond a private cablegram from Capt. Concha, of the Spanish cruiser Don Juan de Austria, to his children at a convent school here, mentioning that firing had been heard in the direction of Corregldor island. It Is assumed from this that the Americans were reconnoitering the entrance and trying the southern side of the island, which is six miles wide, and surrounded by rocks and shoais, though not believed to be mined. There Is no news, either of the Spanish squadron, but aooordlng to the latest advices, it could not take the offensive in any oa»e. i The steamer Esmeralda, chartered by the banking companies here to bring away the specie from Manila, reached here, and it Is believed that she has been boarded by the Americans.

COMMODORE GEORGE DEWEY.

BAY OF MANILA, WHERE THE NAVAL BATTLE WAS FOUGHT.