Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1898 — ITS DAYS NUMBERED. [ARTICLE]

ITS DAYS NUMBERED.

The Present Spanish Dynasty Apparently Doomed. GEN. WEYLER MAY BECOME DICTATOR Continued Riots In the Provinces Indicate That a Revolntion Is Brewln|[ —Queen Regent Preparing to Unit Spain. London, May 6. A letter dated May H, just received from Mardrid, says Gen. Weyler and Senor Romero y Bobledo, the former minister of justice, are bound to come to the front row, as “a military furore has taken possession of the nation and the Spanish dynasty, aa well as the government, is doomed.” May Drive Ont the Queen. Madrid, May 6. —Riot is still rampant throughout Spain and threatens to break into a revolutionary war, in which event the queen will be driven from the country. More and more it is apparent that the Sagasta ministry is afraid to act heroically. The mobs are (temporized with where it is feared that (shooting will lead to more serious disturbance. In Gijon, province of Oviedo, the killing of women by the troops during the rioting of the flsherwomen and tobacco girls has caused a tremendous demonstration. The civil guard has joined the rioters, many of the guards having (sweethearts among the disaffected (women. The octroi duties were merely an excuse for the outburst. The price of bread and the Interference with the tobacco work were enough to start the (women, but the men were incited from below by agitators who are working for the downfall of the government. Mob Fired Upon. A serious disturbance has occurred at Caceres, and a still more violent demonstration has. taken place at Leon, (where large crowds of women and children. paraded the streets, crying: “Give us bread or work I” These paraders .were joined by large numbers of men, and the disorder became greater. The mob stoned the restaurants, provision shops and the houses of merchants, breaking doors and windows and seizing everything they could lay hands on. The civil guard called upon the crowd to disperse, but the demand was refused, whereupon the troops fired a volley into the mob, wounding many. A mob of 10,000 persons rioted at Helquist and plundered houses on all sides. The police fired into the crowd, wounding six persons. Two soldiers were wounded by the rioters. Men and Women Shot Down.

Cartagena bubbles and seethes with revolution. Thirty miles away, in Murcia, a great army of miners and their sympathizers, estimated at from 7,000 to 10,000 men and women, has been tumultuously shouting: "Death to the thieves!” “Down with Sagasta 1” 44 Who stole our tax money?” This great throng fired the railroad depot, and threw dynamite into the Quartel. Then they started for Cartagena, the war port. Troops were hurried to meet them. The angry rioters refused to disperse, and withstood two volleys before they ran. Reports place the dead and wounded at more than 50, including many women. The ringleaders rallied the mob, and began shouting: “Give us Weyler or Don Carlos!” They gathered on the heights and gave battle to the soldiers. At last accounts the troops were on the defensive and reinforcements were being hurried to their support. Martial law has been proclaimed in Cartagena itself, but the authorities are powerless to prevent gatherings and incendiary speeches. One crowd from the Parque Central stoned the house of the mayor and looted n storehouse where supplies for the navy were kept. The Gijon massacre, instead of putting down the riot, has increased its violence. Cries against the throne are open. Mutterings of revenge against the soldiery are heard on all lips.

Revolntlon In the Air. The chief fear is of a popular revolution, which everybody can see is brewing’. The civil authorities in Madrid got *o alarmed et the attitude of the republicans and Carllsts that they frankly told Benor Sagasta they could not answer for order much longer. The Barcelona authorities report a ▼cry serious condition of affairs there, the republicans working upon the masses, who ure discontented because of the rise in price of ull provisions and the closing of many factories in consequence of the loss of the Cuban and Philippine markets. If national feeling runs too hifjh against Benors Sagasta and Moret, who really are In the most danger, the queen probab'y will ask Marshal Campos to form a sort of government for the defense of the monarchy. The old marshal has told her he will be ready to do so directly she sends for hint--80 the days of the Sagasta cabinet are numbered. Will Not Tell. Madrid, May o.—ln the cortes the minister of marine declined to give the whereabout* of the Cupe Verde squadron. Short of Ammunition. London, May #. —The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “I hear on indisputable authority that five of the Spanish worships, including the battleship Pelayo and the tine cruiaer Alfonso XIII., have not yet been aapplied with ammunition. This was the cause of the delay in the sailing of the Cape Verde fleet, and will probably compel it to return tn Cadiz.” London, May C. —A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle from Cadiz, dated Taeoday, says: “The oattleship Pelayo and the cruiser Alfonso XIII. hare left theii anchorage in the bay and gone to

the dockyard. The cruisers Patriota and Rapido are preparing with all speed and all are expected to sail together. Cadiz is overwhelmed by the news of the Philippine disaster, the lost crews numbering many Cadizians.” Mar Boon tin It Spain. London, May 6. —The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: “Apartments have been reserved at a hotel here for the queen regent of Spain ip case she arrives before apartments have been prepared for her in - her brother’s palace. Telegrams from the Austrian ambassador at Madrid, Count Dubsky, indicate that the queen regent is only waiting for a suitable moment to quit Spain without detrimef t to the interests of her son.” Fear Lon of Puerto Rico. Madrid, May 6.—Considerable anxiety is expressed here as to the fate of Puerto Rico. It is feared that Admiral Sampson’s squadron has gone to seize San Juan, the capital of that colony, and the Spanish coal supplies at that port. Madrid, May 6, via Paris.—Cuban and Puerto Rican authorities cable that there is no need to fear the landing of American troops. Mourna for the Loot at Manila. Paris, May 6. —Ex-Queen Isabella refuses to receive political visitors. She has gone into mourning for the Spanish sailors killed at Manila. Have a Big Job IU-fore Them. Madrid, May 6, via Paris.—lt is alleged j that two ironclads, two cruisers and three transports were about to leave Cadiz to drive Americans from Manila and then bombard Californian porta. To Repel Invasion. London, May 6.—A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle from Kingston, Jamaica, says that in anticipation of an Invasion, the Spanish troops are concentrating in the seaports of Cuba and have abandoned the interior to the insurgents. Doubt the Reports. London, May 6.—The latest dispatches from Madrid say that the meas- i

ures the cortes has adopted have had' the effect of reducing the agitation in the provinces, but looking to the severe censorship, such optimist reports may well be doubted.