The record-union., 1898-05-13
Among Them the Minister Of Foreign Affairs
ard Minister Of Marine.
Illness and WEAKNESS the Excuses
Given-Another Cabinet to be
Formed Tomorrow, With Sa-
gasta at the Head-Queen Vic
toria Appeals to the Queen Re-
gent to Sue for Peace.

said that Senior Moret, Secretary for
the Colonies, and Senor Gullon, Foreign
Minister, have resigned. Admiral
| Bermejo, Minister of Marine, and
Count Xiquena, Minister of Public
| Works, are also said to have resigned.
The retiring Ministers offered various
excuses, such as illness and WEAKNESS
for their Withdrawals. Senior Sagasta
| begged them to remain until the in
demnity bill had been passed. but it is
| believed at to-night'S Cabinet coun-
Gil the designations became definite,
though it is impossible to verify the eX-
act situation at this hour.
1t turns out that Admiral Bermejo,
on learning of the Cavite disaster, told
| Senior Sagasta that he must resign, ow-
| ing to the deicacy of his position,
| though he felt that he was not re-
| sponsible for the state of the defenses
| of Manila.
Senior Moret pleaded WEAKNESS and
| Count Xiquena illness.
| According to the last forecast, the
| new Ministry will consist of Senor
Sagasta as President; Senor Croissard,
| Minister of Justice of the disSolving
| Cabinet as Minister of Foreign At
fairs; Senor Aunon, as Minister of Ma
rine; Senor Romero Giron, as Minister
of Justice, and the Duke of Neragua,
the descendant of Columbus, as Minis
| ter of Public Works.
| The new Cabinet will probably be
constituted Saturday
| The general opinion is that it will
endure until the budget is passed, ana
collapse at the first opportunity after
ward. The changes, however, are pa
| cific in tendency, Senior Gullon having
been the most warlike element in the
dissolving Cabinet.
| The Whereabouts of the Atlantic
/ squadron still remain undiyulged, Min
| listers refusing to give any information
on the subject.
Official dispatches from Havana con-
| firm the reports of an American repuiSe
at Cienfuegos. They assert that the
firing lasted eight hours, and that the
American losses were heavy. Accord
| ing to these dispatches, great enthusi-
| asm prevails in Cuba.
| Owing to the increased price of food,
| there have been serious disturbances at
| the Rio Tinto mines Province of Huel-
va. The rioters wrecked the octroi
office and sacked a number of tobacco
/ stores. The military now Occupy the
whole mining district.
The Senate adopted the field propos
ais of the Government. Senior Puigcer-
yer, Minister of Finance, replying to the
fear expressed relative to the increased
note circulation, declared that the Gov
ernment would act with the utmost
caution.
This evening the whole town is deco
rated with the national colors. The
society ladies sold red and yellow
flowers in large flower tent at a high
figure. the proceeds going to the ma
! tional fund.
POPULACE FLOCK TO BULL RING.
MADRID, May 12.-(2 p. m.)-It
seemed this afternoon as If the entire
population of Madrid was thronging to
the bull ring. At the patriotic bull fight
| to raise funds for the navy. as at the
recent gala performance at the theater,
there was a grand patriotic turnout.
| But the latter was an expression OF
patriotism on the part of the aristoc-
racy, and to-day it was the people who
! expressed the patriotic feeling. The
seats sold at fabulous prices, all the
receipts being devoted to the navy
| fund
| Every available vehicle was requisi
toned and thousands on foot formed
| long procession waiting admission, and
/ all wearing the national colors, the wo-
men having the yellow and red Of
! Spain in their hair and on their breasts,
the men displaying the colors at their
| buttonholes or in their craVatS, While
! the trappings of the horses were be-
decked with the Spanish colors. The
stores We're closed and the cafes pack
ed with people heatedly discussing the
probabilities of the war. Nobody dared
speak of peace.
The bull ring to-day was packed to
| suffocation The boxes were filled with
the highest society and the most beau
| tiful women in Madrid, nearly all wear
ing white mantillas. The opening pro-
cession was of unprecedented splendor.
| VICTORIA APPEALS TO QUEEN
REGENT.
NEW YORK, May IA dispatch to
| the World" from London says: 1t is
rumored in we'll informed circles here
| that Queen Victoria has personally ap-
pealed to the Queen Regent to sue Tor
peace, on the ground that the longer
| hostilities continue, the more her sons
| prospects will be jeopardized.