The record-union., 1898-05-05
The Idea Of the Queen Regent Re-
signing Seriously Considered.
Outbreak S in the Provinces Assuming Alarm
ing Proportions Martial Law Pro-
claimed in Valencia Owing to
Attitude of the People.

LONDON, May 4.-The Madrid corr
respondent of the Morning Post" says:
THE Government is aware that it
cannot rely upon the army. Judging
from what one hears, terrible things
may shortly happen"
The Vienna correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says: "The idea Of
the resignation of the regency by
Queen Maria Christina is being seri-
>ously considered by the members of the
Imperial family of Austria, with view
of averting an anti-dynastic movement
and saving the throne.
According to a dispatch to the "Dai-
ly Mali from Brussels, Don Carlos, in
the course of an interview, has declared
that he would not provoke revolution
ary movement in Spain, but on the con-
trary would prevent, if need be, any
Carlist agitation while the war con-
tinues.
OUTBREAKS IN PROVINCES.
MADRID, May 4-Noon.-The out
breaks in the provinces are assuming
alarming proportions. This is espec-
tally the case in the province of Gil
jon, on the Bay of Biscay, where the
troops have been compelled to fire on
the rioters in "self defense"
The latest news from Gijon is that the
artillery has been ordered out.
At Talavera, De La Royna, one Of
the Jesuit religious houses has been
burned 1t is asserted that the riots
arise from hunger, rather than from
political moves.
DISSATISFACTION GROWING.
MADRID, May 4.-9 p. m.-The situ-
alton in the provinces is unchanged,
and everywhere the dissatisfaction is
growing, especially over the price Of
bread Acts against authority are be-
coming more and more overt. At Ca
talan the rioters captured the Mayor
and Town Councillors, and demanded
a. ransom. On the Mayor protesting,
he was shot through the leg, after
which the gendarmes dispersed the
mob.
At Talavera the rioters were most
determined, sacking many bakeries and
setting fire to several Government
buildings.
In the town of Aguilar, in the Prov
ince of Murcia, a mob, mostly women,
burned the storehouses and offices.
The fisherwomen who broke out
against the octoroi dues at Jigon, re-
Il 1c6 &c
from the tobacco girls. Together they
sacked several bakeries and burned all
the octroi offices, with all the papers
belonging to the foreign ships loading
in the harbor. The civic guard was
hotly stoned at the prison, and the mob
marched off with the iron bars OF the
Jail. When the troops appeared they
were stoned, replying with fire ana
wounding many The mob then
walked to the Government buildings
and smashed the windows. The troops
again fired, this time from the balco-
nies and wounded many, but the women
kept throwing stones.
| The Jesuit house was attacked be-
cause it was supposed that grain was
stored there. The troubles are ex-
pected to increase.
MARTIAL LAW IN VALENCIA
| MADRID, May 4-Owing to the
threatening attitude of the population
| of various towns, the authorities nave
proclaimed a martial law in the pro-
! vince of Valencia.
Riots have occurred at Caceros. but
they are said to have been suppressed
by the gendarmes. The miners arouhu
Ovideo. Capital of the province of that
name. have struck work and disorders
are feared. Reinforcements of troops
have been hurried to Ovideo.
A renewal of the rioting at Gijon, the
fortified seaport of Ovideo, on the bay
of Biscay, is feared, and a state OF siege
has been declared there. The nshef-
women are taking the most active part
in the disturbances, which are due u
the dearness of provisions and the op-
position of the people to octroi tax. All
the bread at Gijon is baked at the mill
tory danots as the rioters are threaten-
ing to pillage the regular bakeries All
the stores closed and business is about
suspended.
The Madrid newspapers are very pes
| simistic in their comments upon the
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