The record-union., 1898-05-11
ADMIRAL
MONTEJo
KILLED.
Put to Death by Popu|ace
at Manila.
MaSSacres Reported Outside
Of the City.
The insurgents Butchering Even
Spanish Women and Children.
Rear Admiral Dewey Unable to Control the
Insurgents, Nor Can He Enable
the Spanish to
Do So.

| LONDON, May 1O.-A special dis
patch from Shanghai says that it is
| reported there that Admiral Montejo,
the commander of the Spanish fleet,
who escaped from Cavite by running
along the shore to Manila with his two
sons, was killed by the populace of the
latter place
1t is added that the ship San Rogue,
| filled with Spanish soldiers, was set on
| fire by shells from the Boston, and that
Sisters of Charity were killed while
removing the wounded.
Massacres are reported to have oc-
Cured outside of Manila, the insurgents
butchering even the Spanish women
and children.
SPANISH TREACHERY.
HONGKONG, May TO- 10 a. m.
| Greenwich time).-A fresh example of
Spanish treachery seems to have come
to light. 1t is said here that the
priests and Sisters of Charity of the
Cavite Hospital in procession bearing
crosses, ETC., petitioned Admiral
Dewey not to massacre the sick and
wounded, which. naturally, he did not
do. The Spaniards, it is asserted, there
upon .Aas ked the Americans for their
humanity, and repaid them by inform
! ing them of a narrow channel, which,
they said, was not mined while the
broad channel, they explained, was fully
mined An investigation on the part
| of the Americans however, revealed
the contrary to be the case. and the
the American fleet.
Rear-Admiral Dewey, it is said here,
finds the insurgents growing danger
Gus. 1t is added that he cannot con-
/ troll them, nor can he enable the Span
iards to do so. There is one Japanese
warship at Manila
AMERICANS DENOUNCED.
| HONGKONG. May 1O.-Tonuuin pa
/ pers (under French direction) denounee
the Americans as pirates and the An
glo-Saxon race as encroaching upon
the Latin race
TROUBLES IN SPAIN.
MADRID, May 10, s a. m.-The bread
riots at Alicante, the seaport of Valen-
cia, which began yesterday, were con-
tinued all night. A riotous mob paraded
the streets demanding cheaper bread
and other necessaries of life. The riot
| ers marched to the factories, whers
hax 81.
We're at work Later they sacked the
octroi bureau and burned the furniture
and archives.
A strong force of gendarmes was sent
to the scene and an attack was made
upon the mob, which was temporarily
dispersed. But the rioters reformed
and burned all the bonded warehouses.
| after possessing themselves of the
wheat in store.
The Government intends to insist that
| the Cortes sit until the war measures
are adopted. The Minister of Finance,
Senior Puigciver, declared that until the
credits are voted, it is impossible to
meet the demands for ammunition and
provisions for Cuba, Porto Rico, the
Balearic Islands and the Canary ISL
ands
or to obtain the necessary stock of coal.
| Captain General Blanco has cabled
an urgent request for considerable sup
| plies, which the Government cannot
dispatch until the Cortes have voted
the war measures.
The authorities here are greatly con-
cerned about the provisions for this
| city 1t is estimated that the stock OF
wheat will be consumed inside of a
month and measures are being taken
| to purchase wheat abroad.
SCENES IN THE CORTES.
| In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the
| Catalonian Deputies strongly protested
against the proclamation of martial law
| in Barcelona, as there have been no dis
orders there.
/ The Minister of the Interior. Senior
/ Capdepon, replied that the authorities
| of Barcelona undoubtedly had good rea-
| sons for their action. ThereuDon the
| Catafonian Deputies declared they
would postpone theirintended interpella-
| ton of the Minister of War until u
proper Government had been formed"
/ A valencian Deputy declared the
/ Captain-General of Valencia had
| threatened the newspapers, saying he
would break uD their forms if they
printed matter attacking the Govern
/ ment
/ The chamber dover house, had pro-
longed sitting this evening, with view
/ of passing the current political meas