The Portland daily press., 1898-04-18
LOOKED As If WRECKED.
American Consulate at Malaga Badly
Used By Mob.

London, April 1S.-The Malaga CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail telegraphing
at noon Saturday, says:
"About 10 O'Clock last evening Girl
day., large group of young people, who
had already met in another part of the
town for the purpose of organizing de-
monstration, arrived in front of the
American consulate and began to cheer
for Spain. They did not at this stage
utter any cry against the United States.
"The chief of police endeavored to dis
perse them. but only succeeded in driv-
ing the crowd from the consulate. The
demonstrators then paraded along the
Gallo Lazarus. the most frequented street
in Malaga, and accompanied by very
large crowd, reaesembled in the piazza
de la Constitution. The civil governor
and many of the town fastened to the
spot to calm the people and were received
with loud cheering, but in the mean
time another group posted themselves OPP
posite the American consulate. They
carried Spanish banners and after utter
| ing many patriot cries. began to throw
stones at the building.
All tie windows were smashed and a
part OF the furniture of the consulate
damaged. When the crowd was at the
height of it's frenzy a ladder was brought
and a man getting hold of the American
escutcheon, threw it to the ground amid
| immense cheering. The escutcheon was
! paraded rs trophy through the streets
and ultimately carried to the crowded
plazze del Constitution where it's ap-
pearance caused great enthusiasm.
Another group. headed by we'll
known Carlist, went through the princi-
pal streets and passed by the consulate,
shouting "vivas'' to Spain, to the army
and navy, and crying necessarily,
death to the United States,' and
death to the pig Yankees.
"This group largely swollen by people
who had joined on the way, forced an
entrance into the Cervantes theatre. The
representation was stopped, and the Or
chestra played patriot march, the
whole audience joining in the demonstra-
ton.
"The governor, warned by telephone,
made his appearance. Then some one
cried: when the country is in danger
no theatrical representation ought to
| be given
1.-The audience applauded and in a few
minutes spontaneously cleared the thea
fyso
of people noisily paraded the streets and
| the demonstrations continued until an
advanced hour of the night, the police be-
| ing powerless. This morning (Satur-
day y the American consulate looked from
the outside sas if it had been wrecked,
! the stones and broken glass making quite
| pile in the sidewalk.
1.-the commotion was renewed early
today. Several groups carried with
them banners upon which had been
printed representations of the pig, now
treated in Spain as an emblem of Ameri-
ca and as Synonymous with Americans.
The authorities, however, had taken
fantry civil guard had been called out
and the police force took positions in
the principal streets. The demonstrations
tried to get hold of the municipal san
mel and to procure the municipal band,
but were prevented in both directions
by noon today Saturday. the de-
monstration had practically ended, al
though the people occasionally INDUCED
in patriot cries, and the streets were
full"
The Malaga correspondent of the Daily
Mail in later despatch, dated Satur.
Gay night, says:
"By order Of the government the local
authorities of Malaga waited upon the
American consul with an apology for the
insult"
The tscu cheon has been replaced. The
ess strongly denounce the occurrences.
which, it is pointed out are likely to in.
tensify the strained relations between
the two countries. Tonight, however.
the popular demonstrations were again
renewed, but the authorities acted ener-
getically.