The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11
MADRID MOB MAKES
DEMONSTRATIONS


TAe civil Gevernsr Dssperse. the
Manffestants With . Large Clab,
wfeiAea yfgsrsssly.
MADRID. April la-TUnisAt bolster
Gus crowd. heated by wine and the
excitement Of the bulIdght. encoun-
tered a geueral who was wearing
scarf ~ the national cciorx. The crowd
Immediately raised cries % VIVA Espana- :.
'vtyA Cuba" and for the moment the ste
uatiOn looked dangerous Il heiug feared
that some one would raise q seditfous cry.
The crowd dissolved. however. and the To-
calty soon resumed iss ordinary appear
ance.
$50 p m-The clacer against whom Tho
demonstration VIVA made was Gen. Cas-
teivf. Bourbon pretender to the throne e
France. He was recognized and cheered.
The demonstration occurred In front az
the presidency and the civil governor went
In among the crowd, exerting his personal
innuence. rather tha0 his authority. to
persuade them 10 disperse. It il rumored
that manifestations continue in several
streets, but the authorities attach no i'm
portance to those, az the crowd Is largely
composed OF the poorer classes.
10 p. m--Ths Puerto del Sol u now denaa-
~ packed A large body OF police is drawn
up near the Hotel de Paris where the
civil governor OF Madria Il dining. Occa-
sionaliy the cry Of viva Espana" 10
raised and re-echoed by thousand voices
The correspondent Of thu Associated Press
saw one arrest A respectable locking in
dividual was brought 10 the hotel door
way, where he asked to be released from
physicist custody. promising to accompany
the police quitey. Senor Aguiiera. the
civil governor. resumed his interrupted
dinner. But fresh cries arose. and the
buriy. good-tempered governor rushed into
the thlckest or the moo brandishing a
stick. but hitting nobody.
Senior Aguiiera Is a man OF gigantic pro-
partions, and the best loved individual in
Madrid The nianifestants scuttied In all
directions before his shiilalah. producing q
comic eject and reducing the disturbance
TO ito true proportions. The police are
acting admirably and the military are kept
In reserve at the barracks In case OF emer-
gency
1888 p. MA large crowd Is still parad-
Ing the Puerto DEL Sol crying Long live
SsNain'' and 'TLnnx live me army. The
0ovn governor ~ Madrid IL among sherr
promcnading up and down and begging
them TO dispense peacefully. The crowd
relying upon his kindhearteaness of the
governor. whom the population OF Madrid
adore, refuses to dispense and Is bent on
visiting the military eiun to make a DEM
onstratfon Of sympathy The authorities
prohibit the formation or groups in fre It
OF the military club. the presidency or the
American legation Gen. Castelyf was or
fsred at the military club a banner to head
the demonstration. but he refused, alleging
that the crowd was composed OF the drexs
OF the city. Several Of the rIngleadeas
have been arrested. the civil governor
threatening to call out the civic guards II
the crowd does not dispense.
n:So pa M Demonstration continued In
favor OF the army and against the govern
ment- The demonstrators nave visited the
military club and the Offices OF the Lib
eral newspapers. There have been numer-
ous arrests and many OF the demonstrations
have been injured.