The herald., 1898-03-29

duty in view Of the important matterl
to come before. the new Parliament.
In Madrid there have been elected fivt
military candidates, one Conservative
one Republican and the Marquise Of
| Cabrian.
The Marquis made himself popular 9
few years ago by vigorous campaign
against the notorious municipal abuses
and scandals left unpublished by sue.
cessive governments.
The provincial returns are slowly com.
ing in. indicating the election Of large
numbers Of Ministerialists. q Conserva.
tive minority and very few Republican,
and Carlists.
kilograms from Bilboa report violen,
agitation In consequence of the Governor
and rival candidates having displayed
lack OF respect for the law and libert,
| Of electors.
A sensation was caused by mention OF
afcable dispatch from Cuba announcing
that at the last moment there was such
divisions, rivRlries and agitation among
the autonomists that enc OF the sections
threatened to refrain from voting and
only consented to 60 to the polls on con.
dition that the insular Cabinet should
remain In Office until the close of the
election. Several members Of the Cabi.
net wished to retire In view of the split
in the party.
The 0overnor-General cabled that II
was impossible to force the result Of the
election In Cuba.
| The date for the assembling Of the
Cortes was fixed originally for April 25th
but the meeting may be hastened. Ma
ttonal requirements may oblige the Cabi-
net to summon the House to meet di.
rectly after the Senatorial election which
will take place April 18th.
The Independent and Democratic
newspapers blame the Governor of Bill.
bao for excess Of zeal in interfering and
causing the arrest of the three Socialists
municipal councillors on the evening OF
the election lest they influence the
miners and other workmen to vote 70,
Pablo Igleias, popular Socialist agita-
tor. The full returns from the provinces
will not be decided here until Monday
afternoon.
THE CRIPPLED TORPEDO
NEW YORK, March ga dispatch
to the World from Waterford, ireland,
says:
The torpedo boat destroyer Audaz,
though crippled by a gale. Is ordered to
Spain with all possible haste She put
In here Friday with both bows smashed
In. her stern twisted several feet out of
line and other serious damage sustained
while trying to cross the Bay of Biscay
on the way from her builders at Clydes-
bank, Scotland, to Ferrol, Spain. Her
collision bulkhead burst, but the Sec
ond bulkhead stopped the water, pre-
venting her from laundering.
Her captain intended to take the YES
sci to the Clyde for repairs. but the
government at Madrid deemed 1t i'm
portant that she should reach Spain at
the earliest moment. Therefore the
captain was ordered to take her to
Queenstown for temporary repairs to
enable her to make Lisbon. or Cadiz, as
soon az the weather moderated.
The captain said that he was anxious
concerning the fate Of the Osado, sis
ter boat, which left the Clyde with the
Audaz and encountered the same vio-
shelter In some other port, but there is
no report of her arrival anywhere.
The two torpedo boat destroyers part
ed company In hurricane. The men OF
1.-The crew have not been permitted to
come ashore here. The captain Is svl-
IDENTIFY afraid that some might desert
rather than face the remainder Of a
voyage to Spain.
| It IL quite possible, too, that they
might be subjected to hostile demon
strations from the people of Waterford
where, in view of the acute American
| Spanish crisis, there is much excitement