_Valeriano Weyler_--Native of Majorca, marquis of Tenerife, and son of a German doctor; becomes governor, 1888; said to have purchased office from minister's wife; school of agriculture established in Manila, 1889; practical school of arts and trades established, 1890; telephone system established in Philippines, 1890; Dominican secondary school established in Dagupan, 1891; said to have received money from religious orders for armed support against their tenants; term as governor 1888-1891; later minister of war at Madrid. _Eulogio Despujol_--Native of Cataluna, and count of Caspe; becomes governor, 1891; Liga filipina (Philippine League) founded in Manila by Rizal, 1892; introduces many reforms; popular with natives; arouses wrath of religious orders, who are said to have paid $100,000 for his dismissal; term as governor, 1891-1893. _Federico Ochando_--Governor (_ad interim_), 1893. _Ramon Blanco_--Becomes governor, 1893; electric light established in Manila, 1895; formation of Katipunan society; outbreak of insurrection, August 30 1896; Blanco opposed by ecclesiastics; term as governor, 1893-December 9 (date of royal decree removing him), 1896. _Camilo Polavieja_--General; becomes governor, December 13, 1896 (Algue); Rizal executed, December 30, 1896; Tagal republic proclaimed, October, 1896; insurrection spreads; operations against insurgents by General Lachambre, 1897; Polavieja issues amnesty proclamation, January 11, 1897; efficient service of loyal Filipino troops; term as governor, December 13, 1896-April 15, 1897. _Jose de Lachambre_--General; governor (_ad interim_), April 15-23, 1897. _Fernando Primo de Rivera_--Becomes governor for the second time, April 23, 1897; insurgents scattered, and more than thirty thousand natives said to have been killed in one province; pact of Biaknabato signed, December 14, 1897; re-occurrence of insurrections in Luzon, 1898; term as governor, April 23, 1897-April 11, 1898. _Basilio Augustin_--Becomes governor, April 11, 1898; Dewey's victory, May 1, 1898. _Fermin Jaudens_--Becomes governor (_ad interim_), 1898; peace preliminaries, surrender of Manila, and entrance of Americans (August 13) into Manila. _Francisco Rizzo_--General; becomes governor (_ad interim_), 1898. _Diego de los Rios_--Becomes governor, with capital at Iloilo, 1898; treaty of Paris signed, December 10, 1898; term as governor, after August 13, 1898-December 10, 1898; leaves Manila, January 1, 1899. [94] Law Regarding Vacancies in the Government [_Recopilacion de leyes_, lib. ii, tit. xv, ley lviii, contains the following law on vacancies in the government. It is dated Madrid, April 2, 1664.]