The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-22

in the water, "as would be inevitable We're
the American system adopted" An Amer
lean in letter printed t1a lay SAYS avs otbne
English resorts would not be tolerated for
a moment at Coney island. and would be
severely punished even in france.
The Spanish government has prohibited
the publication in Spain or the telegraphing
abroad of the details of the execution at
Vergara yesterday of Michael Angiolllllo,
the Spanish Anarchist who shot and killed
Senior Canovas del Castillo, the premier of
SPAIN on Sunday, Aug. g. Letters, how
ever have been received here containing
details of the execution. The writer's say
that the Anarchist slept but little during
Thursday night owing TO his having par
taken of coffee during the evening when
kept him awake. But his pulse was quiet
and unaltered. The prisoner took cup of
coffee at o'clock on Friday morning and
drank a cup of bullion at 10 O'Clock. AT
1858 a. m. Angiollillo firmly assembled the
steps of the scaffold and donned the black
gown and cap, placing the cross OF the rat
ter at the back of his head. He calmly
regarded the spectators asked to be al
lowed to speak and uttered clearly the
word "Germinal." (Germinal was the term
given to the seventh month of the French
republican calendar-1l92-1SO6-W which began
March q and ended April 49, The assassin
then sat down on the bench of the garrote
while the eXecutioner adjusted the iron col
lar around his neck AS the eXecutloner
was about TO cover the prisoners face An
The screw of the garrOte was then turned,
the collar frightened and Angiolllllo was
strangled to death; His corpse was eX-
posed until 6 o'clock in the evening, when
it was buried. All the spectators were
greatly struck by the Anarchists attitude.
The New York steamer Max, with sixty
American tourists on board, arrived at St
Petersburg Tuesday last. The tourists on
board of the steamer Ohio will give a grand
ball in honor of President Faure during
his visit to Russia, and will also give a
concert at which only Russian and French
compositions will be played.
The Carl Rosa opera Company began its
twenty-ffth season at Liverpool this week.
Most of this seasons stars are new corners
in the company, and several are Ameri-
cans The American soprano. Mile. Theo.
| Dorre made her first appearance in Eng
| land Monday, singing the role of Carmen.
| Cecile Lorraine and Signor Salvi sang for
| the first time Tuesday evening in Puccinl 5
| La Bohem." Miss Lorraine is Boston
| girl. Salvi is a tenor who won his repu-
tation in Rome; and scored a special sue
The next season of the Paris grand opera
promises few novelties. Perhaps the most
dition of Wagner in the French capital,
| where, until recently, works of German
! origin were tabooed.
| Sporting circles have been stirred by the
arrival of Dan A. Stuart of Texas, who
managed the Corbett-F itzsimmons fight.
and who is holding daily receptions at the
| Hotel Cecil Mr.. Stuart has come to Eng
| land 10 negotiate the sale of the European
rights to the exhibition of the veriscope
| pictures of the fight. Like many men from
| the United States, he complains of the diff
| fculty of doing business quickly in Eng
| land. Mr.. Stuart spoke sorrowfully of the
! decline of pugiism. He remarked that the
veriscope pictures had netted $4,000 a day
until the beginning Of the hot weather in
| America.