San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-09
.CAN0VAS ASSASS|AAIED..
SPANS Prime Minister
COWardly Murdered.
CUBANS ARE REJOICING AS HIS
DEATH. But DEPL0RE
THE MANNER.
High DignitarieS Of Europe Send
Messages Of Coincidence And
Queen Victoria Thinks Its
A BloOmin' IiOrrOr--Cu-
bans Interviewed.

New York, Aug. "a dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The assassination of Prime Minister
Canovas forms u striking contrast
with the attempts of the exiled Span
| ish anarchists here to enlist public
sympathy and raise subscriptions. A
meeting announced for Sunday was
forbidden by the police because stat
utory notice was not given, but mere
| handful of idle spectators appeared
and by arrangement with the police
| the promoter of the meeting merely
mounted parapet and announced
that no meeting would be held.
The news of the assassination was
telegraphed instantly to the queen
who sent an affectionate message 10
| the queen regent of Spain expressing
| her horror and deep sympathy, and al
so to Lord Salisbury, who telegraph
ed Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, order
| ing the expression of the sympathy
of the British government. The as
| sassination caused a great sensation
In Paris and news has been wired
President Faure who at present is In
| the south of France. NJ. Honotaux
only arrived in Paris at late hour
| Sunday evening. When he received
the news he Immediately proceeded to
| the Qua or Say where he arranged fey
kilograms of coincidence.
So far as can be hastily gathered
herein well informed circles the Opin-
ion N that the outrage may greatly
| influence the Spanish government and
will probably strengthen the Carlst
organization which has recently been
| developing rapidly and thus, by caus-
| ing Spain domestic embarrassmcnts,
| lead her to seek to avoid all foreign
complications.
BY a coincidence the foreign office
report dealings with Spanish finance
was issued giving approximately for
the first time the total Spanish debt.
| This, including Cuba. amounts TO no
less than S1,565, 100000 gold with a
charge of interest of S70,000,000. Be
yOnd this is S19.000,000 interest for Ii
abilities for operations in Cuba which
| means % per cent. additional to the
| debt This, of course, means utter
bankruptcy to a country whose in
come is $150000,000.
New York, Aug. 9.-The Tribune
| discussing the events which led up TO
| the assassination of Canovas says:
THE characteristic movement real
ly began in Spain after the overthrow
of Isabella when a portion of the Re-
/ liCCatfSfinI with tho mod
| crate rule of Castelar,, Gen. Prim and
others started under the leadership
| of Contetrasa. the revolt of the Fed
| eralists, seized some irOnclads IN the
port of Carthegena and Were finally
subdued and captured. The localities
| in Spain were revolutionary aud an
archistic ideas have prevailed We're
the industrial centres along the Med
| iterranean coast, like Barcelona, which
is considered as the headquarters of
anarchy in the peninsula and especial
| ly since many partisans of the Paris
commune took refuge there in and
after 1871. The latest and most hor-
rible exploits of the anarchists and
| the one which finally has been the
cause of the assassination of Canovas,
was the throwing of bombs in BARGE
Iona at q religious procession last
summer. The government of Canovas
displayed great activity and ability
in detecting the authors or instigators
of the Barcelona crime. These stories
have been published by all revolution
airy papers in Europe. They present
ed the premier as another TOrquema-
da; nay. worse than this famous CHIEF
of the inquisition of former centuries.
A civil engineer has published in Paris
under the title The Inquisition OF
SPAIN condensed recitals of the suf-
ferings and tortures which he and
his fellow suspects had TO endure.
Archeria, who IL seems was the leader
i'm the murderous plot at Barcelona.
managed TO write to some papers be-
fore his execution that he was COM
PEELED. through horrible fortunes TO
admit that he had four accomplices
all the men whose names were die
tated to him by the judge of the Bar
celona anarchists and the result is