The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-13
The LATE SPANISH PREMIER
THE BODY CONVEYED TO MAD.
DRID ON FUNERAL TRAIN.

The Post Mortem Examinafion--The De.
ceased to be Buried With the Military
HOnors of a MarshaI-The Queens Letter
Of Coincidence tO the Sonora Canovas.
The Assassin Identifed-Oues ion of
Change in Commander in Cuba.
Madrid, August 1O.-The queen re-
gent has decreed that the military hon.
ors observed in the case of the funeral
of marshal shall be accorded the re-
mains Of the late premier of Spain,
Senor Canovas del Castillo, who was
shot and killed at Santa Agl1eda on
Sunday by an anarchist, Michele An
gino Coli.
will arrive here on Wednesday morn
ing, accompanied by his widow, the
minister of the colonies, Senior Cosgay-
On, and the chief major -domo, the
duke of SOtOmayor, representing the
queen regent. The pail bearers will be
an academician, an admiral, the
president of the senate, a knight of
the golden fleece and Marshal Martinez
de CampOs. The interment will take
place in the Pantheon. Funeral SER
vicese will take place simultaneously
in all the churches throughout the
country, and the official mourning will
last three days.
The queen regent is greatly affected
by the tragedy and is still confined to
her room.
The body of the late premier lies on
his bed in the apartments which he
occupied at Santa Agueda. 1t is COW
cred with a shroud, two tapers are
burning at the foot of the bed, an altar
has been erected in the room and
masses for the repOse of the soul of
the dead are being constantly celebra-
ted.
Senor Castelar,, the republican leader,
in an interview is quoted as saying
he will not join any cabinet unless it
is republican, adding that Senior Sa-
gasta, the liberal leader, ought to be
member Of the new cabinet with the
pledged support of the conservatives.
The queen regent has written a letter
to Sonora Canovas del Castillo, widow
of the premier, in which her majesty
says Il am SO affected and grieved
by the horrible misfortune that I can
not find words to express the pain l
feel. 1 would like to send you my
consolation, but 1 can only weep with
you for the dear being you have lost,
and who loved you so much. too
have lost a great deal. 1 have lost. a
loyal cousellOr who helped me and Of
whom / stood so much in need. The en-
inent services which he rendered to
my husband, Alfonso, gave him a
claim to all Of my respect and his
fresh sacrifices for the throne further
united him to me and to the father
land. The country and history will do
him justice. My children join with me
in this mourning of the crown and the
nation. All my prayers are for him.
Heaven grant you the necessary res
ignatiOn.'
A dispatch from Lucera, Italy, says
that the Italian police have identified
Coli, the assassin of Senor Canovas,
as Michel AngiOlinO. He is 33 years
of age and was born at FOggia, the
capital of the province of that name in
the Apulian plain. His military rec
ord was very bad. He proved an in
different and disobedient soldier and
was sent for three years service in the
disciplinary battalion. Subsequently he
became a compositor. In April 1896 he
was sentenced to eighteen months i'm
prisonment for disseminating anar-
chist propaganda, but after serving
part of the term he escaped to Spain.
His father, who is a tailor, is gr1ef
stricken by the crime of the son. The
provincial and communal councils Of
Foggia have sent kilograms of condo
lence to the Spanish government de-
nouncing the assassin.
A dispatch from Santa Agueda says
that the funeral cortege accompanying
the remains Of Senor Canovas left the
SSeathng establishment this morning ac-
mpanied by the duke Of Sotomayor,
najordomO to the royal household, rep
resenting the queen regent and by Sc
nor Castellano, minister for the colo
nies, and Senior Ell Duayan. The coffin,
covered with wreaths, among them one
from the queen regent, was borne on
a. car. drawn by four horses. A de-
tachment of chasseurs rendered mill
tary honors and acted as escort.
A special funeral train awaited the
arrival of the cortege at Zumarraga.
Almost at the very moment Of the
transfer of the coffin from the funeral
car to the train a foreigner was ar
rested at the telegraph office. He is
suspected of being an accomplice of the
assassin.
Sonora Canovas watched by the body
of her husband for two nights, one
night with Senior Castelas and the
other with Senior Castellano. She alb
solutely refused to take either food
or rest but discussed all the details of
the funeral and only broke down today
on the road to Zumarraga, when a
severe nervous fit was happily relieved
by flood of tears
y The Marquis del Bust the court ply
sician, embalmed the body. The post
mortem examination showed that the
deceased was in an extremely healthy
state and that the brain was unusual
ly large 1t showed also that any of the
three wounds would have proved fatal.
At the special request Of Sonora Can
ovas the remains will lie in state at
the private instead of the official resi-
dence Of the deceased. The queen re-
gent has ordered a special mass tomor-
row for the repose Of his SOUL
Next week General Azcarraga, the
new president Of the council. will go to
San Sebastian to consult the queen
regent.
President Mckinley has capleo TO
,;eh the C0n0Ol-