Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12

retained power until 1885, when dis
agreements in the Sagasta cabinet led
the Queen Regent to summon CanoVas
again to the premiership.
Madrid, Spnin. Aug. 9.-The assas-
snation OF the prime minister Of Spain,
Senior Canovas del Castillo, who was
shot and killed by an Italian anar-
chist, whose name ie believed to be
Michele Angine Coli, at the baths of
Santa Agueda, yesterday afternoon, was
undoubtedly cold bloodedly premedi-
tated. In fact the assassin has de.
clared as much to the examining mag
istrate.
Further details of the assassination
show that Senor Canovaa del Castillo
and his wife were present, yesterday
morning, at the celebration of mass in
the chapel attached to the baths. After
mass the premier was reading, and con-
versing with some reporters, when the
assassin approached and fired three
shots at him with revolver, hitting
him in the forehead, chest and left ear
The premier was carried to his rom,
and expired at !. 30 p. M. aitor extreme
JUNCTION had been administered TO him
by priest of the Dominican order.
The murderer, who was Immediately
seized by peops who we're in the vicin-
ity OF tue scene of the crime, waa 80
verely handled, and might have been \
killed had it not bssn for the proteC-
tion afforded him ny a number of civil
guards. at first he gave the name Of
Rlnaldi but later hp confessed that his
real name is Michele Angine Coli. lie
said he resided at Barcelona, and par.
tiripated in the doings of the anarchist
association of that place and vicinity.
Gulli, ii developed in the examiDa-
tion before magistrate to-day, sue
ceded in firing two shots at the peoplu
who arrested him before he was over.
powered,
The assassin calls himself 'revolu-
tionary anarchist
The newspapers of this city, in COM
menting upon the crime, say that
though anarchists have no country it is
dreadful to contemplate that the last
two murders OF eminent men. those of
President Carnot of France and Premier
Canovas del Castillo, we're the work of
Italians.
Rome, Italy, Aug. .. The assassina.
tion Of the prime minister of Spain,
Senor Canovas del Castillo, has caused
feeling of horror here. Many flags
are half-masted.
King Hunbert has teleprRphed his
condolences to the Queen Regent, anu
il is expected that the Crown Prince
Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
who is cruising on his yacht, will
proceed to Madrid.
Tho Pope is greatly upset by the news
of the assassination OF the Spanish
premier, and on receipt Of il imme-
l'diately Hent I'd the Spanish Embassy for
details of the crime. His Holiness also
telegraphed on the subject TO Madrid.
Londun, Eng. Aug. "a special
dispatch from Madrid, received here
to.day, says the Spanish government
was aware that meeting OF anarchists
was held early in July, and that ii was
decided TO murder Senor Canovas del
Castillo before August 18th and to as
sassinate Senor Sagasta before August
Both.
Madrid, Spain, Aug. 9.-Further de.
taila of the assassination at Santa
Agueda yesterday of Senor Canuvas del
Castillo, the Spanish premier, by
Michele Angelo Coli, have been re-
ceived here.
Sonora Canovas, wife of the premier,
who was but a short distance from her
husband when tho crime was commit.
ted, ruehsd TO his side upon hearing
the shots. As the premer lay dying
on the ground she bitterly reproached
the murderer for his crime. The as
slssin, in reply to the agonizing words
of the wife, said:
II respect you because you are an
honorable lady, but l have done my
duty, and am now easy in mind, for
l have avenged my friends aud brothers
OF Montjuich.
Montiuich, to which tho murderer
referred, is the fortress of Barcelona,
outside OF which the anarchists who
have been sentenced 10 death for recent
nutrages have been killed by being shot
in the back.
The anarchists recently shot outside
of Moutjuich were the last batch of
those who. were guilty Of throwing
bomb on June 7th, 1896, into religious
procession about to enter the Church OF
Santa Maria de Ia Mur. upon the oc-
casion of the Corpus Christi celebra-
tion. Twelve persons were instantly
killed and about 30 others, several OF
whom since died from their wounds,
were injured.
For this crime % anarchists we're
sentenced to deuth, and the majority of |
them shot. The condemned men in
variably shouted Long live anarchy -
lust before tho orders to fire were gwen.
Coli is OF medium height, wears
full heard and apactacleA, and his de-
meanor is that of quiet, law abiding
citizen. He says he is satisfied with |
having done "his duty" and that ho
had no personal grudge against the |
premier. but was merely ohoying orders
received from bis superiUrs in the secret |
society to which ne belonged. The man |
frankly processes anarchist doctrines,
says he was sentenced in 1885 to Is |
months imprisonment in the Jail at |
Lucera, Italy, and that he escaped to |
Marseilles, from which port he made |
his way TO Barcelona
The assassin has confessed that he |
killed Senor Conovaa to avenge the |
Barcelona anarchists and the insurgHnt |
leader, Dr. Jose Rial, who was exc
euted at Manila, Philippine Islands, |
December Both, 1896 as the instigator |
of the Philippine rebellion. DIR. Rizal |
denied that he was a rebel leader, but
admitted that no had drawn up the |
statutes Of the Philippine League.
In Golli's room the police found a
large double barreled pistol. When he
left the house. yesterday he carried a
parcel, which is believed to have con
tanned bomb. The theory is that he
hid this somewhere in the fields.
The Spanish newspapers express great |
indignation at Gollis crime Even the
journals that have republican leanings