The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-11
QUEEN REGENTS LETTER
uHn ASSASSIN HAD BEEN A SOL
DFHR OF BAD RECORD.
Ns FATHER is GRIEF STRICKEN
The Body of the Spanish Statesman VIII Arrive
To-Day and the lnterment Will lake
Place in the Pantheon Mourn
ing For Three Days.
ing For Three Days.

Madrid. Aug. 10.-The Queen Regent
b.. decreed that the military honors OBJ
served in the case of the funeral OF a
MARSHAL shall be accorded the remains
~ the late Premier OF Spain, Senor
C.rov.s Del Castillo, who was shot ana
kiIIed at Santa Augeda on Sunday by an
anarchist named Michele Angine Golh.
The body of the Spanish statesman
will arrive here on Wednesday morning
,ceompanied by his widow, the Minister
for the Colonies, Senor Cos-Gayon, anu
the Chief Mayordomo, the Duke OF
Sotomayor. representing the Queen ne
gent. The pail bearers Will be an aca-
semician. an admiral, the President or
the Senate. Knight OF the Golden
Fleece and Marshal Martinez De Cam
nos. The interment will take place IN
the Pantheon.
Funeral services will take place stimuli
taneously 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 oc-
cupied at Santa Agueda. 1t is covered
with a shroud, two tapers are burning
at the foot OF the bed, an altar has been
erected in the room and the masses for
the repose of the soul of the dead are
being constantly celebrated.
Senior CASTELAR,, the Republican lead
er. in an interview is quoted as saying
he will not join any cabinet unless 1t is
Republican, adding that Senior Sagasta,
the Liberal leader, ought to be mem
ber of the new cabinet with the pledged
support of the Conservatives.
The Queen Regent has written let
ter to Senior Canovas Del Castillo, Wi
dow Of the Premier, in which her Ma
jesty says:
81 am so affected and grieved by the
horrible misfortune that | cannot find
words to express the pain | feel.
would like to send you my consolation
but I can only weep with you for the
dear being you have lost and who loved
YOU so much. / too have lost great
deal. have lost loyal counsellor who
helped me and Of whom stood so much
In need. The eminent services which
he rendered to by husband, Alfonso, gave
him claim to all Of my respect and his
fresh sacrifices for the throne further
united him to me and to the fatherland
The country and history will do hin
justice.
my children join with me in thi:
mourning of the crown and nation. Al
my prayers are for him. Heaven gran
you the necessary resignation"
A dispatch from Lucera, Italy, say
that the Italian police have identified
Coli, the assassin of Senor Canovas, al
Michel Angiolino. He is thirty-thre'
years of age and was born at F'oggia
capital of the province of that name il
the Apulian plain.
His military record was very bad. HI
proved an Indifferent and disObedient
soldier, and was sent for three years ser
vice in the disciplinary battalion. Subse
quently he became a compositor.
In April, 1896, he was sentenced tc
IS months Imprisonment foI disseminat
ing anarchist propaganda, but after se?v
ing a part of the term he escaped te
Spain. He comes of an honest family
His father, who is a tailor, is grief
stricken by the crime Of the son.
The provincial and communal councils
of Foggia have sent kilograms Of con
dolence to the Spanish government, de
nouncng the assassin.