The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-10
PRECAUTIONS AT MADRID
WHERE FEARS ARE ENTERTAINED
OF A REPUBLICAN RISING,
Further Details of the Killing of Cam
Ovas-The Assassin's COnfessiOn-
Comments and Condolences.

denounced throughout Europe. The result
of the cold-blooded murder will probably be
a relentless war on Anarchists in all the
cities where they are known to exist. The
police and detectives of Paris, Berlin, St.
Petersburg, Madrid Barcelona, Rome, and
even London are already on the alert with
the view Of beginning a crusade against
the Reds" should they make themselves
too conspicuous or threaten to resume ac-
tive operations against those high in public
positions
Advices from Madrid say there is much
disquiet there. Considerable activity was
displayed there to-day among the Repub-
ioans who seem to believe that their op-
pCrtunitv has arrived. The government is
taking extreme precautions to preserve or
der in Madrid and the provinces. 1t is re-
ported in some quarters that Senior Pidal,
the president Of the Chamber of Deputies.
will only be charged to form an inter
mediate ministry.
The assassin Coli, has confessed that he
killed Senior Canovas to avenge the Bar
celona Anarchists and the insurgent leader
Don Jose RiZal who was executed at
Manila. Philippine islands, on Dec. 80 last
as the instigator of the Philippine rebellion.
DIR. Rial denied that he was a rebel leader,
statutes of the Philippine League. In
COLTS room the police found to-day a large
double -barreled pistol. 1t appears that
when he left the house yesterday he car
ried q parcel, which is believed to have
Contained a bomb. The theory is that he
hid this somewhere in the fields.
1t appears that Golli represented himself
as correspondent of FL Populo, of Madrid,
in order to get near his victim. The
prisoner cannot be tried under the laws pro-
vding for the trial and punishment of An
archists, as this law is so framed that
person prosecuted under its provisions must
have used or attempted to use explosives in
the commission or attempt to commit the
crime charged against him. However,
there Is no doubt Coli will be summarily
tried and sentenced. The Spanish public
demands the adoption of stringent meas
ures against Anarchists and also against
those who are in sympathy with them The
Spanish government was aware that a
meeting of Anarchists was held early in
July and that it was decided to murder
Senor Canovas del Castillo before Aug IS
and to assassinate Senor Sagasta before
Aug. 80.
A dispatch from Barcelona says that Coli
arrived there in December 1896 coming
from Marseies. He was employed in the
printing office of the review Social Science
managed by the Anarchist engineer, Tar
rida Marmel, formerly imprisoned in Mont
juich fortress at Barcelona. Coli was i'm
plicated in the terrible crime of the celebra-
tion of Corpus Christi, although he left
Barcelona a few days before it occurred
He was denounced to the police for COM
plicity, but he had already disappeared.
The French minister for foreign affairs
NJ. Hanotaux, has telegraphed the condol-
ence of the French government to the
Queen Regent and to the government of
Spain, expressing the indignation felt in
France at the crime just committed and
referring to the sympathy in this matter
of the French people with Spain. All the
French newspapers deplore the crime and
the Socialist organs, while reprobating the
assassination of tire Spanish premier, refer
to the severity exercised by Canovas to-
wards the Anarchists, intimating that such
action on his part pointed him out for an
attack
Foreign comment on the assa sination is
less occupied with the political than with
the Anarchist aspects of the case The
press of all countries gives vent to the
strongest denunciation of the crime and
advocates stern measures against Anarch-
lists. Some of the French Socialist newspa-
pers indulge in a rather heartless vein.
For instance La Petite Republique says;
He who strikes shall himself be struck.
The history of the Canovas Ministry is writ
ten in blood. He revived antique barbarism.
so deserved his fate" This however is
exceptionally cynical. All the respectable
journals express sympathy. The Temps and
the Journal des Debats think that the mur-
der will have but little effect on politics.
as from considerations of respect for the
deceased, if for no other reason, the Queen
Regent is not likely to call the Liberals to
power. La Patrie declares that all the
plots of such murders have been arranged
in London and suggests that the powers
should combine to watch the country that
protects the criminals.
without going so far assthis, many Ger
man and other papers advocate combined
European action to suppress anarchism.
The Berliner Tageblatt asserts that Golll
was chosen by ballot for the de6d by the
London Central Anarchist Society. The
Vienna papers take a pessimstic view as
to the effects of the crime on Spanish poli-
tics The Italian press heaps execration
on the miscreant who has brought shame
and disgrace to the Italian name and ma
ton. This Indignation is all the greater
because of the sympathy entertained in
Italy for the sister nation, as Spain is al
ways called.
The Spanish ambassador to France, the
Duke De Mandas, in the course of an in
tervew to-day, spoke in terms of the high
est praise of the wonderful resources OF
General Azcarraga for organization, add
ing: He has only friends in both parties -
a dispatch from Rome says that Golli S
name is not known to the Italian police.
No conviction is recorded al Naples or Lu-
cerne against person of that name. Other
dispatches from Rome, corroborated by a
dispatch from Paris, say that the real name
of Coli is Giuseppe Santo. If this is so.
it is a remarkable coincidence, for the name
of the assassin of President Carnot was
! Cesaro Santo
A special dispatch from San Sebastian
says that Coli saluted Senor Canovas each
morning with great politeness. His effusve-
| ness aroused the suspicious Of the premier,
| who mentioned the matter 10 the proprietor
of the baths, only TO be reassured by him.
: Goln confesses that he followed Senor