The Monte Vista journal., 1897-08-14
Mean. Gree. chang. In spain.

Warrington. Aug. Sine govern
ment probably has already received the
formal notification Of Premier Canovas'
assassination. but II NO 1t IL locked mp
with other dispatches In the state de-
partment aud will not Ike known until
Secretary Of State Sherman reaches the
department tomorrow. Secretary Of
State Sherman received the first news
Of the affair Though the Associated
Press bulletin. He expressed deep inter
est In the details. He said;
This deplorablc event will have some
effect. OF course. on the political affairs
Of Spain. but to what extent cannot
say The death OF one man il not neces-
enEly going to change the sentiment
of the whole country. Spain Is very
tenacious country. Her money Is gone.
Her resources have been exhausted.
But she means. evidently, to hold on to
Cuba. Just how she can do It. under
these circumstances. I cannot zee. Yet
she Ia opposed to yielding u point. Pre-
mler Canovas was a strong partisan
lie was the chief exponent OF the ele-
mcnt that was determined 10 Keep the
island nt all hazards. Seemingly Spain
IL almost Il unit on this. Canovas was u
strong factor In the movement OF
Spain, hut II IL not impossible that an
other will he found TO replace him In
that important office. having sim
liar views and the same pro
nounccd ideas. How It may he In
this case am not able to say. but the
effects politically of such an event are
not necessarily far reaching and have
not always produced radical develop
mcntH. As TO the consequences OF the
conflict In Cuba I do not care to talk.
have no official information Of the ms.
salssinntlon and must refrain from ven
turing gucsses us to what II may effect
In the future"
: When asked ns TO how long he
thought the Cuban insurrection might
last. he replied that he did not ear"
TO dIsruss II. lie added that he had
heard various names Of prominent lead
crs In Spain mentioned. but he was not
well Informed MS TO them. and there
WIS nothing on which he could bass n
prediction ~ to Canovns' probable sue
ccxs0r.
Senior Dnpuy DE LONE. Spanish Am
hnssador. wns seen by the Associated
Press correspondent NJ the coi'nrc ~
Lennox, Massachusetts. where he ar
rived yesterday. when asked abou
the nssnssiGation Of Senior canova-
the prime minister OF Spain. he sal,
lie had Just received n long cablcGrn n
from Spain. stating thar mn ASSASSIN
who looked like mn Italian. had sho
ut the prime minister several il'nes
hut he did not understand by Tie w"id
Ing Of tho dispatch that the prime min
lister had been killed.
When Informed that such was IN
fnci. and that cnnovas was r"H''!
dead. he wns greatly shocked. "s tn
prime minister WIS close persona
friend. senor Dc LONE spoke nhon
his being tho son Of poor scho,lmn .
ter. and how hc had raised himsel
to his present high position.
When nsked who h. thought won''
succeed Cnnovas he said that tho new
was W unexpected that he had no
time 10 think Of II. aud ~ course on
not know. lie was not willln: Ia d'.
cuss the political influence that Cane
vas death would have IN the govern
ment Of spnin or on the Spanish ~"
~ toward Cuba. lIc sni. however
that i would have M immediate 81
feet. hut ns hc Ind M time to r"''nt
upon II hc was not ready to liAc'is- !