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CUT HER THROAT.
A Crazy Husband Murders His Wife
While She is Asleep With Her Two
Little Children. Attempted Suicide.

Bordentown. n. j., August S.-A
wife murder was committed some time
during last night at the vilhge of
Peterborough, near here. While Anna
Robinson, aged thirty-one years, was
sleeping in her bed, with two children
nesting on her bosom, her crazy hus-
band, James Robinson, cut her throat.
Then he drew the razor across his own
throat, cutting deep but not fatal
cash.
Robinson, whose only occupation was
the frequent and brutal beating Of his
wife, was sent to an insane asylum at
Trenton about a year ago, after an at
tempt to kill his wife with a stalk
knife. He was released few months
ago, az the instance, it is said, OF his
two sisters who live in Philadelphia.
1t was clear that the woman had
made desperate struggle for her life.
She had apparently managed to get out
of bed, but growing too weak for fur
ther resistance, sank TO the floor, where
the bloody work was finished There
were deep cuts on her hands and breast.
the two children were covered with
blood. and the room itself looked like
a slaughter pen.
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nened. Senior Canovas is my brother
in-law. and there is more than TINS
relationship between us. All our llves
we have been the best OF comrades.
We pursued the same course together
at the university"
The Ambassador said that he had
telegraphed for details, but had re-
eeived no reply.
The news of the assassination was
communicated by the Associated Press
to General Stewart Woodford, the
United States minister to Spain, now
in London, en- route for San SEBASTIAN
where he had expected to present MS
credentials to the Queen Regent IN the
presence of Senor Canovas. General
Woodford was so overcome that several
minutes passed before he could express
his horror at the deed and his pro-
found sympathy for Spain in her ms
fortune When he recovered from tne
shock of the intelligence, he SAID:
This is terrible, most unfortunate
The Spanish government and people
will have the sincere sympathy OF all
friends of constitutional government.
Ii is too soon to express my views as
to the effect which the regrettable death
of Seror Canovas viii have upon cur
rent questions. 1t will not affect my
movements. however. unless 1t becomes
my duty 70 reach my post as soon as
possible in order to express to the
Spanish government the sympathy OF
the American government"
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A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.

Senor Antonio Canovas del Castillo,
according to the DictiOnaire Universal
des Contemporaries, was born at Mala-
ga. February S, 1928. He took the
course in philosophy and law in the
University Of Madrid and began his ca
reer as a journalist. In 1851 he made
his debut. under the patronage Of Sen
ors Rios. Rosas and Pacheo. as chief
editor of the Patria, in which he Oe-
tended Conservative ideas. About this
lime he published a volume Of lyric
poems, and a series Of historical papers.
!. lie was in doubt whether to follow a
literary or political career. but soon
found himself turned TO politics by the
course OF events. In 1852 he was named
deputy for Malaga, and from that time
until his death he had never ceased
to occupy a seat in the COrteS. In 1886
he was Charge d d'Affaires at Rome, and
prepared the historical memorandum
on the relation Of Spain with the Holy
See. which served as a basis for the
COncordat.
After serving the crown as governor
of Cadiz in 1855, director general OF
the administration from 1858 10 1861.
and lastly in that same year. as under
secretary Of State for the interior, the
Queen called him 70 the ministry as
a member of. the cabinet In 1865 he
held the portfolios Of Finance and
the Colonies in the O'D0nnell cabinet,
and it devOlved upon him TO draw up
the law for the abolition of the slave
trade Shortly before the revolution Of
1868 he became especially conspicuous
as one of the last to defendswith energy
i'm the COrtes the principle Of blending
liberal and COnCiliatOry ideas with the
constitutional monarchy. when all the
parties that had supported this pOlit-
ical doctrine had deserted the govern
ment. He was banished a short time
before the revolution occurred and took
no part in it.
In the face Of the triumphant revolu-
ton. after his return from exile and in
the full constituent assembly OF 1868.
supported by Senors E,duayem, Bugal-
lal and two others. he hoisted the
standard Of legitimate and constitution
al monarchy. This is his greatest title
10 fame. His fidelity and ability finally
secured for him the supreme direction
OF the AlfOnsist party. and on the proc
IamatiOn Of Alfonso XII as King on
December 81. 1874. SenOr CanOvas be-
came president Of the council and head
~ the new cabinet, called the cabinet
~ conciliati0n. He retired in Septem-
her 1875. because Of the demands Of
.tbe extreme Conservative party. but he
I~os called back to the presidency OF
be council on December 2 Of the same
sear and charged with the direction Of
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the first legislative elections Of the new
regime. He was himself elected to the
Cortes from the city Of Madrid in jan
uary. 1876. Tt devolved upon him then
to repress the second attempt OF tine
Carlists to bring on civil war and 10
deal with the first insurrection in Cuba.
With the exception Of an interval Oh
a few months he continued TO hold the
premiership down to 1879, when, on
the return Of Marshal Martinez Campos
from Cuba. he retired from the premier
ship and was succeeded by Campos'
who accepted as his colleagues the
principal associates of Senor CanoVas.
The opposition raised to the policy OF
Campos soon forced him 70 retire.
Senor Canovas skillfully resisted, de-
layed and finally defeated the free trade
and emancipation projects OF Campos'
On the reassembling of the Cortes IN
December. 1879. Campos gave up ms
attempt to conduct the government and
Senior Canovas formed a new cabinet on
December 10th, with a second lnsur-
Tection TO be dealt with.
He charged Gen. Blanco with THIS
task. but the reactiOnary tendency OF
sis home policy became more ana
more marked until the financial pro-
iects in which he wished 10 embark
drew upon him the bitter attacks
not only of CASTELAR, and the Repubh-
cans. but also those of Campos and
Sagasta: and he was compelled to re-
sign. In 1881 he returned again TO
power. but his conservative cabinet
was sDepdily OVerthrOWn.
In 1890 another reversal brought
him back into power and on July 5th
he took the presidency Of a conserva-
tive cabinet. replacing the liberal min
istry Of Sagasta. Two years later the
pendulum swung to the opposite eX-
eremes. and the Liberals. under Sonor
Sagasta. won the general elections and
retained power until 1895, when disa-
greemeuts in the Sagasta cabinet led
the Queen Regent 10 summon Canoyas
again to the premiership. -...
Senor Canovas was the author OF
numerous works on moral and pOliti-
cal science. and Of a History Of the
House of Austria" which is in high
repute. and a History of the decline
Of Spain from the accession Of Phil
lip III 20 the death of Charles H.,
which ranks favorably among works Of
its class from Spanish writers.
He had received the ensignia Of the
order of the Red Eagle from the En-
perOr Of Germany. the Grand Cross
Of the Order Of the Tower and Sword
from the King Of Portugal, and the
Golden Fleece from the King OF Spain.
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
The Queen Regent Sent Her Own Physi-
cian-Excitemeut at Madrid.

The Queen Regent Sent Her Own Physi-
cian-Excitemeut at Madrid.
Madrid, August S.-The Queen Re-
gent, on hearing the sad news of the
death Of Senor Canovas, dispatched
her physician, Dr. Bustos. by special
train from San Sebastian. Later, on
learning that CanOvas was dead, she
wired her coincidence to the widow.
The health of Senior CanOvas had
improved greatly of late. He had been
leading a very quiet life, although he
attended TO the business of state.
AT the moment of the assassination
he was waiting in the gallery of the
bathing establishment for his wife,
who was to join him for lunch. Sud-
denly the assassin, who had the ap-
pearence of an ordinary visitor. ap-
preached and fired at him point blank,
one bullet passing through the body
and coming out behind under the left
shoulder. and the other two lodging
in the head He fell instantly and
only recovered consciousness long
enough to speak a few words.
Several medical men and his wife
were unremitting in their attentions
TO the sufferer. but his wounds, unhap-
PLY. were mortal. and he died in two
hours. Extreme Unction was admins
tered. amid a scene of mingled sorrow
and Indignation The assassin mar
rowly escaped lynching at the hands
Of the walters and attendants who
rushed forward. Detectives and civil
guards Immediately secured him. He
was very pale, trembled violently, and
evidently feared that he would be
killed on the spot He will be first
arraigned before the local magistrates
at Vergara.
s p. m.-The Queen Regent and all
the members Of the cabinet will re-
turn here tomorrow. Her majesty
has intrusted the presidency of the
council TO General Azcarraga, Minister
of War. and the Cortes will be sum-
mOned to reassemble on Tuesday.
The greatest excitement and indig-
nation prevail among all classes. The
members of the diplomatic corps have
expressed their sympathy with the
government. Many senators. deputies
and generals, while expressing their
grief and indignation. have offered 10
render 70 the government all the as
sistance in their power.
1t was first rumored that the as
sassin was one OF the pordOned BARGE
Iona anarchists, but this is not con-
firmed.
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Madrid, August S.-Senor Canovas del
Castillo. Prime Minister Of Spain, was
assassinated to-day at Santa Ageuda
by an anarchist. The murderer fred
three shots. one Of which struck the
Premier in the forehead, and another
in the chest.
The wounded man fell, dying at the
feet Of his wife. who was with him, lin
gering in great agony for two hours
and then passing away at 8 o'clock
this afternoon. with the cry Of Long
live Spain" which were the last words
upon his lips.
Santa Ageuda is noted for its baths.
The place is between San Sebastian,
the summer residence of the Spanish
court. and vittoria, the capital Of the
province Of Alava, about thirty miles
south of Bilbao. The Premier went
there last Thursday to take a three
weeks course Of the baths, after which
ae expected to return to San Sebastian
10 meet United States Minister Wood
ford, when that gentleman should be
officially received by the Queen Regent.
The assassin was Immediately ar
rested. He is a Neapolitan. and gives
the name of Rinaldi, but it is believed
that this is an assumed name and that
his real name is Michele Coli.
The murderer declares that he killed
Senor Canovas in accomplishment Of
a Just vengeance. and that the deed
is the outcome Of a vast anarchist con-
spiracy, He il believed to have arrived
at Santa Agueda the same day as the
Premier. and he was frequently seen
lurking in the passage Of the bathing
establishment in a suspicious manner.
The remains Of Senior Canovas will
be brought here tomorrow.
Marshal Martinez Campos has gone
to San Sebastian to attend the Queen
Resent Senor Sagasta, the Liberal
leadet. has sent the following telegram
TO the government:
q have heard with deep pain of the
crime that has thrown us all into
mourning. and place myself at the
orders Of the government and the
Queen"
Most of the Liberal leaders have sent
similar messages, placing themselves
at the disposal Of the government
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THE NEWS ABROAD.
How the Crime Was Received at London,
Paris. and Elsewhere.

How the Crime Was Received at London.
Paris. and Elsewhere.
London. August S.-The Spanish
Embassy in London has received two
kilograms. the first briefly stating the
fact Of the assassination, and the Sec
ond. coming direct from San Sebas-
tian. stating that Senor CanOvaS has
been the object of an infamous attack
but saying nothing about his death.
and concluding with the statement
that il the outrage be of anarchistic
origin il has no political cOmplica
tions. with the additional assertion
that the whole Of Spain is tranquil
and that there is not the least Symp-
ton Of any alteration in the state OF
public affairs. This dispatch says the
assassin is apparently an Italian. For
these reasons. the Spanish Ambassa-
dor. Count de Casa Valencia, in the
course of an interview. expressed the
hope th9t the news Of the death was
prematuN He said:
The Aef that the crime is not
political. the work of Anarchists.
is borne ON sy the fact that the Grim
inal is an rJalian. We all know that
Of recent years Italian Anarchists
have been very active. Witness the
assassination Of President Carnot and
the attempt on King Humbert and
other similar crimes.
They we're all committed by Ital-
ians. This is a very trying time for
me. Apart from the difficulties to
which such a crime gives rise, and the
doubt hanging over what really hap
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-09
SMALL TALk
Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and Pith
fly Told

Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and PIth-
iIy Told
Council meets in regular session Tues
day night.
The Opera House orchestra VIII give
a commentaries at Wheeling park on
Monday. August 22d.
The Council Committees on Markets.
Claims. Fire Department. and Health are
called TO meet tonight
There was a large congregation at 81.
Matthews p. E. church yesterday morn
ing. and the services were Of a very in
teresting character.
"A pistol shot In a Market square hotel,
caused by careless handling OF a revolver.
caused some excitement shortly after
eleven O'Clock last night.
Frank Rude. an employe in the con-
verting department a; the Riverside mill.
had two fingers cut from his right hand
Saturday night while packing one Of the
cranes.
The South side police were looking for
a Twenty-fourth street girl yesterday who
ran away from home because her mother
WOulu not ptiiuiL AfA ~ ~ ppees At~iil6
with young man.
The conference at Atlantic City BE-
tween the boss and operative potters re-
suited IN an agreement Saturday by which
employees will receive an advance Of ~
per cent, to go into effect December z5tn.
OF this year.
There was a runaway, a collision with
a curb. and a spill at the corner OF Six
teenth and Jacob streets about SIS O'Clock
last night. in which the gentleman and
lady in the buggy. escaped injury. he
accident attracted crowd Of about one
thousand persons 10 the scene.
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CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE.
The National Meeting Opened a. Cleveland
Yesterday.

The National Meeting Opened a Cleveland
Yesterday.
Cleveland, O., August S.-The annual
convention of the National Christian
Alliance began here to-day with be-
tween 400 and 500 persons in attend
ance. The sessioi opened with prayer
meeting at Beulah Park at o'clock
in the morning. The opening address
was delivered by President o. NJ.
Brown, of this city. 1t is expected that
5000 visitors will be present during
the three weeks that the meetings con-
tinue. Many distinguished speakers
will be in attendance, and Rev. A. b.
Simpson, president of the International
Alliance, rs expected some time this
week.
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RIPE FOR REVOLUTION.

Washington, August s.-Col. A. A.
Aguira, who is stopping in Washing
ton, said tonight:
The assassination of Canovas will
result in the dethronement of the
Spanish monarchy and the freedom Of
Cuba. The people Of Spain are ripe
for a revolution"
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DISAPPOINTMENT
At Not Getting to Alaska Resulted In

At Not Getting to Alaska Resulted in
Suicide.
Macarthur, O.. August S-Clark Da-
Wis left last Thursday to go hunting
with a double barrel shotgun and fall
ed to return. Yesterday afternoon a
searching party formed, which to-day
found him dead, his head partly blown
off, His gun lay across his breast,
the muzzle applied to his mouth. He
was twenty-four years old. He set
out with unmber Of young men a
week ago with S75 to go to the Alaska
gold fields. Dependency over his fail
ure is supposed to have led him to
commit suicide He was of a highly
respected family.
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THE DRY,s WON.

SptCIaI 20 me keg1Ster.
MARIETTA. Ohio. August SIN the
village Of Belpre. Saturday. was held one
Of the hottest and most bitterly contest
ed elections ever known in southeastern
Ohio. The dry's won by big majority
The leaders Of the wet element was Mrs
Rebecca Hendershot, who has been a
figure in the Washington courts for many
years. and is now under indictment for
illegal selling.
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rae news IN PARIS.

Paris. August S.--The Spanish en-
bassy has received dispatch from
Madrid, which says the murderer Of
Senor CanNNas declared that he had
no accomI hees: that even If there is
reason to believe it an anarchist crime,
it is without any political ramifcations,
and that Madrid is quite TRANQUIL.
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DIED OF HEART DISEASE.

Special 10 the Register.
Clarksburg. W. Va. August S.-Miss
Annie Grimsly died suddenly at the
residence OF Mrs E Hartman. last
evening. The cause was heart disease.
She was prominent woman and
leaves a host of friends, who sympa-
thize with her bereaved family.
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WILL HELP CUBA.
That Is the Belief of the President of the
Cuban Club.

NEW YORK, August S.-Emilio Agra
monte. president of the Jose Maru revo-
lutionary club and the Mario charity or
ganization, Of this city, heard the news
of the killing of Premier Canovas tonight
at his home and exclaimed:
This is..rsly hard to believe Then
ne said:
"Sagasta. who is head Of the LlberI s.
will surely succeed Canovas. 1t is my be-
lief that the killing of Canovas will be
great benefit for the cause of Cuba. 1t
may even lead to independence. Inde-
pendence, that is the only thing for
Cuba.
Yes. sagasta will succeed Canovas
Canovas was directly responsible for the
relations which existed between the
United States and Spain as regards Cuba
because his instructions were so carefully
followed out by Spain's representative in
Washington that President Cleveland
would not act friendly to Cuba. The
death Of Canovas cannot but help the
cause of Cuba"
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CAMP isolation
Was the Scene Of a Big Mass Meeting,
Yesterday.

Two Hundred Women, Wives of
Men Still Working, Attended, and
Brought Their Husbands With
Them-Rsligious Exercises, and
a Speech by Mrs. Mary Jones, of
Chicago-A Prediction That the
Working Miners Will Come Out.
Gompers Goes to Fairmont To-
Day.
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Charge 70 THE GRAND JURY
Delivered By Judge Holt in the
Eastman Murder Case.

A Remarkable Document Which Is
Being Severely Critized by
Friends of the Accused, But is
Commended by the Other Side.
The Present Status Of One of the
Most Notable Legal Battles in the
Criminal History of the State.
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DIED UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUM-
STANCES.
S.rao;,1 20 +ba

Special to the Register.
MARIETTA. Ohio. August s,-Dr. Elvin
P. Eddy, aged thirty-five. one of the most
widely known and highly esteemed pro-
fessional men of this city. died this after
noon under peculiar circumstances. He
had just returned home from Chicago.
where he had been taking post grad
uate course in dentistry. and was suffer
ing from lead poisoning as result of
drinking water from an unclean cooler
in the dental college. At noon he was
taken violently i'll with vomiting. and
died in great agony at two-thirty. Before
he died he said that many others had
drank from the same cooler on the even
ing of departure from Chicago
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TO CONTRIBUTE.
Philadelphia workmen VIII Aid the
Strikers.

Philadelphia. August Sat meet
ing of the United Labor League to-day
it was decided to start a canvass
among the affiliated unions 10 raise
money for the striking coal miners in
Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylva-
MIA. A motion to send s. as the
Leagues donation TO the strikers was
voted down, and on a reconsideration
OF the motion it was decided to send
all the money that could be raised,
and to make vigorous effort to secure
a large sum. The Hatmakers' Union
reported having already sent contri-
button Of SIS TO the strikers in West
ern Pennsylvania.
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THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.

Hotel Champlain, n. Y, August s.
The Presidential party spent the great
er part of the day quietly in the hotel.
In the morning the President, Vice
President and Mrs. Hobart, Secretary
and Mrs. Alger and Mr.. and Mrs.
whitelaw Reid attended services in
the First Presbyterian church.
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the men at work there to stop. About
1000 men will be there at daybreak.
TROUBLE FEARED.
Indiana Miners siers Traiu, to Go to
Kentucky.

vincennes, Ind, Ind, August g
Eighty striking coal miners from
Linton took possession Of an Evans
Vile & Terre Haute freight train
bound for Evansville to-day, where
they were to be re-enforced, then
proceed to Darlington. KY, to try in
a peaceable manner to get the miners
at that place to join the strikers.
Miners of the State are massing at
Evansville and trouble. is feared. All
the mines in Southern Indiana are
closed.
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A UNION FORMED.
A Prediction That the Pennington Men
Win Come Out To-Day.

Win Come Out To-Day.
Parkersburg, W Va, August s.
After the meeting at Tyrconnell last
night, strike agitator Woods organized
a miners union and it is claimed that
nearly all the Tyrconnell miners sign
ed the list. Rae said shortly after
midnight that every man in the Flem-
ington section would be out to-mor-
row. The general talk indicates that
he is right.
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GANDVAS DEL CASTILLO,
Prime Minister Of Spain, Assassinatsd
Yesterday.

The Crime Was Committed at
Santa Ageuda, a Watering Place
The Assassin a Neapohtan
Anarchist - He Was at Ono
Arrested - The Premier Shot
Tnree Time-A Sketch Of His
Life-The News in Various Capt.
,als.
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on THE MARCH.

North Lawrence, o., August S.-The
miners Of the Massillon district are
on their way TO WadsWorth TO induce
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THEIR VOICES FOR PEACE.
The Gar Nicholas BanquetS the Ger
man Emperor.

The Two Rulers Throw Boquets at
Each Other in the Highest Style
of the Art, and Pledge Them
selves to Maintain Peace at All
Hazards.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1897-12-25
"Bestia triumphans."

Pod powysssvm tytulem zani sss.
GA pragska "Polftik" opis wybry-
k6w, jakich sic donuszcza "wyzssa
kultura" ma czeskich miesxkatsaeh
W miastach po}aocnych Crsch cd
chwili upadku hr. Badeniego. Szcsy.
tenn kretenizmu poli'yczneao wy.
.oawo6w polityki Wolf6vi Schosne
row jest fakt nastepujtcy: Oso slyn-
nemu profesorowi prawa (!) na ME
mi eokim uniwersyteoie W Pradse, p.
Pfersche 'mu, kt6ry ma owen CLOS.
nsn posiedse niu " parlamencie VIE
defskim doby} noza wrzesscsa} rod
adre- sm poss6w wieks.osci: ''ja wan
brzuchy porozpruwam," wrecsyli stu
denoi niemieccy jako dar. honorowy
n6z srebrny. ~. '@
Stus.nie powisda "Politik:" Ten
u6z bedzie mia& odtsd historyorne
znaczenie, najwymowniej bowiam
cechuje spos6b, " jaki prowadza
niemcy valke " p6}nocnvoh Csc
ohaoh. NO. ton jest najwymowniej-
szym dowodem niemir ckiej "wy1-
szosci kulturnej," = zara.em nsjwspa. i
nialszym symbolsm owej "bsstia
triunphans."