Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26
EMILIO CASTELAR, IS DEAD
Spain's Greatest Scholar and Most
Advanced Statesman Succumbs
After Long Illness.

MADRID, May 25.-Senor Don Emilio Cas-
telar, the distinguished republican orator
and statesman who had been suffering from
an attack Of pulmonary catarrh, contracted
last winter. is dead.
Senior Castelar, passed away at Murca
capital of the ancient kingdom and modern
province of that name. The immediate cause
of death was albuminuria.
The news of his demise caused profound
emotion throughout Spain. The queen re-
gent and the members of the cabinet i'm
mediately telegraphed condolences to the
family. The body will be embalmed, brought
here and placed in a chapelle ardente, and
the Chamber of Deputies will give the de-
ceased public funeral.
Emilio CASTELAR,, Spanish statesman
and one of the most eloquent orators of the
day, born in 1882, became notorious, early
in his career, in consequence of his extreme
democratic and socialistic opinions, which
he expounded in various liberal journals
For time he was professor of history and
philosophy in the University of Madrid
and in 1866 he took a leading part in the
revolutionary movement, which was put
down by Serrano. On this occasion he was
condemned to death, but he made good his
escape, and sought refuge first at Geneva
and afterward in France. When the revolu-
ton broke out in September. 1868, he re-
turned to his native country, and was one
of the most energetic leaders of the repub-
lican movement. He eXerted himself to the
utmost in order to bring about the estab-
lishment of a republic, but at the general
election for the Constituent Cortes in Feb
| ruary, 1853, the republicans succeeded in
returning only small proportion of theiI
| candidates, among whom, however, was
Senior Castelar,. In the discussions respect
ing the new constitution of Spain, SenoI
CASTELAR, advocated, but unsuccessfully, the
principle of republican institutions. In
| June, 1869, he vigorously opposed the project
| OF a regency, and he was also concerned
in the republican instructions which oc-
Cured in October OF that year. In the gov
ernment chosen by the Cortes after the abb
dication of King Amadeo Senior CASTELAR,
was minister of foreign affairs. On August
"a, 1873, he was elected president of the
| Cortes by 1876 votes against 73. but he va
| Gated that post on September 6, when he
was nominated president of the executive
| power His first measure was the proroga-
| tion of the Cortes and the assumption o.
dictatorial power He next took energetic
| but Intellectual, measures to suppress the
| Carlist insurrection, and dispatched the min
| lister OF war In person to Cuba to protect
| Spanish interests in that island. When
however, the Cortes re assembled an January
! 2, 1874, it refused. by 12O votes against 100
| TO pass vote of confidence in Presden
! Castelar, who resigned. Thereupon Genera
| Pavia, as captain general of Madrid, forci
| bly, dissolved the Cortes and appointed &
| provisional government with Marshal Ser,
| rano at Its head. Soon after the pronuncia
| miento in favor OF Alfonso XII, Senor Cas-
telar quilted Madrid and proceeded TO Ge'
neya, January, 1875, While in that city
being disgusted at the educational decree
| promulgated by the Spanish government, hC
| resigned the chair OF history in the Uni
versity of Madrid. March g. 1875. Subse-
quently he returned to SPAIN and sue
ceeded, though not without considerable