New-York tribune., 1900-09-24

Csnpos died this morning. shortly after "a
ocl0ck. al zarauz, near san Sebastian.
General Martinez Caupos has has- r~o--.-
the politics u Spain well as IN her r,I14-,-.
history, though he has been = soldier ali bf 80
Re vas graduated from the staT school n zTs5rii
V'hsH ne vas tHenty-four years Old and he wenr
Z fighting right away. he went throu zh r. -
FaiEn n Morocco, and was made = rnen,ha- - -
star Of tie ConnnanGer-in-Chief OF the s-..,-L
Ar-ry- Ee first came 20 Cuba fn 1884 sx -,
II lSe he went back 70 Spain 70 help suppress TIE
Ca-liscs- He was made = brtEa5ia~-ga-,s-al -
solns6 the Amy % the North V7ba- - 80 -
5so shc!catea Martinez Car1pos 5a-,.-.-s - %
Eould noI give allegiance . the repubic FIa US
PIT or the retired list OF the arrov and .ba, -
Ess FUT IN .ali On charge OF conspiracy He got
cut assi7 y writing letter TO the Minister OF
Wa oGer1ng 20 night as a private soIdier He u-ss
rlt Il command il 1874 of the Third T15,-isir - -
Ar-y of ne North. which was engaged in 1ehrinr
ire Carliscs. and he the hrst man n antsr ,bs
ory - B.l2oa after the siege % thar city In the
stirring tines from 1874 10 1876 General Ags--is-
Cs-rcs vas lighting al time and in the ls-rer
year tle rank of captain-generaI was conferred m
him i Tas the year after this that he Went n
cuba as co1nander-iH-chief OF the army Of C,,,ba
Es wsut back 10 Spain in 1879. and was made
President q the Council and Minister OF War He
resigned because the Government would not carry
OH ali his promises 10 the Cubans In 1881 he vas
Minister q Var under Sagasla, and resigned with
me 5-ne- Ministers in 1888
Whe1 tEe lasr tnsurrecticn n Cuba broke ,,t-r II
Eas be- a. Cap-ain-GeneraI OF that Island 10 HON
& se- 20 prosecute TIE war He vas recalled and
relieved -E 3 eEler in January. 1886
n recent years there were several ATTEMPTS 10
sssass--s-e The CapIain-GeneraI. al made by
gang CO Anarchists Six or seven years ago he
vas reviewing parade OF horseback and q bomb
vas thrown az him His hc-se killed and he
-E-oW1 down and injured. but not seriously.
TIE same gang thought he vas al the Lyceum The
are yesr later. and TWO bombs we're thrown
Three 1e2 were engaged in the plot and several
people were killed Martinez Cazup0s has been
iccEe5 = Spain for years as an iuvtucI5le
solder II every crisis ne was cne OF the men
EEo we're first called II consultation by the Throne
-Ee influence exercised II Spanish politics BY
General Martinez Csmpos was always notice
asly decisive since the year 1874. when he sue
eee5ed - as conspiracy % o-err1ru the republic
and caused Alfonso XII 10 be proclaimed King II
Madrid whether Re held public Office or not his
5lE-ce was always sought, bUt his persistent en-
1ezvo-s 70 impress Upon the home Government the
necessity for giving way 10 the political aspira-
uo-s C C-5z we're II vain: his proposals were
never cordially supported, even by his own party.
Spanish homer forbade their entertaining his
views z-l --s name Cf the 'Paci7Ca-or." bestowed
CrC- mark % esteem % che COi1risCs
-==- --r-e CT deTislUl a. home. where i
--z-Ee5 -hac his ieniency II dealing with the
tLe 5-s-rEe-- ranks and FOR this reason he vas
recalled z11 Neyle-, who had Qusile6 tnsur-
-e--.C- - re Philippines n Isss and had gained
-eP--a--0- -1- severity. vas sent . succeed hin