Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1897 — AZCARRAGA IS MINISTER. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AZCARRAGA IS MINISTER.

Queen Regent Names a Temporary Successor to Canovas. The queen regent of Spain has appointed Gen. Azcarraga minister of war, provisional premier in the place of Senor Canovas, who was assassinated at the sulphur baths of Santa Agueda by an Italian anarchist. Gen. Azcarraga, the new premier ad interim, and the cabinet, are preparing to take drastic measures looking toward the suppression of the anarchists in Spain. There is but one prevailing sentiment throughout the nation, and that is that force must at once be used to handle these men. Politicians of all shades will back up the Government in whatever repressive measures it may decide to carry out against the reds. The selection of Gov. Azcarraga for president of the Spanish council bodes

ill for Cuba, if his star continues in the ascendant. Don Marcelo de Azcarraga Palmero’s military career extends over a period of forty-six years. He was born in Manila, in the Philippine Islands, in 1832. At the age of 18 he became a second lieu-

tenant rn the cavalry and was sent te Havana. He returned to Madrid in 1854 and entered the war office, where he was made a lieutenant. He received his commission of captain in 1856 and was again sent to Cuba in 1857. He became chief of staff of the governor general of Cuba in 1863 and lieutenant general in 1864. He has shown himself to be an adept intriguer, if not an able director of armies.

GENERAL AZCARRAGA.