CANOVAS MURDERED; Prime Minister of Spain Assassinated by an Anarchist at Santa Agueda. THREE SHOTS FIRED AT HIM Wounded Man Lingers Two Hours in Great Agony, Two Bullets Having Taken Effect. LONG LIVE SPAIN!" HIS LAST WORDS. His Wife Witnesses the Shooting -- Arrest of the Murderer, a Neapolitan Calling Himself Rinaldi, but Who is Said to be Michele Golli -- Azcarraga Temporarily Takes the Premiership. (Published 1897)

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CANOVAS MURDERED; Prime Minister of Spain Assassinated by an Anarchist at Santa Agueda. THREE SHOTS FIRED AT HIM Wounded Man Lingers Two Hours in Great Agony, Two Bullets Having Taken Effect. LONG LIVE SPAIN!" HIS LAST WORDS. His Wife Witnesses the Shooting -- Arrest of the Murderer, a Neapolitan Calling Himself Rinaldi, but Who is Said to be Michele Golli -- Azcarraga Temporarily Takes the Premiership. (Published 1897)

The Prime Minister of Spain, Canovas, was assassinated by an anarchist at Santa Agueda. He was shot three times and died after two bullets hit him.

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