The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15
Our Oliu.
Political Assassinations,

The Courier des Etats Unis gives the
following list of political assassirations, or
attempted assassinations in the last thirty
years:
1949-November 26.-Thc life of the
Duke Modena was attempted.
1849-June 21-The Crown Prince of
Prussia was attacked at Minden.
1951-May y22.-Sefeloque, workman,
shot at Fredrick William ", King of
Prussia, and broke his forearm.
1850-June 29.-Robert. Pate, an ex-
lieutenant in the army, attempted to assas-
sinate Queen Victoria.
1852-September 24.-An Internal ma
chine was found at Marseilles, with which it
had been intended to destroy Napoleon III
1853-February 18.-The Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria was grievously
wounded in the head while walking on the
ramparts at Vienna, by a Hungarian tailor
named Libzens.
1953-April 16.-An attempt on the
life of Victor Emanuel was reported to
the Italian Chamber.
1853-July 5.-An attempt vas made
to kill Napoleon the III, as he was entering
the Opera Comique.
1S54-March 20-Ferdinand Charles
III, Duke of Parma, was killed by an
unknown man, who stabbed him in the
abdomen.
1855-April 28.-Napoleon III was
fred at in the Champs Elysees by Giov-
ami Pianeri.
1856-April 28.-Raymond Fuentes
was arrested in the act firing on Isabella,
Queen of Spain.
December S.-Agesilas Milano,
soldier, stabbed Ferdinand III of Naples
with his bayonet.
1857-August 7.-Napeleon III again.
Bartoletti, Gibaldi and Grillo were SEN
fenced to death for coming from London
to assassinate him.
1858-January 14.-Napoleon Ill for
the fifth time. Orsini and his associates
threw Illuminating bombs at him as he
was on his way to the opera.
1861-July liking William of
Prussia was for the first time shot at by
Oscar Becker, student, at Baden Baden.
Becker fred at him twice, but missed him.
1862-Decembe 18.-A student nam
ed Dossios fred pistol at Queen Amalia
of Greece princess of Oldcnberg) at Ath
ems.
1863-December 24.-Four more con-
spirators from London against the life of
Napoleon III, were arrested in Paris.
1865-April 14.-President Lincoln
was shot by j. Wilkes Booth.
1866-April Ga Russian named
Kavarasoff attempted Gar Alexander's
life at St. Petersburg. He was foiled by
a peasant, who was ennobled for the deed.
1867.-The Cars life was again at
tempted during the great exposition, at
review in the Bois de Boulogue at Paris.
1863-Juue 10-Prince Michael of
Serbia was killed by the brothers Rad
warowitch.
1971.-The life of Amadeus, then newly
King of Spain, was attempted.
1872-August-Colonel Gutierrez as
sassinated President Balta, of the Repub-
lie of Peru.
1873-January President Morales
of Bolivia, was assassinated.
Observation-Disclosures Garcia Mac
no, of Ecuador, was assassiuated.
1877-June.-President Gill, of Para
quay, was assassinated by Commander
Molas.
187S-May 1.-THE Emperor William
of Germany, was shot at again, this time
by Emile Henry Max Hoedcl, alias Leh-
mann, the Socialist Lehman, it will be
remembered, fired three shots at the EN-
peror, who was returning from drive
with the Grand Duchess of Baden, but
missed him.
To this list we must now add third
attempt on the life Of the Emperor William,
at Berlin.