The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-14

those on who the regal coronet repose.
Good King Henry the Fourth, the
author Of the edict Of Nantes, May IA,
1910, was killed while riding his car
riage, by Ravillac. The attempts at
the life of William, X ing of Prussia,
are many, two of them too fresh for
reorganization here. DR.. Modelling has
lately atoned for his efforts to rid the
world of what he termed despot, and
on the 18th Of last May Leipsic tin
smith made an abortive effort in the
same direction. The aged William is
now eighty-two, and the bullets that he
has been a mark for have not all been
shot on the field Of battle. In the revo-
luton of lS49, some one tried to as
assinate him. The second was that of
Oscar Becker, July Ia, 1861, at Baden.
The misguided man considered that
William Che was then prince) was not
furthering the interest of German uni
ty with sufficient vim, and he popped
away at him. It is singular t, the
fact that none Of these woulI-be elm
''mortalized heroes succeeded. Ger
tainly royalty is not charmed exist
ence.
Gustavas the third king eff Sweden,
was attending a masked bali at the
Stockholm opera house, building he
had erected, when shot by Captain
Ankastrom, tool and leader of some
of the disatfected nobility of his court.
This was in March, 1892. The king
fingered in agony for thirteen days and
died. The second successful attempt
OF the assassin in accomplishing the
death of rulers for the past hundred
years, was that of J. Wilkes Booth,
who, in April, 1865, shot president
Abraham Lincoln, in box at Foru's
theatre, Washington, on Good Friday,
as ne was listening to the play of "Our
American Cousin"
The reigning monarchs of Europe
have nearly all been fired at. The
present emperor of Russia has been
fired at twice, once In 1866 by mad
man at st. Petersburg, and a second
time while he was riding in the Bots de
Boulogne, in Paris, by a pole. In
1853, the Emperor Francis Joseph
OF Austria, was shot at by fanatical
Hungarian, Libyiui by maize.
King Louis of Portugal, perhaps the
mildest of all European sovereigns,
celebrated for his love of literature and
successful authorship, was fired at in
1873.
Queen Victoria, of England, has not
even escaped assassination, as the sever
al attempts were made On her lif. by
Oxford and other attest Ex-Oueen
lsanella, detested by the Spanish peo-
pie for her gross immoralities. where
conrt was the scandal of Europe and
by word among nations, in May, lS47,
was twice fired at by La Riva, and five
years later she was poniared with Sc
rlous, though not fatal effect. Millaro,
consplrator in 1856, attempted to stab
King Ferdinand, Of Naples.
The great Napoleon had several mar.
row escapes from assassination, and on
one occasion an internal machine was
placed in the path Of his carriage, when
the rapid driving of his coachman alone
saved his life, as the machine exploded
after the emperor had passed. This
was December Ia, 1900. Twenty peo-
pie were killed, and fifty three wounded.
st. Regent. the man who applied the
match, was arrested and executed.
The life Of Napoleon the Third was
several times attempted, notably so, by
Felix Orsiri, Pierri Gomez, De Kudio
and others, who, January IA, 1928,
threw hand grenades filled with detona-
ting mercury, alcohol and vitric acid
beneath the horses feet and wheels Of
the carriage that was carrying the en-
Peror and cypress Eugenia to the opera.
Louis PHILIPPE was shot at in the Boulc-
yard du Temple, by Joseph Fischer,
July 70, 1889, and slightly wounded,
while Marshal Mortier, General de
Verigny and several of his suite were
slain outright, by the explosion Of two
dozen loaded musket barrels, arranged
SO as to be simultaneously discharged.
This attempted assassination fixing
Alfonso was not the work Of can
avenger bathing the hard steel in flow
ing tyrants' blood" 1t was crime iso-
lated for its Nervousness. No personal
revenge to crafty, no political antago-
INST, no striking down system In the
person Of its representative, motives
which, while not excusing a crime. at
least render it comprehen sible, guided
the assassin's bullet. The rustic youth
simply wanted to kill king. Had he
succeeded, his glory would have been
akin to that Of the wretch who fred thu
temple OF Diana, at Ephesus. The loss
OF Alfonso would at once plunge spain
in civil wars. The carlists void at
oace put forward their specious claims.
and a reign of bIoodshed and disyraceful
warfare, similar 10 that tn. unfortunate
peninsula has scarcely been kept fres
from In the present century, will ensue.
Not that personally his character or
achievements have impreaaed them.