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

InOSe on VINO the regal cOfOneC fepOSe.
Good King Henry the Fourth, the
author of the edict of Nantes, May ii,
1910, was killed while riding his car
riage, by Ravillac. The attempts at
the life of William, king 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 Lei psic tin
smith made an abortive effort in the
same direction. The aged William is
now eighty-two, and the bullets that he
has been mark for have not all been
shot ON the field of battle. In the revo-
luton Of 1919, 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 (he 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 would elm
S'mortalized heroes succeeded. Ger
tainly royalty is not charmed exist
| ence.
Gustavas the third king eff Sweden,
was attending masked bali at the
Stockholm opera house, building he
had erected, when shot by Captain
Ankastrom, a 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 he 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 i'll the Bots de
Boulogne, in Paris, 10y a pole. In
1888, the Emperor Francis Joseph
OF Austria, was shot at by fanatical
Hungarian, Libyiui by na,,.e.
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-Queen
lsa"ella, detested by the Spanish peo-
pie for her gross inmoralities. where
conrt was the scandal of Europe and a
by word among nations, in May, lS47,
was twice fired at by La Riva, and five
years later she was poniared with Sc
rious, though not fatal effect. Millaro,
conspirator 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 ffty-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 Boule-
yard du Temple, by Joseph Fischer,
July q, 1888, and slightly wounded,
while Marshal Mortier, General de
Vcrlgny and several Of his suite were
slain outright, by the explosion Of two
dozen loaded muskct barrels. ARRANGED
50 as to be simultaneously discharged.
This attempted assassination Of King
Alfonso Was not the work Of Gan
avenger bathing the hard steel in f.ow-
ing tyrants' blood" 1t was crime iso-
lated for its Nervousness. No personal
revenge TO crafty, no political antago-
mist, no striking down system in the
person Of It's representative, motives
which, whilc not excusipg crime, at
least render it comprehensive, 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 fired the
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 spccious claims,
and rel gn Of bloodahed and disyraccful
warfare, similar % that tae unfortunate
peninsula has scarcely been kept free
from. IN the present century, will cnsue.
Not that personally his character or
achievements have impressed them