Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-11-09

him on the throne. Antiochus VI
was murdered by Tryphon, l42 years
b. c., who usurped the throne
Cleopatra, daughter OF Philip of Mace.
don and sister of Alexander the Great,
was assassinated by order of Antigonus
after the death of her brother Adher.
bal, King of Numidia, was slain by bis
cousin Jugertha, ll2 years i. c.
Crassus, the Roman triumvir, noted
for bis great wealth, was treacherousy
killed in the year 50 B, c., in con.
ference with Surena, the Parthian gen.
eral, by whom he had been defeated
in battle. Ptolemy XII. of Egypt
reigned jointly with Cleopatra from
81 to As b. c., when the Queen was
expelled. She was subsequently made
Queen with Ptolemy's brother on the
throne as King, but she rendered his
reign merely nominal, and murdered
him in the year 43 B. c. This was
the same year that Cesar was assas.
snated in the Roman Senate Hall.
From this date until the sad scene
on Calvary's hill no assassination or
murder worth noting occurred. Cali
gula (Caius C@sarl was assassinated
by Cassius Ch@rena, conspirator, in
the year Al A, d. Aurelian, who,
born Of humble parents, entered the
army as private and rose to the highest
position in it under Valeran, subse.
quently becoming Emperor OF Rome,
was assassinated in the year 27j by
his own officers Hypatia, the cole
brated female philosopher and mathe.
matician, was murdered by Cyril, the
christian patriarch, and his fanatcal
monks in the year 4l5. Ladislaus III.
Of Hungary, surnamed Cuman, was
assassinated in the year 1890 In the
year 1854 Charles of Navarro assassin.
ated Charles Of Spain, and made public
avowal of the fact at Madrid. Peter
the Cruel, King OF Span, was defeated
at the battle OF Monteil in 1862 and
through the treachery of Du Guesclin
murdered. In this case the life Of the
victim had furnished so many detesta-
bic precedents, that the crime of his
taking off can only be considered as a
natural sequence. in the year 1883,
rendered memorable as the date when
statutes were first printed, Edward V
ascended the British throne under the
protectorate Of Richard of Gloucester.
Gloucester, however avowed his inten.
tion of seizing the crown, in which
undertaking he was supported by the
Duke of Buckingham. The Queen
and her children were compelled to
seek sanctuary in Westminster. The
young King and the Duke of York
were imprisoned in the Tower Of Lon
don, and Gloucester, the Usurper, as
sumed the throne as Richard Ill,
Jvne 20. Then followed the murders
of Lord Rivers and Others in Pomiret
Castle, and of Edward V and his
brother in tho Tower. Pizarro, the
conqueror of Peru, defeated Almagro
in 1888, made him a prisoner and exc
Guted him. To avenge his death, a
conspiracy was formed by Almagro
the younger, which resulted in the as.
sassination OF Pizarro in 1911. AS a
rule, the crime Of assassination cannot
be justified on any ground whatever,
but in this instance it appears to have
been the only consistent end toa career
as perfldlous as PIzarro's, Tho fact
Of bis numbering the Inca Aiahualpa
by the garroto after receiving a ran
som estimated by Prescott, tho histo.
rian, to have amounted TO over Sl5,.
100000, was alono sufficient warrant
lor his death by assassination. In
1889 Henry III, of France was mur.
dered by Clement, monk, at the
seige OF Paris, July 22. Henry was
tho most detestable of the detested
house of Yalois and the last of that
lineage TO slt on the throne Of France.
He was succeeded by Henry ", King
of Navarro, surnamcd "the Great, who
on the l4th of May, 1910, was mur-
dered by Ravaillac. Several persons
are said to have died of grief on hear.
ing Of bis murder, so popular was he
with the people. Wallenstein, Count
of and Duke Of Mecklenburg, Fried.
land and Sagau, was a celebrated Ger.
man General and the story Of his life
forms the subject of Schiller's greatest
tragedy. The Duke Of Bavaria and
others OF his enemies in 1884 persuaded
the Emperor to distrust his loyalty.
He was accordingly deprived Of his
command and secret orders were given
to Galas and Piccoomini to arrest or
assasoinato him. He, aitor sunjry
unsuccessful attempts to secure his
safety by negotiations with the Swedes,
retired to the Castle Of Eyer, where
no was assasslnated in February, 1854.
Gustavus III. OF Sweden, in 1892, at a
masked ball given at Stockholm, was
assassinated by ono of band Of con
spirators composed of Swedish noble
men. The assassins name was Aukar-
strom. Gustavus was noted for his
talents as q statesman and was distin'
guished as poet and dfamatist. This
brings the list down to the beginning
of tho nineteenth century, since which
period the assassinations and murders
of prominent persons have been pub.
lished in various forms in the press
throughout the country Washington
Ds,,,Iff.