The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26
ROME IN A WILD PANIC.
a STONE THROWN AT THE KING
IN HIS CARRIAGE.

The Missile Missed It's Object and Its
Thrower Apprehended-He Is a
Murderer Just Back From the
United Ststes-Fhe Scare Of the An
archist Bomb Campaign Still Great.
ROME, March 25.-The city is in great
excitement over an assault made this even
ing on King Humbert The king was re-
turning from the Villa Borghese, where he
had been spending a portion OF the day,
when a person having the general ap-
pearauce OF an Italian workingman
threw a stone at the king. the missile
almost striking the king. There was a oon-
siderable number of people in the streets at
the time, ii being about O'Clock in the
evening, and several persons rushed upon
the assailant and seized him before he had
a chance to make arother attempb at vio-
lence. The assailant was promptly taken
In hand by the police and conveyed to
prison. Otherwise he would In all probability
have been killed by the angry multitude.
An immense crowd assembled ana cheered
the king with frantic enthusiasm and all
the way to the palace the scene was like a
triumphant progress. King Humbert
gracefully ackno wledged the ovation and
was evidently deeply moved by the evil
dence OF loyalty on the part of his subjects.
The Kings sssailant is, 1t appears, a re-
hgiOus fanatic named Berardi. The au-
thoriries have made inquiries regarding his
history and have 1ascertained that he was
sentenced TO imprisonment for seven years
for a murder committed number of years
ago. In 1882 he was released from prison
and emigrated to America, the au-
thorities thinking they had got rid
Of him forever. sBerardi, however, recently
returned to Rome, but his presence did not
attract attention until to-day. He has
acknowledged since his arrest that his i'll
tention was to insult King Humbert be-
cause the king declined to be recouciled to
the pope. He also claimed that he had been
engaged in forming missions for the liberia
tion of slaves In America and China. The
police are trying to find out whether be
had any accomplices.
At noon to-day the Jury acquitted PAL
anarchists on trial for taking part in the
anarchist riot at Villa San Michele in Octo-
ber last. The riot was desperate affair
and several persons were killed. The so-
quittal of the accused has caused surprise
and some Indignation as tending to enoour-
age similar lawlessness.
THE BOMB SCARE.
LONDON, March 25-MaiI advices from
Rome prove that very inadequate idea of
the dynamite campaign Of the Italian an-
archists has been communicated by tele-
graph to the outside world. A strict CEN
sorship is exercised over all dispatches bv
the government, and everything likely to
create a panicky feeling is suppressed.
The seriousness of the situation is shown
by the fact that three regiments from North
ern Italy are on the way to the city and
that furloughs have been suspended among
all the troops in the immediate vicinity.
M y hSus~
finding of bombs by the police all the
authorities declare that the attempts of
the dynamite rs have practically ceased and
that all except few of the most venture
some anarchists have left the city. Much
of this deception is practiced merely to
aIay the growing uneasiness of the foreign
sovereigns expected to be present at the
silver wedding of King Humbert and
Queen Margaret next month. For
instance, tremendous efforts are maKiugsto
suppress the news that bomb was found
Wednesday evening near she house of Herr
Won Bulow the German ambassador 10 the
vatican. An internal machine was re-
oeived bV the secretary of the Austrian le-
cation Thursday but he discreetly referred
it to the inspector of police, who has been
detailed to open such packages sent to the
state departments.
BOMB AGAINST A HOUSE.
Thursday evening a cement bomb wound
with heavy wire was found against the we'll
of Admiral Brin's house in the Palezzo
Odesoalchi. The attention of a policeman
was attracted by the burning of the fuse.
He extinguished the light and carried the
bomb to the police officials, where an ex-
animation showed that enough explosives
were placed in it to wreck the whole house.
The rector Of the University Della Saphi-
enza received yesterday morning a box
marked books" The exceptional heavi-
ness of the box excited his suspicious and he
gave it to the police with a request that
they open it, Upon removing the bottom
of the box the police found several small
tubes Of explosives which would have been
set off by spring and hammer bad they
lifted the cover. On slip of paper within
was written, 'Best wishes to the papal
bigots from the international Association
of Anarchists"
A similar Internal machine was received
at the ministry of the interior packed with
a leather strip, on which was printed In red
ink: BLOOD, fire and revolution to help
the great cause of humanity"
PUBLIC OFFICIALS WARNED.
Many officials have received warnings
that they will be killed before May /, and
in all departments Of the city and national
government the number of guards has been
doubled for their protection. The ap-
proaches to the public buildings swarm with
detectives and any body who fails TO give a
satisfactory account of himself can
hope to get near the public
offices. The police have shown them-
selves utterly incompetent. Although
searching day and night for the store Of
dynamite upon which the anarchists are
drawing, they have accomplished nothing
Since the explosions of year ago they have
paid little attention to the anarch-
lists, and, therefore, do not know
which way to turn to arrest
the plotters. In Rome the DEVELOPMENTS
of the coming week are awaited with the