The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-12
ALL EUROPE IS SHOCKED
BITTER WRATH AT THE MURDER
OF DEFExsELEss WOMAN.
International Action Against An
archists Again Irged-The Em.
peroF Bears Up Well Under the
Terrible Blow He Has Received.

LONDON. Sept. 1i.-oseen Victoria ard
fhe Prince and Princess o. Wales ieie-
grapANd their coincidence 10 Emperor
Francis Joseph last night
The court circular today says:
.s,Tne queen received last evening with
feelings of the utmost CONSERVATION the
startling news % the terrible crime The
queen mourns prof 3sfsl5ly he loss % her
o. terms Of friendship for many years she
feels hkewlse az deeply for the honorei
and isereave1 emperor. who has experienced
~ many trials during his long and benefi-
cent reign.
The terrible news has thrilled Europe
from end 70 end and everywhere but one
question 10 asked-"Hov can society pro-
tect itself agairs, anarchism?"
Special dispatches from every capital de-
scribe the effect produced and newspaper
comments that paipitate with bitter in
djgnation that a defense.esa woman who
Stunned politics and did nothing but good.
should be selected. at the moment OF the
approaching jubilee. Cor the assassin 8
knife.
Perhaps the most poignant grief is dis
played in Italy. because the public mind
there is touched with shame thai so many
political crimes have been committed by
Italians.
King Humbert. with his own hand. wrote
a telegram expressing the deepest SYM
psthy. The pope wrote Emperor Francis
Joseph as follows:
May God give the strength of resigna-
sion to dear son Joseph, who. IN so
short a period. has been tried by SO many
riistortunes. We pray thai God may be-
stow upon the house OF Hapsburg tina.
peace and tranquility which II merits by
reason Of It's sentiments toward the church
and the papacy.''
The pope ordered solemn mass In the
churches of Rome for the repose Of the
soul OF the deceased. 1t is understood that
the prince of Naples and Emperor VIII
lam, with Empress Augusta and Victoria,
viii attend the funeral.
Another feature is the intense sorrow and
sympathy evoked In Hungary 1t is hoped
that the sad event Will tend to compose
the political troubles between the two par
ties OF the Qua, monarchy
Emperor Francis Joseph. II IL said has
been troubled from thc beginning of the
year with gloomy fnrebodings.- and was
often heard to express a feryeut wish that
the jubilee were safely over. His brother
hrchduke Ludwig Victor vas dining at
a restaurant In the jubilee exhibition at
Vienna when the news OF the assassination
reached him. He FASTENED to Schoenbruln
where. on meeting the emperor. a deeply
affecting scene ensued The emperor Is very
much agitated. Twice he has started for
Vienna. each time changing his mind He
Is unable to eat anything His daughter.
Archduchess Valerie. remains constantly
at his side number OF Italian workmen
were severely mobbed and ill-treated In a
Vienna restaurant Saturday and were only
saved by the police from a worse fate
II appears that last Thursday Empress
Elizabeth had read 10 her passages from
one OF Marion Crawforis novels describ-
Ing the Sicilian vendetta murders She
was much Mortified a. the details. which
resemble those OF her own death
IL is understood the book had been chosen
for her with the idea of d,ssuading her
from visiting Sicily
Many OF the prominent European Jour