The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24
CROWNED HEADS HARD TO HIT.
Attempts to Assassinate Them That
Have Failed.

nave E0lGeu.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The list of missed monarchs is, taking
1t no further back than the last half-dozen
decades or so, an interesting subject of
consideration. At the head of 1t We find
the most missed monarch of his own, or,
indeed, of any age, Louis Philippe. For a
matter of fourteen years this monarch was
constantly having lead pumped at him.
His experiences began on Nov. 10, 1882.
Somebody-it was never properly ascer-
tanned who-opened fire upon him on the
Point Neuf. This was but a foretaste.
Fieschi followed with his Internal ma
chine, July 49, 1885. Nineteen barrels, with
four balls in each, arranged to cover a
space twenty-five feet wide and ten feet
high, accounted for Marshal Mortier, three
other military officers, and five civilians
on the spot. The King rode home with
out a scratch. Alibaud followed, June Is,
1886; Meurnier in December of the same
year. BARNES drew his bead in 1910.
Lecomte had pot shots at his sovereign
from behind wall in 1885, and before that
year was out Henri had done his best to
"snipe' him from the garden of the Tuil-
cries. And all these operators had pro-
vded thmselves with at least four shots
apiece. All they succeeded in doing to
their target was to lodge bit of wadding
in one of his ambrosial whiskers
Meantime, Oxford in 1910, John Francis
in 1892 Bean few weeks later in the
same year, and William Hamilton in 1s49,
had all scored misses against the sover-
eign lady of those realms, who was to have
yet a further experience at Windsor sta
ton in 1882, when Maclean, the homicide
lunatic, made his attempt
But for what happened at st. Petersburg
at O'Clock in the afternoon of March 10,
1881, the second Alexander of Russia
might have been as much missed as the
citizen king himself. Karakozow had
missed him at St. Petersburg in 1866. Bere-
zowzki had missed him again in Paris on
that historic 9Th of June In 1867. Solovieff
failed In 1879. They laid mine for him
just outside Moscow, and the imperial lug
gage train happened to be running first
that day. Then they filled a vault below
the dining room at the winter palace. But
that February evening it so fell out that
the imperial dinner party was little la
ter than usual. The Car had gone TO
meet the Prince of Hesse. The mine was
fred before the party had entered the
room. Before the Borki accident the
son of Alexander II had had a couple of
experiences. One officer all but had him
at Gatschina in 1887; another missed him
even more narrowly the next year
Thrice missed was her most Catholic
majesty, Isabella-by La Riva in 1S47: by
Merino, the priest, in 1852, though it was
only the busk of her corsets that saved
her; and by Raymond F'uentes in 1886. AL
fonso XII was missed by Moncasi in 1878
and by Francesca Otero Gonzales subse-
quently. When the Due Aosta was King
Amadeus a party of five went for him at
Madrid, in the Gale Arenal, but it was
one of the party who was killed. Even
the popular Francis Joseph has been miss
ed twice Libenyi grazed his majesty's
neck with a knife in 1853. Overdank was
less successful later.
The third Napoleon was very badly
missed. Pianori gave him both barrels at
the corner of the Rue de Balzac in the
last days of May, 1855. Belleemarre's pls-
toll threw too high on Sept 8. that wear
when the Emperor was just entering the
Theater Italien, and Orsini and company's
failure on Jan. IA, 1853 just outside the old
opera in the Rue Leplletier is the most
historic of them all We had WaIewsli
writing from the DUAL d'Orsay to Persjg
ny, at Albert Gate, TO know If we gave
hospitality to assassins." We had PANS
conspiracy to murder bill, and it's defeat
on its second reading, and the ministry
out and Lord Derby and Disrael In. Mr.
Gladstone and three other "Peehtes" vot-
MS WIN lnt fndJOflty.
The 'lnctdentals of office had fallen To
King Humbert's lot before Acciarito met
him in the way. Giovanni Passanantl Esd
missed him on Nov. II. 1878
The great and good King William both
as King and as Emperor, knew what te-
ing missed felt like. Oskar Becker lurl,ed
for him In the Lilienthal Alice, Baden. one
July morning In 1861. while his majesty
was taking his early constitutional os-
kar left his mark, too. on the royal neck
Hodel waited till May II, 1878 when be
scored two misses. In less than two
months afterward Nobiling, Doctor ~
Philosophy and OF Scientific Agriculture.
proved how much better IL would nave
been for him to stick TO philosophy ana
agriculture. He pcppered the aged Empo-
ror with a shotgun from second door
window In the Inter den Linden There
were some thirty pellets 20 be counted
about the imperial physiognomy and fore
arm. The recipient seems TO have Thought
rather uncomfortably about himsaIf liz