The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-26
PRESIDENT Is. GUARDED.
Mckinley, Himself, is Ignorant of the Pre-
cautions.
cautions.
Atlanta Journal.
SECRET SERVICE pREcAurIoN.

| SECRET SERVICE PREcAurIoN.
In other countries this secret SER
| vice precaution is carried to far
greater extent than here, but it is
doubtful if.it is more effective. In
England, for instance, it is said that
SO many are the disguises assumed by
! the detectives about Victoria that that
poor lady's lifeis made miserable by
wondering who these people are and
by what right they are permitted 20
roam about her estates. In France
the system is carried on very much as
it is here, save that the secret service
is increased by officers and guards IN
uniform, and sentinels stationed at
; every door and gateway.
There have been only three bona
! fde assassinaticns in France, posi-
/ lively known to history. One victim
was Henry III, killed by Jacobin
monk; Henry Nv was assassinated by
! the Roman fanatic Ravaillac, the third
being President Carnot. The former
was assassinated in 1870 That period
was replete with assassinations Of all
kinds, and the wonder is that more
crowned heads did not fall a victim to
! the knife. Many attempts on the
Lives Of rulers are recorded, but very
few successful attempts.
Louis XI was believed to have been.
murdered for rebelling against his
father, but it was never. proven.
Over in England Edward the First
| WAS assassinated by musselman while
! the former was crusading, but he
seems to have had no right there and
the feeling against him was bitter and
deep. Edward the Second was mur-
dered after his deposition. William
Rufus was supposed to have been as
sassinated in New Forest and not
accidentally shot with an arrow by
Walter Tirrell, as stated in history.
Richard the Second was killed by Ex-
ton after his deposition, and Henry
the Sixthis supposed to have been
assassinated by the Yorkists, butit
was never proven. Edward the Fifth
goes down in history with an improba-
Bile death at the hands of Richard the
Third, but recent historians put
faith in the story.
Onesof the most marked assassina-
tions was that Of William Of Orange,
surnamed the Silent, the founder Of
the Dutch republic. he was called
the Silent" from the fact that he
heard without comment from Henry
| the Second of France Of a plot to mas
sacre the Protestants, he himself being
one at the time. He was assassinated
| by Baltkazer Gerard, Catholic
fanatic.
ASSASSINATION IN SCOTLAND.
In Scotland assassinations was the
/ favorite. way of securing change of
governmental policy. They Of all
people seemed to have been given
more freely to assassination. The
assassinations Of rulers, consorts and
paramours are too numerous to men
tion. In studying history one is
likely to emerge from youth with the
idea that nearly every other ruler was
assassinated for the reason that the
historian seems to- revelin detailing
the attempts on the lives Of sover-
eigns, and dwelling with much color
on the various plots. But to review
the men who have met death in this
way there are comparatively very few,
but suficient.to cause those who have
the keeping of the lives Of rulers safe
to still use precaution; for modern
history boasts about as many assassi-
nations as the history of the period
known as the dark ages. A. W. B.
A Pretty Story.