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A FATAL SPOT.
Three of a Boating Party of Six
Drowned in MuskegOn Lake
Making Nine in Six Weeks.

Muskegon. Mich. Aug. 1.-Two men
and young woman lost their lives by
drowning in Muskegon lake. The
drowned are: John Mortwedt, Charles
Erickson, Selma Telefson.
Three other occupants of the boat
were saved.
The boat in which the party were
rowing capsized about a mile from
shore. Mortwedt managed to right the
craft and saved two of the girls.
This makes total of nine persons
drowned in the vicinity in less than six
weeks.
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By means of the health department
canvass New York figure out pop
ulation of 3,655,594 for the greater
city. The health departments esti-
mate of the population by boroughs
on July is as follows: Manhattan,
2,oo7,241; The Bronx, 175,37o; Brook
Ign, 1,267,15s; Richmond, 1926;
Queens, 1869; Richmond, 69,2e6;
increase in the city's population since
1890 is 100000 in round numbers, the
census of that year showing that there
were 1,206,299 persons in the com.
munity.
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The largest schooner-rigged vessel
In the world is now ready for launch
ing from shipyard at Camden, Me-,
and ship owners and sailors are wait
ing with curiosity to see how the ex-
pertinent will turn out. The schooner
is to be six-master, capable of carry
ing $500 tons of coal, with length
of 300 feet, beam of 4S feet and
depth of % feet. 1t is the pet con-
ception of an old shipmaster, Capt.
.onn G. Crowley, of Taunton, Mass,
who has been known as the protector
of big schoners for many years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-10

Malaria's breeding place, the Roman
Campagna, is entitled to the reputa.
ton of being the most deadly spot on
earth. No human being who works
there escapes malaria, and the malaria
is of the pernicious type. Thousands
of field laborers journey into this Sec
ton each year, lured by the prospect
of good pay for harvest work, and yet
knowing that the chances are that
they will not outlive the year, or, at
best, that they will be gaunt, fever
stricken wretches when they emerge
from the death-haunted place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-10

Pawnbrokers take some curious
pledges, but it is not often they are
offered one from another world. a
London suburban pawnshop, however,
exhibits in its window as an unre-
deemed pledge a magnificent aerolite,
a mass of fused metel that fell as it
were from heaven to provide poor
man with his beer. A ticket bears
the statements that it was brought
from the arctic regions by sailor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-10

Passengers by Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
express the other day were two mon
ster turtles on the way to London
Gardens, in England. According to
Frank B. Webster, who purchased
them for the gardens, the turtles are
$50 years old. They were captured in
the Galapagos Islands, and shipped to
San Francisco. From there they trav-
eled in water tank to New York.
Each turtle is five and half feet long
and weighs 500 pounds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-10

Sig. Verdi has almost brought to
completion the philanthropic scheme
on which he has been engaged since
1883. Outside the Porta Magenta at
Milan he has bought a large piece Of
ground, and on it has built a house
of rest for musicians. This building,
which was begun in 1896, covers an
area of more than 1000 square yards.
1t will shelter 100 needy musicians
go men and 40 women) of not less
than 65 years of age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-10

Some $50 different colors are now
obtained from coal tar, and these
have almost entirely supplanted vege-
table and animal dyes. In fact, only
two of the vegetable class, indigo and
logwood, are still of any considerable
Importance. Coal yields a large
amount of coloring matter, the mag
enta obtained from ton being suffi-
cient to dye 500 yards of flannel; the
aurine, 100 yards; the vermillion scar
let, 1850 yards, and the aligarine, 255
wards
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New King at MOnza.

Monza, Aug. liking Victor Emman-
uel III. and Queen Helena arrived here
and drove in closed carriage to the
castle, whence all the guests and Of
ficials had departed, leaving the family
alone to receive the king. Upon enter
ing the death room the king knelt and
kissed his father, with his wife and
mother praying for half an hour.
Swear Allegiance.
Monza, Aug. 3.-The Italian cabinet
has sworn allegiance to King Victor
Emmanuel III. Assassin Bresci says
it is cars turn next.
investigation I'm New jersey.
New York, Aug. 4.-Gov. VOORHEES,
admitted Friday at his home in Eliza
beth, N. j., that steps had been taken
to investigate the allegations that the
plot to kill King Humbert and other
monarchs had been Matched in New
Jersey. If the evidence can be pro-
cured and there are still some of those
concerned living in the state they will
be prosecuted. The investigation is
not complete, and probably will not be
until information from Italy enables it
to be conducted minutely.
A PrOclama ton.
Mona, Aug. 4.-King Victor EN-
manuel III. has addressed a proclama-
ton to the Italian people in which
he consecrates himself to the guard
ianship of liberty and of the sacred
legacy left to him by his murdered
parent.
Plot to Kill All Kings.
New York, Aug. 4.-The Herald pub
fishes the following: In the posses
sion of the police and of the Italian
authorities is evidence which the in
vestigators regard as indisputable
proof of the formation here and in
Paterson, N. j., of a gigantic plot
against the lives of the crowned
heads of the world.
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If lightning strikes tree after a
long period of heavy rain, when the
whole surface of the tree is damp, it
generally does very little harm to the
tree and often none at all. If, on the
other hand, the tree is struck when its
surface is dry it is more severely dam
aged, because then the electric spark
will descend by line of lower resist
ance along the damp wood under the
bark. In this case the heat of the
spark instantly produces steam to q
very high pressure under the bark
and it is generally blown up.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-10
WANT 70 KILL MK|NLEY.
Individual Members of an Anarchist
Order in New Jersey Advocate
His Assassination.
THREATS WERE UTTERED At A MEETING
The Slayer of King Humbert GIOrifed
Young Girl Who Leads the Group
Declares other Rulers Are Fated
The Wife of Bressi Is Stunned by
Her Husbands Deed.

Paterson, N. j., Aug. 1.-The life Of
President Mckinley has been threat
ened by the anarchists of this city
who created the plot to assassinate
King Lumbert. The threats have not
been made by the anarchists as an
organization, but individuals have de-
clared that they would advocate the
death of President Mckinley as they
would that of other rulers.
Led by a Girl.
The threats were uttered at meet
ing of anarchists called by the group
to which King Humbert's assassin be-
longs. Under the Leadership of Ernesta
Crevella, pretty girl of 81 years, the
meeting Endorsed the assassination of
King Humbert.
Miss Crevella was the dominating
figure of the occasion. She made a
fiery speech, breathing threats against
the car of Russia, the new king of
Italy and other rulers and referring
to Bressi as a martyr. Miss Crevella
is a remarkable girl. She ms been
in the United States only five years,
but speaks English perfectly. She is
weaver in a Paterson silk mill and
Sociale, the anarchist paper of Pater-
son. The group to which she and
Bressi belong is known as The Socie-
ty for the Direction of Existence"
Calls Bressi n Martyr.
In an interview Miss Crevella said:
"we are members of the group of an
archists to which Bressi belonged. He is
a martyr. He has done what we would
have him do. Let Nicholas of Russia trem-
BILE, and let the new king of Italy prepare
for death. They are both inhuman. They
are inhuman because they are monarchs.
They would not consent to take the places
on thrones were they not inhuman. 1t is
a republic that we want, and it is re-
public that the anarchists in every country
will have"
Mrs. Bresst Talks.
New York, Aug. 1.-The wife of
Gaetano Bressi, the assassin of King
Humbert, is stunned by the notoriety
into which she is brought by her hus-
bands crime. She was found at her
home with her little girl, IS months old.
She says she will leave West Hoboken
at once, to 60 anywhere, so that she
may escape the publicity which has
been brought upon her. She is much
detected and is far from sharing the
exultation of her husbands anarchist
associates. She is an American woman
and comes from Chicago. Her maiden
name was Sophie Neil. Her parents are
dead. but she has brothers and sisters
still living in Chicago.
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The cipher code of the state depart
ment is what is known as symbol
code. 1t is reported to be alb
solutely impossible for any one,
even cipher expert, to read it or to
write message in it without the use
of the code book. The symbols used
are figures arranged in groups to rep
resent woods. Its basis is a system
of key number which change the sig
MITIGATION of the symbols. The code
is thus capable of several transposi-
tons, and to still further increase the
difficulty of its translation there are
two basic systems.
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Four Girls Drowned.

New York, Aug. IA dispatch from
Ocean City, N. j., says four persons
were d7 owned in the surf there. They
were Virginia and Elsie Lowe, of Ger
mantown, Pa, and Jennie and BERTHE
Londsdale, of Windmere, Pa. The
girls were young, none being more
than 20 years old. The girls were bath
ing in the breakers, when they were
carried out by heavy undertow.
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Milwaukee, Population.

Washington, Aug. 4,-The popula-
ton of Milwaukee, Wis, according to
the count just completed at the census
office, is 2S5,315. In 1890, the popula-
ton was 2O4, 46s. The increase is 1884
per cent,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-10
WOLCOTT ACCEPTS.
The Ex-Governor Will Succeed Am
bassadOr Draper at the Italian
Court at Rome.

Washington, Aug. MIR. Roger VOL
colt has accepted the presidents tender
of the post of ambassador to Italy, vice
Draper, resigned, and his commission
as such has been issued. Mr.. Diapers
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Great Aquatic Feat.

ST. Louis, Aug. John c. Meyers, a
well-known athlete, on Tuesday swan
from Alton, ILL.,, to st. Louis, distance
of q miles, in exactly six hours. He
swan easily the entire distance, and
was not greatly fatigued at the finish.
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Noted Writer Dead.

New York, Aug. John Clark Rid
path, the historian, died in the Presby-
terian hospital at $50 O'CLOCK Tuesday
evening from complication of dis
eases. He had been patient in the
hospital since April g.
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IOWA REPUBLICANS.
Meet I'm Des MOines and Nominate a
State Ticket-SynOpsis of the
Platform Adopted.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 2.-The repub-
lican state convention nominated the
following state ticket:
Secretary of State. w. B. Martin, Green
field; auditor of state. F. F. Merriam, Man.
Forest City; attorney general, c. w. Null
Ian, Waterloo; judge of supreme court.
Emil McClain, Iowa City; railway commits
sioner, D. J. Palmer, Washington; Presi-
Dental electors at large, John N. Baldwin,
Council Bluffs; Ole o. Roe, Des Moines;
First district, E. v. Tucker, Louisa county;
Second district, ]. A. L. Bartholomew,
Jackson county; Third, L. B. Raymond
Franklin county; Fourth, c. H. McNider,
Cerro Gordo county; Fifth, H. H. Read
Linn county; Sixth, s. H. Harper, Wapello
county; Eighth, Marion F. Stookey, De-
catur county; Ninth, P. l.. Sever, Guthrie
county; Tenth, Thomas Wray, Crawford
county; Eleventh, George E. Bowers, Sioux
county.
Following is synopsis of the plat
form adopted:
1t commends and indorses the Iowa dele
cation, in both the senate and house of
representatives; indorses and commends
the administration of Gov. Leslie M. Shaw
in state affairs; has no other platform to
present for the present campaign than the
national platform of Philadelphia, which
meets with the unqualified approval of
Iowa republicans; the republican party Of
Iowa has no apologies to make for that
platform, nor for the candidates who stand
upon it, William Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt; asks support of all citizens for
the national and state tickets. Sorrow is
expressed at the death of the late Senator
Gear; expresses sympathy with Minister
Conger and his family, and earnestly prays
for their safety and immediate succor.
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Took 2.452 Ballots.

Jacksonville, H., Aug. 4.-Friday, on
the twenty-four hundred and fifty
second ballot. T. j. Selby, of Calhoun
county, was nominated for congress
by the Sixteenth district democratic
convention.
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EX-Gov. ROGER wOLCOTT.

resignation does not take effect for
about six weeks so that the new am
bassador will not assume his office UNI
til fall, taking advantage of the inter-
vening time to make flying visit from
Paris to the United States.
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Promise TO Pny.

Pretoria. Aug. president Kruger
and Commandant Gen. Botha have is
sued proclamation promising to pay
for all damage done to the farms by
the English provided the burghers re-
main with the commands.
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Arrests i'm Germany,

Berlin, Aug. 4.-The police through
out Germany are arresting anarchist
suspects. Among them is Prof. Stahly,
an Italian, who has recently lectured
on the subject of the Malta in South
GERMANY
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Breaks All Records.

Washington, Aug. 2.-The amount of
gold in the treasury yesterday was
$431, 17O,764, the highest in the history
of the government
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Elected Governor.

South McAlester, /. T., Aug. 3.-Re-
liable returns of the election for gov
erner. held in Choctaw Nation Wednes-
day, show that Judge j. w. Dukes has
been elected. Mr.. Dukes ran on the
full blood ticket
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An Ocean Race.

New York. Aug. 2.-The steamers
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, Deutsch-
land, New York and Oceanic will race
across the Atlantic next week, the mail
contract being the prize.
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p.n.ioners Increase.

Washington, Aug. 1.-Commissioner
of Pensions Evans report shows 991,-
SIG pensioners on the roll, an increase
of 2.O1O the last wear.
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NAf Guilty.

New London. Mo-, Aug. 2.-Alexan-
der Jester, charged with the murder CT
Gilbert W. Gates 90 years ago, was ac-
quilted by jury here.
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shows a Deficit.

Washington, Aug. 2.-The govern
ment receipts during July amounted to
s49, 800 and the expenditures $751;
e79653. leaving a deficit for the month
of "a O24 493
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EIopers Drowned.

Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Aug. 3.-Martha
Hendricks and Paul Warner, who were
attempting to elope from here, were
drowned while trying to escape from
the girls father.
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Revenue Collections.

Washington, Aug. 3.-During the
month of June the internal revenue
collections throughout the country
amounted to $2s, 104,152, an increase
as compared with June, 1899, of ST.
916,721.
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EafaI jealousy.

Moline. H., Aug. Andrew Mel
son. aged II, fatally shot his wife,
aged 67. and then killed himself.
Jealousy was the cause.
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Money in Circulation.

Washington. Aug. 2.-The total cir
culation of national bank notes on July
81 was $500, O15, 1856, an increase for the
year of $7s,473:97s.
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Planners barred.

Toronto, Ont, Aug. 4.-The govern
ment has decided the pauper immi
grants arriving at any Canadian port
cannot be permitted to land.
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Lnrce.t Ever known.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-Reports show lake
shipments of grain in July the largest
for that month ever known and the
customs collections for July break the
record.
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he had too much earthly power" The
assassin's name is givca both as An
gelo and, Gateno Bressi. He is weaver
and came to italy from America only
a few days ago. He is tall, young and
swarthy, and admits that he came from
Paterson, N. j., where he has wife and
child.
Sends Telegram OF sympathy.
Washington, July 31.-The following
message of coincidence upon the death
of King Humbert has been sent from
this country to Italy:
Department Of State. Washington.
July Soils Majesty, Vittorio Emanuela,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-08-10

One of the few parts of Windsor
castle which has remained unchanged
since its first construction, in 1164,
Is the royal kitchen.
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KING OF ITALY MURDERED
Shot Down by an Assassin in Monza
While in His Carriage and
Dies Immediately.
THE MURDERER FIRES THREE BULLETS.

One of Them Entered the Heart of
the Observation-Disclosures Is Arrested
and with Dimculty Saved from the
Fury of the Populace-Brief sketch
of Humbert's Reign.
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Sailed for China.

San Francisco. Aug. 2.-The trans
port Meade sailed yesterday for Taku,
China, with 1000 soldiers aboard.
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ON THE DIAMOND.
Tables Showing the Standing of the
Clubs of Leading Organiza-
tions Up to Date.

The standing of the leading base
ball clubs is shown in the following
table. National league:
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KING HUMBERT OF ITALY.

from the fury of the populace. He gave
his name as Angelo Bressi, describing
himself as of Prato. in Tuscany.
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The Forward Movement.

London, Aug. According to a
special dispatch from Shanghai, dated
August 3. the advancing column of
the allies was reported there Thurs
day to have reached a point IS miles
beyond Tientsin.
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Knit His People Together.

King Humbert's reign has been marked
more for his ability to keep his people knit
together than for any extraordinary activ-
ity he has shown in the affairs of the ma
tions of Europe. Most of the historians OF
modern affairs contend that Italy's stabil-
ity since 1861. when Victor Emanuel was
first saluted king, has been due to the
sagacity of her ministers rather than to
the greatness of either Humbert or his
father But 1t is memorable that even
when Humbert assembled the throne the
army and navy Of his country were as
nothing, his people were Impoverished, roads
were unbuilt and the nation had poor
standing among the people of the earth.
Triple Alliance His Greatest Work.
The most notable achievements of King
Humbert's reign have been the consumma-
ton of the triple alliance between Ger
many, Austro-Hungary and Italy, and the
securing of Turkish adhesion to the COM
pact as a precautionary measure against
the possible encroachments of Russia and
other powers. Beyond this he seems to
have been content to care mostly for the
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Coinage in July.

Washington. Aug. 2.-The total coin
age at the minis during July was
SIS, 4o4,427.
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Contempt for the Powers,

London, Aug. "A dispatch says
that the Chinese government showed
contempt for the powers by behead-
ing Hsu Ching Cheng, former Chinese
minister to Russia, and one other
statesman, for suggesting pacific
measures. The Chinese threaten to
kill the foreigners if the advance is
persisted in, and Ii Hung Chang says
no more messages will be delivered
to the ministers as long as the ad-
vance continues.
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Roma: In my name and on behalf Of the
American people. offer your majesty
and the Italian nation sincere condo
lences in this hour of deep bereavement.
(Signed) civilian MKINLEY."
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Ii Hung Changes wife is reckoned
pne of China's most beautiful women,
and though sixty years old, does not
look over thirty-five.
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KING VICTOR EMMANUEL III.

Internal and material advancement of his
people, as though they were at most and
at least his neighbors. companions and
friends. OF late years he has followed
more closely in the humane and generous
practices of his amiab}e wife-yiSiting hos
pitfalls. mingling with the poor and giving
his personal care to charities that are not
included in the written duties of the state
departments.
Italy's New King and Queen.
vittorio Emmanuel Fernandino Maria
Gennaro, who succeeds his father to the
throne of Italy. was the only son Of King
Humbert. He was born November II, 1869.
and has the reputation of being liberal.
scholarly and soldierly man. He is gen.
eral in the italian army. and patron of
art and literature. He is chevalier of
the Order of the Golden Fleece and
knight of the Garter.
His wife. Italy's new queen, was Prin-
cess Helena, one of the seven daughters of
Prince Nicolas. the ruler of the little prin-
cipality of Montenegro. She was born in
the royal palace in Cettinje in 1873. With
her sisters. she inherited the superb dark
beauty of her mother, the daughter of
Montenegrin nobleman. She has been most
carefully reared by tutors and governesses
and Is not only admirable in all the arts and
graces of European courts. but is well
versed in the play of politics and in every
way qualified to succeed even so lovely a
queen as Margherita OF Italy. The nup-
tails of Prince Vittorio and Princess Helena
were celebrated in Rome October "a. 1896,
with all the pomp and circumstance usual
on such occasions.
Italy I'm Mourning.
Rome, July 31.-All Italy is in
mourning over King Humbert's assas-
sination and rulers and people of other
nations join in coincidence. All the
military and naval forces throughout
the country will to-day take the oath
of fidelity to the new king. All the dep
uties of the extreme left how in Rome
have adopted resolutions expressing
adherence of the assassination.
The Assassin.
Milan. July 31.-Bressi, the assassin
of King Humbert. was interviewed here
in his prison and when asked why he
killed the monarch answered: II freely
declare that / killed Humbert because
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HUMBERT's REIGN.
A Brief Sketch of the Life OF the
Murdered Ruler.

King Humbert's full name was Uemberto
Renter Charles Emmanuel Jean Marie Fer
dinand Eugene. He was born at Turin on
March IA. 1914. He was the son of Victor
Emmanuel H., who died on January 8,
1878. and of Queen Adelaide. who was be-
fore her marriage Archduchess of Austria
He succeeded to the throne upon the death
of his father. He was married to Princess
Helene of Montenegro in Rome on April
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Italy i'm Mourning.
The Assassin,

Milan. July 31.-Bressi, the assassin
of King Humbert. was interviewed here
in his prison and when asked why he
killed the monarch answered: II freely
declare that / killed Humbert because
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Monza, Aug. 3.-The Italian cabinet
has sworn allegiance to King Victor
Emmanuel III. Assassin Bresci says
it is cars turn next.