The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-01
RESULT OF A PLOT.
Lots Were Drawn at Paris to select
Murderer of King.

The non militant anarcn1SGS teConb4y
declared, so the Tribuna asserts, that a
meeting had been held in Paris at which
lots were drawn and several persons were
selected to kill the king.
Besides Bressl, five persons have been
taken into custody at Mona.
In the absence of the new king the
ministry has issued in his name mani
festo to the nation as follows;
''King Victor Emmanuel III, in as
cending the throne has to perform the
painful duty of announcing to the coun-
try the awful calamity which has vio-
lently cut short the valuable life of King
Humbert.
1.-The nation wounded in it's sincere
affection for the august dead, and in
sincere feeling of devotion and adhesion
to the dynasty, while execrating the cruel
crime, will be plunged into profound glier
for the venerated memory of good,
brave and magnanimous king, the pride
of this people, and the worthy perpetual
tor of the traditions Of the house of Saw
oy, by rallying with mistaken loyalty
around his august su ccessor. Italians
viii prove by their deeds that their in
stitutions do not die The King is ex-
pected to arrive at Reggie de Calabria
tomorrow. He received the first news of
the assassination OF his father by Sam
ashore"
The body of the late King, dressed in
black, lies today on the bed ordinarily
used by him at Monza. Around the mas
sive candelabra holding burning tapers
at the foot and head of the bed are flow
ers placed by Queen Margherita, who
passed the long hours of the night in
prayer by the bed of death.
Father Bignami, the court chaplain, is in
immediate charge OF the bier. The cardI-
nal archbishop of Milan has ordered a
requiem mass in all the churches of his
diocese.
Enormous number of kilograms Of re-
greet and coincidence continue to arrive
including messages from the most illus
trious families of Rome.
The police in Rome are pushing in
quirjes in all directions, but the 1nfOrma-
ton with regard to the assassin Bressi is
not yet very definite 1t appears that
when he was looking for lodgings on Fri
day at Monza, he was accompanied by a
younger man whom the police are now
seeking. The pistol, the assassin used
was new and superior weapon marked
Massachusetts
The police of Milan searched the house
of man named Ranella and, it is re.
ported, found important papers showing
that Bressi had relations with persons in
the United States and that communica-
| hi and
in connection with the crime Bressi and
another Tuscan frequented the cafes in
Milan, where they were overheard dis
cussing big scheme thatgwould astonisn
the world.
Everything goes to show that the crime
was long premeditated and the police are
now being charged with want of fore
sight. 1t appears that the cordons
formed upon the arrival of the king at
the fete ground were Withdrawn prior to
his departure. AS the King was leaving,
a sort of scuffie occurred, probably pre-
arranged to distract the attention of the
carbineers. The King was so pleased
with his welcome at Monza and felt so
safe that he turned to his aide and said;
"Id like to Le5urn afoot," but he was
dissuaded.
Bressi maintains an air of the utmost
cynicism. In the course of his examina.
ton he declared himself to be a revoIu
tionary anarchist and said he was ready
to resume operations if he were released. D.
SPAIN HAS BRESSI'S PICTURE.
Paris, July 21-A special dispatch from
Madrid to the Tempa, says the Spanish
police have a picture of Bressi, the assas-
sin of King Humbert, taken at Barcelona
last spring, during the visit there of tn,
Spanish minister of the interior, SenOl
Dato, whom he is said to have wished t.
assassinate; but Bressi was dissuaded
from that purpose by the Catalan anar.
chists, whose efforts at that time were
directed towards securing pardons fol
their co-religionists..
The Tempa dispatch adds that the DO
lice of Saint Sebastian expelled on sun
day an Italian who had arrived from
France without papers or means Of sup
port.
PRESIDENT IN THE PLOT.
New York, July 81.-Chairman B. B
Odell OF the Republican state COMMITTEES
was asked today If there was any connec
ton in his opinion between the assassina
ton of King Humbert and the plot to xii
President Mckinley, which he exposed
some weeks ago, ana he replied that h,
did not care to discuss that matter nor
the report printed in an afternoon news
paper about the plot to kill the President
said to have been concocted by the Pater
son group of anarchists.
WAS THERE A GENERAL PLOTY
Geneva, July 31.-As soon as the news
Of the assassination of King Humber
became known, the detective department
set to work to try and discover if Their,
We're any connection between the murder
Of President Carnot of France, Empress