Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-30

81, as day broke in Rome the city was
seen to be shrouded in a dense white
fog. 1t seemed to convey a suggestion
of the gloom pervading the whole coun-
| try on this day.
Early in the day the people of Italy
learned that the night before at a quar-
ter to eleven o'clock King Humbert
had been done to death by the hand
of a vile assassin, and they felt, as
Shakespeare has it, that
Most sacrilegious murder hath broke
ope
lhe Lords anointed temple, and stole
thence
The life O. the building.
The telegraph has flashed the news
of the crime and all it's particulars to
the ends of the earth, and the civilized
world is horror-stricken at the dread
full deed.
1t is but now that people in Rome
are awakening to the full sense of hor-
ror at this new achievement of active
revolutionary anarchy.
When incredulity at the news had
given way to the statement of indis-
putable fact the first thoughts of mems
minds naturally turned to that tranquil
villa amidst the woods of Monza where
the fair Queen Margharet had parted
with her husband short time before
and waited with instructive but unac-
cuuntable anxiety for his return.
He had gone to the gymnasium of the
little town of Monza to distribute the
prizes, in accordance with promise he
had made some months ago, even
though Queen Margharet, possessed
by sad forebodings, had begged him to
Il remain at home.
On his return he was borne into the
villa just as his life became extinct.
The sorrow of the wife for the un-
timely and brutal death of her husband
was extreme.
Sad Close OF 4 Reign.
Sad beyond measure is the close OF
tEis reign of % years.
! Since his accession to the throne, on
January 9, 1878, two other attempts
have been made upon his life. The
third has been fatal to him.
i Three years ago an attack was made
upon him as he was driving on the
New Appian Way to the race course
of the Capannelle, five miles beyond
he city walls.
A certain Pietro Acciarito. from A.
tena, that nest of brigands, who was
rendered desperate, as he declared, by
the hunger and suffering which society
had inflicted on him, sought to be
avenged on society by striking at its
most prominent member. The stroke
missed it's aim. for a blow from the
| first of King Humbert sent him rolling
from the carriage step to the ground
1t was on this occasion that King
Humbert, replying to a cycler who
asked MIN what had happened, said:
"Oh, nothing. These are little uncer-
tainties of the profession!"
A year had not passed since his ac-
cession and he was the object of an as
sassin's fury.
In November of 1878, while passing
through Naples in a sort of triumphal
journey, a certain cook named Passa-
naute sprang on the step of the car
riage and dealt a vigorous blow with
knife at King Humbert. The king
rose and so avoided the assassin's
knife, the Premier Carroll, who was in
the carriage with him, being wounded
in the thigh.
| Queen Margharet was also in the car
! riage with the king on this occasion
and she received a shock that affected
her health very seriously for years
after.
1t appears that after this first at
tempt against his life King Humbert's
| eyes assumed that staring frightened
look which distinguished them ever
after.
Humberts Personality.
At this time, when the newspapers
are filled with the details of this as
sassination and the assassin, one pre-
fers to think Of him as one last saw
him a short time ago in Rome. 1t was
very easy to see him. He was fire.
quently in the streets.
The stranger in the Corso would
have some difficulty in discovering,
from any outward sign, that the plain
ly dressed gentleman with the large
white moustache spreading out on each
side of his face and driving a smart
pair Of horses In simple little car
riage was King Humbert, the son Of
King Victor Emmanuel.
One might easily discern that he was
person of Importance, for the men
raised their hats to him as he passed,
and his staring eyes seemed to see It
all, and not a salutatlon remained un-
recognized by gracious lifting OF the
hat Indeed it might be said that ne
passed through the Corso and the other
larger streets Of Rome hat in hand.
When he came out in state to open
( parliament or pass the troops in re-
view he appeared surrounded and ac-
companied by all the pomp and SPLEEN
dor of royalty.
In brilliant military costume, with
helmet OF no1fqhad afIvar nm btg baad