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HUN3tRI' DEATH.
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fhrough Belgium, mas been toIlowed py
an enormous increase in the circulation Of
anafchist literature advocating Iegicide.
IL IS Thought exceedingly likely that the
assassination Of King Humbert is direct.
ly traceablo to misplaced leniency.
some of the evening papers here Mt,
tempt to trace connection between the
assassination of King Humbert and the
rancorous propaganda that the Vatican
is slleged to have conducted against the
supremacy of the sovereign These iour-
mails point out that the assassination oc-
Cured in the vicinity of Milan, where, it
Is alleged, the recent insurrection was
!argeiy fomented by the Roman Curia.
The Globe cditoralizes as follows:
AS long as the Vatican persists in its
antinational attitude it will he in vain to
nope for re-estabiShing the temporal
power Of the pope and so long will fools
And fanatics be provided with a fearfnlly
potent reason for sedition and worse"
Life of King Humbert.
Umberto l. Rcniero Carlo Emanuole
a#oyanni Maria Fcrdnando Eugenio was
the eldest son Of Victor Emmanuel III by
his wife Adelaide, archduchess Of Aus
flia, and was born at Turin on March
IA, 1911. During his fathers lifetime
he bore the title Of Prince Of Piedmont.
Though only 10 years OF age. he took
part in the campaign Of 1859 that re-
sulIed ia the annexation Of Lombariy
10 Italy. IN the next war wlh Austria,
~ 1916, he was in command If divi-
sion under General Giallini aud showed
desperate courage in the deIeat OF the
ltalians at Custozza.
He was married April 80, 1868. to his
frst cousin, Princess Margherita, daugh-
Ter Of the Duke Of Genoa The marriage
was one of political convenience. The
house Of Savoy was in bad odor with the
other Catholic reigning houses of Europe
owing to the turning out of the various
Bourbon families from Italy, and it was
impossible to find bride for the Italian
crown prince among them. Though
there have been frequent hints that UNI
berto had not always been faithful to his
marriage vows, he and his queen always
observed the proprieties and seemed to
be on good terms.
The last attempt upon the life of King
Humbert was made on the afternoon of
April 22. 1897. The king was proceed
ing to the Campanella race track, when
a man approached the carriage on the
pretext of presenting a petition to the
king. As he reached the carriage door
with scroll in one hand he drew dag
ger with the other and lunged at Hum
bert. The king parried the blow, and the |
assailant, who proved to be Pietro Ac- |
ciarita, an insane young blacksmith, |
was arrested by the royal escort The !
King then went on to the races as il moth |
ing had occurred and received an oya- |
tion.
On Nov. II, 1878, an attempt was
made to assassinate the king in Naples.
Humbert had been remarkably gen
erous man and was generally beloved by |
his people.
Itnly's New King and Queen.
Nittorio Emnnuele Fcrdinando Maria
Gennaro, who succeeds his father to the
throne of Italy, was the only son of
King Humbert He was born on Nov.
III, 1869, and has the repute of being a
LIBERAL scholarly and solderly man. He
is general in the italian army and
patron of art and literature. He is a
chevalier OF the order of the Golden
Fleece and a Knight of the Garter.
Ills wife, Italy's new queen, was the
Princess Helen. one of the seven daugh-
tiers OF Prince Nicolas, the ruler of the
little principaity of Montenegro. She
was born III the royal palace in Cettinje
in 1873. With her sisters she Inherited
the superb dark beauty of their mother
the daughter of Montenegrin nobleman.
SHE has been most carefully reared BY
tutors and govelnpSscs and is not only
adnilablc III al the arts and s:races Of
European courts but IS well yersed in
the plsy Of politics aud in every way
qualified to succeed even 50 lovely Il
queen Us Mafghcrita of Italy.
The Eiptinls II Prince Vittorio and !
Princess liclen wore te!ahrntrd in Rome
on Saturday, Get ~. 1896, with all the
pomp and circumstance usual on such
occasions. /
rp01T NrnIZT T7DSrIxr .