Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-30
attempt upon King Humbert's life and

MS banner and made Il thrust at him
with it. 1t turned out that he had fixed
a dagger at the head of the pole, which
had previously been secreted by the folds
OF the banner. The king received slight
wound in the arm, but he instantly drew
ms sword and struck the assassin on the
head.
1he latter, however, was not disabled
ana was preparing to make another at
tack upon the king, when the queen call
ed out frantically to Signor Carroll to
save her husband. The loyal minister
needed not this bidding, but sprang to
the ground and caught hold of Passa-
nante receiving at the same time severe
wound on the thigh which was intended
Tor the king. The captain of the Royal
culrassiers then secured Passanante and
rode away with him on his horse. He
was condemned to death, but the king
committed his sentence to penal servitude
Tor lie. lie had been a cook and was 20
years of age.
SlSnor Carroll was confined to his bed
for some days afterward The king Wis
tied him and with most profuse express
SONS of his gratitude conferred upon him
the gold medal for military vaIor. The
whole affair awakened the greatest con-
Italian people generally, and when the
king returned to Rome there was a won
derful scene. The senators. IDENTITIES and
magistrates met him at the station on his
arrival, and there We're great festivities,
Another Attack on Him,
This was not the only occasion upon
which his life was attempted, for in April
OF 1897, when he was driving out to the
Capannelle race course, workman
struck at him with a dagger. The king,
however, escaped without any injury,
and the man was arrested and, like Pas
sanante, condemned to spend the rest of
his days in prison.
An incident worthy of note in the
kings history is that when, in 1884 the
cholera hend was working terrible havoc
i'll Naples the king, against the earnest
advice OF his ministers, proceeded there
and rendered all the assistance in his
power. His heroic conduct was much
admired.
On the whole, Italy has nsospered un-
der King Humbert. 1t was after his
reign commenced that the triple alliance
was established to which Italy belongs.
In appearance King Humbert was
very striking. His great, sharp eyes
and ponderous mustache made him look
just what he was-one of Italy's bravest
sons and most distinguished soldiers.
Causes of Popularity.
As king of action, Humbert of Italy
was outdone only by the kaiser, and as
a mark for the assassin he was as pop
ular as sultan or n shah. Why there
should have been attempts on his life
was a puzzle, except that there are GER
tni b, L
dislike for the big hearted ruler. He
was hard working, brave, trihe CON
ceited, fond of the vivas of his people
and ever ready to walk into danger
when policy or private feeling so die
tated. He walked fearlessly into the
cholera stricken houses of Naples and
altered the history of Naples by his
rapid and radical improvements in its
sanitary condition.
He was probably the only European
monarch at the end of his reign who had
been wounded in actual modern warfare,
the occasion being at the battle of Gus
tazza
He was vegetarian, shook hands with
everybody, down to the humblest peas
ant, whom he met in his walks and en-
joyed a game of billiards now and then.
He was good sportsman and had u
weakness for fine horses, but in Other
ways his later tastes We're frugal
The room in which he worked was bar
ren Of all adornment except military
books, pigeonholes and the mere neces-
saries of clerks office. 1t was said
that the king and queen of Italy some
times had little discussion over the
cost of dress, but in other respects the
private and home life of Italys rulers
was model of simplicity and good sense
When the attempt was made upon his
life two years ago by an anarchist while
he was driving to the Russian embassy
the king ordered his attendant to hasten
to the embassy and there make formal
apology for the delay. Nothing was said
about the cause of the punctilious king
failing to keep his appointment.
Little things like this made the king
of Italy beloved by the great mass of
his people.
Itnly'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 on Nov.
IL, 1869, and has the repute of being a
liberal, scholarly and soldierly man. He
is a general in the Italian army and n
patron of art and literature. He is a
chevalier of the order of the Golden
Fleece and a Knight OF the Garter.
His wife, italy's new queen, was the
Princess Helena, one of the seven daugh-
ters of Prince Nicolas, the ruler of the
little principality of Montenegro. She
was born in the royal palace in Cettinjc
in 1873. With her sisters she inherited
the superb dark beauty of their mother
the daughter of a 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 Margherta of Italy.
The nuptials of Prince Vittorio and
Princess Helena We're celebrated in Rome
on Saturday, Oct. "a, 1896, with all the
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