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KING HUNBERT' FUNERAL
Will Occur Next Thursday, Aug
ust o-New King Issues
a Proclamation.
DISPLAYS MUCH WARMTH OF FEELING.
Love of His People to Maintain
Unity and Independence Won by
His Grandfather and jealousy
Guarded by His Father.

Rome, Aug. 6.-The date of King
Humbert's funeral has been definitely
fixed for Thursday next, August 8.
The New Kings Proclamation.
Monza, Aug. 6.-King Victor EN-
manuel III. has addressed the follow
proclamation to the Italian people:
THE second king of Italy Is dead. Escap-
ing, thanks to his valor as a soldier, the
danger of battle. and departing unframed
thanks to Providence, from the risks he
confronted SO courageously to end public
calamities, this good and virtuous king
fell victim to atrocious crime, while, with
easy conscience and without fear of dam
ger he was participating in the joys of his
people in their fetes.
1t was not permitted to me to be pres
ent at the last brea h of my father; but 1
understand my first duty to be to follow the
counsels he left me, and to initiate the vir-
tues of the king and hrst citizen of Italy.
In this moment of profound sadness,
have to aid me the strength which comes
from the examples of my august father
and of that great King who deserves to be
called the Father of His Country have
also as a support the strength which comes
from the love and devotion Of the Italian
people for the king whom they venerated
and weep for.
There remain to US the institutions
which he loyalty preserved and which he
attempted to render permanent during the
" years of his reign. These institutions are
given to me as the sacred traditions of my
house; and the warm love which Italians
have for them, protected with firm and
energetic hand from assault or any violence
from whatever source 1t comes, assures me,
am certain Of the prosperity and grandeur
of the country. It was the glory of my
n
and independence. 1t was the glory of my
father to have jealousy guarded this unity
and this independence to the end.
my reign shall be outlined by these i'm
perishable remembrance. May God aid me
and may the love of my people fortify me.
SO that I may conSecrate all my cares as q
king to the guardianship of liberty and the
defense of the monarchy united by indis-
soluble bonds for the supreme interests Of
the country.
italians, render your tribute of tears
and honors to the sacred memory of Hum
bert of Savoy. You. in the bitter sorrow
which has struck my house. have shown
that you consider this sorrow as though
it were that of each individual among you.
This solidity of thought and affection
will always be the most certain bulwark
Of my reign and the best guarantee of the
unity of the country, which unites in the
august name of intangible Rome, symbol
VI pleu5G VI lulS6illy LUZ
Italy. Such are my hopes, such is my am
bitiop as citizen and as king
Bresci's Accompliee.
Monza, Aug. CIT is now fully be-
lieved that the shoemaker Niccolini,
of "Billa,' was Bresci's accomplice.
Niccolini disappeared, but he tele-
graphed to Bresci on July 20 announc-
ing his departure: Everything being
ready"
Victor Thanks Mckinley.
Washington, Aug. 6.-The king Of
Italy has sent the following message
to President Mckinley:
"Monza, Aug. 3.-IIis Excellency William
Mckinley: I heartily thank your excellency
and the great American people, who, shar-
ing my grief and that of my country, have
strengthened the old bonds of friendship
existing between the two nations
VICTOR EMMANUEL"
Plot to XIII All Kings.
New York, Aug. 6.-The Herald pub
fishes the following: In the posses
sion of the police and of the Italian
authorities is evidence which the in
yestigators 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. Various shreds
and patches of proof have been gath
cred which indicate that the original
fabric woven by the master weaver
was intricate and subtle. The anar-
chists suspected of having gone to
STAY the king of Italy, his queen and
others went by various routes, as the
books of the various steamship COM
panies show. Those who went forth
to kill were formed in companies, so
that one might follow up the other in
case any assassin failed to do his work
or flinched when the final test came.
Investigation in New Jersey.
New York, Aug. 6.--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 1t
to be conducted. infinitely.
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