The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-09-13

necessity" that would "nnito the Re-
publican party and save the Repub-
lic."
The greatest excitement WAS caused
throughout the country by the news
OF the attempted assassination, and
by many it was considered an indi.
rect result Of th" political system
which encouraged unregulnt.d Office
seeking. 1t was also attributed TO
the quarrel between the so called
"Stalwarts" and the administration
Republicans, which parties had orig
mated i'll the controversy over ap-
pointmonts in the State of New York.
The long struggle between life and
death OF the wounded President is
familiar to everybody. There were
many days when there seemed to be
overy hope of ultimate recovery, but
final relapse occurred on Septem.
ber 10, with marked symptoms Of
blood poisoning and the victim Of
Guitenu's bullet finally passed away
III tho presence of members of the
family and the distinguished physi-
clans who had been in attendance.
The attempt to end the existence
of President Mckinley marks the
third attack upon the nations head
since the signing of the Declaration
Of Independence.
PLOTTING AGAINST MIR. M'KINLEY
While the present is the first actual
attempt made upon the life of Presi
dent Mckinley, there have twice
been rnmors Of plots Of which he was
to be the vic IN On March II, 1899,
Henry, Muller, who had served rs Il
private in Il New Y, rh regiment dur
lng the civil war, was arrested at
Montreal, Canad;. because of threats
which he. had maze to kill the Presi-
drut. Muller declared that Mr.. Nc
kinley was an enemy Of the Germans
and said he intended to go to Wash
ington and assassinate him. Muller,
it appeared, had been wounded in
the head during the war, and since
that time had been subject to period
ical fits of insanity. His threats
against the President were not taken
seriously.
On July II, 1900, there was pub
lished Il report of an alleged plot
which had been discovered among
Spanish and Cuban conspirators to
nssassinate President Mckinley. Ac-
cording to the story, the conspirators
had their headquarters in a cigar
store in lower Broadway. An lnves
tigution by the authorities was said
to have established tho groundless.
utSS Vi lIS JllmOI.
In monarchial countries attempts
on the life Of the ruler have been
equally but no more frequent. The
assassination of Emperor Alexander
|, Of Russia, Of tho Empress Eliza
beth Of Austria, and Of King Hum
ncrt, Of Italy, and the attempt on
the life Of King Edward Of Brussels,
when he was yet Prince of Wales,
are the most conspicuous of recent
instances.
The assassination Of President Car
not, of France, occurred on June "a,
1854. Like the attempted killing of
President Mckinley, it occarrea at
an exposition. The assassin was
young baker, who had been working
in Cetto, an Italian not very familiar
with tho French language. The
tragedy occurred rs NJ. Carnot was
driving in State through the streets
Of Lyons as the guest Of the city,
which was holding an exhibition Of
arts, sciences aud industries.
The president had ordered away
tho special guard provided by
tho project of police for his safety,
and the assassin had no difficulty in
leaping from the front rank of the
spectators to the step of the landau
in which President Carnot sat. With
polnard, held concealed in a news
paper, the assassin struck tho CHIEF
Executive vicious blow that drove
the poinard's point through tho Pres,
idents liver The latter died that
night.
The assassin shonted, "Vive Pan.
archiew and started to flee, but WAS