The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

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 seeking refuge in Southern Maryland, where pro-silvery whites were expected to conseai him and aid si. hissfsssSaps; ssSren wa. shot down Lewis Payne Powell. con- federate, of, Booths. made his way into Secretary Seward's house, where he frac- .Srice fs sasbSsd the sscrstsry who was in bed suffering from Injuries received in a runaway accident; stabbed a soldier named Robinson: stabbed Major Augus- sell. an atterdsnt on the Secretary
 Booth was traced to a barn near Alex s, andria ssy Sy q posse s. ana Federal Mae troops and other conspirators in the assassina-
 ton plot were arrested, tried by court
 martial. and hanged. The effort to make 1t appear that Jefferson Davis, Jacob
 IeaSerps tSe SSy aaq
 assassins failed Time has revealed that.
 whatever its faults may have been, the
 government of the Southern Confedercy
 assassination as an effective instrument
 Two attempts were made to take the
 life of Prince Bismarck, one by an idiot
 by Kullman in 1874 Each man was sen- fenced to solitary confinement. Dr. Mob
 ling in 1878 attempted to shoot William I, of Germany, and was executed for the
 Passananti. the same year. made an attempt on the life of King Humbert, who was killed last year. The King was on,. on hi. way to his palace Qneen MarEh., 3, the Prime Minister. Queirvilie. A peas King bowed and accepted it. Then Pas
 King a petition, at the same time draw
 ing q stiietto and red flag. He made 2 lunge at the Kings throat. The King .bset ,s,; him 1 gown 3own yith. his sword but not
 thrust in the hip, which severed an art
 cry. Passananti was sentenced to prison for @ife$and was scarried to the Porta Fe-
 in a lighthouse twenty feet un Ter the
 sea, where daylight could never enter.
 He is supposed to be still there.
 Francisco Otero Gonzalez attempted. the
 fes and Wss sarrossd Ss Ior the eort ls
 wooden frame was placed about his neck.
 In this frame was an adjustable screw
 which on being tightened slowly stran- quifAd to rid Gonzales of life.
 of Alexander II of Russia. The bomb which he hurled at the Emperor's sledge blew the assassin into pieces. In Russia his identity Is only referred to by the. name Ivan" Eight persons were exe-, took place in issi. One . of it the econ condemned % vas va woman. Sophia Petrovitch. iEighteen other persons. supposed to have been grossly sassa sy hsP s.ss sS before she was executed, but authentic details as to how these things are done are rarely made pubtics in Russia. People
 Five attempts were made to assassinate Alsxander before the last one. His winter palace was mined and his special train blown up. During his lifetime 1t Is said executed for cornplicity in efforts to de-
 Charles J. Guiteau shot President James and Potomac Raiiroed road at. at 'sI Sixth a0ls and E Streets northwest on July 2, 1881. Every. enort was made to prove Guiteau Insane, but he was hanged June 30. 1ss2.
 in 1898. one evening admitted to his house a disappointed office seeker and half- witted fellow by the name of Thomas J. Prendergast. Prendergast shot the Mayor and then lied to police station. where he gave himself up He was found sane by a jury and was hanged.
 . The great French statesman and Presi- sa0 was nI stabbed sS deSth President was visiting. the Lyons Exposi- ton. and was going from the Paiais de commerce, where banquet had been when santo jumped on the footstep of Carrots carriage and stabbed him in the liver. Santo was guillotined.
 {. Spain's Prime Minister, Senor Canovas del Castillo. also met his fate at the hand of an Italian Anarchist. While at the baths at Santa Equeda, Spain on August B, 1897, he was shot by Rinaldi. The Pre- nier fell dying at the feet of his mortified
 Angolillo was tried on the rack and then garroted. Avelino Arredorido, Rlay- CT of President Borda of Uruguay, Au- gust 2s; 1897. is still living and a 2olotic Il tempted the life of President Diaz iri 1891, was pardoned, Oscar Solingar, inu del CT of President Barrios, of Guatemala, Feb ruary 3, 1S98 was shot to death.
 Luccheni, who stabbed to the neart Em- press Elizabeth of Austria. was sentenced to Imprisonment for life in Switzerland, which, owing to an Italian law similar with the assassin of King Humbsrt. The slayer of William Goebel, Governor of Kentucky, is yet urh1ov--'. phs a--'s~sn xho shot Naer-ed-din, Shah of Persia, by due process of law. 6lAe execution was public.
 The practice of infiicting torture ceased ong ago as a means of punishing assas- ! comfortable one. There Is shame for his family, everlasting scorn for himself, and his name. Once In a long while his net works a sudden change in the social order and for the best, but rarely. As a rule his deed has left conditions un- changed and increased the sufferings of the very people he proposed to relieve. A powerful sentiment lives in the breasts of all right-minded people against death by cowardly means. Bold as are the an- archists in their methods, and deplorable as are the social conditions in Europe and the state of the common people. yet the organized society to assassinate rul- CTS and leaders receive no encouragement from any but the half-witted, the mono the idle, and the vicious
 Assassination Is the law of one of the lowest states of society, and drags down. does not elevate. mankind Repression. follows In its footsteps, and the cry of checks for the time all efforts for reform. Assassination Is anarchy, and anarchy Is assassination.