The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-08-04
ASSASSINATIONS
IN HISTORY.
OF These, Twelve Rulers Have
Met Death Since 1880.

Will never be known. Many are the
Nihilist and Anarchist plots that tail
In the nations OF the old world. Then
tits the work OF the officials, especial.
ly hit be such a country as Russia
or Spain, to keep the report from be-
coming public. Those slain by
assassins since 1880, who may be
classed as rulers, number twelve. OF
these King Alexander Of Servia and
his queen are the most recent They
were murdered by the officers OF one
Of the kings own regiments who
headed plot to depose the king and
queen. The murder preceding was
that OF William Mckinley, President
OF the United States, shot to death
by an Anarchist at the Buffalo expo.
sition. Here are the mostimportaht
assassinations since 1880:
Alexander ii, car of Russia, killed
by the explosion OF a bomb by Mill
lists in 1T. Petersburg, March ID,
1881.
James A. Garfield, President Of the
United States, shot by Charles j.
Guiteanin Washington, July 2, 1881.
Sadi Carnot, president OF France,
stabbed by an Italian in Lyons,
France, June "a, 1894.
Stanislaus Stambouloff, ex-premier
Of Bulgaria, killed by four persons,
armed with revolvers and knives,
July 20, 1895.
Nasr-ed. Din, shah OF Persia, killed
May 1, 1896, as he was entering a
shrine near his palace. The man
who shot him down was disguised as
q woman, and is believed to have
been the tool Of band OF eonspira-
tors. He was caught and suffered
the most horrible death that Persian
ingenuity could invent.
Antonio Canovas del Castillo, prime
minister Of Spain, shot to death by
Michael Angolillo, alias Coli, an
italian Anarchist, at Santa Agueda,
Spain. while going to the baths,
August 8, 1897.
Juan Idiarte Borda. president OF
Uruguay, August 25, 1897, In
Montevideo, by Avelino Arrendondo,
officer In Uruguayan army.
Jose Maria Reyna Barrios, presi-
dent OF Guatemala, Guatemala City,
Februarys. 1898. by Oscar Solinger
Empress Elizabeth OF Austria stab.
bed in the heart by Laochini, o
French. Italian Anarchist, In Geneva,
Switzerland, while going from her
hotel to a boat, September 10, 1893.
Ulisses Heureaux, president OF
Santo Domingo, shot at Moca, SantO
Domingo, July 26, 1899.
Humbsrt, king Of Italy, shot at
Mona, Italy, July 20, 1900.
William Goebel, Democratic claim
ant to the governorship OF Ken.
lucky, shot by person unknown,
Tuesday, January 80, 1900, while
on his way to the state capitol in
Frankfort, KY.
NJ. Sipisgin, Russian minister OF
the interior, shot by student April
Is, 1901. (Plehve was his success
sor)
M. Bozolepon, Russian minister of
education, killed by student early
In 1901.
William Mckinley, President oithe
United States, shot in Buffalo, atthe
Pan-American exposition, September
6, 1901, by Leon Csolosz, an Anarch-
ist. President Mckinley died Sep
TENDER IA. The assassin was put to
death In the electric chair.
King Alexander Of Servia and his
queen, Draga, shot to death in their
palace in Belgrade in a military revo-
luton. Premier Markovitch, Minis
ter Petrovitch and Minister Tudoro-
vics, members Of the kings cabinet,
were attacked and shot to death in
their respective homes the same
night, June 10, 1908. The queens
brother, Nickodem, also was assassi-
mated.
Ivanovitch Bobrikof, governor Of
Finland, shot by soA of Senator
Schaumann, q Finnish patriot, June
16, 1904. SchaumRnn committed
suicide. Bobrikoff died June II.
N. De Plehve, Russian minister Of
the interior, killed by a bomb thrown
fdnder his carriage July %.
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