Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-20
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Tor oil the American College. who
presented to His Holiness Mr.. and
Mrs. j. l.. IMcClosky. of Philadelphia
aud Paul S. King, of New York, who
noticed that the Pope was pale
and labored under some emotion
After this reception the Pope pro-
cechel to the hall of the consistOry.
where he received about 200 persons,
including % students of Il South.
American college. to whom he de-
livered IL short address. None OF
these persons knew anything of the
explosion.
Italian Minister Offers Sympathy.
Signor Massimini, the Italian Min
lister of Finance, was lunching at tho
Cato ArignO when he heard the
news. He Immediately took n cab
and drove rapidly TO St Peters
where he met n number of the papal
authorities, including Count Camille
Pecci, nephew of Leo Kill, AMI
commandant of the Palatine Guard.
The explosion produced no alarm
outside the basilicn, the sound being
taken by everybody for the noon.
day gun, nut by afternoon the news
was known all over the city and Il
stream of peaple went through the
church TO view the result of the
explosion.
There is Il certain nervousness in
the city, and people are apt to mag
Nifty small events. This was exempt.
| fled when the explosion of fire.
cracker In the new tunnel, above
which stands the Quirnal caused con.
| siderable excitement and alarm, PEG.
pie fearing another bomb outrage.
1t was soon discovered, however, that
the cracker hnd been set off by n
boy rs joke.
| Every piece of the bomb that
! could be found was gathered up by
the police and carefully examined.
The bomb evidently consisted of :.
large tin box bound tightly together
with wire of two sizes. 1t must have
contained more than two pounds of
gunpowder and three pounds of nails.
Nails were OF three sizes some seven
Inches long and 50 heavy that the
force OF the explosion threw them
but short distance. The nails were
cnvcloped In newspapers. dated Nov.
l6 and II. proving that the bomb
was prepared either Saturday or
Sunday.
Cardinal Merr. del Val. the Papal
Secretary of State, was In the Bor.
gla departments busily at work with
| his private secretary at noon, and
did not hear the explosion.
Bomb Aimed at Pope.
The rllmor having spread abroad
that the Pope intended to visit ST
Peters to-day to pray before the
tomb where the outrage was commit
| ted, drew an exceptionally large
crowd to the baslica This rumOr
was unfounded, for only Cardinal
Rampolla entered with the procession.
a three days service of prayer
Will be celebrated in all the churches
| In eNpiation of this offense 10 re.
liglon.
This bomb explosion makes the
lhird anarchist outrage in Italy in
four days the other two being the
murder of Prof Rossi, In Naples
Saturday, and the explosion of a
bomb in the front of the cafe
Aragno in this city, on November II.
The attempted assassination has
caused deep seated and universal
horror and Indignation on account OF
! the locality selected by the miscre.
ants. and the. resentment of the
people is very great.
ST. Peters Is the greatest basilica
In christendom. 1t took $50 years
IN The building, and stands to-day
the result Of the efforts of forty-three
popes and the genius of Michael An
gelo, Bramante and Rafael.
The commission of such an out
rage in such place has called forth
unlimited condemnation. and is char.
acterized as proving that the per
| petrators OF the crime were actuatetl
by Feelings worse than those which
L trl1 Ia. Il,
the theory is held that this at
tempt was not directed against the
papacy, but rather challenge t.
society in general by attacking re
lision. the most sacred institution
! OF the Deople