The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-11-23
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by Wergand and the priests will chant
the Litanies.
perpetrator of the deed. j
Soon after this announcement was
made to him the pope went to the
throne room, where he admitted to
private audience, Mr.. Kennedy, rec
tor of the American College, who pre-
sented to his holiness, MI. and Mrs.
Louise J.. McCloskey, Of Philadelphia,
and Paul S. King, Of New York, who
noticed that the pope was pale and
labored under some emotion. After
this reception the pope proceeded TO
the hall of the consistory where he
received about 200 persons, including
25 students of a South American col
Iege, to whom he delivered a o
address. None of these persons knew
anything of the explosion.
PRODUCED NO ALARM.
The explosion produced no alarm
outside the basilica the sound being
taken by everybody for the MONDAY
gun, but by afternoon the news was
known all over the city and a stream
of people went through the church to
view the result of the explosion.
There is a certain nervousness IN
the city, and people are apt to mag
nifty small events. This was exempl1-
fed this afternoon when the explosion
of a fire cracker in the new tunnel,
| above which stands the Quirinal,
| caused considerable excitement and
alarm, people fearing another bomb
| outrage. It was sOOn discovered,
| however, that the cracker had been
set off by a boy as a joke.
DESCRIPTION OF BOMB.
Every piece of the bomb hat could
be found was gathered up by the po-
lice and carefully examined. The
bomb evidently consisted Of a large
tin box bound tightly together with
| wire of two sizes. 1t must have con
| tanned two pounds of gun powder and
three pounds Of nails. The nails were
! Of three sizes, some seven inches long
and so heavy that the force of the ex-
plosion threw them but a short dis
lance. The nails were ~enveloped in
newspapers dated November 18th and
18th, proving that the bomb was pre-
pared either yesterday or today.
Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal
| SSCI 6ldly ol SCdIC, ""o LII thS boA SAo
apartments busily at work with his
private secretary at noon and did not
hear the explosion.
The rumor having spread abroad
that the pope intended to visit st
Peters today to pray before the
tomb where the outrage was commit
ted, drew an exceptionally large
crowd to the bascilica. This rumOl
was unfounded, for only Carolina
Rampolla entered with the process
sion.
A three days service of prayer will
be celebrated in all the churches il
expiation Of this ofense to religion
PEOPLE DEEPLY INCENSED.
This bomb explosion makes tn
third anarchist outrage in Italy i
four days, the other two being tn
murder of Professor Rossi, in Ma
bles yesterday, and the explosion Of
bomb in front of the Cafe Aragno i
this city On November 14th. The al
tempt of today has caused deep-sea1
ed and universal horror and indigns
ton on account Of the locality select
! ed by the m~iscreants, and the resen'
ment of the people is very great. S
! Peters is the greatest bascilica i
Christendom. It took $50 years j
the building and stands today a resu
Of the efforts of 43 popes, and tt
genius of Michael Angelo, Bramant
and Rafael. The commission of sue
an outrage in such a place has Gale
forth unlimited condemnation and
characterized as proving that the pc
petrators Of the crime were actuate
by feelings worse than those whie
moved the vandals and the sarcene
The theory is held that this attem]
was not directed against the papac
but rather a challenge to society
general by attacking religion, Il
- most sacred institution of the peopl
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