The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
is GERMAN EMPRESS
OF ROYAL ANCESTRY?

tuscany. 1t is there that passanante.
the nrst OF uumber,'s three assailunts.
lined there. hopeicssIy insane for the
last quarter or century. He made
MS attempt on Hnmbcrts lie on Mo-
yember II, 1878. when the King and
into Naples, after their accession TO
|; the throne. Passanante Jumped UP on
| 20 the step OF the carriage and en-
deavored 70 stab the monarch with
cea!ed IN a paper bearing the aspect
OF a petition Queen Marguerite. VINO
was seated on the further side. saw
Premier Carroll. who was seated op-
tposite TO them. with his back TO the
horses, Carroll: Save the King" Cal
roll jus, had time TO hurl himself on
the knife thrust meant for his sover-
eign. end which would otherwise have
struck him right IN the very heart
repeat the blow. but Queen Marquee
with the blood OF Carroll. who lowered
for a long time between life and death
and who never entirely recovered from
the wound. since, 1t absolutely refused
to heal. The shock to the nervous
system OF the Queen was so great thar
for months afterwards she was com.
PEELED to remain In the strictest kind
OF retirement, almost bereft OF her
senses. The present King. then Crown
Prince. and barely nine years Of age.
who was also an occupant OF the
spattered with the blood OF tho Pre-
mier. and he. too. sustained such q
shock that for months afterwards ne
would wake In the night: screaming; IN
from their constant recurrence. are
held to have stnnted his growth and
to BIO accountable for this most adj
mira Bile monarch's brevity of stature:
n IA AL ~, mai
imprisonment, and confined In q circus
lar, whitewashed. doned cell. lighted
from above, with nothing on the walls
TO rest tho eye. with no one to speak
means OF writing or reading. became
entirely insane before two years were
at an end. King Humbert ascertain.
Ing not long after the attempt. that
whom he was the only child. who had
been more or less dependent upon his
earnings, settled an annuity upon ner
which kept her IN comfort tor INC
remainder OF her days.
q 1t Is with the object OF preventing
!would-b assassins from reaching the
sovereign that the latter's state and
semistate earria r are mng s SO t tsat
fold up inside, and that arc let down
by the footmen when the royal oc-
cupants OF the barouche wish to aliEht
Ing Ing the wouldsb be assaiiant cannot
raise himself on the wheel, and owing
to the absence OF the step. cannot
reach his Victim. Passanante would
not have succeeded in stabning Pre-
observed. and in the same way, Presi
dent sadl-carnot. President Of the
french republic. might be alive to-
day had the barouche in which he was
driving through the streets Of Lyons
when killed been provided with a set
OF folding steps drawn up inside. in-
stead of with stationary iron step.8
on which his assassin, Cesario. was
able to stand while pfehig gIa him
imperial carriages used by queens and
expresses, abroad. when driving in
trlvance affixed to the seat and back
cushions, which enables the, royal lady
to bow continuously without any a--"-
ton or fatigue while the carriage is
In motion. At the same time, It dis
is produced by the exertion OF hav-
ing to bow unnterruptedly throughout
a drive of perhaps half an hour or an
hour.
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