The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-29

count about his precautions when the
reports Of several shots rang out.
The aim of the assassin was % true
that each of the bullets inflicted .
mortal wound.
Neither Uttered Sound
For an instant after the attack.
Field Marshal Potiorek thought the
arcnouke and the duchess seated OPP
posite him had again escaped. Neith-
er the archduke nor the duchess ut
tered sound, But q moment after
ward 1t was seen they had been hit
Lieutenant Colonel Erik Merixxi, who
had been wounded by the bomb in the
hrst attack, was today pronounced out
Of danger while the injury sustained
by Count Won Boos-Waldeck IL said to
be insignificant. The Croatian students
here today made several attempts to
punish the Servs but the troops were
called in and maintained order. Cab
rinovich, it was learned today, had been
expelled from Sarayevo two years ago
but had been recently permitted to re-
turn through the intervention of So
cialist member of the Bosnian diet.
Some Servian students here. when they
heard the news Of the assassination.
it ourselves
They were arrested as accomplices Of
the ASSASSIN.
They italy Round the Flag.
Vienna. June 29.-From all parts of
the dual monarchy, as well as from
most foreign countries, messages
poured in today testifying to the pro-
foundry painful impression produced
throughout the world by the assassina-
ton of Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne,
and his consOrt. the Duchess of Ho-
henberg. The newspapers pay the
warmest tributes to the late archduke
sympathy evoked among all classes Dy
their death.
When the old emperor arrived at u
suburban station from Ischl at II
O'Clock this morning he was greeted
with cheers by large crowds. His mai
esty appeared to be in the best of
! health. Although today was q holiday
the newspapers appeared and devoted
their columns exclusively to Sundays
tragic event. All of them dwelt on the
devotion to duty of the late archduke
, and to the important services he rem
dered to the army and navy, while
| touching reference was made to the
family relations of the archduke and
his consort, which had been marked by
| undisturbed happiness.
General expression was given by the
press to the conviction that the pep
pAcS u Tie UudI IIlOudICNy WOuIO Talty
| around the person Of the venerable
! emperor.
Much Depends on Emperor's Health
Vienna. June 29.-The opinion ha.
gained ground in authoritative circles
here that the future Of Austria Hun.
gary now more than ever depend.
upon the health of the venerable EN-.
peror Francis Joseph. 1t was pointed
out in political circles that If the EN-.
| No 10 tad 10 -.
years more everything may continue
as usual and Archduke Francis Ferdi
hands death will have little lasting
material effect upon the foreign or do
mestic affairs of the dual monarchy
1t was argued that should youthful
and inexperienced ruler like the Arch
duke Charles Francis Joseph, son O.
the late Archduke Otto, suddenly b,
called on to take the reigns of gov
eminent a period of anxiety might su
pervene.
The young archduke and his wife
who was Princess Zita of Parma, ar,
both extremely popular among al
classes and everybody from the en-
perOr down is said to be prepared tt
do his utmost to help them in ever,
way to rise to the responsible position
SO suddenly thrust upon them.
The suggestion put forward in sOmt
quarters that Archduke Francis Fer
| dinand's death is likely to cause a po
litical upheava1 is said to have little
real foundation as the old emperor
has kept the reigns of government ii
his own hands, delegating as little a.
possible to his late nephew. Mucr
| mystery always has existed in Aus
tria- Hungary regarding the late heir.
real political claims. He was credited
| with being an ardent Catholic and thu
chief supporter of the powerful
Christian-Socialist or ant1-semit1s
party in Austria