VOLUME SANSAN FRANCISCOFRANCISCO, -MONDAY, JULY 30. 1900- CALL. LXXXVIII— THE NO. 60. PRICE FIVE CENTS. KING OF SHOT DEAD BY AN ASSASSIN Bullet From an Anarchist's Revolver Pierces Humbert's Heart and He Expires Almost Instantly. — Italy, July 30. King Humbert has been assassinated. He was shot here last evening by a man named Angelo Bressi and died in MONZA,a few minutes. The King had been attending a distribution of prizes in connection with a gymnastic competition. He had just entered his carriage with his aid-de-camp, amid the cheers of the crowd, when he was struck by three bullets fired from a revolver in quick succession. One pierced the heart of his , who fell back and expired in a few minutes. The murder took place shortly after 10 o'clock. The assassin was immediately arrested and was with some difficulty saved from the fury of the populace. He gave his name as Angelo Bressi, describing himself as of Prato, in Tuscany, Premier Saracco Summons Italian Nation Bereft by a Cabinet Meeting and the Assassin's Bullet Starts at Once for the of One Who Planned Scene of Assassination. to Benefit the Masses. July SO, a. m.— of pared. with 40 returned on the former 5 The news Special Dispatch to The Call. Iand election), yet they are. at heart loyal to Signor Giuseppe Saracco was en- the assassination of King Humbert the King,and his assissination will raise July 23.-KIng Humbert's | trusted with the task of forming a new did not arrive here until after mid- Cabinet in them as bitter a feeling against the death leaves this country bereft ! night. Slgnor S. Saracco. the Pre- anarchists, responsible of one to many Upon opening Parlii—.r.-i. en Ji'ie 13 ROME. who are no doubt man whom Ital- King expi^ln^; ih^, ROME, last. Humbert rsasons mier, immediately summoned a this, that felt by the Royalist ians looked for national for as salvation. for the appeal made to tha electors, and meeting cf the Cabinet and the Ministers party. The Prime Minister. Senator Sar- "Vogllamo Re Umberto Assa- !said he had confidence that the wisJor-i will start at the earliest possible moment acco, is an ardent Royalist, and he has lute" -was an expression not infrequently j and patriotism of tha n»w Parliament heard In the country, arising out of gen- Iwould furnish him -x\V? th*

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Courageous, Honest and Upright, He VICTOR EmMANUEL III. The assassination of Klne Humbert clears the way to the throne for Victor Emmanuel Ferdinand Marie Januarius, of Xaples and Duke Ruled the Nation With Kindly Firm= of , the namesake of his grandfather. Victor Emmanuel II. This Prince was born at Naples, November 11, 1S69. and Vas married at Rome, October 24, 1S9G, to Princess Helene 'of Montenegro. There Is no Issue of thi» QUEEN MARGHERITA. ness and Fostered Its Welfare. marriage. The Princess Margherita. Marie Therese Jeanne of Savoy, daughter of the Ferdinand of Genoa, brother King II, FEW* days after ascending the and an excellent wife and mother, who try's cause. They had early been inspired late Duke of Victor Emmanuel was throne, married April ~, ISd, at Turin to the Prince, who on January 10, 1878, King watched with tender care over the edu- by .their father with enthusiasm for eral disgust with the barren discussions means for fulfillinghis important duties. became liberation, out, upon the death of his father. She was then one of the most beautiful Humbert issued a proclamation to cation of her children. Ineducating them Italy's and as lads he had ini- of the frequently wrangling Parliament. Italy, he pointed owed the great women his new subjects, principles military and political progress had during in Europe. The Prince of Naples was the sole issue of the marriagre. in which he told she foUowed the of the house tiated them* into It was only last month that something she made the second them he should be mindful of the of Savoy, which requires its sons to be life. I half of the century to her free institu- A ¦ like order was evolved out of what may grand example his father had set him of robust and courageous. Ancestry wor- In 1E39. while still but a boy, Humbert tions, but it was necessary to do much devotion to Italy, love of progress and ship is a family characteristic of thejsa- was beside his father on those battlefields be described as political chaos. more before she attained the high posi- The Premier left for Monza at at his back in the Parliament about 400 faith inliberal institutions. "Mysole am- voy family, and its children have always which decided the future of Italy. He At the beginning of April,as the result tion she. ought to hold among the most for Momsu upon morning. of Its members. bition." he concluded, "will be to deserve Been nourished the traditions of.its was also sent later on political missions of an obstruction that puts the tactics of civilized nation?. S o'clock this the love of my people." ancestral heroes taught they greatest consequence. It was he new Parliament, King added, "The Italy a peculiar and that of the the Irish members in the House of Com- The the Prince and Princess of Naples are anarchists of are ought to part reorganization to to a The _ Humbert, endeavor to resemble them to who took in the ' of shade, Italian. Govern- intended devote It3 attention bet- sect. They are far fewer in number than And dead, will be mourned ability. family Sicilies, July, 1S62, mons in the the working oa board the Yela, yachting la the Le- sincerely by, the nation that ¦witnessed the the best of their Their the two and saw him terment of the condition of the in France or England, yet their daring motto runs, "Fear and Savoy have never InNaples and Palermo, where the people ment prorogued the Chamber of Deputies, classes: to the protection of manufactur- carrying out of his pledges. passage regula- " " amounts to fanaticism, and when they met." were celebrating with fetes and joy their after first securing the of ers, agriculturalists and immigrants; to King King Italy, Angelo Bress!, the assassin of have marked a man Humbert I, of was born at Early in 1S53. when Humbert was but reconquered liberty. tions which would enable the president to the reduction of the tributary taxes within for death itbehoves Turin 1S44. on the anniversary 11 by Humbert. Is an anarchist. him to watch artfully, for they exercise March 14. years old, he and his brothers and sisters . Shortly before the outbreak of the war enforce order by the simple expedient of the limits agreed upon the bud?et: to . of the day that had given birth to his deprived their guiding with.Austria the Prince of went education, and to legal and. administra- great ingenuity to execute designs. father, were of mother's calling the military force Into play. King Humbert was shot at 10:45 o'clock their Victor Emmanuel. His mother was hand. Queen Adelaide was carried off by to Paris to sound the Government as to tive reforms. "King Adelaide, concerning On May 15 the Chamber reassembled, >< and died at 11:30 in the evening. The Humbert was fearless. Although Maria daughter of Archduke an early death. it? sentiments the alliance Hopeful word? were th* »<\ but In view his life had been twice attempted he took Ranieri, then Viceroy of and then actually concluded between Italy and and a scene which baffled description was of the character of the opposition and th« murderer cyr:5cally avowed his guilt of Youthful Ambitions. Prussia. Action soon followed upon nego- no particular precautions. He has paid . Thus in the veins .of Italy's the Immediate outcome. At the objection- strength of the Republican and Socialist tiations. elements, the crirr.e. the rrice. King runs some of the hated Austrian While Humbert and his brother Amedeo able word "regulations" the extreme Left observers of Italian politics ex- . blood— the blood of that cruel oppressor prosecuted their literary and On the Battlefield. pressed in the hopes find- •The young»Prlnce is scientific 1S66, arose In a body, some sixty-nine of them, little confidence a negative sort of of Italian soil of whom, happily, all ves- studies they longed for the hour to strike The moment came in ¦when, on one ing fruition. It has been argued that a WILL a man. He is about 30 years old, and from and under the leadership of Signor Pram- STRENGTHEN tige has vanished the fair peninsula. —when they could consecrate their youth- Page. remodeling of the constitution by the con- neither very* bad or very pood. Colorless, The Princess was a very sweet woman ful fire and love of country to their coun- Continued on Third polinl sang with all their might such stituent assembly Is a necessity of tho 'ROYALIST PARTY Ishould call him. Still, this outrage will songs as "Garibaldi's Hymn." "Carmag- situation. The fact that the constituent so shock the people of Italy that it is nole" and "Marseillaise." at the same assembly -would be a new feature might they certain will declare for him en using their desks as big drums and bring some 70 per .it of the electors to time Inadequate per- Editor of L'ltalia Says the masse." Nay. the polls, instead of the their fists as drumsticks. more than centage which now 'records Its vote for Crime WillReact Upon THE . that, secure In their parliamentary Immu- deputies. VICE-CONSUL FEDELI nity, they also sang the Socialist "Inne Anarchists. Dei Lavoratori." a song forbidden by law. GREATLY SHOCKED young King whom father, DE FAVA WILL "This lamentable The the tragic death of hla places on the throne of Italy comes on both sides from the an- General Pelloeux,' the Premier, hesitated affair will strengthen cient house of Savoy, one of the oldest cf the reigning"houses of Europe; his'father "and his mother having' been first the Royalist party in Italy," p.aid Editor to apply the regulations for which he had MAKE NO STATEMENT KANSAS CITY. July 20.-Jerome Fedeli, cousins and grandchildren on the male side of Charles Albert, King of . The house is descended from Humbert," made such a hard fight, and again pro- Patrizi of L'ltalia last -night "King Italian Vice-Consul in Kansas City, was the whitehanded Count of Savoy, who died in 1(MS. rogued the Chamber. Dissolution was the Humbert wras much beloved by his people greatly shocked when he learned of tho In1416 Amadeus VIII,who'became Count of Savoy in 1331. took the title of Duke of Savoy and . He consequence, and NEW YORK. July ».—Owing to the inevitable King Hum- of the hour at which, the news" of cu all classes Jn Italy and there willbe assassination of King Humbert of Italy. abdicated in 1434 and was elected Pope in 143?. and reigned as Felix Vo (1440-49)/ In1720 Victor Amadeus II,Duke of Savoy, bert Issued a.decree dissolving the twen- lateness "King was greatly treaty Austria exchanged ;whleh acquired! Spain 1713, Sardinia, King, the assassination of King was r.o fioubt In the m!r.<3s of those who know Humbert beloved by by with he had from in for with the title of tieth Italian Legislature on May 13. city Humberf said title, with the lesser ones, with house. , : ¦.¦'.:¦.: received in this Itwas Impossible to the country and the conditions existant his people." Mr. Fedeli. "and Ican- which :has since remained the jx,; . June 3 was the date fixed for the general why any IIof Sardinia, grandfather King, ; by i election, see either Consul Genera! Branch! or Vice that bis son, Victor Emmanuel, not conceive one but a crank Victor Emmanuel the of the new succeeded to the throne the abdication of his which resulted In the return, of there will wish to his father, Charles Albert, the evening of the disastrous battle,of , 23, He-took part with France majority. Consuls Albertl and Burdese. or anarchist should take life. on. March 1S49. and the ministerial At the same Fava, Italian Embassador, the throne almost Immediately He was pood and kind and charitable. . I Great Britain in the Crimean war, and with,France against Austria In1833, In which year he annexed Lombardy and the time, however, the Socialist and Republi- Baron de the without opposition. Republican Tuscany. ; Romagna kingdom Naples. Savoy was at Seabrlght, J». J. He was very While the knew him well. He will be succeeded. In following year Parma. liodena. and the ' of In the same year he ceded and can group, far from being crushed, was news, ~ .- '.; • much distressed at receiving the buc and Socialist parties are growing:daily In all probability, by his eldest son, the to France, and In1861 assumed the title of •'King of Italy." .. ". Increased from sixty deputies to ninety. raid that he could not give out any state- power (at the last general election they Prince of Naples, who Is a young maa not General Pollbeux resigned shortly after the ment until he had been officially notified fsent 100 members to Parliament, as com- yet thirty years of age." results of the elections became known. by bis Government.