A GRAVE LIST.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3784, 6 February 1908, Page 2

A GRAVE LIST.

The last half-century furnishes " the following grave record of murdered rulers:

Prince Charles 111., Duke of Parma, by Antonio Carra, March 26th, 1854.

Prince Danilo, of Montenegro, 14th August, iB6O. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by Wilkes Booth, 14th April, 1865. Prince Michael of Servin', at Belgrade, by emissaries of Alexander Karageorgevitch, 10th June, 1868.

President Bulta, of Peru, by order of successor, Gutierrez, July, 1872.

President Gutierrez, of Peru, hanged by populace tp a lamp-, post, 26th July,, 1872. President Mbreno, of Ecuador, 6th August, 1872. Abdul-Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, by Mustapha Bey and Hadj Mehmet, June 4th, 1876. Alexander 11., Tsar of Rusisia, by Nihilist (himself killed), 13th March, 1881. General Garfield, President of the United States, Washington, 2nd July, 1881. President Carnot, France, by Cesare Giovanni Santo, 24th June, 1894.

Queen of Korea, by Native troops, Bth October, 1895. Naser-ed-Din, Shah of Persia, ist May, 1896. Empress of Austria, at Geneva, by Luccheni, an Italian, 10th September, 1898. Humbert, King of Italy, at Monza, by Gaetano Bresci, 20th July, 1900. William McKinley, President of the United States, at Buffalo, by Leon Czolgosz, 6th September, 1901.

Alexander 1., King of Servia, Queen Draga (with several Ministers and members of the Court), at Belgrade, by army conspirators, 10th June, 1903. King Calos and the Crown Prince of Portugal, Ist February,, 1908. ~