King Emmanuel and the Pope
On March 14 King Victor Emmanuel and his queen were driving in a closed carriage to attend a celebration to commemorate the birthday of his father, the late King Humbert, who died in 1900 at the hand of an assassin. While they were on the way, a young anarchist fired at them three times, but neither the king nor the queen was hit. One of the bullets struck a horse that was drawing the royal carriage, and another hit one of the king's guards, making an ugly but not fatal wound in his head. The pope immediately expressed his regrets, and said, "These are the consequences of the irreligion of the times." Two days later, a Vatican official announced that the pope celebrated a mass of thanksgiving for the escape of the king. And besides this, the bishops throughout Italy had ordered a te Deum, the Catholic hymn of thanksgiving, to be celebrated the day following the pope's ceremony. These occurrences show that there is no longer any war between the Papacy and the Italian government. Such things are of deep interest to those who are studying the prophecies that tell of the complete restoration of the power of the pope. This restoration, in its finality, will be world-wide, and embrace both civil and spiritual dominion. But it will be of but short duration; for while the Papacy will promise great things in putting down the anarchy and violence of this time, she will not be able to make good. And then will follow the breaking up of the world in the war of Armageddon, and the standing up of Christ to destroy all anarchy by beginning His everlasting reign. The Allen family have been for years the terror of the mountains in the vicinity of Hillsville, Virginia. One of their number was recently placed under arrest for aiding the escape of two of his nephews from officers who had arrested them on the charge of attacking people on the public highway. The evidence was so clear against him that his relatives knew he must be convicted. On the morning that the case was to be given to the jury, a number of the Allens rode into the town and took their places in the court room. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty, and a sentence of one year in jail was recommended. The judge ordered the prisoner to stand up to receive sentence; and as he pronounced the sentence, the prisoner half turned around to his companions that were distributed in the court room by prearrangement, and giving a secret signal to them, drew a revolver from his pocket and killed Judge Massie instantly. The sheriff and the prosecuting attorney, as well as a girl of eighteen who was merely a spectator in the court, were also killed. During the fight, the prisoner who was receiving the sentence also got a severe wound from some of the bullets that were fired. The gang of outlaws then took to the mountains, where they had been the terror of the country for decades past. The State militia was called out, since all the local officers were killed in the fight, and the State attorney-general appointed other men to join with the militia as civil officers in a general hunt. Already several of the gang have been captured, and at last accounts about all the rest of them were surrounded, and their capture or killing was only a question of a few hours. There have been a number of cases of hydrophobia among the dogs of San Francisco, as well as in some other cities near-by. Hence the city council of San Francisco has passed an ordinance that all dogs allowed on the streets must be muzzled unless they are held in leash by their owners. A number of persons had been bitten by the dogs, and that helped the council to decide promptly to pass the ordinance. On March 15 two distinct earthquake shocks, a few seconds apart, were felt in Maine, but no damage is reported.