Don Alfonso's lite was one of the stormiest of any" modern ruler, he was on the eight attempts to_assassinale him, 'The most dramatic of these was May 31, 1908, the day of his wedding the "English princess, Victoria "Eugenia Ena, of Batten berg, cousin of the Marquis of Milford' Haven.
As the couple were leaving their £2,000,000 marriage. ceremony the' ancient church of San Geronimo, in Madrid, attended among others by the late King George V, then Prince of Wales, a bomb was hurled down at them from a third story window, hidden in a bouquet of flower The missile struck a wire in Its flight and was deflected from _its target, but it fell s0 close to the royal coach that one of the white horses drawing it was killed and the coach itself was damaged. Twenty-four spectators were killed Im the explosion—which - followed end 80 others wounded, 'A splinter actually hit the King! near the heart, He was saved by the decorations he was wearing.
Courage Displayed:
That same evening the King and hig Queen drove through the directs of Macrid in an open car unattended =a display of courage which the crowds cheered until they. were hoarse, 'The' plots against his life, however, dated much farther back. On, the day he was crowned, May 17, 1902, secret police" thwarted att Sir Frederick Banting Ottawa, Feb. 25.
The aeroplane carrying the discoverer of insulin, Sir Frederick Ban'ing, which has been missing since Priday, has been located, The Canadian Minister- of Munttions made this announcement in the House of Commons yesterda; 'A machine equipped with skis was sent to investigate, and it is now learned that Sir Frederick Banting and two other occupants of the alr= raft have been killed.—Reuter, Mr. 3. R. Harris London, Mar. 2.
James Rendel Harris. ia.tq, noted archaelogist and orientalist, died today, at the age of 77.
Professir f'-r'e held honorary degrees from the Universities of Dublin, Haverford, Leyden, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Cambridge.
He had travelled extensively in the East in search of old man wig as im stuter in palace graphy and theology, Professor Harris was a pro life wrlter on early theological and archaeloseal subjects, and was curator of manuscripts at John Rylands Library Manchester rom 1810 to 1828
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