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Show J Ni'AVS NOTES ltouie March i5 The city is in a state of grei.t ( xcilemont over an a.-auit made this evening on King Humbert. The king was returning fiom Villa Iv.irjiies when a person having the gnit-ral appearuuee of an Italian woik-ingman woik-ingman threw a stone at him, the missile mis-sile almrst striking the monarch. Several persons rushed upon the assail aut and seized him before he hid a chance to make . another attempt at violence. The assailant was prom.Uly taken in hand by tl.o police aud convoyed to prison Otherwise he would in all probability pro-bability have b-en killed by the angry multitude. An immense crowd ass?m bled and oheered Ihe king with frantic enthusiasm and nil the way to the palace the scene v.es like a triumphal progress. The assailant, ii appears is a religious fanatic named 13rardi. He ha9 acknowledged ack-nowledged since his arrest that his in tention was to insult King Humbert, because the kin;; declined to be reconciled recon-ciled to tne pope. The police are trying try-ing to ascertain whether he had any accomplices. . The opinion 'advanced by Mr. Ant..n Seidi in a recent interview in the New York Post, serves to show how high a place is accorded to the MacKaye Spec tatoriura production by the leadirg rehestra director of the cauntry. Mr Seidl is quoted as saying: Here, (refer ring to the MacKaye Speotatorium) will be rea.lzed what Wagner dreamed of. Clouds sunsets etorme and other pheuo mona of nature which will be displayed in this production will surpes9 anything thing ever witnessed at Bayreuth, For instance, the ra!Qbow in Rheingold which at Bayreuth was a failure will here be a marvel of scenio accomplish ment. He expressed a belief that this enterprise would led to a grand American Barreuth Festival, which would be the delight and pride of ti e music loving ptcpie of the N6W World. Washington Me.rch 25. News that tho president has decided to reconvene the iuternational monetary conference at Brussels on May 30 is received with approbation by ssnators who have inter ested themselves in the silver question, The impression prevails that the United States delegation will cot be ma'.eriepy changed in personnel, for the rearon that the delegates, In -addition to possessing posses-sing thorough mastery of the compl x aud abstruse questions involved in tl.e objects cf the conference have made acquaintance among delegates from other countries that may insure a more favorable reception for such proposals hs they might put forward than would be the case among Strang rs. However this may be, at least onr fa miliar figure will be missed when the delegates reassemble for Senator Alii son who discharged tne duties of presi dent of the Am-iieau delegation," has been obliged from business ccu5idera tions to surrender the idea of carrying forward his woik as a delegate. The senator is not an extremist, but is hope ful that some defini'e agreement will be reached when the conference reasssm b'.es. He does not base this hope on indications of any mateiial change in sentiment in Europe but believes agiia tioa of the silver question at the first sess'on (f the conference has awakened popular interest in tho question in Eagland and on the continent as evi denecd by elaborate discussions since taken pla-'e and still iu progress through the medium of financial pul l cations and in genera!.. Touching the English demand thai tne United States delegates cowo to tin conference prepared to submit h UcCutlr prep .s-tio'j, Mr. Allison says lis d; .-not .-not believe such aconiseis fea-inle. The v. i.-.hes of thr United States were mad-' cleirly apparent at the first ss .-.ion and Euroyeaa eovernmeiits kiiuw chat we desire, Between that and what might be attained - lucre is a ml), star.lial difference and out of such e-n dilkms the issue is a compromise. I-was I-was loo much to expect of the co. ferei re to agree r.pon free silver coinag aud in Senator A'ison's opiniorj the one fer.sib'e bas s of agreement that realiy prornisid to give effect to the purpo.e of t! a c n fereuce was the retirement of gold fio-n coinage be!o.v certain vaine and the natuel replacement of this would I r retlrid by the coinage of silver |