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Show KINO IIUMUnnT SLAIN. Anuria llrrs.l, an Anarrlil.l, Asa.lnts the King of Hal-. King Humbert waa assassinated at Mourn, Italy, Haturday night by a man who gave hit name aa Angelo llrcssl. The king bndWen attending a, distribution dis-tribution of prlr.es In connection with a gymnastic comjiollllon. Ilo had Just entered his carriage with Ida aide do camp, amid tlie checra of KINO ItUMUl.IlT. the crowd, when three revolver ahott ivere tired at him In quick succession. One bullet pierced the heart of hit ' (najetty, who foil back and expired In n few minutes. Tlie assassin waa Immediately arrested ar-rested and wat with torao dlfllculty tared from tha fury nf the populace, Tbe man laid hit home wat In I'rato, Tuscany. The assassination took place under cover of night. It wat 10 o'clock when the king dla-trlbutcd dla-trlbutcd tho prlr.es to the wlnncra of the gymnattlo contest. King Humbert IV waa born March H,t8U, nndtuccrcdcd to the throne on the death of bit father, January 0, 1878. Ills reign as Just and bo waa Ycry popular |