St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-05
SAVED THE DEPUTIES.
Spanish Legislators Have a
Narrow Escape From
Annihilation.
Two Anarchists Captured Al
most in the Act of Fir
ing Bombs.
A British Court Sends Four
Believers in Bombs to
Prison.
Pope Leo Condemns Jesuit
Speeches and Germans
Prohibit Them.

MADRID, April 4.-Great excitement
was caused here today by the discovery
of ali anarchist plot to blow I'D the
chamber OF deputies. The leaders of
the conspiracy arrived here within the
past month. The civil governor had
received information that two foreign
anarchists were conspiring with num-
Der of Spanish anarchists 10 blow up
the public buildings, and the suspects
were accordingly watched. The project
against the chamber of deputies was
arranged to come off OH Saturday. and a
Frencaman, named Duval, and Portu-
guese, named Feirriera, intended to
conceal couple of bombs under the
seats in the public gallery, and then to
leave before the bombs exploded.
Feirriera. however, was taken i'll, and
the attempt was postponed until today
at p. III. Both conSpiratorS left their
houses, each carrying under his arm a
small parcel of the shape of bottle
wrapped in newspaper. The police
Swallowed them and kept them in sight
until they reached the corteS building.
where both were seen to place them
selves before the door leading to the
chamber OF deputies by which the presi-
dent of the chamber and Premier Cano-
vas del Castillo usually enter. The
police then decided that it was time to
act. and they at once proceeded to ar
rest the plotters.
The Frencilman, man of heruclean
strength, fought hard but was finally
Knocked down and Overpowered. Both
men were Immediately handcutTed
When searched they were found to
have in their possession conical bombs,
enclosed i'll cast iron cases eight inches
long by three broad. A yellow fuse
similar to that used by smokers was at
tached to the bombs, which were bound
and tightly compressed by steel wire
for the purpose of increasing the
strength of the explosion. The bombs
weighed eight pounds each. The fuse
was so adjusted as to burn three min
uteS before exploding the charge. The
bombs have not been carefully exam
ined as yet, but they appear to be
loaded with enough dynamite to blow
up the whole corteS.
The Men Confess.
The two prisoners have the appear
ance of workmen. Immediately upon
being arrested they were conveyed TO
the minister of the interior, where they
under went most searching eXanina-
ton. 1t is not known whether the priS-
onerS gave any clue to their fellow con-
spirators or the scope of the second plot.
A document was found Oh the prisoners
containing a draft of the action of the
Cosmopolitan society. according to
which the c0nspiratOrs were first to
blow up the chamber of deputies; sec
ond, the senate; third. the law courts;
fourth, the council of state; fifth, the
ministry of war: sixth. the royal pal
ace ana chapel, and seventh,
was to be completed before May
Day. The prisoners are confined i'll
separate cells, and each has made a
confession.
In an interview subsequently to the
arrest of Ferriera and Devara, Premier
Canovas del Castillo confirmed the re-
port that the government had somehow
obtained knowledge of the intended
plot of the anarchists, and that the
authorities had accordingly taken meas
ureS to apprehend the criminals as soon
as they attempted to put their plans
into operation.
The premier also said that under the
present laws of Spain persons convicted
of using explosives for unlawful pur-
poses were liable TO be sentenced to
penal Servitude for life. Parliament.
lie continued, in view of the extremely
dangerous attitude the anarchists were
assuming, would he at once asked to
sanction a capital sentence for such
offenses.