The weekly tribune., 1893-11-17
BOMB THROWERS.
Terrible Work of Anarchists In q
Crowded Theatre ~ BARGE
Iona.
Two Bombs Thrown Into the Midst
of Il Great Audicnce-Onc ofThcm
Exploded
Causing Loss of Eighteen Lives
and Serious Injury to Many
Persons.

| BARCELONA, Nov. 1O-A dynamite
bomb, thrown by alleged anarchists into
the midst of a crowded theatre is the
latest outrage and disaster to be recorded
III the Lyceo theatre, on the Rambla
dc Capuchins. The Italian opera house,
a magnificent building, which is some
times classcd as the largest theatre in
Europe, was filled during the evening
with large and distinguished audience.
ana 1t Is estimated 10 have numbered
close on to 1000 people The opera
William Tell was being performed 70,
the ilrst time after n long interval
while the performance was proceeding,
ana the enjoyment was at its height. two
dynamite bombs We're suddenly hurled
from the tornost gallery into the midst
OF the stalls on the floor of the house.
One of the dynamite lumbs
Exploded with Terrible Report
which shook the theatre TO its f,,udu-
tlons, and which scattered death.
wounds and destruction upon all sides.
The second bomb, happily, did not ex-
plodc, having fallen in the lap Of 10 lady,
from whence it rolled harmlessly to the
hoor The explosion of the bomb caused
scene of horror and confusion rarely
witnessed i'll Il theatre. The whole
audience rose to its feet with horror and
dismay, hardly knowing what had ham
pened. the building ringing with shrieks
Of fear, cries of pain and exclamations of
vengeance. For a moment the Lvceo
was filled with smoke and dust. falling
glass and plaster. which caused a hor-
r1ble roaring din, which added TO the
horror OF the situation and which
animated the vast audience. The terri
fed crowd, fearing that at any moment
another bomb might bc thrown into
their midst. completely
Lost All Sense of Control.
All regard for women and children
seemed to vanish in those moments of
fearful ''sauve qui pout. and there was A
fearful, mad rush for the doors. men and
women fiercely fighting with each other
AS they crushed weaker ones beneath
their feet i'll the effort to escape from tho
dynamite-shaken theatre. leaving the
wounded and diving behind them, tended
only by few of the drawer hands who
remained faithful TO their dear ones. In
this mad rush many old people and
children were severely injured by being
trampled under foot, while others We're
severely bruised and crushed by the out
pouring crowd. Thus, in Il few miu-
utes, comparatively, the theatre was
emptied. except of the dead and injured.
The stalls
Presented "a Terrible sight.
The part where the bomb exploded was
IA mass of splintered wreckagp. amid
which lay numbers of dead bodies. some
OF them so terribly mangled as TO bs
beyond recognition. When the wreck
age was in some degree cleared away it
was found tbrt there were
Fifteen Dead Bodies,
OF which six were those of men and nine
Of women. The bodies of the unfOrtu-
nate ladies lay close together. their bright
colored evening dresses. laces and Jew
elry, gloves, hats and bonnets and other
finery drenched in blood and torn in the
most fearful manner. II was reported.
soon after the examination of the dead
men that large proportion of the killed
belonged to one family who had taken a
number Of tickets, il is presumed. form
ing theatre party.in honor Of the birth.
day of one of those living there shattered
to death ly the anarchist bomb. AT
some distance from the fatal spot whore
the ID dead bodies lav beneath tbe
wrcckagr We're grooming in agony many
ladies and gentlemen who had been in
iurcd by opIiutcrs, pieces ur gla,s and
fragments Of iron
several Others VA, Die.
OF those wounded s,Nrq, were so
seriously hunt thai thry not J., cover from
til" effects nf the explosion. The doctors,
who had been hastily summoned bv this
police. arrived i'll quick succession and
commenced IA careful ex-
of the victims of this latest
horrible outrage on the part of the an
Then the dead were removed
INHERENT At WASHINGTON.
Result of the Election Not Looked Upon
as Only Local In Significance.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.--There has not
been for many years an '.off year" cleo
ton in which the leaders at Washington
have manifested as much interest as in
the one just passed. 1t has been felt hy
Democrats and Republicans alike that
the verdict will he "a popular expression.
so far as local issues are not involved, of
the people on the finance question. In
Virginia, for instance. where the cam
paign of the Populists was almost solely
waged on financial issues. the Democrats
were quite unable to gain the attention
Of audiences by discussion of
tariff reform or other we'll known
tenets of the Democratic faith. In
Maryland the discussion turned largely
On the same issue, and, indeed, the |
statements of Democratic leaders gener-