The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-11-14
The Floor of the Opera House
Badly Torn Up.

A dispatch from Barcelona, Spain,
under date of November 9Th, has the
following account of the doings OF
anarchists there:
A dastardly crime was committed
in this city last night that for tiend-
ishness and crazy desire to murder
has seldom been equaled. The Ly-
ceum Opera House, one of the places
of amusement much frequented by the
elite of Barcelons society, was the
scene, The opera season at this house
opened last night, civilian TelP' be-
ing billed. There was large audi
ence present. Everything went along
without hitch until the second act,
when the audience was listening in
tently to the singers on the stage, two
bombs, presumably loaded with dyna-
mite, were thrown from the gallery.
AS the bombs struck the floor below,
one of them exploded with terrific
report.
Almost every person i'll the house
sprang to his feet in terror. Wild
shrieks and cries of agony rose from
the lower part of the house. Many
persons had been injured. The wild
est confusion prevailed, and many
men, their faces pale with fright,
abandoned the ladies they had escort
ed and made desperate PUSHES for the
exits, knocking down and tramping
upon those in their way, without re-
gard to age or sex.
When the smoke and dust cleared
away the forms of many persons were
seen writing upon the floor. The
seats had been blown to pieces, and
the flooring in places torn up and the
beams partly shattered.
AS yet it is impossible to tell how
many, if any people were killed, but
one report has it that Is lost their
lives. The number of injured will be
large, for it is certain that many be-
sides those wounded by the exploding
bombs were hurt by being trampled
upon by the panic-stircken crowd.
Several persons were removed from
the building with nearly every shred
of clothing torn from their bodies.
The only persons who retained their
presence of mind were the officials
present. Immediately after the bomb
exploded, and singers rushed in terror
from the stage, the officials grasped
the situation, Theyknew that the out
rage was the work of Anarchists, and
determined to prevent the escape Of
the miscresnts. Some of them ran to
the gallery and surrounded that part
of it from which the bombs had been
thrown. Several suspicious looking
characters were sliced and placed
under arrest, and when a closer exam
ination was made of the prisoners, it
was found that two of them were An
archists well known TO the pelice.
Other officials devoted their time
to carrying out the wounded. Six la
dies and nine men were being conveyed
from the opera house to the hospital.
Each of them were severely wounded.
When the news of the outrage spread
though the city, the opera house was
quickly surrounded by great crowd
ofexcited people, who gave vent to
their feelings of indignation by ours
ing the Anarchists and the police.
They insisted that the latter were to
blame for the explosion, as they might
have known that the Anarchists are
still active in the city.
Within the past six months several
Anarchist outrages have been perpe-
trated in this city, including the at
tempt by Pallas to kill General Mar
tinez Campos, for which the would-be
assassin was shot. The police were
very active for time in hunting down
the Anarchists, and their efforts
were rewarded with great success,
many of the gang falling into their
hands.
Much explosive material was capt
l red. and then. apparently. the police