Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-05-22

Anarchist Plot Against Alfonso NJ.
Been Disegyeraa

been Discoveries.
Madrid, May 20. - An anarcbis, Mot
against King Alfonso has been dis
covered and six arrests. including hat
VI gabriel Lopez, an employee of an in
surahce company. have been made.
dynamite cartridges were found on the
premises where Lopez was arrested.
Lopez says he received a package of
cartridges from another anarchist with
Instructions to throw them at the mo-
nlent OF the passage of the royal car
rage In Saturdays procession.
discovery of the plot against the
KING is confirmed by the newspapers
mere. 1t Is now said hat nine dyna-
mite cartridges were seized. Further
arrests have been made, and the pris-
oners include six medical students, a
printer, a carpenter and a mason. The
captured cartridges are being analysed
by military authorities.
Lunatic Frightens Alfonso.
The splendid ceremonies Saturday in
connection with the attaining of his
majority by King Alfonso were at
tended by an incident which, while in
significant in itself, for the moment
created considerable excitement among
those who witnessed IL, and in tho
chamber Of deputies. WI ere the story
first arrived in a mere sensational form
tnan the facts warranted. 1t appears
that just as the royal coach emerged
from the Plaza de Armas into the
square in front of the palace, amid the
sound OF cannon, a young man among
tho ai0htcnArn L.I9-l -
denly pushed through the ranks OF SOL
diers and police and rushed toward the
door Of the chariot, with his hat in n
hand and holding outstretched in the
other a paper. Before he reached the
door h state lackeys and equerries
Hurried to the Scene
and quickly overpowered him, though
not before the disturber had received a
severe mauling. The prisoner was taken
TO the guard room of the palace, where
he was Intercepted. The letter he
had in his hand proved to be an ad-
dress to the king. stating that the In
fanta Maria Terese, who was with the
king In the royal coach, had promised
him her hand, and begging the king, as
the brother Of the ~.nfanta. to accede to
the marriage. The prisoner was care
fully searched and IL was found that he
carried no weapon. His remarks about
h lrfanta Maria Terese left no doubt
as to his mental condition. The king
witnessed the struggle with the luna
tic, n he believed that an attempt
was being made upon his life. He
turned deathly pale and he displayed
considerable nervousness.
King Takes the Oath.
King Alfonso Saturday attained his
majority and became king in fact, AS
well as In name, having reached the
age, sixteen, prescribed by the consti-
tuition. Beautiful weather favored this.
the central day Of the fetes. At an early
hour all the bands of music of the
troops composing the garrison marched
through the principal streets, playing
lively marches, 10 the royal palace,
where they performed beneath the win
dows of the kings apartments. The
royal procession was formed on the
Plaza de Armas. In front OF the palace,
and shortly before 2 p. m. proceeded 10
the chamber Of deputies, where, in the
presence of the senators and deputies,
the king took the oath to uphold the
constitution. The procession was a
spectacle of me iieval magnificence.
The return TO the palace was made the
occasion for an ovation for the young
king.