Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-02
King Alfonso Continues in
Festivities at Paris.
Goes Freely About the City,
With Only Usual Escort.
Learned That Second Bomb Was Found
Near Scene Of the Explosion.

Paris. June liking Alfonso contin.
ued. Thursday, in the festivities which
france had prepared in his honor ap
parently undismayed by the Anarchis.
tic attempt on his life while on his way
with President Loubet from the gals
performance at the opera, Wednesday
night.
Accompanied by President Loubet His
Majesty left Paris at $50 A. NJ. for the
Chalons Sur Murine to review the
troops Of the Sixth army corps. Every.
where he was the recipient of tremen-
dous ovations as Wednesdays outrage
evoked national sentiment Of affection
and sympathy for the young monarch
and universal reprobation for the at
tempt on his life.
The King made anxious inquiries con-
corning the condition Of the persons
wounded by the explosion of the bomb
and was assured that they were all
alive which relieved him as the first re-
port was that one policeman had been
killed. The King did not display any
apprehension of further danger.
President LOubet. escorted by a trool
of cuirassiers. arrived at the D'Orsay
palace later and held a brief interview
with the King. The PARTY then pro-
ceeded to the Invalides r. r. station
where special train conveyed then, to
the manoeuvres.
The police continued their investiga-
tiOns and great crowds visited the scene
of the bomb throwing The front of
the louvre facing the Rue De Rives
showed three distinct traces of the pro-
jectile. The violence of the explosion
vas so great that particles Of the bomb
about the size of nuts were found in
remote portions Of the roof Of the
Louvre. The pavement where the mis-
sic struck WAS blackened and rent and
under the direction Of the police a
square yard Of the burned paving blocks
was removed for the purpose of being
used in the investigation at the NUM-
opal laboratories.
During the early hours the suspects
arrested Wer" further questioned and
the nolice later announced that the
main suspicion appeared to attach TO 4
young man named Arnould. who is held
on the evidence of a woman who al
lcses that she noticed him lighting a
supposed fuse. Arnould. who is employ
~ 90 IL iehpci Sttoi anu It,
sides in Paris, is suffering from 4
wounded eye.
1t developed that shortly after King
Alfonso passed, Wednesday night, an
other bomb was found in the Rue DE-
Rives, near the spot where the explo-
sion occurred This bomb also contain
cd dangerous explosives.
The plot is said to have been planned
in hotel near the scene of the explo-
sion.
The names Of several additional in
jurcd persons have been reported to the
police the number now reaching ten and
including several who We're struck while
watching the procession from balconies.
The King told NJ. Loubet that this
was his fourth providentia' escape from
an attempt on his life He said his on
ly concern was the agony il must have
caused his mother.
An enthusiastic reception was ac-
corded King Alfonso and President
LOubet on their return from Chalon-
SurMer review.
A member of the gang of Spanish
Anarchists arrested has denounced a
compatriot named Mona as the author
of the outrage on King Alfonso. The
police possess description of Mona and
are making inquiries regarding him.