The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-02

sassinate King Alfonso was made at
midnight as his majestry drove with
President Loubet from a gala perform
ance at the Grand Opera house. A
bomb thrown by an anarchist exploded
with deadly effect near the royal car
riage. AS if by miracle both the
king and president escaped uninJured,
but fragments of the missile seriously
injured five persons, killed or manned
a number of cavalry horses forming
the escort and knocked out q chiId's
eye. Intense excitement followed the
incident. The king and president re-
tanned their presence of mind, his mai
sty sending back member of his
suite to make inquiry as to the con-
dition of the wounded The person
wso is believed to have thrown the
bomb has been arrested with two
others, who are thought to have been
implicated in the plot.
AS the king of Spain, accompanied
by President Loubet, drove away
from gala performance of the opera
after midnight an anarchist threw q
bomb in the direction of the royal car
riage. The prOjectile struck a soldier
belonging to the curiasSier escort on
the shouler and then fell to the
ground and exploded without injuring
his majesty or the majesty, who con-
tinued their drive to the PalaiS dor
say.
Several soldiers of the escort were
thrown from their horses and injured,
while fragments of the bomb struck q
number of persons in the crowd.
King Alfonso and President Loubet
had been cheered along the entire
route to the opera by enthusiastic
crowds the young monarch having
completely gained the hearts of Paris
ians since his arrival here.
The performance went without a
hitch. His majesty chatted gaily with
President LOubet during the intermis-
siOns, and at the close of the perform
ance the orchestra again played the
national hymns of the two countries
and the king and president arose to
leave.
They proceeded down the grand
staircase and arrived at the gaily IL
Illuminated and decorated Place
de'Opera, where the royal carriage
then proceeded on its way. The bomb
had been thrown with great force and
passed over the royal carriage and
struck the shoulder OF a cuirassier and
then fell to the ground, where it ex-
ploded, fragments of it striking horses
of the soldiers causingthem to bolt and
throw their riders. Captain Schneider
hn {hA ;nhf ct1 Of q
carriage and Captain GARNER, who
was on the left, were both thrown.
Fra gments of the bomb also struck
five persons, sergeant, two police
men, a woman, who was seriously in
jured, and a child, who was struck in
the eye.
One horse of the escort was killed
outright, and six others lay about
MANNED and bleeding.
The force of the explosion was ter
rife and caused arrangement of the
electric lights, which We're all extin-
guished. adding darkness to the scene
of confusion. Women and children
screamed and a panic was for time
threatened i'm the vast throng until the
police succeeded in restoring order.
In the meantime the remainder Of
the escort to the royal carriage had
closed around the vehicle. which dis
appeared under the archway OF the
Louvre. The young king was to be
seen sitting beside the president. He
was pale but apparently calm. Imme-
diately following the explosion an in
Giyidual was seen to dash into the
crowd. but men seized him before he
could escape and turned him over to
the police. He is believed to have
been the author Of the outrage.
Many other arrests were effected
The first person taken was man
about twenty years old, having an in
iured eve. 1t was not known whether
his wound was caused by the explosion
or by the violence Of the crowd. He
refuses to speak.
A woman informed the police that
she saw the man under a neighboring
gateway talking to two men just be-
fore the explosion. He had something
conical shaped in his hand. She also