Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-06-07
Spain's Young Monarch Object Of
Bomb. ThrOWer'S Attack
PRESIDENT AND KING BOTH ESCAPE
AS M. Loubet and Alphonso XIII Left
an Opera After Midnight This Morn
ing an Anarchist Threw a Bomb at
the Royal Carriage With No Other
Result Than to Injure Several BY
ISLANDERS.

Paris, By Cable.-As the King of
Spain accompanied by President Lou
bet, drove away from a gala perfor'
nance of the opera after midnight an
anarchist threw a bomb in the direc-
ton of the royal carriage. The pro-
~jectile struck a soldier belonging to
the cuirassier escort, on the shoulder,
and then fell to the ground and explod-
ed without injuring his majesty or the
President, who continued their drive
to the Palais d'Orsay.
Several soldiers of the escort were
thrown from their horses and injured,
whilst fragments of the bomb struck
a 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 the
Parisians since his arrival here,
The performance went without a
hitch. His majesty chartered gaily
with President Loubet during the in
termissions, and at the close Of the
performance the orchestra again play
ed the national hymns of the two coun
tries, and the King and President
arose to leave.
They proceeded down the grand
staircase and arrived at the gaily H.
Illuminated and decorated Place de
POpera, where the royal carriage
dent took seats side by side and the
vehicle started off surrounded by sew
eral squadrons of cuirassiers towards
the Avenue Opera.
The procession arrived at the end
of the Avenue de rOpera and crossed
the Place Theatre Francois, where
were assembled at least 1900 persons
in the Rue de Rohan, a short street
forming practically a continuation OF
the Avenue de iOpera, right opposite
the arched gateway Of the Louvre lead
ing to the Place C%aroussel. There,
just a few yards before reaching the
Rue Rivoli, a man sprang forward with
his arm raised in the air and before
the Gordon of police could prevent
him, without uttering a word, he threw
a projectile in the direction of the
royal carriage. The police Immediate
ly rushed toward him. At that mo-
ment a deafening explosion occurred.
Cries from the crowd were heard and
a scene of intense excitement began,
tho orou1 c1,roino TO anH fro Sn16inrC
were seen to fall, but as the flash
from the bomb died out it was OBJ
served that the king and the president
had not been struck, and their carri-
age proceeded on its way.
A large number of arrests have been
made, including the person who is be-
lieved to have thrown the bomb, and
three persons suspected Of completely
in the plot, as the latter were seen
under the archway at the Louvre with
a destructive engine a few minutes
before the explosion occurred.
The bomb had been thrown with
too great force and passed over the
royal carriage and struck the shoulder
of a c%uirassier and then fell to the
ground, where it exploded, fragments
of it striking the horses Of the sol
diers, causing them to bolt and throw
their riders. Captain Schneider, who
was riding at the right side of the
carriage, and Captain GARNER, who
was on the left, were both killed.
Fragments of the bomb also struck
five persons-a 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.