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Bomb Thrown at King Al
fonso and His Newly
Made Queen Kills at
Least Sixteen.
many Others ARE Injured
DEAD MOSTLY AMONG KINGS
PERSONAL ESCORT.

outrage occurs just as the Moyai
rounIe Are About to Enter Palace
Their Escape Due to an Electric
wire which Detected the Missile
when Thrown--Royal Coach Brought
70 4 sudden stop by the shOclS--Kins
and Queen Change Carriages and
DrIve at once to Palace--Their own
Coach Damaged by splinters.
Madrid, May S1,-The public re1oic-
sngs over the marriage Of King Alfonso
and Princess Victoria had a terribly
dramatic SEQUEL at 2:30 this afternoon
as a bomb thrown from an upper WIN
dow exploded with deadly effect near
The coach occupied by the king and
queen. Providentlally King Alfonso
and Queen Victoria escaped because oT
an electric wire DETECTING the bomb,
but at least sixteen persons, most OF
them being of the personal and military
escort and others spectators, were kill
ed Many oahers were injured. The
following are the killed;
Captain Barros, commanding part OF
the kings escort; Lieutenant Reyslent'
lieutenant Prendergast, six soldiers,
the Marouise Of Colosa, her daughter;
Ron Antonio Calve, his niece, aged six
wears. Jose Sola, seventy years DIG;
Tuis Conseca, and one royal groom
who was leading a horse drawing the
coach CARRYING the king and queen.
Several Of those killed were standlng
an the balcony Of the house from which
the bomb was thrown.
The explosion occurred just as the
royal couple were about to enter the
nalace. The route of the cortege had
been diverted from Arsenal street to
MAYOR street, owing to the popular de-
sire. The procession had just passed
through Mayor street and was about tc
+urn into the Esplanade leading to the
palace when the explosion shook tht
buildings in the vicinity, stunned q
large number Of people and threw the
cortege into inextricable confusion.
The royal coach was brought to q
sudden stop by the shock, officers and
soldiers of the escort falling to the
ground about the equerry and horses
that had been killed. The screams oi
the terrified multitude mingled with
the groans of the dying. 1t was i'm
mediately seen that the royal coacf
was intact except as it had been dam
aged by flying splinters. King Alfonso
immediately alighted and assisted
Queen Victoria out Of the carriage
They then entered another coach ant
were driven swiftly to the palace.
All this happened so quickly thai
neople away from the immediate vicin
5tv were not aware of the tragedy
that had been enacted and continued tC
acclaim their sovereigns. Soon, how.
ever there appeared the empty roya
coach with two horses missing and thu
others spattered with blood, several O
them bleeding from wounds. Tht
groons and drivers looked deathly pail
in their spangled uniforms The1
came a boy shouting that bomb hat
been thrown at the king. The ap
pearance of the hiking and queen in +;
coach brought out delirious ovations a.
the fact was recognized that the sov
ereigns had been spared.
In the meantime the scene Of tht
tragedy presented a horrible spectacle
with dead men and horses lying about
literally torn to pieces. Intense excite
ment prevailed, the mob invading thu
streets while the forces of the guard
sought to maintain order, and bloel
the approaching streets. The hodie
were wrapped up in blankets and re
moved on litters while the wounded
were carried to hospitals in ambulances
The pavement was literally covered
with blood, and the upper stories of tn
buildings nearest were spattered witt
it.
The place from which the bomb wal
Thrown is boarding house. 1ne ch.,.n
her from which the missile was hurle
was taken May % by man from Bar
celona giving the name of Moral. Whel
the police surrounded the house tn
man attempted to flee, but was cap
tured. Another man escaped over tn
roofs of the houses.
One of the injured proved to be
son-in-law of Premier Moret's privat
secretary.
According to an official statement
Is not known whether one or NOR
bombs were thrown.
The statement continues that it j
impossible to ascertain at present tn
author of the outrage, though 1t
known that a Catalonian named Manu-
el Duran took an apartment in tn
house from which the bomb wa
thrown May %, paying In advance
500 peseta bill. He was well dressed
of elegant appearance, and showed
fondness for flowers.
Frederick w. Whiteridge, the Ameri
can special envoy, cabled to Presiden
Roosevelt at 4 o'clock this Afternoon
giving details concerning the attemp
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