The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-06-02
ROYAL Wedding FETES
PROCEED AMID GLOOM
THEIR BRTLLIANCY FAILS TO
LIFT THE PAIL THAT HAS
FALLEN OYER MADRID.

King Alfonso Wishes to Postpone Ban
Set for Tonight but Ministers Are
Seeking to Persuade Him That Pro-
gramme Should be Carried out-They
VIII Probably PrevaIl-Every Effort
to be Made 60 EIYace by the Splendid
SDectacIe of TO-day's Royal Bull
Fight and Ball the Memory of the
Tragedy-An Arrest.
Madrid. June THE nervous tension
of the populace of Madrid has peen
wrought I'D to the highest pitch by the
terrible events of King Alfonso's wed
ding day. The period Of the wedding
fetes. while still officially proceeding, is
filled with sinister forebodings. The
king and queen sought to reassure the
public by appearing to-day In an open
automobile unattended by a military
guard. They had the outward appear
ance of serenity They were wildly ac-
claimed as they passed through the
Puerta del Sol, but this was mingled
with cries Of fear from women who felt
that this was another invitation to
some miscreant to scatter death and
destruction.
Tonight the heavens are red with
illuminations from the Segovia bridge
to the Atocha walk, and from the pal
ace the royal family and their guests
watch the lurid display of rockets and
Roman candles, but all the brightness
fails to lift the gloom that has fallen
on the community, and seems but re-
minder of the terrible events of the
wedding day. Lines of cavalry guard
the entrances to the royal palace.
Lights sparkle in many of the Win
dows of the palace, but the vastness
Of the structure gives sombreness COR
responding with the prevailing feeling
of awe.
King Alfonso wishes to postpone the
royal ball set for tomorrow night, but
the ministry are seeking to persuade
him that the programme should be car
ried out. The ministry probably will
prevail, and every effort will Le made
to efface by the splendid spectacle Of
to-morrow's royal bull fight and the
wedding ball the memory of the trag-
edy following so closely upon the nup-
tials.
The police to-day arrested an elegant
1y dressed Englishman as he was
boarding train, as the person nearest
to fitting the description of the author
of the outrage, but lengthy interri-
CATION of this prisoner in the presence
of the proprietor of the chamber from
which the attempt was made gave no
satisfactory results.
A number of the civil guard this aft
ernoon recognized Hamilton, the Eng
lish suspect, as a companion of Manuel
Morales on the balcony from which the
bomb was thrown at the royal carriage.
The two men were also seen together
at Barcelona.
men, the Marquise of Tolosa and her
daughter and the Countess of Ordereres
took place this afternoon in the pres
ence of a vast concourse. At the GEM
etery military honors were rendered
The king and the government were
represented.
Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, hus-
band Of the Infanta Maria Teresa, WIS.,
ited the hospital this afternoon on be-
half of Queen Victoria. Prince Fer
dinand talked with the wounded and
sent royal chaplain to comfort and
aid them. He also view the body of
Lieutenant Prendergast, the sight of
which moved him profoundly.
To-days programme of receptions
and banquets at the palace was car
ried out, but the spirit Of gaiety which
should have marked the occasion was
absent. By direction of the ministry
no flowers were received at the palace
to-day, because of the danger of mis-
siles being concealed in bouquets.
The ministry is considering stringent
measres for the suppression of an
.archism and probably bills will be In
troduced in the cortes to stamp out the
movement. Arrests are being made of
all known anarchists without reference
to their whereabouts at the time of the
bomb explosion yesterday, and each
suspect is required 10 eSLaDllSn MS M
nocence of connection with the out
rage. Several mysterious men who
were picked up near the scene of the
bomb explosion were taken to the mu-
nicfpal laboratory and examined. One
man who was caught on the roof of a
building and arrested proved to be a
detective, who had been sent there to
watct.
The bursting of an automobile tire
to-day in Puerta del Sol caused panic
which threatened to be serious. The
nerves of the people are so tense that
the explosion of the tire was believed
to be another outrage. There was a
mad rush, in which women were knock
ed down and trampled under foot, and
cafes were invaded and damaged. Or
der was restored with difficulty.
Count Romanones. minister of the in-
terror says the attempt on the lives Of
the king and queen may be definitely
ascribed to anarchists, both in its prep
aration and execution.
An examination Of the royal coach
shows it to be badly Scared and dam
age. The lamps were shattered.