The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-06-07

tHC WSouulS OF hlng Alfonso Oh Spain
and Princess Ena of England nearly
resulted in their DEATH
The magnificent church ceremonial
was over, bells were ringing, guns BOOM
ing and the. crowds cheering the King
ana hts bride, when i bomb was hurled
into'the gorgeous cortege.
The bomb exploded near the royaI
carriage. An officer Of the Kings escort
and number of soldiers were killed.
One of the horses TO the royal coach
was blown to pieces.
The King and his bride suffered from
shock, but were uninjured AS the fair
young Queen was helped from the dam,
aged carriage to another she trembled
violently. The King bore up CALMLY.
he Duke of SotomayGr was wounded.
The splendid pageant was turned into
scene of panic and horror. The wild
est excitement prevailed
At first it was thought the assassin
meant to kill the Grant Duke Vladimir
OF Russia, who was in the procession.
Just year ago Wednesday bomb
was thrown at King Alfonso in Paris
as, IN company with President Loubet,
he was driving from the opera house.
The wedding ceremony in the historic
Church of San Jeronimo el Real was
4 magnificent spectacle.
The aggregate value Of the wedding
gifts is over $I,2Oo,ooo, the crowns and
other jewels given the bride by the
King being worth $5oo,ooo
Under the marriage contract the new
Queen receives 10000 a year
Madrid. (By Cable).-Alfonso and
his bride had come from the altar and
were receiving an ovation from their
myriad OF subjects such as even this
proud capital had never seen before.
when suddenly they were brought face
TO face with the peril Of assassination in
lis deadicst form. Roses thrown from
every side were falling in 4 soft cascade
upon the royal chariot
ihe young Queen, i'll unfeigned de-
light, was bowling right and left in ac-
knowledgment of the deafening uncnd-
ing chorous of welcome and congratu-
latlons, and the King, ignoring the null
utude, was feasting his eyes upon the
tace of his bride, when a bouquet OF
roses, flung from a balcony, fell with
rush, as though made OF lead. in front
of the .r0yal coach and just behind the
horses drawing it. There was 4 terrible
crash and little smoke rose in the air
The flowers: coacealed a bomb. Death
and destruction i'll an instant supplanted
the mirth and rejoicing. A score of
men and women, including officers and
members of the nobility lay dead or mu-
tilated. Had not an electric wire de
Elected the bomb the l\ing and Queen
would have been isilled.
The following are the dead:
Captain Barros, commanding part OF
the Kings escort
Lieutenant Reysient.
Lieutenant .Prendegast.
Six soldiers.
The Marquise of Coosa.
Her daughter
Don Antonio Calvo
His niece, aged six years
= Jose Sola, 20 years of age.
Luis FonSeca.
The Duke OF .Sotomayo, who was
riding on the righthand side of the
royal carriage. was wohnded by splin-
ter. One OF the>royal grooms. leading
horse, was klleE*.
- There was a fholnen+ Of paralysis and
horror following the explosion All
eyes stttrned 'instinctively toward. the
bridal couple and saw their pale faces
gazing pitifully at the terrifying scene
around them. The first maneto regain
his self-possession was the Duke OF
Cornachuelos. He rushed forward open
eG the door of the royal coach and
fairly dragged the King and Queen. to
the ground. Others of The royal escort
instantly surrounded them, aud they were
led to another carriage. THE. young
King speedily mastered his emotion and
gave all his attention to his terrified
and trembling bride
The broken line of march was hurried
" taken up..to the palace Neither the
King nor Queen was hurt. The bride
made brave effort TO control her feel
iflgs. but the fearful transition from JOY
to horror was too mucl. for human
nerves to endure. and presently she burst
into tears. If the truth must be told,
the King himself sWept in sympathy
Meantime at the SeeAe OF the outrage
the liFst paralysis Max succeeded by great
confuson. The Tr6ted when il realized
what, had happened. became infuriated
and sairged towards the spot. intent upon
wreaking vengeance upon the supposed
author OF the crime
The news of the attempted assaSSina-
tion, spread throughout the city with
great rapidity,~ turning the rejoicing OF
tho Hpopulace to awe The telegraph soffi-
'ces were invaded by struggling masses.
but a rigid censorship was instituted.
The explosion would probably not
have occurred if the cortege lad followed
the route originally planned; but return
ing it was determined to retrace part OF
Mayor street and rive the people a
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