Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-06-01
BOMB THROWN AT ALFONSO.

Victoria had q terrible uramsile sequei
at 2:9O o'clock yesterday afternoon as
a bomb thrown from an upper window
exploded with deadly effect near The
cusch occupied by the king and queen.
Provideutially, King Alfonso and queen
Victoria escaped by an electric wire de-
fleeing the bomb; but at least 10 per,
sous most of them being of the personal
aud military escort aud the others
spectators, were killed. Many others
were injured
King Alfonso aud Queen Victoria got
out of their partly shattered carriage ana
entered another one. The queen was
trembling, but gave 70 Indication oil
faineing.
The scene in the vicinity OF the ex-
plosion was horrible As the municipal
guards hastily improvised litters to bear
off the manged corpses dense crowds
pressed in upon them, causing indie
scribable confusion. Soldiers occupied
all the streets leading t' the locality,
making it almost impossible to reach the
spot from a distance.
One of the horses drawing the royal
coach WIS killed. The bodies OF many
persons we're terribly torn by the force OF
the explosions.
The royal procession had come to
temporary stop, with the royal carriage
exactly opposite the house, when the
bomb was thrown. The missile fell to
the right of the royal carriage between
the hind most pair of horses aud the
front part, of the wheels. The explosion
killed two horses and groom. The
Duke of Sotomayor, who was riding on
the right hand side of the carriage, was
slightly wounded, and four of the soldiers
who lined the route followed by the
cortege was killed.
As curious coincidence, it was just
year ago yesterday that bomb was
thrown at King Alfonso in Paris. As
the king, acc .mPanied by President
Loubet, was driving away from gala
performance at The opera, May 81, 1903,
au anarchist threw a bomb at the royal
carriage.
1t struck a trooper of the cuirassier
escort on the shoulder, tell TO the ground
and exploded, without iDjuring the king
or the president. who continued their
drive to the 9alsis d'Osay.
Several soldiers of the escort were
thrown from their horses aud injured,
! while fragments OF the bomb struck a
number Of persons in the crowd
The horse of one oil the republican
guards belonging to the escort received
the full force of the charge in his chest,
thus ayerling it from the two rulers.
The news OF the attempted assassi"a-
ton spread throughout the city with
great rapidity, turning the rej)icings OF
The popuIace to awe. The telegraph
offices were invaded by struggling masses
but rigid censorship WAS instituted.
The explosion would probably not
have occurred if the corlege had followed
the route originally planned; but re-
turning il was determined TO retrace
part of Mayor street aud give the people
a further opportunity to observe the
pageant 1t was in front Of8S Mayor
street that the bomb was exploded
This is within half block of the es'
pIauade leading to- the royal palace.
The bomb, which was eoncealeiin a
bouquet, WAS of polished steel, half a
centimeler thick II was thrown from
third-Aoor window. The house, ac-
cording TO some reports, belongs to The
Queen Mother, having been bequealhed
to her by philsntrOpisl,, and being the
only house she owns in Madrid. The
house is opposite the Church of the
Sacrament aud the captain generals
residence
ToDAY's DISPATCHES.
Madrid, June The correspond
ent of the Publishers Press is as
sured by high police official that the
man who threw the bomb yesterday in
an attempt to assassinate King Alfonso
and his bride, Queen Ens, has been ar
rested aud is now confined in the Medic
dia police station II is also stated or
high authority that the prisoner has
made confession that be is the would
be assassin of their msesties.
The city which was only yesterday
the scene of happy rejoicing in tue cele-
bralion of King AlfonsO's wedding is
today cast into the deepest gloom caused
by the attempt on the lives OF the
young mOnsTchs.
The people rejoice 10 think that the
King aud Queer. for whom the anarch-
isrs bomb WAS Intended, escaped, but
the horror OF the dastafdly crime and
the sorrow by the deaths of so many
! innocent victims has unnerved the popu-
lace.
The people now have no heart for
entering into the festivities which had
been planned for the next ten days in cele-
bration OF the happy event Of the King
marriage, aud it Is probable that tue
fetes in honor Of Alfonso and Victoria
will not be enacted.
The place for making the attempt
upon the rulers Was CHOSEN by the assas-
sin with deviish cunning and Ingenuity.
This was one OF the most respectable
quarters of the street, which at that
point, is only dozen yards wide. The
man who is regarded rs The assassin at
first engaged room on another street,
but he left there, probably because there
was no balcony on the house, AMI moved
to the quarters be occupied yesterday.
When the police investigated the room
which the man first occupied they found
powder syringe which smeled like
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