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

enter. Soldiers promptly closed around
the entrance and persuaded the young
ruler not to do such e thing. They sur
rounded the house, saying the man could
not escape.
King Alfonso then ran back to the
coach where Queen Victoria had nearly
tainted. She chung to him in fright as
he led her to another coach. The King
and Queen on this short walk to another
coach had to pass the dead and Injured
living in the street and avoid pools OF
blood from the victims of the outrage.
The troops cleared the street and the
police refused to allow any one to enter
until the dead and injured had been
picked up, and the latter sent to hosPl-
tails for treatment. All traces OF the
horror were also removed.
IL is now known that more than nifty
persons were injured by the explosion.
Five of them are in dying condition.
The children of the Italian Ambassador
we're on the balcony of the embassy
which stands near the house from which
the bomb was thrown. The explosion
broke the glass windOws encssing the
balcony aud the children were showered
by the falling glass Fortunately they
all escaped without serious injury. Cen
eral Weyler is among those who were
seriously hurt.
Queen Victoria is indispOsed today as
result of the awful scene through which
she passed. She is suffering from the
shock, but il is expected that she will
fully recover in n few days.
King Alfonso will attend the funeral
Of the victims of the outrage and the
members of the Cabinet and Cories will
also be present
London, June Information re-
celved by anarchists in this city today
shcw that two attempts were made to
as.assinale Alfonso aud his wife in Ma
drd yesterday. The first attempt was
made in front of the church of San Ger
onimO, as the royal pair we're leaving the
church. A bomb was thrown but II
failed to explode. Don Jose, a notorious
continental desperate, threw the bomb.
The second attempt was the one which
wrecked the royal coach and came so
near killing the king aud queen.
The Evening STANDARD. which printed
story ON Wednesday giving details Of a
plot upon the life of Alfonso today pub
fishes an alleged telegram from an
archisis inlMadrid to the London head
quarters which says:
"Unforlunatcly the men placed in
front of the church were unable to exc
cute the task. Don Joe threw a bomb
which failed to explode. We were afraid
our plans were spoiled tor moment -
Comment is made in regard to the
linen placed in front of the church, p"
aud IL il pointed out that they probably
received tickets admitting them to the
strictly guarded position through the
Vaccinations of military co-conspirators
London, June The correspondent
of the Evening News at Madrid in tell
ing how narrow was the escape of King
Alfonso and Queen Victoria says that
the ribbon of one of the orders worn by
Alfonso was torn by a flying splinter
from the broken carriage.
The correspondent of the Central
News at Madrid confirms the reports
that A lfOnsO was struck by fragment
of the bomb, hurled at him, but was
miraculOusly saved by one of the decora-
tions which he wore. According to this
correspondent, the fragment OF the bOmb
struck the young king In the breast, but
its force was broken by hitting the chain
OF the Portuguese Order OF Santiago,
which the king was wearing. The chain
was broken by the blow, but it stopped
the bomb splinter and prevented it from
entering Afonso's breast.
The Spanish embassy states that ii
has information that Queen Victoria Is
not seriously i'll as the result of the
shock she had sustained yesterday. King
Alfonso and the Queen drove unescorted
through Madrid this morning in an au-
tomobile and were cheered frantically
by their subjects aud the visitors to the
city.
A news agency report received today
says that man believed to be an Eng
| lishman, who gives the name OF Robert,
is detained ia Madrid, on suspicion OF
being concerned in the bomb throwing
Washington, June THE President
today received the following cablegram
from Special Ambassador Whitridge,
sent to Spain to represent the United
States at the marriage Of King Alfonso.
Madrid, May 81 --4:S5 p. m.- On
returning from church, after marriage,
bomb was thrown at Kings carriage.
Their msjesties untouched. Carriage
wrecked. Two horses killed, also aide
de camp. Several soldiers killed and
wounded. Great popular rage Have
called among very first and written our
hoL or. WHITRIDGE
Suit Against Pennsylvania Railroad.
Altoona, Pa, June Suit for $40,
0C0 damages for alleged discrimination
mas entered this morning in the Blair
county courts against the Pennsylvania
Railrial 10y Charles I Greek, local
contractor. Greek declares he had al
agreement to buy cprbstone at forty five
cents per foot from @. A. Sims q Co.
railroad contractors operating in Cam
bria county, but when he ordered ship
ments of stone he received word that
Sims & Go. had been notified not to
ship stone into Blair county excepting
through Enos NJ. Jones, an Altoona
councilman. Greek alleged that be-
cause relations existing between A. G,