CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3655, 5 June 1906, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

Attempted Assassination*

E KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN.

WEDDING FESTIVITIES INTERRUPTED.

BOMB THROWN AT ROYAL CARRIAGE.

SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED

MAtmiD, June 1. The Archbishop of Toledo, the Rt. Rev. Robert Brindlef D. 5.0., Bourne, of Westminster, and other prelates officiated at the wedding of King Alfonso and Princess Ena. There was a marvellous pageant in brilliant sunshine in the presence of vast, tumultuously enthusiastic crowds. Returning to the Palace from * the Church of San Gerpnimoiel Real, the procession halted temporarily in the Calle Mayor, Bouquets were showered from balconies in the houses, but one concealed a steal bomb, which exploded towards the right and between the hindermost horses and the front wheeles of the Royal carriage. The explosion was terrific. It killed a groom and two horses and damaged the carriagealso slightly wounding the Marquis of Sottoraayor, the equerry riding on the right. It also killed a lieutenant standing at the salute and four soldiers lining the route, and decapitated a police bugler, besides killing two female spectators and injuring numbers. , , The Duke of Cornmachuelos, rushing to the open door of the carriage, dragged out King ' Alfonso and then Princess Ena, who exhibited great emotion. Both reached the palace uninjured. A strange feature of the occurrence is that the bomb was thrown from the only house owned by the Queen Mother and which was bequeathed to her by a philanthropist. The building was let as a grocery shop on the ground floor, with a boarding establishment 4fcabove. The attempt, which Marred the wedding, was on the anniversary of the Paris attempt on.the life of King Alfonso. The supposed bomb thrower. Manuel Duran, a well-dressed Catalonian, and many others were arrested.

Messages of sympathy and congratulations were received at the Palace from all countries. The populace was furious, and nearly lynched several foreigners, including a French detective suspected, during the confusion of the authorship of the outrage. At the moment of the explosion, recovering himself immediately. King Alfonzo spoke through the broken windows, of tbe carriage and enquired what the damage was.

He forthwith sent an orderly to

reassure Princess Beatrice and Christina, and raising his voice ordered the procession to proceed. Princess Ena was deathly pale, but smiled courageously as scon as King Alfonso and Princess Victoria were helped out. They continued their journey iu another coach. Princess Ena broke down on

reaching the palace. The courtiers pressed forward, but King Alfonso waved them back and tenderely supported his weeping wife.

The Prince of Wales’ carriage was some distance ahead of that of King Alfonso. King Alfonso was warned that he would be killed within half ar hour of his marriage. The scene of the explosion was a very narrow street in a most respectable quarter within a few hundred yards of the Palace. The children of the Italian Ambassador narrowly escaped. King Alfonso attended the funerals of the victims of the explosion. Queen Ena is suffering from shock. London and other cities, the Pope and all the Sovereigns telegraphed their sympathies. Some peopleware on the first floor of the balcony. It is believed that Duran was lately living in London. The perpetrator of the out outrage, through known, is not yet arrested. It is reported that Duran, alias Mateo Moan, after hurling the bouquet concealing the bomb changed his hat, and escaped in T the confusion. He left behind a %at with the name of a London maker. END OF BOMB THROWER. Madrid, June 3. Hamilton, the Englishman who was arrested in Madrid, has been

released. He proved to be a harmless tourist. The British Minister protested against his treatment at the hands of the mob. The Spanish Government apologised for the error. Reuter reports that Duran, alias Mateo Moral, when cornered by the police in a village outside Madrid, committed suicide,