Show marriage of kin alfonso is followed by attempt on life of royal couple bomb thrown from a W adow and sixteen persons killed V hile many others are badly injured king and queen Es injury malrid the public rejoicings over the marriage of king alfonso and princess victoria had a terribly dra matle sequel at 2 SO clock thursday afternoon as a bomb thrown from an upper window exploded with deadly ef feet near the coach occupied by the king and queen providentially king alfonso and Q been escaped when an electric wire deflected the bomb but at least sixteen persons most of them belonging to the person al and military escorts were killed many others were injured the explosion occurred just as the royal couple were about to enter the palace the route of ahe cortege had been diverted from arsenal to mayor street owing to the popular desires the procession had just passed through mayor street and was about to turn into the esplanade leading to the palace when an explosion shook KING ALFONSO XIII the buildings in the vicinity stunning a large number of people and throwing the cortege into inextricable contu elon the royal coach was brought to a sudden stop by the hobb officers and soldiers of the escort falling to the ground about the equerry and horses that had been killed the screams of the terrified multitude mingled with the groans of the ding it was am mediately seen that the royal coach was intact except as it had been dam aged by flying aters king alfonso EN A OF ERG immediately al gated and assisted queen victoria out of the carriage then they entered another coach and were driven swiftly to the palace the place from which the bomb was thrown is a board ng bouse the chamber from which the miss ie was hurled was taken may 22 by a man from barcelona giving atie name of moral when the police surrounded the house the man attempted to flee but was captured another man es over the roofs of ho aises the indignation of the people over the tragedy was very great some french detectives were almost lynched merely because they had a fore agn ap bearance pe arance after the a vis igors book was opened at tie palace t was signed during ohp afternoon by the foreign princes envoys ministers and officials of all ranks As a curious coincidence it Is just a year ago thursday that a bomb was thrown at king alfonso in paris aa the king accompanied by president loubet was driving away from a per firmance for mance at the opera may 31 1905 an anarchist threw a bomb at the royal carriage it struck a trooper ol 01 the cural escort on the shoulder fell to the ground ana exploded alth out wounding the king or the dent who continued their drive to tha dorsay ROYAL BRIDE AND GROOM king alfonso of spain and princes victoria wedded at madrid madrid this city was a blaze ol 01 color and the sun shone from a cloud less sky on the wedding day of king altonso and princess victoria all spain rejoiced and the capital has not witnessed such scenes of enthusiasm duang the present generation the municipality had given tree ceiri to the popular rejoicings and the schools and public institutions were closed the whole population giving it self up to celebrating the king s mar ariage the wedding cortege started from the royal palace at 9 30 a m and was the most magnificent in the memory of the residents of madrid the church of san el real where the nuptial mass was celebrated and the marriage benediction pronounced Is a quaint old structure which has passed through some strange vicissitudes this is not the first royal marriage celebrated there for the wedding of isabella II 11 took place in great pomp within its walls but more recently the church waa abandoned to a carpenter s shop and mill and the whirr of saws took the placa ct the solemn measures of the mass later it hag been restored As the royal couple entered tha church the assemblage arose and choristers intoned a processional hymn the king looked calm happy and slightly pale as usual across the breast of his fleta marshal s enli form was the blue and white sash ol 01 the order of charles III and on his breast sparkled the orders of the gar ter and the golden fleece the bride entered with her mother brother and queen christina the 1 vered embroidery of her wedding dresa being reflected by the myriads ol 01 lights until the bride seemed to ba robed in jewels her veil slightly drawn aside revealed her clear fine features with cheeks full of youthful color the king advanced to meet the bride and they stood together as the mar ariage service began the ceremony was performed with all the impressive ness of the roman ritual cardina sancha archbishop of toledo robed in crimson silk officiating assisted by a special n ancia of the pope and the highest dignitaries of the church with scores of acolytes and incense burners the ceremony which lasted nearly an hour terminated with the nuncio pronouncing the pope s bena diction on the newly married couple and the chanting of the deum As the king and princess victoria were pronounced man and wife the news was signaled to the waiting crowds and all madrid broke into frantic demonstrations of joy while cannon boomed and church bells chimed |