The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-16
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The Vendome Column


PARIS, May 15-Evening. Extraordinary
sights were presented in the Place Vendome to-
day. At an early hour thousands of people
assembled to watch the demolition of the col
umn. 1t was arranged that the column should
fall towards the Rue de la Paix. NJ. Abadie, an
engineer, expressed confidence that the concus-
sion would be small.
The inhabitants of the Place Vendome anda ad-
jacent streets feared that by the fall of the
column the ground would crush in the sewers,
destroying the foundations of the houses.
At o'clock this afternoon one million and
half of francs was offered by some wealthy citi-
zens to the Commune to save the column. All
preparations had been completed by 5
o'clock, when a member of the Commune ar
rived and ordered the demolition to be post
poned until Wednesday afternoon. He said an
act of justice, as decreed by the Commune, was
best done by daylight. A tri-colored flag
which had been fastened to the leg of the statue
of the Emperor Napoleon, first fell amidst deaf
ening cheers of the assembled crowd.
The Assault on st. Cloud.
VERSAILLES, May 15-Evening.-It has now
been determined that the assault on st. Cloud
shall take place tomorrow. There are 5O,O 900
men in the Bois de Boulogne, ready for the sig
nal of attack. The Versaillists have dug
trenches close to the rampart's breach, near the
Autueil Gate large enough to admit two omni-
buses. The ditch around the ramparts is still
unoccupied. The Paris firing is. very feeble,
and there is every appearance of internal strife
within the walls.
$4,000 Projectiles Fired In "a Hours.
More than 2S, 900 projectiles have been hurled
into the city in the last twenty-four hours by
the Versailles army. A large amount of war
material, incl uding 67 guns, was found and 140
prisoners captured in Fort Vanvres.
BERLIN, May 16-Morning. g.-Orders have just
been issued by the War Office for the
Return from France
of the regiments of Royal Guards representing
every arm of the service.
The Public Entry into Berlin
it is expected will be made in about six weeks.
Reported Versaillist Repulse.
LONDON, May 1916 A. M.-The latest des-
patches from Paris state that the Commune
reports the Versaillsts repulsed at Neuilly.
General Mason, Chief of Staff, has been arrested.
La Liberte says the Government troops will
enter Paris through the breaches at Porte Mail
lot and Autueil. The entry of the troops at
Point du Jour is imminent.
| CIuseret at Liberty.
LONDON, May 16.-The Times special des-
patch from Paris says Cluseret and Megy have
been released.
| An Armistice is Arranged
for Wednesday, to enable the inhabitants Of
Vanvres and its neighborhood to remove.
A circular from NJ Grousset, Federal Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, invites the provinces tC
Join the Communists.
The Germans are Concentrating
their forces toward Paris. The headquarters o.
the Prince of Saxony is transferred to Margency
and the chief commander of the Guards will
remove to Montmorency.
The Fall of Fort MOntrouge
is imminent. The western and Southwestern
ACCOMPLISHMENTS of Paris are uninhabitable from
the
Great Loss of Life and Property
in those portions of the city.
The 144th Battalion of the National Guart
refused to march outside of Paris. The tri-colo
is not flying to-day on Fort Vanvres.
A despatch from st. Denis says that the
Discussions I'm the Commune
will be terminated to-day by the dissolution o
the Central Committee, or the absorption of tn
Committee of Public Safety with the Centra
Committee.
All mechanics over forty years of age ar
called to work on tbe'defenses of Paris.
A New Military Commission
has been appointed. General Delescluze an
the Central Committee are on the best terms
General Henri has been appointed Chief of tn
Minister of War, and General Matthieu com
mander of the forces between Point du Jour an
Avenue Wagram.
Miss Coutts and the Peerage.
LONDON, May 16.-Miss Angela Georgian
Burdett Coutts has accepted the peerage.
This Mornings Quotations.
LIVERPOOL, May l6-1O'30 A. Motion harder
ing; uplands, THd.; Orleans, 724@I5Sd. The sale
are estimated at IL, 900 to 1900 bales.
LONDON, May 16-ll'3O A. M.-Consols opened 9
98.H American securities quiet and steady; U. {
bonds OF 1862 9Ol. of 1896 Old 901l. OF 1851 92