St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-28

hents ul yren. Duulanger. The most
violent encounter took place i'll Mont
martre, where number of persons
were wounded, The police interfered
and arrested several of the ringlead-
ers. Another serious collision oc-
Cured in the Faubourg du Tenn
pie, where several persons were
injured. At several electoral meetings
there were scenes of great disorder.
Bands of men and lads singing the
''Marseillaise" and Boulangist songs
paraded the bouIevards until a late
hour. In the Place de la Republique
and the Avenue de POpera Open-air
meetings were held. Great masses of
people were present, but the proceed
ingS were, on the whole, fairly orderly,
although few individual braWls oc-
CURED and a number of persons were
arrested. To-day opened fine, and at
an early hour the streets began to fill
with people, the general
STIR AND BUSTLE
increasing as the morning wore on. AT
noon the electors were thronging to-
ward the 266 balloting stations. 1t
seemed certain that the vote would be
the heaviest every polled in the dis
trict The Boulangists were every
where first at the voting places, and
displayed the greatest confidence in
their success. The voters in the Fau-
bourg st. Germain and Champs ElyseeS
districts are nearly all BOulangists, but
the issue really depended upon the vote
S,o+ In ortc juI u n
the Bellville, Charonne, st. Denis and
COurbevoie distrists. The BOulangiStS
predict the immediate fall of the FlOquet
ministry, the dissolution of parliament
ana a general election in March. They
also forecast rupture in the Radical
party. and express the belief that forty
Radical deputies will join the Boulangist
ranks, and thus give the general a fol-
lowing of sixty members in the present
chamber. The prefect of police to-day
enlisted the services of a large number
of householders to aid the police i'll
maintaining order. Troops were held
in readiness at various points, and cav
airy had been ordered to
PATROL THE STREETS
guards line the boulevards, and in every
quarter the police and military are well
prepared to suppress an outbreak. Gen.
BOulanger'S followers everywhere were
instructed to maintain order, otherwise
they would injure him. The excite
ment grew at : o'clock, when the
returns showed Gen. BOulanger's ma
jority to be 5000 in the St. Denis
district, and that he had pOlled three
times more votes than his opponent in
the Eighth arrondissement. The MEM
bers of the government are aStounded
at the result. Bets are freely offered
that the ministry will resign tomorrow.
The poll closed at p. m. The attend
ance of voters was unprecedently large.
Perfect quiet prevails. Few police are
seen OIL the streets. nearly all being held
in reserve. The whole force is ready to
act in case of necessity. The cabinet is
summoned to meet at the ministry of
the interior tomorrow. Gen. Boulanger
WILL RESIGN
his seat for the department of the
Seine, to which he was elected to-day.
and retain his representation in the
chamber OF deputies of the department
of the Nord. 1t is rumored that NJ.
Magnin, governor of the Bank of
France, will be asked to form new
cabinet. Boulanger is spending the
evening at the Cafe Durand, where he
is informed by friends of the results in
the divisions. The streets are thronged
with people eXcitedly discussing the
upshOt of the election. The news
paper offices are displaying the re-
turns by means of Illuminated placards.
Great excitement prevailed on the
boulevards during the night. The
police did not interfere. Ten thousand
persons assembled outside the Cafe
Durand, cheering and singing. They
were especially demonstratiye when
BOulanger appeared at the window.
When BOulanger was leaving in his
carriage after the announcement of the
result, he passed restaurant opposite
to the Cafe Durand, where friends of
the government were assembled. The
latter hissed loudly, and Boulanger's
friends replied by throwing stones.
The singing and cheering continued to
moining.
THE BoULANG1ST ORGANIZATION
was marvellous. For the first time in
the history of Paris carriages were
largely employed to convey voters to
the polls. Boulanger's carriages were