The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-06

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agree with Mr.. Reid.
b the way, spsq'iihS 9Hff Mr. lltrf, Reid, We
did not find in Paris aliyFIA hlorican or
Frcnchman who interested us 80 much
IN regard to what was TO BIO seen and
learned in tho great city rs he did,
although, OF course, he has not been
there long time, as compared with
some OF them. Forjnstlnce, he gave us
IN idea Of tho all.aCafchihg cyc charnc-
ter OF tho police system, that we never
had before, not even after reading the
melnoirs'ot NidoQuc, tho most noted
police ferret ever born. He told us par
ticularly OF the anthropomctricpr practice,
MS lie bud witnessed It, by which every
measurement OF a criminal istakcn and
every blem,sh or popularity recorded,
and 80 thoroughly Is 1t done that II sus.
pect who has returned under M alias,
or who has disligurcd himself, isrcadily
and certainly identified.
THE loHrS4py AFFAIR. ga
As you arc aware Gro this, wc, saw
something Of the PARIS police during
our sojourn In their midst. Tho light
ming did not strike us that night, but it
was busy striking Nil around rs. refer
to tho mobocratic demonstration against
Wagncr's German opera, "Lohcngrin.
| We saw that night how easily these
trained conseryatora OF the peace could
scent out and weed out suspicious char
actcrs, and especially how they nabbcd
one fellow who was apparently aiding
by his talk their efforts on the sido of
law and order, and who had been talk
ing in Englis! with MS Just before his
arrest. They probably hnd II record OF
that fellow; at all events they quietly
laid their hands on his shoulder and he
disappeared under their auspices, and
presume languishes in durance vile ut
this hour. There were hundreds OF
suspects snatchcd and spirited away in
the same sudden manner that night.
They were Swallowed by men who did
not wear the police Uniform, but who
were in the secret service.
The events ofthe. rlghtJreferrcd to
would mako very long and interesting
letter were they written up in detail
just rs VIC saw them. | said to mycout-
pani0n du royagc, what n great thing it
would be to reproduce this wonderful
scene tonight in and around the Place
dc l. Opera Tor the lNrEILlGEScER, with
all OF its mclo-dramatic uniqucncss.
Fancy great boulevard Of 100 feet in
width, (thc street sixty feet and each
sidewalk twenty and fancy plaza, or
place. as tho French call it, into which
eight streets focus, like spokos into a
hub, and fancy u hotel Of mammoth
proportions at ono octasonal OF this
plaza, with thousand little tables In
front OF its boulevard side and OF its
place side, ut wllclithere are two per-
sons to every table tvery often three
and sometimes, four, and NIL slipping
some kind Of drink, and ALL men and
woman in about equal proportions,
chatting in very animated way. Then
fancy an opera house, the largest and
grandest in the world, that covers three
acres OF ground, and occupies another
octagonal OF the place, on the steps oil
which ESQ ample are they two or three
thousand people are waiting for the
doors to Open; Then fancy corlons OF
mounted police, sitting OH their horses,
helmets on5thein heads, stqSl Sarmor
around thsis bodies, lookirR likoplumel
knights. equipped with pistols and
swords, and ready forthc fray whenever
it might commence.
At all the angles and at MI the entrees
and sorties OF the huge building there
were either mounted or foot police.
There must have been one hundred
thousand people in the Place de I Opera
and on the BoitttS4l%.des Itaicns and
in the mouthJpo tlhte.:tstFeets. leading into
the Place. Wc-ttIVnElit We could take
in that many with our eyes at times.
Two thousand people perhaps stood on
the ample steps OF the Opera House
A PACKED HOUSE
Only those who had subscribed for
tickets and got them already were per-
mittcl TO COON tlcse steps, No tickets
were soldSnuft ti,csboxSo,flii'csees'i build
ing, nor had my been. sold III the day
time except to people who could show
up satisfactorily. In other words. the
house was arranged, or packed, rs
Americans would say, in the interest Of
the successful performance OF the piece.
Rocheiort's fiery and mischievous paper
asserted next day that it was packed
bya "scrutm de lisie" IRON Berlin head
quarters in Paris, meaning the German
embassy. Be. the fact IS It may, the
piece passed OF with very little inter-
ruption on the inside and without
serious disturbance on the outside.
There was such stunning and over
powering display OF force that thousands
OF malcontcnts who were ripe for an
outbreak were simply appalled,. And
yet there were nearly twelve hundred
arrests that night.
ASH remarked, we could see one hun.
dred thousand people ut one time that
night at one or two points where we
stood at different times. Imagine how
all this vast throng looked under the
glare OF electric lights, making the
scene almost us light as day, and lending
a sort OF Alhambric or Aladin's lamp
wierdness to the panorama. 1t was the
scene Of 4 lifetime and VIC were glad
that we remained over 0 day to take it
in. One of,theE special features OF the
scene was the regular and slow moving
procession OF the immense omnibuses
that do the cheap passenger business OF
Paris. They would hive as many as
fifty people OH their tops that night, or
twice as many as they carried inside,
and they looked liked ships as they
moved through the immense mass OF
people. The Paris omnibuscs. always
drawn by three matched horses, hitched
abreast, are always something to sec,
day>or night, but thcy were really Il
sight to behold that night. A way was
kept open for them by the police, who,
when the concourse became too densely
congestcd, would open it with vim and
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