The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-08-19

PRINCE kRAPOTkIN.
And not Paris only. At Lyons wholesale
arrests have been made, and in all French
cities the police are very active. In every
part of Europe a grand hunt is in progress,
anarchists by the score have been arrested
and even conservative England is taking
measures which seem despotic, measures
only employed in times of revolution and
foreign war combined. The capital of
Venezuela and Buenos Ayres have also
been the scenes of dynamite outrages.
Thus far it is believed that no innocent
person has suffered in France, but in the
border districts of Russia Germany and
other countries a regular reign of terror
prevails.
The worst explosion in Paris was in the
Rue Clichy, the design being to intimidate
the public prosecutor, M. Bulot. Thanks
10 the shrewdness of a newspaper reporter,
the police obtained full description of the
alleged perpetrator. They at once recog-
nized it as that of one Ravachol, who had
been tried for murder and acquitted A
few days later he was breakfasting ut n
wine shop where, as reported, a waiter
recognized him and called the police A
desperate struggle followed
Six policemen threw themselves upon
Ravachol and again and again he beat them
he could draw his pistol they were upon
him again. Not till he was beaten helpless
did he cease to scream give ranarchie,"
and curse the governments. Extraordinary
rewards were paid. Even the proprietor
of the wine shop received COO francs and
the waiter a handsome sum, while the
policemen got medals and their chief the
ribbon of the Legion of Honor. 1t has
since been proved that Ravachol is pro
fessional murderer, and at least dozen
horrible crimes have been traced to him by
confessions of his accomplices.
Meanwhile in England the trial of the
six anarchists at the Staffordshire assizes
was suddenly made intensely sensational
by the confession Of one Of the prisoners.
lie declared that the captured bombs were
intended for use in Russia, but the au-
thorities did not feel sure that BrtaiR's
enemies would not use them, especially as
a paper was captured containing minute
directions for blowing up theaters, hotels
railway stations and military magazines
Stringent orders were issued to the Gus
toms officials to search the baggage of all
Lou btful passengers with the utmost care,
and all the fugitives from France are to be
regarded as dangerous until the contrary
is proved.
All this excitement Gwakcns interest in
Prince Krapotkin, alleged chief of the Rus
sian nihilists, who, as usual, is not to be
found when the officials most want to see
him. Ills statement that dynamite is to
be used plentifully henceforth, and that
the social revolution has begun, is dated
from Paris, but this does not necessarily
mean that he is there For some time he
I lived quietly and without concealment at
llarrow-On- the-Hnl, near London, and no
man in England looked less like a bomb
thrower He is about forty years old, has
a peculiarly mild and benevolent look, and
is devoted to his wife and daughter. Rus
sia's eagerness to capture him caused Eng
land some embarrassment, and n strong
pressure was brought on Secretary Rayard
Mt Washington to secure an cXtradition
treaty which would cover his case and sim
liar ones.
\ There is no knowing how many arrests
have been made, but they number hun
dreds in France alone. Some thirty prom
inent anarchists are in prison in Paris, and
forty others were released on condition OF
immediate departure. They started for
England, and that fact being telegraphcd
to London, forty Scotland Yard detectives
were Immediately detailed to shadow them
from the moment of their landing Even
Chicago is slightly excited hut the police
declare that no bombs have been made
there since the IIaymarket anarchists were
hanged Experts in Paris have decided
that melinite was the material used in the
RavachOl bombs, but the police have cap
tured large quantities of dynamite and
tools and materials for making it up. After
oil this it seems like a bad joke to read in
the Paris papers mild expressions of fear
that the explosions will affect the Easter
festival, and assurances that foreigners
will he perfectly safe in Paris.