St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-29
A SURPRISE FOR WILLIE.
INTERNAL MACHINE SENT TO THE
EMPEROR or GERMANY.
DETECTIVES HARD AT WORK
French Government Has offered
Assistance i'm Tracing the Grim
inals-The Innocent Letter Sent
to Caprivi-Attempts on Lives
of the Noted Rulers the Work
of Disappointed Politicians.

BERLIN, Nov. 2s.-It now appears
that Emperor William on Saturday last
also received an Internal machine from
Orleans similar to the one which was
sent to Chancellor Won Caprivi. The.
internal machine sent to the emperor
was accompanied by letter; both ma
chine and letter were delivered at the
office of the emperor's civil cabinet,
where some of the employees became
suspicious of the contents of the box.
accidentally discovering its real nature,
and soon managed to render it harmless.
Emperor William has not yet been In
formed of the fact that all Internal ma
chine was sent to Chancellor Won Capri
vi, and consequently it is believed that
the fact that al internal machine was
sent TO him as we'll as to the chancellor,
has not been communicated 10 the
emperor.
The French government has promised
the utmost assistance in tracing the
persons concerned in sending the in
fernal machines. An experienced po-
lltical detective, Hontausch. is investl-
eating the case, but up to the time this
dispatch was sent no clues have yet
been found leading TO the identity of
THE CRIMINALS.
As in the case of the internal ma
chimes sent TO Emperor William. the
concealed explosive seLt to the chancel-
lor was accompanied by letter written
in a free, bold hand, covering page
and an eighth.
From the postmarks it was judged that
both machines and both letters came
from the town of Orleans, in France,
and the police of that place are in act
i've communication with the authorities
of this city, and are doing their utmost
to discover the identity of the person or
persons who forwarded the dangerous
packages to Berlin.
Chancellor Won Caprivi's internal ma
chine proved to be similar to the one
which was exploded at Spandau last
summer.
The letter which accompanied the
INFENAL MACHINE
which was sent to Chancellor Won Ca
priv read as follows:
Il have the honor to forward you
pics VI oil dStOIliSuIilS hIiQ VI
ish seed, which is usually sown in De-
cember and gathered in February. This
kind is not affected by frost.
Receive. sir, the assurance OF my
perfect consideration.
&c. DECHANTEAU,
''17 Rue Boulogne, Orleans"
The letter sent to Emperor William
with the internal machine intended for
him had the same contents as the one
addressed to Chancellor Won CaprIvi. Il
has been ascertained that the address
given by "Dechanteau" is false. The
supposition that the sending of the two
internal machines was the work of a
crank is now abandoned, and it is be-
lIeved that the attempts upon the life Of
the emperor and upon the life of the
chancellor were due to Chauvinists, who
are disappointed at the slow working of
the Franco-Russion entente, and who
decided to take revenge in their own
hands. The finding of the two Internal
machines has caused but little excite
ment in Berlin, as it is well known that
the emperor and the chancellor never
open boxes or other such articles that
may be sent to them, that task falling
upon others, who are always on the
lookout for presents similar to the ones
| recently sent to the emperor and to the
chancellor.
The internal machine sent to the en-
! peror was contained i'll a wooden box
| similar to those used for dominoes. AT
one end of the box, near the bottom,
was fixed brass case filed with nitro.
glycerIne. The explosive was con-
nected through an aperture in the bot
tom, with an ordinary percussion cap.
The box was filled in with loose gun
| powder. As the appearance of the box
excited suspicion it was handed over to
the chief of police, who had ii
opened by guusmith. The lat
ter says he is of opinion that even
| if he had opened the box as the
senders had intended, an explosion
would not have been inevitable. as,
owing to the weakness of the elastic
bands, which were part of the ma
chine, the detonator would not have
struck the cap with sufficient force to
explode it.
PARIS, Nov. ga telegram from Or.
leans, from which place the internal
machines and letters accompany them
were sent to Emperor William and The
German chancellor, says that anarchist
placards have recently been posted
there. and, it is alleged, that the work
was done by German anarchists. II is
surmiSed that the persons who posted
the placards were also guilty of sendins
the machines to Emperor William anC
Chancellor Caprivi. Diligent inquire:
have been made at the various transit
agencies at Orleans. but so far no trace
has been discovered of the persons whit
forwarded the dangerous boxes to Ger
many.