The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-16

AN INTERNAL MACHINE
Attempt to Blow Up the
Residence of a French
General.
THE WORK OF A SOLDIER.
Though At First Thought To Have
Been Done By strikers
General Mathelin Luckily
Not At Heme.
THE WORK OF A SOLDIER.
Bv Cable to the United Press.

MARsEILLEs, Nov. 16, 1898. city
was thrown into a state bordering on
paEic last night by an attempt to blow
up the residence of General Mathelin,
Commander of the Fifteenth Army
Corps, whose headquarters is In Mar
settles. The house occupied by General
Mathelin IL surrounded by high walls.
and about the premises there are placed
sentry boxes. Sentries are constantly
pacing their posts, and no one is allowed
to approach the place unchallenged.
Notwithstanding these usual military
precautions. some one managed to pass
the sentries without suspicion aud placed
In the room in the house occupied by tbs
the orderlies some sort OF an internal
machine.
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
AT midnight the occupants OF the
house and everyone in tine viciuity wers
aroused by terrific explosion that shook
the houses to their foundations. Every
body rushed into the streets TO ascertain
the cause of the explosion, aud the streets
near the division headquarters were soon
filled with an excited Lbrong OF people.
many of whom were only partly dressed.
After the excitement had suoSided
somewhat the police. who were soon at
The house, made an investigation. Twas
found that the explosion had made a
breach in the walls. aud that large
quantity OF debris had been hurled
through the guards room. Though the
orderlies were In bed at the time none OF
them was hurt.
The windows of all the houses in the
| vicinity were smashed.
MANY LADIES FAINT.
| A ladies' school adjacent TO the head
| quarters sustained the most damage I.
| The scene here after the explosion was
| most excitiAg. All the Inmates OF the
school had retired, and when the explos-
| ion occurred they were thrown into
| state bordering on freuzy. Many Of the
| girls and women went into Mysteries ana
| medical assistance was REQUIRED TO re-
| store them to their senses.
| The police found the lid or q tia case.
/ that Is believed to have contained dyna.
| mite. They also found an unexploded
| bomb in the corridor of the Generals s
| residence. An Italian has been arrested
| on suspicion of being the author OF the
| outrage.
| General Mathelin was absent In Paris
| at ths time of the explosion.
| One of the sentry boxes close TO where
| the bomb had been placed was blown to
pieces.
WHO DID THE DEED
| Two men have bsen found who say
that they saw the man who committed
/ the outrage sitting on the steps &C the
| principal entrance to the building o
| short time before the explosion occurred.
The hunt for suspects is exciting much
| interest. 1t is thought by many persons
| that the outrage Is an outcome or the
| recent strike of tram car men here. Al
that time, soldiers were employed to pro-
| tect the company in running It's cars.
| and it Is believed that the explosion was
| caused by some revengeful striker,
| CONTENTS OF THE BOMB.
Experts have examined the contents OF
| the bomb found In the corridor. They
| say 1t contained gunpowder mixed with
sort of chlorate. The explosive was
contained in large meat can. The ex-
| lemporized bomb shows that it was made
| by some person not skilled in the manu-.
! facture OF explosives, and therefore Hoi
| an Anarchist. In some quarters 1t is sur
| missed that the explosion was caused by
| some malcontent soldier.