The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-15
BOMB EXPLODED.
Dastardly Act of a French An
arcliSt.
MOST STARTLING CRIME.
Tie Throws q Dynamite Bomb In the
French Chamber of Deputies,
Wounding Scores OF
Persons

PARIS, Dec 11.-A bomb was thrown
in the chamber of deputies Saturday
afternoon without fatalities, though
many persons were badly wounded.
The usual number of members present
when no matter of great Importance is
to be considered were in their seats.
and the business of the house was pro-
ceeding sleepily. The galleries con-
tanned a number of visitors including
some ladies, who watched the proceed
ings with little interest
In the gallery above the benches oc-
cupied by the members of the right
were n number of strangers, none of
whom had attracted any attention
when they entered the gallery. In the
course of business of the house the
election of NJ. Micrman came up for
discussion. NJ. Mierman had been
speaking and had just descended to his
seat when a man in the gallery threw
a bomb toward the floor of the house.
The bomb must have had time fuse
attached to it, for as it passed the head
of Prof. Lemiere, deputy for Haze
bruck, it exploded with n terrific re-
port
A dense cloud of dust and smoke as
cended, shutting out from view for
time those sitting in the body of the
house. For singl, instant the house
was perfectly quiet, and then, the
members and others realizing what
had occurred, there was the widest ex-
element
The officers detailed to guard the
chamber were the first to regain their
senses They at once shut the doors
leading to the chamber to prevent the
escape of the bomb thrower. The peo-
pie in the galleries fled, fearing that
other bombs would be thrown. They
were in state bordering on frenzy
and almost fell over each other in their
wild but futile haste to get out of the
building. One lady, who, it was subse-
quently learned, was an American, had
been hit on the forehead by piece of
the casing of the bomb, and she fled
with blood streaming over her face.
On the floor of the house the excite
ment was fully as great as that in the
galleries. Many of the members
rushed for the exits, fearing every mo-
ment to hear another explosion
NJ. Dupuy, the president of the cham
ber was apparently the coolest mansin
the chamber. Two ladies, besides the
American in the lower gallery, were
injured. A man sitting beside the
bomb thrower was also wounded The
deputies wounded were: Prof Able
Lemiere. Count Paul Henri Lanjuinas
and NJ Leffel.
Prof. Lemiere is Catholic socialist
He was elected to represent the First
district of Hazebruck, and this is his
first term of service in the chamber of
deputies.
Count Paul Henri Lanjuinas has been
a member since 1889. lie sits for Nor
bihan.
NJ. Leffel is republican. He was
born in 1889. is an ex-lieutenant of the
navy and sits for Chinon.
The excitement among the members,
wild though it was, did not last hong.
The wounded were taken to committee
rooms and medical assistance was
hastily summoned to assist them.
While this was being done some of the
reporters plChtu lrOiu ILc HOOT VI Cllc
house bits of metal and number of
horseshoe nails that had furnished part
of the contents of the bomb.
Opposite the gallery from which the
bomb was thrown is the gallery devot-
ed to the use of foreign representatives.
A number of them who We're in the
gallery said they first thought when
they heard the explosion that some one
had discharged a revolver on the floor of
the chamber. The report was so loud
and the fash of light SO brilliant. how
ever, that they were quickly convinced
of their mistake: The dust raised by
the explosion was SO thick that the
clothing of everybody in the chamb er
presented an asiy appearance.
Up to Saturday evening fifty wounded
persons had passed through the hands
of DIR. Blet alone. Altogether there are
over eighty persons wounded
NJ. Meyer. the judge d'instruction,
has charge of the examination of the
persons arrested on suspicion of being
implicated in the outrage.