The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-04
Students Attack Prefecture of
Police and Palais de Justice.
The POLICE ARE REPuLsep.
Cavalry and Guards Suppress the
Fighting After Midnight.
1ns Lste Vice Admisai Tryon Said TO
Have Bees Derasged-swedish MIS-
sioasries Murdered In China-Arxsa-
sins's Cabinet Agais Rssigss.

fARlS. July S.--Oa SATURDAY. an affray
occurred between the police some OF the
students in the Latin quarter. The stu
dents determined 10 lay the facts before
the government, and when the deputies
met today to the number of Loco they
sought admission 10 the chamber. After
much rarleying ten of their numhe.
were admitted and accorded q hear
Ing. They stated the facts in the case and
urged the deputies to support motion
censuring the government, which 10 to be
offered by Millraud. In speaking on the
motion Milsraud maintained that the
police brutality assaulted innocent people.
Premier Dnpuy deprecated the discus
s'ons as premature, adding that stringent
inquiry into all tho facts Of the case would
be made. An order Of the day expressing
trust that the government would do its
best to punish the guilty officers was
hnally adopted BY the chamber.
Lovicc. prefect of police, has resigned
his office, because he believed the govern
ment disposed to make q scapcgoas OF h i'm
in the matter. but efforts are being made
to induce him to reconsider his resigna-
t.on.
At9:30 o'clock this evening 900 students
surrounded the prefecture Of police, ieered
the officials and threw stones through the
windows. While the police were prepar-
ing to charge. the mob upset all the booths
in the neighborhood and smashed the
street lamps. The charge of the
police was resisted stubbornly. The
students fought back with clubs and
stones. In the first onset several students
were wounded and two policemen we're
stretched unconscious on the pavements.
The second charge resulted in more in
juries on both sides but the students were
driven back but fifty or sixty yards. After
the third charge they repulsed the police.
The students marched singing and shout
ing to the Place st. Michael. The police
retired and . call tor cavalry was sent out
from the prefecture. Atl0:15 the students
are rioting in boulevard ST. Michael.
Lovice denied this evening that he had
resigned. The immediate cause of the
riots was the death Of Nueger. the clerk
who was injured mortaliy by the police in
an encounter with students on Saturday.
PARIS. July 4.-The cavalry was called out
to drive the students from the neighbor-
hood Of the Palais Dc Justice and the pre-
lecture Of police and returned to barracks
after the mob had retrsated 70 the Boule-
ward st. Germain. The mob then hurried
back along the Boulevard st. Michael
and across the bridge to tho boulevard de
Paiais. The students smashed the massive
doors Of the Palais do Justice and knocked
the glass out Of all the windows within
reach. The police fastened To the spot
and charged with drawn swords. The
rioters overcame them. tore the swords
from their hands and drove them
back. Several policemen were cut
severely with the swords and taken
to the hospitals. A dozen other police
men were also injured with clubs. The
Republican guards were called out at mid
night. when the students retreated down
the Boulevard St. Michael as the guards
approached, and disappeared shortly be-
fore O'Clock. Guards remain stationed at
the bridge to prevent the return of any
rioters to the Palais de Justice or the pre-
lecture OF police.
Intense excitement prevailed in tho
Latin quarter till after / O'Clock this
morning. The students and police fought
repeatedly. Fifteen policemen and many
students were injured seriously. The stu
dents upset the street booths and set fire
to them.