The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-20
ANARCHISTS AGAIN.
Bomb Exploded In a Paris
e1-Three Persons
Injured.
TWO OTHER ATTEMPTS.
Circular Issued By the Commune
ist-Anarchists to the
Proletariat.
By Gable to the United Press.

2 PARIS, FEB. ~, ISJ4.-A D0mD exploded
at about two o'clock this morning in q small
hotel, No. SO Rue st. jacques. The: hotel Is
situated in the rear of the College Of France.
The proprietress of the place, woman
named Calabresi, and two lodgers were in
jured Yesterday afternoon two strangers,
one of whom gave his name as Rairique,
inquired for apartme nts in the hotel. They
were shown a room ON the second floor,
which they declared satisfied them, and
they engaged it. They spent a short time in
the room and then left, remarking casually
as they passed out that they would be back
in the evening. They did not return, how
ever, and Madame Calabresi, who had be-
come slightly suspicious of her new lodgers
went to their room to see if they had
was alarmed by seeing bomb lying ON
shelf in the room. Without waiting to ex-
anime it she ran from the room and imme-
diately sent for the police.
THE BOMB ExPLoDES,
While awaiting the coming of the officers
Madame Calabresi told two of her dodgers of
her discovery, and in company with them
was opened there was terrific explosion,
which made wreck of the room and every
thing in it. Every window pane in the house
was blown into atoms.
The landladly and the two dodgers with
her were badly injured. Had they time to
enter the room there IS no question but that
they would have been killed.
Notwithstanding the early hour the news
of the outrage spread, and the streets IN the
vicinity were soon swarming with people.
The greatest excitement prevailed.
The police arrived promptly, and Gordon
was established about the hotel, through
which nobody save officials was allowed to
pass.
MANY THEORIES.
There are three theories to account for
the explosion. One is that the bomb had q
time fuse attached to it, though, so far as
can be learned, no smoke was seen ascending
from anywhere in the vicinity of the bomb.
Another is that the bomb contained some
acid solution that soaked through cotton or
other material until it reached the explosive
in the bottom of the internal machine. The
third theory is that the opening of the door
destroyed the equilibrium of the bomb,
which, toppling over, fell to the floor. ex-
ploding by conclusion.
As yet the police have not the slightest
clue to the identity of the miscreants who
placed the bomb in the room.
TWO OTHER ATTEMPTS.
The excitement caused by this outrage was
added to when it was learned this forenoon
that an attempt had been made to blow up
or, at least, Injure the handsome buildings
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the
Quai dOrsay. A metal tube was found lying
at the entrance of the Foreign Office, which,
it was suspected. was loaded with dynamite.
The tube was turned over to the police, who
will have its contents examined.
A bomb similar to the one that exploded
in the hotel at No. SO Rue st. Jacques was
discovered in another small hotel at No. AZ
Faubourg st. Martin. Fortunately, the
latter bomb was found and safely removed
before any damage had been done. 1t is be-
Geved, and all the evidence thus far secured,
points to the conclusion that the two men
who caused the outrage at the first men
toned hotel were carrying out plot to
cause explosions in different parts of the
city A close search will be made of all the
hotels, large and small, to see if the men
have left bombs in any other of them.
HOTELS SUFFERING.
The hotels are already sufferers from the
scare caused by the Anarchists, and it is
probable that this latest demonstration of
the willingness of the Anarchists to spread
the propaganda by the actn will cause
further falling off in their receipts.
The police are at their wits end to dis
cover the perpetrators of the Rue st.
Jacques outrage. The people are beginning
to lose confidence in the authorities being
able to put an end to Anarchists crimes. It
was only yesterday that donnie iliary visits
were made to one hundred and fifty houses
occupied by Anarchists, and the net result
was the seizure of a lot of literature, but no
explosives. This fact, taken in connection
with this mornings explosion, is thought by
the general public to indicate that the police
are powerlesS to prevent the Anarchists
from manufacturing and using explosives.