New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-08
ANOTHER BOMB SCARE N PARIS.

AN INTERNAL. MACHINE WITH PARTIALLY
BURNED FUSE FOUND ~ THE MA
TIoNAL PRINTING HOUSE
Paris Sept IA bomb. with a partially burned
fuse attached was found yesterday upon window
ledge OF the Municipal Library. in the Temple guar
ter The bomb was taken TO the pubic Iapor"torI'
where II IA being examined
This dispatch refers to the Imprimerie Rationale
or Government Printing Oflce. and not to the MI
nicpal Library. which II not situated In the Tenn
pie quarter but In the city Hall OF Paris In easy
roach OF the Municipal Councillors Aldermen OF
the capital and of the General Councillors OF the
Department OF the Seine. who hold their slttngs IN
the city Hall the Hotel de VILE. built three CEN
turtles ago By the famous architect Bocardor'
burned during the Commune, In May, lsn' ana re-
built later on the original plans. In the street
Vie,lle Du Temple. parallel TO the other street
named Rue du Temple. there is. not far from the
Hotel de Vile a building called the 1mprimere
Rationale where official documents are printed eN-
clusively, under the supervision or Government
official There is Just beyond the porte cocherc OF
the ancient building a guardhouse. 1t was there
that on the fatal nigh, OF December = lsoi' LOUIS
Saooleon caused to be printed the proclamation
which was TO be posted along the streets at dawn
and which Informed the Parisians that the Presl-
dent had tern our the Republican Constitution, Vio-
lated his oath Of office. and was 10 prelude through
the massacre OF the population. to the greater
hoo NJ Sedan and the frdncO-rerHldl wal
on that sadly historical night the compositors anu
prlnters at the Imprmerie Rationale had been Kept
under lock and key during the afternoon; ana each
compositor was furnished With disconnected lines
Of COPY SO that he could not know the run OF the
lines he was setting, under the eyes OF ponce
agents and soldiers. who were posted at the she
OF each composing case 49,. ~, -. x
1t is fortunate that the bomb ala ho' tx
Mode I'm the building OF the lmprimerle Natohaie,
Tor many important and historical documents kept
there might have been destroyed The sudden ire
ouency OF those unsuccessful dynamite attempts at
Paris has caused some papers there TO express the
oplnion that they are purely police manoeuVres'
They saw that the Government. being rather unpop-
ular on account OF the Malaga scar expedition, lhe
scandals of the raj roads of the south and the useless
fruits OF the undgniAed visit OF the French Meet al
the German Kiei celebration. would Ike to divert
cen ira tod upon about the criminal schemes OF
revolutionary parties They recall that Napoleon
III used similar tictcs. his police having invented
the famous conspiracy known under the name OF
the Bombs Lepet" In 1870 The French people
were afraid OF seeing his dynasty destroyed, ana or
being compelled 10 make leap In the dark; ana
the natlra. sentiment Of conservatism caused them
To give 100000 votes in favor OF a pehscituTn
which proclaimed their loyalty and confidence in
the Emperor or his successor. Just five months De
fore the Sedan catastrophe.
In order 10 support their increduity In regard 10
the genuine character OF the recent dynamite at
tempts. some Of the Paris papers observe that the
Internal machines lately seized were relatively IN
offensive, while those used by Ravachol. valiant
Paumels and Emile Henry had proved to be very
destructive