Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-15

Inc Machine Was Left Window
Ledge opposite the RssIdence of Magis-
trats Athalin-A Porter Threw It into
the street aud a Terrific Explosion +
lowed
PARIS, January IA bomb
sion occurred about midnight IL ont
of No. 90 Rue MOnceau aad is believed
20 htve been the work of anarchists.
Nobody was killed, but cOnSidersf
damage was done 10 the vicinity. Tue
bomb is described as being of the re-
versi0le sort, chiefly charged with dyn-
amite, packed In gunpOwder and con-
cealed 10 a English tin cracker box,
strengthened by a thick band of alumni
NUN. In other respects the bomb is
said 70 have been charged and pre- pared
IN manner similar TO the one used by
valiant Ia the Chamber of Deputies.
The police have no clue TO the cul-
prit, although some policemen on duty
no adjacent streets saw man running
away a short time previous 10 the ex-
p0sion. ln spite OF this fact the police
men seem TO have made little or no ef-
fort 70 stop the man, who got away
safely. The police maintain the usual
reticence, making ii probably more diff
cult 20 trace the matter. 1t appears,
however, that porter on duty at No.
65 Rue MOGceau, just before midnight
was Informed by a passer-by that a sus-
DiciouS-looking parcel had been placed
on the window ledge OF the ground
floor. The porter went 10 the spot aud
seizing the package hurled 1t into the
middle OF the street. A terrific eXDlo-
sion followed and showers OF shot were
hurled in all directions, breaking all the
windows In the vicinity, although they
were protected by strong wooden shut
ters.
Following the explosion there was a
panic in the neigh0OrhOOd, particularly
among the people residing in the imme-
diate vicinity OF Nos. 65 and 63 Rue
MOnCeau. The latter house was for
meriy ths residence Of Prince Victor
Napoleon and its front was considera-
bly damaged.
The explosion caused strong force
OF police 10 gather from all sides, and
the Rue Monceau was soon ths centre
OF attraction for crowds of people. But
order was sooh restored aud the inha0-
itants re-eutered their homes The ex-
posion threw several large paving
stones into the middle of the roadway,
blew the corners of the pavement, and
strewed the street with broken glass.
Holes were made in the stoneworS OF
several houses.
The porter, il appears, was warned
by a valet who was returning home
and who noticed the parcel on the win
dow ledge. 10 an interview, the valet
is Quoted as saying that when be saw
the tin box on the window ledge he hur-
riedly entered the house and Informed
the porter that there was an extraordi-
nary parcel on the window. The por-
Ter fastened out into the street, took
the box aud thew IL as far as he could.
| Tue two men then entered the house
and closed the door. a moment later
! there was a tremendous report, as LOUD
as IL cannon had been fired In the
| street. Neither Of ithe men noticed a
fuse attached 10 tue box. The police
express tae opinion that the explosion
was directed against NJ. Athalin, the
magistrate who conducted the Inquiries
into the outrages committed by, RaYa-
cbo. aud other Anarchists, VINO lives
10 the Rue NerZe,ay. facing the scene
Of the explosion.
q Tue chief Of the municipal labora-
tory examined the scene OF the explo-
sion, and 10 is said that he is inclined TO
= think the explosion was more in the
nature Of a dangerous joke than an an-
archist outrage. he is reported TO have
ascertained that the bomb contained no
projectiies, and that il was apparently
only charged with gunBowder. The
windows broken are also said TO have
been broken by concussiOn Of the air
and by fragments OF the box, and not
by shot or bullets. The machine, it is
added, was made to explode on contact
with the around.