The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-15

ed in transferring him in safety to a
police station. There Francois was i'm
mediately examined and stated in re-
ply to queries that he was foreman in
the municipal office of works. The re-
vClver from which the two shots had
been fired was still in his possession.
1t was small weapon of the bulldog
pattern and its chambers still contain
ed undischarged blank cartridges.
Francois claimed that the two cart
ridges which he had discharged were
also blank and that his purpose in fir
ing them was simply to create a SEN
satioa, and thus call attention to his
grievances.
Another man named Boulant was al
SO arrested at the same time as Fran
co.'s. When the latter had fired at the
president and the crowd rushed at him
with a threatening aspect, Boulant
came to his defense, exclaiming: ''Well
done. That's the man for me-"
Upon the return from Longchamps
to the city after the review af the
troops was over, President Faure re-
ceived a tremendous ovation from the
people who lined the whole route anx-
1ous for glimpse Of the president
Loud cries of s'Vive le president" and
"Vive la republique," sounded from all
sides.
The full name of the man who at
found to be Eugene Marie Francois.
His record proves to be well known and
he has before been under the surveil-
lance of the police. He was dismissed
from his position as foreman of NUM-
ciral works in June for sending
THREATENING VERSES
to the president of the municipal coun-
ell. On June 29, he threw in the cham
beF of: deputies pamphlet entitled
Freedom Of Writing IN the Nineteenth
Century under Felix f." In this pamph-
let, he spoke of the abuses of the ad-
ministration and declared that at
tempts had been made to poison him
wherever he went
After the excitement of the sensat-
ional firing upon theq president had
somewhat subsided, the incident began
to be regarded as only the irresponsible
and harmless act of a mailman But
nevertheless several Of the ambassa-
dors of foreign powers and diplomats
called upon President Faure to offer
their felicitations and soverigns tele-
graphed their congratulations upon his
escape.
The heat throughout the day has been
sitting and proved most trying to the
troops that took part in the review
and parade, and to the thousands of
holiday makers who were celebrating
the national fete day. A balloon which
had been sent up as feature of the
celebration, hung motionless over the
city with not enough current of air to
drift 1t.
The members of the Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery company of Massa-
chusetts who are in the city did not
venture to attend the review on account
of the heat. Many soldiers fell in the
ranks during the day from sunstroke.
AS the troops traversed the streets
upon their return after the review, it
was evident that they had suffered
terribly. Many were exhausted and lag
ged YEARLY behind. All the ambulance
wagons were full. Directly a halt was
called, large numbers of soldiers rushed
into the houses to get a drink of water.
Many dipped their handkerchiefs into
the pools in the streets to cool their
brows.
1t is though probable that today's
experience will induce the authorities
to adopt the suggestion, urged for
years in the press, to hold the review
of troops on July IA, in the morning,
in order to avoid needless suffering