The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-14
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bomb WINS Exploded Nrnr rrcsi
dent EHurc of France,


Paris, June i3.--An attempt wHs mado
today to RSsassinnte Felix Faure. president
OF tho French republic, while he was en-
route TO Leng Champs to witness the
Grand rriN. While NJ Faurc's carriage
was passing Il thoLet near La Cascade
restaurant In tho luis do Dolougno, u
bomb which Subsequently proved TO be II
piece O, tubing about DIX inches LONG and
mo inches IN diameter with a thielsneer
of halt an Inch chatged with powder aud
Hwanshot--oSpicded. No one VAS injured
by the explosion.
man in the crowd suspected as the
prime mover. Was arrested, lie gave HIS
name as Gale, and made only the brcfcsl
replies to duohlions put 10 hnN by the
| police.
Gale, said that lie had no occupation.
! but resided az l.o Nallors pewet. The
! police are making a thorough search OF
! hia lodgings lie IA believed To be lusanc
/ for ho shouted ns the carriage passed
! along, go loud AR 10 attract general at
trnton ia the crowd Tho police have
also made another arrest, In ihiA ease
youth hut 1t IL thought tho actual cul-
! ptit has escaped
| The news aprrad like wildhrc through
| The city, and when NJ. Fauro returned to
| the Nlyacu the streets along The route
whore II was known he would drive were
crowded with people who uhecrei him
| YocfCruuhy.
IT. waE lrst reported that tho would-bo
ahHnasin wac young man about % years
old. who stood In the crowd a hundred
| ycafds or more from the race course and
| disobarred pistol m Nj tnuro an be
| drove mp TO the entrance. and there was
a Huhscqneni report that both pistol and
| bomb were used. Hut the police now be-
| lirvc that the supposed pistol shot MAS
H.. 1...Usa
was clumhlly made aftair. 10 which II
piece Of fuss was attached. which was
probably lighted by paper fastened IN
tho end OF a siiCk pH soon rs The head
OF the procession cnmo into View. The
presumption 10 that at the moment the
fuse was lighted the culprit Ned and In
any case tbs bomb could not have done
much harm.
In the thickct whore the police found the
remnants of the bomb they found also u
pocket pislol. upon which were engraved
the words Mort FELIX 'hurc' and the
names Alsaco Lorraine aud Cologne. Near
the pistol was small dagger
Hearing u aimilar threatening insnrlp-
tiuu and a few feet AWAY. the police found
It newspaper with n cartoon grossly Ia
sulting to the president THE contniuch
~ offensive inscription limiting ~ me
Irxrcution ~ N Faurr. Several persons
hayo stated TO the police that the moment
tho explosion occurred niau was seen to
run pwiftly into tho thickct but reports
of this character arc ilkcly 90 bc mere
conjecture, Tho correspondent 0f the AZ
AoolHtcd prosH had nm interview With nm
official who ives riding with NJ faurc
lie said when tho report was henrd
a dense cloud Of smoke rose from the
uIickot aud there wae CONSERVATION until
70 was found that no one had been injured
Thu police sprang forward, but found the
.l..t a al g. "a, N
Of tho policemen holding thc bomb they
Jumped to the conclusion that no was The
pprpcirntor OF the outrage ANA handled
him roughly clubbing him with heavy
walking sticks ana umbrellas until his
comrades rrscuod him, bndly bruised and
covered with blood. Tho Presidents cor
teKo thon proceeded 10 tho race conrpe."
Todny's ATTEMPT on the Mo Of NJ Faure
was made on the very spot whclo BorNsow.
flgy tried 10 shoot tho ear while driving
80 the military review at Long Champs ~
1867 ana whore Francois. n luni'ic. Fred
his revolver at NJ. Faurc ON July II lngt
II Is u curious fari that yrsiri lay tho
fMlio Rcuublidue Franchise puhilrhcd
statement declaring that tho rollrn Nrfo
busy organizing an incident for VI. fiuro'R
,iit 10 nuan suggesting that q limhle
clnwn would be dressed In rags ard Jump
w ON the stems Of The PRESIDENTS cnrrlnge,
bran1lshing h0mlodai weapon.
~ II gcucrally believed the act was that
nf mndm0u rather than that Of con-
luiIHipr
The pistol found b, tho police was load d
cd. hut was Of TOO small calibsr 10 be
dangerous,
Paris. Juno 1.-THE police msfo three
arrests yortnrday afternoon on suspicion
of completely In the bomb explosion, among
them hoins two brothers, Galbet and
lauvn Galnicr They were closely q,lea-
toned by NJ 'rhaln, the examining magls
irat1, but az they gayo satisfactory so-
counts of themselves and their movements,
they were released about midnight.