New-York tribune., 1897-08-19
PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS on NJ. FACRES LIFE

PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS on NJ FAURE's LIFE
MANY EXPLOSIONS ATTRIBUTED TO THE An
AECHIsTs NONE OF THEM SERIOUS
Paris Aug. 1S-The bomb explosion here to-
day recalls the previous attempts on the life OF
the French President An explosion in the Bois
dc Boulogne occurred on Sunday, June l3 last,
while President Faure was on his way to Long
champs to witness the race for the Grand frlX.
While the Presidents carriage was passing a
thcket near the Restaurant de la Cascade' d
bomb which subsequently proved to DE piece
OF iron tubing about six inches long ana wv
inches in diameter charged with powder and
swanshot, was exploded. Nobody was injured
by the explosion, but the affair caused great
excitement at the time. as II was believed that
an attempt had been made to assassinate the
President. The general opinion. however. which
prevailed was that il was nothing more than the
work of dangerous crank who had no real
intentions Of trying to murder NJ. Faure. In the
thicket near the Restaurant de la Cascade the
police found the remnants of a bomb and a
pistol. which. however. was of too small q call
bre to make il dangerous weapon. on the
pistol were engraved the words: Mort Felix
Faure" c'Dcath TO Felix Faure"D and the
words "Alsace-Lorraine" and cologne Near
the pistol small. but not dangerous: dag
ger bearing "A similar threatening inscription n
few feet away from these weapons the ponce
sulting To the President and containing an OF
fensive inscription limiting at the killing ot the
President \ man named Gallet was arrested
near the scene of the explosion IN the Bos dc
Boulogne. but he turned out to be harmless
crank and was eventually released. Other ar
rests with similar result were made.
This alleged attempt on the life Of President
Faure was made on the very spot where man
named Berezowsky tried To shoot the Car in
1861, while the latter was driving to the mill
tary review held in his honor at Longchamps.
and where lunatic named Francois, on July
H. 1896. fired a revolver at President Faure.
The explosion on the Place de la Concorde, re-
ferred to by the Paris police as having been the
work Of the man who caused the explosion to-
day. occurred on June Ii last. An iron pot
loaded with scrap iron was exploded about one
hudred yards from the Strasburg Statue on the
Place de la Concorde. and did some injury to
the balustrade of the statue. The police round
blood spots the ground near the statue. and
obtained the description of two men who were
seen fleeing from the spot Immediately after the
explosion.
In the early morning Of June IS bomb
discovered at the Boulevard 81. Denis and the
Rue st. Denis, but the find was declared TO he
only a harmless hoax.
In the morning Of June 2S iron quart pot.
supposed to have been filled with an explosive
powder found near the Strasburg Statue.
The report had 1t that this another attempt
on the part Of Anarchists to cause an explosion
the Place de la Concorde but the official in
vestigation Of the affair showed that the sup
posed bomb was merely an iron pot filled with
sand.
Finally. on July 81 last, at the time originally
fixed for President Faures departure from Paris
for a vacation at his country villa near Havre,
man named lie Grand fired a revolver from the
central staircase Of the railroad station of St.
Lazare, where the President to embark for
Havre. The man arrested and declared
that he wanted to advertise his misery while the
President passing
While searching the houses OF number of
Anarchists at Marseilles. who were suspected OF
conspiring to cause an explosion. the police Of
that city on August ) last seized a large guam
tity Of explosives and secured evidence which
led 10 many arrests.
Felix Francois Faure was elected as sixth
President of the third French Republic on Jan
uary H. 1895. after the resignation Of NJ. Cast
mir Perier NJ. Faure is over fifty-siX years of
age. and his term should last seven years He
was born in Paris but has been more closely
identified with IIaVre. at which port he is
prominent shipOwner and merchant and for
merly president of the Chamber Of Commerce Of
Havre During the Franco-Prussian War he
was a chief OF battalion Of the Garde Mobile,
and led from Havre TO Paris body Of volun-
teers who assisted materially in putting down
the Commune. He began political life as
Deputy from Havre. and in 1851 was appointed
Under Secretary for the Colonies. In the Dupuy
Cabinet of May. 1881 he Minister of Ma
rinc arAl he held that portfolio when NJ. Casimir
Pcrcr became Premier.