Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-08-19


Paris. August 1S-The departure Of
president Fsure on his visit to the Car
Al st. Petersburg was marked by a
scene Of great excitement, accompanied
by the circulation of the widest kind
Of rumors. After his departure a bomb
exploded along the route the President
had followed, and although no damage
was done and in spite Of the fact that
nobody was hurt, the most intense ex-
element prevailed for a long time, and
reports had it that those who exploded
the bomb had intended an outrage OF q
more serious nature.
The President received an ovation
from the public when he started on his
Journey TO Russia, large crowds of peO-
pie lining the route from the Elysee
palace to the railway station, and greet
ing the President with enthusiastic
cries of "Viva Ia RepubliQue, viva Ia
Russia. viva Faure. Ten minutes az
Ter the Presidents departure, while the
crowds were returning along the route
traversed by NJ Faure. q bomb eXplOd-
and the Rue Lafayette, in front Of the
restaurant Duval.
The explosion caused a panic in the
neighbOrhOOd and all sorts of wild
stories were circulated based on the
statements attributed TO anarchists
that their next effort would be an at
tempt upon the life Of President Faure.
Upon investigation by the police, how
ever. it developed that The explosion
caused but little damage and that no
body was hurt. The bomb was of cylin-
drIcal form, was covered with yellow
paper and appears to have contained a
black substance, possibly coarse gun
powder, mixed with large headed nails
similar to those usually found in the
roughly constructed internal machine
used by the less intelligent class OF an
srchists. Fragments Of the bomb were
taken to the prefecture of police, where
they were submitted TO an examination
upon the part of experts, who pro-
nounced the bomb to have been a COM
paratively harmless affair. The coin
cidence of the explosion of the bomb
along the route so recently followed by
the President was the subject OF con-
siderable comment, and an official in
vestigation of the affair is In progress.
Later in the day the officials OF the
PREFECTURE Of police who had been in
vestgating the fragments of the bomb
declared that it had consisted of an iron
tube. 80 centimetreS long and five CEN
timetreS in diameter. 1t was placed in
an empty store, close TO the corner Of
the Boulevard Magenta and the Rue
Lafayette. Some of the nails contained
in it were thrown q few feet on TO the
Sidewalk. Scraps OF paper were fOunG
about the scene Of the explosion, in
scribed:: "Viva La Liberia" and Viva
La BOlogne" apparently indicating
that the author Of The explosion to-day
was the same individual who caused
the recent explosions in the Bots de BO-
lOugne and on the Place de la Con-
cOrde.
President Faure was accompanied on
his way to Russia by NJ. HanOtauX,
the Minister Off Foreign Affairs, and
by Admiral BOsDard, the Minister OF
Marine.
The Presidential party, according to
the official programme, will leave Dun
kirk this afternoon on board the
# IEnNu Mol ouAp OlAutAN. 1 AlD 4etNNNA
will be escorted to Russia by the
French warships BruiX and Surcouf
and will arrive at Corustadt next Mon
day morning. The French President
will be received by the Car in the
CrCnstadt roads The first day Of NJ.
Faure's visit to Russia will be devoted
20 his reception at CrOustadt and at
Peterhof to the exchange of official
visits, a banquet at the PeterhOf Pal
ace and a gala performance at the
Imperial Theater
On Tuesday, August oath. the Car
and his guest will start TO St Peters
burg. There the French President Will
be welcomed by the municipality Of
St. Petersburg and will receive in au-
dience delegations from the municipal
tiles Of the principal cities of the Rus
sian Empire. The President will also
on Tuesday, lay the cornerstone Of
the new French hospital, and in the
evening NJ Faure will preside at q
banquet which he will give at the
French Embassy in honor of the Gar
On Wednesday, August %, President
Faure will be present at a grand re-
view on the parade ground of the
Krasnoe-Selo camp. The review will
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