The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-01
FAURE IS A MARKED MAN
BUNGLING ATTEMPT AT ASSASSiN-A-
 TION IN PARIS.

It Was During the Presidents Triumphal
 Entry Into the City From His Russian
 sisted of an Iron Tube Filled With Ex-
 plosives and Loaded With Nails.
 Paris, Aug. 31.-President Faure ar- rived at the Northern railroad station from Dunllirk at 6 o'clock this even ing He was received there by the president of the chamber of deputies, M. Brisson; the president of the senate, M. Loubet; the general in command of the Paris garrison and his staff, and the municipal councillors. After listen- ing to short speeches of welcome, the president entered a landau and pro- ceeded to tAe Elysee palace, by way of the Rue Lafayette, the Opera, the Madeleine and the Place de la Concorde Enormous crowds of people lined the route and the president was warmly acclaimed. All the balconies were filled with spectators, and the waving of handkerchiefs and flags was to be seen on all sides.
 Ten minutes after the president had passed the Madeleine, bomb was ex- ploded inside the railings around the church. Two arrests followed imme- diately, and the railed enclosure was closed by the police, who began an ac- tive investigation into the outrage.
 Nobody was injured by the explosion, but the affair following so closely upon others of a similar nature caused great excitement.
 All the persons inside the railings of the Madeleine were minutely examined by the police before they were allowed to leave
 The fragments of the bomb found by the police resembled the one found in the Bos de Boulogne on June 13 last, and on the Place de la Concorde on June 16 last It consisted of an iron tube filled with an explosive and load ed with nails.
 By noon to-day the streets in the vii cinity of the route to be followed by President Faure from the railroad sta ton to the Elysee palace on his return from Russia, via Dunkirk, began to fill with people and presented a scene of great animation. The majority of the stores were closed and the houses and public buildings were more pro- fusely decorated with flags than upon the occasion of the national holiday, July 14 Deputations from the different patriotic societies placed garlands at the foot of the Strasburg statue on the Place de la Concorde and Te Deum was chanted in the Basilica of the Sacre Occur, Mgr. Clari, the papal nun cio, officiating
 The Place de Opera, which was rich ly decorated, was especially thronged with people. On it large platform was erected and upon this platform were assembled the members of the committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris, which had ar ranged the decorations and which had been commissioned to welcome the president back from Russia The pres ident, who was accompanied by the pre- mier, M. Moline, and Generals Hagron and Fredercks, left his carriage on reaching this platform and ascended the steps leading to it. There, the chairman of the committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry read the following address to the pres- ident:
 ''All Frenchmen feel the same patriot ic joy at the homage rendered you in Russia and at the solemn conservation of the alliance made for the mainte- nance of peace. The Chamber of Com- merce and Industry is deeply grateful for this and we rejoice especially be- cause all our fellow citizens will par | take in the prosperity which we are entitled to anticipate from it. Peace Is our dearest wish, and in accomplishing your just reward.
 The president then re-entered his car riage and drove towards the Elysee palace.
 The streets tonight were brilliantly illuminated, dense masses of people thronging the principal boulevards Numerous bands continued playing for hours in front of the cafes.
 President Faure gave a banquet to all of the ministers at the EIyssee. Telegrams were received from the prin- cipal towns announcing that fetes were in full swing in various portions of the republic. Cries of "Vive la France!'' "Vive la Russia!" and Vive PAlliance,' were heard everywhere.
 At the prefecture of police the bomb explosion of to-day is not attributed to anarchists, but it is rather believed to be the work of the lunatic who was re- sponsible for previous similar affairs. All of the persons arrested for SUD- posed complicity in the explosion have