The herald., 1897-09-01
A MILITANT
ANARCHIST
Welcomes the President
to Paris
KNOWS HOW TO MAKE BOMBS
HOW TO MAKE BOMBS
BUT Is NOT A GOOD JUDGE OF
GASPIPE
The Thing Exploded All Right, But
the Tube Was Cracked-No
Harm Was Done
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PARIS, Aug. 31.-Presldent Faure ar
rived at the Northern railroad station
from Dunkirk at o'clock this evening
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 gar
rison, and his staff, the municipal coun-
cillors. After listening to short speech
OF welcome, the president entered Ian
dau and proceeded to Elysee palace by
way of the Rue la Lafayette, the Opera,
the Madeline, and the Place de Concord.
Enormous crowds greeted the presi
dent The balconies were filled with
spectators, and the waving Of handker-
chiefs and flags was to be seen on all
sides.
Three minutes after the president had
passed the Madeline a bomb was ex
ploded inside the railing around the
church. Arrests followed Immediately,
and the rallied field was closed by the po-
lice, who began an active investigation
lHlO LHc OulIdSC. 4NOOOQy was lAJAi SN
by the explosion, but the affair. following
so closely upon others Of a similar ma
ture, caused the greatest excitement.
The fragments Of the bomb found by
the police resemble those in the Bots de
Boulogne on June S0 last, and on the
Place de la Concorde on June 16. last.
II consisted of an iron tube filled with
explosives and loaded with nails.
| Whom procidarf Eauro 1aff Paris for
Dunkirk on his way to Russia on August
Is scene Of great excitement followed,
and ten minutes after his departure.
and while the crowds were returning
along the route followed by the president
bomb exploded at the Boulevard Ma
genta and the Rue de la Tayette in front
of the Restaurant Duval.
Scraps of paper were found around the
scene of the explosion inscribed "Vive
la Liberte!" and "Vive la Plonge!" SEEM
ngly pointing to the fact that author
Of the explosion Of August Is was tbs
same Individual who caused the explo-
sion in the Bots de Boulogne and on the
Place de la Concorde.
NJ Girard, the director Of the municipal
laboratory, who examined the remains
of the bomb, says he regards it as
serious attempt upon the part of mil
liant anarchist. The bomb was properly
constructed and would have caused
great damage, but that the tube was
cracked.
Subsequently the president attended
the municipal banquet given in his honor,
at which, replying to toast, he said:
by loyalty, by wisdom and political in
stinct, our democracy has restored
France to her rightful place among ma
tions, has reached the affections Of an
other people, and has founded on the
mutual aim of peace. the intimate union
of the two great nations, which consti-
tutes one Of the greatest events of the
end of the present century. l drink to
the prosperity of Dunkirk and to the
greatness of the fatherland."
The presidents remarks were greeted
with frantic applause and the military
bands in attendance played the Mar
seillaise and the Russian hymn. The
president and party started for Paris at
2 o'clock this afternoon.
At the prefecture of police the bomb
explosion is not attributed to anarchists,
but is rather believed to be the work Of a
lunatic who was responsible for similar
previous affairs. 1t is believed that the
men arrested for completely in the ex-
plosion today are innocent and all of
them have been released
A HEARTY WELCOME
PARIS, Aug. 31.-The reception of
President Faure upon the occasion Of his
return from Russia, after participating
in the arrangement resulting in the alli-
ance of Russia and France, was an es-
pecially brilliant affair Awaiting the
arrival of President Faure were large
bodies of troops in the vicinity Of the
Care du Nord, including the white artil-
llery garrison from Mont Villier. Pres
ident Faure looked robust and bronzed
as the result of the voyage. The crush
at the Place de la Opera was such that
the combined efforts of the municipal
CARDS, chasseurs, mounted gendarmerie
and brigades Of police were hardly euf-
ficient to keep order. AS the presiden-
tial procession moved along the streets
the crowd began to sway and move
about, the excitement reaching the cli-
max as President Faure drove up hare
headed and acknowledging the shouts OF
welcome M. Clone sat on the right OF
the president opposite being General LIE
Tournies and Baron Frederichs. In the
second carriage were NJ Hanotaux and
three generals Then followed long
line of carriages containing officials who
met the presidential party at the station
In the Place d'Opera large platform
had been erected and upon 1t were as
J sembled the members of the committee
of the chamber of commerce and indus
try of Paris, which had arranged the
decorations and which had been commits
stoned c>-welcome the president back
from Russia. NJ Faure alighted at the
picturesque grand stand decorated with
crimson and gold. The band played the
"Marseillaise" and massed chorus
sang the Russian hymn, unaccompanied,
with solemn, thpilling effect
After President Faure had briefly re-
! piled to the address of welcome the pro-
cession of the presidential party to the
Elyeee palace was resumed.
Three performances were given dur
. ing the afternoon at the Theater Fran
caiss and in the evening at the opera.