Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-19
BOMB EXPLODES IN PARIS
Causes Intense Excitement Among the
Merourial Frenchmen.
WIDEST KIND OF RUNoRS SET AFLoAT
President Fnu;c Had Recently Passed
the Point on His Way to visit RUS
sin-PopuInCc Exhibit great En-
thusIasni at His Departure.

greatest excitement. accompanied by the cir ,
culation OF the widest kind OF rumors. After
his departure a bomb exploded along the
route the procession had followed and al /
though no damage was done and In spite OF
the fact that nobody WIS hurt, the most in I
tense excitement prevailed for a long time
afteTward and the sensational reports had 1t /
that those who exploded the bomb had in /,
tended an outrage OF a more serious nature. |
The president received an ovation from the !
public when he started on his journey TO /
Russia. large crowds OF people lining the
route from Elysee palace to the railway sta f,
tion and greeted the president with en;hu !
siastic cries of "Vive lie Republique! vive
lie Russia! Vive lie Faure!"
Ten mirLtts after the presidents depart /
ure, while the crowds returning along
the route traversed by NJ. Faure. bomb |!
exploded al the corner of the boulevard |
Magenta and the Rue Lafayette, in front OF
the restaurant Duval. The report caused a
panic in the neighborhood and all sorts OF
wild stories were circulated, based the /
statements attributed to anarchists, that their |
next effort would be an attempt upon the life |
Of President Fau-e. Upon investigation by
the police, however, 1t developed that the
explosion caused but little damage and that |
nobody was hurt.
The bomb was of cylindrical form. was COW
cred with yellow paper and appears to have
contained black substance, possibly coarse
gunpOwder. mixed with large headed nails, !
similar to those usually found in rudey con-
structed Internal machines. used by the less
intelligent clafs Of anarchists. Fragments
OF the bomb were taken to the prefecture
OF police where they were submitted to a
thorough examination upon the part OF ex-
perts who pronounced the bomb to have been
o comparatively harmless affair.
OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.
The coincidence of the explosion OF the
bomb along the route so recently followed by
the president was the subject OF considerable
comment and an official investigation into
the affair is in progress.
Later in the day the officials of the prefec-
ture of police who have been investigating
the fragments of the bomb declared that it
| had consisted Of an iron tube thirty cent?
meters long and FIVE centimeters 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 con-
tained in it were thrown few feet on the
sidewalk Scraps OF paper were found about
the scene of the explosion inscribed "Vive
la liberte!' and "Vive la polognew appar-
emily indicating that the author OF the ex-
plosion today was the same individual who
caused the recent explosions in the Bois de
Boulogne and on the Place de la Concorde.
President Faure was accompanied on his
way to Russia by NJ. Hanotaux. the minister
for foreign affairs. and by Admiral Bosnard
! the minister of marine The presidential
I
I leave Dunkirk this afternoon on beard the
French warshp Pothaue. The latter will Le
escorted to Ruseia by the French war ships
| Bruix and SurcOuf and will arrive al Cron
| stadt on Monday morning next, August %
The French president will be received by the
| czar in the Cronstadt roads.
The first day OF NJ. Fau!es visit TO Russia
will be devoted to his reception at Cron-
stadt and at Peterhof, to the exchange of
| official visits, banquet at the Peterhof pal
| ace and gala performance at the Imperial
theater. On Thursday. August "a the car
| and his guest will start to St. Petersburg.
| There the French president will be welcomed
| by the municipality OF st. Petersburg and
will receive in audience delegations from the
municipalities Of the principal cities Of the
| Russian empire. The president will also on
| Tuesday lay the corner stone Of the new
! French hospital and in the evening NJ Faure
will preside at banquet which he will give
| At the French embassy in honor of the czaT.
| On Wednesday, August %. President Faure
VIII be present at grand review on the
parade ground OF the Krasno-Selo camp.
| The review wil be followed by a grand mil
| itary breakfast and the days entertainme
| will wind up with brilliant fate in the
| gardens OF the Peterhof palace. On Thurs
| day there will be grand review in Cron-
| stadt roads OF the combined French aud
| Russian squadrons, at the termination of
/ which President Faure Will bid farewell to
! the czar and czarina and will return on
| board the Pcthaue. which will Immediately
atteFward sail for France. The president
1hould reach Dunklrk on his return journey
on Tuesday, August 81.
MEDALS FOR RUSSIANS
President Faure takes with him 300 medals
! in gold and platinum, eighty Of silver gilt
and twenty OF dull gold, which have been es-
1 peclally struck for presentation to the Rus
sion guard OF honor which will attend the
! president during his stay in Russia. and TO
the various Russian officials who will be in
attendance upon the chief magistrate Of
! France. The:e medals bear on one side the
| profile OF an efgy OF the republic and the
words "Republque FrancaIse." On the OBJ
verse side is a wreath Of laurels surrounding
August, 1887"
The municipal authorities OF ST. Petersburg
VIII present three silver loving cups 20 the
French war ships which accompany Faure TO
Russia
I DuNKIRK, Aug lS.-Prezident Fsure ar
rived here a. l o'clock this afternoon aGd was
accorded an ovation Later the president and
his suite embarked on board the French war
| ship Pothau, after which he reviewed the
French squadron at anchor here The Pot
hau then put 10 sea, followed by the Surcouf
and Bruix, which will escort it 70 Cronstadt
LONDON, Aug. lS.-A spesial dispatch
from Paris this afternoon says
that man named Perler was arrested yes
terday on the train in which President Faure
! arrived from Hayre. The prisoner was
found 10 have a loaded revolver in his pocket
| and is known TO be a dangerous anarchist
| who has already served a term OF two years
Imprisonment for having in mis- poss sssion
an Internal machine.
dispatch TO the Pail Mall Ga
zette from Paris this afternoon says
| that the bomb which was exploded
today at the corner OF the boulevard
| Magenta and the Rue de Lafayette shortly
after President Faure had passed on hls
| way to the rairoad station, where he took
the train for Dunkirk, on his way to Russia
| contained a number OF bullets a quarter ar
an inch in diameter in addition to the nails
referred to in previous dispatches milk
jug carried by a passing girl was hit and
chattered. The police are balied and,
according to the correspondent Of the Pail
Mall Gazette, the whole snair gives one the
impression Of being a practical joke.
EXCITEMENT IN CONsTANTINOPLE.
Bomb Throwers stir Up the city of
the sultan.
| CONsTANTINOPLE Aug 1s-The city is