The age-herald., 1897-08-19
FAURE SETS SAIL
 TO VISIT THE GEAR President of the French Republic On An
 Important Tour. CROWDS LINED THE STREETS Through Which the Executive Head of
 France Passed. AND THEY CHEERED HIM JUSTLY Anarchists Celebrate the Occasion in Their Usual Style, But Too Late For Effect
 Programme of Events at
 the Russian Capital.
CROWDS LINED THE STREETS
AND THEY CHEERED HIM JUSTLY

the Russian Capital.
 Paris Aug. 1s.-The departure of Presi- dent Faure on his visit to the czar at St. Petersburg today was marked by a scene of great excitement, accompanied by the widest kind of rumors. After his departure a bomb exploded along the, route the president had taken. and al-. though no damage was done and in spite of the fact that nobody was hurt, the. most intense excitement prevailed for a long time adltel.ward and the sensational reports had it that those who exploded the bomb had intended an outrage of more serious nature.
 The president received an ovation from the public when he started on his jour ney to Russia, large crowds of peopte In ing the route from the Elysee Palace to the railway station and greeted the presi- dent with enthusiastic cries of "Viva, viva la republique." vive Russe." "vive Faure."
 Ten minutes after his departure, while crowds were returning along the route traversed by M. Faure. bomb exploded alt the corner of the Boulevard Magenta and the Rue Lafayette in front of the restaurant Duvaa. The report caused a panic in the neighborhood, and all sorts of wild stories were circulated, baszd on the Statements attributed to anarchists that their next effort would be an attempt upon the life of President Faure Upon investigation by the police. however. it developed that the explosion caused but little damage and that nobody was hurt. The bomb was of cylindrical form, was covered with yellow paper and appears sibly coarse gunpowder. mlxed with large headed nails similar to those usully found in the roughly constructed inf rnal machines used by the less intelligent class of anarchists.
 Fragments of the bomb were taken to. the prafect of police where they were sub- mitted ito a thorough examina ton upon the part of experts who pronounced the bomb to have been a conapara tiy ely harmless affair It had consisted of an iron tube. 30 centmet:rs long and centi- meters in diameter. It was placed in an empby store close to the corner of the boulevard Magenta ard the Rue LaFay- ette. Scraps of paptr were found about ''vive la Iiberte." and .viva la Polognla," apparently indicating that the author of the explosion was the same individual who caused the recent explosion in the Bois de Boulogne and on the Place de ia Coneorlo
 President Faure was accompanied on his way to Russia by M. Hanitoux, the minister for foreign affairs, and by Ad- mral Bernard, the minister of marine. The presidential party according to off, ficial programme, left Dunkirk this af- ternoon aboard the French warship Pol huaua The latter will be escorted to Russia by the French warships Brpx and Surcuof, and will arrive at Cron- stadt on Monday morning next August -23 The French president will be re- ceived by the czar in the Cronstadt roads The first day of M. Faurs's visit to Rus sia will be devoted to his reception at Cronstadt and Peterhof. to the exchange of. official visits. to banquet at the Peterhof Palace and gala performance at the Imperial Theater. On Tuesday, August 24. the czar and his guest will start for st. Petersburg. There the French president will be entertained by the municipality of St. Petersburg. and