The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-18
BOMB FOR FAURE
Anarchistic Crime Marks
the Departure for Rus
sia of Frances
President.
WORK OF BLUNDERERs
Fortunately the Internal Con-
trivanee Was Weak and
Exploded Too Late.
INTERNATIONAL eoURTEsIEs
Programme of Visit Which ls
Expected to Make European
History.
INTERNATIONAL COURTESIES
TBy Cable to The Associated Press.l

PARIS, Aug. Is, 1S97.-The departure of
President Faure ON his visit to the Car
at ST. Petersburg today, was marked by
a scene of the greatest excitement, ac-
companied by the circulation of the Wild
est kind of ru1nors. After his departure
a bomb exploded along the route the
President had followed, and though no
damage was done. and in spite of the fact
that nobody was hurt, the most intense
excitement prevailed for a long time af-
terwards, 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 people lin
ing the route from the Eiysee Palace TO
the railroad station and greeted the Presi-
dent with enthusiastic cries of .'Vive Ia
Republique.'' sVive Ia Russell" "Vive
Faure!" etc.
Ten minutes after the Presidents de-
parture, while the crowds were returning
along the route traversed by M. Faure,
bomb exploded at the corner OF the
Boulevard Magenta and the Rue Lafay-
ette in front of the Restaurant Duval.
The report caused a panic in the neigh
borhood and all sorts of wild stories were
circulated based on the statements at
tributed to Anarchists, that their next
effort would be an attempt upon the hfe
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 to have con-
tanned black substance. possibly coarse
gunpowder, mixed with large headed
nails, similar to those usually found ir
the roughly constructed internal ma
chimes used by the less intelligent class
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 experts,
who pronounced the bomb to have! been
a comparatively harmless affair.
The coincidence 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 inyesti-
cation into the affair is in progress.
Later in the day the officials of the
Prefecture of Police who had been in
vestigating the fragments of the bomb,
declared that II had consisted of an iron
tube thirty centimetres long and five
centimetres 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 found
about the scene of the explosion, in
scribed 'Vive la Liberte'' and 'tVive la
Pologne,' apparently pointing to the fact
that the author of the explosion today
was the same individual who caused the
recent explosion in the Bois de Boulogne
and on the Place de la Concorde.
The explosion in the Bois de Bolougne
occurred on Sunday, June 13 last, while
President Faure vas on ms way eo flrai,sI a.ons
Prix While the Presidents $ carriage
was passing thicket near the Restau-
rant de la Cascade bomp, Wnlcl SUD
sequently proved to be q piece q lr2n
tubing six inches long and two inehes IN
diameter, charged with powder AMI swan
shot was exploded. Nobody was inquired
great excitement at the time,as it was be-
lieyed that an attempt has been made TO
assassinate the President. The general
opinion, however which prevailed was
Of a dangerous crank who had no real
intention of trying to murder
N. Faure: In the hs thieket q f,asnaae nsae
the police found the remnants of bomb
and a pistol which, however, was. of too
small a calibre to make it a very danger-
the the words Mort a Felix Faure' ('sDeath
Lorraine and Cologne" Near the pistol
was a small but net very @ ~ aaniger9,ns ts.liss i,
scription. Finally few feet away from
these weapons the police found news
paper with cartoon grossly insulting TO
the President and containing an offensive
inscription limiting at the execution of the
President A man named Gallet was ar
rested near the scene of the explosion IN
to be a harmless crank and was eventu-
ally released. Other arrests with a SINH
lar result were made.
The alleged attempt on the life of Pres
ident Faure on June 13 last, was made on
the very spot where man named
Berezowsky tried TO shoot the Car in
1867 while the latter was driying to the
Longchamps, and where lunatic named
Francois. on July IA. 1896, fred a revolver
at President Faure.
corde referred to by the Paris police as
having been the work of the man who
caused the explosion today, occurred on
June ls last An iron s5 Pot Loaded ID with a
from the Strasburg Statue, on the Place
de la Concorde, and did some injury to
the balustrade of the statue. The police
found blood spots on the ground near the
statue and obtained the description of two
men who were seen fleeing from the spot
iirmeditely after the explosion
During the early morning of June IS a
bomb was discovered at the corner Of the
Boulevard ST. Denis and the Rue St.
Denis: but the find was declared to be
only a harmless hoax.
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