The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-01-22
Fierce RIOTING IN PARIS.
ANARCHISTS FIGHT STUDENTS.
Extraordinary Scenes at the Anti
Semitic Meeting at the TivoIi
HnII-Troops Charge on the Mob
Quiet Restored.

Paris, Jan. ls.-A great anti-Dreyfus
and antiSemitic meeting at the nvoli
NauX hall last evening produced extraor-
binary scenes. The neighborhood was pa
trolled by police mounted and on foot and
the rapidly growing crowd increased the
excitement.
At 0 o'clock, on the opening of the meet
ing, the hall was seething sea of hui
manity, crowding every part, gesticulat-
ing, shouting, "A has Zola!" give lie
armie!" and give revolution socialel"
The members of the anti-Semite commit
tee displayed banners bearing the inscrip-
ton death to the Jews and other like
4 inscriptions. 1t was soon seen that the
5000 present consisted largely of an
archists and Others bent on opposing the
students.
On NJ. Guerin, the president, proposing
that the honorary presidency be confer
red upon NJ. Rochefort and NJ Drumont,
great uproar ensued, the anarchists try
ing to wrench the banners from the anti
Smites Scuilles took place in which two
of the officials were injured.
NJ. Thiebaud delivered an address de-
nouncing the Jews and urging the men to
support the government
Tumults and fights for the banners con
tinued with shoutings, whistlings and
singing of the "Marseillaise" and the
"Carmagnole," while M. Thiebaud pro-
ceeded in a violent speech declaring that
the Dreyfus scandal was the beginning
of a social revolution by a band of scoun-
drels desiring to overthrow everything in
order to raise traitor.
Became n SaturnnIia.
The scene now became saturnalia
The anarchists removed the iron staircase
giving access to the tribune so that the
committee was unable to descend. Free
fights began around the flags. Finally the
students chased the anarchists out of the
hall. The organizers of the meeting then
seized the flags decorating the hall and
arranged a rendezvous at the military
club, crying give rarmiel"
The hall partially emptied, but soon the
anarchists returned and breaking open
the great doors, began further fighting. II
is alleged that several were injured Final
ly the students were vanquished and the
The meeting broke up and the anarchists
replaced the ladder and invaded The tri-
bune, led by NJ. Curtois, flourishing red
flag and all shouting, "Conspuez Roche
fort!" (Spit upon Rochefort) and Long
live Zolal"
The disturbances continued. the an
archists declaiming from the tribune
against the army and acclaiming Dreyfus
Some of the injured people We're carried
out with their faces covered with blood.
The Troops Charged.
AT 10 o'clock this evening large bodies
of students, fourishing the tri-color and
shouting give larmie!" proceeded in the
direction of the military club in the Ave
nue. de POpen. The troops cleared the
Place de pRepublic and charged the
bodies of students. A large force is pro
tecting the military club
BY midnight those VINO had been arrest
ed were released and quiet Fad been re-
stored in the Place de rOpera. There
were only trihing manifestations else
where.
Later, NJ. Blame the project of police,
took personal direction of the men who
We're protecting the military club, through
fear of further trouble
kilograms from numerous provinces re-
port student manifestations at Marseiles,
where the windows of Jewish citizens
were broken. At Nantes there have been
some attacks on shops and the syna-
gogue. The crowd rescued those who We're