The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-08-25
RIOTS IN PARIS.
Serious Disturbances Occurred Il cali.
Ing Some Aspects OF the Commune.
Church Of ~ Jcstph Almost omp etc ,
Gutted aud Va uabIe pznt.ng. DE.
stroysd- Many Mere uurt
Fighting tn. Police.

fghtlng the Police.
PARIS, Aug. ~. Paris was Sunday
the sccnce of most serious disturbinces,
recalling some aspects of the commune.
In response to an appeal Of tae joqr.
nails lie Peuple and La Petite Rep1b-
lique. groups OF anarchists and soc al
ists gathered about 8 o'clock in .he
afternoon In the Place dc la Repnb.
liquc. The police had taken precau.
lions and there seemed no danger OF
a sordc.A
Sebastian Faurc and Fabcrot well
know revolutionary anarchists were
the ringlesders, Faure. standing on
the pedestal OF the statue which rise,
in the center OF the Place dc la Repub.
hque, addressed the crowd Among
other things he said that the anhrch.
lists should be masters Of the streets.
The police then intcrfcred and dis
10 'gcd faure and Fabcrot. making
three arrests The crowd at this point
dispersed, but n column OF demon.
strntors, headed by Faurc and Henri
D'llorr. made for the Place de Ia Ma
ton.
The police broke through the column
aud struggle for the mastery 10 4.
lowed. Shots were fired and NJ Goul-
l,er commssary OF police, was twice
stabbed with knife.
This threw the police into moment
AIRY confusion. The mob reassemb.cd
aud ran toward the Place de Ia Nation.
in the meantime the anarchist mob
retraced its course 10 the Place dc Ia
Rcpublique. smashing the windows Of
religious ed fees on the way.
Suddenly. either at the word OF com
mand or N obcyancc 10 impulsc, the
column made a loop and curved toward
the Church Of 81 AMBROSE, where tho
rioters smashed the Windows.
Proceeding thence toward the Eau.
bourg Du Temple. at the corner OF tho
Rue Darboy aud the Rue ST. Mauri.
Popincourt, thev formed up into a
compact body. Ratchet, were sudden.
~ produced, with long knives stolen
from the counters of shops, and con-
erricd rush was made upon the church
OF ST. Joseph The aged sacristan.
seeing the mob hastily closed the
outer gates, bat these were soon fore.
ed with hatchets and bars 81 iron.
The massive oalScn doors were thea
attacked.
According 10 the frat account tho
wild horde burst into the church.
which instantly became a scene OF pill
iage and sacrilege. Affairs and statues
were hurled TO the floor. and smashed
pictures were rent, candlesticks. orna-
ments and hosts from high affairs wcro
thrown down and trampled under foot.
The cruciax above was made the target
for missiles, and the figure OF the
Saviour was fractured in several places
Then, while rancorous voices sang
the "Carmagnolc" the chairs were car
ricd outside. piled up and set on fire in
the center OF the square fronting the
church.
When this stage was reached the
crucihx was pulled down and thrown
into the Hame& Suddenly the cry was
raised that the statue OF the Virgin
had been forgotten, and the crowd TO.
turned and tore this down also.
Meanwhile the sacristab, who had
been captured by the anarchists es.
capped and called the police and repub.
licAn guards who promptly arrived
with many constablcS They were
compelled 20 fall back in order to form
Up into line Of defense, as the anarch-
ists ettacked them fearfully with
Knives At length the officers began
To gain the mastery. score OF
anarchists took refuge in an ad-
iacent house. Others entrcnched
themselves in the belfry and
ficrcely defended themselves by show
ering missiles on the republican
guards. but finally these were diSlodg-
ed. Twenty anarchists were arrested,
taken to- the police station, searched
and found TO be carrying revolvcrS
ioaded sticks and knives
When the police entered the church
the anarchists had just set fire to the
pulpit The interior OF the editcc
was a complete wreck. Several valu-
able old pictures that can never be re-
placed were ruined.
About 10 o'clock disorders occurred
on the boulevard do Magnetic, Boule-
ward de Strasbourg. Several revolver
shots were fred, but nobody was in
iurcd.
Up to l o'clock Monday morning $50
persons have been reported injured.
including several policemen. No one
as far as known was injured by fire.
arms Nearly all were hurt by being
crushed or trodden under foot body
OF rioters who had taken refuge in the
court yard Of Care dc rEst was expelled
ny the police, who made % arrests
Quiet has now been restored.
Reeds Resignation.
PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. 2l.- Reeds