Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-02-20
BOULEVARD MELEES.
Hourly Occurrences All Over Paris
Since the Presidential!
Election.
LoUBET HAS VERY ACTIVE HATERs

EerouIede Prominent Both in the Cham
Der at Versailles and in the Streets "a a
Disturber-yotes Cast for Three Men at
the Election of Faure's successor-some
"i:cmarISs" Made by the Demonstrators
Against the EIection-Epithets Applied
to the New Chief Magistrate.
Paris, Feb. 20. - Emile Loubet was
elected seventh president of the French
republic by TIE national assembly az
Versailles Saturday afternoon to sue
coed Felix Faure, and since that mo-
ment the city has been, in spots, in an
uproar, the spots referring TO time as
well as TO place. The effects of the
furious campaign made by the anti
Dreyfus press were seen in the street
demonstrations against the new pTesi-
dent, which were continued Saturday
evening and last. Whether these DEM
onstra tons Will result in any serious
movement or will evaporate in words
it is not possible to say. The indica-
tions are. however, that the anti-Drey-
fusites viii probably wait until the &C.
cision of the court of cessation is pro-
noUnced before going any further than
bad language.
Work of the Anti-Dreyfusites.
The new president was in office at the
time of the Panama scandal. and his
opinion on the DreyfUs case is absolute
~ unknown. The anti-Dreyfustes OPP
posed him and revived the Panama
scandal for the purpose of attacking
him. a great crowd of anti-Dreyfusites /
and opponents of NJ. Loubet gathered {!
in front OF the Republican club Sat |
urday night, and again yesterday |
morning, shouting Spit upon Loubet!'
Down with Arton!" Down with Pan |
anna" and cheering VI. MeIine. Promi- |
nent among the cries hurled at NJ. !
LOubet on his route from the railway |
station to the Elysee were shouts Of /
Resign. Resign!" \ crowd of thirty /
or forty members of the League of /
Patriots ran after the new presidents |
and took up the cry. rhythmic
like a college yell, Of Panama." while |
Down with Loubeti" was heard many |
times.
Kept Up on Sunday Night.
Police measures for the maintenance
OF order were taken on an extensive !
scale yesterday, and the city was quiet.
NJ. Loubet did not quit his residence at
the Luxembourg until p. m. Toward
Z. IN. demonstrations occurred in front !
of the office of Sebastian Faure's !
anarchist paper, The Journal du Peu-
pie. on the Boulevard Montmartre, for
and against Loubet. There was col
severa! persons were injured. The par
tisans of the newly elected president
were worsted in the conflict and moved
off to the Cafe Rrebant. where they |
were again attacked and dispersed by
their opponents. Many arrests were
made. Similar encounters occurred At
about . y. IN. at the offices of The
Libre Parole. In the course of the
the Dreyfusards at
81 cd Tn do Hff pf no
Petite Journal. Finding the doors
barred against them. they smashed the
windows
Several Women Badly TrampIed.
More serious disorders at the Bras
serie Maxwell @. on the BouIev ward Mont
martre where several women were
trampied and injured. \ fracas also
took place at the Cafe Panoramas.
where blows We're freely exchanged. |
In both cases the police interviewed !
arrestinE many. At II p.
n. yesterday an enormous crowd was
in favor of NJ. Zola. To-
ward midnight crowds broke the Win
lows Of the Rothschilds Offices in the
Rue Latitte and another group wrecked
he offices of the Anti-Juif. Minor dis
urb8nCes took place in various parts of
he city: but the crowds gradually dis
)ersed. and at midnight quietude hal
been almost restored.
BonIpartists Meet and Protests.
At the Hall Of Thousand Columns
90 Buuapartists met to protest against
the election of NJ. Loubet Speeches
we're made by Baron le Goux. NJ. Lasies
md VI. Cuneo d'Ornano. Several per- |
sons who interrupted the proceedings
we're elected When the meeting broke
III there -e-- c@me slight disorders and
several arrests were made.