Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-08-24

!, auc. 22.-Paris was yesterday
Iaaos Of most serious disturbances,
."inc some aspects Of the COM
In response TO an appeal of the
ps.,s lie Peuple and La Petite Re-
,ioue groups of anarchists and
slists gathered about 3 o'clock in
.ftprnoon in Place de la Repub-
The police had taken precau-
! and there seemed nc danger OF
briers. !,
[~snastian Faure and Faberot, Well
lun revolutionary anarchists, were
,~;noleaders. Faure, standing on
PEDESTAL of the statue which rises
H. center of the Place de Ia Re-
Name. addressed the crowd. Among
T. things he said that the anarch-
should be masters of the streets.
| nolice then i~nterfered and dis
LII Farrc and Faberot, making
10 arrests. The crowd at this point
hersed. but a column of demonstra-
headed by Faure and Henri
korr made for the Place de Nation.
| nolice broke through the column
1 = struggle for the mastery fol-
[od Shots were fired and Nj. Goul-
I commissary of police, was twice
hbed with a knife. This threw the
Eee into momentary confusion. The
N reassembled and ran toward the
|ce de Nation. The police, reinforced
IA squad that had been held In re-
he made another attempt to stem
current and fresh fierce fighting
Eurred. three constables being
urrded. Faure and d'Horr jumped
\ a passing street "a that was go
TO the Place de In Republique, and
car driver on arriving there gave
ignal to the police, who Immediately
ested them both, together with two
anarchists. In the meantime the
lrchist mob retraced its steps TO the
Ice de la Republique, smashing the
ldOws of religious ediiices on the
Suddenly, either at the word
command or in obedience to i'm
Sc. the column made a loop and
we'd toward the Church of st. Am
Use, where the rioters smashed the
ldows. Proceeding thence toward
Fauborg du Temple, they formed
into a compact body. Hatchets
re suddenly produced, with long
YES stolen from the counters Of
ps, and a concerted rush was made
N the church of st. Joseph. Ac-
ding to IN account the wild hordes
st into the church and the interior
n became a scene of desolation and
age. Images were smashed, pie
Is were rent. candlestick ornaments
hosts from the high altar were
own down and trampled under foot.
lrch furniture and images were
outside and set on fire. Mean
lie the sacristan, who had been
by the anarchists. escaped
called the police and republican
rds, who promptly arrived with
" constables. They were compelled
all back in order to form up in
$ OF defense, as the anarchists at
ied them fearfully with knives. At
9TH the officers began to gain the
'tery. A score of anarchists took
lge in an adjacent house. Others
themselves in the belfry
fearlessly defended themselves by
xering missiles on the guards, but
lily these were dislodged. Twenty
rchists were arrested, taken TO the
&c station, searched and found to
revolvers, loaded sticks
Knives. When the police cleared
church the anarchists had just set
to the pulpit. The interior of the
&c was a complete wreck.
? TO l a. m. fifty-six persons have
reported injured, including sew
policemen. No one, so far as
nn was injured by firearms. Near
We're hurt by being crushed or
ueh under foot. Quiet has now
restored.
ris, Aug. %, 2 a. m.-Besides st.
pms church two cafes were
'Ked, AT a late hour 1000 people
on the Boulevarde de Magenta,
vicinity of Rue de Chabrot.
J We're kept constantly moving by
police, who made a remarkable
Jay or force. A lamentable feature
le affair is that it will be regarded
pro-Dreyfus demonstration and
greatly to the detriment Of the
ces of acquittal. 1t is much to be
20 that the demonstrations were
10 the weakness the government
displayed toward the Dreyfus af-
The governments desire to avoid
Die has been misinterpreted by the
e element.
ris, Aug. %, A a.. m.-The prefec-
OF police gives the following sta
y OF yesterdays riots: Three hun
and eighty persons were injured;
taken to the hospitals; fifty
police agents were wounded, be-
commissioners Coulter and
mine. One hundred and fifty per-
We're arrested, Of whom eighty
detained In custody.
Laborf Still Improving.
mes, Aug. D.. - M. Labori was
10 take a walk In the garden and
q important business, but he re-
q only Col. Picquart. His gen.
condition continues favorable.
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