Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-08-23
REDS RIOT In PARIS:
SUNDAY AFFRAY RECALLS DAYS
OF The COMMUNE.
Auarchists Attack Anti Scmitcs and
Then Fight with the PoIice-NIany
Are Wounded-Red Flag Is FIannted
and Churches Are lacked.

Serious riots occurred in Paris Sun
day afternoon. TIE trouble originated
in an attack made by anarchists on anti
Semltes. A thousand anarchists under
Sebastian Faure assembled in the Place
de la Republique and resisted the police
who attempted to disperse them The
latter fought hravely, but v.are finally
overpowered. police commissary and
an inspector attempted 10 arrest some
rioters who We're carrying Il red hag, but
they We're trampled upon and beaten
with bludgeons. A number Of shots w.se
fired by the mob The inspector was ,4or-
tally injured by the clpbs and the conl-
missary was hit by bullet, receiving
serious wound. Four other policemen
were stabbed. Notwithstanding their de-
feat, the police made a number OF arrests,
among their prisoners being Faurc.
Subsequent to the rioting in the Place
de la Republique the mob marched to the
Rue st. Maur, where they stormed the
churches of st. Maur and st. Joseph
They entered the buildings and while
some of them tore down the affairs and
pulpits, others seized the sacred pictures,
holy vessels, and the monstrances con
were thrown into tire street. The altars
and pulpits furnished wood for bonfire,
and all the seized church property was
burned. A similar disgraceful scene was
enacted at st. Nicholas Church. The
mob tried to burn the churches. but in
this dastardis attempt they failed. While
the rioters were storming ST. Nicholas
Church they were charged by police and
cavalry, but they succeeded in carrying
out their plan despite the efforts to dis
perse them.
On Saturday night q number of reyolu-
tonary socialists, angered by Guerin's
continued defiance of the Government,
held meeting and resolved to make a
demonstration against the anti-Semites
Sunday. Copies of the resolution were
circulated by the revolutionary organ, the
journal du Peuple, the populace being
called upon to move against the priests
and Jesuits. 1t was fine afternoon,
and the demonstration attracted thou
sands of Sunday idlers. Soon the crowds
were carried away by the harangues of
the leaders, and many and frequent were
the cries of Down with Rochefort, Dru-
mont and Guerin." 1t was at this point
crowd turned upon them. During the
lighting that has occurred fifty police
We're wounded. There were fifty arrests.
What promised at first to be only an or
binary street demonstration developed
into q disturbance that verged on revo-
luton. The sacking Of St. Joseph's
Church was scene recalling the days of
the commune. Not portable, intianma-
bic or hreakable article was left in the
sacred building by the mob, and the de
struction of the structure itself at one
time seemed imminent Oil was poured
over the choir loft and the wood dwork
was ablaZe when help came and the
flames were eXtinguished
The police. aided by the military, had
all they could do to prevent even more
serious trouble. Pitched battles in the
streets were waged during the afternoon
and late into the night Several times
1t seemed that the officers We're on the
point of utter rout. Hundreds of per-
sons We're wounded and suspects by the
score were placed under arrest.
The prefecture of police at a. m.
Monday gave out the following statistics
of Sundays riots: Three hundred and
eighty persons were injured. Three hun
dred and sixty were taken to the hos
pitals. Fifty-nipe police agents were
wounded besides Commissaries Coulter
and Dolsmine. One hundred and fifty
persons were arrested, of whom eighty
were detained in custory.
The Dreyfus court martial reconvencd
IN Rennes Monday morning at the usual
hour, Attorney Labori was not present.
&c %Ao+ - I,
inadvisable fer him to take part in the
days proceedings, in view of the danger
of a relapse. The first witness was Col.
Fabre, who deposed that he had discover
ed similarity between the handwritings
of the accused and that of the bordcreau.
He reiterated his conviction of the guilt
of Dreyfus, saying: Il am sure that he
wrote the bordereau,"