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upon and the candlesticks were broken.
| A figure of the Saviour hanging on i
! great cross above the altar was made
| the aim for all sorts of missiles, and
was fractured in several places.
While hoaTse voices sang the "Carmag-
mole" the rioters seized the chairs ana
carried them to the small square in front
of the church, where a bonfire was made
of them. Not content with the destruc-
, ton that had been wrought. some Of the
mob returned to the sanctuary and sue
ceeded in pulling down the crucifix, which
! they then threw into the flames. Some
one raised the cry that the statue of the
/ Virgin had been forgotten. Back into the
| church poured the crowd, and quickly
they pulled down the image.
{ FIGHT WITH THE POLICE.
Meanwhile. the sacristan. whose name
! IS Thoreau. had been captured by the An
archsts. He succeeded in escaping, how
/ ever. and Immediately warned the police.
/ A detachment Of the Republican Guard
and many constabies soon arrived. but
they were compelled TO fall back in order
! TO form a lire of defence the Anarchists
/ fercely attacking them with knives. Al
! length the officers began TO gain the
mastery. Some twenty Anarchists sought
refuge in a house adjacent TO the church,
/ while 9th rs re-entered the church ltseli
! The latter entrenched themselves in the
I belfry, in which they were regularly be-
/ sieged by the Republican Guards They
| hercely defended themselves. showerlng
down on their assailants any missile they
( could lay their hands upon. They were
presently overcome, and twenty of them
| were ARRESTED and taken TO the police
station amid cheers from the crowd
| which meanwhile had gathered along the
route
| Upon being searched the prisoners We're
| found TO be carrying revolvers, loaded
! sticks, and knives. When the police en-
tered the church the Anarchists had just
| set fire TO the pulpit, which they had
! been unable TO destroy. The interior of
| the church is simply a wreck Several
/ valuable old pictures were destroyed ana
they can never be replaced.
After the mob had been driven away
Able Lacour, the incumbent Of ST. Jo-
| seph's, collected the fragments OF the
| blessed sacrament. which were scattered
around the sanctuary. and replaced them
| i'm the ciborium. AS he did so he was
! heard lamentiny. The bonfire in front Of
I the church was eXtinguished by the peo-
pie living near by. ST. Joseph's church IS
| in one Of the poorest parts OF the city.
| When the old Communists brought petro-
/ iGun anu llltu ~ set lllt " Ait NAoii
/ many members OF the parish who tried TO
prevent them were badly mauled. The
/ fremen soon quenched the flames, which
were cracking along the old worm-eaten
choir.
/ All the collection boxes were plundered.
: The attack occurred at o'clock in tho
/ evening. 1t is notable that the west end
/ of Paris was even quieter than usual on
an August Sunday.
INJURIES DREYFUS'S CAUSE.
| RENNES, August 2l.-The chief interest
here last night centred In the news from
/ Paris 1t is deeply regretted by Dreyfus's
defenders that the peculiar situation
/ should have led some of the most dsor-
Derby elements in France to range them
selves, for malevolent purposes, with the
real champions of justice and truth
| Such is the fact. however, and Dreyfus's
cause has suffered severely during recent
months on account of its unsought sup
porters among the enemies of society
The humor of the situation. In which NJ.
Guerin, armed with 1900 bottles of 81.
Galmier water, is successfully defying
| the Government OF France. does not APP
peal to those concerned in the serious
event that is being enacted here.