The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-25

| GdTlS. aug. Zl.-1dflS was NeSteTudy
the scene of most serious disturbances,
recalling some aspects of the COM
mune. In response to an appeal of the
| journals lie Peuple and La Petite Re-
publique, groups of anarchists and So
cialists gathered about three o'clock in
the afternoon in the Place de la Pub
lique. The police had taken prec;,u-
tiOns and there seemed no danger of
disorder.
The Ring Leaders.
Sebastian Faure and Faberot, we'll
known revolutionary anarchists, were
the ring leaders. Faure, standing on
the pedestal of the statue which rises
in the center of the Place de la Re-
publique, addressed the crowd. Among
other things he said that the an
archists should be masters of the
streets. The police then interfered
and dislodged Faure and FaberOt, max
ing three arrests. The crowd at this
point dispersed, but I, column of DEM
onstrators headed by Faure and Henri
D'Horr, made for the Place de la Ma
ton.
Police COmmissary Stabbed.
The police broke through the col
umn, and a struggle for the mastery
followed. Shots were fired and NJ.
Coulter, commissary of police, was
twice stabbed with a knife.
This threw the police into momen-
tary confusion. The mob reassem-
bIed and ran toward the Place de la
Nation. The police, reinforced by
h.1 Io1
made another attempt to stem the cur
rent, and fresh, fierce fighting oc-
CURED, three constables being wound
ed.
Faure and D'HOrr jumped into Il
passing street car that was going to
the Place de la Republique, and the car
driver, on arriving there, gave a signal
to the police who Immediately arrested
both, together with two other an
archists, Joseph Ferrier and Jean Per-
rim.
All were conveyed to the Chateau
d'Eau barracks. Only D'Horr was
found in possession of firearms.
The Mob Returns.
In the meantime the anarchist mob
retraced its course to the Place de Ia
Republique. smashing the windows of
religious edifices on the way.
Churches Desecrated.
Suddenly, either at the word of COM
mand or in obedience to impulse, the
column made loop and curved toward
the church of st. Ambrose, where the
rioters smashed the windows.
Proceeding thence toward the Fau-
bourg du Temple, at the corner of the
Rue Darboy and the Rue St. Mauri- !
Popincourt, they formed up into Il
compact body. Hatchets were sudden |
ly produced, with knives stolen from
the counters of shops, and a concerted !
rush was made upon the church of ST. |
Joseph. The aged sacristan, seeing !!
the mob, hastily closed the gates, but /
these were soon forced with hatchets |
and bars of iron. The massive oaken !
doors were then attacked.
A Scene of PiIIagc and SacriIeEe.
According to the first account the
wild horde burst into the church,
which instantly became a scene of !
pillage and secrilege. Affairs and
statues were hurled to the floor, aud /
smashed; pictures were rent, candle
sticks. ornaments and hosts from high |
affairs were thrown down and trampled
under foot. The crucifiX above was
made the target for missiles and the
figure of the Saviour was fractured in
several places.
The Torch Applied.
Then, while rancorous voices sang
he ''Carmaghole,' the chairs were car
ried outside, piled up and set on fire
in the center of the square fronting
the church.
When this stage was reached the
'rucifiX was pulled down and thrown
nto the flames. Suddenly the cry was
raised that the statue of the Virgin
lad been forgotten and the crowd re-
urned and tore this down also.
Meanwhile the sacr1stan, who had
been captured by the anarchists, es-
.aped and called the police and repuh-
lean guards, who promptly arrived
With many constables. They were
to fall back in order to
orm up into line of defense, as the
anarchists attacked them fearfully
With knives.
'ficers Begin to Regain the Mastery.
At last the officers began to gain the
mastery. A score of anarchists took
efuge in an adjacent house. Others
themselves in the belfry
nd fierceIy defended themselves by
towering missiles on the republican
but finally these were dis
Odged. Twenty anarchists were ar
ested, taken to the police station, :
earched and found to be carrying re-
divers, loaded sticks and knives.
a Complete Wreck.
When the police entered the church Z
he anarchists had just set fire to the
ulpit. The interior of the edifice was
complete wreck. Several valuable
Id pictures that can never be replaced !
ere ruined.
After the mob had been driven away,
bbe LaCour, the incumbent, collect
the fragments of the sacrament and :
,placed them in the ciborium. As he
id so he was heard bitterly lament
lg.
The RfOtinE Continues.
Paris, Aug. 20, dnight.-Since
ght o'clock the demonstrators, so far S
NdIe ue Il E>Sles nave Deeh repeatedly
riven back by police charges, the
'owd crying ''Vive PArme" and ''Vive
Republique."
About ten o'clock disorders occurred 1
4 the boulevards De Magneta and L
-rasbourg s.
There is no change in the situation G
the building in the Rue de Chabrol, L
here NJ. Jules Guerin and his anti
mite comnanions are en+rencbed in a
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