Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-06-09
ATTACK ON LOUBET
VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION AGAINST
THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.


One Blow Struck ut Him hut His Per.
aonal Guard Manages to Protect Him.
Over q Hundred Arrests - Most of the
Prisoners Prominent, Representing
Best Families in France-special Cab
met Meeting Held to Discuss Measures
to Preserve Order.
PARIS, June 5.-President Loubet,
accompanied by the premier, NJ. Du-
puy, land the chief Of the military
household. General McBailloud, drove
to the Auteuil races, closely followed
by Nine. Loubet in a, second landau.
AS they drove along the Avenue des
Champs-Elysees the crowd bowed re-
spectfully. but on arriving at Auteuil
they were met by violent demonstra-
ton, evidently organized and directed
against the president. There was a
storm of boots. yells and cries of
PANAMA." "A has Loubet," and "Vive
l'armee." A few shouts of "Vive Lou
bet" were drowned in the clamor.
During the second race the clamor in
creased to violence aud was plainly
directed by committee of the League
of Patriots, collected with their sup
porters before and behind the presiden-
tial stand, around which a formidable
affray proceeded. During the grand
steeplechase many blows were struck
and
Sovoro1 pov;c>n,an Vw.,a rn;nr>a
in their endeavors to prevent an invas-
ion of the presidential stand. At the
crisis of the excitement, while shouts of
"Vive l'armee," "Vive Deroulede" were
heard on all sides, Count Christiano
rushed toward the president, brandish-
ing stick and directed blow at him,
striking his hat. The crowd rushed
upon Christiano, who only escaped Sc
we're handling by being taken under po-
lice protection.
President Loubet remained all the
while quite unmoved, taking in the dis
order, while the members or his mill
tary household we're defending him
against violence. Finally after many
arrests had been made the project of
police ordered the Republican Guards
to surround the presidential stand. The
principal leaders of the demonstration
were NJ. Joseph Lasies, anti-Semite and
National deputy for Giers, and NJ. Fir
min Faure, anti-Semite and National
deputy for Gran, Algeria.
Altogether about 100 arrests were
made. one being that of NJ. Daunesette,
deputy mayor of Armentieries De-
monstrations and counter demonstra-
tons were made until Nj. Loubet left
the race course at 4:30 p. M, the arrival
of his carriage being the signal for
An Indescribable Tumult.
The mounted guards with difficulty
opened passage through the crowd,
the president being pursued to the last
with boots and yells. Even eggs. were
thrown.
Most Of the persons arrested repre-
sent some of the best families in
France. Comte Christiano is held on a
charge of attempting to strike the
president.
Among those now in custody are MN.
de Clermont Honnerre, de Remusat, de
Villiers, de Melville, de Panisse Passy,
de Ferry and de Nun, son of Comte AL
bert de Nun, the we'll known deputy
for F1nisterre. Several others scarcely
less prominent were arrested. Many
influential persons sought to obtain the
release of these aristocratic prisoners,
but the project of police refused all
such requests and removed all the pris-
Oners to cells,