Show SHRAPNEL SHOT mT BUIlDING RHEIMS France rance ance Nov 12 via Paris 1105 a. a TO A m.-A A German shell exploded l yesterday in the street opposite tho the American consulate The Tho front rant of the building was cut up by tho the shrapnel bullets but neither the American shield nor tho the flag on the the consulate was damaged ed For OT or six sir weeks reeks past German German Ger man shells by tho the thousands have havo been falling into this quarter of tho city but this is the tho first time timo the consulate has been heen struck William B Bardell the tho consul loft here hereby herel l by hy y direction tion of or Ambassador Herrick Merrick three three- weeks a ago o and the consulate is ift om empty ty So far as is known there is not nota a u single American in s. s |