Show THE SENSATION attempt by a revolutionist to assassinate M jules ferry on satur satar atly diy last la thy tho looby of the french chamber of 0 deputies has turned the eyes ot of the whole civilized world to ward that distinguished individual an incident as startling as the one in point cm creates ates a natural desire in tee public dmd to kaow bauw concerning tue toe personality and history ol of ane chiet chief figure fi ure ol 01 toe tae dramatic occurrence jules ferry r was as born in april 1832 he received his early education ul ai aud and studied law to la paris his hia lather father was a lawyer with republican tendencies his hia political career began in 1856 ferrys ferlys house at griat diw was tue meeting place ot of such men inen as ernest picard charles floquet emile olliver Oil ivler and kindred spirits in and sui surse suise se quent ferry contributed articles 10 etude de girardins girardina Girar dins presse and clement Duver duvernois nuis courier de paris in 1863 5 tie he a number ol of leta directed against the sov gov ern erniene menE and became involved in a of trials un on account ot of them he also aldo contributed largely to the temps remps and toe tae campes are considered his laiu oese contributions to tuat paper in 1869 jules julea ferry was elected to the chamber of deputies f from rom the alith parisian aud ue lie came at once a most moat dangerous opponent of the me government af after ler toe he lau of sedan and the capitulation of napoleon Napo and ilia bit army juisto ferry b crry was wa made a member of the provisional govera government went and s cretaro of the national defense ribe committee october 18 1870 jiahe ae succeeded eiienne arago as mayor ot of paris and was waa forced tg 10 lice ad a tae oi of tue commune alter the suppression of the ae commune ferry was pre tec of paris but he kept this tais position only ten days and was waa sent seat to alferis greece as a envoy ot of the fleaca republic where he remained ona ome year to the onam ber bar ot of deputies tie he was elected re wring the presidencies cies of alders macmahon and grevy when was of tile french republic ferry entered wad diug ding tons cabinet as minister of instruction st la 1884 lie was called upon to furm form a new government the disastrous wars at ac tunis tanis and chica were carried on recklessly by ferrys ferlys government maGe made him unpopular wim WILLI elie Pari aiana al ferry la Is in the chamber a member of what is callad toe the left centre this belna being the method adopted for designating igna ting toe cne moderate republicans republic ansi ane radical adherents of that party are known as toe extreme left la ia tile the recent election for president the he received a large vote dut DUE withdrew from candidacy dacy in favor of yadi caboot being one of the lat batters strongest sup i convey the intelligence that the wounds of the distinguished frenchman are more serious than iban at first supposed posed tile the fact tuat the attempted murder wag waa the result resul 1 01 0 a 11 genbi genuine revolutionary plot will have a disquieting quieting di effect upon the elie republic of france and especially upon the nerves of the chief supporters ol of the present ministry and its head way the bloody conspirators did not begin their sanguinary work on hadi badi carnot Carti Ot the head of the government instead of selecting M R ferry and al goblet us as shining marts for Auber albertines Aubertine tines 8 bullets is a little mysterious ous unless it could be explained on the hypothesis that if the props of the president were removed he would fall a natural consequence perhaps president ident carlots Carn taking off was only delayed for a season this revolutionary business is a startling development in modern politics it is a ghastly and terrible sun sao eject act band and is becoming be cumine so common lu in the civilized world tuat its murderous outbursts only create as a rule comparatively ively moderate sensations lb IL occurs to 10 us that hand in hand witti with the highest grade of civilization there presides onward the blackest phase of barbarism barb ariam that the latter is of a semi enlightened character does not modify thu hideousness of its nature A pert nent query just now among french freach statesmen men will oe vf who ho la Is ito to be the next nest victim on whose life lots will be cast by the conspiring cons revola tio ary of aubertine is a member |