Show CT OF AN INSANE MAN the president of france shot at the celebration of the anniversary of the fall of the basille Bas an insane man fires a blank cartridge at president faure paris july H abat s claimed in some quarters as an attempt assassinate president felix faure was mada at this afternoon at the parade ground at long champs the day was the one hundred and seventh anniversary of the fall of the bastile and was celebrated in the usual manner including a review of the troops at LOOK champs which drew a very laree concourse of people among these present were some of the members of the ancient and honorable military company who were yesterday honorary members ot the mill taire president faure accompanied by prime minister adine gen le mouton de Boisse defre chief of staff of the arm armmand yand general chief of the presidents military household left the palace of the elasco in a open carmae long champs it having been arranged that the president should review the troops As the carriage passed through the porte du moulin entrance to the parade grounds it was surrounded by troops who were to M faure to the reviewing stand batore the vehicle had proceeded fara tall fair and correctly dressed man of about 35 stepped lightly in advance of the crowd and drew a revolver which some eye witnesses declare he discharged point blank at the president immediately there was a scene of the greatest excitement and it would undoubtedly have gone hard had be not at once been seized by the gendarmes who were standing by he was at once conducted to the temporary police quarters that had been established within the grounds the man resisted arrest declaring that he bad doco nothing to cause his being taken claimed that he had not fired flie revolver with any intention of injuring the president and that in fact the weapon had only been loaded with blank cartridges some of those who stood uldee by when the president entered the grounds declare that two elifis wee we e fired examination ot the revolver appears to bear out the prisoners statement that blank cartridges were used for in four of the chambers cartridges with no ballets were found attempts at the police station to learn anything further from the prisoner were of no avail he stated that his name was francois and refused to say anything further the prisoner appeared to be insane news oi the affair spread ake wild fire and the most exaggerated reports gained credence the crowd 0 spectators surged toward the presidents carriage and the troops bad a difficult task in keeping the excited people back it took only a little time however for it to be learned that M faure was unharmed whereupon alie crowd cheered the and again M faure appeared to be entirely unmoved by the incitement he had paid no attention to the shot arid calmly conversed with his companions in the carriage until the shouts and cheece of the multitude drowned hie voice then di reeling hie coachman to proceed the carriage which had been temporarily stopped went on to the stand where the president reviewed ane troops after which he was driven back to the palace of the elycee the police informed a reporter of la that francois is the same lunatic who recently threw bundle of petitions from the chamber ot deputes into the body of the house thereby calusine a deml panic among the nem bere who imagined that the bundle was a bomb late this afternoon francois was examined by prefect le pine he was then more communicative and told the prefect that in discharging the revolver he merely wished to itt tract attention he reiterated bis elements that he bad no wish to injure any body and that the weapon was loaded with blank cartridges he was formerly a street employed by iho municipal council of paris but was owing to bis presumed tendencies den cies the special offence which led to hia discharge was the publication of verses he lives at 46 rue clery his residence was searched by the police but nothing of a suspicious nature was found the officials believe that be a insane during the commotion which followed the firing a reputed anarchist named boulant was arrested for saying the e rt of a fellow tor me he has done the proper thing this approval of an outrage 1 a penal offense under M depuye anarchist laws and bollant elands a good chance of spend ins few of the coming years in prison the feeling of the crowd at the review is by ite treatment of a waiter at the cafe at the grande cascade in some way this man was mistaken by the crowd for francois and a savage attack was made upon him one of bis eyes was torn from its sockets and he was almost lynched before the police were able to rescue him the news of the shooting had receded the president and he was recognized by the people on the streets through which be passed on his return with cheers and this evening the diplomats and a large number of prominent men called at the palace of the elysee and congratulated M faure sovereigns bent telegraphic messages of congratulation throughout the wholly episode M faure was perfectly cal mand unaffected both at reviewing ground and on his return to the city he received an ovation and was greeted with hearty cheers of lone live the president of the republic the affair recalls to mind the fact that a similar assault was made upon the late president the avenue du marigny Mari goy in 1893 many persons believe the story of the fall name ip eugene maria Francois that tie had no intention of harming the president was trade at long for the bullet discharged from trie nub a eien of it could be found it ia evident from the fact learned that M faure could no mohave have been in any great danger even if francois had used ball cartridges francois stood behind the troops who lined the wide road and at the time the shot was fired the horses drawing the presidents carriage were trotting baet the carriage was surrounded by a cavalry escort who raised a cloud of dust almost obscured the carriage and its occupant a irom view had ball cartridges been used it is probable that one of the cavalrymen instead 01 ol the president would have been shot the heat during the afternoon was intense and the troops suffered severely large number of them were sur struck anile others were exhausted alie am on the field were full of patients and all the army physicians present biad their hands full the beat was so great abit bome of the ancient anil honorable artillery companies preferred to remain quiet at their hotels |