Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — LOUBET ASSAILED BY MOB. [ARTICLE]

LOUBET ASSAILED BY MOB.

FkaaAßcoO off Flmmc* Io Strack Ower ttWßeaA witihaCane. ffbesulent Loubet of France narrowly esttaped &*tri as the result of a hostile (fitmunecrariMU. It is the general opinion atat a carefully arranged plot for assassfamifaiß »»the cause of thri rioting which ■recurred (fttring the executive’s visit to the icares te AnteuiL Crowds surrounded the presii&ntr’s carriage and only for the hereof efforts es the police would have reached Loubet. As it was Count Christiano, a itOifimiijii ami society leader, aimed a tamw wiirii fas cane at the executive’s head, emsfaiug fas hat. A second attack was prevented By the arrest of Christiano. One frttCure- off trie demonstration was that it seemed os iff trie royalists and anti-Semites «m> trie leaders. The common people rernmined iiuEfferettt. Alli ahrag: trie route to the races denuncfariions and epithets were shouted at Loufeett. When trie carriage stopped the demoastmtem liiami serious, the crowd atttemptitog to Dench trie- vehicle. Many araeste were made amt blows were exehanged Betmeeui trie police and the rioters. Chuatess Boni de Castellane, formerly Kan Anna (fionlih took a prominent part iin trie (fisturbamre. marching at the head off a sfiourin* throng crying, “Vive Itamae.”’