New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-28

r,,pr ov THE CULLEN REGENTS LIFE
-pUBL1C BUILDINGS STRONGLY
c,Ar0Ep - PRECAUTIONS AT
THE BANK OF FRANCE
ARRESTS AND TRIALS
OF ANARCHISTS.
,todr,d Dec "A large audience gatherea
,os, n,eht in the Royal opera House and while
waiting for the performance to begin. ru''ior
uas circulated through the house that Ai'a''h-
49,, 80 nresent and intended to commit Il
=, ,,roge With the memory OF the out
., the Lvceum Theatre at barcelona lresh
q, choir minds the people did not lor an iiI''"ii'
do,,ht that the rumor was true ana 'he "no'e
audience was thrown into state Oh pa''V' '"e
women hastily donned their wraps men Sei~eu
their hats and overcoats and hurrleul! iei' 'no
buiding This attracted the attention 81 Peoie
,r the streets who were soon informed ol 'ic
rurnor and they in turn spread the report WIN
such additions as their imaginauohs susseS'eu'
In some quarters it was reported that fright
,,I exnosion had occurred and soon the suee'S
roor the Opera House were packed win eN-
1,.a1 ,bronqs of people, clamoring for details
=, tho affair The whole population OF the city
as intensely excited The rumor soon reached
the Governor of Madrid and denlal speeul!
followed The Governor at once drove 10 Tie
Opera House, where the people were demahuinS
tho instant arrest of the would-De pcnp-'hio"-
ore When the Governor appeared ana sla'eu
that the rumor was false the crowd became
reassured and most of them quietly depar'eu'
The great excitement caused by a mere rumor
of an Anarchist plot is evidence OF cohS'eiii"-
49,, caused by the repeated Anarchist outrages.
The r,lmor that the Opera House was 10 DC
.,,ovn up last night had it's origin in the fact
of Madrid Yesterday received
,ro letters warning him that the Anarchists
..o,ded ~ blow up the building with dyna-
mite when the Queen Regent and some Oh 'he
,nfantas were present. The Queen Regent IN
tended to visit the opera last Night pul inc
Governor advised her not to go. she acteo Oh
the advice and when the audience saw 'hd'
the roval box was empty some OF them sought
for information as to the reason for the queen
Regents absence, II being generally known ihdt
che had intended to be present. Some OF the
o+tacbas Of the house who knew the facts ex-
nlained her absence. and 1t took only ie"
minutes for the whole audience to become aware
of the threatened outrage.
GUARDING PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
,.o ,o,,oe have been stirred to the keenest
activity by information that the Anarchists sti
or, If nrison are plotting revenge upon the au-
,borities for the recent numerous arrests OF
,be,r comrades The intention Of the dynamlters
&c believed TO be the destruction OF puphc
building or place of general resort The theatres
and municipal government offices are oouoiS
guarded and detectives watch all streets leduine
10 the Palace and the State Departments. a
thorough search of Anarchists rooms ana houses
was made by the police yesterday.
At Grazalema. fifty miles from Cadiz, unem-
ployed men, after rioting in the streets yester-
day went from house TO house demanding
" of rioters would
besiege house. and threaten its inmates until
they received the sum demanded by their lead
ers a report that the mob consisted largely OF
highwaymen was sent out this morning, but is
contradcted by all dispatches received this even
ing
ANOTHER OUTRAGE FEARED
After delay Of nearly twenty months. Juan
Marie Delboche and Manuel Ferr1era' the TWO
Anarchists, charged with attempting TO blow up
the building in which the Cortes meets, in April
1892, were placed on trial to-day. 1t was known
that the trial would open to-day. and the police
kent a strict watch on strangers arriving in
The CITY, as it was thought that the Anarchists
intended to mark the trial by the commission OF
an outrage Last night six Anarchists were ar
rested and it was learned that some OF them
had Just arrived from Barcelona. They could
not account for their visit TO Madrid ana this
confirmed the police belief that the gang in
tended TO cause explosion here perhaps In
the courtroom itself.
While Delboche, who Is a Frenchman was in
Jail he composed a pamphlet defending and
glorifying Anarchy. Ferriera is Portuguese
When arrested they both boasted that they
were important agents Of the Central Anarchist
Organization. The next day they declared they
were innocent Of any attempt to destroy HE or
property Ferriera admitted that he had carried
a bomb into the building. but said that he had
no criminal intention. Papers were found upon
the prisoners showing that they intended to at
tempt to blow up the Royal Palace the Bank of
Spain and other public buildings
SECURITIES REMOVED F.OM THE BANK OF
FRANCE.
Paris, Dec 27.-As a measure Of precauuoh
against possible dynamite outrage the pubic
securities in the custody Of the Bank OF france
have been removed TO the Place Nentadour
where there is an immense strong-room. Ihe
estimated value Of the securities is upward OF
1000, OO0,0 900 francs.
The Mayor Of ST. Etienne has received many
letters threatening TO blow up his house and the
Town Hall
Three Anarchists named Roussel Voght and
ThiebauIt were arrested here to-day. They
have been in the habit Of collecting subscrip-
tions for the so-caled soup conferences started
by Mime. Scverine. These soup conferences
were simply revolutionary meetings, mostly at
tended BY members of the dangerous ciasse''
who there obtained soup and bread, whiie they
listened to violent Trades against the Govern
ment and the bourgeosie When doha'lo"'
were refused the collectors hnted that the
Anarchists would remember those who refused
assistance and this threat often had the ue
sired effect 1t is stated that the papers iouiu '.
at the lodgings Of Roussel, Voght ana Ihieoduil
have given important Information, ,,,ns wnicn tns
police will promptly act upon The authorities