The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-27
DUPUY ACTS PROMPTLY.
French Premier Suppressing the
b. Intrigues Of Monarohists.
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS SEIZED.

The Houses OF Loading Monarchists
Searched and Ono of the Duo dor
lenns' Supporters Was CapturedWith
Letters From His Chief to Followers
r Paris. Feb. 27.-In consequence of the
placardng throughout the city of speech
es of the Due d'Orleans, the Orleanist
pretender, recently delivered at San
Reno and the seizure of scarf pins AMI
medals bearing the pretender's portrait,
the prefect of police was ordered by the
government to make strict investigation
into the recent proceedings of the Mon
archist party.
Saturday evening the prefcct communi-
Gated the result of his inquiries to Nj.
Dupuy, premier and minister of the in
terror, with the result that the minister
decided upon vigorous action.
At midnight M. Cochefort, chief of the
secret police, was summoned. to the pre-
lecture and directed to prepare II war
rants authorizing search Of the resi-
dences Of the suspects, particularly Nj.
Guernc, manager of the newspaper
Anti-Juif; Messrs. Dcvaux, Buffet, Rob.
ert De Chavilly, Thiebaud, De Moni.
NVuTly SeCItluIy W Du' u
Dubus, president of the Young Anti
Semites, and Comte Sabran de Pontoycs.
No incident occurred in the course of
the domiciliary visits. Yesterday Nj.
Buffet, who represents the Due dor
leans vigorously protested against the
violation of his domicile, and declared
that the Royalist party would always
conspire. even il threatened with i'm
prisonment. Many documents were
seized at NJ. Buffett's residence.
Quantities of prOpagandist pamphlets
and portraits of the Due d'Orleans, a
list of members of the Royalist COM
mittee and voluminous correspondence
were seized at the headquarters of the
Royalist committee, in the Faubors st.
FIonorc and at the residence of Comtp
Eabrand de ionteves. The commissary
who visited NJ. De Monicourt surprised
him Just as he had returned from Brus-
sells with letters from the Due d'Orleans
addressed to Royalist pcrsonagcs and in
structions from the prctendcr to his sup
p0rtcrs. All these were seized.
81. Thirhaud expressed surprise at the
proceedings against him, on the grounl
that he belonged neither to the Roy
nist committee nor the Anti-Scmtic
League.
Altogether large quantity Of docu-
mcnts was secured and placed under
seal All whose residences were search
cd denied the possession of compromis-
ing documents, but it is believed the
raids will be continued.
In consequence of an announcement
that demonstrations were intended to b.
made at the Vend0mc column 30 agents
of the police were posted in the vicinity
Yesterday. About 3 clock number Of
people began to arrive with boqucts of
yioIcts. Five who threw flowers within
the railing surrounding the column were
l,r0nlptly placed under arrest, though rc-
leased soon after on giving tncir names
aud addresses to the police. Hence
forth demonstrators will he allowed to
promenade with cmblems, but not to ap'
proach the column.
The advocates of Drcyfus revision, on
the one hand, are trying to eXagserate
the importance OF NJ. DcrOulede's ac-
tioa in calling upon General Roget to
march on the Elysce. while the Anti
Rcvisionists are doing all in their power
to minimize it. NJ. Derouede himself
wants to be tried by the senate, and
therefore is making the most of his OK
ploit He knows that a summary dis
posal Of the case before n magistrate
would give him no chance to pose as a
hero.
According to dispatches from Brussels
the Due d'Orlcans Is greatly annoyed at
the result of DrrOulede's hurseplay.
which, in the dukes opinion, has srri-
Ously compromised any attempt at mon
arctal restoration. Therefore, he left
for Turin in huff. Prince Nirtoi' Na-
polcon, the BOnapartist prrtcnder, who IS
still in Brussels, is reported as much
pleased with the departure Of his rival.
and as rcmarking that the latter's con-
duct has been as ridiculous a. Dcrou-
ledes.