The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13

! denied having melted soldiers to dis
obedience. He said he only sought to
lead General Roget to the Elysee pal
ace, and that the men with him had
been merely following the officers.
A Royalist Besieged.
Altogether sixteen members of the
Anti-Semite and Patriotic Leagues and
the Young Royalists have been arrest
ed NJ. Querin, as this dispatch is sent.
armed with revolvers and knives, still
holds possession of his apartments, the
headquarters of the Anti-Semitic
League, to which entrance is only pos
sible after running the gauntlet of a
strong guard of anti-Semites. 1t is re-
ported that NJ. Andre Buffet. vice pres
ident of the Young RoyaliSt League,
! has been arrested.
1t appears that the officials unearth-
ed kilograms sent by the Duke of Or
leans from Brussels: at the time of
President Faures funeral, the first say
ing; 'All our men are ready.
The second telegram was dispatched
the following day, saying: 1T is use
Lee TO come
Fresh Plot Unearthed.
The attempt at an insurrection
against the government had, in the
meanwhile, failed.
lede, traces were discovered Of Il fresh
plot and of consultations at which the
question was discussed whether the at
tempt should be made II change the
form of government before or after the
RenneS courtmartial
The government thereupon, judging
that the time for action had arrived.
ordered a number of arrests to be
made, all of which, apparently, have
The ministry of the interior declines
to give the names of the prominent
persons already captured, or who are
to be taken into custody.
When arrested. NJ de Roulede shout
ed: 1T is rascality on the present
government, which is trying to impli-
cate me in the same affair as the Or
leanists, whose adversary l am
One Conspirator Escaped.
\ post commissary called at a. IN.
al the residence of NJ. Thiebault, on the
Quai Voltaire, and a number of police
men surrounded the house. But NJ.
Thiebault escaped by a balcony to an
adjoining house.
The police have seized the Drapeau
Cnewspaper) office
The house of Andre de Buffet. repre-
sentative of the Duke of Orleans and
vice president of the Young Royalist
League, was searched, and a number of
papers We're seized. Buffet was ar
rested at Feguire, on the frontier. as
he was about to cross into Belgium.
NJ. Maillard of the Petit Partisan staff
has been arrested on the charge of
urging soldiers to plebiscite on the
form of government. The police have
placed seals on the doors of Jules Guer-
ems residence, in which he still defies
them.
At Nancy a man named Pi: on was
arrested on the charge of espionage,
and was condemned to three years i'm
prisonment, 500 francs fine, and to be
deprived of civil rights for decade. OF
the seventeen warrants of arrest is
sued, only fourteen We're executed.
NJ. Fabre began to interrogate Paul
de Roulede this evening. AS the cells
at police headquarters are all occupied,
several of the prisoners will be trans
ferred To the Prison de la Sante.
According TO rumors current in OF
fetal circles, the affair is likely to pro-
duce serious consequences. 1t is stated
that the government possesses precise
and detailed instructions from the Due
d Orleans to his agents.
Il is pointed out that when the ar
rest of De Roulede was made, no out
siders knew that the partisans of the
Due d'Orleans were mixed up in the
affair. Curious enough, Prince Victor
Bonaparte has been closely watched by
the Orleanists for few months. they
fearing that he might disturb the
scheme.