The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-19

lie, But Are Without Occupants
Duke of Orleans Said to Be a
Prisoner-serious Charges Made.
Paris Sept 1S-The senate met as
high court of justice today at 2 p. m
Tor the purpose of trying twenty-five
politicians. including MN. Demoni-
court, De Roulede, -Habert, the
Baron de Walk and Jules Guerin, on the
charge of conspiracy against the gov
eminent.
Inc procurator, General NJ. Bernard,
read the long indictment which lasted
from 2:25 until $40 p. m. when the
senate entered into secret session to
discuss the indictment and determine
the questions relating to the prelimi-
nary inquiry which is to-be ordered
The public and press gallaries were
crowded by 1:45 p. m. and the senator's
places We're filed a few minutes before
p. m. The roll of a drum was heard
IN the distance announcing that Presi-
dent Fallieres, accompanied by the
senate officers was approaching. A few
moments later a door ON the right of
the chamber was thrown open, the
chief usher announced the president.
M. Fallieries entered and bowling to
the two officers who, naked sword in
hand had escorted him through the
corridors of the palace to the chamber,
proceeded to the platform and took his
seat behind the table on the center of
the platform.
President Was Dignifed
The president presented a dignified
appearance. He has a fine head and
grizzly beard and was attired in even
ing dress. Behind him were grouped
the ushers and other officers of the
senate in evening dress and wearing
their silver chains of Office. On a table
at the presidents right hand was a big
brass hand bell which, however, he
had no occasion to use today, a sharp
tapping of his mallet being sufficient to
restore silence When the laughter which
greeted some of the passages of NJ.
Bernard's bill Of Indictment grew too
boiSterous.
Not one of the accused was present
or in the palace today but nine cells
have been fitted up for them in the
library. The cells are very comfort
ably furnished. The floor is covered
with linoleum and the walls are hung,
with greenish cloth. The furniture con-
sists Of an iron bedstead, an easy
chair, marble topped toilet table, a
cuspidor and a rug. Thus the prisoners
will have little to complain of and may
congratulate themselves that times
have changed since the GironGists were
confined in the palace of the senate by
RobeSpierre during the reign of terror
and languished in its dungeons, and
since Marshall Ney was irlmured in an.
unveHtilated cell until led forth to be
shot in the gardens.
Not Such Serious Crime.
There were people who; while loung-
ing in the corridors just after the SEN
ators were supposed to have entered
behind closed doors, though in reality
they were taking the air outside for a
few minutes, remarked that conspira-
cies to overthrow the existing regime
were apparently regarded as a much
less serious matter now-a-days than
in times past.
President Fallieres opened the pro-
ceedings today amid general silence by
reading the decree of the president of
the republic constituting the senate, on
the report of the minister of Justice
into a high court to try the charge
against the accused of making an at
tempt on the security of the state.
NJ. F'allieres then declared the senate
constituted as high court and the
clerk of the court called the roll of
senators who answered with the word
present
There was momentary excitement
when President Fallieres concluded
reading the presidents decree. A
rightest senator, M. Lamarselle began
to speak and NJ FSaIlieres said sharply:
Il cannot hear you
M. Lamarselle insisted, and M.
Fallieres again said:
81 cannot hear you and the leftists
shouted order, order" A rightest SEN
ator, Provost de Leunay, thereupon
cried pointing to the leftists, there
are our judges"
Uproar In Court.
At this there was a general shout of
"oh," and silence" from the leftist
and the galleries, the public and mem
bers of the press, the latter being
throughout the proceedings no more
audible than the senators themselves,
NJ. Fallieres. however. with a rapping
of his mallet, quickly restored order
The leading dbsenteeS when the roll
was called, were NJ. Constant, NJ
Scheurer- Kestner and MERCER.
Then the door through which M.
Faliieres entered was again opened
wide and three tall figures, in long
scarlet robes appeared on the threshold
and with stately mien marched into the
hall, and ascending the steps OF the
platform, tock UP their places on the
right hand Of the president.
The first was NJ. Bernard, the pro-
curator general, who was a handsome
figure in his scarlet robe trimmed with
a broad stripe of ernine. The two
substitutes with him wore scarlet
gowns trimmed with black and having
no ernline.
NJ. Barnard Immediately began to
read the Indictment in a monotonous
voice. The Indictment commenced by
reciting the facts of the arresteof M.
de Roulede and Marcel-Habert and
said the inquiry had shown the exist
ence of a conspiracy to change the
form of government, to which the dis
orders of last February it was added
were due. and in which M. de Roulede,
Marcel Habert and some members sof
the League of Patriots, M. Guerin and
some members of the anti-Semitic
league, M Duboc and some members of
the Sociey of antiSemitic Youth, Mime.
Buffet, Godfrey and Chevilli, members
of the royalist party, were incuipated.
All the societies mentioned since 1898.
it was pointed out had abandoned
electoral action for revolutionary ac-
ton and the League of Patriots openly
pursued the object of oyerthroWing the