The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-22

go further away, and the fact that the
royalists wished to carry out their
conspiracy, if possible, was shown in a
telegram which NJ. Buffet sent him,
begging him to remain, "as the govern
ment dill not krow what 20 10 with NJ.
Deroulede."
Continuing the Indictment, he next
explained that the conspiracy was not
abandoned with the failure of February
23rd, hut that the Vaccinations con-
inued in secret, and public meetings
were continually held. NJ. Deroulede
and Marcel-Habert in July at ST. Cloud
and in the Theatre de Ia R~epublique,
Paris, outlined the plans, still insisting
for the overthrow of the parliamentary
regime by a mob uprising, aided by
several chiefs of the army n troops
on whom they could oun
The Indictment evoked frequent out
bursts of derisive laughter and ironi-
cal comment at the expense CT the roy
alists, especially on the reading OF the
various telegram exchanges and the
failure of plots.
THE SENATE DELIBERATING.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the Indictment NJ. Bernard and his COL
leagues left the senate, and NJ. FaliereS
ordered the senators to sit behind closed
doors.
The n at Z O'Clock p. m. was
still ~deliberating. 1t vas then UNDER
stood the senators had agreed to grant
the application that the prisoners be
represented before the parliamentary
meeting by %ounsel This was a point
which the prisoners considered most
important ito them.
The senators then discussed whether
they were competent to sit as a high
court and try the case
VruTI, nTIL(E g ATT ITO pE I'M DAPTS
Several papers today revived the ru-
NOR that the Duke OF Orleans is shut
UP with M. Guerin in Fort Chabrol, the
headquarters of the anti-Semitic
League, which has been besieged since
August 18th. No definite statement was
made to this effect and the papers mere
ly limited that it might be true, basing
their idea on the statement that ne
Duke of Orleans has not been heard
from for owe a month.
The same rumOr on a previous Occa-
sion was utterly discredited. Since then
several persons nave entered Fort Cha
brol and have not seen the duke. AS a
matter OF fact, the Duke of Orleans Gas
been heard of several times. The DUO
de Luynes, n of his intimate friends,
said August Both that the Duke of Or
leans was in Austria The silence of the
royalist pretender at this stage lis not
surprising and is not taken to be amy
ground for s%upposing him to be with
Guerin-
PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFETY OF
SENATE BUILDING.
The most rigorous precautions were
taken for the safety of the senate build
ing this afternoon. 1t was cordoned by
police, WthO were stationed every few
yards, while every gate leading to the
Luxembourg palace was guarded by a
detachment Of municipal guards. No
body was allowed to enter the court
yard or even remain in the precincts Of
the palace without a a of entry. The
ticket holders, after crossing the main
courtyard, had ITO traverse the dark en-
trance hall, passing between a double
row of stacked rifles, behind which,
barely diStinguishable in the gloom,
were silent figures, a strong detachment
Ofthe municipal guards. The ushers on
the staircase repeatedly examined the
tickets. The public and press galleries
were rowde The senators seats were
we'll filled. Many came specially from
the country where they had been TAX
ing a rest, to attend today's session.
MASONS DENOUNCE THE ANTI
semitic MOVE.
The French Free Masons, composing
the assembly of 1899, adopted a resolu-
Eion today i'm the name of the Order of
the Grand Orient, declaring the anti
Semitic movement criminal and odious,
and pleading with the French govern
ment for support against clerical, mil
itarism, imperial and monarchist con-
SpiracieS."