Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-19
French Senate Sits as a High
Court of Justice.
PROMINENT MEN ACCUSED
Leaders Of Various Leagues Hostile to the
Governments Charged With Grave Of
. fcnses. Particular Attention
Given to Royalist League.
Ry Telegra1lh.l

(By Telegraph.) ".a..
PARIS. Sept. 1S.-The Senate met as
high court o.; justice today at . L. NJ,
fer the purpose Of trying twenty-five,
court. Deroulede. Marcel-Habar1, THE
baud. Baron De NauN ana Jules Cue
Till. on the charge OF conspiring against
tn" government.
The prOcuratOr general NJ Bernard.
read the long indictrcn
THE ACCUSED NOT PRESENT.
Not one Of the accused was present or
III the palace today. but nine cells have
lSen fitted up tor them in the library.
me cells are Very comfortably fur
1,iShed
There We're people. who, While loung-
Ing in the corridors just after the Soma
tors We're supposed to have entered be-
hind closed doors. though in reality
they We're taking the air outside for {;
few minutes remarked that conspr;-
cles to overthrow the existing regime
We're apparently regarded as a muc:l
less serious ofense nowadays than in
President Tallieres ol,4ned the pro
ceednSs amid general silence by read
lhS the decree Of the president Of the
isruhl'c constituting the Senate. n The
report OF the minister Of justice. into
4 nigh court to try the charge again It
the accused of making an attempt on
the security of the state.
III T. SEN ATE y HIGH COURT.
~ tallieres then declared the SEN
ate constituted as a high court ana the
clerk Of the court called the roll Of Ser
ators. who answered With the word
present..
There was momentary excitement
when NJ. Falleres concluded reading
The presidents decree. y Rigllti.st
senator, NJ. La March,. begun Is
sspsak. and M. Fallieres had some diff
ficulty IN keeping order
Inc leading absentees, when the roll
was called We're NM. Constants
'Scheurer-kestner and Mercier
Then the door through Which NJ FaI
Heres had entered was opened wide
and three tall figures in long scarlet
4 robes appeared. I'll res,hold ma
WIN VIII stately mien. marched into the
hail : ana ascending the steps OF me
platform took up their places on the
right hand Of the president. The first
was NJ. Bernard, the procuratnr sci.-
eral who was Il handsome figure in his
scarlet robe trimmed With 4 broad st.in
of erinine. against Which the Whit.
background the red and blue ribbons 81
ms decorations pinned on his breast
showed brightly. The rwo substitutes
with him Wore scarlet gowns trimn,-,E
with black and having no ermne.
THE INDICTMENT
NJ. BERNARD Immediately began 70
read the Indictment in a monotonous
voice. ..
The indirtment commenced by recit-
ing the facts of the arrest Of MINI Der
nulede and Marcel-Hal,ert and said
the inquiry had showed the existence, of
:, conspiracy To change the form az
government. to which the disorders Of
last February. it was added We're dut,
and in which MN. Deroulade. Marcel
li sns,e 81 and p some members Of the
some members of the Society of anti
Semitic Youth: NM. Buffet. Godafrre1
ana Chevilly and members Of the roy
aust party, were implicated. The So
cletles mentioned, since 1898, it was |
:,ction for revolutionary action and the
League Of Patriots only pursued The
object Of overthrowing the constitu-
1ional government NM. Deroulde and
M;ll%ei-Fabe1t seeking to attain their
ends by the union of rioters and troops |
in the streets The anti-Samit:c
League it was also claimed, has joined
the insurrectional organization where |
With are associated the Nationalist.
ls"N;liists and 1mparialists' League, |
ard the anti-Semitic Youth has, as a !
mission, the Tropa ganda in the prov- |
lnces of the revolutionary movement
GOES INTO PARTICULARS
NJ. DURuc. it was further charged, is
the link between the anti-Semite and |
the Patriot Leagues.
The Indictment then gave a few par
ticlilarS of the provincial organization. |
Referring to the Itoyalist League il |
said ii was worthy OF attention, be-
cause, though the idea OF a nlonarchi.. |
restoration appeared inconcevab!e, il |
had placed a prenonderanJ role in the |
recent events. it's leader being the Duke
OF Orleans himself and its managers
his accredited representatives. All the
leagues, it was asserted, seek to change |
the form of government by street ris- !
ings.
4 letter from the Duke of Orleans to !
his representative, M. Buffet, written |
from Marienbad, in July, 1896 instruct
ing him to commence q Royalist organ !
iZation. was received, and then other in
structions in which it was stipulated |
that the sum to be spent was not to eX-
coed 900 francs. The mention OF |
this figure evoked laughter from the !
Senators and others present.
M. Fallieres tapped for silence and |
NJ. Bernard continued to review the |
1oyalist agitation at the end Of 1898. |
showing that NJ. Buffet. October "a, and !
October 26, telegraphed' in code to the
Duke Of Orleans. who was then in Bo- F.!
iiemia, to come to the frontier October
o5 being the date of the anri-Semitic |
De La Concord. On October - there |
was further disorder. mob marching
on the Cherche Midi prison crying !
'.ViVe lie Due D'Orleans.'
The police stopped the mob, but NJ. |
Chevally wired to the Duke Of Orleans:
''Succes Destimi, 1000 DEMONSTRATORS !
police stopped them, but will recon-
Eience.'
CUIIMINATORY PLOT.
The culminat tory plot Of the Royalist
conspiracy was reached February %.