Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-20
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The Besieged Frenchman Gives Him.
self Up and Goes to the
Prison.
Military Had Given Him Till Four
This Morning and He Accepted
Inevitable.
Preparations Made to Storm Chab-
oral-Royalists Become Laugh
ing Stock Of Paris.

Paris, Sept. 20.-At 1850 last night,
from the department of the Seine, ac-
companied by brother of Jules Cue
rim, the anti-Semite agitator, entered
the grand occident, a building in the
Rue de Chabrol, where Geurin and
companions have long been besieged.
About the same time the soldiers who
We're Withdrawn and replaced by troops
fully equipped as If for field service.
Millevoye and the brother Of the agi-
tator left the building at 1890. At Al
this morning Guerin promised to sur
render. There has been considerable
military activity in the Rue de Chabo
Throughout the night.
Precisely at the hour appointed the
captain of the municipal guards
raped at the door of Fort Chabrol a
moment of expectation and then the
door opened. NJ. Guerin calmply pre-
lsented himself, meekly surrendered and
was driven to the police depot in an
open cab. His companions We're al
lowed to go free.
Thus the six weeks seige ended in
sublimely ridiculous style.
The night was Well chosen by the
government as the excitement over the
lcapture of the fort would inevitably di-
tvert the attention from the pardon ex
TENDED TO D.evfus. The plan was to
attack the building and arrest cuerin
and his band The government had
ivi hi ~
to surrender and mad the regular army
to assault the fort if he refused. The
troops, municipal guards and policemen
patched to the center of all the streets
from Fort Cabrol.
I Twenty cabs and 200 military engi-
neers We're held in readiness at the bar
racks near by. ambulances were within
easy distance. ready for an emergency
or an attempt at rescue. Numerous
carriages with detectives were sta
toned in Rue de- chabrol. Four FIRE
1 ladders, a fire engine and complete
| fire brigade We're in Rue D'Hauteville.
The question of the blockade of Fort
IChabro is one that will probably end
| by interesting the French taxpayers
4 ilfit die ttlE IitSeHt spIIlelHlHS llkc
i 500 men on duty around the anti
Semitic fortress. OF these $50 are re-
4 publican guards, $50 are troops of the
lline, four are firemen and the rest are
Epolice and agents de la surete-detect-
ives. OF the latter 100 are on duty dur
ing the twenty-four hours. The repub-
lican guards and soldiers of the line re-
Iceive / franc each for their services
over and above their pay. Each nom
commissioned officer has two francs
land each officer three francs and SO
lcentimes. The police receive no extra
three francs extra, but as they are a,
present doing nothing else but watch
ling Fort Chabrol their salary. averag-
ing n francs day. has to be aided.
1t may. therefore. be estimated that
each contingent of troops and repub-
lican guards costs 500 francs and as
each category is relieved every sis
hours the total amounts to 6 400 francs
To this must be added 100 agents de IL
surete at - francs head making
3,l0o francs, and making grand tota
of 1850 francs per diem. As the sieg,
has lasted thirty-eight days. Nj julie
Giuerin and his twelve men have al
really cost the taxpayers 355 $50 francs
To this is to be added the amount of in
tdemnity Which it is now almost certaii
VIII be paid by the government TO PEG
pie whose business has suffered durin
rna Stage