The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-27
Paris Police Raid the Houses OF
Alleged COnSpirators.
MANY DOCUMENTS SEIZED
LETTERS FROM THE DUKE OF
ORLEANS.
Pretender Sends Instructions to His
Supporters-Much Important Cor
respondence and List of the
Members of the Royalist Commit
tee-Residences Searched.


Paris. Feb. 26.-In consequence of the
placarding throughout the city OF speech
es of the Due dOrleans, the Orleanist pre-
tender. recently delivered at San Reno.
and the seizure of scarfpins and medals
bearing the pretender's portrait. the pre-
feet of police was ordered by the govern
ment to make strict investigation into
the recent proceedings OF the lnOnarchist
party. Last evening the prefect communi-
Gated the result OF ms inquiries to NJ
Dupuy, with the result that the minister
uecIded Oh vigorous action.
AT midnight M. Cochetort, chief of the
secret police, was summoned to the pre-
lecture ana directed to prepare seventeen
confidential letters ana seventeen war
rants, which were handed to seventeen
police commissaries, authorizing u search
OF the residences OF suspects, particularly
NJ. Guerln, manager OF the newspaper
Anti-Juif; Messrs. De PauX Buffet, Robert
De Chavilly, Thiebaud De Moncourt, Sec
retary OF the Due d dOrieans; Dubuc, pres
ident OF the Young AntI-Semites, and
Comte Sabran PonUeves-
The confidential letters indicated that
the warrants aimed TO discover the exist
ence of any political action on the part
of the anti-Semite leaders in their reia-
tions with the royalistS and Bonaparist
committees and with the other leagues.
No incident occurred in the course of
the domiciliary visits. This morning ii.
Buffet, who represents the Due dOrleans,
VIGOROUSLY pIOleSleu sts5GlllSl the NlOIetllOn
of his domicile and declared the royalist
party would always conspire, even if
threatened with imprisonment. Many
documents were seized at NJ. Bullets resi-
dence.
Quantities of propagandist pamphlets
and portraits of The Duo dOrleans. a list
of members of the royaliSt committee and
VoluminouS correspondence were seized
at the Headquarters of the royalist COM
mittee in the Faubourg st. Honore. ana at
the residence of Comte Sabran De Pom
teVeS. The commiSSary who visited NJ.
De MoncOurt surprised him Just as he
had returned from Brussels with letters
from the Due d d'Orleans addressed TO roy
alist personageS and instructions from
the pretender TO his supporters. All these
We're seized.
NJ Thiebaud expressed surprise at the
proceedings against him. on the ground
that he belonged neither to the royaliSt
committee nor the Anti-Semltic league.
Altogether a large quantity of docu-
mentS were secured and placed under
seal. All whose residences were searched
denied the possession of compromising
documents, but it is believed the raids
will be continued.
In consequence of an announcement that
demonstrations were intended to be made
at the Vendome Column, thirty agents of
the police were posted tilrt vicinity to-
day About 8 o'clock this afternoon peo-
pie began to arrive with bouquets OF v1o-
lets. Five who threw flowers within the
railings surrounding the column We're
promptly placed under arrest, though re-
leased soon after on giving their names
and addresses to the police. Henceforth
demonstrators will be allowed to prone
made with emblems, but not 10 approach
the column.
According to dispatches from Brussels
the Due d'Orleans is greatly annoyed at
the result of De Roulede's horseplay,
which in the dukes opinion. has seriously
COMPROMISED any attempt at monarchial
restoration. Therefore he left for Turin
in a huff Prince Victor Napoleon: the
Bonapartist pretender. who is still at
the departure of his rival. and as remark
ing that the latters conduct has oeen
as ridiculous as De Ronledes.